Modern Warfare 3 & Warzone Patch Notes: January 23 Bug Fixes and Balance
A surprise Call of Duty MW3 & Warzone update dropped today, and here’s the full patch notes
Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone received a surprise update on January 23, 2024, bringing several bug fixes and weapon balances. Following the issue-ridden release of Season One Reloaded, this update brings some much-needed improvements to both Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. Here are the full patch notes for the January 23, 2024 update.
MW3 & Warzone Patch Notes: January 23
Multiplayer
Call of Duty
UIX
- Addressed an issue causing Camo challenges to appear multiple times during the After Action Report.
- Selecting the Carrack .300 11K Optic Attachment will no longer unexpectedly kick the player back to the menu.
- Revised multiple Attachment descriptions to better reflect their true effects.
- XTEN ERX-10 Mini Optic
- Tac 840C Stock
- CDG T-25 Light Barrel
- Revised Fully Loaded challenge descriptions to clarify Attachment requirements.
Progression
- Broken Signal Camo for the TAQ Evolvere can now be progressed to completion.
- Electric Shock Event challenge will now track progress as intended.
Modes
- Supe’d Up (Limited-Time Mode)
- Temp V abilities can now be earned more than once per life.
- Adjusted columns displayed on the in-match Scoreboard.
- Kills
- Confirms
- Denies
- Private Match
- Adjusted several game rules to further align with the Competitive Settings v1.0 ruleset while a CDL game mode is selected.
Weapons & Attachments
Assault Rifles
- Holger 556
- JAK Signal Burst
- Increased gun kick control benefit by 10%.
- Increased recoil control benefit by 10%.
- Decreased burst fire delay from 120ms to 90ms (-25%)
Battle Rifles
- Sidewinder
- JAK Thunder LMG Kit
- Decreased bullets required to reach maximum rate of fire from 25 to 15 (-40%).
Submachine Guns
- AMR9
- Decreased maximum damage range from 16.5m to 14m (-15%).
- Decreased near-medium damage range from 22.9m to 20.3m (-11%).
- Decreased medium damage range from 38.1m to 35.6m (-7%).
- Increased headshot damage multiplier from 1.2x to 1.3x (+8%).
- Decreased lower-torso damage multiplier from 1.1x to 1x (-9%).
- Decreased lower-arm damage multiplier from 1.1x to 1x (-9%).
- Decreased hand damage multiplier from 1.1x to 1x (-9%).
- Increased upper-leg damage multiplier from 0.9x to 1x (+11%).
- Increased lower-leg damage multiplier from 0.9x to 1x (+11%).
- Increased foot damage multiplier from 0.9x to 1x (+11%).
- Increased rate of fire from 789rpm to 833rpm (+6%).
- JAK Ettin Double Barrel Kit
- Overhauled firing mechanism to simultaneously fire two bullets per shot.
- Added locational damage multipliers.
- Head: 1x
- Neck: 0.9x
- Upper-Torso: 0.9x
- Lower-Torso: 0.9x
- Upper-Arm: 0.9x
- Lower-Arm: 0.8x
- Hand: 0.8x
- Upper-Leg: 0.8x
- Lower-Leg: 0.8x
- Foot: 0.8x
- Decreased aim down sight spread by 75%.
- Decreased hipfire spread penalty by 50%.
- Rival-9
- JAK Headhunter Carbine Conversion
- Decreased maximum damage from 30 to 26 (-13%).
- Decreased medium damage from 29 to 24 (-17%).
- Decreased minimum damage from 25 to 22 (-12%).
- Increased headshot damage multiplier from 1.3x to 2x (+54%).
- Increased neck damage multiplier from 1.1x to 1.5x (+36%).
- Increased upper-torso damage multiplier from 1.1x to 1.5x (+36%).
- Decreased burst fire delay from 80ms to 66ms (-18%).
- Decreased sprint to fire penalty by 10%.
- Decreased aim down sight time penalty by 7%.
- Decreased hipfire spread penalty by 20%.
Marksman Rifles
- DM56
- JAK Signal Burst
- Increased gun kick control benefit by 10%.
- Increased recoil control benefit by 10%.
- Decreased burst fire delay from 120ms to 90ms (-25%).
Equipment
- Breacher Drone (Lethal)
- Detonation upon impact within 5m will now occur with a decreased detection radius.
Zombies
Warlords
Warlord Randomization
- Dokkaebi’s week-long spotlight has ended, and now a random Warlord will be selected at the start of each match.
- Players can view which Warlord is active via the Tac Map. Plan accordingly!
- Players can also progress the Act 4 Mission ‘Storm the Castle’ by eliminating any Warlord when this mission is active.
Warlord: Dokkaebi
- Players will no longer be able to eliminate Dokkaebi in one shot with multiple weapons.
Warzone
Weapons
Assault Rifles
- Holger 556
- JAK Signal Burst
- Increased gun kick control benefit by 10%.
- Increased recoil control benefit by 10%.
- Decreased burst fire delay from 120ms to 90ms (-25%).
Battle Rifles
- Sidewinder
- JAK Thunder LMG Kit
- Decreased bullets required to reach maximum rate of fire from 25 to 15 (-40%).
Submachine Guns
- AMR9
- Increased rate of fire from 789rpm to 833rpm (+6%).
- JAK Ettin Double Barrel Kit
- Overhauled firing mechanism to simultaneously fire two bullets per shot.
- Decreased aim down sight spread by 75%.
- Decreased hipfire spread penalty by 50%.
- Rival-9
- JAK Headhunter Carbine Conversion
- Decreased burst fire delay from 80ms to 66ms (-18%).
- Decreased sprint to fire penalty by 10%.
- Decreased aim down sight time penalty by 7%.
- Decreased hipfire spread penalty by 20%.
Marksman Rifles
- DM56
- JAK Signal Burst
- Increased gun kick control benefit by 10%.
- Increased recoil control benefit by 10%.
- Decreased burst fire delay from 120ms to 90ms (-25%).
Equipment
- Breacher Drone (Lethal)
- Detonation upon impact within 5m will now occur with a decreased detection radius.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that would cause players to encounter an error while attempting to open the Custom Loadout Menu of a Loadout Drop.
- Fixed an issue with text alignment on the Champion’s Quest tracker widget.
- Fixed an issue causing an incorrect icon to appear when pinging Cash Deposit Balloon’s in Plunder.
- Fixed an issue that was causing the Champion’s Quest tracker to show progress towards a new token when the on
- Fixed an issue that was preventing the Bouncebackalicious Daily Challenge from tracking self revives.
- Fixed an issue causing Perk Packages to equip incorrectly when selecting a Loadout.
- Fixed an issue causing the Champion’s Quest third element to spawn without destroying the attack helicopter.
- Fixed an issue causing the Champion’s Quest safe to not be marked on the map.
