PUBG: Battlegrounds refines gunplay meta with update 20.1. Now available on all platforms!
PUBG: Battlegrounds players on all platforms can now look forward to various improvements to weapon attachments, vehicle gameplay, a new ranked season, world and map updates, and game quality adjustments with update 20.1.
Below is an overview of the most important PUBG: Battlegrounds updates coming with Update 20.1. Here is a video preview.
Weapon Updates
- weapon attachments: With the Vertical Grip dominating Battlegrounds as the preferred grip attachment, Update 20.1 has made changes to the Thumb Grip, Angled Grip, Half Grip, Vertical Grip, and Light Grip. A comprehensive list of changes to the essays is in the Sticky Notes
- firing from vehicles: There are many advantages to using vehicles in PUBG: Battlegrounds. Because of these advantages in combat against other players, the development team conducted tests and analyzed player feedback to reduce one-sided battles between vehicles and players on foot.
- Driver: The handgun reload animation is now canceled when the player operates the vehicle’s steering wheel. Handgun reload time increases by approximately 50 percent and recoil increases by approximately 20 percent for PC users.
- passenger: Weapon recoil increases to 20 percent for PC users.
- scopes: To limit the utility of fully automatic ARs, the 8x and 15x scopes can also be fitted to the M16A4 and Mk47 Mutant. The 4x scope also gets three additional crosshair types that can be freely selected and used.
World and map updates
- Blue Zone: Since players on Deston seem to be knocked out of the game comparatively more frequently in the Blue Zone than on other maps, the radius rate and the start delay of the Blue Zone for the first phase will be increased. In the second phase, both the radius and the damage increase per distance increase. Jammer Pack has also been adjusted for Miramar, Karakin, Haven, and Deston by increasing the damage dealt to the Jammer Pack by the Blue Zone.
Game quality adjustments
- carry function: The carry function can now be used or canceled with the buttons for limited interaction. Additionally, several bug fixes and improvements have been made when using the carry function in certain situations.
- Screen Ping Mark: The on-screen ping marker appears more transparent the closer a player or weapon crosshair is to the marker. The marker is now also available in ranked matches and disappears after 30 seconds.
- radio messages: Update 20.1 introduces new inventory-specific calls. Players can notify teammates about the count of a specific item near them or in their inventory, as well as informing members when a player has a specific scope equipped or needs a specific item, attachment, or weapon.