Rainbow Six Siege update 1.71 is now rolling out for PS4 and Xbox One players. According to the official R6 update 1.71 patch notes, the latest R6 Operation Ember Rise update two operators – Amaru and Goyo and a rework to Kanal. Apart from this, today’s R6 1.71 also includes new Champions rank, Unranked playlist, new Operators menu, changes to the Shop interface and Player VS AI.
Previously, a big Operation Phantom Sight update was released with two new operators – Nøkk and Warden as well as a long list of bug fixes. Unfortunately, many players are still experiencing several issues when trying to play the game online. Today’s Rainbow Six Siege update 1.71 is expected to fix a few of these issues.
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Rainbow Six Siege (R6) Update 1.71 Patch Notes (Operation Ember Rise)
New
AMARU – ATK
The Garra Hook is a truly unique contraption. With it, Amaru can grapple onto ledges and windows and hoist herself up in record times.
Her opponents now not only have to worry about attacks from above, but also attacks from below. With the Garra, Amaru is the only operator that can go up an open hatch, instead of down.
When timed right, hooking the Garra onto a window can result in Amaru’s infamous Garra Kick, which instantly takes out an opponent standing behind the window.
- PRIMARY: G8A1 and Supernova
- SECONDARY: ITA12S and SMG-11
- GADGET Claymore and Stun Grenade
- SPEED: Medium
- ARMOR: Medium
GOYO – DEF
Goyo gives a new, dangerous meaning to deception. With him in the field, every deployable shield is a question. Is this a simple obstacle, or could it blow up in your face?
Like the ordinary Deployable Shield, the Volcán Shield provides cover and allows Defenders to block pathways, but Goyo turns up the heat with an attached incendiary bomb. From the front, however, there’s little indication of which it might be. Until someone shoots the bomb to make it explode, the shield continues to be an obstacle for the Attackers.
Hopefully, Goyo’s teammates will remember to save that explosion for when an Attacker is standing in front of the shield, or climbing over it.
- PRIMARY: Vector .45 and ACPTCSG12
- SECONDARY: P229
- GADGET Impact Grenade and Nitro Cell
- SPEED: Medium
- ARMOR: Medium
MAP REWORK: KANAL
To start, we wanted players to be able to rotate more easily. With only one path linking the eastern and western buildings, both Attackers and Defenders could find themselves cut off from the objective area. With two bridges, though, players can move more freely, and teams have to coordinate more efficiently to cover all entry points.
While this improves navigation, we pushed that further by adding two staircases to make vertical movement more accessible. Each building now has two each, color-coded to simplify call-outs.
Then, we increased the number of indoor playable areas and expanded some of them, like the Lounge Room. This should allow players to come up with new strategies, all while slowing down objective pushing.
Speaking of objectives, the third item is quite important: the bomb site changes. The bomb on Kitchen has been moved to the Security Room, with a brand new doorway connecting it to the Map Room. The site in the Radio Room is now found in the expanded Lounge Room, across the hall from the usual Coast Guard site. Radar and Server remain unchanged, though you’ll find much of that area has been reorganized. Finally, a new pair of sites has been put in. At last, Bomb can be played on Supply Room and Kayak, although the area just outside has been turned into an indoors Diving Room. Overall, these new objectives should be more viable for all thanks to the new rotations and diminished spawn peeking spots.
BATTLE PASS
Battle Passes will soon be coming to Rainbow Six Siege. In Year 4, the Battle Pass will be deployed in 2 phases.
Operation Ember Rise will feature Phase 1 of the Battle Pass deployment: the Mini Battle Pass. Named “Call me Harry”, it centers around our Director of Rainbow, Dr. Harishva “Harry” Pandey. This Pass is completely free. As you play, you’ll earn Battle Points which in turn allow you to unlock Tiers and rewards. Completing this Pass will award the unique Harry Chibi charm.
UNRANKED PLAYLIST
The Siege experience is constantly improving, and with Ember Rise, we’re introducing another playlist to help with the learning curve.
Unranked is a multiplayer playlist which follows the Ranked ruleset but doesn’t affect a player’s Rank or MMR. So whether you’re into competitive gameplay but would rather do without the pressure of a ranking system, or you want to get familiar with Pick & Ban and other associated features before heading into Ranked, this is the playlist for you.
Keep in mind, however, that Ranked policies also apply to this playlist, and any sanctions you incur in it will also apply to the Ranked playlist.
NEW CHAMPIONS RANK
As the Ranked playlist continues to evolve, so does the ranking system. For now, Diamond remains at its peak, but a new rank is taking it one step further.
Once a player reaches 5000 MMR, they’ll enter the Champions rank. While it mostly functions like other ranks, it has something that ups the ante: individual rank numbers. The top 9999 players with the highest MMR within the Champions rank will have their standing displayed on their rank, which means that whichever player has the highest MMR in the game will be recognized as the #1 Champion.
MAP ROTATION
Operation Ember Rise also brings a few modifications to the map pools of various playlists. Casual will be reduced from 20 maps to 14, while Ranked and Unranked are down to 12, from 14. To start the season, the maps that are being cycled out of Casual are House, Presidential Plane, Yacht, Favela, Theme Park, and Tower.
The Casual playlist will also have a new rotation system, cycling 3 maps in and out every month. The reduced number of maps will allow players to familiarize themselves more with the map pool, while the rotation will allow for more diversity. The first monthly rotation will take out Skyscraper, Fortress, and Oregon, and replace them with Tower, Presidential Plane, and House.
On the side of Ranked and Unranked: Hereford, Theme Park, and Fortress are being removed, while the brand new rework of Kanal will be added.
The biggest change to the map pool, however, is that night mode will no longer be available in the Casual and Newcomer playlists. It will only be playable through the Custom Game. Also, Theme Park will be removed from all playlists in preparation for its rework with Season 4.
PLAYER BEHAVIOR UPDATES
The work we do to improve the community never stops, and a few new things are coming out during Ember Rise to help with that.
The first thing we’re changing pertains to the sanctions a player receives for leaving a Ranked (or Unranked) match in progress. Repeat offenders will now get increased suspension durations for every time they leave a match in those two playlists. Additionally, when a player leaves a Ranked or Unranked match, other playlists will be locked while the match they quit is ongoing.
NEW OPERATORS MENU
More improvements are on the way, and our revamped Operators menu is one of them. The new Operators page showcases an Attacker and a Defender either at random or chosen by you. Three buttons will lead you to three different pages.
“ATTACKERS” and “DEFENDERS” are your two access points for the separated Operator albums, which are redesigned to fit more Operators than the previous iteration. Each Operator button features their face and icon, and when hovering over them you’ll see their gadget name and icon. Click on one to go through to the usual Operator page.
GENERAL TWEAKS & IMPROVEMENTS
AME BALANCING
DEPLOYABLE SHIELD V2
We will be releasing the new Deployable Shield that has been on the Test Server for the past few months. We are looking forward to your feedback!
ELECTRONIC GADGET DISABLE STATE
We are implementing Thatcher’s debuff icon when Defenders are under the effect of Thatcher’s EMP grenades.
PLAYER COMFORT
CAPITAO
Asphyxiating bolts are no more! In conjunction with an updated propagation and visual effects system, Capitao has replaced his Asphyxiating bolts with Fire bolts.
RANK RESTRICTION
We will be implementing a limit to the MMR gap between party members. There cannot be a bigger gap than 1000 MMR between the players with highest and lowest MMR in the squad in order to play Ranked. Players can check their squad members’ MMR in the Side Panel Profile.
For players above 4400 MMR (Diamonds), you are able to group with any player above 3400 MMR (Platinum). Players below 1200 MMR can group with players below 2200 MMR.
VAULT DISTANCE
Vault Distance has been reduced from 2.5m to 2m.
GAME HEALTH
FIRST-PERSON ANIMATION TREE REFACTOR
In an effort to ensure scalability for the future of Rainbow Six Siege, we refactored the First Person Animation Tree. This means that we are re-organizing and simplifying the structure “under the hood” of how our First Person Animations are integrated in our game engine.
These changes have no impact on gameplay, and only affect animations that your Operator does on your own screen, locally. That said, this is the final step in correcting weapon sights, as they are now “code-driven” under this new structure.
Bug Fixes in R6 update 1.71
GAMEPLAY
- Fixed – It is possible to remove the recoil of any gun by following some steps.
- R6 update 1.71 fixed a bug wherein more than 70 FPS, using macro input or “Hold” to crouch controls, players can change very quickly between “Prone” and “Standing” stances
- Fixed a bug where The end of the counter–defusing animation is slow
- Fixed – Player can move a bit while counter defusing
- Fixed – While players are holding a gadget, they can quickly swap to their weapons by pressing the secondary gadget button
- Rainbow Six Siege update 1.71 fixed an issue where when the Breach Charge is placed on the floor, it can deal damage through un–breakable surfaces to characters that are below the explosion point.
- Fixed – The Breach Charge can deal damage through walls that are not destroyed by the explosion when it is placed in corners.
- Fixed – C4 does no damage if on a indestructible floor and not attached to the ground
- Rainbow Six Siege 1.71 fixed a bug where a drone can get stuck inside Deployable Shield’s collision if the defender deploys the shield on top of the drone.
- Fixed – Drones remain floating in the air after throwing it into an operator, having different replication for the one that threw it.
- Fixed – Players first access pre–destroyed cameras after most map cameras are destroyed
- R6 update 1.71 fixed a bug where ballistic shields can sometimes prevent players clients from letting them vault after dying.
- Fixed – Operators positioned near a ladder can only Pick Up the Shield after looking at its sides.
- Fixed – Operators can spectate the area where they died if the last camera of a Support Group is destroyed.
OPERATORS
ALIBI
- Fixed – Throwable adhesive gadgets can deploy and remain mid–air if colliding with a thrown Prisma gadget
- Rainbow Six Siege version 1.71 fixed a bug where prisma activation SFX is present when a user blocks the hologram from forming and melees its location
- Fixed – Prisma warning markers disappear after 20s when they are deployed outside
- Fixed – Standing on top or behind a Prisma hologram lowers the effectiveness of flash effects.
BANDIT
- Fixed – A Bandit battery attached to a Deployable Shield can clip with the shield if it is placed from a specific angle.
BLACKBEARD
- Rainbow Six Siege version 1.71 fixed and issue where rifle Shield HUD does not update when the Shield is damaged
BUCK
- Rainbow Six Siege (R6) update 1.71 fixed a bug where Buck skeleton key does not always destroy wall studs on all maps
CAPITAO
- Fixed – Capitao fire damage can propagate through the roof if players shoot their darts at flat surfaces too close to ceilings
CAVEIRA
- R6 update 1.71 fixed an issue where caveira can interogate targets while falling
- Fixed – Downed friendly health bar remains displayed when being interrogated.
CLASH
- Fixed – Her legs will clip outside her protective zone of her shield allowing other players to shoot her foot.
ECHO
- Fixed – The Yokai drone can clip through ceilings when jumping with high FPS.
- Fixed – Echo drones fixed on a ceiling hatch continue to stay in place after ceiling hatch is destroyed.
- Fixed – Echo’s gadget Yokai can clip through the bomb and become indestructible.
DOKKAEBI
- Fixed – While spectating a defender that’s using the observation tools, Dokkaebi’s hacking visual effect will disappear if the observed defender switches between cameras during the Logic Bomb call.
FROST
- Rainbow Six Siege version 1.71 fixed an issue where frost’s welcome mat can be activated by walking close to the elevated surface it’s placed on
FUZE
- Fixed – Fuze’s AK–12 has muffled firing SFX when firing in full–auto
GRIDLOCK
- Fixed – In 3rd person, the throw animation for the mother Trax Stinger is out of sync when thrown
HIBANA
- Rainbow Six Siege (R6) update 1.71 Occasionally, expected destruction caused by Hibana X–Kairos was not properly replicated between server and clients
IQ
- Fixed – IQ’s animation can freeze when she picks up a Claymore while she has the primary gadget equipped.
- Fixed – Activating IQ’s gadget and entering Observation Tool at the same time will lock movement function of her Drone.
- Rainbow Six Siege (R6) update 1.71 fixed a bug where IQ loses functionality if switching weapon fire modes right after switching to her primary gadget.
NOMAD
- Fixed – A pushed back ballistic shield operator is still protected during the pushback animation.
MAESTRO
- Fixed – Evil Eyes’ shooting effect doesn’t stop if Dokkaebi calls Maestro while shooting with the turrets.
- Rainbow Six Siege 1.71 fixed a bug where maestro’s turret can be visually desynchronized if it has been moved during the first seconds of a Dokkaebi call
- Fixed – Maestro’s cam overlay overlaps with Dokaebbi’s logic bomb overlay if player changes cameras to the Evil Eye while is receiving a call
MAVERICK
- Fixed – Maverick’s blowtorch can cut much faster while prone and in ADS.
- Fixed – Walls receives no damage from blowtorch if previously damaged.
MIRA
- Fixed – Players can vault onto a black mirror.
MOZZIE
- Fixed – Defender cameras will remain in motion if the user switches to Mozzie drone while simultaneously moving a defender camera
TWITCH
- Fixed – Twitch drone view is in color for other Ops in observation tool/support when it should be in black & white
LEVEL DESIGN
- Fixed – Various clipping issues on all maps
- R6 update 1.71 fixed a bug where various level design, light, texture issues on all maps
- Fixed – Gadget deployment issues for various operator gadgets on differing surfaces.
- Fixed – Various drone navigation and collision issues on all maps.
- R6 version 1.71 fixed a bug where some soft walls or pairs of walls have one–way bullet penetration.
- Fixed – Sticky Gadgets can be hidden inside multiple assets
- Fixed – Unnecessary vault prompts on certain maps.
- Fixed – Operators remain standing after switching to prone position while the operator’s back is against a railing.
- Rainbow Six Siege update 1.71 fixed a bug where inconsistency when players shoot through two glass layers
- Fixed – Bullets do not cause destruction on the third soft–wall layer they penetrate
BANK
- Fixed – Players can see outside and through the ceiling of 1F Tellers Office on Bank.
BORDER
- Fixed – Dome edge on EXT Roof can give line of sight to 2F Office hallway on Border
- Fixed – There is an invisible collision on top of the radio tower of EXT Roof
CLUBHOUSE
- Fixed – Players are able to hide under a storage shelf in 1F Kitchen of Clubhouse
- Fixed – Players can see through some parts of the wall in the Tunnel / EXT Construction Site in Clubhouse.
CHALET
- R6 update 1.71 fixed a bug where there is a direct line of sight on the Lakeside spawn from 1F Trophy Room on Chalet
COASTLINE
- Fixed – New ways to get on the purple tarps on Coastline.
- Fixed – Defenders can view the rooftop when a Black Eye is placed on a ceiling ledge.
- Fixed – Players can get into the blue bar counter.
CONSULATE
- Fixed – Player can see through the walls with a Valkyrie cam from 1F West Corridor of Consulate.
FORTRESS
- Fixed – There is a direct line of sight to the spawn point if Defender from 2F Old Tower window on Fortress.
HEREFORD
- Rainbow Six Siege 1.71 fixed a bug where players can get vision inside B Generator Room from EXT West Courtyard of Hereford.
KANAL
- See Kanal Rework
KAFE
- Fixed – Defenders can jump out of the East Window and Kill Attackers in EXT Park Alley before being detected on Kafe
- Fixed – Players can shoot through a gap in Ext Back Alley into Kitchen on Kafe
OUTBACK
- Rainbow Six Siege 1.71 fixed a bug where players can drop the defuser behind vending machine on EXT Balcony of Outback.
OREGON
- Fixed – Grzmot mine effect will not apply to attakers that vault through the window between EXT Dining Hall and 2F Dorm main hall
- Fixed – Players can vault inside on washing maching in B laundry room on Oregon.
- Fixed – Attackers can place the Defuser outside the designated bomb site at 1F Kitchen spawn point on Oregon.
- Fixed – The defuser can’t be picked up when dropped on either pickup truck at EXT Junkyard on Oregon.
VILLA
- R6 version 1.71 fixed a bug where C4 will not cause damage if placed in the gap between the lamp and the wall of B Art Storage on Villa.
YACHT
- Fixed – Drones and gadgets are destroyed if they are thrown in a pile of snow on Yacht.
USER EXPERIENCE
- Fixed – Multiple operator modeling, texture and clipping issues
- Fixed – Numerous Caster–mode visual bugs
- Fixed – Various PvE THunt and Situations glitches
- R6 1.71 fixed a bug where various minor audio and SFX bugs
- Fixed – Minor item, shop and menu UI visual glitches
- Fixed – EOR replay clipping and HUD glitches
- Fixed – Players need to reboot to receive a free Event Pack reward from a challenge.
- Fixed – After picking up any throwable gadgets the weapon holding animation becomes corrupted.
- Fixed – Players will sometimes spawn facing or too close to allies, resulting in accidental team killing if weapon trigger is pressed
- Rainbow Six Siege version 1.71 fixed a bug where recruit loadout resets to previously used configuration upon confirmation
- Fixed – Defuser isn’t automatically dropped when the player idled during the prep phase.
- Fixed – RFF is activated after putting a teammate in DBNO state without the an intentional/not intentional prompt
- Fixed – Players can’t hear others in Voice chat and see themselves as Offline.
- Fixed – If a player leaves a session on the operators card, the loading screen will show the other 4 players as disconnected instead.
- R6 update 1.71 fixed a bug where going back and forth between leaning on both sides will cause visual issues.
- Rainbow 6 Operation Ember Rise update fixed a bugf where player experiences rubber–banding after swapping weapons
- Fixed – Blown walls immediately cause rubberbanding for any player passing through.
- Fixed – User gets idle kicked if the round ends during Prep phase.
- Fixed – Shield operators have a desync between 1st and 3rd person doing an ADS while sprinting.
- Fixed – Defuser icon remains on the HUD if the player with the Defuser leaves during Planning Phase.
- Fixed – Both arms disappear when sliding down a ladder
- R6 update 1.71 fixed crashing issues.
- Added matchmaking improvements.
- Multiplayer improvements.
- Added fixes for frame drop,
- Fixed stuttering, and lag issues.
- Added performance and stability improvements.
- Added various under the hood fixes with Rainbow Six Siege 1.71.
Operator Balancing in R6 1.71
SHOTGUN DESTRUCTION
Shotguns will now destroy wooden beams more reliably.
SIDE ARM DESTRUCTION
Rhino-40 (Alibi and Maestro’s Revolver) and the LFP 586 (GIGN Revolver) will have the same destruction output as the D-50.
SECONDARY GADGET CHANGES
- Smoke: Impacts replaced with a Deployable Shield
- Rook: Deployable Shield replaced with Barbed Wire
- Jager: Deployable Shield replaced with Bulletproof Camera
- Frost: Barbed Wire replaced with Deployable Shield
- Mira: Deployable Shield replaced with Barbed Wire
- Lesion: Deployable Shield replaced with Bulletproof Camera
- Maestro: Deployable Shield replaced with Impact Grenades
- Warden: Impact Grenade replaced with Deployable Shield
- Dokkaebi: Stun Grenades replaced with Frag Grenades
- Glaz: Claymore replaced with Frag Grenades
- Nokk: Stun Grenades replaced with Claymore
SHIELD OPERATORS
ADS time increased from 0.4s to 0.6s.
JACKAL
- PDW will now properly lose damage over distance.
- Base damage: 34 (unchanged)
- Damage at 18m: 34
- Damage at 28m: 26
TWITCH AND LION
The 417 will now have 10 additional rounds per magazine.
FUZE
Deployment time for Cluster Charge reduced from 2 seconds to 1.6 seconds.
KAID
Aug A3 Damage increased from 33 to 36.
WARDEN
Duration increased from 8 to 10 seconds.
We have made the movement penalty when looking through smoke less punishing, so you now reach your final opacity level more quickly, and suffer less opacity restriction when making small movements.
Rainbow Six Siege update 1.71 (Operation Ember Rise update) is now available for download on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
