Warden Hunt Launches with XP Boosts

NEW: Warden Hunt

Warden Hunt will be available until the end of Season 1

• New Warden Encounters: Wardens can spawn at new POIs in Perimeter, Dire Marsh, and Outpost.
• Locked room keys are guaranteed to drop from Wardens for the remainder of the season.
• Key Templates are now Compromised instead of Fragile.
• Every run now has a guaranteed chance for a zone event to occur (Ex: Lockdowns, Intercept, etc)
• +50% Runner Level XP
• +50% Faction XP
• Cryo Archive Sponsored Kits will refresh on a daily basis in the Armory
• Starting May 21, Cryo Archive will be available every day through the end of Season 1
  • May 21 to 23: Cryo Archive
  • May 24 to 27: Ranked Cryo Archive
  • May 28 to June 1: Cryo Archive

Item Economy

• Self-Revive
  • When the Revive Speed stat is at 0: 12s → 16s
  • When the Revive Speed stat is at 100: 7s → 12s

Combat

• Kill Transport or Scan Drones: 5 → 10 Traxus XP
• UESC (Grenadiers, Assault, Sniper, Ghost): 7 → 10 XP
• UESC Commanders: 10 → 15 XP
• UESC Wardens: 15 → 50 XP

Weapons

• Fixed an issue that prevented the grenades from emitting explosion sound effects when not in range of the damage radius.

Mods

• Pocket Change
  • Fixed an issue where ammo was being granted after defeating ticks.
• Common Enemy
  • Fixed an issue where the tooltip incorrectly described the duration as moderate instead of short on the enhanced (green) rarity version.

• Impact Shockwave (Ares Railgun)
  • No longer downs players equipped with blue shields or greater in one shot
  • Reduced explosive damage against players by 75%
• Overclock Delimiter (Circuit Breaker)
  • Fixed an issue where Overclock Delimiter allowed players to shoot through UESC barriers.
    • Removed the ability to allow charged projectiles to shoot through Bubble shields.

• Ram-Page Mag (V75 Scar)
  • Fixed an issue that was preventing damage dealt to Claymores when equipped.

Combatants

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• Fixed an issue that caused the UESC Ghost to unexpectedly deal heavy burst damage.

Runners

• Fixed an issue that would allow reviving crewmates while performing a finisher.

• Until Season 2
  • Rook starts with Deluxe Patch Kits and Shield Charges.
  • Rook starts with Deluxe Shield Implants.
• Signal Mask remains active for longer when sprinting.
• The range at which AI will detect your footsteps when Signal Mask is active has been reduced.
• Fixed an issue where the Rook tooltip incorrectly stated that Season Level 3 was required to unlock.

• Fixed an issue where items dropped from the Pickpocket Drone could clip through red UESC barriers.

User Interface and Experience

• Fixed an issue that prevented the exfil countdown timer from appearing when entering an active enemy Runner’s exfil circle.
• Fixed an issue that caused quick pings to be intercepted by the clear door curtains.
• CORRECTION, updated at 7:59AM PT on 5/19/2026 - Added ten additional controller aim sensitivity levels to Settings.

Codex

• Fixed an issue where the Arachne Sponsored Kit challenge completions were not contributing to the total on the Factions progress bar in the Codex.
• Updated the Assassin’s Hidden Strike Codex entry to better clarify the completion window when exiting invisibility.

Contracts

• Fixed an issue for Unsanctioned Hostiles [5/5] where the exfil condition was listed in the wrong objective step causing the contract flow to appear out of order.

• Fixed an issue for Co-Evolution [3/5] contract description that directs to Northern Flight Control when the objective is in Southern Flight Control.

Zones

• Fixed an issue that prevented gaining reputation experience for CyberAcme when successfully extracting UESC Crisis Supplies.
• Fixed an issue where only one crew member received CyberAcme reputation for completing Intercept event stepts instead of the entire crew.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent the Hauler’s honk audio from being heard when entering the sound radius while active.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent gaining Traxus reputation after completing a Lockdown event.
• Anomalous Matter:
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Sekiguchi Genetics reputation gain when stabilizing the Anomalous Matter.
  • Fixed an issue that would only give one crew member +25 Sekiguchi Genetics reputation when extracting the Anomalous Matter.

• Fixed an issue in Pinwheel that prevented the Security Break audio from being audible while inside the other wings (Command, Drone, Destroyed).

• Fixed an issue that allowed Thief to bypass red UESC barriers from Cargo to Index.
• Fixed an issue that prevented location names from showing on the HUD when visited.

Localization

• Fixed a word wrapping issue in the Customize menu prompt for Shells and Profile.
• Fixed an issue where the vertical inversion setting in the Controller Settings section could display inconsistent text in some languages.
• Fixed an issue causing the “Free” Credit cost label to show as an em dash in the Russian language.
• Fixed an issue that caused the text in the C.A.R.R.I Armory tutorial prompts to overlap the button prompt in some languages.

General

• Fixed an issue that caused a duplicate and delayed audio voice over after completing the NuCaloric Liaison Contract.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent players from joining via a platform invite while Crew Privacy was set to Invite Only.