# PlanetSide 2 July 8, 2026 - Patch Notes - Product: PlanetSide 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/planetside-2) - Vendor: Rogue Planet Games - Date: 2026-07-08 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/218230/view/677376450273220565 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/planetside-2/releases/2026-07-08-july-8-2026-patch-notes 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. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Summer Alpha Event Directive 'Operation: Ares' available from July 8th to August 10th with limited time rewards including certs, ISO-4, A7, implant packs, titles, banners, decals, camo, and hood ornament - **added** — Aerial Anomalies activated for all continents - **added** — Random Camo Pack now available for all players in the Depot for 1299 Cert or 299 DBC - **added** — Indarian Scout Helmet added to Depot for 799 DBC (VS faction) - **added** — Indarian Scout Armor added to Depot for 999 DBC (VS faction) - **added** — Electrical Storm Tire Trails available in Members Only Section for 399 DBC - **added** — Electrical Storm Contrails available in Members Only Section for all factions - **changed** — Returning summer items and bundles available from July 1st to September 5th including Mega Soldier Soaker variants, Ares Helmet, NSX-P Tanto, Summer Fun Decal, Summer Splash Bundle, Amphibious Bundle, Frogman Gear Collection Bundle, Tides of Summer Alpha directive bundles, and surfbreaker platings - **fixed** — Optimized game code to improve frame rate stability and reduce frame stuttering - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the Members Only tab could disappear from the Depot and previously removed Depot tabs could reappear ##### We have a scheduled maintenance tomorrow, please see the new patch notes below. Servers will go down at 6AM PDT for an estimated 3-4 hour downtime. Please see the PC patch notes below. --- ##### Status of Crashes Work continues in our ongoing investigation onto this issue. Unfortunately for today's patch we do not have additional information to share on our progress. As soon as it becomes available we will give you another status update on this matter in future patch notes. --- ##### Directives ##### Summer Alpha Event Directive - July 8th 2026 - August 10th 2026 Limited time rewards will be available during this time for those that complete the summer event directive "Operation: Ares"! [table equalcells="1" colwidth=",,,"] **Tier 1** **Tier 2** **Tier 3** **Tier 4** 250 Certs 500 ISO-4 500 A7 Deluxe Implant Pack Title: Indarian Scout Indarian Scout Banner Basic Implant Pack Desert Fennec Hood Ornament Indarian Scout Decal Indarian Scout Banner Frame Lightning Storm Camo --- ##### Alerts - Aerial Anomalies have been activated for all continents! --- ##### Random Camo Pack The Random Camo Pack is a now available **for all players** in the Depot! [table equalcells="1" colwidth=",,"] **Name** **DBC** **Faction** Random Camo Pack 1299 Cert / 299 DBC All We are also planning to make the Random Camo Pack into a directive reward in future updates. Please share your thoughts on this new addition in our (https://discord.com/channels/1479251443310657596/1501018191436972042) — we'd love to hear your feedback! --- ##### Depot New Items have been added to the Depot! [table equalcells="1" colwidth=",,"] **Name** **DBC** **Faction** Indarian Scout Helmet 799 DBC VS Indarian Scout Armor 999 DBC VS --- ##### Sales ##### July 1st - September 5th: Returning Summer Items and bundles - Previous items and bundles return for a limited time! [table equalcells="1" colwidth=""] **Returning Items** Mega Soldier Soaker (Ballistic Blue) Mega Soldier Soaker (Imperial Purple) Mega Soldier Soaker (Riot Red) Mega Soldier Soaker (Electric Sky) Mega Soldier Soaker XP100 Ares Helmet NSX-P Tanto Summer Fun Decal Summer Splash Bundle Amphibious Bundle (Summer 2022) Frogman Gear Collection Bundle Tides of Summer Alpha 2023 Directive Bundle Tides of Summer Alpha 2024 Directive Bundle Lightning Surfbreaker Plating Corsair Surfcutter Plating Corsair Surfbreaker Plating --- ##### Members Only Items The following bundles and items are now available for purchase in the Members Only Section: [table equalcells="1" colwidth=",,"] **Name** **DBC** **Faction** Electrical Storm Tire Trails 399 DBC All Electrical Storm Contrails 1/10 All --- ##### Bug Fixes - Optimized game code to improve frame rate stability and reduce frame stuttering. - Fixed an issue where the Members Only tab could disappear from the Depot and previously removed Depot tabs could reappear.