Quake Champions — Quake Champions Fall 2020 Update

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.

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS

NEW MAP: DEEP EMBRACE

"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.

SEASON 8 BATTLE PASS REWARDS

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

MAP UPDATES

• 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)

CHAMPION BALANCE

• Death Knight - enabled fire trail dot

WEAPON BALANCE

• Shotgun farspread increased from 850 to 900

GAME MODE UPDATES

• 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

VIDEO OPTIONS

• Added Bloom Toggle

• Added Flares Toggle

SOUND IMPROVEMENTS

• 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

UI

• 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

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

PROGRESSION

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