Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s second season kicks off today, and the full patch notes are now available for you to look at. Ghost is arriving in the game as a new Operator, and fan-favorite map Rust makes a return. There is a new map called Atlas Superstore, and a special Gunfight map called Bazaar. That’s all good news if you were getting a little too used to the maps on offer.

Two new weapons have also arrived, in the form of the GRAU 5.56 rifle and Striker 45 submachine gun. You can find the full patch notes, including all fixes and balance changes, below.

What’s new

  • New Operator: GhostNew Weapons: Grau 5.56 and Striker 45Playlist updateCDL Playlist (Hardpoint, Domination, Search and Destroy)Realism Ground War (previously Realism Mosh Pit)Adding Boneyard into Ground War rotation“I have Rust Issues” – 6v6 Mosh Pit Gunfight Snipers 3v3Rust: available in 2v2 and 6v6 playlistsAtlas Superstore: available in 6v6 and 10v10 playlistsRegiments (check them out in the Social menu)New TrialsSpecial Ops Survival: Azhir Cave (Sony Exclusive) Akimbo Weapon Perk (available in Gunsmith)A note from the team: Bazaar and Gunfight Tournaments will go live later in the season.

General fixes

  • Fix for the “Focused” challenge not tracking properly.Krovnik FarmlandAdded back into rotationRemoved access to the second floor in a handful of centrally located houses (see the locations below marked in red)Fixes for various exploits across Ground War maps.Fixed an issue where players could team kill Care Package owners and teammates capturing Care Packages.Fix for Platinum and Damascus camos sometimes having a blinding glare when in certain areas that contain sunlight.Fix for a rare bug that could prevent players from accessing the barracks, weapons, and/or Operators tabs after matches.Disabled the “Copy Loadout” feature.

Field Upgrades

  • Trophy System: Deploy time has been reduced by about half a second.Fixed a bug that allowed players to get infinite Weapon Drops by canceling Killstreaks. Killstreaks are no longer usable when the Weapon Drop grenade is equipped.Fixed a bug where objectives were not giving Field Upgrade progress.

Perks – Rebalancing

  • Perk 1 SlotsOverkill: Switched places with Kill Chain and will now be in Perk 2E.O.D.: Removed hacking ability (added to Spotter perk)Double Time: Double the recharge rate of Tactical SprintQuick Fix: Reduced health regeneration delay – any kill will immediately start regenerationPerk 2 SlotsGhost: Remove Snapshot grenade immunity (moved to Battle Hardened)Restock: Change the equipment recharge rate from 30 to 25 secondsKill Chain: Switched places with Overkill In Perk 1Pointman: Increase the score gain for Scorestreaks across all modesPerk 3 SlotsTune Up: Increase Field Upgrade cost reductionSpotter: Added hacking ability (from E.O.D.); we’re currently working on the ability to hack through walls.Battle Hardened:Added Snapshot grenade immunity (moved from Ghost)Added Gas grenade resistance:Cough is no longer played when a player enters gasReduced slowdown under gas effect    Reduced blur when under gas effect

Weapons

  • Crossbow:Fix for some kills not tracking properly when attempting to unlock the CrossbowFixed explosive Fury crossbow bolts to not kill Juggernauts in one hitVery slight tuning to the reload speed. We’re still fine tuning this one, so more adjusting is in the works!Fixed a bug where the Crossbow did not do any melee damage to Deployable CoverSA87: Smoothed out recoil, increased damageIncreased RAM-7 extended mags ammo count from 45 to 50A note from the weapons team: The Solozero NVG Enhanced is supposed to see through smoke, but a rendering bug broke this one optic temporarily. We’ll have it fixed shortly.

Special Operations

  • Operation Harbinger: Fixed an issue with a checkpoint that could cause players to spawn under the map.

Keyboard and mouse

  • Added Change to Loadout keybinds for Custom Loadouts 6 to 10, allowing players to quickly switch to any of their favorite Loadouts with the press of a button.Fixed a visual issue where highlighting the usernames of multiple people in a lobby with the mouse cursor could lead to multiple Emblem/Player Card/Level UI elements appearing and overlapping each other.

Call of Duty League

  • Removed Specialist restrictions.

CoD Caster

  • For keyboard and mouse Codcasters, it’s now possible to bring up player Field Upgrades by pressing a key in the same way as they can with Killstreaks. This also shows the exact progress until each player unlocks their respective Field Upgrade.Player health levels are displayed in the background of their portraits.Player numbers are now displayed in the minimap and are larger when viewed on the full map.

PC

  • When using the Tracker perk, footprints are now visible even when the Bullet Impacts & Sprays option is disabled in the Graphics tab.Several fixes to prevent crashes and improve stability.

  • CDL Playlist (Hardpoint, Domination, Search and Destroy)Realism Ground War (previously Realism Mosh Pit)Adding Boneyard into Ground War rotation“I have Rust Issues” – 6v6 Mosh Pit Gunfight Snipers 3v3Rust: available in 2v2 and 6v6 playlistsAtlas Superstore: available in 6v6 and 10v10 playlists

  • Added back into rotationRemoved access to the second floor in a handful of centrally located houses (see the locations below marked in red)

  • Overkill: Switched places with Kill Chain and will now be in Perk 2E.O.D.: Removed hacking ability (added to Spotter perk)Double Time: Double the recharge rate of Tactical SprintQuick Fix: Reduced health regeneration delay – any kill will immediately start regeneration

  • Ghost: Remove Snapshot grenade immunity (moved to Battle Hardened)Restock: Change the equipment recharge rate from 30 to 25 secondsKill Chain: Switched places with Overkill In Perk 1Pointman: Increase the score gain for Scorestreaks across all modes

  • Tune Up: Increase Field Upgrade cost reductionSpotter: Added hacking ability (from E.O.D.); we’re currently working on the ability to hack through walls.Battle Hardened:Added Snapshot grenade immunity (moved from Ghost)Added Gas grenade resistance:Cough is no longer played when a player enters gasReduced slowdown under gas effect    Reduced blur when under gas effect

  • Added Snapshot grenade immunity (moved from Ghost)Added Gas grenade resistance:Cough is no longer played when a player enters gasReduced slowdown under gas effect    Reduced blur when under gas effect

  • Cough is no longer played when a player enters gasReduced slowdown under gas effect    Reduced blur when under gas effect

  • Fix for some kills not tracking properly when attempting to unlock the CrossbowFixed explosive Fury crossbow bolts to not kill Juggernauts in one hitVery slight tuning to the reload speed. We’re still fine tuning this one, so more adjusting is in the works!Fixed a bug where the Crossbow did not do any melee damage to Deployable Cover