Sledgehammer Games recently announced the Season 2 Reloaded for Call of Duty Vanguard and we have the pre-load patch available for you right here. This update adds a bunch of things to the game like a new 12 vs 12 game mode and various new vehicles such as motorcycles and more. There are new changes made to zombies as well so make sure to go through all the patch notes below.
The file size for this update has not been made available however, we will update it as soon as we get our hands on it. The update will be available globally on all supported platforms on March 23 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 4 PM GMT. With that said, here are the patch notes for Call of Duty: Vanguard Season 2 Reloaded Update.
Call Of Duty: Vanguard Patch Notes – Season 2 Reloaded Update
Here are all the patch notes for Call of Duty: Vanguard Season 2 Reloaded Update rolling out on all supported platforms:
A Brand-New 12v12 Mode Across the Alps
Season Two Reloaded will bring a new large-map mode to Vanguard, one that involves trekking across a snow-covered mountainside with new vehicles to build a formidable loadout.
This new mode – Arms Race – will take place on Alps, the largest map in Vanguard set in Task Force Yeti’s main area of operations. Drop in across this alpine tundra — from its iced-over lake to the mountainside fortresses — and capture all bases to win.
Once a base is captured, Operators can choose to respawn at that base or at any other captured points on the map, in addition to spawning in on their fellow squad member. Bases automatically set up gates for the defending team within, allowing safe passage for allies and shutting itself when enemies are nearby.
By default, two out of the Alps’ seven potential bases will already be taken out of commission, making it a five-base fight for supremacy.
To help your cause, every friendly base contains several Buy Stations, similar to those seen on Champion Hill. Here, you can use Cash earned by capturing objectives or picking it up from enemy players to purchase weapons, equipment, Killstreaks, Field Upgrades, or even use your Custom Loadouts (as long as you have the cash for it).
New Vehicles: Motorcycle, CD12, and Tank
Cash can also be used at friendly bases to purchase vehicles, your primary way of traveling across the Alps as quickly as possible.
Motorcycle
Operators can call in one vehicle for free anytime, anywhere: the Motorcycle.
This two-seater is the most agile of the three vehicle choices, allowing Operators to weave between tight spaces and take sharp corners.
Its handling and speed come at the cost of durability, as one good rocket or a flurry of Armor-Piercing bullets can easily cause it to explode.
CD12 Transport
Costing only a few hundred in-game Cash, the CD12 Transport is a four-seater Squad Vehicle with enough room for your four-person crew.
If you and a few other Operators want to gain ground quickly but cannot spawn near a targeted base, then the CD12 Transport is a great way to cover some distance as one unit.
Furthermore, destroying this vehicle will cause a large explosion, which may aid in destroying an enemy base’s gate.
Tank
The most expensive vehicle in this new mode is arguably the most powerful, as it is the only one to come with built-in weaponry and is more durable than the CD12 and the Motorcycle.
Tanks have only one seat for its driver, who also operates as its gunner. This vehicle is equipped with a high-explosive round chambered in its cannon, which can easily take down an enemy base gates or groups of enemies. This can turn around an offensive charge or a defensive stand with effective use.
Ranked Play — Top 250 Skill Division & Leaderboard (In Season)
Challengers: let’s talk about celebrating your achievements.
After refining Ranked Play since its Beta launch at the beginning of the season, Treyarch is planning to introduce the all-new Top 250 Skill Division and Leaderboard in Season Two Reloaded. Here, the best Call of Duty® players in the world are ranked in a new eighth Skill Division above Challenger that everyone can keep tabs on directly from the Ranked Play menu.
The fabled Top 250 will be showcased in a new leaderboard; along with some of your favorite pros, many of these members are likely to be part of the Call of Duty Challengers circuit. If you wind up here alongside these potential future stars, you may want to see if you’re eligible to start playing in some official tournaments. We can’t wait to see who finishes Season Two in the #1 spot!
Season Two Reloaded brings an entirely new batch of Season Two Ranked Play rewards to be earned by completing Win Challenges and earning Ladder Placements. These new rewards include two new Pro Issue Blueprints, two Weapon Camos, two Charms, an exclusive Spray and Sticker, and an animated Emblem awarded at the end of the Season based on your final Skill Division.
For the ultimate bragging rights, players can earn the Ranked Legend Solange Operator Skin by winning 25 games in the Master Skill Division or higher, and each Skill Division also has a Charm that can be earned by winning 10 games in that Skill Division. As a reminder, all Ranked Play rewards can be used in both Vanguard and Warzone once unlocked.
Season Two Ranked Play rewards can only be earned during Season Two, so get on the grind!
Ranked Play Skill Rating Restriction & UI Updates
Haven’t been able to party up with your friends outside of your Skill Division? Treyarch’s got you. This week, the studio is making changes to reduce some of the SR restrictions across Skill Divisions to make it easier for friends to party up, while keeping SR brackets competitive at the highest Skill Divisions.
These are the current rules for SR restrictions:
- Players in Master & Challenger can only party up within 500 SR.
- Players in Expert & Elite can only party up within 1000 SR.
- Players below Expert can party up without restrictions.
… and these will be the updated rules going live with Season Two Reloaded:
- Players in Master & Challenger can form parties with players up to one adjacent Skill Division away.
- Players in Elite can form parties with players up to two adjacent Skill Divisions away.
- Players below Elite can party up without restrictions and can party with players who haven’t yet completed their Seasonal Skill Evaluation matches.
- Party Restriction rules are determined by the highest Skill Division represented in the party.
Treyarch is also adding a new “My Career & Rewards” menu to Ranked Play, where players can access their Rank, Rewards, and Skill Division screens for additional information. Details include:
- Rewards Screen: Preview your Season Two & Skill Division Rewards and track your progress toward your next unlock.
- Skill Division Screen: See where you stack up in the Skill Divisions with information on your current Skill Division, as well as your progress toward your next Tier promotion.
Zombies: New Covenants and Additional Updates
As Operators continue to face the undead and fight back Von List in “Terra Maledicta” and “Der Anfang,” they will soon find two new Covenants to equip during their quest. Players will take on the new Sacrifice Objective in “Der Anfang” for a wider variety of challenges to take on, and the Armaguerra 43 SMG will become available in Zombies via weapon unlock challenge when it goes live in Vanguard.
Notably, the Season Two Reloaded update will also add Dedicated Server Pause for Solo games, as well as additional bug fixes to be detailed by Treyarch in the coming days. Players in Solo matches and single-player Private matches will be able to pause for up to two hours collectively per match on dedicated servers, and can continue to pause indefinitely in Offline/Local matches.
Let’s take a look at the new abilities coming in the two new Covenants as part of this midseason update:
Critical Expertise
- Noncritical hits have a chance to become critical hits. Critical kills with Death Blow equipped will return ammo.
- Rare: Noncritical hits have a 10% chance to be critical.
- Epic: Noncritical hits have a 20% chance to be critical.
- Legendary: Noncritical hits have a 30% chance to crit for 50% bonus damage.
Explosives Expert
- Your explosions do more damage to the enemy and less damage to you. Splatterfest and Energy Mine explosion damage is increased. Ray Gun splash damage is not affected.
- Rare: Your explosions do 50% more damage to the enemy and 50% less damage to you.
- Epic: Your explosions do 75% more damage to the enemy and 75% less damage to you.
- Legendary: Your explosions do 100% more damage to the enemy and 100% less damage to you.
- Complete Task Force Yeti with Gustavo Dos Santos. The Brazilian agent will arrive as part of Season Two Reloaded. Pick him up for the squad and get those shiny Gold and Platinum threads for Task Force Yeti.
- Wield the Armaguerra 43. Build an effective CQB (close-quarters battle) or mid-range Loadout with this free new weapon.
- Pro Pack, Boston Breach CDL Pack Hit the Store. Also: get #IntoTheBreach and rep Boston with this CDL Pack.
- “What’s my [[REDACTED]] name?” The one Operator who never hesitates to put anyone on their back is dropping into Vanguard and Warzone close to one of his most favorite holidays.
Gustavo Dos Santos Completes Task Force Yeti Trio
The prodigal socialite turned national hero is arriving just in time for a new mission in the Alps and to infiltrate a reinforced Rebirth Island.
During his lavish retreat to France, Gustavo Dos Santos had a chance encounter with a resistance agent who revealed to him Germany’s secret plans for Brazil. Risking his life, Gustavo returned to his homeland to deliver this intelligence, then joined the “the Smoking Cobras,” (also known as the Brazilian Expeditionary Force) to become a true hero in Northern Italy.
He prefers using CQB weaponry, especially the prototypical Armaguerra 43 he gained mastery with during his time in the Mediterranean. The only thing sharper than his wit is his deadly accuracy with all weaponry.
Unlock Gustavo Dos Santos by purchasing his Bundle, which is set to arrive in Season Two Reloaded.
Armaguerra 43: SMG (In-Season)
Very high rate-of-fire SMG. Effective at short to medium range engagements.
Only produced in small quantities, this advanced submachine gun gave insight into how modern CQB armaments could function, even though its design was never built upon in the decades to follow.
Compared to all other Vanguard SMGs with no attachments, the Armaguerra 43 is the fastest-firing weapon in its category. Its effective range is surprisingly great — better than other fast-firing SMGs — but its high recoil and low damage might make it tough to engage far-out targets without any attachments.
Thankfully, there is the Gunsmith: bring the Armaguerra 43 here to kit it for engagements ranging from extreme CQB to long-shot territory, especially by customizing its barrels and magazines.
Want to bump up its damage and rate of fire? Or tame that recoil to more manageable levels? This weapon can be tailored to a variety of skill levels — master it and its unruly recoil to unlock its powerful potential across Vanguard Multiplayer and Warzone.
The Armaguerra 43 can be unlocked in one of two ways: through an SMG-based challenge or via Store Bundle to be released later this season, which features a Weapon Blueprint from this weapon’s family.
New Pro Pack, Boston Breach Team Pack, and Bundles
These Bundles for Gustavo Dos Santos and the Armaguerra 43 are just the tip of the mountain of content coming with this update, which can be used from the Alps to Rebirth Island and everywhere in between across Multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone.
Island Expedition Pro Pack
Whether its Rebirth Reinforced or Caldera, any Operator may need the tools to complete their latest expedition in one piece.
As part of Season Two Reloaded, the Franchise Store will include the Island Expedition Pro Pack. Available for $19.99 USD Suggested Retail Price (or your regional equivalent), this nine-item Bundle includes a menacing new outfit for Isabella Rosario Dulnuan Reyes, as well as the “Bakunawa” LMG and “Babaylan” Marksman Rifle Legendary Weapon Blueprints, a new MVP Highlight and Killcam Vanity (available in Vanguard), and other cosmetic items for your next shoreline raid.
This Pro Pack also has a 2,400 COD Point topper, which can be used to purchase another Bundle in the Store. Consider it a two-for-one value play that can completely overhaul your Loadout and player profile.
Boston Breach Team Pack
The Call of Duty League is well underway with its Major II qualifiers, as OpTic Texas looks to stay atop the standings after winning their hometown Major I Tournament earlier this month. In front of a sell-out #GreenWall crowd and record-breaking Call of Duty League regular season viewership, OpTic Texas defeated rivals Atlanta FaZe 5-2 to win $200,000 and 65 CDL Points.
Also at that event, the Boston Breach put up a valiant effort against the eventual runners-up Atlanta FaZe in the first Winners Round but would find success in the Elimination Bracket. There, they narrowly defeated the Florida Mutineers and spoiled Paris Legion’s Cinderella run before it could begin, ultimately bowing out after a tight five game series against the Toronto Ultra.
Sitting at the middle of the pack, the Breach are doing well so far during their inaugural season. And those looking to support this rising new organization will not have to wait longer than Season Two Reloaded.
Following this update, players can pick up the Boston Breach Team Pack. It includes two Operator Skins, a weapon camo that can be used across all Vanguard weapons, and more cosmetic items to show those in Warzone, Vanguard Ranked Play, and elsewhere in Multiplayer or Zombies how you are fully #IntotheBreach.
Of course, those who want to support the other 11 teams – such as joining the OpTic Texas bandwagon after breaking their championship drought – can head to the Franchise Store within Vanguard and Warzone to pick up their Call of Duty League Packs.
Tracer Pack: Attack on Titan Mastercraft Bundle
Don’t miss your last chance to get the Tracer Pack: Attack on Titan – Armored Titan Mastercraft Bundle! Featuring the “Armored Titan” Legendary Roland Operator Skin, this Bundle has everything you need to crush the competition PLUS three bonus stickers!*
Snoop Dogg Operator Bundle — Light It Up close to 4/20
“Squad member active, that’s what’s up!”
Snoop Dogg — aka the Doggfather, FKA Snoop Lion, and the now owner of Death Row Records — is returning to Call of Duty nearly a decade after lending his voice to the franchise as a Voice Pack in Call of Duty®: Ghosts.
Only this time, he’s his own one-man Task Force, and he’s getting off the mic to drop in like it’s hot all over Warzone and Vanguard.
Prepare to fight as the D-O-Double G, and you don’t need any Signs to see “it’s legit — you know it’s a hit.” More information can be found here.
Call of Duty: Vanguard is out in Early Access and Open Beta on the PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S platforms. If you’d like to read more game updates and news, check out our Patch Notes section.
Source: Call of Duty Blog
