Rainbow Six Siege (R6) Update 3.28 Patch Notes (Y11S1): Operation Silent Hunt

Summary of Key Changes

• Solid Snake joins as a new Attacker with the Soliton Radar Mk. III and OSP system.

• Major anti-toxicity updates, including expanded reporting and chat detection improvements.

• Map modernization for Coastline, Villa, and Oregon plus Ranked rotation changes.

• Significant balancing updates, especially to Skopós, shields, Ying, Ela, Amaru, and more.

• Dual Front mode enters its final season with a new Neutral Sector assignment.

Solid Snake Overview

Attacker Loadout

• Primary: F2, PMR90A2

• Secondary: TACIT .45

• Gadgets: Frag, Stun, Impact EMP, Smoke, Breach Charge

• Health ★★★ | Speed ★★★

Ability & Playstyle

• Soliton Radar Mk. III displays a minimap of surroundings and enemy positions.

• Precision mode marks hostiles but alerts them.

• OSP system enables scavenging fallen Operators’ secondary gadgets.

Anti-Toxicity Improvements

Reporting

• Expanded to 16 specific report categories.

Text Chat

• Advanced detection with improved context awareness and aligned feedback with voice moderation.

Ranked Match Cancellation

• Teams causing cancellations give disconnected players abandon + queue penalties.

• Players who abandon and trigger a cancellation receive a match loss, including their squadmates.

Map Maintenance

Modernized Maps

• Coastline, Villa, and Oregon updated with refreshed graphics, lighting and destructibility.

Ranked Map Rotation

• Start of season removals: Kanal, Skyscraper, Theme Park, Outback.

• Emerald Plains added; pool reduced from 16 to 13 maps.

• Mid-season rotation: Coastline, Villa, Oregon, Emerald Plains replaced by Skyscraper, Theme Park, Stadium Bravo, Favela.

Playlist Updates

1v1 Arcade

• New public 1v1 mode inspired by popular community presets.

• Uses Bomb ruleset.

• Available April 16–30 during Operation Silent Hunt.

Match Replay Enhancements

Free Cam Optimization

• Smoother mouse/keyboard movement with new remappable slow-move input and adjustable camera/zoom options.

Replay Controls Rework

• Customizable HUD allowing elements to be hidden as needed.

Balancing Updates

Seasonal Structure

• Four updates per season, every three weeks, alternating major and minor patches.

• Season 1 target meta: entry-fragging and roaming.

Skopós

• Shell mobility and destructiveness increased; timers reduced.

• Speed increased to 3; health reduced to 1.

• Activation and idle timers lowered to 1.3s; shell swap cooldown lowered to 0.5s.

Flores

• Gains T-95 LSW for improved loadout flexibility.

F2 Assault Rifle

• Now supports Vertical, Angled, and Horizontal grips.

Ballistic Shields

• Shield Operators can no longer dash through intact barricades.

Observation Blocker

• Deployment time reduced to 1s.

Ying

• Candela flash uptime increased to 1.6s.

Alibi

• Prisma final ping persists, increasing total pings by 1.

Ela

• Grzmot concussion duration increased to 9s.

Amaru

• Garra Hook charges increased to 5.

Dual Front Final Season

Removal Plan

• Dual Front exits at start of Y11S2; tech incorporated into core Siege.

New Neutral Sector Assignment

• Malware Containment: steal an access key, shut down five antennas.

• Key-holders cannot use weapons but can use gadgets.

• Only three of six antennas active at once.

• Rewards two-thirds of a sector upon success.

Operator Pool

• All supported Operators unlocked for full season.

Quality of Life Updates

• All Operators receive an extra secondary gadget from the opposite team type.

• 2.5x sight added to multiple weapons.

• Objective securing no longer divided into checkpoints; progress always saved.

• More objective locations added for variety.

Battle Pass

• Premium track includes two Black Ice Packs with color variants: green, pink, purple, red.

Operator Price Decreases

• Brava: 10,000 Renown / 240 R6C

• Deimos: 15,000 Renown / 360 R6C

• Rauora: 20,000 Renown / 480 R6C

Additional Updates

Audio

• Zero, Deimos and Solid Snake added to conversation system.

Training & Onboarding

• New maps added to Enlisted and Field Training: Villa, Skyscraper, Fortress, Theme Park.

• New Operators added to training playlists: Twitch, Zero, Nomad, Nokk, Flores, Maverick, Amaru, Kali, Sens.

• Modernized Oregon, Villa, Yacht, Coastline added to Landmark Drill and Clear House.

Gameplay Fixes

• Resolved double-highlighting of gadgets on HUD when using OSP Pouch.

• Corrected alliance color on pinged dropped OSP Pouches.

• Fixed weapon-swap bug causing Solid Snake’s knife to remain stuck in hand.

• Restored enemy icons and FOV cones on Soliton Radar MK. III during first precision activation.

• Restored missing device-switch animation via selection wheel.

• Ensured OSP Pouches disappear properly in Clear House Training Mode.

• Prevented Attackers from receiving full device notifications when stepping on OSP Pouches.

• Adjusted Soliton Radar MK. III detection behaviors on Emerald Plains and Bank to correct floor scanning.

• Synced deployment/removal animations with interaction gauge completion.

• Corrected floating Operator legs during face-down rappelling.

• Stopped global T.R.I.P. Connector network notifications when Denari is present.

• Fixed Dual Front issues: Maverick’s Breaching Torch now starts with 5 charges and refills after depletion.

User Experience Fixes

• Stopped automatic disbanding of Custom Game lobbies.

• Improved spectator bomb outline visibility by removing black outline issue.

• Removed placeholder operator text for Finka, Thorn, Iana and Kaid.

• Restored background animation for Solid Snake in Play hub.

• Ensured reassigned inputs no longer block OSP Pouch selection wheel.

• Restored controller vibration for Soliton Radar MK. III overclocking.

• Added missing subtitle in Solid Snake’s intro cinematic.

• Prevented operator model loading failures when swapping quickly.

• Fixed Blackbeard shield thumbnail cropping.

• Resolved corrupted visuals in Thatcher’s EGS Disruptor detection screen.

• Updated crossplay message correctly after changing settings.

• Removed unintended item type icon in Operator Appearance previews.

• Prevented Replay HUD from disappearing when opening Customize Replay HUD panel.

• Smoothed scrolling in Options menu.

• Fixed inconsistent menus/backgrounds at 5120×1440 resolution.

• Fixed black Play hub at 3440×1440 on ultra-wide displays.

• Restored functionality of mute chat/voice buttons in Custom Game lobby profiles.

Audio Fixes

• Standardized OSP Pouch pickup SFX across all players, not only hosts.

• Restored audio feedback when Rauora’s D.O.M. Panel is struck by Thatcher’s E.G.S. Disruptor in Dual Front.