MID-WINTER UPDATE

MAP UPDATES

• Fixed the collision issue near lower Light Armor
  
• Added ability collision in the vista outside the power-up window
  

• Fixed the collision at Heavy Machinegun Teleporter
  

• Railgun moved to Power-up Dungeon
  
• Shotgun moved to Railgun Ledge
  
• Dungeon Cooldowns moved up above where they are in TDM/FFA
  

• Fixed Duel & TDM starting spawns, updated respawn locations
  
• Fixed collision issue at Heavy Armor window above the jumppad (dire orb could go out of the map)
  
• Fixed a visibility popping issue at lower archway near Super Nailgun
  
• Disabled the commemorative 25th Anniversary banners in all maps except The Dark Zone
  

CHAMPION UPDATES

• Starting Armor Points increased from 75 -> 100
  

• Reduced passive Forward Ground Acceleration from 0.75 to 0.5
  
• Reduced Bullrush Ground Acceleration from 170 to 150
  
• Reduced Interruption Speed from 240 ups to 200 ups; if a rushing Scalebearer is slowed below the interruption speed, the Bullrush will stop
  
• Added a 200-320 ups damage range for Bullrush so that below 320 ups hits deal 25 dmg instead of 0 dmg (This is only during bullrush, still no passive damage below 400 ups)
  

WEAPON UPDATES

• Added a center pellet to both Shotguns (increasing both max damages by 5, to 85 & 125 max dmg)
  

• Nails now do 10 & 15 damage instead of 12 & 20 (which is 100 & 150 DPS instead of 120 & 200 DPS) — BUT they are easier to hit with now. Nails are now 10u wide instead of 6.4u wide
  

• New Audio Hit Beep Options: ( OFF | DAMAGE DEALT | ADDITIVE )
  
• Reduced elevated pitch range from |-6 steps to +8 steps| to |-4 steps to +4 steps|
  
• Reduced elevation distance volume reduction from -5db to -3db at the max attenuation
  
• Fixed landing & fall sound volumes & mix
  
• Fixed Slash third-person crouchslide sounds after death
  
• Increased the volume of the Strogg >25 hp pain sounds
  
• Added four new Strogg VO lines (1 frag, 1 assist, 1 respawn, 1 low health)
  
• Prevent change weapon sound events from playing from the corpses of dead players & bots
  
• Increased Diablo SSG shot sounds by +2db
  
• Increased global max sound events value
  
• Made pain sounds for teammates quieter
  
• Fixed Localized VO for Athena, Death Knight, and Strogg medals: Air Assualt, Bombardment, Floor Is Lava, Psi Radar, Rope Trick, Smelter, Swinger, and Trident
  
• Fixed Tribolt max sound instances
  

• Reduced the first-person VO occurrence from 90% of the time to only 50% of the time
  
• Reduced the volume by -2db
  
• Reduced the chance of the "Woohoo" VO from 10% to 5%
  

BOT UPDATES

• Slight nerf to bots' nailgun skills
  
• Ability usage improvements
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• Allow new unidentified hardware detections to be set to ultra/high instead of med/low
  
• CTF - once again schedule end-of-game after the final capture, but now with a 1-second delay, instead of none or 3
  
• UI – Decreased the length of the Ranking Up & Down animations
  
• Fixed Anarki & Galena pink armor shaders
  
• Fixed the texture quality for all Lore Vanity items (Scroll 10)
  
• Fixed watermark code that was trying to drop the "-master-https" string
  
• Fixed a typo in the weapon switch/railgun loading screen hint
  
• Added a game tip about pain sounds to the loading screen hints
  

SERVICES

• Anti-cheat updates
  

Season 13 Battle Pass

New Vanity - ICE BEAM Lightning Gun

New Map - Insomnia

Audio Settings

• Added Ambient Volume slider
  
• Added Announcer Volume slider
  
• Added a Champion Voice Volume slider (includes self, team, enemy VO and efforts)
  

Map Updates

• Deep Embrace
  
  • Updated collision at the top of the stairs near the Rocket Launcher
    
  • Fixed a major collision issue at the Light Armor "death window"
• Exile
  
  • Fixed a hole in the geometry near the Mega Health
    
  • Updated Collision throughout the map

Champion Updates

• BJ's Dual Wield now treats all weapons the same: increasing their firing rate by 1/3rd
  
• DOOM Slayer - Changed ability duration from 6 seconds → 5 seconds, and increased delay between Punches from 500ms → 1s
  
• Scalebearer - Forward acceleration 0.85 → 0.75
  
• Unified movement & knockback box sizes within weight classes to 0.8m, 0.9m, and 1.0m:
  
  • Anarki 0.9 → 0.8
    
  • BJ Blazkowicz 1.0 → 0.9
    
  • Death Knight 1.0 → 0.9
    
  • Doom Slayer 0.8 → 0.9
    
  • Eisen 0.85 → 0.9
    
  • Ranger 0.95 → 0.9
    
  • Strogg 0.8 → 0.9
    
  • Visor 1.0 → 0.9
    
  • Clutch 1.2 → 1.0 (knockback only)
    
  • Keel 0.9 → 1.0
    
  • Sorlag 1.2 → 1.0 (knockback only)
• Unified standing and crouching view heights into three groups (light/medium, heavy, Anarki) as their previous values only slightly differed
  

Weapon Updates

• Shotgun:
  
  • Reduced pellet count and increased damage per pellet (same max damage)
    
    • Old: 20 pellets x 4 dmg = 80, SSG - 30 pellets x 4 dmg = 120
      
    • New: 16 pellets x 5 dmg = 80, SSG - 24 pellets x 5 dmg = 120
  • Falloff Distance: reduced pellet damage by 1 for every 9.6 meters (384u) (Minimum 1 dmg per pellet when over 1920u away)
• Nailguns:
  
  • The Nailgun splash radius now matches the Super Nailgun splash radius of 20u
    
  • Both the Nailgun and Super Nailgun projectiles have been changed to 1800 ups instead of 2000 ups

Gameplay Fixes

• Fixed the Respawn button not working during warmup
  
• The match will now end immediately when the CTF mercy limit is triggered. (Instead of scheduling it in 3 seconds.) This resolves issues when hitting the mercy limit near the end of the round
  
• Fixed Marauder Shotgun shells not vanishing in Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed Shaft Lightning Gun glass not vanishing in Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed Terminator Shotgun beam not vanishing in Ghostwalk
  

Sound Updates

• Fixed 5.1 and 7.1 Surround Sound options
  
• Fixed a large number of sounds cutting out
  
• Fixes sounds cutting out during/after Dual Wield
  
• Fixes a lot of cases for weapon shots cutting out
  
• Fixes a lot of cases of missing enemy sounds (steps, jumps, lands, etc)
  
• Fixed explosions cutting out
  
• Fixed range inconsistencies in champion movement sounds, now using 35m for all sounds (previously, some were 32, 35, 37.5)
  
• Fixed The Lurching King / Exile map loading loading music
  
• Normalized footstep volumes (some were too loud, some were too quiet; now they should be just right)
  
• Made pain sounds for teammates quieter
  
• Slighty increased the pitch of footsteps and jump sounds above you, and decreased the pitch of those below you
  
• Slight reduced the volume of occluded footsteps and jump sounds (helps with sounds through walls sounding like they are right next to you)
  
• Sound Mix - Slight decreased in third person champion voice, pain sounds, and death sounds volume
  

Bot Updates

• Slight nerf for Lightning Gun & Super Nailgun aiming
  

UI Updates

• Ranked UI skip fix
  
• Fixed typos in Nyx and Doom Slayer game tips
  
• Fixed inconsistent choices between UK/US English spelling
  
• Fixed typo in the Marauder Shotgun description
  
• Fixed typo in QuakeCon 2021 Gauntlet description
  
• Fixed watermark code that was trying to drop the "-master-https" string
  
• Watermark now hidden if there is an active match
  
• Cleaned up watermark formatting, shortened unconnected state text
  

Services

• Updated Bethesda.net BDK integration
  
• Security Updates
  

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS

New Season 12 Battle Pass Content

• New vanity Rocket Launcher
  

• New vanity Railgun
  

• 13 new Nameplates
  

New Arcade Mode

• To pay homage to the original Quake console command, this new arcade mode features: infinite ammo, all weapons
  

New Client Options

Game Options

• Prevents sending and resuming in-game chat messages in the public match channel
  
• This will not disable Team, Party, or Direct message chat
  

Map Updates

• Fixed staircase collision from Heavy Armor to upper mid
  

• Fixed projectiles going through the floor tiles under the Light Armor near Rocket Launcher
  
• Reduced the number of particle emissions in the embers, ash, and lamps in an optimization pass
  
• Removed totem exploit outside the Heavy Machinegun boneyard
  
• Improved collision on Rocket Launcher & Heavy Machinegun jumppads
  

• Reduced the lifetime of all sfx particle by half in an optimization pass
  
• Reduced particle emission numbers by 90% in an optimization pass
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented placing a totem placement near Power-up teleporter exit
  
• Moved an exploitative spawn location near Super Shotgun further towards Mega Health
  
• Fixed the collision on three steps players could get stuck on, on the staircase leading from Rocket Launcher to up high
  
• Fixed collision on the staircases surrounding the watery Railgun ammo pool
  

• Fixed players clipping into the ceiling when exiting the Railgun teleporter
  
• Fixed the turret from self-destructing on the Super Nailgun jumppad
  
• Fixed a hole in the ice staircase near the Light Armor in the Lightning Gun room
  
• Fixed an issue with the wall behind the Light Armor in the Lightning Gun room that could result in Ranger falling out of the map when teleporting to the Dire Orb
  
• Fixed an issue in the tunnel below the Light Armor in the Lightning Gun room that could result in Ranger falling out of the map when teleporting to the Dire Orb
  

• Fixed bots behavior that caused them to constantly use the teleporters
  
• Added a visibility block for performance optimizations
  
• Removed an initial spawn that was in too close vicinity to another
  

Champion Updates

• Fireballs splash damage now decreases with distance from 25 damage for a direct hit down to 10 damage at its max distance
  
• Fire dot duration has been reduced from 10 to 7 seconds
  

• Removed all auto-targeting and camera auto-lock behaviors, in favor of a new Berserk lunge-punch
  
• Double Jump velocity reduced from 7.5 to 6.875 m/s
  
• Increased the volume of the third-person double jump sound effects
  

• Increased Ghostwalk telefrag radius from 0.5 to 0.75 meters (20 to 30u)
  

• Acid dot duration has been reduced from 10 to 7 seconds
  

Miscellaneous Game Updates

CHANGES

• Updated Play Now artwork
  
• Extend post-match delay before forcing clients to the main menu from 25 to 45 seconds
  
• In Sacrafice, Strogg will now detonate the drone when second pressing the ability key while holding the soul, instead of throwing the soul
  
• Team and Ranked game modes now limit the number of Emergency Respawns a player is permitted from the Esc->Respawn menu
  
• Added the ability for a game mode to have a minimum player score (-10), and kick a game client when their score goes below the minimum allowed score with the assumption the client is AFK or griefing
  
• Disable the emergency respawn button after it is clicked, and have it remained disabled until after max respawn time has passed
  
• Slightly reduced the Quad Damage firing sfx in third person
  

FIXES

• Fixed the visible mouse cursor during map loading when raw mouse input is enabled
  
• Fixed crouch sliding sound effects from lingering after a Slash or Strogg dies while sliding
  
• Clear on-screen ability fx at the end of the match. Fixes Strogg's Peeker, DOOM Slayer's Berserk, and Anarki's Injection overlays for example
  
• Updated the Scoreboard graphics and medals positions to improve chat message visibility
  
• Removed the broken Watch Browser menu and repositioned main menu icons
  
• Fixed Legal Header size that overlapped and hid the Press-X-to-Close graphic in some languages
  
• Increased the width of the medals text fields on the Player Profile to make room for two more digits
  
• Fixed Super Nailgun sound effects that could cut out when multiple people continuously fire at full ammo capacity
  
• Fixed Reaper Railgun muzzle flash third person VFX that too far into the weapon model
  
• Fixed Trailblazer Tri-bolt that had no muzzle flash in third person
  

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS

New Map

• THE DARK ZONE – The textures may be retro, but the gameplay is timeless. Return to one of the classic Quake multiplayer maps, DM6 – The Dark Zone.
  

New Customizations

• TRAILBLAZER Tri-bolt - Classic Quake Legacy Grenade Launcher
  
• LAST-RITUAL Super Nailgun - Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon Laser Cannon
  
• REAPER Railgun - Classic Quake "Legacy" Railgun—Ranger's Quake third-person World View Weapon Model!
  
• QCON 2021 Gauntlet - This commemorative gauntlet will be available during QuakeCon 2021!
  
• CHROME SHADERS for all Champions - Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Silver, and Black
  
• PINK Champion Shaders - One for each Champion
  
• PINK Weapon Shaders - One for each weapon that has color shaders
  

Store Updates

• The weapons and some vanity items from previous Battle Pass seasons are now available in the store.
  

New Client Options

GAME OPTIONS

• Added NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency - Reflex Low Latency Mode aligns game engine work to complete just-in-time for rendering, eliminating the GPU render queue and reducing CPU back pressure in GPU intensive scenes. This delivers latency reductions above and beyond existing driver-only techniques, such as NVIDIA Ultra Low Latency Mode. Available in Game Settings. (Nvidia Maxwell, Pascal, Turing, or Ampere GPUs with R455 drivers required.)
  
• Menu Framerate Limit - Added a max FPS Limit for while in the main menu. (Default 120, min 60, max 250)
  
• Streamer Mode - Use the Main Menu Framerate Limit when minimized to maintain the stream's FPS quality.
  

HUD OPTIONS

• Damage Number Summation - Damage numbers now show a total of recent damage dealt to a target, aggregating high rate of fire weapons into a combined damage dealt number. Select between Off, Damage Type (default), and All Recent Damage.
  
• Crosshair Hit Color - Choose a crosshair color to flash when dealing damage. Must be enabled with "Crosshair Hit Color Enabled".
  
• Crosshair Hit Scale - Players may now choose to scale their crosshair either larger or smaller when hitting a target.
  
• Speedometer - Players may choose between "Off", "Below Crosshair", and "Below Portrait" to alter the HUD placement of the Speedometer.
  
• Ability Info Position - Players may now choose to move the Ability Icon from the center of the screen and push it to either the LEFT or RIGHT side, useful for either players with centered weapons, or those who just wish to group this information near either the Health & Armor Vitals or the Ammo info.
  

CONTROL OPTIONS

• Mouse Input – now choose between Raw Mouse or DirectX mouse input
  
• Respawn - You may now change the default "SPACE" bind for issuing a respawn on the death screen.
  

AUDIO OPTIONS

• HitBeep - Select the sound made when hitting a target. Choose between:
  
  • Off (no sound)
    
  • Damage Based (sound based on how much damage was dealt)
    
  • Single Sfx (play the base hit sound regardless of damage dealt)
  
  

New Anti-Cheat

• We have added anti-tamper security methods and have taken actions to significantly reduce in-game cheating and exploits. This added level of protection will continue to strengthen over time.
  
• We recommend that any users experiencing issues disable third-party software while playing; in particular, any software that attempts to integrate with our game by creating overlays or performs keyboard or mouse automations.
  
  • Some GPU “tuning applications such as Riva Tuner or MSI AfterBurner may cause compatibility issues. If you experience gameplay issues, please disable these applications while playing.
  
  
• Test Signing is not supported. The game will not launch if Test Signing is enabled.
  

Map Updates

• Added 25th Anniversary flag banners to all maps
  

• Fixes to prevent Ranger from falling out of the map when using the Dire Orb too close to the hole in the Heavy Armor wall
  
• Removed unwanted totem placements outside the curved cooldown hallway
  

• Removed the ability to place totems above the Heavy Armor teleporter entrance
  

• Removed unwanted totem placements in the Heavy Armor pit
  

• Fixed the initial spawn locations in TDM
  

• Fixed the staircase collision between the power-up and Mega Health
  

• Fixed the medium & low Level-of-Detail meshes for the Heavy Armor wood planks, to prevent non-existent gaps from showing
  
• Additional fixes to the wood plank platform near Heavy Armor, to resolve hit collision between the planks on various settings of detail
  

• Improved collision on Power-up bridges, Mega Health ledge, Mega Health pit, staircase between Rocket Launcher and power-up, lower HMG teleporter entrance, above the vestibule doorway (across the Heavy Armor pit), and the Tri-bolt ledge
  
• Added additional respawn locations and reduced the cooldown on the existing respawn locations
  
• Removed the ability to place totems around the edges of the Heavy Armor pit, the edges of the Railgun pit, and behind the teleporters
  

• Fixed Tri-bolt staircase collision
  

• Removed an out-of-bounds totem spot near Mega Health
  

• Increased the cooldown of the spawn near the Heavy Armor pillar to prevent it from being chosen as a valid option in quick succession
  

Duel Updates

• Heavy Champions now spawn with 75 AP instead of 100 AP, the same health & armor stack used by heavy Champions in all other game modes
  

Champion Updates

• Fixed his movement box height to prevent his head (and your view) from clipping through ceilings
  
• Adjusted the volume of Anarki's first-person hoverboard sounds
  

• Fixed Nyx being able to telefrag enemies (via exiting a Teleporter) while still in Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed the Q3 Shotgun bar not vanishing with Nyx Ghostwalk
  

• Peeker Gib updates - reduced lifetime from 7 to 3 sec, disabled his glowing eye when dead, removed smoke fx to help performance
  

Misc Game Updates

NEW

• Added new Champion voice lines
  

FIXES

• Fixed the Ranger QUAKEGUY Outfit shaders colors
  
• Fixed Lootbox Main Menu Quality
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed Gauntlet Damage to be dealt on a respawning enemy from their death position.
  
• Some cleanup to the Weapon Position code
  
• Fixed the enemy weapon fire sounds cutting on for several Nailguns and Machineguns (Freezegun, Ravager, Citizen Kane, Executioner)
  
• Fixed a memory leak that occurred upon leaving a match.
  
• Fixed Keel customization vanity camera positions
  
• Fixed Galena customization main, set, and head camera positions
  
• Fixed the Eisen Salvage text description
  
• Fixed Fiendish Hood Russian description translation
  
• Fixed Enforcer Helmet Russian name translation
  
• Fixed Italian localization from causing overlapping text on the scoreboard
  
• Fixed Russian translation for TOGGLE SPECTATOR HINT
  
• Fixed Flintlock Shotgun description in several languages
  
• Fixed the Keel Battle Report camera position
  
• Fixed THUNDERBOLT animation errors
  

CHANGES

• Optimized UI for Improved Menu Transitions
  
• Reduced the volume of the Citizen Kane shots
  
• Increased the Framerate Limiter max value from 300 to 500.
  
• Main Menu UI - removed the items unlocked box, the total items per champion weren't always obtainable, upsetting players
  
• In Settings-> HUD, sorted Enemy Indicators above Teammate so that it would not be hidden below the fold and because it is prevalent in all game modes.
  
• Very slight adjustments to the Battle Pass menu (font weights, colors, etc) and the Battle Pass main menu icon
  
• Removed the ability to disable reflections in the config file.
  
• Reordered customization tabs to Outfit, Weapon, and Progression, and set Outfit as the default tab.
  
• Removed the unused tab on the Player Profile Menu
  
• Removed the two unused tabs on the in-game Social Menu
  

In-game Display Names

• Names must be 4 or more characters
  
• Names cannot have leading, consecutive, or trailing spaces
  

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS

Season 10 Battle Pass Rewards

• TERMINATOR - Quake III Arena Legacy Shotgun
  
• LAST JUDGEMENT - Quake III Arena Legacy Rocket Launcher
  
• CAMPER GONE FISHING - Backpack, Fishing Rod, & Dopefish Ranger Vanity
  
• SPOILS OF ARMAGON - Quake Scourge of Amagon-themed Ranger Vanity: Mjolnir and Horn of Conjuring
  
• ENFORCER HELMET - Quake Enforcer-themed Ranger Vanity
  
• FIENDISH HOOD - Quake Fiend-themed Ranger Vanity
  

New Weapon Shaders

Map Updates

• Corrupted Keep
  
  • Fixed exploitative hiding spot outside the shard hallway ring-out
  
  
• Deep Embrace
  
  • Fixed Dire Orb exploits near Heavy Armor
    
  • Updated collision near Heavy Armor oil lamp where some players could previously get stuck
  
  
• Exile
  
  • Redid map lighting – darker environment with improved contrast
    
  • Updated all map collision, fixing issues that included getting inside walls, jump pad behavior, and spawning below the floor
    
  • Updated bot navigation
  
  
• The Molten Falls
  
  • Updated collision to fix an exploit near the Rocket Launcher wall
  
  

Champion Updates

• Death Knight
  
  • Increased fireball damage from 20 to 25 each
    
  • Increased fire trail time from 5 to 7 seconds
    
  • Added 30 knockback (fireball projectiles)
    
  • Removed splash damage falloff
  
  

Miscellaneous Updates

• Capture the Flag - Restored the mercy limit to take effect in Round 1
  
• Mecha Sorg Vanity - Added missing gore to Sorlag’s Mecha outfit. Now fully gib-able!
  
• Shambler Arm Vanity - Added a firing animation to the shambler hand & fingers.
  
• Old Painless Heavy Machinegun - The chaingun model will now lower out of view when zooming in
  
• Terminator Super Shotgun - The Q3 Shotgun now has a pump-action reload animation
  

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS

NEW MAP: EXILE

NEW MAP: THE LONGEST YARD CTF

SEASON 9 BATTLE PASS REWARDS

• 55 winter vanities
  
• 107 new profile icons
  
• Returning weapons: MARAUDER, GRAVEDIGGER, FLINTLOCK, and TESLA
  
• 6 new Lore scrolls, "The Music in the Darkness," which when fully collected unlocks the MASTER SHADER for the Lightning Gun and Railgun
  

NEW STORE OFFERS

• SHAMBLER ARM Lightning Gun — To Ranger’s pleasant surprise this glistening clawed limb, torn from fresh slaughter, still keeps a charge.
  
• FREEZE GUN Super Nailgun — Available once more for a limited time, pelt your enemies with a barrage of snowballs with this winter themed SNG!
  
• COUNTRY FLAGS 2 — 114 new country flag profile icons
  
• SALES — Outfits up to 70% off and Weapons up to 60% off
  

IN-GAME PRO LEAGUE REWARDS

• Quake Pro League title belts added for QPL Championship victors!
  

CAPTURE THE FLAG

• MercyLimit now only takes affect in Round 2
  
• Added scoring bonuses for killing the flag carrier(+1), retrieving the flag (+1), and capturing (+5)
  
• Added Flag Drag, causing Flag Carriers' maximum movement speed to be reduced to 80%. Movement below these reduced limits remain uninhibited. Examples:
  
• Ranger's top speed of 1000 ups reduced to 800 ups
  
• Crouchsliders /Air-Dodger's top speed of 750 ups reduced to 600 ups
  
• Anarki's top speed of 640 ups reduce to 512 ups
  
• Sorlag's top speed of 625 ups reduced to 500 ups
  

DUEL

• Leaderboards & Ranks reset!
  
• Minimum spawn radius increased from 35m to 42m
  

TDM 2v2

• Leaderboards & Ranks reset!
  

AWOKEN

• Fixed exploitative hiding spot outside the Mega Health window
  

BLOOD COVENANT

• Added CTF support, now available in Quick Play, Practice, and Custom Game
  

DEEP EMBRACE

• Fixed exploitative hiding spot outside the Rocket Launcher window
  
• Widened the jumppad trigger at the Rocket Launcher jumppad
  
• Fixed two collision exploits
  
• Removed a thin collision ledge near the Rocket Launcher staircase health bubble
  
• Fixed collision at tri-bolt shards, rockets could be fired into the wall at shards
  

RUINS OF SARNATH

• Added CTF support, now available in Quick Play, Practice, and Custom Game
  

CHAMPION MOVEMENT

CHAMPIONS

• Anarki - Max speed 15.625 m/s (625 ups) to 16 m/s (640 ups)
  
• Athena - Max speed 50 m/s (2000 ups) to 25 m/s (1000 ups)
  
• Clutch - Max speed 20 m/s (800 ups) to 17.5 m/s (750 ups)
  
• Slash - Max speed 20 m/s (800 ups) to 17.5 m/s (750 ups)
  
• Sorlag - Fixed the body banking (A/D and W/S) animations that would cause her torso to rapidly shift position when attempting to change horizontal direction.
  
• Sorlag - Max speed 15 m/s (600 ups) to 15.625 m/s (625 ups)
  
• Strogg & Peeker - Max speed 20 m/s (800 ups) to 17.5 m/s (750 ups)
  

WEAPONS

• Extended the max Railgun range from 150 m (6k u) to 250 m (10k u), necessary for the distances present on The Longest Yard CTF
  

POST-GAME SCOREBOARD & STATISTICS UI

• Fixed damage scoring system persistence to post-game scoreboards & summaries
  
• Added ability damage to post-game statistics tab! The damage stat will now show your combined weapon and ability damage dealt
  

VANITY WEAPONS

• Quake Pro League Title Belts added for QPL Championship victors!
  
• Toned down INCINERATOR Plasma Beam third-person FX
  
• Fixed the Moonstriker's muzzle offset
  

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS

NEW MAP: DEEP EMBRACE

SEASON 8 BATTLE PASS REWARDS

• OLD PAINLESS – Quake II Chaingun, a vanity for the Heavy Machinegun
  
• EXECUTIONER – Quake II Hyperblaster, a vanity for the Super Nailgun
  
• INCINERATOR – Quake II Ground Zero Plasma Beam, a vanity for the Lightning Gun
  

• Anarki WARLOCK BROOM Halloween vanity
  
• DOOM Slayer JACK-O-LANTERN Halloween vanity
  
• Galena WITCH'S HAT Halloween vanity
  
• Nyx WITCH's HAT Halloween vanity
  
• Ranger JACK-O-LANTERN Halloween vanity
  
• Slash WITCH's HAT Halloween vanity
  

• New Lore – Dreamer – Collect all 6 to unlock the Master shader for Gauntlet, Tri-bolt, and Rocket Launcher
  

MAP UPDATES

• Burial Chamber - Duel support added, available in Custom Game
  
• Burial Chamber - Added two Lights armors to TDM/FFA/Duel item layout
  
• Church of Azathoth - Fixed collision at Mega Health
  
• Ruins of Sarnath - Fixed collision above the lg jumppad
  
• The Molten Falls - Removed the collision exploit in the MH-side vista
  
• Tower of Koth - Removed the mega-health-side Shotgun in Duel
  
• Tower of Koth - Fixed power-up initial spawn times
  
• Tower of Koth - Fixed hole in geometry near the base of the Protection balcony
  
• Tower of Koth - Fixed exploitative collision outside window, where players could hide
  
• Tower of Koth - Removed 4 hourglasses in Duel (two near tower, two near RG)
  

CHAMPION BALANCE

• Death Knight - enabled fire trail dot
  

WEAPON BALANCE

• Shotgun farspread increased from 850 to 900
  

GAME MODE UPDATES

• Duel - Minimum respawn distance lowed from 50m to 35m radius, 40m to 50m tall
  
• Duel - Reduced minimum respawn time from 3 to 2 seconds
  
• Unholy Trinity - Disabled power-up spawns
  
• Added CA style damage scoring to CTF, SAC, SLP
  
• Clan Arena 2v2 has been removed from Ranked Play, still available in Custom Game
  

VIDEO OPTIONS

• Added Bloom Toggle
  
• Added Flares Toggle
  

SOUND IMPROVEMENTS

• Increased the volume of third person movement sounds in the mix by +2db
  
• Changed the Strogg pain sounds to make the pain levels more distinct
  
• Changed the Quad and Protection pickup sound effects to no longer reuse the Mega Health pickup sound
  
• Added a unique sound effect for when Protection wears off
  
• Updated the firing sound for THE ORIGINAL Quake 1 Rocket Launcher
  
• Fixed the CITIZEN KANE Macheingun single shot sound, which was causing two shot sound effects for a single bullet tap
  
• Fixed the CITIZEN KANE Machinegun reload click delay
  
• Fixed the RAVANGER Super Nailgun firing sound when rapidly tapping fire
  
• Fixed flyby and impact sounds for the RAVANGER projectiles, they were using the DISRUPTOR sounds
  
• Added four new (louder) wooden footstep sounds that have a more pronounced "wood thomp" to them to help players identify when someone is moving on wooden surfaces
  

UI

• Fixed the alignment of Athena’s grappling hook crosshair
  
• Added a gradient behind the custom game lobby map description for improved readability
  
• Removed "Appearance" tab label in Customization
  

CUSTOMIZATION

• Added charcoal weapon shaders
  
• Orange weapon shaders updated (slightly darker orange)
  
• Fixed the Corpse Grinder hoverboard vanity item in Medium quality
  
• Fixed the TESLA Lightning Gun model quality in Low, Medium, and High
  
• Removed the third-person glowing dynamic light from the Long-Stem Railgun
  

PROGRESSION

• Increased the Avatar of Death medal XP from 10 to 1000
  

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New Store bundles

• New - Currency Exchange - Convert 100 shards to 100 platinum
  
  
• New - QuakeCon Bundle - QuakeCon at Home Profile Icon, Nameplate, and 3-Day Haste Potion
  
  
• Quake 1 Bundle - 6 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion
  
  
• Quake 2 Bundle - 3 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion
  
  
• Quake 3 Bundle - 5 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion
  
  
• Quake 4 Bundle - 7 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion
  
  
• New - Quake 1 THUNDERBOLT Lighting Gun Basic Shaders Bundle
  
• All Outfits 50-70% Off
  
• Vanities 50% Off
  
• All Weapons 50-60% Off
  
• Weapon Shaders 25-50% Off
  

Economy Changes

• Reliquaries are now ONLY purchasable with shards
  
• All outfits, weapons, and vanities purchasable for shards in Customization (excluding exclusives: battle pass, pro league, lore, etc)
  
• All outfits, weapons, and vanities purchasable for platinum in Store (excluding exclusives: battle pass, lore, etc)
  
• Lore Scroll duplicates now grant 1 shard (instead of 0)
  
• Vanity duplicates now grant 5 shards (instead of 1)
  
• Weapons duplicates now grant 10 shards (instead of 1)
  
• Champion duplicates now grant 10 shards (instead of 1)
  
• Weapon prices reduced from 1500 to 1000 platinum
  
• Uncommon Outfit prices reduced from 1500 to 900 platinum
  
• Rare Outfit prices reduced from 1500 to 1200 platinum
  
• Vanity prices reduced from 1000 to 500 platinum
  

Gameplay Updates

• Added Classic FFA to Quick Play for the Weekend: Ranger only, no abilities - Classic deathmatch golden-age goodness!

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS

NEW MAP: TOWER OF KOTH

• Level 1 – CITIZEN KANE – Q4 Blaster Pistol (Starting Machinegun)
  
• Level 50 – PAINKILLER – Q4 Shotgun (Super Shotgun)
  
• Level 100 – RAVAGER – Q4 Hyperblaster (Super Nailgun)
  
• New Lore – Commander at the Slipgate – Collect all 6 to unlock the Heavy Machinegun, Super Shotgun, and Super Nailgun Master Shaders!
  

CLAN ARENA UPDATES

• Fixed CA 4v4 round spawns, teams now swap sides each round
  
• Lowered round score limit from 10 to 7
  
• Fixed ties resulting in both teams earning a point, causing total round counts to exceed the required round score limit
  
• Reduced intermission time between rounds by half (10 to 5 sec)
  
• Removed the “Prepare Your Team” VO from round start after Round 1
  
• Removed ability cooldown icons from HUD team heads
  
• Fixed scoreboard sorting issues
  

SACRIFICE

• Reduced size of soul collision from 3m to 1.6m radius
  

UNHOLY TRINITY

• Power-up spawns return for the duration of Season 7
  

AWOKEN MAP CHANGES

• Fixed collision on floor between Rocket Launcher and Heavy Armor jumppad, where the floor slightly ramped up in one doorframe, which could interrupt crouchsliding movement.
  
• Fixed collision on floor between Mega Health and Railgun walkway, where the floor slightly ramped up in one doorframe, which could interrupt crouchsliding movement.
  

SOUND IMPROVEMENTS

• Added Doom Slayer pain and death sounds
  
• Set of <50 hp grunts
  
• Set of <25 hp grunts
  
• Set of death sounds
  
• Removed the 15 frags and 10 frags left VO from Time Limit Duel
  
• Reduced the volume of Visor’s non-HRTF third-person footsteps
  
• Reduced the volume of the ability ready sound effect
  
• Reduced the volume of the champion main menu and prematch SFX & VO
  
• Reduced the volume of Athena's abiltity VO and hook sound effects.
  

MISCELLANEOUS FIXES & CHANGES

• Fixed Timelimit Duel champion select UI which was visible on some aspect ratios on the death screen
  
• At the end of the match, briefly delayed exiting the arena after the match's objective or scorelimit has been reached so players and spectators can view the final frag.
  
• K/D Ratios unified to the same formula for consistency across various scoreboards
  
• Fixed SLASH DARQUE skirt shader support
  
• Fixed BJ PRO LEAGUE knife vanity placement
  
• Fixed MOONSOON third person shader support
  
• Fixed MARAUDER shotgun shells not vanishing on Nyx during Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed ERASER weapon fx not vanishing in Nyx Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed PUMMEL gauntlet, removed an untextured mesh visible at all times but most visible during Nyx's Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed SHAFT bloom on Tempest Shrine
  
• Removed ability on respawn for Rip and Tear arcade mode
  
• Fixed the image quality of the Profile Icons in lootbox presentations
  
• New orange shaders or all weapons available for preview
  
• Updated black shaders, making them black instead of charcoal gray
  
• Updated the Watch Browser to display the official QUAKE stream