Call of Duty: Warzone 1.51 Update - Patch Notes

With the second half of the first season of Call of Duty: Warzone underway, developer Raven Software has finally released patch 1.51 which changes a handful of gameplay elements. More importantly, players can expect a new mode and weapon to be introduced to the game.

In terms of major additions, users will now notice that the goal-based Plunder mode has its 40s twist in the form of Vanguard Plunder. Like Vanguard Royale, this mode will retain the WWII rulebook; thus, players can only use loadouts that carry Vanguard weapons and only have access to old school vehicles. Speaking of 40s gear, this patch also introduces the long-awaited Welgun SMG to the title, but players will first need to complete the Welgun challenge to own the gun.

Regarding the fixes and changes to weapons, a fix has been made for PlayStation 5 users who are experiencing crashes at the start of games, an issue that has plagued the title since last November. With the double-barreled Akimbo perk seen as overwhelmed by the launch of Warzone Pacific, patch 1.51 also reduces weapon damage once the perk is applied.

Other minor fixes include a noticeable reduction in recoil for several assault rifles, including Cooper Carbine and NZ-41.

The full list of fixes and additions can be found in the patch notes below.

Patch Notes

modality

Plunder of the Vanguard

We've curated a 40s version of the tried, tested and much loved mode… Looting!

Enter now to relive Plunder with the WWII ruleset you've seen in other Vanguard game modes, but this time where money mining is no longer a given.

The spoils of war are now in your hands, so take what's yours!

Bug fixes

• Fixed several issues causing instability on the Xbox and PlayStation platforms.
  • More solutions on the way.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in crashes on PlayStation 5.
• Fixed an issue with the Packed Powder attachment causing position multipliers to increase.
• Fixed an issue with the Double Barrel (VG) where the Akimbo pistol perk was not properly reducing damage.
• Fixed an issue with the Alpha (VG) machine gun where its 189mm VDD short barrel incorrectly affected position multipliers.
• Fixed an issue with Assault Rifle Charlie (VG) where his SVT-40 PU Scope 3-6x Optic enveloped the screen while firing.
• Fixed collision issues with various elements in the Caldera that allowed players to exploit / peek / shoot through them.
• Fixed an issue where players would return from the Gulag with an incorrect Loadout.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in players being kicked off the Gunsmith screen when accessing custom gear during a match.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in incorrect visual assets being displayed for some store bundle previews.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in incorrect descriptive text being displayed for some operators.
• Fixed an issue that caused placeholder text to appear under cross-platform friends in the Social menu.
• Fixed an issue that caused placeholder text to be displayed on various calling cards.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in some Shop Packs being displayed with the incorrect Rarity label.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Operator mission "Get 3 Wins as Francis" from tracking progress.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Caldera Victory Exfil cutscene to end prematurely.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Match Summary button from working.
• Fixed an issue where Tactical Insertion was not showing in the Field Updates menu.

New known issues

• Xbox Home Button: Gamers report an issue where pressing the Xbox Home button twice during gameplay can cause instability.
• Clan Tag: Players report that typing non-ASCII characters (for example: ©, ®, ™, ∅) can cause instability.

Weapons

New weapons

• Welgun submachine gun (VG)
  • Fully automatic heavy machine gun with lethality and range for short and medium range engagements.

Weapon adjustments

There are several “Visual Recoil” related changes below. Although the systems that make up “Visual Recoil” are complex, we will use the term loosely to describe the effects of camera or weapon movement that may not be directly related to your Recoil behavior.

" Assault rifle "

• Alpha Assault Rifle (VG)
  • Visual recoil decreased
• Assault Rifles Hotel (VG)
  • Recoil decreased
  • Reduced recoil deflection
• AS44 (VG)
  • Initial recoil decreased
  • Reduced recoil deflection
• NZ-41 (VG)
  • The recoil deflection is slightly decreased
  • Recoil acceleration now occurs one bullet later

" Rifle "

• Unicorn Revolving (VG)
  • Hip spread is slightly increased

»Submachine gun«

• Machine Gun Charlie (VG)
  • Lower extremity multipliers decreased to 0,9, down from 1
  • The maximum damage range has been reduced to 473, down from 500
  • Reduced average damage range to 612, down from 650

Attachments

»Ammunition«

• Cooper Carbine (VG)
  • Compressed rounds
    • Horizontal recoil control decreased by 1,04, down from 1,05
    • Visual recoil decreased slightly

»Barrel«

• Alpha Assault Rifle (VG)
  • VDD 760mm 05B
    • Visual recoil decreased
    • Cooper Carbine (VG)
  • 22″ Cooper Custom
    • Sprint to Fire Speed ​​decreased by 1,2, from 1,3
• Light Machine Gun Charlie (VG)
  • Queen’s 705mm Royal
    • No longer removes Fall Damage
    • Now multiply the damage range by 1,5, up from 1
    • Horizontal recoil control increased by 1,36, from 1,37
• Machine Gun Charlie (VG)
  • Krausnick 317mm 04B
    • Now reduces hip focus accuracy by 6,4%

»Gun advantage«

• Double barrel (VG)
  • Akimbo
    • Accuracy of hip expansion decreased by 40%, down from 32%

" Magazine "

• Alpha Assault Rifle (VG)
  • 7.62 Gorenko 50 Round Mags
    • Visual recoil decreased
• Cooper Carbine (VG)
  • .30 Carbine 45 round magazines
    • Movement speed increased by 4%
    • ADS speed increased by 1%
    • Horizontal recoil control decreased by 1,28, down from 1,3
    • Vertical recoil control decreased by 1,28, down from 1,3
• Light Machine Gun Charlie (VG)
  • 6.5 Sakura 40 round magazines
    • Vertical recoil control increased by 1,17, down from 1,2
    • Horizontal recoil control increased by 1,19, from 1,21

»Muzzle«

• Charlie Assault Rifle (VG)
  • Mercury silencer
    • Vertical recoil control increased by 1,07, from 1,048
    • Horizontal recoil control increased by 1,03, from 1,013
  • MX silencer
    • Horizontal recoil control increased by 1.049, from 1.036
    • Visual recoil decreased slightly
• Assault Rifles Hotel (VG)
  • Mercury silencer
    • Vertical recoil control increased by 1,05, from 1,035
    • Horizontal recoil control increased by 1,02, from 1,01
    • Visual recoil decreased slightly
  • MX silencer
    • ADS speed reduced by 5,1%, compared to 4%
    • Horizontal recoil control increased by 1,065, from 1,03
• Unicorn Revolving (VG)
  • M97 Complete choke
    • The ADS spread multiplier (Bloom) decreased to 0,9, from 0,85
      • A reduction of this multiplier will increase the size of its fire cone during ADSing.
        

»Rear handle«

• Alpha Assault Rifle (VG)
  • Pine tar handle
    • ADS speed reduced by 4,9%, compared to 4%
    • Vertical recoil control increased by 1,11, down from 1
  • Rubber grip
    • Now reduces idle swing control by 5%
    • Vertical recoil control increased by 1,06, from 1,047
• Assault Rifles Hotel (VG)
  • Polymer handle
    • Visual recoil decreased slightly

" Action "

• Alpha Assault Rifle (VG)
  • Krausnick S11S foldable
    • Visual recoil decreased slightly
• Cooper Carbine (VG)
  • Stock removed
    • Horizontal recoil control decreased by 1,11, down from 1,3
    • Vertical recoil control decreased by 1,09, down from 1,1
    • Visual recoil decreased
• Unicorn Revolving (VG)
  • Stock removed
    • Hip focus accuracy increased 6,4%, down from 7,6%
  • VDD Hunter
    • Hip focus accuracy increased 5,6%, down from 7,6%

»Sottocanna«

• Alpha Assault Rifle (VG)
  • Carving handle
    • Visual recoil decreased
  • M1941 Manual stop
    • Visual recoil decreased
• Charlie Assault Rifle (VG)
  • Carving handle
    • Vertical recoil control increased by 1,11, from 1,093
    • Visual recoil decreased slightly
  • M1930 Conflict at an angle
    • Now increases Vertical Recoil Control by 1,012
• Assault Rifles Hotel (VG)
  • Carving handle
    • ADS speed reduced by 5%, before 4%
    • Hip spread accuracy increased to 1,03, down from 1,04
    • Horizontal recoil control increased by 1.025, from 1.016
    • Vertical recoil control increased by 1.072, from 1.065
    • Visual recoil decreased slightly
  • M1941 Manual stop
    • Horizontal recoil control increased by 1,06, from 1,049
    • Idle swing control now decreased by 10%
    • Vertical recoil control increased by 1,06, from 1,048
    • Visual recoil decreased slightly

Operators

New operator

• Isabella Rosario Dulnuan Reyes: SOTF Trident
  • Acquire Isabella via Featured Packs, scheduled to launch during Season XNUMX.

Shop

New package

• Tracer Pack: Attack on Titan - Levi Edition Pack
  
  • This 10-item Shop Pack includes:
    • Legendary Survey Corps Operator Skin.
    • Legendary Weapons Project "History".
    • “Ymir Curse” Legendary Weapon Blueprint.
    • “Titan Piercer” Legendary Weapon Blueprint.
    • Epic amulet "Secret Keeper".
    • Rare sticker "A hot potato".
    • Rare emblem "Wings of freedom".
    • Legendary Finisher "Steel Cut".
    • Legendary highlight of the “Ultrahard Steel” MVP.
    • Intro to the legendary climax of the “vertical maneuver”.

Download

The mid-season update will have a download size of around 5GB for those who own the free-to-play console version of Warzone and are currently on the latest updates.

Warzone update size

• PlayStation 5:
  • 4,8 GB
• PlayStation 4:
  • 4,8 GB
• Xbox One Serie X/S:
  • 5,1 GB
• Xbox One:
  • 5,1 GB
• PC:
  • 3,9 GB (Warzone only)
  • 8,0 GB (Warzone e Modern Warfare®)

NOTES:

• PC users will also need 14GB of additional hard drive space for the patch copy process; this is only a temporary space that is reclaimed upon completion of the patch installation and is not an additional download.
• Remember, the Vanguard download is not necessary if you are only playing Warzone and vice versa.
• Additionally, for a smaller overall file size, players can choose to uninstall / remove other data packages if they are no longer needed.