Battlefield 6 players woke up to a patch that removes a long-standing annoyance. EA and DICE pushed update 1.1.1.5, which eliminates an exploit that allowed players to reach unintended areas by standing on the XFGM-6D Recon Drone and hitting it with the Sledgehammer, and applies a raft of fixes across core modes, including Battle Royale RedSec.
What the patch fixes – exploit, RedSec, and match flow
The drone trick that lets players reach places they shouldn’t be has been closed. That exploit had been a sore point for players who ran into airborne snipers or bypassed map geometry to lock down objectives. Beyond the drone fix, the update tackles issues that affect how matches play out and how players are scored in the game’s Battle Royale mode, RedSec. Match flow, squad revive behavior, and End of Round transitions received attention, and a specific issue that was preventing progress on the Battle Royale Master Challenge 4 was corrected.
Key technical and gameplay fixes in 1.1.1.5
- Drone exploit – The XFGM-6D Recon Drone Sledgehammer interaction that allowed unintended access has been removed.
- Lock-Guided missiles – Missiles are now being countered correctly by enemy countermeasures.
- Vehicle spawns – Vehicles not spawning correctly in Breakthrough and Conquest were fixed.
- Progression, audio, and UI – Multiple technical issues that affected progression tracking, audio playback, and UI behavior were addressed.
Closing the drone exploit restores map integrity and reduces cheap wins that frustrated squads and streamers alike. For competitive and public games, that kind of fix makes objective play more consistent and reduces the number of matches decided by an out-of-bounds advantage. Fixes to Lock-Guided missile behavior and vehicle spawns also matter for balance. Lock-Guided weapons that interact predictably with countermeasures change encounter outcomes, while reliable vehicle spawns prevent objective modes from stalling. Those sound like small things until a contested point stalls because a transport never appeared.
The full patch notes can be found below, as posted on X.
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Fixed an exploit allowing players to ascend and access unintended areas when standing on a XFGM-6D Recon Drone by hitting it with the Sledgehammer.
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Fixed an issue where Lock-Guided Missiles did not get countered as expected when met with enemy countermeasures such as flares.
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Fixed an issue where vehicles did not spawn correctly in Breakthrough and Conquest.
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Fixed multiple Battle Royale issues affecting match flow, squad revives, and End of Round transitions.
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Addressed progression, audio, and UI issues, improving overall clarity, reliability, and immersion.
CHANGELOG
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Fixed an issue where dispersion would be higher than intended when going from sprint to firing in ADS.
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Fixed an issue where dispersion would incorrectly scale with movement speed and always assume the player is moving at maximum movement speed for the stance.
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Tuned landing animation to reduce excessive camera and weapon movement when aiming down sights, improving visual stability during and after landing. This update also resolves instances where the ADS aim could be displaced when sliding.
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Fixed an issue where Lock-Guided Missiles did not get countered as expected when met with enemy countermeasures such as flares.
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Fixed an exploit allowing players to ascend and access unintended areas when standing on the XFGM-6D Recon Drone by hitting it with the Sledgehammer.
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Fixed an issue where vehicles did not spawn correctly in Breakthrough and Conquest.
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Fixed an issue where matches sometimes would start with all sectors and objectives active at the same time.
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Fixed an issue in Strikepoint on Siege of Cairo where destruction did not reset at halftime.
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Fixed an issue in Vehicle Customisation locked Anti-Air Vehicle presets did not display their unlock criteria as intended.
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Fixed an issue where the shotgun weapon challenge “Kill 5 Enemies With a Shotgun Without Reloading” did not complete properly.
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Fixed an issue where progress for the “Engineer Specialist 3” Assignment did not save correctly.
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Fixed an issue where “SpawnLoot” would not spawn Ammo or Armor.
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Fixed an issue where players with community creations privileges set to Block could still access user-generated Community Experiences when the party leader hosted a match.
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Fixed an issue where activating the BF PRO Radio Channel through the Commorose did not play any sound.
REDSEC
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Fixed an issue where Battle Royale (Quads) matches did not end after the last team was eliminated.
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Fixed an issue where being killed immediately after a mobile respawn completed could result in the squad being eliminated instead of reviving remaining teammates.
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Fixed an issue where players could become stuck in a top-down view of the map after redeploying.
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Fixed an issue where players retained their Second Chance after redeploying and did not transition to the End of Round screen after their next elimination.
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Fixed an issue where all squad members displayed the same highlighted stat on the Squad Placement screen.
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Fixed an issue where the “Battle Royal Master Challenge 4” did not track progress correctly.
Players greeted the patch with relief on the drone issue, but complaints remain. A sizable portion of the community still flags concerns about weapon balance, arguing that some weapon classes feel off from expectations. Netcode and bot backfill remain frequent talking points, with many players reporting matches that include a high number of bots. Battlefield 6 still posts healthy numbers on PC – SteamDB shows a 24-hour peak above 430,000 players – but the game is competing with newer shooters and the usual seasonal Call of Duty surge. Fixes like this are minor but practical steps toward stabilizing the play experience while other balance and matchmaking concerns are sorted.
If these fixes hold, public matches should feel cleaner and less prone to the odd out-of-bounds clutch. There are still balance and matchmaking items left on the list for the developer to address, but this patch removes one of the most obvious grief tools.
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