# Battlefield 2042 changelog > Battlefield™ 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise. - Vendor: DICE - Category: Games - Official site: https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/ - Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/battlefield-2042) - Harvested from: Steam (app 1517290) - Entries below: 8 (newest first) What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. ## Releases ### BATTLEFIELD 2042 UPDATE #9.2.1 - Date: 2025-09-08 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/501709427825444772 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/battlefield-2042/releases/steam-501709427825444772 Tomorrow, Tuesday, 9th September, we will be rolling out a small Hotfix Update in response to community feedback and changes following the previous Update, 9.2.0 //The Battlefield Team **Community Calendar** Discover various Community Events, Featured Experiences, and Double XP moments on Battlefield 2042 via our frequently updated [Community Calendar](https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/community-calendar). **Stay Informed** Follow us on (https://www.reddit.com/user/battlefield/) and [@Battlefield](https://twitter.com/Battlefield) to stay informed on the latest news, and [@BattlefieldComm](https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/) for the rollout of updates and other live service changes. Join the official Battlefield Discord server over at [discord.gg/Battlefield](https://discord.gg/Battlefield). ##### Changelog Phantom - The Penguins have seen individuals brute-forcing into the Phantom Project and have added additional defenses to ensure the reward is for Operatives who are fully deserving of the loot that awaits. Weapons & Gadgets - Fixed an issue on the **Lynx** where extended magazine reload was slower than intended. The reload animation is now faster, making it look less like slow motion and more like just motion. - Fixed an issue with the **Lynx**’s recoil and camera motion. - Fixed an issue where the accuracy is lower than intended when standing still for the **Lynx**. - Balance pass with **SWS-10** and Armor Piercing Rounds and the Masterkey. - Fixed an issue where multiple **Underbarrel Shotgun Attachments** on Vault Weapons were not tracking progress towards quests that require you to get kills with underbarrel shotguns. For example, the unlock quest for the AK5C. - Fixed an issue where the** SOFLAM** and **Tracer Dart** interaction with a vehicle would not show “Target Acquired” messaging. Maps & Modes - Renewal has been returned to the Team Deathmatch playlist offering. Playercards - Fixed an issue where the names of Playercard Backgrounds** ‘Always Check Your Rear’ **and **‘Teamwork Makes the Dream Work’** were accidentally swapped. Weekly Missions & Progression - Fixed an issue where some weekly missions about doing actions with Vault Weapons would not track with the **M1 Garand** in All Out Warfare. - Tier Skip functionality is now active on the Road to Battlefield 6 Pass. --- _This announcement may change as we listen to community feedback and continue developing and evolving our Live Service & Content. We will always strive to keep our community as informed as possible._ ### BATTLEFIELD 2042 UPDATE #9.2.0 - Date: 2025-08-18 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/800071096481087711 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/battlefield-2042/releases/steam-800071096481087711 Today we have a surprise Battlefield 2042 Update for you, as we are releasing 9.2 on all platforms. Not only are you getting new weapons and vehicles, a bunch of bug fixes and gameplay changes, but we’re also bringing back a fan favorite of previous Battlefield titles, Iwo Jima! Of course an update like this wouldn’t be complete without a brand new, free Battlepass. But that’s not all! Playing the content of Update 9.2 will also allow you to unlock exclusive Battlefield 6 rewards! The road to Battlefield 6 begins here. Let’s dig in! //The Battlefield Team **Community Calendar** Discover various Community Events, Featured Experiences, and Double XP moments on Battlefield 2042 via our frequently updated [Community Calendar](https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/community-calendar). **Stay Informed** Follow us on (https://www.reddit.com/user/battlefield/) and [@Battlefield](https://twitter.com/Battlefield) to stay informed on the latest news, and [@BattlefieldComm](https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/) for the rollout of updates and other live service changes. Join the official Battlefield Discord server over at [discord.gg/Battlefield](https://discord.gg/Battlefield). ##### Road to Battlefield 6 ##### New Map: Iwo Jima Brand new to Battlefield 2042, Iwo Jima is a fan favorite previously seen in Battlefield 1942,Battlefield 1943, and Battlefield V. In Battlefield 2042 the map will feature an active Volcano, so be on the lookout for some spectacle when you explore Iwo Jima. To really immerse you, the map also features boat landings, bunkers, and trenches on a reimagined 700x200 map that will give you plenty of options to flex your tactical muscles. ##### Hardware Update 9.2 will add two weapons and two vault vehicles to your arsenal. **Weapons:** **KFS2000 - Assault Rifle** A formidable assault rifle with an iconic look. Thanks to its bullpup design the KFS2000 is highly accurate and easier to control making it an excellent choice for most combat scenarios. **Lynx - Sniper Rifle** If you joined us during the Battlefield 6 Open Beta, you will receive the Lynx with Update 9.2. Players that didn’t participate in the Beta will still have a chance to acquire the weapon later down the line. The Lynx is a vicious semi automatic anti material rifle with a respectable rate of fire. It houses a very large cartridge mainly intended to demolish environments and deal damage to vehicles. **Vehicles:** **A10 Warthog and SU-25TM Frogfoot** We also have two new Attack Jets coming to All out Warfare, the A 10 Warthog and the SU25-TM Frogfoot! With new and tweaked abilities, they'll fly into your roster with ease. With the added abilities, the team has diversified their position in the roster, and both Jets are configured to be vehicle busters! **A10 Warthog** **SU-25TM Frogfoot** ##### Free Battlepass - 60 Tiers of free cosmetics The Road to Battlefield Battlepass will run from August 18 to October 7, which gives you plenty of time to unlock the 60 free tiers that arrive with Update 9.2! The pass celebrates different eras of the Battlefield franchise, with cosmetics inspired by the legacy of the games that came before Battlefield 2042. - 60 free tiers - Over 50 new rewards inspired by Battlefield 1, Battlefield V, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, and Battlefield 4. - We’ve added several Tiers that will grant you multiple items, get your loot! - 30 exclusive rewards for Battlefield 6 spread across 6 Tiers that will be available at launch. Earn these exclusive Battlefield 6 rewards at Tier 8, 19, 30, 40, 49, and 60 of the Free Battlepass! ##### Themed Event: Best of Portal Running from September 2nd to 30th, earn brand new rewards by participating in our Best of Portal event. We will rotate a new game mode experience every 48 hours during the dates in September, providing you with playlists of the best Portal experiences out there! ##### Community Art Series For a while now the Battlefie _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/800071096481087711]_ ### BATTLEFIELD 2042 UPDATE #8.9.0 - Date: 2025-06-13 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/591773904875295220 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/battlefield-2042/releases/steam-591773904875295220 Welcome to the 8.9.0 Update Notes for Battlefield 2042. Launching on Tuesday, June 17th, this patch arrives with a large amount of weapon changes, as well as various bug fixes. //The Battlefield Team **Community Calendar** Discover various Community Events, Featured Experiences, and Double XP moments on Battlefield 2042 via our frequently updated [Community Calendar](https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/community-calendar). **Stay Informed** Follow us on (https://www.reddit.com/user/battlefield/) and [@Battlefield](https://twitter.com/Battlefield) to stay informed on the latest news, and [@BattlefieldComm](https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/) for the rollout of updates and other live service changes. Join the official Battlefield Discord server over at [discord.gg/Battlefield](https://discord.gg/Battlefield). ##### **New Bundles: Mass Effect** Galactic Bundle - 1750 BFC: Centuries from now and in the farthest reaches of space, a good soldier still makes all the difference. Take command and carve your legacy into the stars. Scoped & Dropped Bundle- 2000 BFC: Whether you’re tearing across the battlefield or shooting bottles with an old friend, you need the best gear in the galaxy to do the job right. Citadel Bundle - 3000 BFC: For those who take the fight to the farthest reaches of space, a special package containing all cosmetics for the Mass Effect crossover event. The bundles will be available from June 17 to Jul 1, 2025. ##### **Changelog** **Weapons:** _Developer comment:_ _After the AN-94 launched earlier this year, it became clear that many of the vault weapons were a bit out of shape. To remedy that, we took on the task to apply some much-needed love, care, and CLP oil to a bunch of them. _ _After that, we had the (easier) task of breaking half of them, fixing them again, and making sure we could ship them to you._ _We wanted to bring vault weapons up to par with similar weapons by increasing the attachment diversity and open up for more ways of playing with them. _ _Most vault weapons have been given some extra attachments, and many had a few tweaks and fixes done as well._ _In this update, we introduce a new type of magazine attachment: the Underloaded Magazine. This is a standard issue mag but with fewer bullets in it, making it faster and easier to handle. The downside is that you have fewer rounds in a mag, of course, meaning you are sacrificing damage output over time for improved weapon handling._ _By adding this, we have one more way to play with standard ammo, in addition to the extended mag many of them already have or other ammo types. _ _All in all, we're hoping this helps make the vault weapons more fun and more useful to play with._ _We’re looking forward to your feedback to having more attachment options to tinker with between respawns! _ ACW-R: - Adjusted reload timing, making it faster so it matches the animation of the weapon. - Added Underbarrel attachment: BCG Light Grip. - Added Magazine attachment: Underloaded Magazine. A-91: - Added Magazine attachment: Underloaded magazine. M416: - Added Muzzle attachment: Shortened barrel (silenced) - Added Magazine attachment: Underloaded Magazine. AEK-971: - Adjusted reload timing making it faster so it matches the animation of the weapon. - Adjusted the position of several muzzle attachments slightly to better match the intended placement. - Added Underbarrel attachment: BCG Light Grip. - Added Magazine attachment: Underloaded Magazine. M16A3: - Reduced starting ammo from 8 mags down to 5. _Developer comment: We’re making this change to bring the weapon more in line with similar Assault Rifles_ - Added Magazine attachment: Underloaded Magazine. MTAR-21: - Added Underbarrel attachment: BCG Light Grip. - Added Magazine attachment: Underloaded Magazine. AKS-74u: - Adjusted reload timing, making it faster so it matches the animation of the weapon. - Added Muzzle attachment: Warhawk Compensator _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/591773904875295220]_ ### BATTLEFIELD 2042 UPDATE #8.8.0 - Date: 2025-05-23 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/501699915816108166 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/battlefield-2042/releases/steam-501699915816108166 Welcome to the 8.8.0 Update Notes for Battlefield 2042. Launching on Tuesday, May 27th, this update comes with various fixes and the return of our Battle of Nordvik event, which will take place on May 27th and continue to run through to June 10th! //The Battlefield Team **Community Calendar** Discover various Community Events, Featured Experiences, and Double XP moments on Battlefield 2042 via our frequently updated Community Calendar. **Stay Informed** Follow us on (https://www.reddit.com/user/battlefield/) and [@Battlefield](https://twitter.com/Battlefield) to stay informed on the latest news, and [@BattlefieldComm](https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/) for the rollout of updates and other live service changes. Join the official Battlefield Discord server over at [discord.gg/Battlefield](http://discord.gg/Battlefield). ##### Returning Time-limited event: Battle of Nordvik When Nordvik’s secret alliance with the West is revealed, Eastern Forces retaliate with an aggressive siege of this remote facility in the Swedish wilderness. Join the Nordvik Control Corps or the Black Storm regiment in the three-week power struggle that marks a turning point in the global conflict between two superpowers. ##### Secure Boot With Update 8.8.0 on Battlefield 2042, we will be requiring that Secure Boot is enabled for PC hardware that can support it, in order to provide you with a higher standard of trust and safety whilst you play select EA titles. As cheat developers keep evolving their tactics, we're stepping up our game too. To keep Battlefield 2042 fair and fun for everyone, we're strengthening our defenses—especially against cheats that try to sneak in during the Windows boot process. This move supports our Positive Play commitment and helps ensure a level playing field for all players. If you attempt to load the game following Update 8.8.0 without Secure Boot enabled, but are on a piece of hardware that supports it, you will be prompted with a message stating that Secure Boot is required. Secure Boot is a feature that is available for Windows 11 and Windows 10 devices, and you’re able to learn more about how to enable this functionality via our [EA Help article here.](https://help.ea.com/help/pc/secure-boot/) ##### Changelog ##### Maps: - Fixed some unnaturally large pits/crevices on the terrain on Orbital. - Fixed an invisible zipline cable on Spearhead's Conquest gamemode. ##### Vehicles: - Fixed a bug where some vehicles would be incorrectly marked as unavailable in some Breakthrough sectors. ##### Weapons: - Fixed a bug where the Subsonic magazine would not be visible when using an underbarrel grenade launcher on the DM7. - Fixed an issue on the Battlefield 3 SPAS-12 in Portal where the fire rate was faster than intended if using semi-auto mode. It should now be capped to the weapon's maximum rate of fire, 150/120/100, depending on ammo type. - Fixed an issue on the AN-94 where the rail was not visible when you had a grip equipped. Fixed an issue where the attachments would be positioned incorrectly on the weapon icon for the GVT 45-70. ##### Characters & Gadgets: - Following player feedback, we're bringing back the EMP ability to Casper's Recon Drone, but with some changes to improve its balance. **Developer Note: The EMP was removed previously as part of a larger change to clean up gameplay and increase readability between infantry and vehicles. With this update, we are bringing back the EMP; however, it will only be able to interact with and destroy enemy gadgets and equipment. The ability is not designed to interact with vehicles.** ##### Progression: - Codex Update: Added new lore content. - Quest requirements for weapon customizations are now easier to read. - Fixed a bug where the SOFLAM gadget was missing from the statistics page of your profile. ##### AI: - Reduced AI soldiers' accuracy when firing rocket launchers against airborne targets. You now have a higher chance of avoiding getting _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/501699915816108166]_ ### BATTLEFIELD 2042 UPDATE #8.7.0 - Date: 2025-05-02 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/501698013135110239 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/battlefield-2042/releases/steam-501698013135110239 Welcome to the 8.7.0 Update Notes for Battlefield 2042. Launching on Tuesday, May 6th, this update comes with various areas of improvement and fixes. Our Dead Space will be underway May 6th and continue to run through May 20th! //The Battlefield Team **Community Calendar** Discover various Community Events, Featured Experiences, and Double XP moments on Battlefield 2042 via our frequently updated Community Calendar. **Stay Informed** Follow us on (https://www.reddit.com/user/battlefield/) and [@Battlefield](https://twitter.com/Battlefield) to stay informed on the latest news, and [@BattlefieldComm](https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/) for the rollout of updates and other live service changes. Join the official Battlefield Discord server over at [discord.gg/Battlefield](http://discord.gg/Battlefield). ##### Returning Time-limited event: Battlefield 2042 | Dead Space During this event, players will get to reexperience Outbreak. A 4-player squad PvE experience where you will fight waves of Augmented Targets. Starting on the western end of Redacted, players fight through eight sectors while completing objectives until they call an elevator to exfiltrate out on the far eastern end of the map. ##### Outbreak Areas of Improvement - Dead Space skins were added to certain weapons when purchasing from the Armory Station; other weapons also have skins. - The starting weapons now have the Dead Space skin. - Enemies are now allowed to enter the extraction elevator while you're fighting over it. Players now also take reduced damage from melee and incendiary damage when inside the elevators. - Added a loading screen tutorial. ##### Outbreak Changelog - Polished and improved the HUD. - Increased the time between Juggernaut batches. - Decreased the spawn rate for regular waves and added more time before Geists die at the end of the wave. - Updated Armorey Station arsenals by replacing the MCS-880 with the NVK. - Resolved an issue where players occasionally could not customize their character loadout before spawning in Outbreak. - Fixed a visual bug when closing the Armory Station. - Fixed a bug where both objectives in one of the sectors would have the same name. - Fixed a bug where the Armory Station icon would be visible randomly on the map even if no Armory Stations were active in the sector. - Fixed a bug where the extraction elevator doors occasionally did not close when the entire squad entered it. - Fixed a bug where Geists would show the wrong icon when pinged. - Rebalanced the Juggernaut-only waves to ensure the Juggernauts spawn first. - Tweaked the combat area to fix certain places incorrectly out of bounds. - Fixed a bug where players occasionally could not purchase new weapons after dying. - Polished and improved the HUD. - Fixed a bug where the "Push forward" HUD message would be visible on screen after respawning if the user died out of bounds in the previous sector. ##### Areas of Improvement ##### Weapons: **NVK-S22** - Upgraded the pocket size on soldier outfits to accommodate more shells! - Buckshot: Pocket doubled in size to 20 → 40 shells - Flechette: Quiver stretched to 10 → 20 shells - Slug: Bucket tall enough to double to 10 → 20 shells Developer Note: These changes are inventory-based only. No visual changes are present on magazine models. ##### AI: - AI soldiers are now less effective at landing their shots with vehicle weapons when targeting fast-moving or direction-changing vehicles. ##### Changelog ##### Modes: **Stadium - Conquest** - Removed a small unintended out-of-bounds area between Sector B and the team HQs. **Exposure - Hazard Zone** - Some rubble was placed to block off a door that shouldn't be accessible. **Breakaway - Domination** - Reduced the vertical combat area in Breakaway Domination to prevent players from reaching unintended areas. ##### Maps: - Removed invisible collisions above certain solar panels out in the farming fiel _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/501698013135110239]_ ### BATTLEFIELD 2042 UPDATE #8.6.1 - Date: 2025-03-28 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/501694842286375015 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/battlefield-2042/releases/steam-501694842286375015 We are releasing Update 8.6.1 on Tuesday, April 1st (no, we are not kidding!), which will enable the King of the Hill mode for Battlefield 2042, as part of the War Machine time-limited event! War Machine has been underway since March 18th and will continue to run through to April 15! //The Battlefield Team ##### Community Calendar Discover a wide variety of Community Events, Featured Experiences and Double XP moments taking place on Battlefield 2042 via our frequently updated [Community Calendar](https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/community-calendar). ##### Stay Informed Follow us on (https://www.reddit.com/user/battlefield/) and [@Battlefield](https://twitter.com/Battlefield) to stay informed on the latest news, and on [@BattlefieldComm](https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/) for the rollout of updates and other live service changes. Join the official Battlefield Discord server over at [discord.gg/Battlefield](http://discord.gg/Battlefield). ##### King of the Hill King of the Hill is a new mode coming on April 1st as part of the War Machine time-limited event. Two teams rush to capture a single objective on the map while also trying to repel the enemy team! **Combined Arms** In King of the Hill, you’ll fight 20 versus 20 in an all-out battle for control over the objective! Both Infantry close quarter combat and Vehicle skills are going to be required to win over your enemy. Vehicles will become unlocked as a team loses tickets, so don’t count your chickens just yet and keep your eyes open for a counterattack by enemy forces. King of the Hill features a single objective that moves to a new location after a set amount of time, opening avenues and opportunities to take back control or further dominate the opponent. **How to grab the crown and become King! ** Vehicles can turn the tide quickly, so make sure you check the vehicle menu for newly unlocked vehicles and track progress when they unlock at the top of the deploy screen! The losing team unlocks new vehicle categories before their enemy, so use this advantage to take back control over the objective. Controlling chokepoints can be more impactful than throwing bodies at the objective. **Control, control, control.** Using Spawn Beacons, Irish’s EIDOS system, and other gadgets can swing the match in your favor; use them wisely. **Know your objective and how it rotates.** The rotation will pick from two to three different points, so learning which those can be and rotating quickly will give you an advantage over the enemy team. King of the Hill is available on: - Kaleidoscope - Flashpoint - Renewal - Valparaiso Missed out on War Machine so far? Catch up with all changes, new modes, the Event Pass, and more in our [Patch 8.6.0 blog](https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/news/battlefield-2042-update-notes-8-6-0). And what’s a wrap for this Update Note, but as one final reminder - hold the objective, deplete the enemy score and win! This announcement may change as we listen to community feedback and continue developing and evolving our Live Service & Content. We will always strive to keep our community as informed as possible. ### BATTLEFIELD 2042 UPDATE #8.6.0 - Date: 2025-03-13 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/532092880811984512 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/battlefield-2042/releases/steam-532092880811984512 Welcome to the 8.6 Update Notes for Battlefield 2042. Launching on Tuesday, March 18th, the update comes with a brand new time-limited event: War Machine. With War Machine we’re introducing a new experience with Rush Override, a new event pass, the return of the AN-94 and the Domination mode! //The Battlefield Team ##### Community Calendar Discover a wide variety of Community Events, Featured Experiences and Double XP moments taking place on Battlefield 2042 via our frequently updated [Community Calendar](https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/community-calendar). ##### Stay Informed Follow us on (https://www.reddit.com/user/battlefield/) and [@Battlefield](https://twitter.com/Battlefield) to stay informed on the latest news, and on [@BattlefieldComm](https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/) for the rollout of updates and other live service changes. Join the official Battlefield Discord server over at [discord.gg/Battlefield](http://discord.gg/Battlefield). ##### Time-limited Event: War Machine With update 8.6.0 players will jump into our new time-limited event War Machine, which comes with a variety of new modes, and a brand new event pass. ##### Coming March 18: _**Rush Override**_ War Machine’s first event mode, Override is a Rush PvE mode that pits humans vs machines in a steely brawl where four players must work together as a squad to overcome AI-controlled robots on: - Redacted - Arica Harbor - Exposure - Noshahr Canals _**Domination**_ Coming to Battlefield 2042 for the first time, players will know Domination as a fast-paced, small version of an Infantry only Conquest on: - Arica Harbor - Noshahr Canals - Stadium - Battle of the Bulge - Breakaway _**King of the Hill**_ War Machine continues to receive new content as this event unfolds, with King of the Hill, a new time-limited mode, arriving on April 1. Stay tuned to one of our upcoming Update Notes to learn more about what to expect from King of the Hill. ##### Event Pass War Machine will bring an all-new event pass to Battlefield 2042 giving you the chance to earn more unlockables, including BFCs, legendary items, and 8 new unique specialist skins. Players can also get access to the Accelerated Event Pass, which offers 30 tiers of unlockable content, 15 Tier Skips, and the legendary CENTRAL Unit India outfit for Angel. ##### Store bundles - War.exe - 1750 Battlefield Coins - Flesh vs. Steel - 1750 Battlefield Coins - War Machines - Contains War.exe and Flesh vs. Steel bundles, 3000 Battlefield Coins ##### New Vault Weapon: AN-94 The AN-94 Assault Rifle, well known from Battlefield Bad Company, Battlefield 3, and Battlefield 4, makes its way from Portal to All-Out Warfare with updated handling and damage. - Dev comment: We want the AN-94 to have a strong identity around the hyperburst, to be a great choice when you want precision in the close-to-mid-range combat range. Attachments: - 8 muzzle attachments, a wide variety of choices to go in loud or quiet. - 9 scope attachments to choose from. - 8 underbarrel attachments, including GP-30 varieties and bipod functionality. As part of the transition from Battlefield Portal to Battlefield 2042 All-Out-Warfare the AN-94 will also arrive with mastery, progression and unlocks which you have come to expect from vaulted weaponry. ##### Changelog Maps: - Fixed a bug where players could access an unintended area via spawn beacon near the C Flag on Redacted. - Vehicles: - Added full auto throttle option for airplanes. Can be toggled on or off. - Fixed inconsistent camera behavior on Portal’s HMMWV. - Fixed a bug where the red vignette indicating your soldier is at low health would not show while sitting inside open seats of vehicles. Weapons: - Fixed an issue where the AK5C sometimes had doubled handling modifiers from suppressors under certain circumstances. - GP-30 HE now deals consistent damage on direct impact. Previously the lack of feedbac _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/532092880811984512]_ ### BATTLEFIELD 2042 UPDATE #8.5.0 - Date: 2025-02-14 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517290/view/626666111634505778 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/battlefield-2042/releases/steam-626666111634505778 Continuing our small updates to fix issues and add quality of life changes, on Tuesday, February 18th, we’re rolling out Update 8.5.0. Find a list of changes below. //The Battlefield Team ##### Community Calendar Discover a wide variety of Community Events, Featured Experiences and Double XP moments taking place on Battlefield 2042 via our frequently updated [Community Calendar](https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/community-calendar)! ##### Stay Informed Follow us on (https://www.reddit.com/user/battlefield/) and [@Battlefield](https://twitter.com/Battlefield) to stay informed on the latest news, and on [@BattlefieldComm](https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/) for the rollout of updates and other live service changes. Join the official Battlefield Discord server over at [discord.gg/Battlefield](http://discord.gg/Battlefield)! ##### Improvements **Loading Screen Improvements** One of the main areas of improvement for Update 8.5 is a visual overhaul of the loading screen for all game modes, now you will be able to see improved descriptions and iconography indicators for the rules of each mode before loading into the match in a much more pleasing and penguin-approved way. This improvement also extends to Custom Experiences within Battlefield Portal, allowing creators more space for descriptions. Further improvements will be made to this loading screen in a future update too! ##### Changelog **General** - Fixed overlapping input prompts on the deploy screen. **AI** - AI soldiers should no longer die out of bounds when fighting in the shipwreck. **Vehicles** - Added insertion sequence for the UH-60 Black Hawk. - Camera transition should now be smoother when switching views in seats while in a vehicle. - Fixed a bug where projectiles would despawn when firing from above the air vehicle max height. **Progression** - Fixed an issue where players were unable to purchase the accelerated event pass if all levels were completed before the purchase. This announcement may change as we listen to community feedback and continue developing and evolving our Live Service & Content. We will always strive to keep our community as informed as possible.