We’ll be deploying an update on 20.12.2018 that includes a new mode: Capture the Flag (CTF), a new map: Citadel, a brand new Free & Premium Battle Pass System with an all new Champion Progression System, a fresh rotation of weekly Arcade Modes, a few Champion + Weapon Balance Changes and more granular graphic setting changes. We estimate the update process will take from 8AM EST – 2PM EST (11AM GMT to 6PM GMT).

• Two teams face off in a match of Capture the Flag
  
• Steal your enemy’s flag and return it to your base to score a capture
  
• Your team’s flag needs to be in your base in order to capture
  
• A match is divided into two halves, with teams switching sides of the map at halftime
  
• The team with the most captures at the end of the match wins
  
• If teams are tied at the end of the match, the team that has the most XP is the winner
  
• Supported Maps: Burial Chamber, Church of Azathoth, Citadel, Lockbox, Tempest Shrine

Inspired by the popular Quake Live CTF map Stonekeep, we’ve been baking this one in PTS for a while now because we knew that we couldn’t release CTF without the perfect map for the mode: Citadel. This is our most symmetrical map yet, and as such is divided into two halves, Red & Blue with two power-ups spawning in the perimeters of each half! We hope you’ll love the new digs and are looking forward to seeing how you and your new team comps can creatively traverse this new addition to the dreamlands!


We’re stoked to introduce our new free Rewards System and Battle Pass which rewards players for leveling up through their normal play and through daily + weekly challenges. There’s a ton of excellent content here, including this massively cool all-new vanity weapon at level 100:



Excavated from an unmarked grave just outside Terlingua, a small Texas ghost town, this ornate fully automatic perplexed assessors. Too advanced for its age and forged from metals of unknown origin.

More details on the new free Rewards System and the Battle Pass:
https://youtu.be/0-7klmtac6I
The in-game economy is going through some positive changes to accommodate for this new progression system. Here’s a shortlist of note:

• Favor removed
  
• Backpacks no longer for sale
  
• Chests no longer for sale
  
• Reliquaries guarantee 1 Legendary item
  
• Reliquaries sold in quantities of 1, 3, 10
  
• Reliquary discounts: qty 3 10% off, qty 10 20% off
  
• Left over loot boxes of all types may still be opened
  
• Duplicate rates have been extremely reduced in Backpacks, Chest, and Reliquaries
  
• Can no longer dismantle items in Customization
  
• Players earn Shards in Battle Pass and Weekly Challenges
  
• Champions unlocked for Shards (20 shards)
  
• Champion Progression points 1 Shard each

Have more questions? We've got you covered with this handy FAQ!



We’re very happy to finally unveil our brand new Champion Progression System which allows players to have agency over where and how they spend their Shards as every Champion has a linear level progression system. It includes everything from shaders, attachments, lore scrolls and full armor sets; including each Champion’s Elite Mastery Shader + Legendary Set. Rewards have never been clearer or as fun to obtain!


Performance improvements including:

• Particle optimization
  
• Texture resolution optimization
  
• Updated all video settings for low and medium for various settings
  
• Improved performance drops seen with Quad Damage
  
• Optimized Gore performance
  
• Frametime optimizations

Graphic Options Settings

• More granularity on Graphic Settings (You’ll notice a much larger difference in texture quality/fidelity between Low -> Ultra settings in-game)
  
• Note: The Main Menu itself is locked a higher setting so don’t judge performance until in a match
  
• Pro Tip: If you have a <3gb GPU - please select Low Settings and you should notice less hitching and a smoother frame rates
  
• Let us know about your in-game performance experiences (esp. PCs with lower specs!) in the forums and please include your system specs and in-game name when you do! (Having your in-game name is VERY important!)

Sound Update

• We reduced the volume of map ambient sounds on all maps by half for a more enjoyable gameplay experience (This was huge for us as we know it’s been one of the most-requested community asks!)

November’s Playlist remix gave us a ton of good data on what people love playing the most, so we’re mixing it up again with what modes will be available.

Quick Play Modes

• CTF
  
• TDM
  
• DM
  
• Instagib
  
• Unholy Trinity

Ranked Modes

• Duel

Notes:

• Instagib and Unholy Trinity have been moved from Arcade to Quick Play to improve MM times by allowing players to multi-select them alongside the core Quick Play modes
  
• Slipgate and Sacrifice has been removed from Quick Play and Arcade due to a remaining bug that we’re working on, but it will remain in Custom Game
  Game Mode Unlocks
  
• New players will now have immediate access to Quick Play and Arcade, rather than unlocking individual modes as they level-up.
  
• Ranked play remains locked until Level 10
  
• In Battle Pass Season 1, all players are reset to Level 1, Ranked SR is reset, players must reach Level 10 before they can unlock Ranked, and players must play qualifier matches to become Ranked
  
• In future Seasons, while players will be reset to Level 1, they will not be forced to reach Level 10 to unlock Ranked Modes

Bot Support

• Bots will only be present in Match Making lobbies for teams with an average ELO of 1300 & below who are experience long queue times.
  
• Bots will now only backfill players leaving in team modes and will no longer backfill in Free-For-All based modes.

A brand new way to queue up and play! The Arcade is a weekly rotation of rule modifiers that shake up how you play Quake Champions in fun, different ways. This month we’re introducing two new ones:

AAArena

• BJ only. Infinite Ammo. LG only. Ability available on respawn. AAAAAAhhhhhHHHHHH!

Slide and Slash

• Slash and gauntlet only, trails insta-kill. Ability available on respawn

All Champions

• Champion Roster now ordered in groups of Light, Medium, Heavy
  
• Delay after abilities, 0.5 to 0.4 sec

Anarki

• 1 hp Health Decay every 0.5 to 1 sec

Athena

• Delay between Grapple Throw and Swing Activation 0 to 0.1 sec

B.J. Blazkowicz

• Dual Wield rate of fire 1.25 to 1.3x

Clutch

• Delay between Barrier Shield and Mining Drill Activation 0 to 0.25 sec
  
• Mining Drill Radius 0.17 to 0.15

Death Knight

• Fire Trail Duration 2 to 3 sec
  
• Delay Between Flame Strike and Converge Activation 0 to 0.125 sec
  
• Friendly fire bug fixed

Eisen

• Scale 1.0 to 1.1
  
• Head Hitsphere Radius 0.15m to 0.175 m
  
• Shoulders Hitsphere Radius 0.14 to 0.20 m
  
• Arm Hitcylinders Radius 0.1 to 0.15 m
  
• Leg Hitcylinder Radius 0.175 to 0.20 m
  
• Sentry Turret 140 fov cone to sphere (360 degree targeting)
  
• Sentry Turret rof 250 to 200 ms
  
• Sentry Turret no longer blocks item pickups

Galena

• Totem Damage 50 to 40
  
• Enforced Totem Damage (when she has three Totems deployed) 75 to 60

Keel

• Delay between grenade shots 500 to 400 ms

Nyx

• Ghostwalk Telefrag 100 to 125

Ranger

• Dire Orb Splash/Explosion bug fixed, up to 200 damage was possible (25 fly-through, 100 telefrag, 75 splash). Max damage is now 125 (25 fly-through and 100 telefrag).
  
• Delay Between Dire Orb Throw and Teleport Activation 0 to 0.125 sec

Scalebearer

• Bull Rush
  
  • From
    
    • 100 > 320 ups
  • To
    
    • 50 > 320 ups
      
    • 75 > 400 ups
      
    • 100 > 500 ups
• Heavy Weight
  
  • From
    • 100 > 320 ups
  • To
    • 25 > 320 ups
      
    • 50 > 400 ups
      
    • 75 > 500 ups

Strogg & Peeker

• Peeker Hyperblaster damage 10 to 15
  
• Peeker Charge damage 50 to 75

Visor

• Ability Activation VO is now heard in third person as a 3d positional sound

Heavy Machinegun

• Zoomed Spread 0 to 0.009 m

Nailgun

• Rate of Fire 90 to 100 ms
  
• Damage 10 to 12

Super Nailgun

• Rate of Fire 110 to 100 ms

Tri-bolt

• Bolt Damage 40 to 35
  
• Rate of Fire 1200 to 1300 ms
  
• Max Ammo 20 to 15

Lightning Gun

• Beam Radius 0.13 to 0.12 m

• All items that fall from dead players (shards, weapons, power-ups, flags, souls, stroyent, health) all have physics, falling outward from the origin of the dead player down to the ground
  
• Fixed an issue where Galena’s totems could damage teammates when exploding
  
• Fixed an issue where Death Knight could set teammates on fire
  
• Fixed an issue in Slipgate where players would spawn without full armor
  
• Fixed an animation issue for Anarki on the post-match podium screen
  
• Fixed Eisen’s turret so it can shoot at enemy’s downhill from it
  
• Fixed an issue where the Gauntlet blades would not appear when being used
  
• Fixed where the Tri-bolt 3rd person Quad effects would not display correctly
  
• Fixed an issue in Sacrifice where the Soul could appear partially submerged in to the floor
  
• Fixed an issue where you could see under the match start podiums
  
• Fixed an issue where major pickup items could spawn inside map geometry
  
• Fixed an issue in Molten Falls where Ranger could use Dire Orb to teleport below the kill volume

• Fixed issue that would cause BJ’s audio to play distorted when using active ability
  
• Fixed occasional crashes that could occur when loading into a match with spectators
  
• Fixed a hang and crash where players could become stuck in an infinite loading screen after match, and then crash
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when loading into a custom match with a full party of players and botscrash
  
• Fixed performance drops that could occur in Church of Azathoth when looking towards the center of the map
  
• Fixed issue where the Railgun appears to fire rapidly when switching to Lightning Gun
  
• Fixed an issue where Eisen’s 1st person weapon bob would stop working after switching weapons
  
• Fixed an issue where performance would drop for a player killed and the attacker
  
• Fixed issue switching weapons could cause switching weapons with the mousewheel to stop working
  
• Fixed an issue where Ally Outline Color changes would not immediately take effect
  
• Fixed an issue where Enable Gore, Show Hit Markers, and Enable Speedometer settings were not saved on game relaunch
  
• Fixed issue where the game would crash when a player player attempted to create a new account
  
• Fixed an issue where Blood Covenant would crash on the pre-match podium screen
  
• Fixed issue when alt-tabbing on a loading screen in custom game on Mystery Sacrifice Blood Covenant
  
• Fixed an issue where player’s could lose the ability to control the camera with the mouse

• Fixed many issues of text running outside of their text fields
  
• Fixed clipping issue for Eisen’s Die Berechnung skin and the Grease Monkey’s Toolkit vanity item
  
• Fixed an issue where a player’s Arcade Playlist Skill Ranking was displaying on the player’s Profile screen as ranking
  
• Fixed an issue where several of Eisen’s attachment buttons would not display
  
• Fixed issue where Champions did not have individual Instagib statistics
  
• Fixed an issue where the Contacts list could become unresponsive
  
• Added missing Slipgate statistics section to Player Profile screen

• Fixed an issue where the Disruptor would not unlock after purchasing the Winter Esports Bundle
  
• Fixed issue where players could sell vanity items for Platinum

• Fixed issue of text disappearing too quickly in tutorial

• Fixed issue where Lightning Gun damage displayed incorrectly in Basic

• Fixed missing announcer VO for medals
  
• Fixed several outdated passive ability descriptions

• Fixed bots not targeting Eisen’s sentry turret
  
• Fixed bots possibly entering broken state if they are dead during a round
  
• transition
  
• Fixed bots not using Gauntlet in Instagib
  
• Fixed issue of bots playing according to TDM rules while in Slipgate game mode

• Searching as a party of 4 in Slipgate or Sacrifice resulted in unusually long search times

You've been waiting, now here it is at last: your first chance to try out Capture the Flag mode on the Public Test Server! Full patch notes here: https://beth.games/2E6HAJK

How do you get on PTS? It's easy: if you're a Champions Pack owner, you've already got access!

Capture the Flag mode will be coming to the live game in our December Update!

Hey Quakers!

We're excited to announce some major changes to the progression system of Quake Champions coming in our December Update. We're taking the randomness out of rewards: Backpacks, Chests, Runes, and random Lore scroll drops--they're all GOING AWAY!

When the December Update hits, players will be greeted with brand new ways to earn rewards just by playing the game and completing Daily and Weekly Challenges:

• The new Champion Progression System lets you choose which Champions you unlock new items for--and the system is linear, so you know exactly what you're unlocking when you unlock it. No more hoping and wishing you get what you want out of that Backpack!
  
  
• We are introducing a totally new rewards system that gives players a free path to rewards as well as an optional paid “Battle Pass” that unlocks even more, exclusive items. Earn XP and level up to unlock 100 tiers of rewards, including many items new to Quake Champions!

As excited as you are right now, we know you've probably got questions. Check out this handy article for full details and FAQ (plus a pretty snazzy video with a look at all this new content): https://beth.games/2E46REr

We're eager to hear what you think, and you can look forward to clearer rewards and new goodies later this month!

GREETINGS CHAMPIONS,

Our November Update is now LIVE! This update includes a new Champion: Eisen; a ton of Champion + Weapon balance changes; a fresh rotation of weekly Arcade modes; and map performance optimization.


Limited-time Event! Choose a Side: Team Eisen vs. Team Clutch!



In this special event running November 17-30, Choose a Side splits the Quake Champions roster into two factions – Team Eisen and Team Clutch. As you play matches, each frag you score adds to that Champion’s respective team. The full roster of Champions is unlocked for the entirety of the event for F2P players! At the end of each week, players will receive their prize based on the side with the most frags. Full details here.

New Champion: Eisen

Even as a starship captain who’s seen more than his fair share of struggles, nothing could prepare Eisen for the bloodshed caused when the Clutch AI turned homicidal against its human masters – killing Eisen’s closest friends and loved ones in the process.

https://youtu.be/LLu3izM96Xc
Now hunting down the rogue robot through the Dreamlands, Eisen utilizes his special ability – the Sentry Turret – to watch his back. Once deployed, the Sentry Turret can alert Eisen of an enemy’s presence and fire off warning shots as a deterrent. While useful in keeping a step ahead of his foes, Eisen’s Turret focuses on utility over raw damage and is susceptible to enemy fire, so be mindful where you place it!

Starting Statistics:

Health 125/100
Armor 50/100
Speed 310

Active Ability: SENTRY TURRET - Places an automated turret that tracks enemies and fires hyperblaster laser bolts

Passives:
REPURPOSE - Reduce ability time cooldown by 10% when collecting Light Armors
SALVAGE - Reduce ability time cooldown by 20% when collecting Heavy Armor

Esports Invitational Bundle



Starting next week - get ready to start support Quake Esports with the Invitational Bundle! Available for a limited time, and comes with Quake 3 Plasmagun, 200 Platinum, 2 Reliquaries, and 7 Day XP boost. Allows unlimited purchases!

November Playlist Update

UNHOLY TRINITY & HOT ROCKETS return all month long in the Arcade Playlist! Alongside them, NEW arcade modes will continue to rotate weekly. (Listed below.) Also, for all Sacrifice lovers, we’re adding Sac back to the November Quick Play! #SacIsBack

Instagib Classic
Visor-only, no abilities

Insta Mystery
Random Champions, Active & Passive abilities deal insta-damage

Mystery Sacrifice
Utilize the random champions you receive to capture and defend the obelisks

Map Performance Optimization
Improved game performance on the following maps:

• Corrupted Keep
  
• Lockbox
  
• Longest Yard

New Feature: Post-match Victory Animations

On post-match podiums you’ll notice that Champions now have new individual victory animations. More to come on this in upcoming updates…

• Added Weapon Position game option, allowing players to force all weapons to the center or right of the screen, or choose to keep them at their vanity weapon defaults
  
• Bot combat logic improved
  
• Added two additional tiers of bot difficulty

• Reduced damage of all damage dealing abilities
  
• Cooldowns unified at 45 sec
  
• All active abilities disable shooting for 500 ms
  
• Walk speeds unified at 160 ups
  
• All ability explosion radiuses unified to 3 m
  
• All explosion min splash damage unified to 10

All Light Champions

• Max AP 50 to 75
  
• Overmax AP 125 to 150

All Heavy Champions

• Max AP 150 to 125
  
• Overmax AP 225 to 200

Anarki

• Max AP 50 to 75
  
• Overmax AP 125 to 150
  
• View Height 0.66 to 0.9
  
• Crouch Height 0.38 to 0.5
  
• Disable shooting after injection 750 to 500 ms
  
• Disable zooming after injection 1350 to 500 ms

Athena

• Collision damage while grappling 50 to 25
  
• Max AP 50 to 75
  
• Overmax AP 125 to 150
  
• Disable shooting after grapple throw 480 to 500 ms
  
• Disable zooming after grapple throw 480 to 500 ms

B.J. Blazkowicz

• Walk speed 155 to 160 ups
  
• Disable shooting after initiating dual-wield 0 to 500 ms
  
• Disable zooming after initiating dual-wield 0 to 500 ms
  
• VO updated, now using the voice of Brian Bloom, BJ from MachineGame’s Wolfenstein series
  
• Dual-Wield Rates of Fire
  
  • Gauntlet 1.6x to 1.25x
    
  • Machinegun 1.5x to 1.25x
    
  • Shotgun 2x to 1.25x
    
  • Tri-bolt 2x to 1.25x
    
  • Rocket Launcher 2x to 1.25x
    
  • Lightning Gun 1.45x to 1.25x
    
  • Railgun 2x to 1.25x

Clutch

• Max AP 150 to 125
  
• Overmax AP 225 to 200
  
• Mining Drill rate of fire 52 to 125 ms
  
• Mining Drill damage 7 to 10
  
• Shield hide time 0.9 to 1 sec
  
• Disable shooting after active ability expires 0 to 500 ms
  
• Walk speed 150 to 160 ups

Death Knight

• Flame trail duration after impact 6 to 2 sec
  
• Flame trail direct contact damage 5 to 0
  
• Flame strike direct damage 40 to 25
  
• Flame strike max splash damage 40 to 25
  
• Flame strike min splash damage 20 to 10
  
• Flame strike radius 2 to 3 m
  
• Fire Dot 5 to 10 damage per tick
  
• Fire Dot 5 to 10 second duration
  
• Walk speed 155 to 160 ups

DOOM Slayer

• Cooldown 50 to 45
  
• Hands raise time 0.4 to 0.8 sec
  
• Walk speed 155 to 160 ups

Eisen

• Health 125/100
  
• Armor 50/100
  
• Speed 310
  
• Cooldown 45
  
• Sentry turret fov 140
  
• Sentry turret damage 15
  
• Sentry turret rate of fire 250 ms (60 dps)
  
• Sentry turret projectile speed 40 m/s
  
• Sentry turret projectile accel 20 m/s
  
• Sentry turret health 120
  
• Sentry Turret hit-sphere integrated (Easier to hit Sentry Turrets)

Galena

• Cooldown 35 to 45 sec
  
• Disable shooting after totem toss 430 to 500 ms
  
• Disable zooming after totem toss 430 to 500 ms
  
• Normal Totem damage 75 to 50
  
• Upgraded Totem damage 50 to 75
  
• Totem radius 2.5 to 3
  
• Totems now remove all debuff effects, like fire and acid dots
  
• Walk speed 155 to 160 ups

Keel

• Max AP 150 to 125
  
• Overmax AP 225 to 200
  
• Cooldown 50 to 45
  
• Disable shooting after grenade 0 to 500 ms
  
• Disable zooming after grenade 0 to 500 ms
  
• Grenade swarm delay between shots 400 to 500 ms
  
• Grenade swarm min splash damage 15 to 10
  
• Grenade damage 75 to 50
  
• Walk speed 150 to 160 ups

Nyx

• Max AP 50 to 75
  
• Overmax AP 125 to 150
  
• Cooldown 40 to 45
  
• Disable shooting after leaving ghostwalk 0 to 500 ms
  
• Ghostwalk leaving ghostwalk fade out time 400 to 500 ms
  
• Ghostwalk telefrag damage 75 to 100

Ranger

• Cooldown 25 to 45 sec
  
• Disable shooting after throw 250 to 500 ms
  
• Disable zooming after dire orb throw 250 to 500 ms
  
• Dire Orb Fly Through Damage 100 to 25
  
• Dire Orb max splash damage 100 to 75
  
• Dire Orb min splash damage 0 to 10
  
• Dire Orb telefrag damage 8000 to 100
  
• Walk speed 155 to 160 ups

Scalebearer

• Max AP 150 to 125
  
• Overmax AP 225 to 200
  
• Cooldown 30 to 45
  
• Disable shooting after Bull Rush 300 to 500 ms
  
• Ability Knockback 125 to 100
  
• Bull Rush Knockback Vertical Offset 0 to 8u
  
• Heavy Weight Multiplier 1.25 to 1.0
  
• Bull Rush damage:
  
  • Old
    
    • 75 > 300 ups
      
    • 100 > 400 ups
      
    • 125 > 500 ups
      
    • 150 > 600 ups
      
    • 200 > 700 ups
  • New
    
    • 100 > 320 ups
      
    • Knockback increased

• Heavy Weight damage:
  
  • Old
    
    • 50 > 400 ups
      
    • 75 > 320 ups
      
    • 100 > 500 ups
      
    • 150 > 600 ups
  • New
    
    • 100 > 320 ups
      
    • Knockback increased
• Walk speed 150 to 160 ups

Slash

• Max AP 50 to 75
  
• Overmax AP 125 to 150
  
• Crouch speed 160 to 272 ups
  
• Crouch slide friction 1.0 to 1.3
  
• Cooldown 30 to 45
  
• Plasma trail max explosion damage 50 to 25
  
• Plasma trail min splash damage 12 to 10

Sorlag

• Max AP 150 to 125
  
• Overmax AP 225 to 200
  
• Cooldown 35 to 45
  
• Disable shooting after first acid spit 750 to 1300 ms (500 ms after last spit)
  
• Disable zooming after first acid spit 600 to 1300 ms (500 ms after last spit)
  
• Spit direct damage 40 to 15
  
• Spit direct knockback 5 to 10
  
• Spit player collision projectile size 0.2 to 0.5 m
  
• Acid Dot 5 to 10 second duration
  
• Acid Pool lifetime 9 to 10 sec
  
• Walk speed 150 to 160 ups

Strogg & Peeker

• Cooldown 35 to 45
  
• Peeker hyperblaster damage 20 to 10
  
• Peeker hyperblaster rate of fire 110 to 125 ms
  
• Peeker hyperblaster shot accel 13 to 20 m/s
  
• Peeker delay before charge 750 to 500 ms
  
• Walk speed 155 to 160 ups

Visor

• Cooldown 50 to 45
  
• Walk Speed 155 to 160 ups

Rocket Launcher

• Projectile speed 27.5 to 25 m/s (1100 to 1000 ups)
  
• Min splash damage 15 to 10

Lightning Gun

• Damage 7 to 6
  
• Rate of fire 52 to 48 ms (134 to 125 dps)
  
• In-Air Knockback Multiplier 1.65 to 1.8
  
• Ground Knockback Multiplier 1.25 to 1.4

Tri-bolt

• Direct damage 45 to 40
  
• Max splash damage 45 to 40
  
• Min splash damage 4 to 10

Ammo
Unified weapon ammo pick-up behaviors between modes, so the behavior you experience in FFA is also now present in Duel

• Now all weapons will fill you to their starting pickup value if you are low on ammo. If you have the starting ammo value or greater for a weapon and you pick-up the gun again, it will only grant you +1 for low rate of fire weapons or +10 for high rate of fire weapons.

Power-ups
All power-ups, in all modes, now initially spawn at 90 sec and then respawn every 2 minutes afterwards. (Doing away with inconsistent rules between game modes. - - Previously power-ups spawned at 45 sec in Sacrifice, 80 sec in Slipgate, and 120 sec in DM/TDM.)

Health Pickups
All health pickups now remove all debuff effects, like fire and acid dots
Small Health can now be consumed when over max health, if the player has a debuff effect

Blood Pools
Blood Pools now remove all debuff effects, like fire and acid dots

Teleporters
Exit speeds are now based only off of your horizontal velocity (ups), no longer taking your vertical (falling) velocity into account
Exit speeds are now capped at 1000 ups

Armor Protection / Protection / Spawn Protection
Rate changed from 0.66 to 0.67 to address inaccurate health/armor split values

Instagib

• Abilities are still present but only deal normal damage
  
• Only Railgun and Gauntlet deal insta-damage

Slipgate

• Players can no longer join mid-round. Players & bots that join during the round will remain spectators until the next round begins
  
• Fixed inaccurate Quad VO that could occur between rounds
  
• Decreased round transition times in Slipgate

Sacrifice

• Increased Sacrifice capture time from 60 to 90 seconds
  
• Increased Sacrifice Tourney capture time from 60 to 150 seconds

Champions

• Improved the physics behaviors when Athena grapples downward
  
• Fixed an issue with Athena's Grappling Hook so she can no longer be used on the ground to grant a speed boost
  
• Fixed an issue where killing Strogg while Peeker was active caused Peeker to become immobile and unable to do damage in the future
  
• Fixed an issue where Galena's Totem would sometimes be thrown off-center from the player's crosshairs

Maps

• Fixed an issue in Burial Chamber where there was no ability collision in map border near the volcano
  
• Fixed an issue in Blood Run where players could spawn in the same location
  
• Fixed an issue in Awoken where the teleporter trigger volume was much larger than the model
  
• Fixed an issue in Lockbox where the Slipgate closing volume was too high off the ground
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while playing Slipgate on Lockbox in a custom match
  
• Fixed an issue in Church of Azathoth where the Slipgate effects would not change depending on match progress
  
• Fixed no players collision on breakable terrain in Awoken
  
• Fixed an issue in Church of Azathoth where Ranger could teleport into the wall next to the jump pad

UI

• Fixed contacts list from becoming unresponsive and forcing restart
  
• Nyx artifact is no longer cropped on Lore codex PIP
  
• Fixed speedometer appearing on screen despite turning off setting
  
• Fixed issue where Player couldn't exit matchmaking after a match while the
• Battle Report animations play
  
• Fixed Enemy Outline ‘ON’ option
  
• Fixed Enemy Outline Color options to correctly apply the chosen color to the arrow, outline, and Fresnel lighting
  
• Fixed dropdown menus persisting when pressing ESC to exit the Settings menu
  
• Fixed Resolution Scaling affecting names and clickables in multiple Menus
  
• Fixed text being cut off by text fields

Gameplay

• Fixed issue where match wouldn't load properly for players that were spectating

Tech

• Fixed a crash after player became stuck in infinite loading screen after match
  
• Fixed issue where Enable Voice Chat, Enable Gore, Show Hit Markers, and
• Enable Speedometer settings were not saved on game relaunch
  
• Fixed mouse becoming unresponsive in full screen
  
• Fixed AFK Timer for viewers of streams in the Watch browser

Localization

• Fixed issue where Announcer VO is spoken in English in non-English languages

Bots

• Fixed bots crashing in Sacrifice
  
• Attacking teammate bots will now close the Slipgate after all defending team members are killed
  
• Bots no longer fall off the map in Longest Yard
  
• On Longest Yard, Bots are now able to take the jump pad from the Tri-Bolt platform
  
• In Ruins of Sarnath, bots will be able to successfully jump off the eyeball
  
• Fixed issue where bots may enter a broken state and follow another bot
  
• Bots no longer stand still after dropping through the funnel in Lockbox
  
• Bots will no longer snap to a direction when taking jump pads in combat

Sound

• Fixed issue where Round Begins audio was out of sync in Slipgate

Vanity Weapons

• Centered the Boomstick (DOOM 2 SSG) by default

Congratulations, Quakefam: you've collectively played 1,000,000 Slipgate matches, unlocking Athena--or her lore skin if you already own her--for everyone in the community who participated!

These rewards will unlock for players on Thursday, November 1. Great job out there, Quakers! See all you crazy swingers in the Arena!

Achtung, Quakefam! Our latest Champion (coming in November!) is now available for Champions Pack owners to test on the PTS. Eisen, a German spaceship captain with a knack for machinery, can build turrets that alert you of incoming enemies and allow you to move in for the frag! His ability is a great utility for positional awareness!

Watch his reveal trailer here:

https://youtu.be/LLu3izM96Xc
We've also included a ton of Champion ability and Weapon balance changes in this PTS version. You can read full patch notes here: https://beth.games/2Ptgjap

Let us know your feedback in the PTS forum!

Congrats Quakers:

You've hit the 50% waypoint towards the Slipgate Festival community event goals! This means that everyone who's played and participated in the event now owns the Scalebearer lore skin! (Already had the lore skin? You get Scalebearer's weight in shards!)

Now you've got some brand new digs to wear while playing this week's "Lead the Way" Arcade mode.

Keep up the pace completing those Slipgate matches. We need everyone playing to help unlock Athena! (Or her lore skin if you already own her.)

Congratulations, Quakefam: over the weekend you unlocked the Annihilator Heavy Machine Gun skin for completing Slipgate matches! Not only that, you've now reached the 30% mark as of the tally this morning!



You're so close to unlocking Scalebearer's lore skin--and then, Athena! Keep it up!


You can always see the most up-to-date progress we post by checking the Quake.com site here: https://beth.games/2IIcPLd

We also post progress milestones in-game when you log in! Note that because we need to pull match numbers as a manual process, there isn't a "real-time" progress bar--but we're continually monitoring and updating it so you know just where you're at!

We also update the community's progress on social media:
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Instagram

Good work, everyone! Keep it up!

The October Game Update is now LIVE! This update includes a new mode: Slipgate; a new Champion: Athena; a fresh rotation of weekly Arcade Modes; the Quake 4 Heavy Machinegun Vanity Skin “Annihilator”; Champion & Weapon Balance Changes; and a Game Hardening Pass (performance gains).

New Mode: SLIPGATE

https://youtu.be/9IN5spGwE1Y
Slipgate is an attack-and-defend mode where both teams fight over the Slipgate portal: a massive wormhole capable of summoning an ancient unnamed horror. Each-and-every sharpshooter spawns with all weapons, full health, full armor but a single, precious, precious life. The defending team of Elder God cultists are trying to open the Slipgate, while the attacking team must stand on the point to close the gate before whatever tentacled terror on the other side pulls itself into our dimension!

LIMITED TIME EVENT: SLIPGATE FESTIVAL

https://youtu.be/8NM3ng8URjw
From October 11th - 31st all players taking part from day one will immediately receive the Elder Guardian Tentacle Weapon Shaders for all starting weapons (Machinegun, Shotgun, & Nailgun)!

Subsequent festival milestones will result in the new Annihilator Heavy Machine Gun Skin being gifted to all participants, then unlocking the Overseer Scalebearer Lore Skin and, ultimately, Athena – or her Coalition Lore Skin if the Champion is already owned either through the Champions Pack, or by purchasing Athena any time before the goal is reached.

Read more about the Slipgate Festival here.

New Champion: ATHENA

https://youtu.be/aLnyZiXc1i0
Athena was among the first to sign up to the GDF and seek vengeance against the Strogg who devastated Earth. Caught in a trap laid for the expeditionary forces, she escaped when a Slipgate generator collapsed, teleporting her drop pod into the Dreamland arenas. Now she uses her grapple line throws and aerial acrobatics to dominate the airspace above her enemies and rain death from above.

Starting Statistics:

• Health 125/100
  
• Armor 0/50
  
• Speed 320

Active Ability – Grappling Hook: Athena will launch a grappling hook to the target location and immediately pull herself towards it. While in flight, Athena can stop pulling herself and instead swing, allowing her to perform impressive maneuvers:

• Linear Pull Hook
  
• Swing Hook
  
• Piercing Damage 25
  
• Swing Damage 50

Passive Ability – Ramp Jump: Athena can reach great heights by using the top ramp or step as a launching platform.


A brand new way to queue up and play! The Arcade is a weekly rotation of rule modifiers that shake up how you play Quake Champions in fun, different ways. This month we’re introducing four new modes, one for each week of the month (in order of appearance):

UNHOLY TRINITY TDM
Choose any champion, all weapons have been removed from the map, however you spawn with the unholy trinity – Rocket Launcher, Railgun, & Lightning gun & NOW WITH A TEAM FULL OF FRIENDS! Armor and health are still present on the map. Practice your combos!

LEAD THE WAY
Everybody’s Scalebearer in a Free For All Deathmatch where Bull Rush is an insta-kill on your enemies. So, basically, it’s an Insta Scaletrain to ChooChoo town!

SWINGER PARTY
Put your keys in the bowl and… No, not THAT kind of party!!! Everybody’s Athena in a Free for All Deathmatch where a direct Grappling Hook shot on an enemy Athena is an insta-kill. So, basically, it’s a SWINGER’S PARTY.
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SACRIFICE
Remember Sacrifice? Well, it’s that, but now w/ a shorter cap time - down from two-and-a-half minutes to just one minute!


Used on all galactic fronts, the SMC Annihilator is a space marine's best friend. It punches holes through enemies like they were paper. This Quake 4 Heavy Machine gun fits right into to any player's perfect arsenal.

In this update we’ve included a number of general improvements:

Game Hardening: The team have taken a forensic look under the game’s hood in order to better deliver solid framerates and eradicate ‘ghost’ inputs as part of our ongoing commitment to improving the game’s performance.
Read the full details of our Game Hardening in our latest Dev Diary here.

Performance Summary

• Improved performance of FX heavy Champions
  
• Improved client and server-side performance for shotgun
  
• Improved performance of Gore spawns
  
• Improved performance of several maps through art/shader optimizations
• and poly count reductions

Quality Of Life Updates

• Added a HUD section to Game Settings
  
• Added Ally and Enemy Outline Color options in HUD Settings
  
• Added Current Challenge Info toggle in HUD Settings
  
• Added Zoom FOV options to Game Settings
  
• Reintroducing Scoreboard to End of Match – Thanks to your feedback, we brought this back from a lost Slipgate in the depths of the Dreamlands

Champions

• Fixed an issue where Respawning via the pause menu with Slash could cause death camera to shake rapidly
  
• Fixed an issue with Strogg where player was unable to pick up the soul during Sacrifice after using Peeker
  
• Fixed an issue with Strogg where the 'Sensor Antenna' Vanity did not cloak properly upon ability use
  
• Fixed an issue where Ranger's Dire Orb could pass through doors

Maps

• Addressed an issue on Longest Yard to improve Lighting on the pre/post game podium screens
  
• Fixed various art issues by the Heavy Machinegun spawns on Longest Yard
  
• Fixed an issue on Longest Yard where players could shoot and damage others through the floor
  
• Addressed an issue on Tempest Shrine where players could stand out of the playable area by the Ship
  
• Hourglass pick-ups adjusted to reduce how quickly active abilities can be restored, reducing the number of available hourglasses and/or moving them to positions that favor the player out of control.
  
  • Awoken 5 to 6 (increased, but moved them from areas of power to areas of weakness)
    
  • Blood Covenant 10 to 6
    
  • Blood Run 7 to 6
    
  • Ruins of Sarnath 17 to 10
    
  • Tempest Shrine 15 to 13
    
  • The Molten Falls 9 to 7

Map Changes: Lockbox

• Updated Lockbox item layout
  
• Swapped the locations of Mega Health and Power-Up
  
• Removed the Railgun near the floating platform in the Aeon Crystal room (upper toilet bowl)
  
• Swapped the locations of Lightning Gun and the nearby Light Armor
  
• Moved the Heavy Armor: In TDM/DM it is now located in the Blind Oculus room (Point B) - In Sacrifice / Slipgate it is in the cavernous staircase near the Blind Oculus
  
• In the Bridge Room: moved the Light Armor from behind the Acidfall to the center of the lower level
  
• Added a Teleporter behind the Acidfall that leads to the upper 3rd level of the same room
  
• Replaced the Super Nailgun on the 3rd floor of the Acidfall Bridge room with a Railgun
  
• Added two Small Healths near the Rocket Launcher
  
• In Sacrifice / Slipgate: repositioned the Heavy Machinegun in the closed base (Point A) to align with the nearby jumppad
  
• Added a new teleporter to Lockbox behind the acid-fall

Weapons

• Fixed an issue which occurred after using abilities which could break the increased damage from zooming in with the HMG
  
• Fixed an issue where Flame effect could appear on the gauntlet when not playing Death Knight
  
• Fixed an issue where weapon textures could appear low res
  
• Fixed an issue where weapon zoom would zoom in several times further than intended

Vanity

• Fixed the historically incorrect US Flag on BJ’s Liberator set
  
• Fixed a texture error on Sorlag’s Savage set
  
• Removed a reversed decal from the Pummel Gauntlet

UI

• Fixed an issue where Players could appear in the lobby after disconnecting from a Custom match
  
• Fixed an issue where the Player profile would appear blank when opened
  
• Fixed an issue where the Time limit and score limit on the scoreboard were shown incorrectly
  
• Addressed an issue where Users could not access their player profile
  
• Fixed certain strings that were not showing up correctly
  
• Fixed an issue where a box would appear when hovering over the Eradicator Weapon in the Store
  
• Updated the Battle Report, Match Achievements to show proper amount of digits
  
• Fixed issues where certain buttons were not easily selectable

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue with Strogg where Players were unable to pick up the Soul after using Peeker, during a Sacrifice match
  
• Fixed an issue playing Unholy Trinity where Rocket Launcher God medals earned were not added to profile properly
  
• Fixed an issue in Unholy Trinity where the Rocket Launcher would play the near-empty audio when fired at all times
  
• Fixed an issue in Team Instagib where Certain Champions did not take self-damage
  
• Spawn Protection added to all Quick Play and Arcade Modes, for consistent behavior in all unranked play

Tech

• Fixed a crash in spectator mode which could occur if player was in free cam between matches
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur if players were using voice chat during warmup
  
• Addressed an issue specific to AMD Vega machines which could crash on launch
  
• Fixed an issue where the game could crash when spamming the Death
• Knight ability when joining a session in progress
  
• Addressed various forum reported FPS and Performance drops and hitches during matches
  
• Addressed various champion gore issues throughout matches on different maps

Spectator

• Fixed an issue where the Spectator would see an empty Respawn button after a player respawned during warmup

Bots

• Made various improvements to bot navigation
  
• Improved weapon handling & difficulty

All Champions

• Adjusted View Heights to account for recent rescaling of player models - essentially this pass is updating all Champion in-game model sizes to reflect their hitbox changes that we have over many patches from Feburary to now
  
• Unified Crouch Speeds
  
• Light Champions increased from 80 to 160u
  
• Medium Champions increased from 77 to 160u
  
• Heavy Champions increased from 75 to 160u

*Slash’s changes noted below
**Scale = Model Scale + Hitbox
Anarki

• Raised View Height 0.65 to 0.66m

B.J. Blazkowicz

• Lowered View Height 0.58 to 0.56m

Clutch

• Scale 1.175 to 1.15x
  
• Lowered View Height 0.68 to 0.58m
  
• Further Reduced Hitbox Size

Death Knight

• Lowered View Height 0.555 to 0.52m
  
• Flame Strike direct damage 50 to 40
  
• Flame Strike splash damage 51 to 30
  
• Flame Strike radius 3 to 2m (120 to 80u)

DOOM Slayer

• Lowered View Height 0.75 to 0.6m
  
• Hands Raise Time 0.3 to 0.4s

Galena

• Scale 1.1 to 1.2x
  
• Lowered View Height 0.62 to 0.6m
  
• Further Increased Hitbox Size

Keel

• Scale 1.15 to 1.22x
  
• Hitbox size reduced (had too much padding after scaling)

Scalebearer

• Scale 1.15 to 1.175x
  
• Lowered View Height 0.65 to 0.64m
  
• Bull Rush Damages Adjusted from 50/75/100/150/200 to 75/100/125/150/200

Slash

• Lowered View Height 0.78 to 0.6m
  
• Crouch Speed 85% to 50% (272 to 160u)
  
• Crouch Slide Friction 1.3 to 1.0

Sorlag

• Scale 1.1 to 1.0x
  
• Lowered View Height 0.7 to 0.58m
  
• Bunny Hop Acceleration 0.02 to 0.05

Strogg & Peeker

• Lowered View Height 0.58 to 0.56m

Lightning Gun

• Cooldown 55 to 52ms (18 to 19 shots per second) resulting in a very slight DPS boost of 1 more hit per second

See you in Slipgate mode, Quakers! Have fun!

In addition to all the features coming in tomorrow's major game update, we've also taken a deep-dive under the hood of Quake Champions to root out and resolve some networking and clientside issues, to help improve your gameplay experience.

Read our Dev Diary for all the info: https://beth.games/2CBIX31

This is the first of many optimization-focused "game hardening passes" to come, where we focus on continually improving performance!