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Season 02 Patch Notes: February 13, 2026

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Ranked restrictions expand, launcher fire rates increase, and GDL HAVOC reserve ammo decreases.

  • Ranked Play: In Ranked Play: Resurgence, Shotguns, Psych Grenades, C4 and Shock Sticks join the restriction list.
  • DS20 MIRAGE: Integrated launcher Rate of Fire increases from 171RPM to 240RPM.
  • WARDEN 308: Integrated launcher Rate of Fire increases from 171RPM to 240RPM.

RANKED PLAY

Restrictions

  • These have been added to the restriction list in Ranked Play: Resurgence

    • Shotguns
    • Psych Grenades
    • C4
    • Shock Sticks

WEAPONS

Weapon Adjustments

We’ve taken many of the adjustments in today's update in Black Ops 7 Multiplayer from our partners at Treyarch. We’ll be releasing a Warzone specific weapon update soon as part of our ongoing two to three week update cycle. 

Assault Rifle Adjustments

Weapon Adjustments

DS20 MIRAGE

  • Integrated launcher Rate of Fire increased from 171RPM to 240RPM.

Attachment Adjustments

  • Mirage Tandem Launcher (Prestige Attachment)
    • Burst Fire Delay improved from 300ms to 200ms.

PEACEKEEPER MK1

Attachment Adjustments

  • Bolt Carrier Group
    • Horizontal Recoil Control penalty reduced from 25% to 15%.

X9 MAVERICK

Attachment Adjustments

  • 14.6" MFS Pulse Load+ Barrel (Prestige Attachment)
    • Jumping and Landing Stability improvement increased from 40% to 60%.

SMG Adjustments

Weapon Adjustments

MPC-25

Attachment Adjustments

  • 8.6" MFS Stratus-X Barrel (Prestige Attachment)
    • Vertical Recoil Control improvement increased from 30% to 35%.
    • Horizontal Recoil Control improvement increased from 30% to 35%.
    • Recoil Gun Kick improvement increased from 30% to 35%.
  • Bolt Carrier Group
    • Horizontal Recoil Control penalty reduced from 20% to 15%.

Shotgun Adjustments

Weapon Adjustments

M10 BREACHER

Attachment Adjustments

  • MFS XK-Lite Stock (Prestige Attachment)
    • Now also improves Sprint to Fire Time by 25ms.

SG-12

  • Addressed an issue preventing the flashlight visuals on the SG-12’s MFS Pulse Fire Taclight from functioning.

LMG Adjustments

Weapon Adjustments

MK. 78

Attachment Adjustments

  • MFS Heatshield Belt Fed (Prestige Attachment)
    • Addressed an issue preventing this attachment from adding ADS Spread to the weapon as intended. Now adds 0.75 degrees of ADS Spread.

SOKOL 545

Attachment Adjustments

  • Envoy Foregrip
    • Movement Speed improvement increased by 0.1m/s.
    • Sprinting Movement Speed improvement increased by 0.1m/s.
  • Parallel Foregrip
    • No longer harms Recoil Gun Kick & Vertical Recoil Control.
    • Aim Down Sight Spread improved from 1.75 degrees to 1.45 degrees.
  • Samarskiy Overdive Belt
    • Now takes longer to overheat.
  • Pythian-VI Grip
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 65ms to 75ms.
  • Eldritch Ergo Grip
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 35ms to 45ms.
  • Echidna Aim Stock
    • Aim Down Sight Movement Speed improvement increased by 0.1m/s.
  • Voda Flounce Stock
    • Movement Speed improvement increased by 0.1m/s.
    • Sprinting Movement Speed improvement increased by 0.1m/s.
  • Taction Control Stock
    • Vertical Recoil Control improvement increased from 15% to 21%.
    • Horizontal Recoil Control improvement increased from 15% to 21%.
    • Recoil Gun Kick improvement increased from 15% to 21%.
  • 1mW Instinct Laser Array
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 13ms to 17ms.

XM325

Attachment Adjsutments

  • XM325 Titan Wield
    • Fixed an issue causing the Akimbo Conversion kit to have incorrect damage and hipfire spread.
      • Now correctly has a 40% damage penalty
      • Now correctly has a 25% hipfire penalty
  • 18" RistRauch S-100 Barrel
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 20ms to 24ms.
  • Strider Handstop
    • Movement Speed improvement increased by 0.1m/s.
    • Aim Down Sight Movement Speed improvement increased by 0.1m/s.
  • Parallel Foregrip
    • No longer harms Recoil Gun Kick & Vertical Recoil Control.
    • Aim Down Sight Spread improved from 1.45 degrees to 1.25 degrees.
  • Wessi Fast Belt
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 10ms to 20ms.
  • Rist Rauch Recon Stock
    • Aim Down Sight Movement Speed improvement increased by 0.2m/s.
  • 1mW Instinct Laser Array
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 15ms to 20ms.

Marksman Rifle Adjustments

Weapon Adjustments

WARDEN 308

  • Integrated launcher Rate of Fire increased from 171RPM to 240RPM.

Attachment Adjustments

  • Mirage Tandem Launcher (Prestige Attachment)
    • Burst Fire Delay improved from 300ms to 200ms.
We recognize that the Warden isn’t meeting performance expectations, and we plan to introduce Warzone-specific improvements for it in a future update. In the meantime, we’ve applied these changes from Black Ops 7 Multiplayer while we work on targeted adjustments for this weapon.

Sniper Rifle Adjustments

Weapon Adjustments

HAWKER HX

Attachment Adjustments

  • Hawker Syncretic Grip
    • Now also improves Flinch Resistance by 20%.
  • Hawker Steadfast Stock
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 45% to 25%.
  • 27.4" Teleos Range Barrel
    • Now also improves Flinch Resistance by 15%.
  • Knitline Focus Grip
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 35% to 20%.
  • Requiem-ZW Stock
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 25% to 15%.
  • 5mw Lockkstep Laser (Strelok Laser)
    • Hip to ADS spread now start tightening at 50% ADS transition

SAHDOW SK

Attachment Adjustments

  • 22.4" Strand Barrel
    • Now also improves Flinch Resistance by 10%.
  • EMT3 Vanquish Riser
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 17% to 10%.
  • Freehold Control Grip
    • Now also improves Flinch Resistance by 15%.
  • Friction Stock
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 30% to 15%.
  • Flourish Full Stock
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 15% to 10%.
  • 5mw Lockkstep Laser (Strelok Laser)
    • Hip to ADS spread now start tightening at 50% ADS transition

VS RECON

Attachment Adjustments

  • VS Poise Grip
    • Now also improves Flinch Resistance by 20%.
  • Stabil Heavy Pad
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 45% to 20%.
  • Outpost Raider Pad
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 17% to 12%.
  • 5mw Lockkstep Laser (Strelok Laser)
    • Hip to ADS spread now start tightening at 50% ADS transition

XR-3 ION

Attachment Adjustments

  • 21" LTI Infinity Barrel
    • Now also improves Flinch Resistance by 15%.
  • 15" Fringe Barrel
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 20ms to 33ms.
  • Stalwart-5 Handguard
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 35% to 20%.
  • Phantom-V Fast Mag
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 15ms to 23ms.
  • Lethal Absorb Stock
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 45% to 25%.
  • Lightshield Stock
    • Flinch Resistance improvement reduced from 25% to 15%.
  • L9 Vertigo Grip
    • Now also improves Flinch Resistance by 20%.
  • L.T. Sling Grip
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 40ms to 55ms.
  • Transit Ion Grip
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 20ms to 30ms.
  • 1mW Instinct Laser Array
    • Aim Down Sight Time improvement increased from 17ms to 27ms.
  • 5mw Lockkstep Laser (Strelok Laser)
    • Hip to ADS spread now start tightening at 50% ADS transition

Pistol Adjustments

Weapon Adjustments

CODA 9

Attachment Adjustments

  • 4.9” Omen Barrel
    • Vertical Recoil Control penalty reduced from 50% to 30%.
    • Recoil Gun Kick penalty reduced from 49% to 30%.
  • Bolt Carrier Group
    • Horizontal Recoil Control penalty reduced from 25% to 20%.

VELOX 5.7

Attachment Adjustments

  • 5.2" Anvil Barrel
    • Vertical Recoil Control penalty reduced from 50% to 30%.
    • Recoil Gun Kick penalty reduced from 49% to 30%.

Launcher Adjustments

Weapon Adjustments

A.R.C M1

  • Addressed an issue preventing the low ammo warning from displaying.

Special Weapon Adjustments

Weapon Adjustments

GDL HAVOC

  • Reduced reserve ammo by 4.

Attachment Adjustments

  • MFS Airstrike Mag
    • Reduced reserve ammo by 8.
  • Aberrant Grip
    • No longer improves Sprinting Movement Speed.

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed an issue preventing players from seeing the Top 250 leaderboard.
  • Fixed an issue preventing players from progressing the SR Challenge for Placements.
  • Fixed an issue causing a players first loadout perk to be displayed twice after picking up Specialist.
  • Fixed an issue causing stuttering and freezing when a Player is being eliminated by an execution.
  • Fixed an issue causing a Care Package to be empty in Loaded Resurgence.
  • Fixed an issue where the Camo Challenge menu would show 15/16 Camos unlocked for a weapon when a player had unlocked all Camos for that weapon.
  • Fixed an issue where attempting to use a Permanent Unlock would take the player to the Weekly Challenges menu.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the showcase operator from changing.
  • Fixed an issue when creating multiple Weapon Builds from the same Blueprint.

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