Rainbow Six Siege Update Y7S1.2 Patch Notes

Rainbow Six Siege Update Y7S1.2 goes live today, delivering Emerald Plains, the brand new map to the game as well as some other changes that have already been tested on the Test Servers.

Today, Rainbow Six Siege players across all platforms will have a big surprise as Ubisoft will launch the new map of the game. Emerald Plains will be available in all playlists including Ranked, Unranked, Team Deathmatch, Quick Match, Newcomer, and Lone Wolf.

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Aside from the new map, Ubisoft also applied the changes that were recently tested on the live servers. Hopefully, the infamous Smoke nerf will not be coming to the live servers, but the other changes will be applied with the new update.

Rainbow Six Siege Update Y7S1.2 Patch Notes

New Map – Emerald Plains

• Added Emerald Plains to Ranked, Unranked, Quick Match, Team Deathmatch, Newcomer and Lone Wolf PVE map playlists.
• A blog post with more details about Emerald Plains will be coming soon and can be found here. 

Operator Balancing

• Bandit
  • Bandit can now attach multiple batteries to the same surface or device. 
• Blackbeard
  • Added Claymore (removed Breaching Charges).
• Gridlock
  • Gridlock now has 4 Trax canisters (from 3).
• Nomad and Oryx
  • Recovery time from knock-back effects is now 1.25s (from 2s).
  • Operators will now remain prone after recovering from a knock-back effect.
• Warden
  • Increased duration and cooldown of Glance Smart Glasses to 20s each (from 10s).
• Ying
  • Reduced duration of the Candelas flash to 1.4s (from 2.8s).
  • Increased the number of Candelas to 4 (from 3).

Gadget Balancing

• Increased the number of Claymores to 2 (from 1).

Tweaks and Improvements

• Added Field of View slider on console (PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series S/X).
• Please note, setting the field of view above 60 may result in lower frame rate and some graphical issues.
• Removed Outback from the Newcomer playlist.

Bug Fixes

• FIXED – Various Team Deathmatch issues.
• FIXED – Players are not getting points for destroying drones during “Prep Phase”.
• FIXED – Operators are receiving damage after being pushed through a destroyed wall by Nomad or Oryx.
• FIXED – Operators affected by Capitão’s Asphyxiation Bolt still take damage after the fire disappears and Capitão exits the game.
• FIXED – Montagne will retain his Ballistic shield equipped if Oryx pushes him while retracting the Shield.
• FIXED – Defenders can see Jackal footprints in support mode after reconnecting.
• FIXED – Various LOD issues on Emerald Plains map.
• FIXED – Various LOD issues on multiple maps.
• FIXED – Various Azami Kiba Barrier issues.
• FIXED – Deployable gadgets get destroyed when Kapkan deploys his EDD in their proximity.
• FIXED – Tachanka can kill the hostage when the Hostage Death setting is turned off.
• FIXED – Various operator VFX issues.
• FIXED – Various Localization issues.
• FIXED – Various Customization issues.
• FIXED – Various UI issues.
• FIXED – Various Shop issues.
• FIXED – Various Audio and SFX issues.
• FIXED – Various Battle Pass issues.
• FIXED – Missing blood particles when taking damage.
• FIXED – Various key binding issues.
• FIXED – Multiple playlist and matchmaking issues.

Rainbow Six Siege is now available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC. You can play it for free through Xbox/PC Game Pass.