[Jan 11 Update] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Update | Patch Notes live for PC, Xbox & PS4

Note:  This post has been updated on January 11. Check out the updated content at the end of this post.

1.04 PATCH UPDATE – 25 Oct

Finally, the awaited title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare rolled out globally on 25th October on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC platforms. Many players have been enjoying the game since the beta release and with the official launch, they are expecting gameplay improvements and bugs-fixes.

Well, Infinity Ward has already released the latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare update which brings Patch 1.04 for all the platforms. With the new update, Infinity Ward brings some major bug fixes and improvements to the game.

The new update is already live for all the platforms – PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The new patch weighs 7GB in size for PC, whereas, on both console platforms, the patch weighs 1.8GB only.

Below, we have mentioned the patch notes for the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1.04 update. As you will see, the new update brings a number of bug fixes only.

TITLE UPDATE – 25 Oct

• Backend fixes to help prevent against crashing across all platforms – if you experience a crash, please let us know

• Fix for a bug where players could earn more points when shooting specific vehicles while having Pointman equipped.

• Improved ADS while using weapons without scopes on Xbox

• In some instances, some players were not able to complete the Highway mission due to an exfil bug

• Fix for the “Best of the Best” challenge not tracking progress

• Fix for the “Elite Sniper” challenge not displaying the correct description

• Fix for various camos not unlocking during progression

• Fix for the unlock criteria for the “Double Cross” reticle not progressing past 4

• Fix for the description and requirements needed to unlock some optic scopes in Gunsmith

• Fix for an exploit in Gunsmith when using mouse and keyboard

TRENDING: 50v50 & New Map coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Leaks

PLAYLIST UPDATE – 25 Oct

• Ground War is now live!

• Adding Free For All

• Removing Aniyah from 10v10 Domination

PLAYLIST UPDATE – 26 Oct

• Adding 64 player count Ground War on Quarry
• A fix for being unable to revive in HC Cyber Attack
• Defcon timer is now 45 seconds

PLAYLIST UPDATE – 27 Oct

• Cyber Attack is now in the Quick Play Filter
• 10vs10 TDM and 10vs10 Dom now have their own option in the Quick Play Filter

1.05 PATCH UPDATE – 

Infinity Ward is rolling out another patch update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. After the first patch that landed on 25 October, this is the second patch that is rolling out for all the platforms.

The new update is live now and brings patch 1.05 across all the platforms. The new patch weighs 8GB in size for PC, whereas, on console platforms, the patch weighs 2.4GB for PS4 and 3.02GB for Xbox One.

TITLE UPDATE – 29 Oct

• We’ve done work on the backend to help with stability and prevent crashes across all platforms. If you experience a crash, please let us know
• Fix for a Special Ops Achievement that was not unlocking after completing all missions
• 3rd person footsteps are now silent while the Dead Silence Field Upgrade is active
• Hardpoint: Adjustments to the hill rotations and locations on Arklov Peak, Azhir Cave, Hackney Yard, Rammaza, and St. Petrograd

1.06 PATCH UPDATE – 

Infinity Ward is now rolling out the latest patch update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. This is the third patch that is rolling out for all the platforms.

The new update is available now and brings patch 1.06. The new patch weighs 7.5 GB in size for PC, whereas, on console platforms, the patch weighs 1.8 GB for PS4 and 2.4GB for Xbox One.

TRENDING: 38 Maps coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Title Update/Playlist Update

• More fixes to prevent crashes and improve stability across all platforms
• Battlechatter has been removed from tactical, one-life modes
• APCs and Tanks in Ground War no longer award points towards a nuke
• Fix for charms affecting weapon performance when firing from the hip
• Claymores: Stun grenades can now force claymores into a disabled state for 3 seconds
• Footsteps: Adjustments to tame the 3rd person footsteps. They will now filter out based on occlusion more.
• Fix to an issue where Tac Inserts could cause players to spawn out of bounds
• Fix for the gold camo not unlocking on the .357
• Playlist Update
  • NVG (TDM only)
  • Ground War
  • Gunfight
  • Kill Confirmed
  • FFA

1.07 PATCH UPDATE – November 8

WHAT’S NEW

• NEW FREE MAPS!

We’ve added Krovnik Farmland to Ground War and Shoot House to Multiplayer!

• NEW PLAYLISTS AND A NEW MODE!

Going live on Friday…

• Hardpoint is now in rotation!

Shoot House 24/7! This includes a mixture of Team Deathmatch, Domination, Kill Confirmed, and Headquarters

And yes, all of this new content is available for everyone, for free, across all platforms!

For complete patch notes, head here.

1.08 PATCH UPDATE – November 12

Infinity Ward is rolling out the new patch update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. This is the fourth patch that is rolling out for all the platforms.

The new update is available now and brings patch 1.08 The new patch weighs around 3.4GB in size for PC, whereas, on console platforms, the patch weighs around 1.8 GB for PS4 and 2.4GB for Xbox One. The new patch brings additional tuning to weapons, more bug fixes, and some spawn system updates.

Check out the official patch notes below.

GENERAL FIXES:

• More backend fixes to prevent crashes and improve stability across all modes and all platforms

Riot Shield:

• Fix for a bug where a player using the Riot Shield would not take explosive damage during certain situations
• Fixed an issue where the Riot Shield would stow on the players back when using Stim. (Tactical)

Footsteps

• Adjusted to always play walk footstep sounds when in ADS and crouch independent of speed
• Increased the speed in which you can remain using the walk footstep sounds by slightly pressing on the movement stick

Challenges

• General fix for the UI and Challenge state getting out of sync. We’ll continue to monitor and make additional fixes as needed in future updates
• Fix for a challenge related error that could occur; DEV ERROR 5476
• Fix for Mission Challenge description, “Get Kills with a Burst Weapons” being too vague.

Piccadilly:

• Spawn tuning while playing TDM and Domination
• Domination flag adjustments; B Flag is now near the busses instead of the center fountain

Weapons:

• ARs: Minor hip spread adjustment
• 725: Reduce range
• M4: increase hip spread, decrease damage to the head
• FAL: Reduced recoil, increased ADS speed
• EB-14: Increase ADS speed
• Miscellaneous ammo reserve adjustments upon spawning to be in-line with other weapons of their class

Special Operations:

• Fix for a bug where a player using the Overkill perk with an SMG as their secondary would sometimes spawn without a primary weapon when joining a match in progress

UPDATE – November 15

Infinity Ward is rolling out a new update for the PC platform today. The new update doesn’t bring a new patch, but the update targets the bugs and stability issues. According to Infinity Ward, the new update not only fixes Dev Error 6178 but also brings fixes for cutscene stuttering and hitching.

1.09 PATCH UPDATE – 19 Nov

Patch 1.09 is live across all platforms.

General Fixes:

• Special Operations: Fix for an issue where a player would see no objective after retrying a mission after spectating (Operation Paladin)
• CDL: Fix for rulesets in Search and Destroy where Field Upgrades were disabled
• Fix for an exploit where players could duplicate their killstreaks (“Fix for various exploits”)
• Fix for the “Blue V” Optic challenge not displaying the proper text description
• Fix misspelling of “trophy”

 

Ground War:

• Fixed a bug that could cause the filter on the respawn selection screen to stay on screen when spawning back in
• Fix for an issue where the Select Loadout screen would keep reappearing after already selecting a loadout and attempting to spawn back in

 

Missions/Challenges:

The following challenges have been fixed:

• “Infiltrator”
• “Warrior’s Code”
• “Aggression”
• “Dominator”
• “Munitions”
• Officer progression “Launch Destroys”
• Officer progression “Heartbreaker”
• Officer progression ”Precision Airstrike”
• Officer progression: “Karma”
• Officer progression “Close and Personal”

 

Weapons Tuning:

• AUG
  • Increasing close range damage
  • Increasing mid damage range and reduced chest multiplier
• 725
  • Small reduction to base weapon damage range
  • Significantly reduced the damage range added by attachments
  • Small hips spread increase
  • Reduced effective damage at the hip
• Model 680: Slight reduction of damage range with all range-extending attachments

November 25 – PLAYLIST UPDATE 

WHAT’S NEW

• Allowing up to 4-player parties in Gun Game
• Moving FFA to the Filter menu
• Fixing join in progress for FFA to prevent finding late-progress matches
• Turning off spawn cameras for Headquarters and Hardpoint

GENERAL FIXES:

• Removed infils for both teams when loading into Piccadilly, Search and Destroy
• Fix for a bug where the thermal optic on the PP19 Bizon would appear white while ADS
• Fix for the E.O.D. perk not allowing players to hack claymores in FFA
• Fix for various boosting and out of bounds exploits
• Fix for laser sights becoming misaligned on the P90 and MP5
• Special Operations: Minor adjustment to difficulty

1.10 PATCH UPDATE – 03 Dec

The new update brings not only the new Battle Pass but also updates content in Item Shop, introduces new weapons, new MP maps Crash MP and two new Gunfight maps.

PLAYLIST UPDATE:

Added:

• Crash 24/7
• Reinforce
• Added Rammaza and Gun Runner to TDM 20 and DOM 20
• Added night maps to Hardcore TDM, Search and Destroy, Cyber Attack

Removed:

• Gun Game (available in Private Match)
• Shoot House 24/7
• 2v2 Gunfight Tournament

GENERAL FIXES:

• Riot Shield:
  • Tuning to how the Riot Shield protects against grenades when thrown at the players’ feet
  • Reduced explosive damage within certain ranges
• Fixed a bug where the final killcam would appear under the map when a player got stuck by Thermite or Semtex on the lower part of the body
• Fixed an issue where players stuck inside the Infantry Assault Vehicle would not take damage from Thermite
• Fix for a bug where attempting to scroll to the bottom of the Recent Players list could cause the list to read “No Recent Players” and return to the top
• Gunfight (private match): Fixes ‘Win by Two’ setting to end the game properly once the conditions have been met

Missions and Challenges:

The following are now fixed and have had their descriptions updated as needed

• “Close and Personal”
• “Perks of the Job”
• “Bloodthirsty Killer”
• “Destroy Ground Killstreaks” – All player-driven vehicles will count towards this launcher camo challenge
• “Get 50 kills while an enemy UAV is active” – description updated to reflect that the Ghost perk needs to be equipped in order to complete
• Combat Knife challenge descriptions updated
• .357 camo challenge
• Various updates to other camo challenges
• Fix for Officer Challenge completion notifications not appearing on screen

Killstreaks:

• Improved effectiveness of FMJ on Killstreaks
• Fix for the Cluster Strike dealing damage inconsistently when targeting a VTOL jet

Weapons:

• .357: Buckshot: reduced damage range, reduced effective hip fire damage. Tuned spread adjustments from barrel attachments
• Menu damage stat bar adjustments for miscellaneous LMGs
• Fixed a bug where the informant can be dropped in bad positions/near enemy soldiers in Operation Harbinger
• Added a checkpoint after the third hack on Operation Brimstone
• Fix for a bug where players could become stuck after going into last stand while breaching the trains on Operation Brimstone
• Enemies in white trucks now exit their vehicles

KEYBOARD AND MOUSE

• Leaderboards will no longer display complete gamertags. This should help higher profile leaderboards users from receiving too many invites
• Fixed an issue where players would not be able to mantle while strafing with keyboard and mouse
• Increased the turn-rate when aiming with a tank
• Adjusted the camera orbit turn-rate while driving a vehicle using keyboard and mouse
• The keybind “Vehicle Camera Recenter” is now linked to Melee by default (default on E / Mouse 4) and the re-centering of the camera has been improved

COD CASTER

• Improvements for the camera transitions with Free Camera and Aerial Camera
• Added a Killstreak view option when using the Portrait List
• Added arrows under the players when using the Aerial Camera view
• Added a skull icon on the Minimap where players die

1.11 PATCH UPDATE – 04 Dec

The patch 1.11 update weighs 2.3GB in size on the PS4 and 1.6GB on Xbox One. And it is live across PC, Xbox, and PS4.

According to the official statement by Infinity Ward, the new update improves “Stability” in Ground War.

PLAYLIST UPDATE – 10 Dec

Playlist Update

– Gunfight: OSP (replaces Gunfight)

– Infected (replaces Reinforce)

– New Ground War map, Aniyah Palace

Hardcore Additions:

– FFA

– NVG Moshpit

– Shoot House 24/7

PATCH UPDATE – 11 Dec

GENERAL FIXES:

• Fix for the R9-0 Smoothebore not appearing correctly in-game
• Fix for the “Smooth Dominator” not appearing correctly in-game
• Fix for the “Heat Cycle” weapon not appearing correctly in-game
• Fix for a bug where equipping the “Old Wounds” LMG could cause an error, kicking players out of the menu
• Operator challenge descriptions have been updated to indicate that a specific Operator must be equipped in order to complete the challenge
• If you reached a new rank while in the middle of a match and perform the criteria to complete a challenge you just unlocked, progress would not show in the UI until you entered a new match. We’ve done some backend work to help improve this.
• Fix for Objective 2 of Mara’s Operator Mission showing a placeholder name ‘Desert Work’ for the reward
• Fix for Wyatt’s Calling Card appearing with the incorrect rarity
• Fix for the Cluster Strike’s missiles getting stuck on surfaces without detonating and playing looping audio the remainder of the match
• Fix for exploits in Special Operations: Survival

1.12 PATCH UPDATE – 18 Dec

The patch 1.12 update weighs 10GB in size on the PS4 and 14GB on Xbox One. And it is live across PC, Xbox, and PS4 platforms.

WHAT’S NEW:

• New Operator: Nikto
• New Maps!
  • Shipment
  • Vacant
  • Winter Docks (Winter themed ‘Docks’ 2v2 map)
• Playlist Update!
  • Vacant and Shipment 24/7
  • Cranked
  • Gunfight is back!
• New Special Operation! “Strongbox”
• New Classic Special Operation Missions! “Disinform” and “Bomb Squad”

• Fix for a bug that could players to be stuck in a “Update requires restart” loop
• Fix for a bug where creating a custom mode could prevent access to private match game mode options
• Fix for players disconnecting and experiencing the “TURTLE” error code
• Fix for a bug where the green ‘new’ notification icon was not clearing off the screen even though there weren’t any new items to view
• Implemented fixes for various exploits and boosting techniques
• Fix for some players experiencing a ‘drift’ while using an Xbox controller
• Fixed two bugs that could cause players to accidentally use multiple XP tokens due to a delay between clicking the button and confirmation on our end
• Fixed an issue where Care Packages could fall through the roof of various buildings in Port
• Fixed a bug where players were unable to swap Field Upgrades after selecting Field Upgrade Pro
• Attempting to deploy the Weapon Drop Field Upgrade at the beginning of a round-based mode would result in the Field Upgrade becoming unusable until the player respawns. This has been fixed
• Fixed a bug where all tablet-based killstreaks/Field Upgrades have a zoomed-in view when using on Aniyah Palace
• Made some slight UI adjustments to the base and officer rank progression screens to both have similar designs
• Fix for watches not appearing in modes with preset loadouts
• Added a new menu that allows players to launch a specific Trial
• Fixed a bug that caused keybinds to reset to their default values
• Friend Request & Party Invite Notifications option will be set to Enabled by default after the patch. Players can disable that option through the Account tab of the Options menu
• Implemented several settings for the Auto-Sprint option (Always Sprint, Always Super Sprint)

Added an Auto Move Forward feature for Keyboard and Mouse as well as Controller

• For Keyboard and Mouse, a keybind can be added in the Options menu via the advanced section of Move Forward
• For Controller, when this feature is enabled in the Options menu, it can be activated in game by pushing the movement stick forward twice

Keyboard and Mouse

• Improved navigation in the Store and Battle Pass menus
• Added a Change Zoom/Toggle Hybrid Behavior gameplay option to change which keybind triggers the Change Zoom/Toggle Hybrid

Audio: 

• Footsteps: reduced audible range of 3rd person footsteps
• Increased occlusion on footsteps
• Adjusted various foley sounds that played at a larger range than footsteps during ADS/crouch movements
• Fix for air vehicles not occluding properly
• General occlusion adjustments to all air vehicles
• Fix for knife impact sounds missing from kill cams

Weapons: 

• Adjusted hip spread for the .357 Snake Shot so it’s consistent regardless of stance
• Reduced flinch on the Kar98k, EBR-14, and MK2 Carbine

PC

• Several fixes were implemented to prevent crashes and improve stability

Special Operations: Survival

• Various exploit fixes

Classic Special Operations:

• Fixed a bug where players were receiving inconsistent amounts of XP

• Fix for rank up UI splashes no working as intended
• When using a Respawn Flare, no UI icon would appear on the minimap (Operation Harbinger)
• Fixed a bug where pistols were dealing too much damage against Juggernauts compared to other weapon classes
• In Operation Crosswind, nearby enemies will not become alerted if a player uses a rocket launcher, causing the player to not break stealth. This has been fixed
• Fixed a bug where players were able to go prone with the minigun if they get revived while having it equipped
• Added the reward players could earn if completing an Operation within the playlist menu

• Reduced the lethality of non-car explosives
• Adjustments to spawns for Hardpoint

Search and Destroy:

• Fix for a bug where the defending team could see the bomb carrier objective icon
• With the ‘Weapon Pings on Minimap’ option is enabled, the bomb carrier would not show as a red dot on the minimap when shooting their weapon. This has been fixed

COD Caster

• Added an in-game data view to display various stats
• Implemented support for Domination

PATCH UPDATE – 11 January

Infinity Ward has rolled out a new patch update for Modern Warfare. The patch is live now and brings a number of fixes to the game. Check out the official patch notes below.

GENERAL FIXES:

• Fixes to a few glitch spots on Karst River Quarry that requires vehicles to access
• Fixed a bug that was preventing the “Mark 25 Enemies Using the Recon Drone” challenge from tracking properly
• When using a Trial Ticket to activate a Trials match, users could spend more tickets than required and lose unconsumed tickets. This has been fixed.
• If more than 9 players are Infected, the player will not have a throwing knife available after using a Tac Insert

Stay tuned, and follow @DigiStatement on Twitter for more updates.