CoD Mobile Season 9 Conquest patch notes: new Gunsmith feature, Shipment 1944 map, improvements to BR, and more

CoD Mobile's newest season brings massive changes to the FPS with the addition of new modes, weapons, and maps.

First Published August 16, 2020, 17:39

CoD Mobile Season 9 Conquest patch notes: new Gunsmith feature, Shipment 1944 map, improvements to BR, and more

Call of Duty Mobile's Season 9, Conquest, is now live for all players, with a necessary 1GB download in order to access it, with more in-app downloads still required.

The highly-anticipated update has not disappointed fans, as many features and new updates come along with it.

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COD Mobile Season 9 New Map: Shipment 1944

The classic Shipment 1944 map will bring World War II to COD Mobile, as the fan favourite makes its debut in yet another Call of Duty title starting with Season 9 of COD Mobile.

Shipment is available for Team Death Match, Domination, Free-For-All, Hardpoint, Gunfight, Ultra Rapid Fire, 1v1, Kill Confirmed, Team Death Match 10v10.

COD Mobile Season 9 Gunsmith

Also coming with Season 9 to COD Mobile is the Gunsmith feature. Customisation will look completely different moving forward, as players will have absolute control of the style and performance of all the weapons in their arsenal, all done in a new and improved user interface.

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On top of the ability to combine different parts to adjust stats like range, accuracy, or damage, players can attach different cosmetic items such as charms, stickers, or reticles.

COD Mobile Season 9 Battle Royale Expansion

Conquest will also bring improvements to the COD Mobile BR map, as it will expand upon it adding four different areas for players to explore: Outpost, Dormitory, Radar Base, and Campground. Furthermore, a brand-new opening scene will welcome players when they're about to drop.

There's still plenty of yet to be released content within Season 9 of COD Mobile, including events, modes, and extra challenges, so be sure to keep an eye out for all the updates set to be unveiled these next coming weeks. Down below are the full detailed patch notes.

COD Mobile Season 9 patch notes

Gunsmith system

Players can choose from more than a hundred attachments to customize their weapons! Update your favorite weapon with new visual and functional upgrades for a completely unique experience.

Each weapon has up to nine attachment slots and more than 50 attachments and gun perks available
Earn attachments by upgrading your weapon level.
Legendary and Epic weapons are now Blueprints. Blueprints are variants of the base weapons that come with various cosmetic differences as well as curated pre-equipped attachments. These attachments are pre-equipped on each specific blueprint without needing to level up the base weapon to unlock them.
Rare and Uncommon weapons are now camo options that can be equipped on base weapons
Highest weapon level is shared across all unlocked weapons and Blueprints of that type. No more needing to level each and every weapon you receive!
Show off your own personal style with charms, stickers, reticles, and grindable camos
Save your newly designed weapon as a customized weapon to equip in your Loadouts
Too complicated? Try the recommended blueprints. Players can see the changing stats while modifying weapons. Weapon stats reflect the actual performance of the weapon

Rank Series 6 runs from 8.2020 – 10.2020

New ranked mode seasonal rewards

New epic blueprint: QQ9 - Eye Candy
New epic soldier: Tengu – Undead Crusade
New epic frame: Bomber Frame

New Battle Pass available August 16th (UTC)

New Premium Battle Pass Rewards

New Epic soldiers: Reznov, Nikto – Stronghold, Richtofen, Lev Kravchenko - Soviet Dragon
New Epic Blueprints: Chopper – Fortress, Kilo Bolt-Action - Lazarus，QQ9 - Trendsetter，Striker – Aeronaut
New Legendary Calling Card: Take Cover
New “Battle Dressed” themed items

New Free Battle Pass Rewards

New base Marksman Rifle: Kilo Bolt-Action. A lethal lightweight marksman rifle that can take the enemy down in one-shot
New Scorestreak: Shield Turret. A manual operated shielded turret that can be deployed on most surfaces

New Event Rewards

New challenges and missions with new rewards

New Lethal equipment: Thermite. Sticks to any surface and burns over time upon impact
New Solider: Nikolai Belinski
New Epic blueprints: MSMC – Rosie, ICR-1 - Retro Nuclear
New Perk: Amped - Take advantage of faster primary weapon swap and launcher reload speed (excluding swapping to pistol and melee)

MULTIPLAYER

New Featured Game Mode

10v10 mode

Available for Team Death Match, Domination
Available on Shipment, Takeoff, Meltdown, Crossfire

New map

Shipment, a Call of Duty classic, is now available! Dash through cargo containers in this action-packed fan favorite.
Available for: Team Death Match, Domination, Free-For-All, Hardpoint, Gunfight, Ultra Rapid Fire, 1v1, Kill Confirmed, Team Death Match 10v10

Other

Training Mode – Movable targets and new challenge added
Domination - Capture progress will pause when players are not in the objective area.
Domination – Tunisia has been removed from Domination map list on normal MP
Domination – Meltdown has been removed from Domination map list on ranked MP
Hardpoint - The next hardpoint in Hardpoint mode will be shown on map, but cannot be captured until it is unlocked

BATTLE ROYALE

With the new Gunsmith system, all weapons in Battle Royale now perform the same as their Multiplayer versions. Players can modify and customize their weapon in Battle Royale loadout and acquire them from airdrops. Look for brand new weapons on the battlefield with various styles and attachments.

New airdrop

Players now can acquire loadout customized weapons from airdrop. Every airdrop allows four players to choose one of their customized weapons from their loadouts. (one weapon per player/per airdrop)

New Areas

Check out the four new areas added to Battle Royale: Radar Base, Dormitory, Outpost, and Camp

New Weapons

New Battle Royale weapons of all rarities added. The higher the rarity, the more attachments. Attachments cannot be dropped or equipped to another weapon

New Attachments

Augment your Battle Royale weapons with Gun Mods. More than 10 new mods to try. Gun Mods can be dropped or equipped to other weapons

New Items

Armor Plate: Recover armor durability by 50%. Use armor plates to repair your vest
Ammo types now match to corresponding weapon class

IMPROVEMENTS & OPTIMIZATIONS

Multiplayer

Increased Death Machine long-range damage, slightly increased fire rate, increased spin up time after moving.
Increased Sparrow drawing speed. Increased range when drawing Sparrow back for a shorter amount of time.
Increased War Machine’s grenades area of effect. Decreased damage on player using War Machine. Optimized animation.
Decreased Annihilator reloading speed after firing. Slightly decreased fire rate.
Slightly decreased Gravity Spikes area of effect.
Molotov Cocktail is now lethal equipment.
Significantly increased Molotov Cocktail damage.
Katana’s name and model updated.
Deploying Stealth Chopper and Cluster Strike will activate a one-time UAV map scan and reveal current locations of enemies.
Optimized reloading animation
Optimized firing animation
Optimized visuals and behavior of laser sight attachments
Optimized bolt pulling animation of bolt-action sniper rifles
Extended time limit for squad filling in the middle of a ranked multiplayer match
Fixed an issue where the SMRS and War Machine can shoot through walls
Fixed an issue that UAV shows enemy movement instead of current location
Fixed an issue where players FOV is narrowed when using Katana
Fixed an issue that prevented players from crouching or going prone
Fix an issue with incorrect models in Attack of Undead

Battle Royale

Poltergeist: Increased invisibility for the first two seconds after activating Active Camo, regardless of distance
Trap Master: Decreased Electric Trip Wire’s damage and effect on enemy’s movement speed
The first safe zone appears earlier in game and collapse slower. Players have more time to reach the first safe zone
Optimized water visual effect. Water Reflection available in “Very High” graphic quality.
Decreased tank’s side armor. Adjusted tank’s firing trajectory
Tank is now equipped with an electronical thermal imaging system
Tank airdrop is now a random event
Area names are visible while jumping. Areas with better loot are displayed with orange names
Optimized the ragdoll physics when being hit by vehicles
Optimized character movement animation
Optimized ladder climbing animation
Optimized player animations when moving along walls
Optimized health and armor UI
New opening animation on the jump plane
New armor penetration feedback
New jump plane audio indicators
Fixed an issue with tank spawning in unusable locations
Fixed an issue where item models would disappear occasionally
Fixed an issue where gunfire indicator would be the wrong direction on compass
Fixed an issue where audio would cut out

Ranked Matches

Optimized score logic for Ranked Multiplayer
Optimized matchmaking logic for Ranked Multiplayer
Optimized match report details
Players in rank protection lose fewer rank points after a loss
New squad view when loading into a match
Optimized Ranked Battle Royale score logic
Optimized matchmaking logic for Ranked Battle Royale
New match report UI
New animation for reaching each higher rank after Pro I
Fixed an issue where players in rank protection were recognized as lower rank

System

Players can unlock most weapons, perks, Operator skills and Sorestreaks before level 55.

ICR-1, Cordite, HVK30, GKS, KN-44, Locus, Pharo, KRM262, HBRa3, Man-O-War and Razorback are now player level rewards. Other base weapons can be unlocked by completing challenges in Gunsmith system or within the free Battle Pass

Molotov Cocktail and Combat Axe are now player level rewards
Players can have up to 10 Loadouts in Multiplayer. Loadouts 1-5 are unlocked immediately. Loadouts 6-10 are unlocked through level progression.
Players now have 5 Loadouts for Battle Royale
All new player level rewards will be unlocked after upgrading to the new version.
All new UI for Multiplayer and Battle Royale lobbies. Players can see recommended events and claim rewards before starting a match
Players can display calling cards, sprays and emote in Multiplayer and Battle Royale team lobbies
Calling cards can be configured on in game HUD in Control Layouts in Settings menu
Most event rewards will be claimed automatically during after match report
New after match summary and sharing UI for Battle Royale winners
New bug report system
Optimized in-game HUD
Optimized UI and user experience for Battle Pass
Optimized ladder-climbing UI and customization option

COD Mobile Season 9 Release Date

The update is set to make its way to mobile devices starting on 16th August at 5 pm PST (8 pm EST, 1 am BST). Be sure to check regularly to know when your device has the option to start downloading the update.

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