PUBG Patch 12 Arrives Tomorrow on PC & Xbox One With New Vehicle & Weapon
By Ford James ·
Patch 12 has brought a plethora of changes and feature additions, including the new SLR rifle, Mirado muscle car, various scopes and attachments, and more.
Despite the popularity of Fortnite, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is still the second most popular battle royale game on the market by a considerable margin, and PUBG Corporation have released the 12th major patch on both PC and Xbox One. The developers have previously shedded lots of light over the changes being implemented with this update, and now it’s finally in the hands of the players to try out the new tools and balance fixes.
One of the two major additions with this patch is the new SLR weapon. A DMR that uses 7.62mm ammo and holds 10 bullets per magazine, it’s apparently “more powerful than the SKS but has more recoil”, and that controlling said recoil is key to making the most out of the SLR. On top of that, they’ve made some changes to DMRs as a whole, increasing the head, body, and limb shot modifier, along with increasing the vertical and horizontal recoil for all DMRs. The SKS specifically has had it’s damage decreased, while the damage for the VSS and the Mini14 has increased slightly. The DMRs aren’t the only weapon type that have been adjusted though, and you can see all of the weapon damage changes in the handy chart below.
The other addition players have been clamoring for is the new vehicle. A muscle car called the Mirado, it’s a four-seater sedan that can only be found on Miramar, the desert map. You can find it in downtown areas and city streets, and it’s the fastest car when on tarmac, but if you take it off-road, you’ll struggle. Use the pickup truck for your rough terrain endeavors, but keep the Mirado on the highways.
A bunch of new attachments have been added too, including the Duckbill which reduces the vertical pellet spread on shotguns, but increases the horizontal spread. The Thumb Grip is another which can be placed on ARs, SMGs and DMRs, and reduces vertical recoil but increases the horizontal recoil and the recoil recovery time. Compared to the new Half Grip that reduces both vertical and horizontal recoil, and the recovery time, it’s not quite as impressive. 3x and 6x scopes can also be found now as common and rare drops respectively.
In a fantastic quality-of-life improvement, you can also select which map you want to play before searching for a game. If you select just one of Erangel or Miramar, you’re guaranteed to play there, but if you select both, it will place you in a game on either of the two maps. PUBG Corp have said that as they implement more maps however, they may revisit this design. In terms of Miramar itself, the oasis has increased in size and some buildings have been added nearby, while some buildings have been removed from the denser parts of the map.
The patch goes live at 7pm PT/10pm ET on May 2 or 3am BST/12pm AET on May 3 if you're overseas, and you can read up on the full patch notes here, including a host of bug fixes, plenty more weapon adjustments we didn’t cover here, some character movement changes and more. Elsewhere in PUBG news, the developers have started to crack down hard on cheaters.
(All images featured courtesy of PUBG Corp.)