Battlefield 2042 Season 6 New Map “Redacted” Inspired by Op Metro, New Weapons, Gadgets, QoL Changes Revealed

DICE is ready to bring a new wave of content to Battlefield 2042 players with Season 6: Dark Creations, which is kicking off on October 10. Before that kicks off, we have the details regarding the Battlefield 2042 Season 6 new map “Redacted,” as well as the new weapons and gadgets incoming and more.

Thanks to EA, MP1st was part of an invite-only group to check out BF2042 Season 6, and we have a good breakdown of the content incoming, as well as even some of the quality of life changes being brought onto players.

Battlefield 2042 Season 6 New Map, Weapons, Gadgets and Quality of Life Changes:

According to DICE, the Battlefield 2042 Season 6 new map called Redacted was inspired by Operation Metro and Operation Locker. There will be no vehicles playable in the new map, which the devs call a “claustrophobic” CQC map that is set completely indoors.

BF2042 Season 6 New Weapons:

VHX D3

• Assault Rifle
• Optimized portability
• Great for medium-close range combat

L9CZ

• Sidearm
• Semi-automatic
• High accuracy

G428

• DMR
• Exceptional accuracy
• Substantial penetration power

BF2042 Season 6 New Gadgets:

Pouches

• Support item
• Comes in Ammo and Health variety

Season 6 New Vehicle:

YUV-2 “Pondhawk”

• Two-person transport
• Can move across the battlefield quickly
• Perfect for getting in and out of scrapes quicky
• Pondhawk will not be available in new Season 6 map, but will be available in other maps

BF2042 Season 6 Quality of Life Changes:

• Aim Assist improvements for console players in order to improved cross-play fairness

Vehicle handling improvements

• Improved the player driving experience by tweaking tank turning and vehicle speed
• Gravity adjustments for land vehicles in-air
• Jet handling improvements

Recon balancing

• Rework for Rao’s hacking tool so it will no longer block firing on vehicles. It will now damaged states on targeted vehicle
• Minor tweak for Rao’s hacking ability so that when a hacked enemy has been killed, information on all the nearby soldiers will be briefly revealed.
• Adjustments for the EMP grenade to match this new hacking behavior
• Adjustments for Caspar’s Recon drone to match this new hacking behavior

Stay tuned to the full Season 6 patch notes, which we should get before the new title update drops next week.

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