2025-04-25

1.49.1 patch notes

Update 1.49.1 is now LIVE and available on both Android and iOS.

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Table of contents:

RANKED SEASON 15

Ranked Season 15 brings you new, exciting content to strategise with and collect!

RANKED REWARDS

This season, the ranked rewards bring you the Blaze collection, 3 unique emblems to flex your ranked achievements, and the Gold Plated Vector weapon skin.

The Blaze skins can be collected by anyone, as they only require a certain number of wins.

However, the emblems and the Gold Plated Vector will require more skill and dedication to be collected.

RANK WINS REQUIRED REWARD
CALIBRATING
Calibrating rank medal		 1 win Incendiary Grenade - Season 15 Blaze

Incendiary Grenade Season 15 Blaze skin

IRON
Iron rank medal		 3 wins P250 - Season 15 Blaze

P250 Season 15 Blaze skin

IRON
Iron rank medal		 5 wins Emblem - Season 15 Entrant

Season 15 Entrant emblem, blue

IRON
Iron rank medal		 7 wins FP6 - Season 15 Blaze

FP6 Season 15 Blaze skin

IRON
Iron rank medal		 10 wins Frag - Season 15 Blaze

Frag Season 15 Blaze skin

IRON
Iron rank medal		 15 wins AK47 - Season 15 Blaze

AK47 Season 15 Blaze skin

IRON
Iron rank medal		 20 wins Flashbang - Season 15 Blaze

Flashbang Season 15 Blaze skin

IRON
Iron rank medal		 25 wins SVD - Season 15 Blaze

SVD Season 15 Blaze skin

IRON
Iron rank medal		 30 wins Smoke Grenade - Season 15 Blaze

Smoke Grenade Season 15 Blaze skin

IRON
Iron rank medal		 35 wins MP7 - Season 15 Blaze

MP7 Season 15 Blaze skin

PLATINUM
Platinum rank medal		 20 wins Emblem - Season 15 Aspirant

Season 15 Aspirant emblem, silver

MASTER
Master rank medal		 150 wins Vector - Gold Plated

Vector Gold Plated skin

ELITE OPS
Elite Ops rank medal		 40 wins Emblem - Season 15 Ascendant

Season 15 Ascendant emblem, gold


There is something to grind and collect for everyone!

INCENDIARY GRENADE

In this season, the incendiary grenade will become available for purchase by both The Breach and Coalition. Use it to cover flanks, assist with taking site, be creative!

We have also introduced a griefing prevention system that penalizes players who deal or take too much team damage. We will monitor player behavior and adjust the system to ensure that your ranked experience is fire and fair!

ELITE OPS

Elite Ops is also being updated. To be Elite Ops, a player would need to have at least a 2100 ranked rating and be in the top 250 players by ranked rating.

This provides a clear threshold for players to pass before they start competing to be the top 250. Do you have what it takes?

SPORTS COLLECTION

SPORTS CASE

This all-new premium case is themed around sporty aesthetics. It features a full lineup of cosmetic items with sleek, high-energy designs, and it is perfect for players who want to stand out!

Sports case and a selection of its 34 new weapon, knife and glove skins

This time, we are doing things differently:

  • Get it randomly from the Weekly Challenge.
  • Buy or sell it on the Marketplace with other players.
  • The Sports case cannot be bought from the game store.
  • You can open the Sports case using a Sports key.

SPORTS KEY

To open a Sports case, you need a Sports key:

  • Buy it for 500 credits.
  • Buy it with an In-app purchase.
  • The Sports key is consumed when opening a Sports case.

Sports keys come in bundles of 1 and 5, so you can buy as many as you need. The key is not available on the Marketplace and can only be bought in the game store.

During the release of the Sports case, the Sports key will be sold at a discounted price of 400 credits, so if you plan to open many cases, this might be the time to get keys in stock!

OTHER CASES

Unlike the Sports case, other existing cases will never require keys, and you can open them immediately!

WEEKLY CHALLENGE

We’ve made it faster to complete and more rewarding than ever!

The Weekly Challenge requirement has been lowered from 15 to 6 completed daily missions. Now you can get your rewards faster, and if you miss the week’s early days, you can still catch up later!

The Weekly Challenge rewards also get an upgrade. Every week, a new reward will be chosen randomly for each player. What will you get?

CANDIDO SUPPORTER ITEMS

Candido Push Daggers and Gloves, new esports supporter items, will become available later in the update.

Candido Push Daggers supporter item

Candido Gloves supporter item

Purchasing the Candido items not only adds fantastic items to your loadout but also directly helps the Critical Ops esports scene!

GAMEPLAY BALANCE

ALL ASSAULT RIFLES

  • Kill reward lowered to $200 from $400.

AUG

  • Fire rate lowered to 566 from 666.
  • Recoil changed to be easier.

SG551

  • Fire rate lowered to 600 from 630.
  • Recoil changed to be easier.

SCAR-H

  • Fire rate lowered to 600 from 650.
  • Recoil changed to be harder.
  • Increased spread when hipfiring.

UTILITY ANIMATIONS

  • Changed the first-person utility throwing animation.


Now, when throwing any grenade, your character will use their hand to guide the throw. You, too, can use the hand to perfect your grenade lineups!

Uplink is a new map with a familiar theme. It is available in custom games in Defuse, Team Deathmatch, and Gun Game game modes.

Server room on the new map Uplink

More information available here. Try it out and let us know what you think!

OPTIMIZATION

We have made some optimization improvements in this update. However, we are continuing to investigate FPS drops on devices targeting 120 FPS. We will keep you updated.

MAP UPDATES

ALL MAPS

  • Memory and texture optimizations.

BUREAU

  • Minor tweaks to ceiling geometry just outside bomb site B, towards B long.
  • Fixed instances where objects would disappear when they shouldn’t.
  • Fixed a small gap.

HEAT

  • Fixed death spots near the top of the phone booth.

LEGACY

  • Changed Breach spawn area near stairs.
  • Moved the entrance door (The Breach side) to eliminate a sightline.
  • Fixed item stuck spots.
  • Fixed bomb stuck spots.

RAID

  • Fixed overlapping textures.
  • Fixed instances where objects would disappear when they shouldn’t.
  • Added windows inside the Coalition spawn entrance (so it actually makes sense).

VILLAGE

  • Fixed death spots near The Breach spawn parking.

MISC

  • Added “Max lights” slider to graphics settings to limit how many dynamic lights will show.

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed knife being given to players in Custom TDM when disabled in room settings.