The Finals Season One Patch Notes: Battle Pass, Weapon Changes & More

Full breakdown of Patch Notes for the full release of The Finals, revealed at The Game Awards 2023. Gameplay, content, rewards, everything in Patch 1.2.0 and Season 1

Author:
Charlie Cater
Publish date:
Dec 8, 2023 9:20 AM EST

After months of anticipation, Embark Studios has finally released The Finals. The Finals is a brand new battle royal game that features unique, highly destructible maps that cater to fast and explosive gameplay. With the release of Season One, we have a new battle pass, a new map, weapon changes and much more. Here’s everything you need to know for Patch 1.2.0 and The Finals Season 1.

The Finals Season 1 Patch Notes

Content Updates

New ways to express yourself in the arena! Such as:

Reload and Inspect animations
Emoticons
Gestures
Pets (!!!)
Sounds
Watches
More? Yes, more!

The Store is open and you’ll have access to an ever-changing content selection to make your contestants pop in the arena.

The Season 1 BattlePass contains 12 pages of unlockable rewards.

That amounts to 96 exclusive rewards
29 rewards can be earned for free!
Unlock the whole BattlePass to receive a total of 1575 Multibucks!

Play and progress, master your loadout with:

6 Mastery Levels per weapon
6 Mastery Levels per gadget
5 levels per ability

New Features

New Map Las Vegas

Test your luck and reach for the stars in the glitz, glam, and tight-knit gameplay of this glittering arena

New Map variants:

Don’t get lost in stinging sands! Seek shelter and glory in this Las Vegas map variant: Sandstorm.
Tripwires & turrets: The environment can work for or against you. Traverse Vegas but watch your step, around every corner could be a trap.

New event: Alien invasion

You’ll have to see this one to believe it. It’s outta this world!

Gameplay Changes & balance

Movement & Animation

Movement

Made multiple updates to vaulting responsiveness and general smoothness when traversing
Updated various first-person animations to better sync with footsteps
Improvements to syncing and stability when players are on moving surfaces such as elevators, sky-lifts, cranes, and moving platforms
Improved speed-matching and added in-air animations when coining other contestants
General polish updates to third-person locomotion

Combat Animations

Stabilized the camera for aim down sight reloads and bolt actions, for easier tracking of targets
Updated jumping and zipline animations when aiming down sights
Added third-person reaction animations for Flashbangs, Gas, and Fire.
Reworked the animations for the Charge’N’Slam specialization

The Finals Season one Patch Notes — The Finals

Controller

General

Added sensitivity scaling based on zoom FOV

Aim Assistance

Added better support and various improvements for sensitivity dampening on targets
Updated default aim down sights sensitivity reduction
Reduced zoom snapping active duration

Controller Vibration

Settings added

Controller Settings

Added setting to allow players to customize their controller experience further
Added separate dead zones for the different analog sticks

Maps

Finally, the wrecking ball is back! Check the cranes.

Monaco

Improved readability of map border

Skyway Stadium

Added ‘Evening’ environment condition

Specializations

Charge’N’Slam

Updated damage of the ground slam so that it will break floors in buildings more consistently

Cloaking Device

Rebalanced fade-in/out durations to make it harder to vanish mid-combat
Added fade-in/out visual effect

Grapple Hook

Fixed a bug where players could become stuck when grappling during a vault

Recon Senses

Reduced the total fuel, shortening the max duration
Fixed an issue where Recon Senses would trigger on enemy statues

Weapons

General

Updated bullet dispersion system on all weapons when aiming down sights
Fixed various issues where weapons could fire infinitely or not at all
Fixed an issue where Gadgets could become stuck in an infinite cooldown
Added a new hitmarker to crosshairs for damage over time effects

Updated recoil pattern, making it slightly less easy to control

FCAR

Updated recoil pattern, making it slightly easier to control

Flamethrower

Fixed a bug where the Flamethrower could be fired without consuming ammo
Max range reduced by 60 cm
Fire rate reduced to 160 RPM from 180 RPM
Adjusted Flamethrower impact effects to make them less blinding for the target player
Reduced damage to 28 from 31

Lewis Gun

Updated recoil pattern, making it slightly easier to control

Increased bullet dispersion when firing from the hip
Updated recoil pattern, making the weapon easier to control
Fire rate reduced to 300 RPM from 400 RPM
Increased LH1 damage from 41 to 45

Updated recoil pattern, making it slightly less easy to control

Riot Shield

Fixed an issue where the Riot Shield could block bullets while the player was emoting

Throwing Knives

Introduced Throwing Knives to the Light archetype

Magazine size reduced to 20 from 24
Updated recoil pattern, making the weapon less easy to control
Increased damage fall-off to make the weapon less effective at long-range

Gadgets

General

Fixed an issue where Gadgets could become stuck in an infinite cooldown

Increased health from 5 to 25

Defibrillators

Added ability for defibrillators to damage enemy players. They will do 50 damage and will enter cooldown if they land a successful hit

Gas Mine

Added trigger audio effect

Glitch Grenade

Fuse time increased from 1.1s to 1.8s, giving it more range

Night Vision

Removed Night Vision from the game, to be reworked in a future update

Sonar Grenade

Radius reduced from 17.5m to 10m
Updated the crosshair hit marker that appears when the Sonar Grenade detects targets

Stun Gun

Removed sensitivity reduction from stunned players
Added glitch effect to stunned players, rendering their Specialization and Gadgets unusable for a short time