World War Z News

📢 Today's update includes several fixes and optimizations to improve stability

STABILITY

• Fixed issue with the character getting stuck in item pickup animation
  
• Fixed issue with character not being able to open item crates in some cases
  
• Fixed issue with perk selection getting reset after installing the latest update
  
• Fixed issue with being able to change level in challenges lobby
  
• Fixed issue with unique ACW and Sword getting unlocked only after game restart
  
• Fixed issue with prestige perks not working and overriding class perks in some cases
  
• Fixed issue with weapons not leveling up in Horde mode
  
• Various fixes and improvements
  
• Fixed gameplay crashes
  

The FREE Cut and Mend update is now available

Earn unlockable weapons like the new 🗡️ Sword and 🔫 Advanced Combat Weapon variant

Plus new Class Perk Loadouts, Adrenaline Boost, Bandage Kits, Trinkets and more!



NEW CONTENT

• Added new melee weapon Sword, rewarded after collecting all documents for any level
  
• Added new unique Advanced Combat Weapon variant, rewarded after collecting all documents for any episode
  
• Added new trinkets
  
• Added new healing item Bandage Kit
  
• Placeable object that can be used by teammates to restore health
  
• Added new healing item Adrenaline
  
• Can be used to pick yourself up when incapacitated and gain unlimited stamina for a short time
  

QUALITY OF LIFE

• Added Classes Perk Loadouts
  
• Horde Mode rewards are now given out for each wave, and won’t be lost if a player disconnects
  
• Improved Vanguard shield responsiveness
  
• Added 1st person mode toggle button
  

STABILITY

• Fix for freezing on next-gen consoles
  
• Fixes for gameplay crashes
  
• Various stability improvements
  

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Today's update includes more optimizations and fixes plus audio cues for characters/enemies, challenges and more. See below for patch notes.

Be sure to join in on the discussion and WWZ community on Discord, and if you're experiencing issues after today's patch, please let us know on Discord in the #bug-reports channel. https://discord.com/invite/wwz


CHALLENGES

• Players can now reroll a daily challenge (such as “Kill X zombies”) once a day
  
• Removed several invalid mutator combinations for daily challenges
  
• Fixed issue with daily challenge maps not activating any mutators
  
• Fixed issue with wrong display of mutators in daily challenges
  
• Fixed issue with displaying weekly challenge complete status in UI
  

MISC

• Fixed friendly fire with Chainsaw
  
• Fixed several issues with character voice overs not working properly
  
• Special enemies will no longer play incorrect voiceovers when spawned
  
• Various fixes and improvements
  

STABILITY

• Fixed several gameplay crashes
  
• Fixed some gameplay bugs that were causing inability to progress in levels
  

World War Z: AFTERMATH gets a free Halloween update today!

🧟 The new contagious BOOSTER zombie type added to all episodes
✔️ Daily Challenges for community rewards every day you play
📜 Rare Lore Documents to find and collect!

☢️ BOOSTER is armed with concentrated biosamples, it makes all zombies around it even more deadly. Spot Boosters in the swarm and take ‘em out quick!

New ✔️ Daily Challenges begin today! Survivors will have new opportunities to earn bonus in-game rewards every day with objectives like melee kill quotas, virus sample extraction, rare lore documents to collect, and much more.

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Today's update also includes even more enhancements, optimizations and fixes - including further improvements to the new Vanguard class and more. Here are full patch notes:

NEW CONTENT

• Added new special enemy - Booster
  
• Added new daily challenges system
  
• Added new documents pickup that will spawn in daily and weekly challenges maps
  
• Collecting documents will unlock additional lore and level perks
  

MELEE

• Melee attacks against prone and sitting zombies while wielding light melee weapons now deals the same damage as medium weapons
  

VANGUARD

• Reworked block mechanic:
  

o Block stamina (progress bar over the crosshair) is spent gradually each second you block. Full block stamina allows you to take any amount of hits for 5 seconds, no matter how many zombies attack you and how many are killed as a result.
o Each time you spend block stamina, a small portion of equipment charge (progress bar over the equipment icon on the HUD) is also spent. Full block spends half of the charge. If you haven’t blocked incoming damage - you won’t spend any equipment charge.
o You can activate the block even if you’re low on equipment charge, but you’ll also have less block stamina. If you don’t have any equipment charge left, you’ll only have stamina to block a single attack and won’t be able to use block for the next 5 seconds.

• Passive Aggression perk changed from:
  

“Players can kill 40% more zombies with a Shield Block”
To:
“Shield Block can withstand incoming hits for 3 more seconds (base: 5 seconds)”

• Sturdy perk changed from:
  

“When your Shield Block ends due to reaching your kill limit, you gain a temporary health boost”
To:
“When your Shield Block is completely expended, you gain a temporary health boost”

• Quick Hands perk changed from:
  

“Your primary and secondary weapons are reloaded after using a Shield”
To:
“Blocking a zombie hit or performing Shield Charge reloads your primary and secondary weapons”

• Adrenaline Rush perk changed from:
  

“Using a Shield fully restores melee stamina”
To:
“Blocking a zombie hit or performing Shield Charge fully restores melee stamina”

We’ve made updates to the Vanguard Class, Rats, FP Mode, Weapons and fixes to improve gameplay in today’s World War Z: Aftermath patch.

Thank you to all the survivors worldwide for your continued feedback!