Black Ops Cold War and Warzone: January 7th update, playlist update, patch notes

After a wave of updates hit Black Ops Cold War and Warzone, Treyarch and Raven Software have released the patch notes.

For Warzone, the DMR 14 has received a nerf while a new playlist update has gone for live for Black Ops Cold War. 

Find all the changes made below.

Global

Daily Challenges

• Addressed an issue that could prevent new Daily Challenges from appearing.
• Addressed issues preventing the following Daily Challenges from tracking properly:
• “Team Deathmatch Challenger”
• “Hardcore Challenger”
• “Hardcore Champion”

Season Challenges

• Addressed an issue that could prevent progress from tracking for the “Mass Casualties” Challenge when using a Cruise Missile.

Multiplayer

Featured Playlists

• Raid + Crossroads Strike 24/7
• Gunfight Blueprints
• Fireteam: Dirty Bomb Duos
• Nuketown 24/7 - Holiday replaced with Nuketown '84
• Face Off
• Prop Hunt
• Fireteam: Dirty Bomb

Game Modes

• Gunfight

Added extra models and collision to prevent being able to kill enemies at their spawn in Game Show at the start of a match.

• Combined Arms

Adjusted time in Combined Arms: Assault when a zone is captured.

Scorestreak

• H.A.R.P - Addressed an issue in Hardcore modes where Spy Planes exiting the map could override the mini-map being active, even if a H.A.R.P. was still active.
• Care Package - Fixed a rare crash that could occur when calling in a Holiday Care Package.

Operator Missions

• Adjusted XP values for Operator Missions.

Zombies

Stability

• Added various stability fixes.

Gameplay

• Closed various map exploit areas.
• Addressed an issue that prevented the Ammo Mod from appearing on the player’s weapon immediately after using the Pack-a-Punch.

Dead Ops Arcade 3

• Addressed an issue where the player could load into Dead Ops Arcade with the wrong Operator Skin.
• Addressed an issue where the player could be downed by walking underneath a spike trap.
• Addressed different effect issues occurring when transitioning from solo play.
• Addressed various particle effect issues.

Onslaught (PS4/PS5)

• Addressed an issue where a player could lose their Bronze chalice after a private match.

Warzone

Featured Playlists

Verdansk

• Verdansk Quads – 152 Players
• Trios – 150 Players
• Duos – 150 Players
• Solos – 150 Players
• Plunder Quads – 100 Players

Rebirth Island

• Resurgence Trios – 45 Players
• Mini Royale Duos – 40 Players

Weapons

• DMR 14 - Reduced headshot damage, increased recoil
• Type 63 - Reduced headshot damage, increased recoil
• MAC-10 - Decreased headshot damage multiplier
• Diamatti (Akimbo only) - Decreased damage range, increased hip-fire spread.

Black Ops Cold War challenges force players to play Warzone

In Black Ops Cold War, there are a few challenges that force players to play Warzone even if they don't want to.