Season's greetings, Quakers!

It's that time of year when the stars align just right in the cold winter sky and the Elder Gods deign to bestow gifts upon those who fight for their amusement. This year, they're presenting their Champions with an all-new arena, Insomnia, along with a new weapon vanity in the seasonal Battle Pass, balance tweaks, and bug fixes.

Happy holidays, and have a fragging New Year!

This season's Battle Pass is the gift that keeps on giving, with tons of rewards for you to unlock including holiday-themed profile icons, nameplates, and vanity items!

Give your enemies the cold shoulder with this new ice-themed Lightning Gun vanity, available in the Season 13 Battle Pass!


I shall never sleep calmly again when I think of the horrors that lurk ceaselessly behind life in time and in space, and of those unhallowed blasphemies from elder stars which dream beneath the sea...

Your restless battle continues within the ancient stone walls of this cathedral-fortress to Volkerh, the Whispering One. This moonlit arena is available for Duel, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Clan Arena modes!

• Added Ambient Volume slider
  
• Added Announcer Volume slider
  
• Added a Champion Voice Volume slider (includes self, team, enemy VO and efforts)

• Deep Embrace
  
  • Updated collision at the top of the stairs near the Rocket Launcher
    
  • Fixed a major collision issue at the Light Armor "death window"
• Exile
  
  • Fixed a hole in the geometry near the Mega Health
    
  • Updated Collision throughout the map

• BJ's Dual Wield now treats all weapons the same: increasing their firing rate by 1/3rd
  
• DOOM Slayer - Changed ability duration from 6 seconds → 5 seconds, and increased delay between Punches from 500ms → 1s
  
• Scalebearer - Forward acceleration 0.85 → 0.75
  
• Unified movement & knockback box sizes within weight classes to 0.8m, 0.9m, and 1.0m:
  
  • Anarki 0.9 → 0.8
    
  • BJ Blazkowicz 1.0 → 0.9
    
  • Death Knight 1.0 → 0.9
    
  • Doom Slayer 0.8 → 0.9
    
  • Eisen 0.85 → 0.9
    
  • Ranger 0.95 → 0.9
    
  • Strogg 0.8 → 0.9
    
  • Visor 1.0 → 0.9
    
  • Clutch 1.2 → 1.0 (knockback only)
    
  • Keel 0.9 → 1.0
    
  • Sorlag 1.2 → 1.0 (knockback only)
• Unified standing and crouching view heights into three groups (light/medium, heavy, Anarki) as their previous values only slightly differed

• Shotgun:
  
  • Reduced pellet count and increased damage per pellet (same max damage)
    
    • Old: 20 pellets x 4 dmg = 80, SSG - 30 pellets x 4 dmg = 120
      
    • New: 16 pellets x 5 dmg = 80, SSG - 24 pellets x 5 dmg = 120
  • Falloff Distance: reduced pellet damage by 1 for every 9.6 meters (384u) (Minimum 1 dmg per pellet when over 1920u away)
• Nailguns:
  
  • The Nailgun splash radius now matches the Super Nailgun splash radius of 20u
    
  • Both the Nailgun and Super Nailgun projectiles have been changed to 1800 ups instead of 2000 ups

• Fixed the Respawn button not working during warmup
  
• The match will now end immediately when the CTF mercy limit is triggered. (Instead of scheduling it in 3 seconds.) This resolves issues when hitting the mercy limit near the end of the round
  
• Fixed Marauder Shotgun shells not vanishing in Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed Shaft Lightning Gun glass not vanishing in Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed Terminator Shotgun beam not vanishing in Ghostwalk

• Fixed 5.1 and 7.1 Surround Sound options
  
• Fixed a large number of sounds cutting out
  
• Fixes sounds cutting out during/after Dual Wield
  
• Fixes a lot of cases for weapon shots cutting out
  
• Fixes a lot of cases of missing enemy sounds (steps, jumps, lands, etc)
  
• Fixed explosions cutting out
  
• Fixed range inconsistencies in champion movement sounds, now using 35m for all sounds (previously, some were 32, 35, 37.5)
  
• Fixed The Lurching King / Exile map loading loading music
  
• Normalized footstep volumes (some were too loud, some were too quiet; now they should be just right)
  
• Made pain sounds for teammates quieter
  
• Slighty increased the pitch of footsteps and jump sounds above you, and decreased the pitch of those below you
  
• Slight reduced the volume of occluded footsteps and jump sounds (helps with sounds through walls sounding like they are right next to you)
  
• Sound Mix - Slight decreased in third person champion voice, pain sounds, and death sounds volume

• Slight nerf for Lightning Gun & Super Nailgun aiming

• Ranked UI skip fix
  
• Fixed typos in Nyx and Doom Slayer game tips
  
• Fixed inconsistent choices between UK/US English spelling
  
• Fixed typo in the Marauder Shotgun description
  
• Fixed typo in QuakeCon 2021 Gauntlet description
  
• Fixed watermark code that was trying to drop the "-master-https" string
  
• Watermark now hidden if there is an active match
  
• Cleaned up watermark formatting, shortened unconnected state text

• Updated Bethesda.net BDK integration
  
• Security Updates

As the old autumn adage goes, “what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits”— for those that have been waiting for some fresh weapons skins, nameplates, map fixes and further champion balance changes, this update comes bearing fruit!


Hell-raiser

• New vanity Rocket Launcher

Tormentor

• New vanity Railgun

New Nameplates

• 13 new Nameplates

Impulse 9

• To pay homage to the original Quake console command, this new arcade mode features: infinite ammo, all weapons

Added SETTINGS-> GAME-> DISABLE PUBLIC IN-GAME CHAT

• Prevents sending and resuming in-game chat messages in the public match channel
  
• This will not disable Team, Party, or Direct message chat

Burial Chamber

• Fixed staircase collision from Heavy Armor to upper mid

Corrupted Keep

• Fixed projectiles going through the floor tiles under the Light Armor near Rocket Launcher
  
• Reduced the number of particle emissions in the embers, ash, and lamps in an optimization pass
  
• Removed totem exploit outside the Heavy Machinegun boneyard
  
• Improved collision on Rocket Launcher & Heavy Machinegun jumppads

Deep Embrace

• Reduced the lifetime of all sfx particle by half in an optimization pass
  
• Reduced particle emission numbers by 90% in an optimization pass
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented placing a totem placement near Power-up teleporter exit
  
• Moved an exploitative spawn location near Super Shotgun further towards Mega Health
  
• Fixed the collision on three steps players could get stuck on, on the staircase leading from Rocket Launcher to up high
  
• Fixed collision on the staircases surrounding the watery Railgun ammo pool

Exile

• Fixed players clipping into the ceiling when exiting the Railgun teleporter
  
• Fixed the turret from self-destructing on the Super Nailgun jumppad
  
• Fixed a hole in the ice staircase near the Light Armor in the Lightning Gun room
  
• Fixed an issue with the wall behind the Light Armor in the Lightning Gun room that could result in Ranger falling out of the map when teleporting to the Dire Orb
  
• Fixed an issue in the tunnel below the Light Armor in the Lightning Gun room that could result in Ranger falling out of the map when teleporting to the Dire Orb

The Dark Zone

• Fixed bots behavior that caused them to constantly use the teleporters
  
• Added a visibility block for performance optimizations
  
• Removed an initial spawn that was in too close vicinity to another

DEATH KNIGHT

• Fireballs splash damage now decreases with distance from 25 damage for a direct hit down to 10 damage at its max distance
  
• Fire dot duration has been reduced from 10 to 7 seconds

DOOM SLAYER

• Removed all auto-targeting and camera auto-lock behaviors, in favor of a new Berserk lunge-punch
  
• Double Jump velocity reduced from 7.5 to 6.875 m/s
  
• Increased the volume of the third-person double jump sound effects

NYX

• Increased Ghostwalk telefrag radius from 0.5 to 0.75 meters (20 to 30u)

SORLAG

• Acid dot duration has been reduced from 10 to 7 seconds

• Updated Play Now artwork
  
• Extend post-match delay before forcing clients to the main menu from 25 to 45 seconds
  
• In Sacrafice, Strogg will now detonate the drone when second pressing the ability key while holding the soul, instead of throwing the soul
  
• Team and Ranked game modes now limit the number of Emergency Respawns a player is permitted from the Esc->Respawn menu
  
• Added the ability for a game mode to have a minimum player score (-10), and kick a game client when their score goes below the minimum allowed score with the assumption the client is AFK or griefing
  
• Disable the emergency respawn button after it is clicked, and have it remained disabled until after max respawn time has passed
  
• Slightly reduced the Quad Damage firing sfx in third person

• Fixed the visible mouse cursor during map loading when raw mouse input is enabled
  
• Fixed crouch sliding sound effects from lingering after a Slash or Strogg dies while sliding
  
• Clear on-screen ability fx at the end of the match. Fixes Strogg's Peeker, DOOM Slayer's Berserk, and Anarki's Injection overlays for example
  
• Updated the Scoreboard graphics and medals positions to improve chat message visibility
  
• Removed the broken Watch Browser menu and repositioned main menu icons
  
• Fixed Legal Header size that overlapped and hid the Press-X-to-Close graphic in some languages
  
• Increased the width of the medals text fields on the Player Profile to make room for two more digits
  
• Fixed Super Nailgun sound effects that could cut out when multiple people continuously fire at full ammo capacity
  
• Fixed Reaper Railgun muzzle flash third person VFX that too far into the weapon model
  
• Fixed Trailblazer Tri-bolt that had no muzzle flash in third person

As the old summer adage goes, “sun’s out, guns out”—and there’ll be plenty of weapons-in-hand in the Arena! (Hopefully yours pointed at the enemy, and not vice-versa.) We’re celebrating 25 years of Quake in this update, so get ready for a rocket blast from the past with a retro map, classic weapon skins, and lots more—including new anti-cheat measures to keep the fighting fair!

• THE DARK ZONE – The textures may be retro, but the gameplay is timeless. Return to one of the classic Quake multiplayer maps, DM6 – The Dark Zone.

• TRAILBLAZER Tri-bolt - Classic Quake Legacy Grenade Launcher
  
• LAST-RITUAL Super Nailgun - Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon Laser Cannon
  
• REAPER Railgun - Classic Quake "Legacy" Railgun—Ranger's Quake third-person World View Weapon Model!
  
• QCON 2021 Gauntlet - This commemorative gauntlet will be available during QuakeCon 2021!
  
• CHROME SHADERS for all Champions - Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Silver, and Black
  
• PINK Champion Shaders - One for each Champion
  
• PINK Weapon Shaders - One for each weapon that has color shaders

• The weapons and some vanity items from previous Battle Pass seasons are now available in the store.

• Added NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency - Reflex Low Latency Mode aligns game engine work to complete just-in-time for rendering, eliminating the GPU render queue and reducing CPU back pressure in GPU intensive scenes. This delivers latency reductions above and beyond existing driver-only techniques, such as NVIDIA Ultra Low Latency Mode. Available in Game Settings. (Nvidia Maxwell, Pascal, Turing, or Ampere GPUs with R455 drivers required.)
  
• Menu Framerate Limit - Added a max FPS Limit for while in the main menu. (Default 120, min 60, max 250)
  
• Streamer Mode - Use the Main Menu Framerate Limit when minimized to maintain the stream's FPS quality.

• Damage Number Summation - Damage numbers now show a total of recent damage dealt to a target, aggregating high rate of fire weapons into a combined damage dealt number. Select between Off, Damage Type (default), and All Recent Damage.
  
• Crosshair Hit Color - Choose a crosshair color to flash when dealing damage. Must be enabled with "Crosshair Hit Color Enabled".
  
• Crosshair Hit Scale - Players may now choose to scale their crosshair either larger or smaller when hitting a target.
  
• Speedometer - Players may choose between "Off", "Below Crosshair", and "Below Portrait" to alter the HUD placement of the Speedometer.
  
• Ability Info Position - Players may now choose to move the Ability Icon from the center of the screen and push it to either the LEFT or RIGHT side, useful for either players with centered weapons, or those who just wish to group this information near either the Health & Armor Vitals or the Ammo info.

• Mouse Input – now choose between Raw Mouse or DirectX mouse input
  
• Respawn - You may now change the default "SPACE" bind for issuing a respawn on the death screen.

• HitBeep - Select the sound made when hitting a target. Choose between:
  
  • Off (no sound)
    
  • Damage Based (sound based on how much damage was dealt)
    
  • Single Sfx (play the base hit sound regardless of damage dealt)

• We have added anti-tamper security methods and have taken actions to significantly reduce in-game cheating and exploits. This added level of protection will continue to strengthen over time.
  
• We recommend that any users experiencing issues disable third-party software while playing; in particular, any software that attempts to integrate with our game by creating overlays or performs keyboard or mouse automations.
  
  • Some GPU “tuning applications such as Riva Tuner or MSI AfterBurner may cause compatibility issues. If you experience gameplay issues, please disable these applications while playing.
• Test Signing is not supported. The game will not launch if Test Signing is enabled.

All Maps

• Added 25th Anniversary flag banners to all maps

Awoken

• Fixes to prevent Ranger from falling out of the map when using the Dire Orb too close to the hole in the Heavy Armor wall
  
• Removed unwanted totem placements outside the curved cooldown hallway

Blood Run

• Removed the ability to place totems above the Heavy Armor teleporter entrance

Burial Chamber

• Removed unwanted totem placements in the Heavy Armor pit

Citadel

• Fixed the initial spawn locations in TDM

Corrupted Keep

• Fixed the staircase collision between the power-up and Mega Health

Deep Embrace

• Fixed the medium & low Level-of-Detail meshes for the Heavy Armor wood planks, to prevent non-existent gaps from showing
  
• Additional fixes to the wood plank platform near Heavy Armor, to resolve hit collision between the planks on various settings of detail

Exile

• Improved collision on Power-up bridges, Mega Health ledge, Mega Health pit, staircase between Rocket Launcher and power-up, lower HMG teleporter entrance, above the vestibule doorway (across the Heavy Armor pit), and the Tri-bolt ledge
  
• Added additional respawn locations and reduced the cooldown on the existing respawn locations
  
• Removed the ability to place totems around the edges of the Heavy Armor pit, the edges of the Railgun pit, and behind the teleporters

Ruins of Sarnath

• Fixed Tri-bolt staircase collision

The Molten Falls

• Removed an out-of-bounds totem spot near Mega Health

Vale of Pnath

• Increased the cooldown of the spawn near the Heavy Armor pillar to prevent it from being chosen as a valid option in quick succession

• Heavy Champions now spawn with 75 AP instead of 100 AP, the same health & armor stack used by heavy Champions in all other game modes

Anarki

• Fixed his movement box height to prevent his head (and your view) from clipping through ceilings
  
• Adjusted the volume of Anarki's first-person hoverboard sounds

Nyx

• Fixed Nyx being able to telefrag enemies (via exiting a Teleporter) while still in Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed the Q3 Shotgun bar not vanishing with Nyx Ghostwalk

Strogg & Peeker

• Peeker Gib updates - reduced lifetime from 7 to 3 sec, disabled his glowing eye when dead, removed smoke fx to help performance

• Added new Champion voice lines

• Fixed the Ranger QUAKEGUY Outfit shaders colors
  
• Fixed Lootbox Main Menu Quality
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed Gauntlet Damage to be dealt on a respawning enemy from their death position.
  
• Some cleanup to the Weapon Position code
  
• Fixed the enemy weapon fire sounds cutting on for several Nailguns and Machineguns (Freezegun, Ravager, Citizen Kane, Executioner)
  
• Fixed a memory leak that occurred upon leaving a match.
  
• Fixed Keel customization vanity camera positions
  
• Fixed Galena customization main, set, and head camera positions
  
• Fixed the Eisen Salvage text description
  
• Fixed Fiendish Hood Russian description translation
  
• Fixed Enforcer Helmet Russian name translation
  
• Fixed Italian localization from causing overlapping text on the scoreboard
  
• Fixed Russian translation for TOGGLE SPECTATOR HINT
  
• Fixed Flintlock Shotgun description in several languages
  
• Fixed the Keel Battle Report camera position
  
• Fixed THUNDERBOLT animation errors

• Optimized UI for Improved Menu Transitions
  
• Reduced the volume of the Citizen Kane shots
  
• Increased the Framerate Limiter max value from 300 to 500.
  
• Main Menu UI - removed the items unlocked box, the total items per champion weren't always obtainable, upsetting players
  
• In Settings-> HUD, sorted Enemy Indicators above Teammate so that it would not be hidden below the fold and because it is prevalent in all game modes.
  
• Very slight adjustments to the Battle Pass menu (font weights, colors, etc) and the Battle Pass main menu icon
  
• Removed the ability to disable reflections in the config file.
  
• Reordered customization tabs to Outfit, Weapon, and Progression, and set Outfit as the default tab.
  
• Removed the unused tab on the Player Profile Menu
  
• Removed the two unused tabs on the in-game Social Menu

The following display name rules have changed:

• Names must be 4 or more characters
  
• Names cannot have leading, consecutive, or trailing spaces

If your username doesn't meet the new requirements, it will prompt you to rename. These changes ensure that all player names will be searchable within Contacts and reduce cases of impersonation.

Springtime is the perfect time to update your wardrobe with all-new Vanity items in the Season 10 Battle Pass! Retro is in with Champion and weapon vanities inspired from classic Quake games, like the Quake III “Last Judgement” Rocket Launcher and the Quake “Fiendish Hood” for Ranger. Plus, this season brings another round of updates and bug fixes!

• TERMINATOR - Quake III Arena Legacy Shotgun
  
• LAST JUDGEMENT - Quake III Arena Legacy Rocket Launcher
  
• CAMPER GONE FISHING - Backpack, Fishing Rod, & Dopefish Ranger Vanity
  
• SPOILS OF ARMAGON - Quake Scourge of Amagon-themed Ranger Vanity: Mjolnir and Horn of Conjuring
  
• ENFORCER HELMET - Quake Enforcer-themed Ranger Vanity
  
• FIENDISH HOOD - Quake Fiend-themed Ranger Vanity

Basic weapon shaders for Terminator, Last Judgement, and Peacemaker weapon Vanities have been added.

• Corrupted Keep
  
  • Fixed exploitative hiding spot outside the shard hallway ring-out
• Deep Embrace
  
  • Fixed Dire Orb exploits near Heavy Armor
    
  • Updated collision near Heavy Armor oil lamp where some players could previously get stuck
• Exile
  
  • Redid map lighting – darker environment with improved contrast
    
  • Updated all map collision, fixing issues that included getting inside walls, jump pad behavior, and spawning below the floor
    
  • Updated bot navigation
• The Molten Falls
  
  • Updated collision to fix an exploit near the Rocket Launcher wall

• Death Knight
  
  • Increased fireball damage from 20 to 25 each
    
  • Increased fire trail time from 5 to 7 seconds
    
  • Added 30 knockback (fireball projectiles)
    
  • Removed splash damage falloff

• Capture the Flag - Restored the mercy limit to take effect in Round 1
  
• Mecha Sorg Vanity - Added missing gore to Sorlag’s Mecha outfit. Now fully gib-able!
  
• Shambler Arm Vanity - Added a firing animation to the shambler hand & fingers.
  
• Old Painless Heavy Machinegun - The chaingun model will now lower out of view when zooming in
  
• Terminator Super Shotgun - The Q3 Shotgun now has a pump-action reload animation

Winter has come, and it's brought a brand new Quake Champions update! This update includes our first ever ice-themed map, Exile; and a CTF version of The Longest Yard! There are even more presents under the Quakemas tree with new game modes, Season 9 Battle Pass rewards, and tons of balance updates!


"Only the dust-laden ice holds together these halls at the end of time. Only the jaundiced traces of their sole denizen etch and illuminate their walls."

The icy arena Exile lies within The Rift, the dark edge of the Dreamland where the Elder God known as The Lurching King now resides. Exile is available in Duel, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Clan Arena, Instagib, Unholy Trinity, and Hot Rockets.



A remix on the classic, this mirrored teamplay version of The Longest Yard is now available in Capture the Flag mode!



Pick up this Season's Battle Pass and unwrap some festive rewards:

• 55 winter vanities
  
• 107 new profile icons
  
• Returning weapons: MARAUDER, GRAVEDIGGER, FLINTLOCK, and TESLA
  
• 6 new Lore scrolls, "The Music in the Darkness," which when fully collected unlocks the MASTER SHADER for the Lightning Gun and Railgun

• SHAMBLER ARM Lightning Gun — To Ranger’s pleasant surprise this glistening clawed limb, torn from fresh slaughter, still keeps a charge.
  
• FREEZE GUN Super Nailgun — Available once more for a limited time, pelt your enemies with a barrage of snowballs with this winter themed SNG!
  
• COUNTRY FLAGS 2 — 114 new country flag profile icons
  
• SALES — Outfits up to 70% off and Weapons up to 60% off

• Quake Pro League title belts added for QPL Championship victors!

• MercyLimit now only takes affect in Round 2
  
• Added scoring bonuses for killing the flag carrier(+1), retrieving the flag (+1), and capturing (+5)
  
• Added Flag Drag, causing Flag Carriers' maximum movement speed to be reduced to 80%. Movement below these reduced limits remain uninhibited. Examples:
  
• Ranger's top speed of 1000 ups reduced to 800 ups
  
• Crouchsliders /Air-Dodger's top speed of 750 ups reduced to 600 ups
  
• Anarki's top speed of 640 ups reduce to 512 ups
  
• Sorlag's top speed of 625 ups reduced to 500 ups

• Leaderboards & Ranks reset!
  
• Minimum spawn radius increased from 35m to 42m

• Leaderboards & Ranks reset!

• Fixed exploitative hiding spot outside the Mega Health window

• Added CTF support, now available in Quick Play, Practice, and Custom Game

• Fixed exploitative hiding spot outside the Rocket Launcher window
  
• Widened the jumppad trigger at the Rocket Launcher jumppad
  
• Fixed two collision exploits
  
• Removed a thin collision ledge near the Rocket Launcher staircase health bubble
  
• Fixed collision at tri-bolt shards, rockets could be fired into the wall at shards

• Added CTF support, now available in Quick Play, Practice, and Custom Game

We now properly enforce maximum speed caps for Champions both in the air and on the ground. Previously, speed caps only applied to Champions on the ground, but they could indefinitely go beyond their speed cap if they remained airborne via Rocket Jumps. We now still allow such similar bursts of speed from RJs to initially go over their maximum speed, but now those characters will have their air speed degrade down to the intended speed cap.

The largest impact of this change will be in CTF when some characters attempt to cross the map in seconds to either attack the flag, escape with the flag, or chase to retrieve the flag. In these situations you'll see that the Champions who can currently go above their intended max speed will now be somewhat kept in check.

• Anarki - Max speed 15.625 m/s (625 ups) to 16 m/s (640 ups)
  
• Athena - Max speed 50 m/s (2000 ups) to 25 m/s (1000 ups)
  
• Clutch - Max speed 20 m/s (800 ups) to 17.5 m/s (750 ups)
  
• Slash - Max speed 20 m/s (800 ups) to 17.5 m/s (750 ups)
  
• Sorlag - Fixed the body banking (A/D and W/S) animations that would cause her torso to rapidly shift position when attempting to change horizontal direction.
  
• Sorlag - Max speed 15 m/s (600 ups) to 15.625 m/s (625 ups)
  
• Strogg & Peeker - Max speed 20 m/s (800 ups) to 17.5 m/s (750 ups)

• Extended the max Railgun range from 150 m (6k u) to 250 m (10k u), necessary for the distances present on The Longest Yard CTF

• Fixed damage scoring system persistence to post-game scoreboards & summaries
  
• Added ability damage to post-game statistics tab! The damage stat will now show your combined weapon and ability damage dealt

• Quake Pro League Title Belts added for QPL Championship victors!
  
• Toned down INCINERATOR Plasma Beam third-person FX
  
• Fixed the Moonstriker's muzzle offset

The Quake Champions Fall Update is here! This update includes a brand new Cthalha-themed map, and spooky Season 8 Battle Pass rewards just in time for Halloween.

"And when the day arrives, I'll become the sea. Slip into a deep embrace and let it swallow me."

Ancient moss and monstrous trees have taken root across this island temple of stone and wood. Deep Embrace is an all-new map for Duel, DM, TDM, CA, Instagib, and UHT.




Earn new Halloween-themed vanities and Quake II weapons in this season's Battle Pass.

• OLD PAINLESS – Quake II Chaingun, a vanity for the Heavy Machinegun
  
• EXECUTIONER – Quake II Hyperblaster, a vanity for the Super Nailgun
  
• INCINERATOR – Quake II Ground Zero Plasma Beam, a vanity for the Lightning Gun

• Anarki WARLOCK BROOM Halloween vanity
  
• DOOM Slayer JACK-O-LANTERN Halloween vanity
  
• Galena WITCH'S HAT Halloween vanity
  
• Nyx WITCH's HAT Halloween vanity
  
• Ranger JACK-O-LANTERN Halloween vanity
  
• Slash WITCH's HAT Halloween vanity

• New Lore – Dreamer – Collect all 6 to unlock the Master shader for Gauntlet, Tri-bolt, and Rocket Launcher

• Burial Chamber - Duel support added, available in Custom Game
  
• Burial Chamber - Added two Lights armors to TDM/FFA/Duel item layout
  
• Church of Azathoth - Fixed collision at Mega Health
  
• Ruins of Sarnath - Fixed collision above the lg jumppad
  
• The Molten Falls - Removed the collision exploit in the MH-side vista
  
• Tower of Koth - Removed the mega-health-side Shotgun in Duel
  
• Tower of Koth - Fixed power-up initial spawn times
  
• Tower of Koth - Fixed hole in geometry near the base of the Protection balcony
  
• Tower of Koth - Fixed exploitative collision outside window, where players could hide
  
• Tower of Koth - Removed 4 hourglasses in Duel (two near tower, two near RG)

• Death Knight - enabled fire trail dot

• Shotgun farspread increased from 850 to 900

• Duel - Minimum respawn distance lowed from 50m to 35m radius, 40m to 50m tall
  
• Duel - Reduced minimum respawn time from 3 to 2 seconds
  
• Unholy Trinity - Disabled power-up spawns
  
• Added CA style damage scoring to CTF, SAC, SLP
  
• Clan Arena 2v2 has been removed from Ranked Play, still available in Custom Game

• Added Bloom Toggle
  
• Added Flares Toggle

• Increased the volume of third person movement sounds in the mix by +2db
  
• Changed the Strogg pain sounds to make the pain levels more distinct
  
• Changed the Quad and Protection pickup sound effects to no longer reuse the Mega Health pickup sound
  
• Added a unique sound effect for when Protection wears off
  
• Updated the firing sound for THE ORIGINAL Quake 1 Rocket Launcher
  
• Fixed the CITIZEN KANE Macheingun single shot sound, which was causing two shot sound effects for a single bullet tap
  
• Fixed the CITIZEN KANE Machinegun reload click delay
  
• Fixed the RAVANGER Super Nailgun firing sound when rapidly tapping fire
  
• Fixed flyby and impact sounds for the RAVANGER projectiles, they were using the DISRUPTOR sounds
  
• Added four new (louder) wooden footstep sounds that have a more pronounced "wood thomp" to them to help players identify when someone is moving on wooden surfaces

• Fixed the alignment of Athena’s grappling hook crosshair
  
• Added a gradient behind the custom game lobby map description for improved readability
  
• Removed "Appearance" tab label in Customization

• Added charcoal weapon shaders
  
• Orange weapon shaders updated (slightly darker orange)
  
• Fixed the Corpse Grinder hoverboard vanity item in Medium quality
  
• Fixed the TESLA Lightning Gun model quality in Low, Medium, and High
  
• Removed the third-person glowing dynamic light from the Long-Stem Railgun

• Increased the Avatar of Death medal XP from 10 to 1000

Greetings Quakers!

Tomorrow, Friday, August 7, is the 25th annual QuakeCon! To celebrate this digital event (watch it all on https://twitch.tv/Bethesda!), we've got a couple of free goodies for you; new store bundles; and some changes to the economy!

During the weekend of QuakeCon at Home, August 7-9, complete 1 match and you will unlock ALL of the Champions FREE, yours to keep even after the event!



Orange QuakeCon weapon skins are tradition, and this year you can get the QuakeCon 2020 Railgun just for logging in!



We've got a ton of new bundles, items, and discounts in the Quake Champions store!

• New - Currency Exchange - Convert 100 shards to 100 platinum
  
  
• New - QuakeCon Bundle - QuakeCon at Home Profile Icon, Nameplate, and 3-Day Haste Potion
  
  
• Quake 1 Bundle - 6 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion
  
  
• Quake 2 Bundle - 3 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion
  
  
• Quake 3 Bundle - 5 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion
  
  
• Quake 4 Bundle - 7 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion
  
  
• New - Quake 1 THUNDERBOLT Lighting Gun Basic Shaders Bundle
  
• All Outfits 50-70% Off
  
• Vanities 50% Off
  
• All Weapons 50-60% Off
  
• Weapon Shaders 25-50% Off

• Reliquaries are now ONLY purchasable with shards
  
• All outfits, weapons, and vanities purchasable for shards in Customization (excluding exclusives: battle pass, pro league, lore, etc)
  
• All outfits, weapons, and vanities purchasable for platinum in Store (excluding exclusives: battle pass, lore, etc)
  
• Lore Scroll duplicates now grant 1 shard (instead of 0)
  
• Vanity duplicates now grant 5 shards (instead of 1)
  
• Weapons duplicates now grant 10 shards (instead of 1)
  
• Champion duplicates now grant 10 shards (instead of 1)
  
• Weapon prices reduced from 1500 to 1000 platinum
  
• Uncommon Outfit prices reduced from 1500 to 900 platinum
  
• Rare Outfit prices reduced from 1500 to 1200 platinum
  
• Vanity prices reduced from 1000 to 500 platinum

• Added Classic FFA to Quick Play for the Weekend: Ranger only, no abilities - Classic deathmatch golden-age goodness!

We hope you enjoy QuakeCon at Home! Be sure to tune in to https://twitch.tv/Bethesda starting tomorrow at 12 PM ET | 5 PM BST for three days of nonstop livestreams! And be sure to catch the Quake Pro League World Championship, starting tomorrow! Full brackets and tournament schedule is here: https://beth.games/3ftUKzB!

An all-new arena rises from the Netherworld, beckoning Champions to find glory between its jagged stone teeth. Meanwhile, a new season begins, tempting worthy combatants to earn highly sought-after weapons from a far-flung future.

The Quake Champions Summer Update is available NOW!






Rising from its viridian morass, a row of skyward teeth speak to the chosen a singular truth: come to know this key and you will open any lock.
Tower of Koth is a new Ithagnal-themed map supported in DM, TDM, CA, Duel, Instagib, Unholy Trinity, and arcades.

SEASON 7 BATTLE PASS REWARDS
Earn much-requested Quake 4 weapon skins in the Summer Battle Pass!

• Level 1 – CITIZEN KANE – Q4 Blaster Pistol (Starting Machinegun)
  
• Level 50 – PAINKILLER – Q4 Shotgun (Super Shotgun)
  
• Level 100 – RAVAGER – Q4 Hyperblaster (Super Nailgun)
  
• New Lore – Commander at the Slipgate – Collect all 6 to unlock the Heavy Machinegun, Super Shotgun, and Super Nailgun Master Shaders!

• Fixed CA 4v4 round spawns, teams now swap sides each round
  
• Lowered round score limit from 10 to 7
  
• Fixed ties resulting in both teams earning a point, causing total round counts to exceed the required round score limit
  
• Reduced intermission time between rounds by half (10 to 5 sec)
  
• Removed the “Prepare Your Team” VO from round start after Round 1
  
• Removed ability cooldown icons from HUD team heads
  
• Fixed scoreboard sorting issues

• Reduced size of soul collision from 3m to 1.6m radius

• Power-up spawns return for the duration of Season 7

• Fixed collision on floor between Rocket Launcher and Heavy Armor jumppad, where the floor slightly ramped up in one doorframe, which could interrupt crouchsliding movement.
  
• Fixed collision on floor between Mega Health and Railgun walkway, where the floor slightly ramped up in one doorframe, which could interrupt crouchsliding movement.

• Added Doom Slayer pain and death sounds
  
• Set of <50 hp grunts
  
• Set of <25 hp grunts
  
• Set of death sounds
  
• Removed the 15 frags and 10 frags left VO from Time Limit Duel
  
• Reduced the volume of Visor’s non-HRTF third-person footsteps
  
• Reduced the volume of the ability ready sound effect
  
• Reduced the volume of the champion main menu and prematch SFX & VO
  
• Reduced the volume of Athena's abiltity VO and hook sound effects.

• Fixed Timelimit Duel champion select UI which was visible on some aspect ratios on the death screen
  
• At the end of the match, briefly delayed exiting the arena after the match's objective or scorelimit has been reached so players and spectators can view the final frag.
  
• K/D Ratios unified to the same formula for consistency across various scoreboards
  
• Fixed SLASH DARQUE skirt shader support
  
• Fixed BJ PRO LEAGUE knife vanity placement
  
• Fixed MOONSOON third person shader support
  
• Fixed MARAUDER shotgun shells not vanishing on Nyx during Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed ERASER weapon fx not vanishing in Nyx Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed PUMMEL gauntlet, removed an untextured mesh visible at all times but most visible during Nyx's Ghostwalk
  
• Fixed SHAFT bloom on Tempest Shrine
  
• Removed ability on respawn for Rip and Tear arcade mode
  
• Fixed the image quality of the Profile Icons in lootbox presentations
  
• New orange shaders or all weapons available for preview
  
• Updated black shaders, making them black instead of charcoal gray
  
• Updated the Watch Browser to display the official QUAKE stream

UPDATE 12:35 ET: Maintenance is now complete! Thanks again Quakers!

Quake Champions will have a short maintenance period today, Friday, June 26, at 12:00 ET | 16:00 UTC to address the issue where players are receiving XP normally but are not being shown to level up. Thanks for your patience!

Heads up, Quakers: we will have a brief server downtime today, Tuesday, April 21, at 6 PM ET/10 PM UTC to address a backend issue. We anticipate this will only take about 30 minutes. Thanks for your patience!