Season 22 Spring Update is now Live!

Howdy Folks! The thaw is over, and spring has emerged with Season 22 for us to enjoy! Tower of Koth now has a new Duel | 2v2 variant, Shotgun has received a rework (see below), The Dark Zone is now 125% of its original size, Main Music themed added, Spring décor added to 4 arenas (Awoken, Deep Embrace, Ruins of Sarnath, and Tempest Shrine), and so much more. See the complete patch notes below.

New Content:

• SPRING PODIUM Level 100 in the BP

• Sorlag SPRING EGG Vanity Level 1 in the BP

• Quake 4 SMC Squad icons (8) Earned throughout the BP

Spring Map Décor:

• Awoken – Spring décor, fog has cleared, the sun is out
• Deep Embrace – Spring décor, and a visitor or two have arrived
• Ruins of Sarnath – Spring décor
• Tempest Shrine – Spring décor, rain and lightning has stopped, sky is clearing

New Map for Duel & 2v2:

• The Tower of Koth reworked for Duel & 2v2
• Removed large Cathedral pillar room
• Resized the geometry to be 90% of it’s original size.
• Adjusted stair collision
• Added new spawn points
• Removed teleporter exit speed limits
• Adjusted collision on both sides of the green FX tower above SNG
• Adjusted positioning of a breakable mesh element behind the RL TP to prevent exploitation of totems (that may still be placed there)

New Features:

• Added Hitbeep Volume
• Added Killbeep Volume

Performance Icon Optimizations:

• Optimized the elapsed frame time tracking
• Fixed false positives events for minor frame drops
• Fixed non-functioning events for major frame drops
• Misc code cleanup for optimizations and reduced CPU overhead

Shotgun Performance Pass:

• Switched trace style from spherical ray to a point trace (removing pellet radius)
• Reduced starting shotgun pellet count from 17 to 8
• SG : 1 / - / 7 pellets
• Reduced super shotgun pellet count from 25 to 12
• SSG: 1 / 4 / 7 pellets
• Increased damage per pellet from 5 dmg 10 dmg, total damage decreased from 85 to 80 for SG and from 125 to 120 for SSG
• Adjusted spread values to account for the new pellet size and count
• Damage falloff distance increased from 6.4 to 12.8 m (256 to 512u)
• Fixed SSG visual FX bug where it cycled between 2 & 3 rings (between the SG & SSG spread patterns) when holding fire
• The display of the shotgun hit FX are no longer delayed by one frame

Mini-Mega Health:

• This 25 hp overstack item with a 15 second respawn has been changed to a 50 hp no overstack item with a 30 second respawn
• Bloom FX toned down, so was to not over-emphasize the item now that it no longer overstacks

Deep Embrace:

• Fixed the lod (Level of Detail) mesh at murder hole

The Dark Zone:

• Resized The Dark Zone to be 125% its original size, to give players more space
• Cleaned up geometry, removed unseen
• Improved lightmap texture density
• Optimized lightmap with video quality
• Fixed hole on ramp below Tri-bolt

The Longest Yards:

• The Longest Yard – Fixed the size of the rock kill volumes
• The Longest Yard CTF – Fixed the size of the rock kill volumes

Unholy Trinity Fixes:

• Fixed UHT armor loadout (Example: Ranger should spawn 100 max armor points, not 50 starting ap nor 175 overmax ap)

Main Theme Music:

• Made the Quake Champions main theme available to listen to in-game. Created by Chris Vrenna (Tweaker, Nine Inch Nails), our main theme is an amazing track and it is now available in-game, debuting as an alternative main menu music selection.

Misc Changes/Fixes:

• Extra decimal in sensitivity settings
• Adjusted the performance icon thresholds for minor frame drops
• Assigned the Learn, Season Pass, and Challenges UI menu background cameras to new positions to address podium visibility issues
• Now use the blackghost shader of the customization pip previews for vanity items
• Fixed sizing of Eisen’s FROSTED HAT vanity
• Fixed sizing of Eisen’s LEATHER HAT vanity
• Fixed missing shard dismantle offer for Scalebearer’s CYAEGHA’S GAMBIT vanity
• Disabled voice chat while investigating MSS platform issues

Notes:

• Removed Killbeep Off in favor of Volume 0

Don’t forget to Q for Team Death Match, Capture The Flag, Sacrifice, Death Match, Instagib, and Unholy Trinity this week, as everyone benefits from playing those game modes!

A new set of challenges opens up every Wednesday at 8:00 PM EAST | 2:00 AM CEST. The challenges are broken up in 2 parts. First their week, and then their side left side | right side. The left side consists of the free challenges you can obtain without buying the Battlepass. The right side is accessible after buying the Battlepass. The right side tends to be slightly harder, but gives additional XP as well as shards. Bot Games work as well for these challenges. 83 DAYS REMAIN FOR SEASON 22

You can buy the BattlePass for 1000 platinum. Platinum is the Premium in-game currency in Quake Champions. You can Purchase Platinum in game any time you would like. Quake Champions has also been released on the Microsoft Store. You can Purchase Platinum in the Microsoft Store out of game as well.

The Battlepass itself is separated in 2 rows. The top row is the free version. You can acquire all the items here just by playing the game to level up your Battlepass. The bottom row is unlocked only with the purchase of the Battlepass. This is retroactive. So, if you are at level 50 and decide at that point you want to buy the Battlepass. Everything below level 49 will be added to your account.

Once you have purchased the BP click the shield at the top of the screen, and hit the activate button that will be below the season 22 Name Plate. 73 shards can be obtained in Season 22 & 50 platinum can be obtained in Season 22. Keep an eye out for Level 30, and 65 as they both contain a 7 day XP boost.

Lots of Spring themed goodies this season for you to get during the BattlePass. Note if you already own an item it instantly converts it to shards. Level 101 onwards changed starting in season 14. There is technically a 2nd half to the Battlepass levels maxing out at level 200. Level 101 to 200 has rewards as well. Every 5 levels starting at 105 you will receive 1 shard. While every 10 levels starting at level 110 you will receive 1 shard, and 1 Reliquary. The only exceptions being 190 where you receive 3 shards, and 200 which you will receive 5 shards. I have not verified if this is still the setup for Season 22…Gotta push those levels up first.

Quake Champions is now part of the extended Microsoft | Xbox family, and Xbox has given Quake Champions lots of love, and attention since Quake joined. Quake Champions is now on the Microsoft Store, and was also added to the PC version of Xbox Game Pass. The Ultimate Edition of the PC Xbox Game Pass Subscription service will give you the Champions pack for free upon login.

Official Quake discord here: discord.gg/Quake

all bugs need to be posted in the “#bug-reports” channel under the “QC FEEDBACK” header in the official discord. Video clips, or screenshots of your issue are very useful for the developers.

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HAPPY FRAGGING FOLKS, AND WE SHALL SEE EACHOTHER IN THE ARENAS!

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