MW3 Season 5 patch notes

The MW3 Season 5 patch notes contain a wealth of information surrounding the new content on offer and adjustments Sledgehammer Games has made.

Season 5 is the penultimate season of the MW3 cycle and just like previous seasons, the battle pass contains plenty of content ranging from the Static-HV to the Valeria Operator. The patch notes often feature further details on the new arrivals along with a closer look at any adjustments made to various aspects of multiplayer and zombies.

With that said, find everything about the MW3 Season 5 patch notes in our guide.

MW3 Season 5 patch notes release time

The Season 5 patch notes went live on July 24th shortly before Season 5 began.

MW3 Season 5 update patch notes

Global

Stability & Performance

• Addressed an issue causing poor performance on Xbox One consoles.

Customization

• Improved quality of first-person arm textures on the Jeans Ghost Operator Skin.
• Removed incompatible Underbarrel from the Matambre Blueprint for the FJX Horus.

Multiplayer

UIX

• Increased limit of Tracked Challenges from 5 to 10.
• Improved flow of interacting with an empty slot in the player list in Private Matches.
• Trigger Action Attachment slot is now displayed while previewing Blueprints in the Store.
• Bug Fixes
• • Added various measures to prevent Custom Mods with unintended Attachment setups from being used.
  • Fixed an issue causing unexpected Attachments to be equipped after removing a Conversion Kit in the Gunsmith.
  • Fixed an issue causing a low-quality background asset to be displayed while hovering the Ranked Play tile in the COD HQ.

Gameplay

• Adding missing Operator voice lines when pinging a Med Box, Tac Cam, Comm Scrambler, A.C.S., or Remote Turret.
• Fixed an issue causing Magazine Attachments for the MTZ-556 to not be properly equipped once in a match.

Maps

• Invasion
• • Located missing SUV near the South Street and returned it to its intended position.
• Terminal
• • Fixed an issue causing some aerial Killstreaks to become stuck near the Lounge.
• Vista
• • Fixed an issue causing some Killstreaks to become stuck.
  • Defenders team now spawns at Furnicular to begin the match.
  • Attackers team now spawns at Plaza to begin the match.
  • Repositioned capture zone A to the bridge within Jungle.
  • Slightly adjusted capture zone B in the Marketplace and added additional spawn points to improve balance between teams.
  • Adjusted spawn directions to ensure flow toward capture zones.

Weapons and attachments

Assault Rifles

• BAL-27
• • Decreased horizontal recoil magnitude, allowing greater predictability during sustained fire.
  • Decreased overall recoil magnitude to aid in long-range effectiveness.
  • Decreased overall recoil deviation, ensuring a more predictable pattern that is easier to control at range.

Submachine Guns

• Superi 46
• • Decreased movement speed from 5m/s to 4.9m/s (-2%).
  • Decreased crouched movement speed from 2m/s to 1.9m/s (-5%).
  • Decreased sprint speed from 5.9m/s to 5.8m/s (-2%).
  • Decreased ADS movement speed from 3.6m/s to 3.4m/s (-6%).
• FJX Horus
• • Increased sprint to fire time from 93ms to 110ms (+18%).
  • Decreased maximum damage range from 13.7m to 11.4m (-17%).
  • Decreased near-medium damage range from 22.9m to 19m (-17%).
  • Decreased medium damage range from 29.7m to 25.4m (-15%).
  • Decreased far-medium damage range from 36.6m to 30.5m (-17%).

Shotguns

• Reclaimer 18
• • Fixed an issue causing inconsistent damage dealt to enemies in both fire types.
  • Semi-Auto Fire Type
  • • Increased fire rate from 182rpm to 200rpm (+10%).
    • Increased hipfire spread by 12%.
  • Pump Action Fire Type
  • • Increased hipfire maximum damage from 80 to 220 (+175%).
    • Increased hipfire maximum damage range from 2m to 3m (+50%).
    • Increased hipfire near-medium damage from 20 to 25 (+25%).
• KV Broadside (MWII)
• • JAK Jawbreaker Conversion Kit
  • • Decreased vertical recoil by 20%.
• MX Guardian (MWII)
• • Removed the ability to equip the incompatible GRV-Z Short Grip Underbarrel Attachment.Light Machine Guns

Light Machine Guns

• Pulemyot 762
• • Increased upper arm and lower arm damage multipliers from 1x to 1.1x.

Marksman Rifles

• MTZ Interceptor
• • Decreased maximum damage range from 30.5m to 22.9m (-25%).
  • Decreased lower torso, upper arm, lower arm, and hand damage multipliers from 1x to 0.9x.
• EBR-14 (MWII)
• • SO-90 Factory Stock
  • • Fixed an issue causing players to become unable to move while aiming down sights.

Sniper Rifles

• XRK Stalker
• • Increased upper leg, lower leg, and foot damage multipliers from 1x to 1.1x.
• Carrack .300 (MWII)
• • Increased maximum damage range from 12.7m to 17.8m (+40%).
  • Increased near-medium damage range from 30.7m to 66m (+115%).
  • Removed medium damage range.

Handguns

• COR-45
• • Decreased rate of fire from 375rpm to 240rpm (-36%).
  • XRK v6 Match Trigger Action
  • • Decreased rate of fire from 438rpm to 264rpm (-40%).
  • XRK v21 Heavy Match Trigger Action
  • • Decreased rate of fire from 545rpm to 272rpm (-50%).
• TYR
• • Increased maximum damage range from 5.6m to 8.9m (+14%).

Melee

• Sledgehammer
• • Decreased movement speed by 22%.
  • Decreased heavy swing melee range from 5.3m to 3.2m (-40%).

Perks

• Engineer Vest
• • Added a Lethal Equipment slot.
• Gunner Vest
• • Added a Boots Perk slot.
• Demolition Vest
• • Added a second Gear Perk slot.
• CCT Comms Vest
• • Added a Tactical Equipment slot.
• Overkill Vest

Killstreaks

• Score earned via Killstreaks will no longer contribute toward earning the next available Killstreak.
• M.G.B.
• • With the looming threat of a DNA Bomb now contained, the M.G.B. returns.

Zombies

Stability

• Resolved a crash that occurred when multiple users placed a Sentry Turret at the same time.
• Solved several crash bugs that occurred while getting kills in Unstable Rifts.

Progression

• The Reclaimer 18 challenge, “Get 20 Consecutive Kills with the Reclaimer 18 10 Times Without Taking Damage" now progresses as intended.

UIX

• Weapon widget on the HUD now supports ammo counts greater than 999.
• Bug Fixes
• • Fixed an issue causing improper ammo counts to be displayed while using the Mags of Holding Schematic.
  • Fixed several instances in which Calling Card splashes did not match in-menu names.

Accessibility

• Some visual effects, such as flash muzzles, have been reduced to improve player comfort.

Gameplay

• Addressed an exploit allowing players to enter inaccessible areas while carrying a Sentry Turret.
• Fixed an issue causing players to receive invalid weapons via the Mystery Box.

• Resolved an issue where the KAS-10 584mm Mod Barrel attachment was removed and reverted to the default barrel upon loading into a match with the Flammable Fury Blueprint equipped.
• Resolved an issue where the Max Ammo Power-Up did not instantly fill the magazine of a left-handed Akimbo weapon.
• Resolved an issue where the tac sprint animation for the Sledgehammer melee weapon differed between third-person and first-person views.
• Resolved an issue in Operation Deadbolt where the helicopter would occasionally fail to move away from the exfil location after taking off.