December 14 Update Patch Notes

This is a full list of patch notes for the December 14 update of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (MW3). Learn about the December 14 update, including info on several bug fixes, balance changes, and map adjustments.

December 14 Update Highlights

Unable to Equip Unlocked Items Fix

The December 14 update has addressed an issue where Weapons, Field Upgrades, Lethal and Tactical equipment, as well as Cosmetics were unable to be equipped by some players despite recently unlocking them.

With this patch fix, players should now be able to equip these items as soon as they become available in their Loadout.

Armored Zombies Now Appear for Gorm'gant Fight

Another notable change included in the December 14 update is that Light Armored Zombies should now spawn during the Gorm'gant boss fight in the Act 4 mission, Bad Signal, to give players a chance to replenish their Armor Plates.

How to Beat Gorm'gant

December 14 Update Patch Notes

Global

Weapons and Attachments

• RAM-7: Speedway v5 Short Barrel Attachment is now available to equip in the Gunsmith.

Equipment

• Breacher Drone: Improved impact detection to prevent inflicting more explosive damage to players than intended.

Cosmetics

• Crimson Fate and Carbon Fate Laser Attachment Skins will no longer appear as default Skins when equipped to Shotguns.
• Players who purchased the GG EZ Weapon Vault Bundle will now be able to use customizations on the Houndeye Integrated Optic Attachment.
• Animated Emblems are now properly rewarded upon reaching Prestige Levels 1-5.
• Stormender: The Priceless and Interstellar reward Emblems will now display the correct Emblem art.

Multiplayer

UIX Bug Fixes

• Kills column on the Scoreboard will now track properly in War Mode.
• Conversion Kits: Attachment slot for certain Weapons will no longer appear locked despite requirements being met.
• Exiting a Blueprint Preview will no longer kick the player back to the Multiplayer menu.
• When using a Controller, hovering the Santa’s Slayground Battle Pass sector will no longer kick the player back to the Multiplayer menu.
• Clicking the 'View Bundle' button on a Battle Pass Bundle in the Operators tab will no longer kick players back to the Multiplayer menu.

Progression

Challenges that require enemy Equipment to be destroyed will now progress upon the destruction of the following Field Upgrades:

• A.C.S.
• Comms Scrambler
• Deployable Cover
• Med Box
• Munitions Box
• Portable Radar
• Suppression Mine
• Tactical Camera
• Tactical Insertion
• Trophy System

List of All Field Upgrades

Weapons and Attachments

• Ray Gun: Implemented measures to prevent illicit usage outside of support Modes.

Operation Spearhead Map

• Eliminated an out of map exploit in which players were able to access an unintended rooftop near the Launch Site.
• Eliminated an out of map exploit in which players were able to get underneath the map near the Garage.

Modes

• Gunfight: In Private Match, split-screen play will no longer cause DEV ERROR 12744.
• Search and Destroy: Addressed an issue causing unintended XP rates for various match events.
• Team Deathmatch and Kill Confirmed: Increased score limits in certain limited-time Playlists. (12v12: 150, 10v10: 125, and Small Maps: 125)
• Private Match: With CDL Rules enabled, restrictions are now accurate to the Competitive Settings v1.0 specification.

Perks

• Ghost T/V Camo: Players can now be stationary for 2s before anti-radar effects are disabled.

Zombies

Missions

• Bad Signal: Light Armored Zombies have been added during the fight with Gorm'gant to provide a source of Armor for players.

Gameplay

• Aether Extraction: Addressed an issue that would eliminate players who attempted to overload an 'Aether Extractor' as the contract's time runs out.

Enemies (Greylorm)

• Addressed an issue that allowed Greylorm to instantly die when spawned.
• Addressed an issue where getting eaten by Greylorm and grabbed by a Mimic at the same time could cause players to get pushed under the map.

How to Beat Greylorm

UIX

• Weapons: Addressed an issue that displayed incorrect Bruen MK9 attachment unlock descriptions in the After Action Report.

Stability

• Resolved a PC specific crash players encountered at the start of Season 1.
• Added various crash and stability fixes.

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