Call of Duty Black Ops 4 update 1.16 patch notes | New multiplayer modes, zombies map

Call of Duty Black Ops 4 update 1.16 released earlier this week on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The new Black Ops 4 update introduces a new zombies map, new multiplayer modes, and a whole host of bug fixes.

The Black Ops 4 update 1.16 adds the Ancient Evil zombies map, Barebones multiplayer on PS4, Blackout changes, new Weapon Tuning, and League Play updates.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update 1.16 | Zombies additions

Black Ops 4 Zombies gets the new Ancient Evil map on PS4. The map is full of new enemies, weapons, traps and more. It is set in the Greek city of Delphi, where the famed Oracle resides. Scarlett, Diego, Bruno, and Shaw star in the final episode of the Chaos story.

A new “Zombshell” perk has also been added to the game. Basic zombies have a chance to explode when killed, leaving behind a field that slows enemies and increases damage dealt to them. Five new Elixirs and two Talismans were also added in the latest update.

New Elixirs

Suit Up (Epic) – Player and nearby teammates get full Armor.
Dividend Yield (Legendary) – Some earned points create additional bonus points for all players.
Talkin’ Bout Regeneration (Rare) – Player’s health constantly regenerates.
Bullet Boost (Common) – Applies or re-rolls an alternate ammo type to player’s current weapon. Damage is not affected.
Quacknarok (Classic Whimsical) – Zombies now wear a duck float.

New Talismans

Glowing Phylactery (Epic) – Start the match with an extra self-revive.
Battered Dragon Scale (Legendary) – Activating a Special Weapon gives increased armor.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update 1.16 | Barebones multiplayer mode

The Black Ops 4 Barebones multiplayer mode has arrived on PS4. Core and Hardcore variants of the back-to-basics Team Deathmatch and Domination modes are available. There are no Specialist Weapons, Special Issue Equipment, Gear, or Operator Mods in Barebones playlists. Alongside this, equipment is now a single use and comes fully charged on each respawn. Manual healing and sliding are still in. The Barebones mode is currently locked to the PS4 version of the game.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update 1.16 | Blackout changes

Black Ops 4 Blackout sees a number of potentially major changes. For starters, damage beyond the Collapse escalates the longer a player remains outside the circle. This is especially true during the final circle, and was added to prevent players from Outlander + Consumer Perk healing to a win. The EMP Disruptor and Sparrow have been added alongside the new Home Wrecker melee weapon.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update 1.16 | League Play updates

Black Ops 4 League Play adds new ranks and Skill Divisions with the latest update. Ranks 21-30 are new with Black Ops 4 update 1.16. Skill Divisions will place players in new skill-based Divisions with paths to reach the Master Division. Treyarch also added the Ricochet Friendly Fire system to combat teamkilling. The system is now enabled for the first 15 seconds of any match or round, and after 3 team kills. Players who continue to intentionally teamkill will be booted from matches.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update 1.16 | Full patch notes

The full patch notes for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update 1.16 can be found here

General
- Free Weapon Crate with guaranteed MKII Signature Weapon now available in the Black Market (PS4).
- Weapon tuning pass in Multiplayer, Blackout, and Zombies.
- Reactive Camos now available on all guns (Gold camo no longer required).
- Reduced potential max amount of flinch while not aiming down sights.
- Fixes and improvements for Theater, Paintshop, and IU issues.
- Stability and bug fixes in Multiplayer, World League Hub, and Zombies.
Multiplayer
- Barebones game modes now live in Core and Hardcore (PS4).
- Ricochet Friendly Fire rules added to all Hardcore modes.
- XP rewards increased for several medal events.
- Increased score for collecting an enemy dog tag in Kill Confirmed to 100.
- Gameplay improvements for various Specialists, Care Package, and Tactical Mask.
Zombies
- “Ancient Evil” now live for Black Ops Pass holders (PS4).
- New Perk available: Zombshell (PS4).
- New Elixirs available: Suit Up, Dividend Yield, Talkin’ Bout Regeneration, Bullet Boost, and Quacknarok (PS4).
- New Talismans available: Glowing Phylactery and Battered Dragon Scale (PS4).
Blackout
- Sparrow and EMP Disruptor added.
- Escalating Collapse damage added to counter out-healing others in the final circle.
- Added co-pilot support for the helicopter and the cargo truck.
- Reduced glare in the Blackout map when looking toward the sun.
- Home Wrecker melee weapon now available in Contraband Stashes (PS4).
World League Hub
- Added ranks 21-30.
- Ricochet Friendly Fire rules added for all League Play matches.
- UI and Create-a-Class improvements.

The following updates are live on PS4, with other platforms to follow:

MULTIPLAYER

Game Modes
- Barebones
  - Barebones added as Featured Playlist on PS4.
  - 6v6 with no Specialist Weapons, Special Issue Equipment, Gear, or Operator Mods allowed.
  - Equipment is now single-use with no cooldowns. Equipment is fully charged on each respawn.
  - Spawn Select disabled.
  - Both playlists include Team Deathmatch and Domination.
  - Core and Hardcore playlists available in Featured category.

ZOMBIES

Maps
- Ancient Evil
  - New “Ancient Evil” map added for Black Ops Pass holders.
New Perk
- Zombshell
  - Basic zombies have a chance to explode when killed, leaving behind a contamination field that slows enemies and increases damage dealt to them.
  - Modifier: Players with the modifier are ignored by zombies while standing in the contamination field. Weapon reload speed is increased.
New Elixirs
- Suit Up (Epic)
  - Player and nearby teammates get full Armor, which lasts until destroyed.
  - Instant activation.
- Dividend Yield (Legendary)
  - Some of the points earned create additional bonus points for all players.
  - Instant activation. Lasts 5 minutes.
- Talkin’ Bout Regeneration (Rare)
  - The player’s health constantly regenerates while moving.
  - Instant activation. Lasts 4 minutes.
- Bullet Boost (Common)
  - Applies or re-rolls an alternate ammo type to the player’s current weapon (if supported). Weapon damage is not affected.
  - Instant activation.
- Quacknarok (Classic Whimsical)
  - Zombies now wear a duck float with hilarious results.
  - Instant activation. Lasts 5 minutes.
- NOTE: Quacknarok is a durable Elixir rather than a consumable Elixir.
New Talismans
- Glowing Phylactery (Epic)
  - Start the match with an extra self-revive.
- Battered Dragon Scale (Legendary)
  - Activating your Special Weapon gives increased armor, which lasts until destroyed.
Stability
- Resolved an issue that rarely caused instability when signing out and back in on PS4 during a game.

BLACKOUT

Contraband Stashes
- Home Wrecker melee weapon now available in Contraband Stashes.

GENERAL

Stability
- Fixed a crash related to signing in and out of accounts on PS4.
- Addressed an issue where players could get in a stuck state after switching accounts on the title screen.

The following updates are live on PS4 and Xbox One, with PC to follow:

MULTIPLAYER

Weapon Tuning

Submachine Guns
- Cordite
  - Increased sprint-out speed.
  - Extended 5-shot range from 2.5 meters 4 meters. [Console only]
- Daemon 3XB
  - Extended 6-shot range from 8 meters to 11.5 meters.
- MX9
  - Increased ADS-out speed.
  - Increased sprint-out speed.
- Spitfire
  - Extended 6-shot range from 7 meters to 7.5 meters. [Console only]
- Saug 9mm
  - Increased sprint-out speed.
- Switchblade X9
  - Increased magazine size from 26 to 30.
  - Players now spawn with 3 extra magazines instead of 2.
Assault Rifles
- KN-57
  - Extended 4-shot range from 16 meters to 17 meters.
  - Extended 5-shot range from 46 meters to 57 meters.
Tactical Rifles
- ABR 223
  - Increased ADS-in speed.
  - Ammo increased from 30 to 36.
  - Extended 4-shot range from 32 meters to 38 meters.
Sniper Rifles
- Paladin HB50
  - Increased magazine size from 5 to 6.
  - Reduced reload speed.
- SDM
  - Increased fire rate.
Pistols
- RK 7 Garrison
  - Increased damage. Now takes 1 less bullet to kill at all ranges.
- Mozu
  - Extended 3-shot range from 19 meters to 24 meters.
  - Extended 4-shot range from 25 meters to 32 meters.
  - Extended 5-shot range from 32 meters to 38 meters.
- Strife
  - Increased fire rate.

Friendly Fire

New Friendly Fire system added to all World League and Hardcore game modes:
- Ricochet Friendly Fire is now enabled for the first 15 seconds of a match or round.
- After the first 15 seconds, the first 3 teamkills will be true friendly fire, where the victim will take full damage.
- After the first 3 teamkills, any subsequent damage dealt to a teammate will ricochet back to the attacker instead of damaging the teammate.
- Once transitioned to the Ricochet system, further Ricochet teamkills will incur an escalating respawn delay penalty.
- The player will then be allowed 3 Ricochet teamkills before being removed from the match.
- Damaging a teammate who is planting or defusing a bomb will ricochet damage back to the attacking teammate in World League.

Increased XP earned for all Scorestreak kills to 100 XP.
Increased XP awarded for killing the K9-Unit to 100 XP.
Increased XP awarded for Ice Pick Shutdown to 100 XP.
Increased XP awarded for destroying an RC-XD to 100 XP.
Increased XP awarded for killing a Swat Team unit to 250 XP.
Increased XP for the Forward Position Medal to 250 XP.

Game Modes

Kill Confirmed
- Increased score for collecting an enemy dog tag in Kill Confirmed to 100.
Search and Destroy
- Addressed an issue where spectating in Search and Destroy could cause team colors to display incorrectly on the scoreboard.
Heist
- Addressed an issue where the end of the round pips could be on the wrong team.

Specialists

Nomad
- Added pathing and spawning improvements for Nomad’s K9-Unit.
- K9-Unit now properly takes damage from Razor Wire.
Outrider
- Players hit by a fully-charged Sparrow shot will now properly hear the impact sound of the bolt.

Perks

Tactical Mask
- Players with Tactical Mask who have been downed by an enemy Tempest no longer chain to teammates after the Tempest status effect wears off.

Scorestreaks

Care Package
- Addressed an issue where being killed while claiming a Care Package could cause issues with controllable Scorestreaks.
- Addressed an issue where the Care Package would not drop from the helicopter if a player called it in along the water in Madagascar.

Custom Games

Addressed an issue where the Bonus Maps tab was not appearing in Offline Local Games.
Fixed a crash in Custom Games related to turning the Specialist Draft off.

WORLD LEAGUE HUB

New Ranks
- Added Ranks 21-30 to League Play.
UI
- Players will now get a notification that they’ve received a Calling Card when they reach ranks that award them.
- Rank up animations will now start at the player’s current rank instead of their final rank.
- Players in the Top 5 will be labeled as “Top 5” instead of “Top 10” in their League Play Event results screen.
Create-a-Class
- Addressed an issue with restricted items appearing in Custom Classes.
- Addressed an issue where restricted Scorestreaks could appear as selected.

BLACKOUT

Weapon Tuning

Submachine Guns
- Cordite
  - Increased sprint-out speed.
- MX9
  - Increased ADS-out speed.
  - Increased sprint-out speed.
- Saug 9mm
  - Increased sprint-out speed.
- Switchblade X9
  - Increased magazine size from 26 to 30.
Sniper Rifles
- SDM
  - Increased fire rate.
Pistols
- RK 7 Garrison
  - Increased damage. Now takes 1 less bullet to kill at all ranges.
- Strife
  - Increased fire rate.

Map

Reduced glare intensity when looking toward the sun in the Blackout map.

Weapons

Outrider’s Sparrow can now be found in Supply Stashes.

Equipment

Zero’s EMP Disruptor grenade can now be found in the Blackout map.

Vehicles

Added co-pilot support for the helicopter and the cargo truck.
Made improvements to Muscle Car collision to fix instances where a Muscle Car driver was unable to kill enemies.

Customization

Addressed an issue with various camos not appearing properly on the MX9 Tactical.

Stability

Fixed a rare crash that could occur when swapping and equipping an item.

Miscellaneous

Re-enabled the ability to hold the Use button continuously to use multiple Armor Plates and activate Perks without needing to release the input.
Removed blur from the Victory Screen.
Addressed instances where characters’ lobby animations could become corrupted.
Addressed an issue that prevented mode-specific loading screen tips from being properly displayed.
Addressed an issue where users could find Seraph’s Annihilator inside of a Supply Stash.

ZOMBIES

Weapon Tuning

Submachine Guns
- Cordite
  - Increased sprint-out speed.
- MX9
  - Increased ADS-out speed.
  - Increased sprint-out speed.
- Saug 9mm
  - Increased sprint-out speed.
Tactical Rifles
- ABR 223
  - Increased ADS-in speed.
Sniper Rifles
- Paladin HB50
  - Reduced reload speed.
- SDM
  - Increased fire rate.
Pistols
- Strife
  - Increased fire rate.

Global

High-Round Stability
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when displaying certain text strings, particularly during high-round matches.
Perks
- Closed a Mule Kick exploit that allowed players to acquire more than one Wonder Weapon on several maps.
- Improved the clarity of the description for the Stamin-Up Perk.
Special Weapons
- Addressed an issue that sometimes caused the XP bar to display an inaccurate value while charging up a weapon.
Armory
- Addressed an issue causing the Cordite Zero G Mastercraft menu to display incorrect visual stage information for the weapon.
Create-A-Class
- Addressed an issue that prevented the model preview from updating appropriately when switching between tabs in the Talisman and Elixir Menus.
Lobby
- Addressed an issue that prevented the Solo button from functioning until the selection was unselected and back to the button after backing out of a match.
UI
- Addressed an issue that caused the self-revive prompt to remain visible in the Options menu.
- Addressed an issue that sometimes prevented a player’s name from being displayed properly while reviving.
- Addressed an issue where Prestige Master icons remained locked after reaching the appropriate level.
Host Migration
- Addressed an issue that would rarely cause host migration to fail, resulting in the match ending.
- Addressed an issue that prevented being able to join an applicable game in progress after the match had migrated hosts.
- Addressed an issue that caused Perk icons on the HUD granted by the Perk Up Elixir to disappear after migrating hosts.
- Addressed a rare issue that caused certain lights to turn off after migrating hosts.

Custom Games

Stability
- Fixed a crash that could occur when acquiring a Perk reward with all Perks disabled.
Custom Rules
- Addressed issues that caused several custom rules for the Enhanced AI category to function incorrectly.
- Addressed an issue that caused the Headshots Only custom rule for basic zombies to apply to all enemy types.
- Added better descriptions that detail which enemy types are affected by option groups in the Enemies Menu.

Miscellaneous

Gauntlets
- Addressed an issue that prevented rewards from being granted when players disconnected before the end of the match.
- Addressed an issue that prevented weapons with the Kill Counter or Clan Tag attached from counting as a weapon without attachments on “Hellcatraz”.
- Addressed an issue that rarely prevented Pack-A-Punch sound FX from playing while upgrading a weapon on “Hellcatraz”.
- Added a HUD indicator to inform users that they cannot fire while aiming down sights with the Brazen Bull during the “Shoot From The Hip” round on “Veni, Vidi, Zombie!”
Rush
- Addressed an issue that caused zombies to stop spawning during the third defense location if the user was downed before the timer ran out.
Blood of the Dead
- Closed multiple exploits in locations that could be exploited to avoid danger from zombies.
- Addressed an issue that caused visual FX on the Warden’s Key to stop appearing when switching targets.
- Addressed an issue that caused loss of functionality when spawning a Spoon while the Ragnarok DG-5 was equipped.
- Addressed an issue that caused certain boards to become unrepairable.
Dead of the Night
- Fixed a crash that could occur when hitting a Bat with the Ethereal Razor equipped.
Voyage of Despair
- Addressed an issue that prevented progression of the Portal Pass side quest when using alternate ammo types during the vent step.
- Addressed an issue that prevented progression of the Skeleton Rider side quest if the Shields Up Elixir had been used.
Tutorial
- Rearranged columns on the scoreboard for consistency compared to other game modes.

General

Flinch
- Reduced the maximum amount of flinch a player can exhibit while not aiming down sights.
Reactive Camos
- Reactive Camos are now available on all guns, not only on those with Gold camo unlocked.
- Reactive Camo starts wrapped on all guns.
- Any weapon can be used to complete the unwrap requirement.
Theater
- Fixed a crash that could occur when skipping through playback of Blackout matches.
- Fixed various crashes related to playing back Zombie Gauntlet footage.
- Addressed an issue where facial animations could stop during playback and rewind.
- HUD elements should no longer appear when playing back Hardcore Blackout footage.
Mesh Mines
- Increased the height of the Mesh Mine trace in Multiplayer and Blackout for more consistent detonations.
Paintshop
- Addressed an issue where the scroll indicators were cut off if the player had more than 10 paintjobs.
UI
- Addressed an issue in the Social menu where player Emblems and ranks weren’t displaying correctly.