Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 update 1.38 is available to download on PS4, PS5, PC, and Xbox One. According to the Modern Warfare 3 1.38 patch notes, the latest Season 2 update brings a colossal content drop with new maps, game modes, challenges, and characters, including the return of Resurgence Map Fortune’s Keep and the introduction of Ranked Play. Apart from this, COD Modern Warfare 3 patch 1.38 also includes bug fixes and gameplay changes.
Previously, a major Modern Warfare 3 Season 1 patch added new weapons, map changes and quality of life improvements. Unfortunately, since the last update 1.35, players are still experiencing several issues. Today’s Modern Warfare 3 update 1.38 will address a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
Modern Warfare 3 Version 1.38 Patch Notes – February 7, 2024
Season 2 Content Drop:
Four New Core 6v6 Maps
- Departures (Launch)
- Description: Brand-new, Core, 6v6, medium–large sized
- Features: Explore Zakhaev International Airport’s Departures area, offering a clean and competitive 6v6 map with various combat ranges.
- Highlights: Rapid and tactical action, central main lobby, multiple sightlines, cover points, and close-quarter combat areas.
- Stash House (Launch)
- Description: Brand-new, Core, 6v6, small-sized
- Features: Raided Bay Area stash house offering a chaotic and compact map perfect for fast-paced gunfights.
- Highlights: Suburban ranch home setting, tight spaces, open-plan living areas, and central Atrium chokepoint.
- Vista (Launch)
- Description: Brand-new, Core, 6v6, medium-sized
- Features: Brazilian mountaintop resort with a classic Shoot House-sized, three-lane layout.
- Highlights: Tight interiors, long-range exteriors, exclusive promenade, raised Central Walkway, and lush jungle foliage.
- Das Haus (Mid-Season)
- Description: New (remastered), Core, 6v6, small-sized
- Features: Remastered version of the seminal Call of Duty: Vanguard map, set in an under-construction skyscraper.
- Highlights: Brighter, airier feel, lack of destructible cover, tight central hallway, outer flank routes, and penthouse environment.
Two Map Variants
- Airborne (Mid-Season)
- Description: Map variant, limited-time, Core, 6v6, medium-sized
- Features: Terminal overrun by a virulent plague, featuring disgusting, alien growths and swarms of locusts.
- Skidgrow (Mid-Season)
- Description: Map variant, limited-time, Core, 6v6, medium-sized
- Features: Overgrown Skidrow map with thick ivy, grass, mold, moss, and vine-like tendrils reclaiming the urban landscape.
New War Map
- Operation Tin Man (Launch)
- Description: New, War Mode, 6v6, large-sized
- Features: Downtown Urzikstan operation set in a skyscraper, featuring a multi-level construction site and intense combat scenarios.
- Highlights: Skydiving airdrop, defending/attacking the skyscraper, securing a laboratory, and urban park combat.
Five New Game Modes and Vortex Playlist Arrive
Game Mode: Team Gun Game (Launch)
- Description: Team-based Gun Game with Team Deathmatch rules and unique weapon progression.
- Highlights: Players start with the same specific weapon, progress through eight predetermined weapons, and score points to win.
Game Mode: Snipers Only (Launch)
- Description: A mode focused on Sniper Rifles, restricting all other weapons and equipment.
- Highlights: Intense long-range combat across various maps, emphasizing precision and map control.
Game Mode: Hordepoint (Limited-Time Mode, Launch)
- Description: Hardpoint with zombies added to the chaos, requiring players to defend against both undead and enemy Operators.
- Highlights: Keep the Hardpoint captured while dealing with hordes of zombies, with special power-ups and killstreaks available.
Game Mode: Juggermosh (Limited-Time Mode, Mid-Season)
- Description: Third-person perspective mode featuring Juggernaut combat within Kill Confirmed, Domination, and Hardpoint.
- Highlights: Secure powerful melee weapons, collect fallen armor, and utilize unique abilities like ground pound and increased damage.
Game Mode: Bounty (Mid-Season)
- Description: Team Deathmatch-style mode with unlimited lives and a high-value target mechanic.
- Highlights: Players earn points by eliminating enemies, with bonus points awarded for killing the high-value target.
Playlist Confirmed: Vortex: Decay’s Realm (Limited-Time, Mid-Season)
- Description: A moshpit playlist featuring eldritch map variants in Team Deathmatch, Domination, Kill Confirmed, and Hardpoint modes.
- Highlights: Explore eerie and otherworldly locations like Tetanus, Satan’s Quarry, Sporeyard, Skidgrow, and Airborne in this limited-time playlist.
- Season 2 Ranked Play with rewards and a new Ninja Vest perk.
- Zombies Overview:
- Dark Aether Story Act continues with Operation Deadbolt in the Exclusion Zone.
- New Story Mission in the Dark Aether, facing the largest infested Stronghold.
- Challenges, schematics, and a boss battle against Warlord Keres.
- Warzone Updates:
- Resurgence in Fortune’s Keep with a revamped map and 11 Points of Interest.
- New gameplay features include Zombie Nests, power-ups, Extendable Bridges, and a Squad Wipe Streak Tracker.
- Ranked Resurgence in Fortune’s Keep with impressive rewards.
- Ranked Play Rewards (Launch):
- Stickers, weapon blueprints, charms, loading screens, and weapon camos for winning ranked matches.
- Skill Division rewards based on the highest division achieved.
- New Perk: Ninja Vest (Launch):
- Silent melee and throwing weapon specialist with unique attributes.
- Zombies Schematics (Mid-Season):
- Mags of Holding (ammo feeds directly from the weapon), Blood Burner Key (summons Blood Burner Wonder Vehicle), V-R11 Wonder Weapon.
- Zombies Boss Battle (Mid-Season):
- Confront Warlord Keres in the Killhouse at Orlov Military Base, an elusive chemical warfare specialist.
- Warzone Ranked Play (Launch):
- Resurgence-focused ranked play with fundamentals and Resurgence rules, offering rewards.
- Fortune’s Keep Map Changes (Launch):
- Modifications to existing Points of Interest, including Keep, Terraces, Graveyard, and Town.
MW3 Patch 1.38 Pre-Download Schedule
The pre-download of the update will be distributed in phases:
33% of the Update:
- UTC: February 7, 2024, at 05:00 AM
- EST: February 7, 2024, at 12:00 AM (Midnight)
- PST: February 6, 2024, at 09:00 PM
- CET: February 7, 2024, at 06:00 AM
66% of the Update:
- UTC: February 7, 2024, at 11:00 AM
- EST: February 7, 2024, at 06:00 AM
- PST: February 7, 2024, at 03:00 AM
- CET: February 7, 2024, at 12:00 PM
100% of the Update:
- UTC: February 7, 2024, at 02:00 PM
- EST: February 7, 2024, at 09:00 AM
- PST: February 7, 2024, at 06:00 AM
- CET: February 7, 2024, at 03:00 PM
Release Time
The update will become installable:
- UTC: February 7, 2024, at 05:00 PM
- EST: February 7, 2024, at 12:00 PM (Noon)
- PST: February 7, 2024, at 09:00 AM
- CET: February 7, 2024, at 06:00 PM
Download free Call of Duty update 1.38 on PS4, PC, and Xbox One.
