Update #2:

The patch notes for today’s update has been outlined below.

Update #1:

Updated the post with the official content found in Operation: Grand Heist straight from the press release.

As expected, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update 1.13 is now rolling out for Xbox One and PS4! It’s now live on Xbox One, and clocks in at 11GB, while the PS4 patch is at . PC players will get their update later in the week.

The big stuff included in Black Ops 4 update 1.13 is, of course, the introduction of the new Operation called “Grand Heist.” Unfortunately for Xbox One owners, this Operation is set to arrive on the PS4 first, with the Xbox One, and PC getting it seven days after.

Treyarch is doing a huge balance pass for multiplayer, which you can read up on below. Once the full patch notes are live, we’ll update the post.

• New Specialist – Available in Multiplayer and Blackout, Outrider makes her Black Ops 4 debut, allowing players to silently take out enemies with explosive precision with her longbow, the Sparrow.
• New Blackout Location and Updates – Drop into the roughest, toughest, and wildest new Blackout location, Ghost Town, which features two areas. Inspired byStandoff, an intense classic multiplayer map from Black Ops II, the above ground destination provides flanking routes that call for strategic positioning with long and medium ranged combat. Below ground, fans can also explore underlying caverns inspired by the classic Zombies map Buried, where they’ll find heavy duty gear amongst hordes of the undead. Additionally, Operation Grand Heistintroduces a new Blackout mode called Hot Pursuit, launching on February 22 on PlayStation 4 and other platforms to follow. Hot Pursuit is fast-paced and frenetic, and debuts three new vehicles – SUV, muscle car and PBR assault boat, all in special variants themed to Operation Grand Heist – as squads race to supply drops placed around the map containing high-level armor, weapons and grenades to dominate their opponents.
• New Black Market Gear – The Black Market has been restocked with new weapon camos, outfits, gestures, and accessories themed for Operation Grand Heist. This includes notable weapons like the Rampage Auto Shotgun, Switchblade X9 SMG, and the Home Wrecker demolition hammer, all unlockable through the Contraband Tiers as fans play through the game. A new long-range weapon called the Vendetta Sniper Rifle is also coming later in the season.
• New Zombies Features – Operation Grand Heist delivers new features to the Zombies mode including a new round-based Gauntlet challenge mode for the Classified map, along with a brand-new perk addition called the Ethereal Razor that substantially increases a player’s melee damage with area of effect and life re-gen for each hit.

• New Multiplayer Map, Casino – A medium-sized map set in a luxurious casino in Monaco where elite thieves formed an elaborate plan to steal the winning racecars on display. Casino features high-intensity combat as players weave through buzzing slot-machines and topple across gambling tables. This wide-open space allows for long-range to mid-range combat with little protection from enemies.
• New Multiplayer Map, Lockup – A medium-sized map set in a Los Angeles police station, Lockup was the site of an assault to destroy evidence that led to the headquarters of an organized crime syndicate. Fans can dominate the rooftop positions, bail out when cornered and tactically shut down areas with operational doors to gain the upper hand on their opponents.
• New Blackout Character, Cosmic Silverback – Black Ops Pass owners will unlock this deadly Zombie silverback gorilla, an iconic fan-favorite boss originally from the Dead Ops Arcade from Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Multiplayer Tuning

As our 5-day Valentine’s Quad Feed Weekend continues on all platforms, we’d like to provide a preview of one of our most anticipated gameplay tuning updates coming on Tuesday when our next Operation goes live. Here’s what to expect on Feb. 19:

Weapons

• Assault Rifles
  • ICR-7
    • [PC only] Improved ADS sway.
    • [PC only] Improved hip-fire accuracy.
  • Rampart 17
    • Improved max damage range from 37.6 yards to 41.6 yards.
    • [PC only] Improved ADS sway
    • [PC only] Improved hip-fire accuracy.
  • KN-57
    • Improved max damage range from 15.2 yards to 17.3.
    • [PC only] Improved ADS sway.
    • [PC only] Improved hip-fire accuracy.
  • VAPR-XKG
    • Improved 5-hit kill range from 34.7 yards to 50 yards.
    • Improved ADS idle to sway less.
  • Maddox RFB
    • Reduced recoil stability in first 5 shots in bullet pattern.
    • Echo Fire Operator Mod: Improved recoil stability.
    • Quickdraw: Reduced ADS-in speed.
    • Quickdraw II: Reduced ADS-in speed.
    • Stock: Reduced ADS move speed.
    • ELO: Reduced recoil stability.
    • [Console only] Reduced max damage range from 23.6 yards to 20.8 yards.
    • [PC only] Improved ADS sway.
    • [PC only] Improved hip-fire accuracy.
• Submachine Guns
  • MX9
    • Improved 5 hit kill range from 5.5 yards to 7.6 yards.
    • Improved ADS-in speed.
    • [PC only] Improved damage by adding 5-hit kill range out to 7.6 yards.
  • GKS
    • Improved 5-hit kill range from 2.7 yards to 5.5 yards.
    • [PC only] Improved damage by adding 5-hit kill range out to 5.5 yards.
  • Spitfire
    • Reduced max damage Range from 9.7 yards to 7.6 yards.
    • Stock: Reduced ADS move speed.
    • Extended Mags: Reduced magazine size.
    • Fast Mags: Reduced reload speed enhancement.
    • [PC only] Reduced hip-fire accuracy.
  • Cordite
    • Belt-Fed Operator Mod: Reduced overheat cooldown speed.
    • Grip: Reduced recoil stability.
    • [PC only] Reduced hip-fire accuracy.
  • Saug 9mm
    • Reduced sprint-out speed (now the same as most other SMGs).
    • Reduced base move speed (now the same as other SMGs).
    • Stock: Reduced ADS move speed.
    • Stock II: Reduced ADS move speed.
    • Grip: Reduced recoil stability.
    • [PC only] Reduced hip-fire accuracy.
    • [Console only] Dual Wield Operator Mod: Reduced hip-fire accuracy.
    • [Console only] Dual Wield Operator Mod: Reduced max damage range from 11.1 yards to 8.3 yards.
  • Daemon 3XB
    • Improved max damage range from 6.9 yards to 9 yards.
    • [PC only] Improved hip-fire accuracy.
• Tactical Rifles
  • Auger DMR
    • Improved ADS move speed.
    • Improved firing speed.
    • Double Tap Operator Mod: Improved firing time between shots.
  • ABR 223
    • Improved ADS move speed.
    • Improved sprint-out speed.
  • Swordfish
    • Improved ADS move speed.
    • Quickdraw II: Improved ADS-in speed.
    • [PC only] Improved burst delay, allowing for faster sustained fire rate.
• Light Machine Guns
  • Titan
    • Reduced flinch resistance when being hit.
    • Reduced max damage from 46 to 38.
    • Stock: Reduced ADS move speed.
  • Hades
    • [PC only] Cross Bar Operator Mod: Reduced spread accuracy.
• Sniper Rifles
  • Paladin HB50
    • [PC only] Improved rechamber speed (same as console).
  • Outlaw
    • [Console only] Improved firing speed.
    • [PC only] Quickdraw: Improved ADS-in speed.
    • [PC only] Bolt Cylinder Operator Mod: Reduced fire rate.
    • [PC only] Fixed a bug that allowed extra damage to the neck when using the Recon Optic.
  • Koshka
    • Improved ADS sway.
    • [Console only] Quickdraw II: Improved ADS-in speed.
    • [PC only] Improved rechamber speed (same as console).
• Pistols
  • RK 7 Garrison
    • Improved all damage ranges.
• Shotguns
  • MOG 12
    • Dragon’s Breath Operator Mod: Now does 1 quick blast of fire damage instead of damage-over time. This increases it’s one-hit-kill potential at certain close ranges, and is especially effective when paired with Choke Barrel.
    • Improved max damage Range from 3.75 yards to 4.1 yards.
    • Quickdraw: Improved ADS-in speed.
    • [Console only] Barrel Choke: Improved accuracy, pellet damage, and max damage range.
  • SG12
    • Strobe Light Operator Mod: Reduced luminosity on visual light effect.

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Specialists

• Prophet
  • Seeker
    • Greatly reduced Seeker’s hitpoints, it can now be destroyed with 1 bullet.
    • Reduced detection range against enemies with Cold Blooded.
• Ajax
  • 9-Bang
    • Reduced visual opacity of screen flash when hit by 9-Bang.
    • Players will no longer raise their hand when flashed if they have Tactical Mask.
    • Players can now change stances while flashed.
• General
  • Active Specialist Weapons now lose all cooldown on round change (as opposed to partial loss previously).

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Equipment

• Frag Grenade
  • Increased damage.
• Concussion Grenade
  • Players can now stun themselves with their own Concussion Grenade.
  • Players will no longer raise their hands when affected by a Concussion grenade if they have Tactical Mask.

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Gear

• Acoustic Sensor
  • Reduced the ranges at which Acoustic Sensor can detect enemies.
  • Reduced the ranges at which enemies with Dead Silence are detected.

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Perks

• Tactical Mask
  • Player now recovers faster after being hit by Tempest.
  • Players will no longer raise their hand when flashed by the 9-Bang.
  • No longer provides fire or radiation resistance.
• Flak Jacket
  • Fire and radiation resistance moved from Tactical Mask to Flak Jacket.
  • Improved Flak Jacket resistance to radiation and burn.
• Cold Blooded
  • Reduced the range at which an enemy Seeker can detect the player with this Perk.

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Scorestreaks

• Lightning Strike
  • Reduced the delay between targeting locations and the jets arriving.
• Sentry
  • Improved damage.
  • Improved the time that the Sentry will remember a target after losing line of sight.
  • Improved the range at which the Sentry will detect an enemy within a 360-degree radius.
• Drone Squad
  • Improved damage.
• Sniper’s Nest
  • Increased number of rockets required to destroy the Sniper’s Nest by 1.
• Mantis
  • Improved explosive damage radius.
• Thresher
  • Improved chain gun explosive radius and damage.
  • Improved health of vehicle to balance damage dealt from an enemy with FMJ II.
• Strike Team
  • Improved awareness radius.
  • Improved health regeneration rate of Strike Team members.
• General
  • Scorestreak teamkills will no longer count towards the teamkill kick limit in modes with friendly fire enabled.

Blackout

Merit System Update

• Merit scoring has increased x10 from the previous model (for example, kills now award 100 Merits instead of 10), with progression also scaling x10 to match.
• Merits are now awarded for a wider range of situations and final match placements, particularly in Solo and Duo matches.
• This means that while players won’t necessarily rank up faster than before, there are now more opportunities to earn Merits without placing in the top 15 in Solos or top 10 in Duos.

Armor Tuning

• Increased Level 1 Armor damage mitigation to 25%.
• Increased Level 2 Armor damage mitigation to 35%.
• Increased Level 3 Armor melee damage mitigation to 50%.
• Reduced number of Armor Plates to fully repair Level 3 Armor from 10 to 5.

Weapon Tuning

• Assault Rifles
  • Maddox RFB
    • Reduced idle sway.
  • VAPR-XKG
    • Reduced 1st and 2nd shot recoil.
    • Reduced idle sway.
  • SWAT RFT
    • Increased idle sway.
    • Reduced damage.
    • Increased 1st and 2nd shot recoil.
• Submachine Guns
  • Spitfire
    • Reduced 6-hit kill range.
  • Saug 9mm
    • Reduced re-center speed.
    • Increased sprint-out time.
    • Reduced move speed (now the same as other SMGs).
  • Daemon 3XB
    • Increased idle sway.
    • Reduced 2-burst kill range.
  • Cordite
    • Reduced hip spread.
  • GKS
    • Reduced idle sway.
  • MX9
    • Reduced ADS in time.
• Tactical Rifles
  • Auger DMR
    • Increased re-center speed.
    • Reduced 1st shot recoil.
    • Slightly increased ADS move speed.
  • ABR 223
    • Increased time between bursts.
    • Reduced re-center speed.
    • Slightly Increased ADS move speed.
  • Swordfish
    • Reduced recoil of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th shots.
    • Slightly Increased ADS move speed.
  • Essex
    • Increased rate of fire.
    • Increased re-center speed.
• Sniper Rifles
  • Koshka
    • Reduced idle sway.
  • SDM
    • Increased re-center speed.
    • Reduced re-center radius.
  • Outlaw
    • Increased idle sway.
    • Reduced ADS in and out times.
• Light Machine Guns
  • General
    • All LMGs now deal increased damage against vehicles and Equipment.
  • Titan
    • Increased re-center speed.
    • Reduced re-center radius.
    • Increased flinch when being hit.
  • Hades
    • Reduced idle sway.
    • Reduced hip spread.
    • Increased re-center speed.
    • Reduced re-center radius.
  • VKM 750
    • Reduced re-center radius.
  • Zweihander
    • Reduced hip spread.
    • Reduced re-center radius.

Equipment

• Frag Grenade
  • Increased damage.

Gameplay

• Players can now swap weapons and attach all compatible weapon attachments on pickup with the “Swap and Attach” option.
• Added the ability to immediately equip health/Equipment upon pickup.
• Added the ability to swap health items and Equipment from the ground if the player’s inventory is full.
• Duplicate items no longer show up in the Quick Equip menu. Instead, the total number of identical items is now displayed. Updated HUD to show total number of items equipped in that slot.
• Added empty Armor Plate and Paint Can item representations to the player’s inventory to function more similarly to ammo.
• Ammo will show up as grayed out in Stashes if the player has max ammo.
• Reworked killed/downed UI elements.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where a player’s health and Equipment would not be updated when splitting items within inventory slots.
• Fixed an issue where quickly equipping attachments could place attachments in the player’s inventory.
• Fixed an issue where the bleed-out countdown would not stop when a player was being revived.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent a player from being able to pick up an item from a Stash that they selected.
• Armory’s Blackout tab now correctly shows when a player has the maximum number of Paint Cans.
• Fixed an issue where the final stage of a Reactive Camo would be shown on the weapon on the ground, regardless of the stage it was actually on.
• Fixed an issue where weapons with unwrapped Reactive Camos would show as wrapped on the ground.
• Fixed an issue where Mastercrafts would always display the first visual stage, regardless of what stage it was on.
• Fixed an issue where picking up a weapon with an unwrapped Reactive Camo out of a Death Stash would wrap the weapon again.

General

• 9mm ammo item amount increased to 50 on pickup.
• 45 cal ammo item amount increased to 50 on pickup.

Zombies

• Additional Tier Skip
  • Additional Tier Skip added as new reward for completing Daily Callings.
  • Players can now earn up to two Skips per day in Zombies.
• Signature Weapon Support
  • Signature Weapons now available for customization in the Zombies Armory.
• “Classified” Standalone
  • “Classified” now available for standalone purchase in the store.
• Stability
  • Global
    • Addressed several high-round stability issues that could occur when playing with bots.
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when fast-forwarding a clip in Theater mode.
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when a player picked up a Nuke while having an active Special Weapon.
    • Addressed several stability issues that could occur when a player was spectating.
    • Fixed a UI error that could occur when sending an invitation from the social menu while in a match.
  • Gauntlets
    • Addressed an issue in “Veni, Vidi, Zombie!” that would cause framerate hitching during Round 10.
    • Addressed an error that could occur when a player viewed a Gauntlet in Theater mode.
    • Addressed an error that could occur when a player accepted an invite out of a Gauntlet match.
• Miscellaneous
  • Global – Addressed issues where:
    • Players were not able to see Elixir animations after using a level 3 Special Weapon.
    • The XP amount would be missing from the pause menu when a player reached max rank.
    • A Catalyst Zombie’s FX would trail to their new spawn location upon de-spawning.
    • The Blightfather’s weak points did not properly show their destroyed state when hit with a melee attack.
    • The Dying Wish cooldown meter would not be visible if the player acquired the Perk again with Perk Up or Secret Sauce.
    • The MX9 and VAPR-XKG would still play normal firing SFX after Pack-a-Punching the weapon.
    • The default weapon reticle would show instead of the one the player had selected.
    • Reactive Camos in Custom Mutations would still appear in their unwrapped state even after the unwrapping challenge was completed.
    • Attaching the Compact Scope on the Daemon 3XB would change the player’s ammo count.
    • Certain Special Weapon kills could award more points than intended.
    • The screen would flash and stay white for the entirety of the match for all players after collecting a Nuke in 4-player splitscreen Rush.
  • Gauntlets (General)
    • Addressed an issue in Gauntlets where the player would be unable to reload or swap weapons during rounds that restricted usage of bullet weapons.
    • Addressed an issue in Gauntlets where the player could lose all weapons and points if they acquired Mule Kick from the Perk Up Elixir.
  • Gauntlets: “Veni, Vidi, Zombie!”
    • Addressed an issue where players that were respawned by the Join the Party Elixir during the “…In The Room” round were not transported back to the Boss Arena.
    • Addressed an issue that could occur where the player would lose weapon functionality when using the Brazen Bull Firestorm as Round 7 transitioned.
    • Addressed an issue where players were able to hold Equipment between Rounds 2 and 3.
    • Addressed an issue where very few Tigers would spawn during “Easy, Tiger”, which was inconsistent with similar special enemy rounds.
    • Addressed an issue where the player was able to use Electric Burst on Round 8 without crouching.
    • Addressed a rare issue where players spawned on top of each other at the beginning of the match.
    • Closed an exploit where players could complete the “Perk-O-Late” round without all four base Perks active if the player was using Perk Up.
  • IX
    • Addressed an issue where the Stiletto & Bayonet attachments did not count toward knife kills for the banner challenges.
  • Blood of the Dead
    • Addressed a performance issue where the framerate would drop when players took the fast travel connecting the Warden’s House with the Showers.
  • Classified
    • Addressed an issue where the player could see their hand or gun while traveling through the teleporter.
    • Closed an exploit where players could use the Ragnarok DG-5 to jump up onto the table in the Panic Room.
  • Dead of the Night
    • Addressed an issue where subtitles were shown multiple times during the ending cinematic.
    • Addressed some streaming issues when creating the Prima Materia in the Greenhouse Laboratory.
    • Addressed an issue in Theater mode where a black screen could appear when attempting to spectate other players as they gazed into the crystal.

If you want to know what’s planned for Black Ops 4 for this new season (Operation), check out the content roadmap for all three modes right here.