PUBG 27.2 Patch Notes Revealed

PUBG has received a new update, titled 27.2. The Patch Notes outline a range of updates and changes to the game. You can find the patch notes below.

PUBG 27.2 Patch Notes

※ The times shown below are subject to change.

• PC: January 10, 12 AM – 8:30 AM (UTC)
• Console: January 18, 1 AM – 10 AM (UTC)

※ Please note that PC players can anticipate map changes every Wednesday at 2 AM UTC, while Console players can expect the same every Thursday at 7 AM UTC.
※ In Random Map regions, larger maps (8×8) have a 25% probability of being selected, while smaller maps have a 12.5% probability.

• Live Server – Featured Map (Map Select Regions ONLY)
  • Rondo
• Live Server – Normal Match
  • Week 1
    • Map Select: Erangel / Taego / Deston / Sanhok / Karakin
    • Random Map: Rondo (selectable) / Erangel / Taego / Deston / Karakin
      • PC: January 10 ~ January 17
      • Console: January 18 ~ January 25
  • Week 2
    • Map Select: Erangel / Miramar / Vikendi / Sanhok / Paramo
    • Random Map: Rondo (40%) / Erangel / Miramar / Vikendi / Sanhok
      • PC: January 17 ~ January 24
      • Console: January 25 ~ February 1
  • Week 3
    • Map Select: Erangel / Taego / Deston / Sanhok / Karakin
    • Random Map: Rondo (40%) / Erangel / Taego / Deston / Paramo
      • PC: January 24 ~ January 31
      • Console: February 1 ~ February 8
  • Week 4
    • Map Select: Erangel / Miramar / Vikendi / Sanhok / Paramo
    • Random Map: Rondo (40%) / Erangel / Miramar / Vikendi / Karakin
      • PC: January 31 ~ February 7
      • Console: February 8 ~ February 15
• Live Server – Ranked
  • Ranked: Erangel (30%) / Miramar (30%) / Taego (30%) / Deston (10%)
  • The map service for Ranked is updated on a season-by-season basis.

Rondo’s Markets are now officially open for business!

Gone are the days of merely picking things up from the ground for your needs. Rondo has evolved, offering you a collection of in-game items – that is, if your wallet allows. Shop smart in the world of Rondo, where your fortune can buy more than just items; it can buy choices that’ll change the fate of the match.

Collect BR Coins, purchase items at the Market, and achieve that win!

In-game currency exclusively used in the Markets, where you can purchase a wide range of in-game materials.

• BR Coins can be collected through various methods:
  • As world-spawn items
  • As rewards for accomplishing In-Game Challenges
  • By taking down Pillar Guards
  • By selling your inventory items at the Market
• Coins can be dropped to the ground.
• Inventory weight: 0

Holds a diverse array of items, weaponry, and even a special vehicle. Transactions are made with BR Coins.

• Markets come in three distinct types: Grade I, Grade II, Grade III. Each type has its own unique size and design.

• Use the interaction key to open a page of shopping options, with each Market grade offering its own set of categories:
  • Grade I: Item Shop and Garage or Item Shop and Random Item
  • Grade II: Item Shop, Weapons Dealer, Random Item
  • Grade III: Item Shop, Weapons Dealer, Random Item
  • The higher the Market grade, players are greeted with higher quality items and a broader selection.
  • Each weapon bought from the Weapons Dealer comes with a suitable amount of ammunition.
• Inventory items eligible to sell will have a BR Coin icon in the upper left corner.

• Markets and Garages are marked on the map.
• Any Market items purchased beyond your inventory capacity will drop to the ground.
• A Market can be interacted with multiple times, but each Market holds limited stock.
• There are certain conditions, like being knocked out, in a vehicle, prone, being carried, etc. under which you cannot interact with Markets.

A throwable for on-demand defense.

• Inventory slot: Throwables
• Weight: 15
• Upon use, red smoke signals the activation, emanating from the item.
• When thrown, three sturdy Emergency Cover airdrops are deployed from the sky, which descend and land in close proximity to the flare’s location within a few seconds.
• Emergency Cover airdrops can destroy bamboos and wooden fences upon impact. Players are also at risk of being knocked out or killed if one falls on them.
• Emergency Cover airdrops are immune to weapon damage, but movable by vehicles and explosives.
• The impact of Emergency Cover airdrops is capable of extinguishing flames from Molotovs and smoke from Smoke Grenades.
  • When a Smoke Grenade is already emitting smoke, the extinguished areas will be replenished with smoke.
• Emergency Cover Flares may not be activated when used in confined spaces.
• Available at the Item Shop and also as a world spawn item.

A Market-exclusive heal & boost item available for purchase at the Item Shop.

• Weight: 20
• When used, it completely replenishes both your health and boost gauge after 8 seconds.
• The Battle Ready Kit cannot be used using the usual shortcuts for heal/boost items.

Certain Grade I Markets come with an associated garage, holding the exclusive Pillar UAZ vehicle.

• Once a player purchases the Garage option, an alert siren is triggered, signaling the opening of the associated garage. Players can then access the Pillar UAZ.
• Each Garage option can be bought only once per Grade I Market. Once purchased, it will be marked to indicate its unavailability.

The Market’s Garage exclusive vehicle.

• Health: 2500
• Max speed: Approximately 90km/h and 107km/h using boost.
• Equipped with the trunk system.
• The Pillar UAZ offers enhanced protection with its bulletproof windows and sturdy tires.
  • Windows can be penetrated on Consoles (existing system for all vehicles).
• Due to the bulletproof windows, players cannot fire from inside the vehicle.
• Vehicle skins are not applicable to the Pillar UAZ.

Formidable protectors of Grade III Market locations. Don’t think you can quietly pass through their area!

• Pillar Guards are stationed and regularly patrol the vicinity of Grade III Market locations to make sure that accessing high-quality merch remains a challenge.

A safe designed to safeguard valuable items.

• Players can use the interaction key to unlock the safe and acquire Gold Bars.
  • Gold Bar inventory weight: 15
  • A Gold Bar can be traded for 1,000 BR Coins at the Market.
• Safes are found in buildings across the map.

You now have the opportunity to engage in In-Game Challenges and earn rewards in Rondo! Accomplish various objectives each match for a unique gameplay experience.

• A total of 3 challenges are given on the starting island and can be accomplished from the moment you land.
• Challenges are displayed on the left side of the world map.
• Challenges come in three difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, and Hard. Rewards vary depending on the difficulty.
  • Players with a Survival Mastery level of 80 or lower will receive two additional Newbie challenges.
  • Challenges that require you to loot specific items can also be accomplished by purchasing the items from the Market.
• Challenges are individual, implying that your progress is not shared with your party.
• Challenge progress is indicated by a progress bar or numbers.
• You can swap your challenges up to 3 times.
  • Completed challenges cannot be swapped.
• Challenges cannot be accomplished in spectator mode.
  • However, if you return to the match through the Recall system, you can resume your challenges.
• If a Survivor/Crafter Pass mission and an in-game challenge overlap, you can complete both at the same time.

• Obtainable rewards
  • BR Coins, heal and boost items, equipment, secondary/throwable weapons, scopes, attachments, etc.
• Once you accomplish a challenge, the reward will be sent to your inventory.
  • If your inventory is full, the reward will be on hold and resent 10 seconds after a message regarding your full inventory.
  • If your inventory remains full upon resending, the reward will drop to the ground. The same applies when you’re in a vehicle.
  • Rewards are obtained the same way even when you are in the air, underwater, on Emergency Pickup, or knocked down.
  • You can receive BR Coin rewards even when your inventory is full.
• If you obtain rewards of the following categories–equipment or secondary/throwable weapons–when those slots are empty, rewards will be auto-equipped.
  • If an equipment reward is of the same or higher level than your current one, it will automatically replace the existing gear. An equipment reward of a lower level will drop to the ground.
  • However, an equipped secondary weapon will not be replaced. Secondary weapon rewards will fall to the ground, while ammunition will be added to your inventory if space allows.
    • Secondary weapon rewards include a small amount of ammunition.
  • Whether attachments get auto-equipped or not depends on your settings.
• All challenges, excluding Newbie challenges, have a chance to offer a Jackpot Reward, and those challenges will glow gold.
• Rewards are only available in the current match.

One day, a resounding bang echoed, leading to the formation of an overcurrent shield within Rondo. Take a bold step into the vast electromagnetic field that effectively disables most electronic devices within its reach—welcome to the

• Once you enter the EMP Zone…
  • The reticles of scopes will be disabled, including those of newly acquired scopes within the EMP zone.
  • All motor-based vehicles will shut down.
  • Markets, Blue Chip Transmitters, Blue Chip Towers, and Jammer Packs will be unavailable.
  • Most other electronic features will be deactivated.
• Exceptions: C4, Stun Gun, Self-AED, BZ Grenade
• An EMP Zone warning message along with its activation area on the world map will show up.
• Will not be created after Phase 3.
• Does not inflict damage to characters, terrain, buildings, etc.
• Escalators that partially overlap with the EMP zone will also stop functioning.

The following no longer spawn in Rondo.

• SCAR-L
• Deagle
• R45
• DP-28
• PP-19 Bizon
• Vector
• Mosin Nagant
• Quiver (Crossbow)
• 3-wheeled motorcycles
• Aquarail

Corresponding to these removals, the spawn rates for other valuables such as ARs, SMGs, SRs, LMGs, handguns, magazines, 2-wheeled motorcycles, and boats have increased.

Traces leading to Rondo have vanished from Erangel.

• Frequency of occurrence has been reduced.
• Duration has been reduced by 20%.
• Impact is now limited to Phase 4, whereas its reach used to extend up to Phase 6.

• The general size has been reduced.
• Sound has been slightly reduced.

• No longer inflicts damage.

• • in streamer mode.
  • even when the “Hide Nicknames in Killfeed” option is enabled.The team numbers are now visible

Showcase your PUBG identity with the following changes.

• PUBG ID will replace your in-game profile.
• PUBG ID will be shown on Social, Clan pages, and various other locations.

Introducing a new feature–Player Memo–that allows you to personally leave notes on your friends or Clan members.

• To create or modify a player memo, simply click the ‘Edit Memo’ button when selecting an ID from either the friends list or Clan member list.
• Only the author can view and edit player memos, and they are accessible for viewing and editing at all times.
• If a player is both a friend and a Clan member, you will find the same memo in both the Friends and Clan Members menu.
• Player memos can be written in any language and consist of a minimum of 1 character and a maximum of 16 characters, including spaces and special characters.

• A social status that shows ‘in matchmaking’ has been added.
• Social status icons for online/offline displays have been changed.

Options for the new features introduced in the

section have been added.

Battle Ready Kit has been added to the Spawn Tool.

A new Survivor Pass: Dragon’s Rise is prepared for the Year of the Dragon. Read more details on the January Store Update announcement!

UX/UI

Added in-game information about G-COIN status, indicating whether your G-COINs are regular or bonus and their respective expiration dates.

• The expiration dates for both regular and bonus G-COINs are displayed.
  • However, if the remaining time exceeds 30 days, only the regular/bonus status will be shown.
• The ’30 days to expiration’ notification has been removed from the current G-COIN expiration notifications.
• If a player possessing both regular and bonus G-COINs spends G-COINs, the G-COINs with the earlier expiration date will be used first. If the remaining periods for regular and bonus G-COINs are identical, the regular G-COINs will be used first.
• You can access the G-COIN Status pop-up by clicking on the notifications sent 7 days and 1 day before expiration.

• Click on the G-COIN icon in the top right corner of the lobby to view the pop-up.

• Select the “G-COIN Status” menu from the System menu to view the details of your G-COIN.

New item sets have been added to the Hunter’s Chest and Archivist’s Chest.

• Marine Makeover

• Optimized memory regarding character outfits.
• Optimized character animations to improve performance in crowded situations.
• Improved performance in situations where a number of buildings are visible in the distance.
• Optimized destructible bamboo logics for better performance.

• Fixed the issue of abnormal character positioning when exiting a vehicle under a low ceiling.
• Fixed an issue where characters, upon experiencing a crash while moving, continue to move and become invulnerable – and once they reconnect, the character would return to the location before the crash.
• Fixed an issue where muzzle flashes appear even with a Suppressor equipped on the O12.
• Fixed an issue where gunshot reverberations do not diminish in volume after certain steps.
• Fixed the discrepancy in ADS/over the shoulder between FPP and TPP when using weapons in vehicles.
• (PC) Fixed the issue of players being moved to an abnormal location when dismounting from vehicles in blocked areas.
• (PC) Fixed an issue where getting stuck in certain objects with the Mountain Bike gets you killed.
• (PC) Fixed an issue where, under specific circumstances, the sound of distant gunfire intermittently seems to be coming from nearby.
• (PC) Fixed an issue where emergency landing planes were appearing on the Taego map in Custom Match – Esports Mode.

• Fixed collision, texture, performance, and some other general Rondo issues.
• Fixed an issue where using an iron door in Rondo produces a wooden door sound effect.

• Fixed an issue where reputation levels are not shown on the PUBG ID in Profile – Overview.
• Fixed text overlap on the match win screen in a Turkish language setting.
• Fixed an issue with wheel previews not updating and overlapping when editing Aston Martin vehicles.
• Fixed a text overflow issue in the level UI of the Survivor Pass track in Arabic and Turkish settings.
• Fixed a UI flickering issue on Career – Overview for players without Ranked records.
• Corrected the incorrect text wrapping on certain Survivor Pass level-up popups.
• (PC) Fixed an issue where the party host’s nickname is replaced by the nickname of a joining player in a party.
• (PC) Fixed an issue where the reward button is disabled in a Special Drops event for certain new and returning players.
• (Console) Fixed an issue where the Confirm sound effect is missing after selecting an item in Store – Featured.

※ Clipping issue: Graphics that are shown outside the visible part of an image/object.

• Fixed the ankle’s clipping issue when equipping the Cheerleader Sneakers with PGC 2022 Pants.
• Fixed the clipping issue when equipping a certain combinations of jackets and tops.
• Fixed the jacket’s clipping issue when female characters equip the Victorian Assassin Top with the Punk Princess Jacket.
• Fixed the ankle’s transparency issue when female characters equip Detective Pants with the Racy Reindeer Leggings.
• Fixed the abnormal texture display of the Panda Hairband when entering a match.
• Fixed the incorrect display of the magazine texture on the Holly Jolly Headshot – M24.
• Fixed the non-display of the identity card during the Official Business emote.
• Fixed the abnormal texture display of the legs when a female character equips the School Skirt with Racy Reindeer Leggings.
• (PC) Fixed the arm’s transparency issue when switching to FPP with the Bunny Express Delivery Jacket equipped.