Here are the Free Fire OB31 “New Age” update patch notes

Tarun Sayal

Published: Nov 30, 2021 04:46 pm

Garena released the Free Fire OB31 update entitled New Age in the early hours of Dec. 1. The new patch brought a slew of new features in Free Fire such as new Nairi character, Yeti pet, Mac 10 weapon, Scooter vehicle and a lot more. In addition, several weapons have been nerfed and buffed in Free Fire’s OB31 update.

Free Fire OB31 “New Age” update patch notes

Here are the official patch notes of the Free Fire OB31 update also known as New Age:

Character balance

Chrono

Creates a force field that blocks 600 -> 800 damages from all sources.
Duration: 4/4/5/5/6/6s.
Cooldown: 180/164/150/138/128/120s.
Removed: Players can fire from within the force field.
Removed: Movement speed increases by 5/6/7/8/9/10%.

Maxim

Eating and using medkits speed increase by only 5/8/12/17/23/30%.

K

Recover 3 EP every 2.2/2/1.8/1.6/1.4/1s, up to 150/170/190/210/230/250 EP.

D-Bee

Accuracy increases by 20/23/27/32/38/45%.

Thiva

Rescue speed increases by 10/13/16/19/22/25%.

Lone Wolf changes

Store adjustment

Choose weapons for the enemies.
Players will take turns to choose the weapon for themselves and their enemies every two rounds.
The selected weapons have a cooldown before they can be selected again.

Map adjustment

Increased map size for 2v2 patches.

Rank mode

New Rank – Master
Users can attain Master rank after achieving the Heroic in the ranked matches.

Clash Squad mode

Item request

Users can request multiple items.
Additional item requests can now be sent if the previous one was completed
Radio commands will now be triggered when item requests are sent.

Map balancing

Map adjustments for the Academy and Mill.

Backpack limit

Users can no longer carry more utility grenades into the next round.
Additionally, they can no longer carry more utility grenades than the limit during the round.

Battle royale

FF coins

Adjusted the minimum amount of FF Coins to 100.
Coins will now appear as stacks.

Armor attachments

Vest Enlarger and Helmet Thickener are available in Battle Royale.
Vest Enlarger – Reduces the damage received on limbs by 25%.
Helmet Thickener – Reduces headshot damage received by 36%.

Weapon and Balance

New weapon MAC 10

Base Damage: 24
Rate of Fire: 0.09
Dead Silent – MAC10 comes with a pre-attached silencer.

Range adjustments

UMP – Effective range -5%
MP5 – Effective range -3%
Thompson – Effective range -3%
UZI – Effective range -5%
MAG-7 – Effective range -3%

SCAR

Recoil: -10%.

M60

Recoil in Machine Gun Mode: -30%.

UMP and XM8

Reload time: +5%.

MP5-X

Rate of fire: +5%.

Kar98k

Rate of fire: +10%.

Groza

Armor Penetration +20%

Weapon swap time

Adjustments are made to the time taken to swap different weapons. The time taken to swap will depend on the time of the weapon utilized.

Flashbang

Better optimization to the display of flashed targets.

Gameplay

Assis notification

Assist notifications are now available when assisting teammates on knockdowns.

Pin marker

The pin marker can now mark all objects, vehicles, and items in Free Fire
Players can double-tap the pin button to alert teammates about enemies nearby.

Free look

Added a setting to turn on Free Look only while parachuting and driving.

Sprint options

Drag and tap can now be combined in sprinting settings.

Optimization

Guild leaders and elders can now set a minimum Clash Squad rank for applicants.
Gamers will now receive Gloo Walls automatically in Training Grounds’ combat zone.
Hardcore mode is now supported in custom rooms.
Users can now add aliases for their friends.

Author

Tarun Sayal