PUBG Update 8.3 Patch Notes

New Feature: Erangel Ferries

For those of you wondering what the new docks on Erangel were all about since we added them last update, your ship has come in!

Two new Ferry lines will now carry passengers across the water from Southern Erangel to Sosnovka Island and back. There’s a total of four ferries that make round trips throughout the game for those of you not feeling lucky enough to yolo it across the bridge.

Four Ferries have been added to ErangelFerries allow players to board and travel via two set routes between the Erangel Mainland and Sosnovka IslandEach route has two FerriesEach Ferry will depart from the docks with the first phase of the Blue ZoneOnce arriving at a dock, ferries will stay docked for approximately 20 seconds before taking to the sea en route to their destinationFerries will sound a horn seven secs prior to arrival and departure. Hop aboard!Ferries are not available in Ranked Mode or Esports Mode in Custom Matches

New Item: Jammer Pack

We’ve been teasing the Jammer Pack for a while, and it’s finally making its Battlegrounds debut! The Jammer Pack allows you to prevent Blue Zone damage for a short time at the expense of level 3 bag space. For now, the Jammer Pack will only spawn rarely on Sanhok and Karakin in Normal and Custom Matches.

The Jammer Pack uses its energy to temporarily prevent players from taking damage from the Blue ZoneAn new energy bar for the Jammer Pack will be displayed on screen once equippedOnce all energy has been depleted, the Jammer Pack will function only a regular backpack, not giving any protection against the Blue ZoneEnergy depletes more quickly as the Blue Zone deals more damageAvailable in Normal and Custom Matches as rare world loot spawn on Karakin and SanhokAlso obtainable from the Sanhok Loot Truck

Gameplay

General

Decoy Grenades have been added Karakin and Training ModeMiramar hay bales and haystacks are now destructible (much like their Erangel counterparts)Added Pai Nan and Bootcamp to Team DeathmatchAdded additional natural cover in the form of trees and rocks outside Bootcamp, Sanhok on both the North and West sidesSince the recent sound improvements to the Kar98k and SKS, we’ve received feedback that the overall volume of the sounds are too loud. We’ve heard your feedback and have lowered the volume when firing both the Kar98k and SKSDestructible wooden shacks have been re-added to ErangelThese were temporarily replaced with concrete shacks in Update 8. 2 due to a technical issue

Sanhok Loot Truck

Added Jammer Pack to available loot poolGreatly reduced the number of Level 3 Helmets and Ghillie suits dropsLimited the number of duplicate item drops from Loot Trucks, to prevent situations where excessive loot of the same type is dropped from one Loot Truck

Assist System

Up until now, assists were only tracked during the recap of Ranked Mode matches. Now we’re expanding upon its visibility and adding it to Normal Matches as well, with new UI elements added to show when your assists happen.

Assist UI and messaging has been added to Ranked Mode, Normal Matches in Duos/Squads and team modes in Battle Royale Custom Matches. The current assist system for TDM will remain unchanged.

Assists are earned after dealing at least 25 damage to an enemy who is then killed soon after by a teammateYou’ll be granted an assist for enemies knocked within 60 seconds of you dealing the minimum damage, who are then later killed by one of your teammate, without being revived beforehandAssists also apply when these conditions are met in situations where an enemy dies instantly, due to being the last member alive in their team or squad

Teammate Combat Indicators

We’ve added a visual indication for when your squad mates are attacked by enemy players. This will help teams react more quickly to allies under fire, especially those not using voice comms.

Additional indicators will now display alongside the existing teammate UI to help you identify when teammates are engaged in combat. You’ll see these indicators in the existing locations you get information on your teammate’s current status. Team HUDMinimapOn-screen 3D teammate iconsThe notifications won’t display while spectating (including replays) or watching the Deathcam

Bot AI improvements

We’ve made a few improvements to bots to make them act a little more naturally

M416 Sound Adjustment

Sound is a crucial factor in PUBG’s gameplay, realism, and fun and the PUBG Sound team has been looking for places to increase this quality further. One place we’ve targeted is improving weapon sounds to try and bring them as close to realistic as possible. To this end, the sound team recently updated the weapon sounds of the M416. However, we’ve received a large amount of feedback that these new sounds are not up to the standards and goes against the familiar gameplay experience you expect.

With the above in mind, we’ve made additional improvements on the M416 sounds. We hope these new changes are more to your liking, and will be monitoring your feedback. Our goal is to provide the highest quality and most realistic gameplay sounds for you, so you can rely on the best gameplay experience and fully immerse yourself in the Battlegrounds.

Ranked Mode

Train your skills while matchmaking

Players will now have the option to join Training Mode while waiting for their Ranked Match queue. About 30 seconds after your queue begins, you’ll be given a popup asking whether you want to stay in the lobby or join Training Mode.

This is a good, completely optional way to warm up and pass the time before getting into your Ranked Match.

After matchmaking for 30 seconds, you’ll be presented with the option to enter Training Mode while remaining in queue for your Ranked MatchYou can choose to either stay in the lobby or enter Training Mode while continuing to wait for a matchBear in mind, you won’t necessarily be placed into the same Training Mode instance as your teammatesYou and your teammates will automatically be removed from Training Mode and sent into a Ranked Match once foundLeaving Training Mode manually will return you to the main menu, where you’ll remain in the Ranked Mode queueYou won’t have the option to rejoin Training Mode if you’ve manually leftMatchmaking will be cancelled if any teammates exit PUBG, or cancel matchmaking

Performance and Optimization

Reduced the chance of hitching or stuttering to occur while the game is spawning itemsItems will be loaded in advance during the loading splash screenWe expect this improvement will also resolve most cases of items not being displayed upon landing and cases where throwing a melee weapon can result in the projectile visually stuttering. Character Spawning OptimizationReduced instances of hitching or stuttering which could occur during the loading of multiple vehicles or players at once. Optimized shadow animations when exiting vehiclesOptimized the cost of world particle effects to ease potential overloads which could cause a decrease in performanceOptimized the rendering pipeline to improve performance

Custom Matches

Loot Truck Icons

New icons for loot trucks have been added in the observer mode. Loot truck icons show two states of the truck. Live or Dead.

General

Player headup UI displayed in the observer mode has been slightly optimized for better experience. Added Jammer Backpack (Sanhok and Karakin)

Esports Ruleset update

Esports Mode has been updated with the latest global S. U. P. E. R. rulesetFor full details, including specific spawn rate adjustments, please refer to the Global Esports Ruleset available at https://www. pubgesports. com

Social Features

In an effort to make our friend system easier to use and a better place for all things social, we’ve revamped the system into a brand new Social Page. Here you can see your friends list, people you’ve recently played with, etc.

Improved the friends list popout, replacing it with the new full screen Social Page. The Social Page can be accessed by clicking the social widget in the lower right corner of the lobby on the main menu. Team invite settings can be changed on new Social Page

Have a quick click around the Social Page next time you’re in-game to discover how it all works.

UX/UI

Store – Featured page Overhaul

Store featured page has gone through an overhaul to provide a better experience. Browse and interact with the new featured page!

Other

The outgame background color has been changed to improve readability and qualityImproved some design components for consistencyIndicators and a message will now be displayed In situations where connectivity issues to Steam are preventing certain outgame features from working correctlyRanked Mode insignias have been aligned on the lobby screen

Skins

New Items

CHUSEOK LUNAR

Sets

Battle Bunny SetFloptop Set

Individual items

Battle Bunny OutfitBattle Bunny MaskBunnycomb – M24Floptop TankFloptop HoodieFloptop PantsFloptop MaskFloptop ShoesMoondust – AUG

CULT CLASSICS

Sets

CULT CLASSICS WEAPON PACK

Individual items

Shackled Monarch – SKSBlue Whale Cult – AKMSeahorse Cult – Beryl M762

Striped Graffiti

Individual items

Striped Graffiti Pink – Helmet (Level 3)Striped Graffiti Yellow – Helmet (Level 3)

2020 Halloween

Sets

CARRIONETTE COSTUME SET (2018 Halloween option available)MALEVOLENT MIME COSTUME SET (2018 Halloween option available)GRIM GOALIE COSTUME SET (2018 Halloween option available)EXECUTIONER COSTUME SET (2018 Halloween option available)CARRIONETTE GEAR PACKMALEVOLENT MIME GEAR PACKGRIM GOALIE GEAR PACKEXECUTIONER GEAR PACK

Individual items

Carrionette Backpack (Level 1)Carrionette CostumeCarrionette LeggingsCarrionette WigCarrionette MaskMalevolent Mime CostumeMalevolent Mime LeggingsMalevolent Mime BeretMalevolent Mime Helmet – (Level 2)Malevolent Mime Backpack (Level 3)Faceless Freak MaskGrim Goalie MaskGrim Goalie CostumeScrapyard SlasherSpiker Helmet – (Level 1)Caution Tape Backpack (Level 2)Executioner CostumeExecutioner PantsTwisted Cleaver

2018 Halloween Sets

Killer Clown SetAncient Mummy SetBloody nurse Set

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

Fixed the excessive reverb when firing the AWMFixed the Kar98k reverb sound not playing when shooting outdoorsFixed an issue where players could use melee weapons inside the starting plane in War ModeFixed a visual issue with the Skorpion where the bolt moved too far forward in single fire modeFixed a visual issue where the bullet ejector on the Skorpion ejector didn’t open after switching to full-auto firing modeFixed an issue where Panzerfaust warheads would float in-place when firing as the player is DBNO’dFixed the issue where throwing a grenade at the exact moment of death created a duplicate grenade in the inventoryFixed the issue where vaulting whilst switching weapons may interrupt the action and unholster the weaponFixed the issue where a character’s face would display abnormally when performing a throwing action after holding a melee weaponFixed the issue where M24’s front iron sight would display abnormally in ADS

World

Fixed the issue where boats could spawn on top of wooden docks on ErangelFixed an issue where characters could take damage while jumping contentiously at the front-side of trains on Vikendi

UI/UX

Fixed misaligned text on the Match History screenFixed an issue which omitted helmet level information of some helmet items on the customize screenFixed the issue where new makeup skins are misaligned in the customize screenFixed the issue where some killfeed images overlap with other UI during the DeathcamGreatly mitigated an issue where squadmates were not displayed in the team list UI

Sound

Fixed the issue where menu navigation arrows did not have any sound effects

Skins & Items

Fixed the strange texture displayed when equipping Plaid Skirt (Flannel Gray)Fixed an issue where characters would load into the game only wearing some items, when equipping a bow tie costume and another itemFixed an issue where part of the character’s body is partially transparent when equipping Heavy Fur Coat and Summer Bikini items togetherFixed the issue where female character’s legs displayed abnormally when equipping Lucha Royale Wrestler BootsFixed the clipping issue when wearing Duncan’s PantsFixed the mirrored text on a Retro Synthwave skinFixed the issue where earrings disappear when equipping facial skins (Mustache, masks etc. ) along with Sassy Shades (Red)Fixed the clipping issue when equipping hoodies along with the PCS1 Mask

Replay

Fixed the issue where the TOP 4 UI displayed even when jumping back on the timelineFixed the issue where the TOP 4 UI was empty when skipping forward on the timeline

Replay System

The replay system has been updated. Replay files from previous updates are now unable to be used.

As girthy as these patch notes appear to be, the biggest changes in update 8.3 include Erangel ferries, the Jammer Pack and some fairly minor destructible enhancements to Miramar. With the new ferry system, players will be able to make it around the map more easily without necessarily compromising strategy. Given that the boats sound a horn before they leave, there’s plenty of risk in attempting to use one. It could help you escape a particular hot zone, but it might also signal your whereabouts to eager campers.

Something less sensible, though, is the Jammer Pack. This item is essentially a ripoff of the Gas Mask in Warzone. While in practice a circle damage deterrent sounds reasonable, it’s less important in PUBG where that kind of penalty isn’t quite as devastating. Thankfully, though, given how rare these Jammer Packs seem to be, they shouldn’t disrupt gameplay balance too much as players experiment with them. On the other side of the pond, we’re extremely happy that haystacks on Miramar are finally able to errode. Destructible scenery has been a great addition to PUBG, so any way that mechanic can be expanded is much appreciated. As a late-season patch, PUBG update 8.3 certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it does add some interesting wrinkles to the maps players know and love.

PUBG is available now on PC, Xbox One and PS4.

What are your thoughts on PUBG update 8.3? Do you like the ferry and Jammer Pack? Tell us in the comments section!