PUBG Update 1.94 Out Now With Tactical Gear Category, Bug Fixes

The PUBG update 1.94 patch notes have been confirmed by PUBG Corporation overnight, which arrives with a new Tactical Gear category, which comes with a Tactical Drone for players to put to use in the battle royale title.

Read up on the latest PUBG patch notes below.

Gameplay Updates

New Feature: Tactical Gear

We’ve decided to introduce a whole new category of tactical items, Tactical Gear, that strays from pure gunplay to provide our players various options for improving their in-game performances.

As Tactical Gear will be taking up players’ primary weapon slots, we hope this will allow players to come up with more creative long-term strategies.

Tactical Gear: Drone

The Drone is a Tactical Gear that allows players to scout a far distance safely and even pick up an item without facing the risk of direct combat.
Drones will spawn in every map.
Drones will be available in Normal Matches, Custom Games, Training Mode, and Sandbox Mode.
Once players loot and equip the drone, they can hold the Drone Tablet in their hands.
Players can then toggle in and out of Drone View.
The Drone will launch into the air once players toggle into Drone View.
A Drone in flight will make noise and have a distinctive blinking light.
A deployed Drone will be identifiable by a unique drone icon both on the map and minimap.
In Drone View, players’ characters will stop moving and give up control of their body as they fly around in the perspective of the Drone.
If players toggle out of Drone View, the Drone will remain hovering in its current position.
Players can recall a Drone in flight.
When a recall is initiated, the Drone will attempt to fly back in a straight line to the spot the player recalled it.
The Drone will fly back to the location the player first recalled it.
When the recall is in progress, the recall will be stopped if the player attempts to use the Drone Tablet.
When the recall is in progress, the recall will be stopped if the player uses the recall feature again.
The Drone can not avoid obstacles or move through solid objects while being recalled.
The Drone has a large 300m operation radius that players must stay in while flying the Drone.
The Drone alerts players with a warning message and a static screen when it’s within 90m of its maximum operation radius.
If the Drone leaves its operation radius, it will get destroyed and players will need to retrieve it and repair the Drone to use it again.
The Drone has a maximum HP of 35 and can take damage from various things.

A Drone can be damaged by

Gunfire
Explosions
Fire
Water
Flying outside of the operation radius
Vehicle collision

When the Drone’s HP reaches 0, it will fall to the ground and get destroyed. Players must retrieve the Drone and repair it to use it again.

A Drone can loot a single item to its single inventory slot.
For example, a stack of bandages (5) is also considered a single item.
Drones can not pick up items from Care Packages, deathboxes, and trunks.
Players in Drone View are also able to drop the held item any time.
Players can receive the Drone’s held item by recalling the Drone.
Players will be able to ping normally while toggled in Drone View.
The ping icon will be displayed as a regular ping.

The EMT Gear is a Tactical Gear that allows players to opt into increased healing potential for both themselves and their team at the cost of reduced combat flexibility.

The EMT Gear will spawn in every map.
2 stacks of bandages (10) will spawn alongside the EMT Gear.
The EMT Gear will be available in Normal Matches, Custom Games, Training Mode, and Sandbox Mode.
Players will receive numerous passive benefits with the EMT Gear, regardless of if they’re holding it or have it stowed away.
It will only take 3 seconds to use healing items such as bandages, First Aid Kits, and Med Kits.
It will only take 3 seconds to revive a knocked down teammate.
Players can walk much faster when using healing items than when normally using healing items.
Bandages and First Aid Kits can heal players to max health.
Med Kits will give full boost to players.
Players with the EMT Gear equipped will gain an ability to interact with damaged teammates.
Players can spend one of their own healing items on their teammate.
Players can toggle between different healing items on the bottom screen where a weapon’s fire mode would normally be displayed.
The display would also show the number of the selected heal item that the player has in their inventory.
The EMT Gear will NOT grant the following boosts when used in the Blue Zone:
Healing boosts (teammates can still be healed)
Shortened revival time
Lobby Theme
The main lobby has been updated to a new theme of an inside of a plane in flight.
A new background music has been applied.
Players may change the background music in the Settings.
This lobby theme will not be applied to other lobbies such as Ranked, etc.

WSUS

Polymers are sold in the Scrap Broker.

Progressive Weapon Skin level display is improved.

Preview page received more lighting.

Xbox Cloud Gaming Service End

As introduced in the Free-to-Play announcement, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is excluded from Xbox Game Pass due to the F2P service transition. As Xbox Cloud Gaming is a service offered to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is no longer supported through Xbox Cloud Gaming. Thank you for playing PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS on Xbox Cloud Gaming.

Known Issues

Team Invite Message

The Profile button from the team invite message is temporarily turned off to improve the feature. It will return in the future update, and we will inform you through the patch notes at a later date.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

Fixed the issue of characters moving awkwardly after looking at their feet after using a boost or healing item in a prone stance.
PC Only: Fixed the issue of players unable to use the Ctrl + V key in-game.
PC Only: Fixed the issue of Ranked Match Safe Zones of Phase 4 and Phase 8 being set in the water.
PC Only: Fixed the issue of the Porter turning black when moving under a shadowy area.
PC Only: Fixed the issue of the Sandbox mode setting being turned to Off when a Partner account creates custom matches.
Fixed the issue of the character moving awkwardly after switching to primary weapon right after using a throwable item.
PC Only: Fixed the issue of crashes occurring when spectating players with animated nameplates equipped.
Fixed the issue of guns’ ammo reverting to its default number of loaded ammo when replacing an attached Extended Mag to an Ext.QuickDraw Mag.
Fixed the issue of the Blue Zone animation in Taego’s Comeback Arena looking awkwardly disrupted when the Play Area gets restricted.
Fixed the issue of the character maintaining the stance of holding a gun even after dropping a weapon in a vehicle.
Fixed the issue of players being able to loot items from the Secret Room while using vehicles.
Fixed the issue of a player’s ADS mode shaking severely after using a throwable item and crouching and standing repeatedly.
PC Only: Fixed the issue of the gun barrel of PGC 2021 Contingent Chaos – Beryl M762 shaking awkwardly when used.
Fixed the issue of C4s and BZ Grenades included in the care packages in Taego’s Ranked Matches.

World

General bugs such as collision issues, texture issues, performance issues, etc have been fixed in Miramar.

Items & Skins

Clipping issue: Graphics that are shown outside the visible part of an image/object.
Fixed the clipping issue when a male character equips the Mazarin1k’s Hoodie with Utility Belt.
Fixed the issue of the shoes’ accessory vanishing when a female character equips the Pom Pom Slips.
Fixed the issue of the texture of the “Baby Bear” Sleep Mask getting distorted when a character uses the APEACH’s Heart Ceremony emote with the item equipped.
Fixed the issue of the character’s hands turning transparent when equipping the Luna Piena Dress with the Jeremy Lin Jacket.
Fixed the issue of the armpit area of the character with the APEACH’S Nightie equipped getting stretched when using emotes that make the character’s arms go up.
Fixed the issue of the model representation data (level of detail) missing from Hairstyle 27.