Warzone BO7 season 3 patch notes – Verdansk update, Avalon in BR, 6 weapons, and more

Black Ops Royale’s addition to Warzone in Season Two Reloaded brought a new way to play, and now it’s coming to normal BR.

Warzone’s new Avalon map will join the big map rotation in season three of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, but that’s not all there is to look forward to. Verdansk is getting some new places to drop into, there’s six new weapons to unlock and use, and several new fun game modes to play.

Here’s everything Warzone fans can expect from BO7’s season three update on April 2.

Warzone patch notes – BO7 season 3

Verdansk updates

A new POI, Launch Pad, is being added to Verdansk and brings multiple new buildings and structures to the shoreline south of Promenade, replacing the old Hills POI with several new areas to loot and explore: Control Tower, Hangar, Gantry, Depot, and Vats.

New battle royale map

Avalon, the map from Black Ops Royale and BO7’s Endgame mode, will be coming to regular battle royale at the mid-season Season Three Reloaded update in April, introducing a rotation of big maps in regular BR.

Weapon buffs and nerfs

Guns like the DS20 Mirage and MXR-17 got some nice buffs, while the Voyak KT-3 and Razor 9mm got nerfed. For the full list of weapon changes, check out the CoD website.

6 new weapons

All of BO7 season three’s new weapons will be available in Warzone:

• MK35 ISR assault rifle (battle pass)
• VST SMG (battle pass)
• Strider 300 sniper rifle (in-season)
• 1911 pistol (in-season)
• Siren special weapon (mid-season)
• Katana melee weapon (mid-season)

Gulag in Avalon

As part of Avalon joining BR, it will also be getting the Gulag treatment, with three unique variants of the small map where players can fight for their redeployment survival: Server Room, Cryo Lab, and Meeting Room.

Wall Jump and Grapple Hook

BO7’s Wall Jump mechanic and Grapple Hook tactical item are both being added to Verdansk, along with Resurgence modes at the beginning of the season, refreshing movement tech and bringing new ways to play.

Limited time modes

• Launch Squad (launch)

  • “Get your bearings on the new Launch Pad POI with the Season 03 LaunchSquad LTM. In this action-packed mode, squads drop into Verdansk’s new POI in a race to activate the Launch Sequence. The Launch Sequence activates once enough Launch Codes have been collected from eliminated enemies and other means.”

• Hot Pursuit (mid-season)

  • “Squads of four drop in and choose their journey as cops or robbers, and players respawn as long as one team member is alive. Whether you’re hopping into a police vehicle to track down the robbers or jumping in a getaway car to find valuables, two constants hold true for everyone: Vehicular combat is key to success, and survival is all that matters.”

• Prop Hunt Royale (mid-season)

  • “In this round-based mode, teams alternate between Hunters and Props. Props get 30 seconds to hide while Hunters are locked in their spawn. Once unleashed, the Hunters must attempt to discover and eliminate the menemy team disguised as props. The Props win if at least one teammate survives until the end of the round, while the Hunters win if all Props are eliminated. The first team to win three rounds wins the match!”

• Iron Gauntlet (in-season)

  • Drop into a competitive Battle Royale tournament as a Trio with adjusted rules that favor skill over luck, including scarce resources, rapid circle collapses, increased base health for every Operator, loot rebalancing, one hit kill protection, and other changes keeping the action focused on decision making and gunplay.”

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For full patch notes for Warzone in BO7 season 3, visit the CoD website.

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Prototype gears have arrived in The Division 2 with the start of Year 8 Season 1, and they currently sit at the top of all types of weapons/armors. Gears belonging to this item quality sit above High-End, Named, and other set items, making them truly unique.

Let’s find out how you can get these elusive items to improve your arsenal.

How to obtain Prototype gears in The Division 2

To obtain Prototype gears, you’ll need to participate in missions belonging to the Escalation mode. This is a new difficulty to complete missions that you’ve previously completed inside the game. Every week will have a set number of missions to finish.

There are ten different tiers for each mission. The higher the difficulty, the better your chances of getting Prototype gears. However, you can also get more of these items via the route of upgrades.

How to upgrade to Prototype gears in The Division 2

You can upgrade items starting from High-End quality to Prototype gear. To do so, you’ll need a Prototype Core. The cosen item must also be at the maximum Expertise level (30), and the item must be at maximum level (40). The item doesn’t need to be full optimized for the conversion.

Once you change an item to Prototype gear, it can no longer be optimized or recalibrated. Hence, pay full attention to its stats before spending the Prototype Core on it. However, the upgrade is worth it since your gear will improve its stats and also gain augments.

Here’s a list of augments that are currently available.

• Quantum – Provides a small chance to become temporarily immune to damage.
• Echo – Each bullet fired has a chance to deal its damage a second time.
• Atomize – Increases grenade radius and damage.
• Amalgam – Each bullet hit has a chance to apply a random status effect.
• Trapper – Increases the duration of status effects you apply.
• Entropy – Increases your Health based on a percentage of your total Armor.
• Anomaly – Skills restore a portion of the damage they deal as healing.
• Paradox – Provides a chance to refill part of your magazine while firing.
• Synesthesia – Bullet hits have a chance to slightly reduce skill cooldowns.

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