A brand new update for Call of Duty: Vanguard was deployed earlier today (December 6), but you won't notice any changes right away as the patch isn't currently installable.

Today's patch was in preparation for the beginning of Warzone and Vanguard Season One, which is set to begin on Wednesday, December 8th. The patch isn't installable just yet, as it is simply to allow players to pre-load the upcoming update.

However, we've got all the details you need for Season One right here in this article, as well as everything else we know surrounding the December 6 Vanguard update.

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Call of Duty: Vanguard Season One Update 1.08 (December 6)

The pre-load for Call of Duty: Vanguard has begun rolling out, but don't worry if you're yet to receive the update, as new season updates are often staggered in release.

However, as today's update is merely a pre-load, it won't be installable for those that have received it until Season One launches on December 8th.

So players won't notice any changes in Call of Duty: Vanguard just yet, but there is plenty to look forward to. On December 8th the game's very first season begins with new weapons, maps, modes, operators, and more.

The Season One roadmap was also just revealed by Call of Duty, check it out in the tweet below to see all of the new content coming in the very first season of Call of Duty: Vanguard.

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Call of Duty: Vanguard Season One Patch Notes

Below you will find the official Season One patch notes for Call of Duty: Vanguard, pre-loading for this update began on December 6.

DAY 1

New Maps

  • Paradise: Medium-sized three-lane-style map featuring an underground tunnel and a hazardous weapons testing site.
  • Radar: A reimagined version of Modern Warfare 3’s Dome.

New Perks

  • Serpentine: Slightly reduce incoming ballistic and explosive damage while Sprinting.
  • Intuition: Players are alerted of the presence of nearby enemies, even through walls. 

New Lethal Equipment

  • Incendiary Grenades: Large radius grenade that deals damage to any within its range.

WEEK 1

New Mode: Control

  • Take turns defending and attacking two Control points with limited respawns. Defenders must prevent attackers from capturing their zones. If a team runs out of respawns or fails to complete their objective in the allotted time, they lose the round.

NEW ZOMBIES CONTENT

New Objective

  • Purge: Capture the Control Runes to eradicate the Augmentors from existence.

New Covenants

  • Equip five new abilities with 14 total upgrades across all rarity tiers at the Altar of Covenants.

New Weapons

  • Wield new Season One weapons and bring Launchers into the fight via your Loadouts and the Mystery Box.

New Career Challenges

  • Take on a new set of Zombies Career Challenges to unlock exclusive Calling Card rewards and bonus XP.

Season One Challenges & Rewards

  • Complete the full set of Season Challenges to earn a unique Calling Card and XP rewards, including the Season One Master Calling Card.

MULTIPLAYER UPDATES

All changes outlined in the blog will release between December 6 and December 9. For more details on when each change is integrated, please see our Patch Notes page. 

Gameplay

  • Did an overall pass on Mounting. Players reported issues regarding mount height and objects not appearing mountable.

Weapons

  • Balancing (Dec 9th)
    • General 
      • Corrected Loadouts using 7 Round Mags so the total ammo count is divisible by 7.
    • M1 Garand
      • Reduced Recoil.
    • Type 99
      • Reduced Aim Flinch.
      • Reduced ADS Time.
      • Retain One Shot Kill potential for chest shots when smaller caliber ammo is used. 
    • 3-Line Rifle 
      • Reduced ADS Time.
    • Kar98
      • Retain One Shot Kill potential for chest shots when smaller caliber ammo is used.
    • Sniper Attachments 
      • Hollow Points now reduce range. 
    • Top Break
      • Using lower caliber ammo now reduces range instead of damage
    • Shotguns 
      • Buck and Slugs
        • Reduced ADS speed penalty.
        • Reduced headshot multiplier.
      • Birdshot
        • Reduced headshot multiplier. 
  • Gunsmith
    • Custom Mods: players can save custom builds.
    • Adjusted the camera position when selecting specific weapons or attachments. Players reported the weapon preview was cut off for a handful of attachments. 
  • In-Game
    • Bug where players would load into game with an invisible weapon has been fixed.
    • Combat Shields now correctly display skins while stowed.
  • Progression and Camos
    • XP 
      • XP rates have been increased for Snipers.
    • 3-Line Rifle
      • Bloodthirsty Challenges have been changed to Prone Challenges.

Killstreaks

  • Mortar Barrage - (Dec 9) 
    • Improves visibility by reducing full-screen smoke effects. As a result, players need to be closer to the barrage to be affected.
  • Flamenaut 
    • Added damage direction indicators for players using Flamenaut.
  • Fire Bombing Run
    • Fixed issue where players did not see where the fire VFX started, resulting in players taking damage though they were not standing in the flames. 
  • Attack Dogs
    • Fixed a missing VFX path when the whistling animation plays.
  • UI 
    • Performance pass on Killstreak decals to reduce flickering.

Field Upgrades

  • Dead Drop
    • Fixed a bug where players were continually awarded their top killstreak when using Dead Drop.
    • Charge time has been doubled.
  • Goliath
    • Made it easier to determine if a deployed Goliath is friendly

Challenges

  • Fixed an issue with “Grizzled Veteran - Get X Eliminations in Hardcore Mode” not tracking properly. 

Progression

  • Fixed bug preventing some players from unlocking reticles.

Maps

  • Demyansk
    • Fixed an exploit where players could exit the map.
  • Oasis: 
    • Fixed exploits where players could exit the map.
  • Tuscan
    • Fixed a rare issue where players spawn outside of the map.
  • Numa Numa
    • Fixed a rare issue where players spawn outside of the map.
  • Shipment (Dec 9)
    • Adjusted spawn logic to prevent spawn traps

Clan

  • UI/UX
    • Fixed a bug where player names were blank in “incoming clan requests” if the request was received while in the Clan Request menu.

Menus

  • Players will see a warning when equipping 2XP tokens while a global 2XP event is running.

Performance & Connectivity

  • Improved stability when connecting to lobbies.
  • Fixed bug resulting in “Server Snapshot Error,” where players would get kicked out of matches and into MP menus. (Dec 9)

CAMPAIGN UPDATES

  • Stalingrad
    • Fixed bug where the game would crash when Polina picked up an NPC.
  • Battle of Berlin
    • Fixed a bug that would cause the game to crash after a cutscene.

ZOMBIES UPDATES

New Objective

  • Purge
    • Purge the Augmentors from existence by capturing powerful Control Runes throughout the area. 
    • Augmentors will spawn waves of enemies as a defense mechanism as players attempt to capture the Control Runes.
    • Survive the enemy waves and successfully capture all Control Runes within the time limit for a perfect Objective completion and bonus rewards (Max Ammo, Max Armor, and Bonus Points power-ups).
    • Fail to capture all Control Runes before the time limit expires, and a huge horde of zombies will spawn that must be taken down to complete the Objective with standard rewards.

New Covenants

Wield five new Covenants with 14 total rarity tiers at the Altar of Covenants.

  • Brimstone
    • Deal damage to nearby enemies (Rare/Epic/Legendary).
  • Deadshot
    • Aiming down sights snaps the crosshairs to headshot location on enemies. Bonus damage on the first critical attack for each enemy. Removes weapon sway (Rare/Epic).
  • Dead Wire
    • Stuns an enemy (Rare/Epic). Stuns an enemy and nearby enemies (Legendary).
  • Scrapper
    • Gain more Salvage from pickups (Rare/Epic). Gain more Salvage from pickups and Objective rewards (Legendary).
  • Swift Vengeance
    • Deal more damage the faster you move. Activates shortly after you start moving. Fire while sprinting (Rare/Epic). Activates immediately upon moving (Legendary).

New Weapons

  • Season One Weapons
    • Once unlocked, players can bring in the all-new Cooper Carbine, Gorenko Anti-Tank Rifle, and Sawtooth Melee weapon in their Zombies loadouts at the start of Season One.
  • Launchers
    • All Launchers will now be available in loadouts and in the Mystery Box in Zombies at the start of Season One.

Career Challenges

  • Added new Zombies Career Challenges to the Barracks with unique Calling Card and XP bonus rewards.

Season Challenges

  • Added 20 Zombies Season Challenges to the Barracks with unique Calling Card and XP bonus rewards to earn, including a Season One Master Calling Card for completing all 20 challenges.

Progression

  • Addressed an issue which prevented players from unlocking the Dark Aether Completionist camo.

Pack-a-Punch

  • Addressed an issue that prevented Pack-a-Punched Shotguns with 10 Round Drums from reloading all 10 rounds in a single reload animation.
  • Addressed an issue that could incorrectly flag un-upgraded weapons as Pack-a-Punch Level 1.

Gameplay

  • Closed various exploits including out-of-map exploits.

Stability

  • Fixed a stability issue related to the Frost Blast Artifact.
  • Fixed a stability issue related to multi-kills obtained via Equipment.