Shared Watch — Patch Notes 1.15.0

Patch 1.15.0 brings the Shared Watch event, a holiday built around teaming up against the machines, returns the Cold Snap map condition, and rebalances the Trailblazer Grenade.

What’s New

Shared Watch

A chance to set grudges aside and tolerate, team up with, or take out some ARC together.

• Event runs February 10 to February 24.
• Players earn merits by destroying, assisting against, and damaging ARC.
• No merits are awarded from PvP encounters.

Cold Snap Map Condition

The Cold Snap condition returns to rotation on outdoor maps.

• Frostbite damage threatens players who do not seek shelter.
• Loot value is increased for those braving the conditions.
• Candleberries are still collectible and are no longer tied to events.
• Snowballs are throwable.

Cosmetics

• Vulpine set.
• Slugger set.

Content and Bug Fixes

Miscellaneous

• Fixed reconnection issues after a disconnection.
• Fixed the match start tunnel scene not displaying.
• Fixed a timeout issue with trials’ objective rewards.
• Fixed the end-of-round screen showing incorrect merits, XP, and event points.
• Fixed platform icons displaying incorrectly.
• Fixed a crafting cancellation issue.

Utility

• Trailblazer Grenade: explosions no longer deal damage through walls. Damage to small enemies is increased, and damage to larger enemies, including the Leaper and Bastion, is decreased.

Weapons

• Fixed inconsistent weapon cycling when bound to non-mouse-wheel keys.

Known Issues

• One of the Marco set helmet variants may appear incorrectly in preview and in the menu, but appears correctly in game.
• Players may occasionally not receive a skill point shown on the result screen. A reboot or playing another round fixes it.
• The “Purchase Raider Tokens” page may appear in front of the inbox and profile page when switching between them.
• Player animations may appear broken when interrupting a search of the Baron Husk.
• Certain containers may be unavailable to interact with.
• Ziplines placed onto destroyed ARC parts will not appear correctly.
• The Scrappy “Batting Helmet” and the “Slugger” outfit might not appear correctly in the event preview.
• The “Blindsided” achievement may not trigger as intended on the first attempt.