# Quake Champions Quake Champions Season 25

- Product: Quake Champions (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/quake-champions)
- Vendor: id Software
- Date: 2024-12-05
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/611500/view/4491873334851537218
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/quake-champions/releases/2024-12-05-quake-champions-season-25

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- **added** — Quake 2 CHAINFIST Gauntlet vanity item
- **added** — Quake 4 DARK MATTER GUN Rocket Launcher vanity item
- **added** — Quake Wars STROGG LIGHTNING PISTOL Lightning Gun vanity item
- **added** — CTF Tourney competitive game mode with 1-8 players, no bots, one-champion-limit-per-team, 5 second weapon respawn times, no breakables, no killer target cams, and no killer death HP stacks
- **added** — TDM Tourney competitive game mode with 1-8 players, no bots, one-champion-limit-per-team, 15 second weapon respawn times, no item timers, no breakables, no killer target cams, no killer death HP stacks, 10s->5s max forced respawns, and Friendly Fire at 50% damage
- **added** — Force Champion custom game option supporting None, Mystery Champion, or a specific champion
- **added** — Starting Weapons custom game option
- **added** — Weapon Respawn Time custom game option
- **added** — Active Abilities custom game option now supporting enabling them in modes where they weren't present
- **added** — Refresh Ability on Spawn custom game option for cooldown reset when a player respawns
- **added** — Max Health & Armor on Spawn custom game option
- **added** — Health & Armor Decay custom game option
- **added** — Self-Damage custom game option
- **added** — Instagib Weapons custom game option
- **added** — Instagib Abilities custom game option
- **added** — Infinite Ammo custom game option
- **added** — Enemy Knockback custom game option
- **added** — Friendly Fire custom game option
- **added** — Spawn Power-ups, Spawn Health, Spawn Armor, and Spawn Ammo custom game options
- **added** — Spawn Pickup Weapons custom game option
- **fixed** — Blood Run issue that could cause players to fall out of the map during warmup in Clan Arena
- **fixed** — Vestibule of Exile decal collision on HA and LG jumppads
- **changed** — Increased CTF flag pickup trigger size from 0.5m to 0.8m radius
- **changed** — Active abilities are now disabled when picking up the flag in CTF
- **changed** — Pings on the Duel scoreboard are now colored green, yellow, or red based on connection quality
- **removed** — Mystery Champion game modes from Custom Game in favor of using the new Force Champion setting
- **changed** — Updated anti-cheat to resolve Daemon Tools compatibility issue

Salutations, Quakers! In this December update we've got a whole lot of NEW: vicious new vanity items, new custom game options, and two new competitive modes! Plus, some map fixes and miscellaneous updates. Check out the full notes:

##### New Content

-  Quake 2 CHAINFIST Gauntlet

-  Quake 4 DARK MATTER GUN Rocket Launcher

-  Quake Wars STROGG LIGHTNING PISTOL Lightning Gun

##### New Competitive Game Modes added to Custom Game

-  CTF Tourney - 1-8 players, no bots. One-champion-limit-per-team, 5 second weapon respawn times, no breakables, no killer target cams, and no killer death HP stacks

-  TDM Tourney - 1-8 players, no bots. One-champion-limit-per-team, 15 second weapon respawn times, no item timers, no breakables, no killer target cams, no killer death HP stacks, 10s->5s max forced respawns, and Friendly Fire (will initially test 50% damage).

##### New Custom Game Options

-  Force Champion (supports None, Mystery Champion, or a specific champion of your choosing)

-  Starting Weapons

-  Weapon Respawn Time

-  Active Abilities (now also supports enabling them in modes where they weren't present)

-  Refresh Ability on Spawn (cooldown reset when a player respawns)

-  Max Health & Armor on Spawn

-  Health & Armor Decay

-  Self-Damage

-  Instagib Weapons

-  Instagib Abilities

-  Infinite Ammo

-  Enemy Knockback

-  Friendly Fire

-  Spawn Power-ups

-  Spawn Health

-  Spawn Armor

-  Spawn Ammo

-  Spawn Pickup Weapons

##### Map Fixes

-  Blood Run - Fixed an issue that could cause players to fall out of the map during warmup, reported in Clan Arena

-  Vestibule of Exile - Fixed decal collision on HA and LG jumppads

##### Updates

-  CTF - Increased the size of the flag pickup trigger, 0.5m to 0.8m radius

-  CTF - Active abilities are now disabled when picking up the flag

-  Pings on the Duel scoreboard are now colored green, yellow, or red based on connection quality

-  Removed Mystery Champion game modes from Custom Game, as you can now enable it in any game mode using the new settings options

##### Services Updates

-  Updated anti-cheat, resolved Daemon Tools compatibility issue