Patch Notes – Update 16.1

Summary

Trelvic summary report categorizing Update 16.1 PC+Console changes by Map, Weapons, Ranked, UI/UX. This area focuses on impactful gameplay and key points, without official prose.

This summary is reference information based on the official patch notes.

• Weapon balance: To encourage tactical variety, players can select and use a range of weapons rather than relying on a single dominant gun in combat. This update aims to facilitate that.
• Weapon balance: Assault Rifle M416 demonstrated hyper-competitiveness in power, rate of fire, etc. In the last #7.2 update, reload time was adjusted,
• Weapon balance: base damage, bullet velocity, and damage drop-off distance were nerfed. Since then, M416 availability and usability declined, while BE RIL M762’s usability rose substantially.
• Weapon balance: Post-update, M416 has seen reduced acquisition and usage, with a notable rise in BE RIL M762 usage.

• Mk12: Increased damage: 50 → 51
• Mk12: Increased damage drop-off distance: 75m → 90m
• Mk12: Mk12 will now spawn on all active standard and ranked maps going forward. Automatically reflected in Custom Match spawns.
• Vehicle spawns – Ranked: In ranked maps, fixed spawns for transport vehicles have been added.

• Season 16 Ranked: A new ranked season begins with this update. Before entering the battle for top placement in Season 16, players can claim Season 15 final rank rewards based on their previous season rank.
• Season 16 Ranked: To showcase Season 15 performance, all rewards except the parachute skin are bound to the current season and can only be owned during that season.
• Season 16 Ranked: Rewards are automatically granted to your inventory at the start of the new season.
• Season 16 Ranked: When Ranked Season ends, a server maintenance period occurs and all season rewards, except parachute rewards, are reclaimed from player inventories.

• Friends list: Old items in the list are separated into a separate tab: PUBG Friends / Platform Friends / Previous List
• Friends list: (Console only) When switching pages, the topmost player is selected by default. Applies to Friends, Friend Requests, and Recently Played pages.
• Friends list: (Console only) Refreshing the page preserves the previously selected position on the list. Applies to Friends, Friend Requests, Recently Played, and Find Team pages.

• Match Report: The match report page now shows kills and knockouts in the Summary tab.

• Convenience improvement (PC only): Added spray item activation to Emote shortcut, so sprays can be used with the same shortcut. The option name will be reflected in the 16.2 update.
• Convenience improvement (PC only): The usable distance for spray items has slightly increased.

• Performance improvement: Removed unnecessary in-game images, widgets, sounds, and animations per mode and platform to improve loading speed and stability.