We’ll be deploying an update on 02.08.2018 that includes a new Champion: Death Knight, new vanity weapons: Redeemer & the limited-edition QuakeCon Heavy Machine Gun, Esports Showdown Bundle, the ability to select multiple playlists, Bots available in Custom Game and additional performance polish. We estimate the update process will take from 8AM EDT – 3PM EDT (12PM UTC to 7PM UTC).


“Let me be forever at war.”

A new Champion rises from the fire to slake his unending desire for carnage! Available to play today, Death Knight will be a familiar face to Quake fans, as this armor-clad enemy sought to stop Ranger from defeating Shub-Ngurath with his fireball-spewing sword. The massive energies released by the Outer God’s defeat launched them both into the Dreamlands, and now Death Knight stalks him—and anyone else who crosses his path!



100 hp, 50/100 ap

Flame Strike
Summon a spread-fire of 3 fireballs from the swing of your sword that leave a trail of fire in their wake and engulf your enemies in flames

Charring & Forged Skin
Death Knight can catch opponents on fire with his flaming gauntlet and is resistant to fire & lava



QC Q4 Gauntlet.12MB The Quake 4 Redeemer Gauntlet doesn’t have to be a last resort, but when you’re down and out you can always look towards it for some vindication



Available only during QuakeCon 2018, login any time during the event from August 9-12 to receive this exclusive HMG skin!



Support Quake Esports with the Showdown Bundle! Available for a limited time, and comes with Quake 4 Redeemer Gauntlet, 200 Platinum, 2 Reliquaries, and 7 Day XP boost. Allows unlimited purchases!


- Players can now multiselect individual Quick Play modes in Play Now
- New TDM vs Bots playlist added
- Bots are now available in Custom Game
- New Music Added, preview of Andrew Hulshult’s soundtrack - Full detials
here.
- Updated the Direction Hints to include a crouch indicator
- Added an option to hide the Summary Stats from the HUD
- Added options for Rewards Medals, so players can hide the Reward Medal
from the HUD and only hear the Medal VO, or disable the Reward Medals
UI & VO entirely
- Added an option to hide the Frag Message from the HUD
- Added an option to hide the Hit Markers from around the crosshair
- Added a Zoom Sensitivity option to adjust your mouse sensitivity while
zoomed-in
- Re-added support for HRTF Audio
- Players can now hit ESC during the Battle Report’s medal reward sequence
to skip to the Summary and Scoreboard
- Added Heatmaps to stat site.



Training Updates

- Basic Training updated with additional UI & polish
- Fixed an issue where player could wind up in floor geometry
- All doors now close behind players as they proceed
- Fixed an issue where small Health and Armor markers were using the Soul
Icon in the Bot Area
- Players are no longer required to complete their Starting Challenges before
graduating from bots to human opponents

Spectating

- Fixed an issue where the X-ray colors for players with red/ blue outlines
weren't functioning as intended
- Fixed an issue when switching to a player in active ability, spectator could
hear repeating audio
- Fixed an issue for when in free-cam, nicknames in the death-log did not
have proper color coding
- Fixed an issue where the Spectators could see red shaders on a champ
during their spawn animation
- Fixed an issue where Spectators didn’t see HP/AP above enemies when
switching off X-ray
- Fixed various map issues where free cam would allow spectator through
geometry
- Fixed an issue on warmup where spectator may not see icons of picked
champions
- Fixed an issue where quickly changing cam mode and players before
ending a match could sometimes show a champion from the death screen
on the podium
- Fixed an issue where the Spectator camera could become locked in any of
the Auto Follow modes without notification that it was locked into that mode
- Fixed an issue where Spectator could select Auto Follow Modes that didn't
apply to the match
- Fixed an issue where Auto follow killer mode for spectator presented a big
delay after a kill
- Fixed an issue where Spectators might see shifted effect on DOOM
SLAYER's fists during Activie Ability BERSERK
- Fixed an issue In Instagib mode, where the 'toggle spectator' hint is not
opened
- Fixed an issue in Custom game where the Spectator wasn't offered to
reconnect in a closed session
- Fixed an issue where the Soul POI (Point of Interest) remained above the
heads of every user who held the Soul while using the Soul Auto Follow
option
- Fixed an issue where Auto Follow modes did not function properly

Tech

- Fixed various crashes
- Fixed an issue where User may end up with a greyed out Play button and
lose the ability to matchmake
- Fixed an issue for hang-ups on servers
- Fixed an issue where Players were unable to move or fire at the beginning
of matches

Localization

- Added general localization polish

Bots

- Fixed various issues where bots would get stuck on geometry
- Reduced the size of the player hitbox that bots target, reducing their
weapon accuracy and granting us more control over their weapon handling
mechanics
- Combat behavior improvements

Performance

- Fixed an issue where a Memory Leak would occur if minimizing the game
before the opening cinematic would play

UI

- Fixed an issue where the Confirmation window flashed when changing
settings while on Player Profile screen
- Fixed an issue where clicking on the Game and Controls tabs in the
Settings menu didn’t work consistently

Champions

- Fixed an issue where Clutch's Mining Laser length was visibly shorter than
its actual range in third person

Maps

- Fixed an issue for Awoken where Shadows could show up as very dark
throughout the map
- Fixed an issue for Awoken where Pre-match podium screen displayed
wrong Elder God icon

Store

- Players should no longer be able to redeem an in-use nickname, losing the
rename token in the process

Misc.

- Fixed an issue where Shooting enemies directly at maximum range with the - Tri-Bolt could cause additional splash damage to occur after all direct hits
- Fixed an issue for Sacrifice where it could take 7 seconds to steal the soul
from a captured obelisk instead of 3
- Fixed an issue where Kill cam would not show for the players first death of
the match



In case you missed it, check out our latest DEV Stream Recap here where we talk new modes; Slipgate + CTF!



This awesome bundle features a hand-painted, 12” tall Scalebearer statue, the Champions Pack and an exclusive Oni Skin! Full details on how order from anywhere in the world here.

Over the past year, we’ve continued to monitor community feedback and viewership trends surrounding our Twitch Drop programs for The Elder Scrolls: Legends and Quake Champions.

We have amazing streamers who put in time, talent, and dedication day after day to bring their fellow community members entertaining content, and that is why going forward we are going to be turning off Twitch Drops for any streams that rebroadcast content or stream AFK solely to generate Drops for idling viewers (and themselves).

We will be reviewing all channels streaming Quake Champions and The Elder Scrolls: Legends. Channels that are found to be rebroadcasting content without first turning off Drops in their settings will be blacklisted from having Drops work on their channel. This change will go into effect as of August 3rd, 2018. All bans will be permanent and will prevent the streamer from drops for any/all Bethesda games, not just the one that resulted in the ban.

Thanks for your understanding. We hope you’ll agree that this policy change is for the best in being fair towards our community content creators, and to help the Quake Champions and The Elder Scrolls: Legends stream scenes grow. If you haven’t done so already, go link your Bethesda.net account on Twitch, check out some Quake Champions or Legends streams, and start getting Drops!

We’ll be deploying an update on 05.07.2018 that includes a new map: The Molten Falls, Champion & Weapon Balance Changes, the highly requested Purchasable Player Rename Tokens and additional performance polish. We estimate the update process will take from 7am EDT – 2PM EDT (11AM GMT to 6PM GMT).

- Purchasable Rename Token
- Updated Champion & Weapon Balance Changes
- UI Tutorial Expanded (this helps players get acquainted within the various menu screens)
- Game performance health icons added to options (beta)
- Gated access to Ranked playlists until player reaches level 10


- New Map: The Molten Falls – In this new Goroth Map from the Dimension of the Doomed, experience gripping encounters in an open map with more verticality, great lines of sight, wider halls & tons of opportunities to best your opponents – Available in all Ranked/Unranked modes with the exception of Sacrifice

Champions
- Fixed an issue where Peeker (Strogg's Drone) didn't highlight Galena's Unholy Totems while marking foes for your team
- Fixed an issue so Galena’s Unholy Totems no longer float in mid-air outside of the playable area
- Fixed an issue in Peeker's ability, where teammates would see Red shading instead of Blue
- Fixed an issue where enemy Keel grenades were not differentiated from friendly ones
- Fixed an issue when Slash used her ability just before death, the VFX of trail would be missing but it would still damage an enemy
- Fixed an issue where Strogg could become stuck crouching in 3rd person if Peeker was destroyed too quickly
- Fixed an issue where Peeker was not consistently destroyed by exiting Ghostwalk ability with Nyx
- Fixed an issue where Galena's Unholy Totem ability could become stuck in air if it hit a player while they were moving
- Fixed an issue where Galena's Unholy Totems didn't do damage when the max amount (three) were active


Spectator
- Fixed Various Spectator crashes
- Fixed an issue where Spectators saw an outline on dead enemies
- Fixed an issue where Spectators could miss the Post-match podium, if switching between players quickly
- Fixed an issue where Spectator Camera may attempt to spectate two players at once during warmup
- Fixed an issue where Spectators sometimes wouldn’t see the projectiles from the Plasmagun
- Fixed an issue where Spectators might see Champion models in 3rd person view
- Fixed an issue where Spectators might not see Player Icons during Warmup
- Fixed an issue where Auto-Follow modes were not functioning for Spectators
- Fixed an issue where the Scalebearer Bullrush SFX would improperly persist for Spectators
- Support of HP/AP for Spectating integrated


Bots
- Fixed an issue where Slash was unable to be killed by bots with Railguns
- Fixed various navigation issues in various maps where Bots could get stuck


UI
- Fixed an issue where Scoreboard couldn’t be opened on death screen in Basic Training
- Fixed an issue where on welcome screen Ranked Matches count showed Unranked Matches count instead
- Fixed an issue where hovering over Medals did not display description
- Fixed an issue where 'Medals' inscription on Duel Scoreboard was hidden if there were no Medals
- Fixed an issue where after the player retrieved their Daily Reward the colorful outline around the reward would switch to the next day’s reward before the animation was complete
- Fixed an issue where the 'Accuracy' Medal wasn't given to the most accurate player
- Fixed an issue where the 'Back to Lobby' button was missing for Duel matches
- Fixed an issue where Basic Training pickup description hints passed too quickly
- Fixed an issue in Ranked TDM where the Post-match podiums had incorrect nameplate placement
- Integrated filters on profile screen for 'Game Type' in Statistics section
- Added shiny "Q" logo on lootboxes
- Added “COMPILING SHADERS” message on Customization loading screen
- Added a notification about using Ranger’s Dire Orb ability for teleporting during Basic Training & removed the Slipgate from that room
- Removed the two blank MOTD panels on the Welcome Screen
- Fixed an issue where Strogg Medals appeared for all individual Champion Medals
- Added notifications for when a user tries to perform a purchase with disabled overlay
- Added onscreen effect on Peeker’s camera before death


Store
- Items not for sale can no longer be added to the shopping cart (e.g. Plasmagun)
- Fixed an issue where User was able to purchase One Time Purchase items multiple times
- Fixed some lootbox presentation issues


Tech
- 5.1/7.1/HRTF options temporarily disabled due to technical issues
- Forced Gore option to ‘__ON__’ by Default
- AFK timer functionality updated to work more effectively
- Glitch sound effects and white noise before Peeker’s death added
- Fixed an issue where Player might not be transferred to lobby if they navigate to profile screen when Duel Match begins
- Fixed various crashes
- Possible crash when ending a duel
- Fixed various issues with Free Cam
- Fixed an issue where Killercam followed one gib piece of a killed enemy
- Fixed various issues with Champion outline colors presenting the wrong color
- Fixed an issue where Player could not complete Basic Training after using ‘Respawn’ option
- Fixed an issue where Players could Respawn under the floor
- Fixed an issue where entering invalid credentials when linking Steam with a previous Quake account closed the game


Misc
- Fixed an issue where sending a private message wouldn't switch off DnD (Do not Disturb) mode
- Fixed an issue where Sorlag Mastery Runes were not tracking towards completion
- Fixed an issue where Hosts were able to select and start a Sacrifice Match on Corrupted Keep in a custom game (map not supported)
- Fixed the time it takes to capture a Soul from an Obelisk in Sacrifice back to its original 3 seconds



Maps
- Added *The Molten Falls* in all Ranked/Unranked modes with the exception of Sacrifice in Custom Game
- Added *Tempest Shrine* to available map list for Duel in Custom Game only


Super Shotgun
- Cooldown 1000 to 1050 ms


Lightning Gun
- Radius 0.12 to 0.13 m
- Cooldown 58 to 55 ms


Tri-bolt
- Projectile Speed 2000 to 1600 ups
- timeToExplodeSec 0.5 to 0.6 sec


Anarki
- Extra points decay rate 0.33 to 0.5


Clutch
- Shield Hide Time (amount of time the shield is hidden after firing) 1.0 to 0.7 sec
- Scale 1.2 to 1.175x (Champion model & hitbox size)
- Cooldown 40 to 35 sec
- Drill distance 800 to 2000 ups
- Drill radius 0.16 to 0.17


Galena
- Cooldown 30 to 35 sec
- Unholy Totem Health 50 to 25 hp (to destroy totem, not its healing effect)


Nyx
- Cooldown 45 to 40 sec


Slash
- Scale 1.05 to 1.0x (Champion model & hitbox size)
- Plasmatrail speedBoost 0.2 to 0.25x
- MaxSpeed 620 to 720 ups

Sorlag
- MaxSpeed 680 to 720 ups
- Cooldown 40 to 35 sec
- BunnyHop maxHelpSpeed 400 to 500 ups
- CircleStrafeFriction 14 to 12


Strogg & Peeker
- Cooldown 40 to 35 sec
- Duration 40 to 45 sec
- Drone Health 80 to 90 hp
- Drone Shot Damage 10 to 20
- Drone Shot Cooldown 100 to 110 ms


Visor
- Cooldown 45 to 50 sec

Quakers,

We have been experimenting with ways to help us grow the Quake community, and one way is to learn which of our advertisements and web content effectively bring new Quake players to the game. To be clear: our limited trial use of Red Shell in Quake Champions only gathers anonymous data, such as where new players are coming from or how many matches they played. This helps us work smarter to grow a stronger Quake community, built on players who will continue to play the game. The software does not collect any personal information.

That being said our players are our top priority. In response to your concerns, we’ve stopped collecting this data and will be removing the trial version of Red Shell from the game with a hotfix next week. We are still investigating how to use this technology in the future to help us grow and sustain Quake Champions moving forward. When/if we do add it back to the game, we’ll give everyone a heads up and explain what it is doing and how it is doing it, and any implementation will be compliant with our Privacy Policy and GDPR.

As of June 26, we have deployed a hotfix that removed Red Shell.

- The Quake team

Quakefam, your response to the game during E3 week has been amazing. Tons of new players have stepped foot into the arena for the first time to take their place amongst Champions, and we couldn't be more thrilled that you're having fun with the game.

Because of this, we want to give even more players a chance to join the battle, so we're extending free-to-play access until Monday, June 25! Play Quake Champions for free during this week, and after the event you can continue playing!

See you in the arena!