PUBG Update 2.16 Patch Notes for PS4 & Xbox (19.1)

PUBG update 2.16 for PS4 and Xbox is rolling out for players. According to the official PUBG 2.16 patch notes, the latest update added a new weapon(MP9), a new vehicle and much more. Apart from this, PUBG console version 2.16 also includes a new feature(folded shield) and various bug fixes.

Previously, a big update added a new map (Deston), a new feature (Ascenders, Security Doors, Fuel Pump), and much more.

Unfortunately, since the last major update, players are experiencing issues with the game. Today’s PUBG patch 2.16 will fix a few of these issues.

PUBG 2.16 Patch Notes – August 18, 2022

NEW WEAPON: MP9

The P90 is a fully automatic SMG preferred by players in various situations.

• Fire Modes: Single and Full-Auto
• Cannot use scopes bigger than a Red Dot Sight, Holographic Sight
• Ammo: 9mm
• Damage per shot: 31
• Bullet speed: 400
• Effective range: 100M
• High rate of fire: 1,000 RPM
• Default attachments
  • Built in Laser Pointer (Undetachable)
  • Built in Silencer (Undetachable)
  • 30 rounds base magazine
• Available modes
  • World spawns in Deston only.
  • Normal Matches, Custom Matches, Sandbox Mode (PC)
    • Unavailable in Custom Match – Esports Mode.

NEW VEHICLE: PILLAR SECURITY CAR

• HP: 900
• Maximum speed: 130km/h (135km/h with boost)
• Fuel tank: 1,000
• Capacity: 4 players
• Has a functional top mounted light(radio key) and siren(horn key) that the player can turn on and off
• Available modes
  • World spawns in Deston only.
  • Normal Matches, Custom Matches, Sandbox Mode (PC)
    • Unavailable in Custom Match – Esports Mode.

NEW TACTICAL GEAR: BLUE CHIP DETECTOR

No need to strain your neck muscles to look around for enemies any longer! Allow the new BLUE CHIP DETECTOR to automatically scan your area for you any time.

• Pick up a Blue Chip Detector and press the appropriate key to see the screen.
  • The screen updates every 5 seconds regardless of whether you are looking at the screen or not.
    • The Blue Chip Detector will make a beeping noise per screen update.
      • Only the holder can hear this noise.
  • Whenever the screen updates, it scans 100m in radius around you for enemies and displays the location of up to 12 of the closest enemies as dots.
    • The Blue Chip Detector will make an additional, different beeping noise if it detects at least one enemy after a screen update.
      • Only the holder can hear this noise.
    • The enemy dots will stay on the screen for 1 second.
    • If a detected enemy is significantly higher or lower than your position, the enemy dot will additionally feature a V-shaped icon indicating the height difference.
  • Enemies detected on the screen are not shown in real time.
    • The dots will stay in the same place on the screen even after the enemy moves.

• The Blue Chip Detector takes up your primary weapon slot.
• Screen ping markers can not be used when you are looking at the Blue Chip Detector’s screen (ADS).
• Keys

• Available modes
  • World spawns in Deston only.
  • Normal Matches, Custom Matches, Sandbox Mode (PC)
    • Unavailable in Custom Match – Esports Mode.

NEW FEATURE: FOLDED SHIELD

Added a Folded Shield that’s easy to carry, install and quickly hide! Now, stay safe with the Folded Shield!

• Weight: 40
• HP: 1,500
  • It is easier to destroy when using grenades.
• Appearance depending on durability stats
  • There are three different phases
    • 70% or above
    • 30% or above
    • Below 30%
• Inventory and Usage
  • Can be stored in player inventory
  • Can be used directly from the inventory
• Installation
  • Cannot be installed on the surface of the water.
  • Cannot be re-folded once installed.
  • Installation can be canceled.
  • Once the shield is installed, the item will be deleted from your inventory regardless of whether the item was successfully installed or not.
    • The shield will be deleted if you move during installation.
• Available modes
  • World spawns on every map.
  • Normal Matches, Custom Matches, Sandbox Mode (PC)
    • Unavailable in Custom Match – Esports Mode.

WORLD

HAVEN: ASSASSIN’S CREED COLLABORATION

• The central antagonist of Assassin’s Creed, Abstergo Industries, has infiltrated Haven.
• Check out their temporary facility on the map along with our collaborative skins at the Store.

SANHOK: ITEM SPAWN BALANCE

• Adjusted item spawn rates and numbers to improve looting experience in Sanhok
  • Increased attachment spawns such as stocks and foregrips as very few of them are being spawned in Sanhok.
  • Increased certain DMR weapons and popular items as well (but not too much)
• Total number of spawned items has been increased by 10%.
• To reduce vulnerable deaths in popular spots such as Bootcamp, Camp Alpha, Camp Bravo, Camp Charlie, Quarry, etc. the anticipated # of items spawned within a single spawn spot has been increased by 30% (only in these military areas).
• Weapons
  • AR: M16A4 spawn rate decreased by approx. 80% and the rest of ARs to appear a bit more often
  • DMR: SLR increased by approx. 500%, SKS increased by approx. 250%, Mk12 and QBU increased by approx. 150%.
  • SR: M24 increased by approx. 250%
  • LMG: M249 increased by approx. 375%
  • Handguns: M79 increased by approx. 180%, other handguns to appear less often
  • Melee weapons: Pan increased by approx. 240%, other melees to appear less often
• Attachments
  • Foregrips increased by approx. 160%
  • AR Stocks increased by approx. 425%, Cheekpads increased by approx. 145%
  • Crossbows, Crossbow ammo, Crossbow attachments decreased by approx. 50%
  • SMG magazines and muzzles decreased by approx. 70%, increased AR and DMR mags and muzzles appear more often
  • 3x Scopes increased by approx. 200%, 4x Scopes increased by approx. 150%
• Equipment
  • Lvl. 1 armor decreased by approx. 85%, Lvl. 2 armor increased by approx. 180%
  • Lvl. 1 backpacks decreased by approx. 70%, Lvl. 2 Backpacks increased by approx. 150%, Lvl. 3 Backpacks increased by approx. 200%
  • Lvl. 1 Helmets decreased by approx. 90%, Lvl. 2 Helmets increased by approx. 170%
• Consummables
  • Adrenaline, Energy Drinks, First Aid Kits increased by approx. 130%
  • EMT Gear increased by approx. 170%

BOT

• Bots’ movement bugs when bots move from water to land have been improved to enhance bots’ combat skills and to reduce their meaningless deaths.

RANKED – SEASON 19

New Ranked season, a new challenge. Can you prove you have the skills to stay at the top?

SEASON 18 REWARDS

Below are the rewards you’ll be receiving based on your final Tier from the previous Ranked season.

• TheParachute skin and Medals are permanent rewards.
• The rest of the obtainable rewards are available for use during a single Ranked season.
• Rewards can be found in your Inventory once Season 19 starts.
• Once Season 19 is over and the server undergoes maintenance, every reward but the Parachute Skin will be withdrawn from the Inventory.

FIRING MODE SETTINGS

• A firing mode option for O12 has been added.
  • The selected firing mode will apply once you pick up the O12.

LOBBY

NEW SYSTEM: LOBBY CUSTOMIZATION

Use the new Lobby page added to the Customize menu to customize your lobby with your favorite vehicle and weapon skins!

• In the Customize – Lobby page, you can…
  • Change your lobby background.
  • Display the weapon and vehicle skins you currently own by selecting your favorites.
    • You can display up to 6 weapons and 1 vehicle.
    • Weapon attachments are not included.
• Your party members will see the party leader’s customized lobby.
  • You are unable to customize your lobby when you are in a party.
• Normal Match and Ranked Match lobbies have merged into a single lobby for consistency in customization.
• The Survivor Base lobby skin that can be used in Customize – Lobby will be distributed to PLUS STATUS USERS ONLY. Upgrade your account to Plus Status and unlock many more features like this!
  • ※ Plus Status: An account you can upgrade from your Basic account with $12.99 USD to unlock many benefits and features such as Ranked Matches, creating Custom Matches, earning extra Survival Mastery XP and much more.
  • Plus users will automatically receive the Survivor Base item. A Notification will let you know you’ve received the item.
• Certain weapon/vehicle skins may not be available for display due to their sizes.

RANKED MODE

• Several modifications have been made to the poses each party member strikes when they press Ready.
• Emotes are now available to use even in these poses.

CUSTOMIZE

• MP9 has been added to the weapon category.

QOL

• Added Deston map name and image to Rich Presence (in-game status) on Steam, Discord, and Xbox profiles.

(PC) SANDBOX MODE

• You can now play up to 360 minutes per session.
• A feature to control Blue Zones has been added.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

• Fixed the issue of being able to skip the character’s crouching animation after pressing the crouch key repeatedly when you’re prone.
• Fixed the issue of teleporting vehicles when a player flips a vehicle with a throwable.
• Fixed the issue of an error occurring as a player leaves a party after entering Training Mode as a party.
• Fixed the issue of when a player moves from Custom Matches to Training Mode as a party, then leaves the party, the player is moved to the Normal Match screen.
• Fixed the issue of a player being carried by another player continuously receiving Blue Zone damage even after leaving the Blue Zone.
• Fixed the issue of receiving collision damage after getting off the Airboat.

WORLD

• Fixed collision, texture, performance, and more general issues in Sanhok.
• Fixed the floating wine bottle in Sanhok.
• Fixed the low-quality objects on the wall in Sanhok.
• Fixed the issue of being unable to pass through a door frame smoothly in Sanhok.
• Fixed the changing door frame in Sanhok when a character approaches it.
• Fixed the issue of being able to enter a rock in Deston.

UX/UI

• Fixed the issue of the Deston-themed lobby looking too dark.
• (PC) Fixed the lobby’s chat box glitch (cut-off thunderbolt icon).
• (PC) Fixed the incorrect Disable option’s description within Voice settings.
• (Console) Fixed the issue of your cursor staying focused on the event you had your cursor left on before exiting the Event page.

ITEMS & SKINS

※ Clipping issue: Graphics that are shown outside the visible part of an image/object.

• Fixed the clipping issue when equipping the Cute Sleep Mask with hoodie skins.
• Fixed the clipping issue on the character’s hips when equipping the Captain’s Uniform Shirt with Spring Chick Shorts.
• Fixed the Rebel Mind Boots’ color to match its thumbnail color.
• Fixed the issue of a female character with the PCS5 Squad Wipe Jacket on gets their field of view hindered in-game in FPP mode.
• Fixed the clipping issue on the female character’s ankles when equipping the Bright Moon Maru Pants with certain shoes.

Download free PUBG version 2.16 for PS4 and Xbox One.