As promised from yesterday’s announcement, DICE has today revealed the Battlefield 2042 Leviathan Rising event trailer incoming this Season 4! Check out the trailer alongside the schedule, rewards and the new mode incoming for the event called “Shutdown.”
Launching April 11 and running until April 25, players can expect a new close-quarters combat mode called “Shutdown.” Alongside this, players can expect new weekly rewards!
Battlefield 2042 Leviathan Rising Schedule, Shutdown Overview and Rewards:
Schedule: April 11 @ 12:00 UTC until April 25 @ 12:00 UTC. (8 am ET/5 am PT/8 pm HKT)
Shutdown Game Mode Overview:
A new, tight 8v8 mode, where class play is imperative. See both sides of the battle and initiate – or thwart – the sabotage of key objectives.
Attack, Plant & Protect – Infiltrate enemy objectives & plant the Lances; a new mode objective in Shutdown, protect them, and score as many points as possible.
Defend, Locate & Disable – Locate and eliminate Lance Carriers, prevent their dropped Lances from being picked up, and defuse any that do get planted, with prejudice.
Shutdown features new mechanics allowing you new ways to experience Battlefield:
- Play the Objective – The Lance: The ESA-500 Lance is a portable microwave device that fries data drives in a limited radius. Attackers can plant it where they choose inside predefined objective areas populated with crates full of said data drives, scoring points as long as the Lance stays alive, and culminating in a shutdown. Defenders on the other hand, can disable it with a short timed interaction. Playing it smart, and outwitting your enemy is key to Shutdown. Plant the Lance in the open and bait your enemy, hide it in a corner, protect it with your gadgets and throwables, or find an approach of your own, the choice is yours.
- Shut it down: When a planted Lance scores enough points in an objective, it results in a shutdown of the objective and fully removes it from the map. Expect pure chaos as you start clearing more objectives and are forced closer and closer together with the enemy team.
- Secure Victory: You’ll play a round as both Attacker, and Defender. When the first round ends, you will switch sides and redeploy. You’ll secure victory by scoring the most points as the Attacking side while you battle it out within these fast-paced matches.
Gameplay Rewards – Week 1
- 15 Ribbons – Epic “Contagion” Weapon Charm
- 40 Ribbons – Epic “Kilobyte” Weapon Skin for the AK-24
- 75 Ribbons – Epic “Code Execution” Specialist Set for Paik
Gameplay Rewards – Week 2
- 15 Ribbons – Epic “Marked for Death” Weapon Charm
- 40 Ribbons – Rare “Domain Authority” Vehicle Skin for the AH-64GX Apache Warchief
- 75 Ribbons – Epic “Denial of Service” Specialist Set for Casper
Free Store Items
- Week 1 – Rare “Leviathan Division” Weapon Charm
- Week 2 – Rare “Activation” Weapon Skin for the AM40
Week 1 / 2 – Activation Store Bundle – 2400 Battlefield Coins
- Legendary “Bootkit” Specialist Set for Angel
- Epic “Brute Force” Weapon Skin for the Avancys
- Rare “Download” Vehicle Skin for the EBLC-Ram
- Epic “Trial by Fire” Player Card Background
- Legendary “Terminal Access” Weapon Skin for the M5A3
- Epic “Fantasma” Headgear for Blasco
- Rare “Shattered Visage I” Player Card Background
Week 1 / 2 – Deactivated Store Bundle – 1400 Battlefield Coins
- Epic “Mastermind” Specialist Set for Irish
- Epic “Encrypted” Weapon Skin for the AM40
- Epic “Cloud Broker” Vehicle Skin for the RAH-68 Huron
- Rare “Alias” Weapon Skin for the M44
- Rare “Hacked” Player Card Tag
- Rare 1-hour XP Booster
Week 2 – Epic Override Store Bundle – 1400 Battlefield Coins
- Epic “Cybergeddon” Specialist Set for Dozer
- Epic “Saboteur” Weapon Skin for the SFAR-M GL
- Epic “Solid-State” Vehicle Skin for the M1A5
- Epic “Eraser” Weapon Skin for the SWS-10
- Rare “Hijacker” Weapon Charm
Hopefully, the event rewards will be better now instead of locking the good stuff behind bundles that cost real world money. If there’s a patch released for the event next week, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.