Arcade Event

AR-15 and AK Preseason 3 Tuning and Weapon Camera Fixes

Spectate Changes for Duos and Fives

Minor Changes

• We have resurrected the World Shutdown Timer so that players will receive in game messaging when the servers are being brought down for maintenance/updates.
  
• The LeStream Hosted Game server has gone through a name change and is now called the Ensoul Arena.
  
• Added an expiration timer too the Witch Hunt crate. This crate will expire end of day (11:59 pm PST) on February 28, 2019. After this point you will no longer be able to purchase Witch Hunt Crates.
  
• We have slightly increased the fanfare time when you acquire a Legendary item.
  

Bug Fixes:

• Spectate Killer widget should no longer get stuck if you spectate till the end of a match.
  
• Fix minor error when navigating to the My Crates section in the front end and you didn't currently own any crates.
  
• Fixed one of our most frequent crashes that was related to a bug in our asset loading system.
  
• Pandemonium sweatpants can now be skinned.
  

Arcade Event

Hosted Games

• 2 Europe
  
• 1 North America
  
• 2 South America
  
• 1 Asia/Pacific
  
• 1 Australia/New Zealand
  

Minor Changes

• On the main menu the "Career Stats" option has now been changed to "Leaderboards".
  
• All scroll bars on the front end menu have had a color change, and are now gold.
  

Bug Fixes:

• Loot distro issues around the PV Clock tower and some camp grounds were corrected. A few of these spots were what we considered to be "jackpot" locations that had an excessive amount of loot and have now been scaled back to be more in line with the distribution of loot across the rest of the map. We are aware of a few case instances such as some camp sites and other locations that are not generating enough loot, and we will be looking to correct these in a future patch.
  
• Breaking windows with certain weapon types will now properly play the audio file associated with glass breaking.
  
• Fixed various geo issues (floating art, visibility problems around Matthys baseball field, and one very troublesome office building in Ranchito).
  
• When spectating in team games, there was an issue with extraneous nameplates. These have been removed.
  

Z2 Returns

Season 2 Rewards

Z2 Map

• Z2 map for Solos, Duo, Fives, and Arcade modes.
  
• Z2 now supports dynamic match starts.
  
• Removed 3 large POIs from Z2 based on community feedback. Ponyvale Equestrian Estates, Coy's Car Salvage, Harris County Fairgrounds (Carnival) have all been removed.
  

Season Scoring

• SOLO 1,810,000
  
• DUOS 1,870,000
  
• FIVES 1,950,000
  

• Royalty - 5 crates
  
• Master - 3 crates
  
• Diamond - 2 crates
  
• Platinum - 1 crate
  
• Gold and below - 0 crates
  

Arcade Mode

Misc

• Loot bags have been swapped back to their normal model
  
• Min Spec and Recommended Spec have been updated
  

Bug Fixes

• Fix for our #1 crash (sometimes referred to as the "Hosted Games" crash)
  
• Crouch animation has been tweaked to avoid getting in the way of the reticle.
  
• While Spectating, the B key will once again toggle Nameplates on/off
  
• Tutorial Challenge #12 is now able to be completed
  
• Tweaked the model of the crane to look more appealing
  

Known Issues

• Loot distribution needs additional tuning on Z2.
  
• Bandages are not dropping in the Heavy Metal event.
  
• Some Trailers have more loot than normal (lots of helmets!). Expect a hotfix soon.
  
• There crane has a known art issue with a texture.
  

• Swagnum and new challenge set up for the upcoming weekend
  
• Added Nameplate for the player you are spectating in Solos
  
• There is now a running list of acquired items in the Crate Opening screen
  
• Tooltip explanation for the Golden Ticket system
  
• All loading screens have translated helper text
  

• Rainbow Swirl AR-15
  
• Rainbow Swirl Shotgun
  
• Rainbow Swirl Sniper Rifle
  
• Red Battle Royale Trucker Cap
  
• China Hoodie (#1 variant)
  

• You can Prox chat again in Team Spectate
  
• Shotgun reload audio no longer gets "stuck" when switching camera perspectives on a partial reload
  
• Counter for Legendary items appears in all intended locations in the UI
  
• Fixed a crash bug related to Weapon Audio
  

Features:

• Witch Hunt Crate – 25 new items 6 of which are Ultra Rare along with 1 extra special LEGENDARY item. This Legendary item is in limited quantity with only 60 available
  
• Legendary Countdown System – There are only a LIMITED number of LEGENDARY items in each crate, as each person finds a legendary item the total number of legendary items available will countdown until that number reaches 0. ONCE ALL THE LEGENDARY ITEMS ARE FOUND AND THE COUNTDOWN REACHES 0 THE CRATE WILL INSTANTLY RETIRE FROM THE STORE AND WILL NO LONGER BE PURCHASABLE! Unopened crates can still be opened but no more Legendary items can be won.
  
• New preview functionality for the legendary item
  
• Crate prices and bundles have been adjusted
  
  
  
  • 2x Unlocked WH Crates 495 Crowns
    
  • 7x Unlocked WH Crates 1595 Crowns
    
  • 15x Unlocked WH Crates 3295 Crowns
    
  • 40x Unlocked WH Crates 7995 Crowns
    
  
  
• Brightened up the Showdown 2 AR-15 skins
  
• Removed the time granting of Locked Crates
  
• Adjusted UI Customization Menu a bit by slightly moving some parts around
  
• Added a check box, “Show Owned”, to the Customization window that will hide skins you don’t own
  

Bug Fixes:

• Vehicle spawns and Spawn select for Z2 are now working in Hosted Games
  
• More fixes to Loot spawns in games with Dynamic Gas
  
• Fixed edge case for Spectate Killer system that previously could you leave you stranded without someone to spectate
  

Known Issues:

• Sometimes when you receive the Legendary item, you don’t get a text notification for it at the top of the crate opening screen but it will still be clearly visibly obvious you received a legendary item
  
• A couple of buttons aren’t translated, “TRY ME” for the Legendary Eyepatch in the Crate preview screen and the check box for “Show Owned”
  
• Hosted Games have the wrong full screen map for Z2
  

• You now have the option to Spectate your Killer. The system will try to find the next nearest player if it can’t find your Killer (he dies during the transition).
  
  
  
  • There is a known issue if you die and you hit Spectate but there is no one nearby. Your UI can disappear leaving you stuck until the match ends or you close the client down.
    
  • There is a little number on the HUD that denotes how many spectators you have at the time. Don’t mess up!
    
  
  
• Updated the Graphics engine for better performance and stability.
  
• Swagnum Opus Arcade Event – kill 5 players with the Swagnum to complete the Event Challenge
  
• Fixed several issues with loot distribution when Dynamic Gas is used
  
• Fixed a bug where you could parachute though buildings
  
• Fixed an exploit where crouch macros could disconnect the camera from the player
  
• Fixed several other misc. bugs.
  
• Removed Skull boosts
  
• Reward grants of Showdown 2 and 2D
  
• Reward grant of Ma Boi helmet. Eligible players = “For everyone who BELIEVED and played the game between the time Jace Hall started the "soon" movement on July 5th 2018 and the announcement of the NantG joint venture on Sept. 6th.” – Jace Hall
  

• The Spectate Killer system can fail to transition you to a valid player if there aren’t any players nearby. This can lead to your UI disappearing and causing you to remain in the match until it ends or you close the client down. We are working on fixing this and hope to get it patched out shortly.
  
• There is an issue where you land your parachute on vehicles at certain angles and get stuck.
  
• Your ping value is missing at the Region select screen. We have a fix that will go out in the next hotfix.
  

• Ping-monitoring for Spectator Cam. Our spectators will now be able to monitor player pings during the showdown to ensure fair play.
  
• Loading screens now promote the showdown events.
  
• Fall is here and Halloween is coming soon. A spooky phenomenon is transforming loot bags into pumpkins!
  
• E-tips - Airdrops will only contain 2 explosive arrows and the explosive arrow recipe now requires 12 shotgun shells.
  
• All current crates and skull store items are being retired! There's now timer in the marketplace and skull store to let you know how much time remains before these items are retired.
  
• You can now purchase 1 crate at a time.
  
• There's a one-time interstitial page to remind players that crates and skull store items are being retired.
  

• Ghost bullet fix - Bullets fired from long distances will now be heard from inside a car.
  
• Removed some poor starting spawns for dynamic matches.
  

Season 2

Game Updates

Bug Fixes

Fumigator Collection

Weekend Offer - Rasta AK-47 and AR-15

H1Z1 Pro League Team Packs

Limited-Time Offer - Starry Night Shotgun and Makeshift Bundle