PUBG Update 15.1 Brings New Mountain Bike, Weapon Balance, Kakao Friends Land Themed Christmas Event

PUBG is getting the latest update and is bringing with it a ton of new toys like the mountain bike, a whole new way to travel the battlefields. Along with this, the map rotation will also be changed, with Erangel, Miramar, Vikendi, Taego, and Sanhok joining the rotation in regular matches, and Erangel, Miramar, and Taego in ranked matches.

Taego will remain in the map rotation in Season 15 as the developers note that the community has responded quite positively to the new map and that it has become very popular with players. The developers additionally note that Haven could not be included in the map rotation in Season 15 simply because the team would then have to adapt the map selection UI for map selection regions without extensive testing.

PUBG Update 15.1 Patch Notes

New car: mountain bike

Mountain biking has been in high demand among players and the developers have finally responded by providing a rather interesting way for players to move around the map. The mountain bike can be located on the outskirts of the map and can be found as a loot item when folded up.

The mountain bike trades armor and protection for stealth, as the lack of an engine means players can move silently around the map. The player can also shoot while on a mountain bike, giving players plenty of opportunities to use stealth tactics.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Maps: All maps in normal matches.
• Spawns folded.
• Deploy it to a mount or store it in your inventory.
• Stacks back into an item when stored back to inventory.
• Due to the lack of a speedometer, the current speed is not displayed.
• Does not appear in esports mode.
• Maximum number of passengers: one
• Max Speed:
  • Maximum speed without sprint (throttle 85%): 50 km/h
  • Driving at 40% or more acceleration (90% throttle): 54 km/h
  • Sprint riding (100% throttle): 62 km/h
• HP: Cannot be destroyed, including wheels.
• Item weight: 70
• Fuel Consumption: No

Weapon balance update

P90

• Increased horizontal and vertical recoil
• Increased ADS deviation during fully automatic burst shooting
• Reduced the ammo in the Care package from 250 to 200 rounds.

Shotguns

• Increased damage range to increase effective range by a few meters per shotgun.
• Increased chance to hit at close range
• Increased Sawed-Off damage by 1
• Reducing the spread of granules when trimming

Light machine guns

• Decreased recoil when firing from sitting and standing positions.
• Body damage multiplier increased from 1.0 to 1.05.
• Increased M249 damage by 1.
• Increased MG3 damage by 2.
• Reduced MG3 horizontal recoil.

COCOA FRIENDS!

PUBG Partners With KAKAO FRIENDS! deliver all sorts of new content to the battlefields, most notably the transformation of Dinoland into the Land of FRIENDS OF COCOA. PUBG will have many KAKAO FRIENDS billboards and buildings adorned with KAKAO FRIENDS ornaments.

Along with this, the Christmas theme has been applied to Dinaloand, the Castle and the Winery along with the Christmas weather. For a full breakdown of the Season 15 patch notes, head over to the official PUBG website, the link is here.