Black Ops 7 Season 3 Reloaded Patch Notes: Everything We Know

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By Henry MedranoEsports Editor

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  • Primary Subject: Black Ops 7 Season 3 Reloaded Patch Notes
  • Key Update: The Season 3 Reloaded update for Black Ops 7 will drop soon, and we now have the patch notes detailing all the changes.
  • Status: Confirmed
  • Last Verified: April 30, 2026
  • Quick Answer: The patch notes for the Season 3 Reloaded update of Black Ops 7 have arrived, detailing new Ricochet requirements for Season 4, prestige master challenges, and more.

Season 3 Reloaded will kick off this week in Black Ops 7 and Warzone, meaning a new update is coming. The respective patch notes are set to arrive before the update to detail all the changes.

While we wait for the notes, here is everything we know about the update, along with our speculations on what's changing.

When Does Black Ops 7 Season 3 Reloaded Start?

Season 3 Reloaded of Black Ops 7 is scheduled to begin on Thursday, April 30. The respective update will go live at 9:00 AM PT (5:00 PM BST) for all platforms.

The preload is already live on PC, and players can download the update through the Battle.net launcher. On the other hand, the preload for console players will be available a few hours before its release.

Patch Notes

These are the complete patch notes for Season 3 Reloaded that were posted on the game's official website:

Global

Anti-Cheat

These changes do not apply until Season 04, at which point you can expect the following:

New Security Requirement: Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA)

  • Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA) will be required on PC to access most playlists. This system will help us verify that your PC environment hasn’t been tampered with, which is a key step in preventing cheating.

What This Means for PC Players

  • Players whose systems aren't compliant will see a message alerting them that Failed Attestation Status was applied and matchmaking will be adjusted.
  • Those attempting to play with others who have failed attestation will see a message that Failed Attestation Status is applied because one or more party members did not meet secure attestation requirements.

If Attestation Fails

  • Players without these features enabled will be placed into limited matchmaking.

If you are placed into a limited matchmaking pool you will be:

  • Unable to match with players whose systems meet our requirements
  • Unable to match with console players

Playlists Impact

  • This enforcement will apply to all playlists, except (no MAA required):
    • Nuketown 24/7
    • Battle Royale Casual

Why This Matters

  • These updates are designed to:
    • Fully realize the security benefits of using Microsoft Azure Attestation
    • Remove high-risk players from the general player pool

UI

  • HUD Settings are now saved separately between Multiplayer, Endgame & Zombies

Prestige Master Title Challenges

  • Added 21 new Prestige Master Titles & Challenges.
  • All new Prestige Master Title Challenges will be available for players who’ve reached Prestige Master Level 100.
    • Multiplayer:
      • Tryhard - Win a Match with the most Score and Objective Score, the highest Elim/Death Ratio, and appear in the Best Play.
      • Bully - Kill your Nemesis 3 times in a single life 5 times.
      • Godslayer - Kill 50 enemies without dying.
      • Doomsday Architect - Earn 10 Nukes.
      • The Quadfather - Earn 5 Quad Feed Medals (4 uninterrupted Kills in the Kill Feed).
    • Zombies:
      • Aether Ruler - Complete the Totenreich Main Quest with all Hard Relics from Totenreich and previous Maps active.
      • Final Boss - Complete any Main Quest on Round 150 or later.
      • Shaman - Earn 100 Alchemist Medals (Rapidly killed 5 or more Zombies that are affected by two or more elements).
      • Invincible - Kill 1000 Zombies in a row without taking damage while solo in Cursed Tier 3.
      • Fresh - Get 5000 Critical Kills with Seasonal Weapons.
    • Co-Op & Endgame: 
      • Collector - Unlock 9 Glitch Operator Skins from Root Crasher, Link Forger, or Virus Injection.
      • Outlaw - Eliminate 30 Elites with Akimbo Weapons.
      • Nightmare - Eliminate 300 Nightmare Zone enemies in a single match.
      • Field Medic - In Endgame: Revive 25 teammates.
      • Drifter - Get 10 rapid Kills 30 times with the Blood Burner.
    • All Modes:
      • Master-Of-Arms – Reach Weapon Prestige Max Level on 50 Weapons.

Multiplayer

General Playlist Updates

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  • Season 3 Reloaded Moshpit (6v6)
    • Maps
      • Beacon
      • Plaza
      • Gridlock
      • Onsen
      • Summit
      • Hacienda
    • Modes
      • Team Deathmatch
      • Kill Confirmed
      • Domination
      • Hardpoint

Weapons

Assault Rifles

  • X9 Maverick
    • Javelin Assembly Attachment Adjustments
      • Projectile velocity improved from 142m/s to 152m/s.
      • Significantly reduced effect of gravity on projectile.
      • Significantly reduced projectile velocity falloff after impacting a player.

SMGs

  • Carbon 57
    • MFS Renown Plus Magazine (Prestige Attachment)
      • No longer reduces Damage Range by 20%.
      • No longer improves mobility.
      • Now improves Damage Range by 20%.
      • Now improves Recoil Control and Bullet Deviation by 10%.

Marksman Rifles

  • Warden 308
    • Removed some unintended weapon motion when strafing and turning with the Warden 308.

Pistols

  • 1911
    • Maximum Damage Range reduced from 0 - 11.4m to 0 - 10.2m.
    • Medium Damage Range 1 reduced from 11.5 - 22.9m to 10.3 - 15.2m.
    • Medium Damage Range 2 reduced from 23 - 32.5m to 15.3 - 24.1m.
    • Minimum Damage Range reduced from >32.5m to >24.1m.
    • Minor improvements to weapon fire motion.

Perks

  • Addressed an issue where Tactical Expert Wildcard could sometimes grant an extra Tactical and Lethal.

Equipment

  • Addressed an issue in which players could sometimes experience a crash after using a Needle Drone.

Field Upgrades

  • Scrambler
    • Addressed an issue where destroying the Scrambler could cause the player’s minimap marker to disappear for the remainder of their life while within the Scrambler’s radius.

Scorestreaks

  • Lockshot
    • Lock-on time reduced to 0.65s and is now consistent across the base version and both Overclocks.
    • 'Quick-Lock' Overclock has been removed.
    • Added new 'Long-Shot' Overclock: Lockshot lock-on range increased from 145 to 230 feet.
    • Updated lock-on animation; red diamonds now appear faster.
  • Ion Core
    • Addressed an issue where players could not melee the Ion Core.
    • Addressed an issue where the Ion Core dealt more damage than intended to players with the Tech Mask Perk equipped.
  • Rhino
    • Addressed an issue where players could not see some other Scorestreaks through walls when using Engineer while piloting a Rhino.

UI

  • Addressed an issue where changing a loadout mid-match would occasionally revert your cursor’s selection to the first loadout

Zombies

Maps

  • Paradox Junction
    • Closed an exploit with players not being teleported while being inside the locked Yellow House Kitchen in Future Nuketown.
    • Addressed an issue that prevented the Time Knots from being damaged with the Dark Flare Field Upgrade.
    • Addressed an issue that caused the Lockshot Support Item to only lock on an immune part of the Boss.
    • Addressed an issue with the Temporal Conduit having an option to pay half without the prompt appearing on the widget in Solo matches.
    • Addressed an issue that caused Fire Sale Power-Up to not work while active and traveling to a different time period.
    • Addressed an issue that prevented spectating players from respawning after defeating the Boss and selecting continue to play.
    • Addressed an issue that prevented the music notes on the wall from appearing after reloading a save.
    • Addressed an issue that allowed players to interact with the piano before being teleported out of the Green House since the doorbuys were unbought.
    • Addressed a rare issue that caused players to get stuck on the Pack-a-Punch Machine when it is coming down.
    • Addressed a rare issue that prevented Wisp Tea from retrieving the Goggles Quest item.
    • Addressed multiple collision issues.
    • Addressed numerous minor visual issues.
  • Astra Malorum
    • Addressed an issue that caused players to be out of playable space when hit by the meteorites in Abyssal Rim during a Special Round.
    • Closed an exploit with the platform used in the Quest by damaging players if they stay on it for more than 100 seconds.
  • Ashes of the Damned
    • Addressed an issue related to Ol' Tessie’s physics and the Shatter Blast Ammo Mod explosion.
    • Addressed an issue that prevented Klaus from reviving a downed player if the player was at the edge of the top ascender platform and Klaus was at ground level in Market Square.
    • Addressed an issue that sometimes caused an RPG to be seen briefly before the Necrofluid Gauntlet appears inside the Vault of Flesh.
    • Addressed multiple collision issues.
    • Addressed numerous minor visual issues.

Modes

  • Survival
    • Ashwood
      • Addressed an issue that caused the break down animation to trigger when meleeing Ol' Tessie with Melee Macchiato.
      • Addressed an issue that caused the Arsenal Machine to appear active while the map power is off.
  • Directed
    • Paradox Junction
      • Addressed an issue that caused the objective on screen to flash continuously if a player joined the match in the middle of a step.
      • Addressed an issue that removed the objective when the player picked up the chalk while waiting for the Tortured Zombie to appear.
      • Added a step to instruct players to grab the necessary Perks needed to acquire the Goggles and Headset during the “Obtain the Toy Cymbals" step.
      • Added a step to instruct players to acquire acid after using it on mannequins without the Hammer part during the Wonder Weapon Quest.
      • Addressed an issue that caused the "Objective Updated" notification splash to appear when completing steps out of order.
      • Addressed an issue with the prompt for melting the mannequins to appear on players who had no acid.
      • Addressed an issue that instructs players to refill the flask with acid while it's filled after reloading a save.
    • Ashes of the Damned
      • Addressed an issue that prevented the objective from updating after collecting the Bones during the Visions of the Forgotten when reloading a save.
  • Cursed
    • Public Cursed Lobbies
      • Matches will now check if any players in a lobby have satisfied the requirements to spawn the Relic challenges set. If one player has the requirements, then it will spawn for all.
      • Addressed an issue that allowed players to change the active relics on a Tier 0 lobby when joining a match in progress.
    • Addressed an issue that prevented the Dragon Head Relic portal to not appear if players saved at any point in their match.
    • Addressed an issue that prevented the Lockshot Support Item from locking onto enemies.
    • Addressed an issue that caused an Uber Klaus Core to spawn during the Teddy Bear Relic Trial.
    • Addressed an issue that caused ammo to not refill after picking up a Max Ammo Power-Up with Samantha's Drawing Relic active.
    • Addressed an issue that caused Samantha's Drawing Relic to give players a second LGM-1 Wonder Weapon.
    • Adjust the radius of interaction to pick up the wine bottle for the Focusing Stone Relic.

Weapons

  • Ray Gun MKII sights will be red after upgrading with the Pack-a-Punch Machine. The sight will be purple after upgrading to Pack-a-Punch level 4. 
    • This change does not apply to Blueprint variants.
  • Addressed an issue that prevented explosive damage from the NX Ravager that has been upgraded through the Pack-a-Punch Machine from progressing any challenges for the weapon.

Gunsmith

  • Addressed an issue that caused the GDL Havoc to show the incorrect reserve ammo.

Ammo Mods

  • Cryo Freeze
    • Increased Thermal Shock Minor Augment damage percent from 20% to 50%.
    • Increased Cold Company Major Augment proc chance from 20% to 35%.
    • Increased Cold Company Major Augment proc radius from 80 to 85 units.

Perk-a-Colas

  • Mule Kick
    • Addressed an issue that caused the Pack Mule Major Augment to not apply to certain weapons.
  • Jugger-Nog
    • Retaliation Minor Augment now grants a temporary damage buff when the player is hit instead of activating while being below a health threshold.
    • Increased Shake it Off Minor Augment proc chance from 5% to 15%.
  • Deadshot Daiquiri
    • Increased Dead Heat Major Augment activation range from 64 to 112 units.
    • Increased Dead Point Major Augment activation range from 64 to 112 units.
    • Dead Again Major Augment returns a bullet to both weapons when using the Akimbo attachment.
  • Elemental Pop
    • Increased Imperil Peach Major Augment proc chance from 15% to 50%.
    • Imperil Peach Major Augment now reduces incoming damage by 75%.
    • Imperil Peach Major Augment can no longer proc on the last zombie in the round.
  • Wisp Tea
    • The last zombie will no longer attack while attracted by the Zombie Sitter Minor Augment.

GobbleGums

  • Addressed an issue that caused GobbleGums to be consumed while the screen is black while the match is loading.
  • Addressed an issue that caused certain GobbleGums to not show the amount of time it is active. Those affected were:
    • Idle Eyes
    • Die Pitched
    • Indiegestion
    • Newtonian Negation
    • Rainburps

Field Upgrades

  • Aether Shroud
    • Increase Afterimage Major Augment attraction radius from 250 to 300 units.
    • The Afterimage decoy now explodes at the end of its duration, damaging and knocking down nearby Normal Zombies.
    • Instant Reload Minor Augment now refills a weapon’s clip without taking the ammo from the reserve.
    • Instant Reload can now refill more than a weapon’s clip, in which case, the additional ammo will be added to the weapon’s reserve ammo.
    • Void Sheath Major Augment now temporarily increases the player’s melee attack speed if it’s not already being increased by other content (e.g., Melee Macchiato: Expresso).
  • Frenzied Guard
    • Kills with Fists of Frenzy Major Augment now extend the Frenzied Guard duration.
  • Toxic Growth
    • Plant Food Minor Augment drops now auto-pickup if player’s health is below the Health Overcharge Max.
    • Plant Food drops can no longer be picked up and “wasted” while the player’s health is already at the Health Overcharge Max.
    • Increased Plant Food drop chance from 10% to 20%.
    • Reduced Cordyception Major Augment charmed duration from 120 sec to 90 sec.

Support

  • Addressed an issue that caused the Ion Core to show the incorrect icon in the Crafting Table.
  • Update the description for the Lockshot to not include Multiplayer details.

Enemies

  • Slight reduction to the speed of the Rad-Hounds before Round 51.

Challenges

  • Addressed an issue that caused traps and other non-player kills to unlock the Tower Defense Calling Card.

Audio

  • Addressed various subtitle issues.
  • Resolved various VO lines from not playing.

Stability

  • Addressed various stability issues.

Endgame

Operations

Operation Broken Mirror and the Virus Injection Glitch Fracture added to Endgame.

  • Complete Operation Broken Mirror to unlock the Virus Injection Glitch Fracture. Beware of what emerges on your path.

Abilities

  • Thermal Spike - Emit a powerful blast of flames that incinerate enemies. Flames persist in the area for a short duration.

Skills

  • Conductive Shot (Exotic Skill) - When firing any weapon, a taser is sometimes fired that can get glued to the enemy and inflict tics of damage for a limited time.
    • Upgrade: Increases the rate of fire and duration of the Drone.
    • Final Upgrade: Drone shots have a chance to trigger the Shrapnel effect. 
  • Wingman Unit (Nightmare Skill) - Doing multiple kills in a short period of time spawns a Drone that follows you while shooting nearby enemies.
    • Upgrade: Increase the amount of tasers fired per activation.
    • Final Upgrade: Longer duration and now tasers can get glued to all enemies.

Exotic Weapons

  • Two new Exotic Weapons added: 
    • Pulsebreach: Burst Marksman Rifle modified for maximum destructive power. Affinity for Shrapnel Rounds.
    • Reboot: Semi-auto pistol augmented for versatility and power. Affinity for Shock Rounds.

Gameplay

  • The O.S.C.A.R. Guild Strike boss will no longer respawn to prevent a new issue that was found to occur with multiple boss health bars with the addition of Operation Broken Mirror. 
  • Addressed an issue where players could fall out of the side doors of the escape VTOL.
  • Addressed an issue where the Ramage skill damage boost would fail to trigger on occasion.
  • Addressed an issue where some Death Effect would not stop playing.
  • Addressed an issue where the Echo 12 shotgun with the Zero Waste Ammo mod would allow it to be rapid-fired.

UI

  • Addressed an incorrect description for the "Longshot" Exotic Utility Bonus.
  • Corrected additional spelling errors in Exotic Utility Bonus descriptions.
  • Updated the instructions of the Supply Chain assignment to correctly reflect the win conditions.

Stability

  • Various stability fixes.

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