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• PDT: April 11, 5:00 PM - April 12, 1:30 AM
  
• CEST: April 12, 2:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  
• KST: April 12, 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  

• PDT: April 19, 6 PM - April 20, 2 AM
  
• CEST: April 20, 3 AM - 11 AM
  
• KST: April 20, 10 AM - 6 PM
  

• Fixed the issue where flames would not ignite after throwing a Molotov on certain stairs.
  
• Fixed the issue where the initial audio effect of Victory Dance 70 would not play when another player attempts to join in.
  
• (Console) Fixed the issue where the platform icon was not being displayed in front of nicknames on the Ranked leaderboard.
  
• (Console) Fixed the issue where the platform icon was not being displayed next to the player's nickname when you move to a deathbox and the key guide appears.
  

• Phase
  
  • The Blue Zone during Phases 1 to 3 is now similar as Ranked's and slightly faster than before.

• Items
  
  • More items will spawn overall.
    
    • Main AR, DMR, SR weapons
      
    • Helmets, Vests, Backpacks
      
    • Scopes
  • Motor Gliders have been added to Taego, Vikendi, and Deston.

• Vehicles
  
  • More vehicles will spawn overall.
    
    • The spawn rate of major vehicles, such as four-wheels, has been adjusted to make them appear more frequently among all spawned vehicles.
  • Some vehicles will spawn at fixed locations.

• Other systems such as the plane route and the final circle location have been adjusted to match Ranked’s.

• Deston has been added to the map pool.
  • Number of players: 64
    
  • Weather: Sunny
    
  • The Red Zone, Security Keys, and Tactical Gear will not be available.
    
  • Fixed vehicle spawn spots have been added.
    
  • The O12 and MP9 is available.
• The leaderboard will reset after the Live Server maintenance.
  
• Check out your final Tier from the previous season through your Career page.

• Bronze - Bronze PUBG ID Emblem
  
• Silver - Silver PUBG ID Emblem
  
• Gold - Gold PUBG ID Emblem, Ranked Parachute Skin
  
• Platinum - Animated Platinum PUBG ID Emblem, Ranked Parachute Skin, Platinum Medal
  
• Diamond - Animated Diamond PUBG ID Emblem, Ranked Parachute Skin, Platinum & Diamond Medal
  
• Master - Animated Master PUBG ID Emblem, Animated Master Nameplate, Ranked Parachute Skin, Platinum & Diamond & Master Medal
  
• Top 500 - Bonus rewards for Top 500 players: Animated Top 500 PUBG ID Emblem, Animated Top 500 Nameplate

• The Parachute 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 23 starts.
  
• Once Season 23 is over and the server undergoes maintenance, every reward but the Parachute and Medal will be withdrawn from your Edit Profile page.

• BZ Grenades added to Taego and Deston.
  
• Folded Shields added to all maps.
  
• Emergency Pickups added to Erangel, Miramar, and Taego.
  
• Motor Gliders added to Taego and Deston.

• To heighten the sense of satisfaction and impact when landing a headshot, we've added a new visual effect that causes the helmet to be knocked off upon impact.
  
  • If a weapon is used to land a headshot and the helmet's durability is reduced to 0, the helmet will be knocked off.

• Ascender Attachment and Utility Parachute are now provided as basic equipment on every map.
  
  • Ascender Attachment and Utility Parachute icons that occupied their own Inventory slots have been removed.
    
  • Utility Parachutes can be used any time on every map.
    
  • The Ascender Attachment can be used where Ascenders are attached.
• With the Utility Parachutes available everywhere, the Emergency Parachute has been removed from Miramar and Haven.
  
• If a player disconnects before the plane drop, their parachute will now automatically follow the player with the next number after theirs.
  
  • Example: If you are Player 4, you will follow Player 1.
    
  • If you had previously chosen a player to follow before disconnecting, you will continue to follow them.
    
  • Once you reconnect while on the plane, you will automatically follow a player.
    
  • Only players who have not yet dropped from the plane can be chosen to follow.

• (PC) Test Server
  
  • Normal Match: Miramar / Deston / Vikendi
    
    • AS region: Squad
      
    • NA region: Squad - FPP

• Live Server - Normal Match
  
  • Week 1: Erangel / Taego / Deston / Sanhok / Paramo
    
    • PC: April 12 ~ April 19
      
    • Console: April 20 ~ April 27
  • Week 2: Erangel / Miramar / Vikendi / Sanhok / Karakin
    
    • PC: April 19 ~ April 26
      
    • Console: April 27 ~ May 4
  • Week 3: Erangel / Taego / Deston / Sanhok / Paramo
    
    • PC: April 26 ~ May 3
      
    • Console: May 4 ~ May 11
  • Week 4: Erangel / Miramar / Vikendi / Sanhok / Karakin
    
    • PC: May 3 ~ May 10
      
    • Console: May 11 ~ May 18
  • Week 5: Erangel / Taego / Deston / Sanhok / Paramo
    
    • PC: May 10 ~ May 17
      
    • Console: May 18 ~ May 25

• Live Server - Ranked
  
  • Ranked: Erangel (30%) / Miramar (30%) / Taego (30%) / Deston (10%)

• The festive 6th anniversary decorations have been removed from Erangel, Miramar, Vikendi, and Sanhok. Thank you again for all your heartwarming birthday wishes!
  

• Three new Vikendi areas added.
  
  • The Blizzard Zone is not available.
• Three new Sanhok areas added.
  
• AUG added to the AR weapon crate.
  
• Service period
  
  • PC
    
    • PDT: April 12, After live server maintenance - June 13, 5:30 PM
      
    • CEST: April 12, After live server maintenance - June 14, 2:30 AM
      
    • KST: April 12, After live server maintenance - June 14, 9:30 AM
      

• Console
  
  • PDT: April 20, After live server maintenance - June 21, 6 PM
    
  • CEST: April 20, After live server maintenance - June 22, 3 AM
    
  • KST: April 20, After live server maintenance - June 22, 10 AM

• Added Taego and Deston.
  
  • Follows Ranked's ruleset.
    
  • Global Rule Settings available only.
    
  • Perspective: FPP, TPP
    
  • Minimum required number of players: 10
    
  • Maximum number of players: 100 (Default 64)
    
  • Maximum number of players in a team: 4 (Default 4)
• Sanhok has been removed.

• The interaction feature has been improved when equipping Special Vehicle Skins.
  
  • To make it easier for you to select your desired skin from the list that appears after using the Limited Interact key, you can now use the following:
    
    • PC: Mouse click, Enter key, Interaction key (F), Limited Interact key (H)
• (PC) A new "Toggle" option has been added to Voice Chat settings.
  
  • Enable and disable Voice Chat using the T key, which can be customized in the Key Bindings setting.
    
  • A "mic muted" icon has been added, and will now be visible to your teammates.
    
  • The "speaker muted" icon has been removed from your teammate list.
• (Console) The "mic muted" icon will appear when your Voice Chat Input Mode is deactivated, and will be visible to your teammates.

• The default lobby has been changed from the Vikendi theme → default plane theme.
  

• To facilitate a smoother leveling experience, the proportion of XP gained through playtime and weekly missions has been increased in relation to the total amount of XP.
  
  • The maximum XP you can earn through max daily playtime has been greatly increased.
    
  • XP earned through daily missions has been slightly decreased.
• Please refer to the upcoming April Store Update announcement for more detailed information.

• New item sets have been added to the Hunter’s Chest and Archivist’s Chest.
  
  • PGC 2022
    

• Improved vaulting performance in-game.
  
• Optimized memory usage by compressing and adjusting the quality of in-game sound. This will only load essential sounds for each mode and map, leading to improved memory efficiency.
  
• (Epic Games, Kakao) A game file integrity check pop-up will appear if damaged files are detected upon opening the client.
  
• (Console) Improved the hitch that occurred when you first open the Inventory in game.
  
  • (PC) Improved the hitch that occurred when you open the Inventory with a joypad controller.

• General in-game bugs have been fixed.
  
• Fixed the issue where flames were not being generated on the ground depending on the height at which Molotovs explode.
  
• Fixed the issue where the weather information is not being displayed in the Custom Match session list for a Custom Match with a Haven - Sunset setting.
  
• Fixed the issue where you are able to make a Pan bigger using a Mountain Bike and Dirt Bike.
  
• Fixed the issue where the sound of the Porter and Pony Coupe suddenly decreases from a certain perspective.
  
• Fixed the issue where the Motor Glider is sometimes not shown at the proper location or not visible at all through Death Cam.
  
• Fixed the issue where you are sometimes disconnected from the game when climbing the stairs.
  
• Fixed the awkward FPP perspective when you are being carried.
  
• (Console) Fixed the issue where the Limited Interact key for equpiping vehicle skins does not work when the interact and reload/interaction and Limited interact are assigned to the same buttons.
  

• Fixed collision, texture, performance, and more general issues in Deston, Taego, and Miramar.
  
• Fixed the issue where after dropping the Security Key in a dumpster, it cannot be obtained through Inventory, interaction, or using Drones.

• Fixed the issue where the Go to Store button is disabled when Presets 3 to 5 are disabled.
  
• Fixed the issue where the interaction UI prioritizes the item over the team member who gets knocked out on top of an item.
  
• Fixed the issue where both the Revive and Carry keys are displayed when you're knocked out and holding a Self-AED.
  
• (PC) Fixed the issue where specific players were shown on leaderboards of different regions at the same time.
  
• (PC) Fixed the issue where the incorrect interact UI is displayed after changing the Limited Interact key.

• Fixed the issue where the White Tiger - Pan skin is flipped backwards at Hideout - Weapon.
  
• Fixed the issue where the female character's arms turn transparent in FPP when the equipped Doomsday Hoodie is taken off.
  
• Fixed the clipping issue on a female character's bottom part when equipping Ailee's Jacket with PGC 2021 Contingent Chaos Boots.
  
• Fixed the clipping issue on a female character's bottom part when equipping Ailee's Jacket with JENNIE's BLACKPINK Leggings.
  
• Fixed the clipping issue when equipping PGI.S Tactical Pants with Vikendi Snow Sports Boots/Retro Rewind Shoes.
  
• (PC) Fixed the issue where the Pillar Security - Helmet (Level 1) appears differently when equipping the skin.
  

• Play a game of Bizarre Battle Royale and collect OP Coins.
  
• Collect enough OP Coins to obtain the Potent Painkiller.
  
• Capture a screenshot of yourself using the Potent Painkiller and post it on your social media with the designated hashtag.
  
• Social media platforms you can use to participate: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS nickname
  
• Platform you use to play PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS (Ex: Steam, Epic Games Store, Kakao, Xbox, PlayStation®, etc)
  
• Required hashtags : #PUBG, #BizarreBattleRoyale
  

• We will select 235 winners from all participants worldwide and reward each winner with 5 Supply Loot Cache.

• KST: April 1, 4 PM - April 10, 4 PM
  
• PDT: April 1, 0 AM - April 10, 0 AM
  
• CEST: April 1, 9 AM - April 10, 9AM

• KST: April 19, 4 PM
  
• PDT: April 19, 0 AM
  
• CEST: April 19, 9 AM

• Participation in this event is limited to one entry per PUBG account.
  
• Only content, such as screenshots and videos, captured by the participant while playing Bizarre Battle Royale will be considered valid for event entry.
  
• If the submitted content is found to not belong to the participant, the participant may have their winnings revoked even after the announcement of the winners and reward delivery.
  
• Entries must be uploaded to one of the designated social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) in order to be considered valid for event entry.
  
• The submitted entries must remain Public until the end of the event period and reward delivery.
  
• If a participant's PUBG in-game nickname is changed after submitting their entry, they may be disqualified from receiving the reward.
  
• Content submitted for the event may be used by KRAFTON and PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS official channels and may be utilized as promotional material. As such, the original content files may be requested and should be kept for safekeeping.
  
• Winners' content may be modified or restructured for promotional purposes.
  
• When winners are announced, the official website and community sites may include links to the social media account and submitted content of the winners.
  
• Additional personal information may be collected and requested from the winners for identity verification and reward delivery purposes.
  

• Number of players - From 8 to 16 bewildered players fighting for survival. (최소 8명)
  
• Squads of 1-4 players. (TPP)
  
• Defeat Zombies, Monster Chickens or Players and collect OP Coins.
  
• Use OP Coins to purchase OP Items.
  
• Use OP Items to become insane at this video game.
  

• Vitality Serum - Increases Max HP.
  
• Speed Steroid - Increases movement speed.
  
• Monster Hunter Serum - Increases attack damage against monsters.
  
• Man Hunter Serum - Increases attack damage against players.
  
• Strength Boosting Steroid - Reduces vertical and horizontal recoil.
  
• Potent Painkiller - Grants temporary invulnerability.
  
• Sensory Booster - Grants the ability to see players behind obstacles.
  
• Foresight Booster - Grants the ability to see enemies on the map.
  

• OP Coins can be accumulated and used in your next Bizarre Battle Royale matches.
  
• Top 3 teams earn more OP Coins at the end of the game.
  
• And last but not least. OP items effects are temporary so use them wisely, or you might end up as a zombie snack.
  

• Lab Zombie
  • A zombie who didn't quite make it through the lab's trials. Low health and easy to take down, they're basically just a warm-up for the real zombies.
• Brawler Zombie
  • This zombie is quick to anger and packs a punch. They may not have the health of other zombies, but their fiery fists will still leave a mark.
• Sprinter Zombie
  • This one has been hitting the gym and it shows. They're fast and furious, making them a real challenge for players. Take them down quickly before they catch up to you.
• Hulking Zombie
  • Hulking Zombie is a real tank, with loads of health and a slow-moving frame. It's best to keep your distance and pepper them with shots until they go down.
• Flamebelcher Zombie
  • Flamebelcher prefers to attack from afar, hurling Molotov cocktails at unsuspecting players. They can make it difficult to hold your ground, so it's best to take them out with a well-placed shot.
• Boombiter Zombie
  • This fellow just can't seem to let go of that grenade, which he carries around like an accessory. This guy is so resilient it can only be taken out with a headshot. Take him down first, and the explosion will take care of his surrounding friends.
• Munitions Zombie
  • This zombie takes it to the next level by using red zone grenades to really mess with players. They can make it difficult to find a safe spot to take cover, so bring them down as fast as possible.
• C4 Zombie
  • This zombie is not to be trifled with, as they come equipped with explosive C4. They're fast and deadly, so take them out before they get too close and blow you up.

• Monster Chicken drops high-level OP items and a bunch of OP coins.
  
• Also drops the Invulnerability Item, which is the only way to obtain it outside of the item shop.
  
• Monster Chicken can respawn when it feels like it. There is a pattern though.
  
• It hits, hard.
  

• PC / Console
  • PDT: March 31, 12:00 AM - April 10, 12:00 AM
    
  • CEST: March 31, 9:00 AM - April 10, 9:00 AM
    
  • KST: March 31, 4:00 PM - April 10, 4:00 PM
    

• Enter LABS mode through the main lobby banner.
  
• Play Bizarre Battle Royale 1 time.
  • Reward - Bizarre Survivor Emblem
• Play Bizarre Battle Royale 5 times.
  • Reward - Hunter's Chest x1, Key x1

• PC / Console
  
  • PDT: March 31, 12:00 AM - April 10, 12:00 AM
    
  • CEST: March 31, 9:00 AM - April 10, 9:00 AM
    
  • KST: March 31, 4:00 PM - April 10, 4:00 PM
    

• The rewards will be distributed in several batches until April 21.

• LABS games do not provide XP or gameplay rewards.
  
• LABS gameplay will not be reflected on the Career page.
  
• LABS gameplay will not be reflected on Match History.
  
• LABS gameplay does not support replays.
  
• Zombie kills will not count towards BATTLESTAT.
  

A new dawn is rising for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which begins with the plans detailed in the PUBG 6th anniversary roadmap. To celebrate this milestone moment for the popular battle royale game, developer Krafton is shedding light on the future of PUBG. This includes a fresh map and changes to core gameplay mechanics that fans have come to love.

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