Welcome to Season 6: Dark Creations!

Master the unknown. Grab your squad and embrace your fears in the claustrophobic close-quarters battles of this new Season. Get a full look of everything that’s new below.

//The Battlefield Team

What’s new in Season 6?

Here is an overview of the new content, alongside highlights for changes and improvements:

New Map: Redacted
New Weapons: G428, L9CZ and VHX D3
New Gadgets: Ammo & Medical Pouches
New Vehicle: YUV-2 “Pondhawk”
New Battle Pass featuring all-new cosmetics for Specialists, Weapons, Vehicles and more.
Quality of Life Improvements: Aim Assist Improvements for Controllers, Vehicle Handling Improvements, Recon Balancing and more.

When can I play?

Update 6.0.0 deploys at 08:00 UTC on Tuesday, October 10. Season 6: Dark Creations* and its Battle Pass progression starts at 12:00 UTC on the same day.

With the deployment of the 6.0.0 Update, 24/7 playlists for Redacted will immediately be available on both Conquest and Breakthrough.

Stay Informed

Follow us on the @BattlefieldComm Twitter account to stay informed on the roll out of our updates. You can also follow along with our tracking of Known Issues and further game changes we’re making via our Battlefield forums.

Tune in

Check out the Inside Battlefield Podcast if you’d like to listen to the team talking about the new content.

View our trailer here

What’s New?

New Map: Redacted

Inspired by fan-favorite maps from Battlefield’s past like Operation Locker (Battlefield™ 4) and Operation Metro (Battlefield™ 3). This claustrophobic, close-quarters combat focused map takes place in the Scottish Hebrides where an "incident" has revealed a hidden tech-research facility performing classified experiments.

Located within an underground subterranean environment, this is our first map in the Battlefield franchise that offers no outdoor environment. You’ll need to use the tight corridors and elevated areas to play the enemy into your hand - or risk falling into a trap yourself.

This facility – with its biodomes and laboratories – hides more than its fair share of secrets for you to discover as you seek out your prey. Just be sure not to get distracted as the enemy will use any chance to turn the tables and ambush you.

If you’d like to learn more about the creative processes that went into Redacted, take a look at our Dev Notes from yesterday and keep your eyes peeled for an Inside Battlefield Podcast where we discuss things even further!

Boreas Laboratory

The laboratory area is Boreas' crown jewel and where the bulk of the forbidden research is happening. The lab is divided into two large rooms, split down the middle by a trench-like corridor with racks of servers on either side. Inside the laboratory rooms, large 3D printers are producing prosthetic parts, which you can also see scattered across the level. The laboratory offers close to mid-distance combat, where the looming printers offer excellent cover if you want to get up close and personal with your opponent.

Field testing

After you've passed through the laboratory, you enter the Field Testing area, where small, make-shift houses, provide cover and gives further hints as to what has happened in this facility. The lighting and atmosphere is due to send shivers down your spine, but you better stay alert, as the protruding rocks give both you, and your enemy, ample opportunity to flank.

Stress testing

If you've survived long enough to make it to the next biodome, you'll soon notice the difference in both layout and atmosphere that the Stress Testing area has to offer. While it might feel less claustrophobic it does make vulnerable to enemy sniper fire, as this biodome opens up to long-range combat as well. If you prefer the high-ground, the stacked containers can offer you relative safety, but that means you have to get smack in the middle of the biodome, which means you'll have to constantly watch your six.

Maintenance tunnel

If at any time you want to leave the frantic combat near the flags and enjoy a moment of peace and quiet, the maintenance tunnels can at least offer you the former. The dimly lit tunnels allow you to flank and run directly to any of the flags, but you better stay frosty, as your enemy might have already had the same idea.

New Weapons: G428, L9CZ and VHX D3

The weapons arsenal is expanding this Season with not only new weapons, but also further much community requested improvements to Vault Weapons.

G428

An all new DMR offering exceptional accuracy and substantial penetration power that can help you turn your enemies into prey.

L9CZ

This semi-automatic, highly accurate sidearm is your new best friend in close quarters situations when your primary weapon runs dry.

VHX D3

This unique and futuristic assault rifle features optimized portability and performance, making it a valuable asset for close and medium-range combat. Portable. Powerful. And pulverizing to any enemy that comes out of the shadows.

New Gadgets: Ammo & Medical Pouches

Ammo & Medical Pouches - Support your squad by throwing them pouches that will let them replenish their ammo or health. A valuable lifeline when you find death creeping on you and your team.

New Vehicle: YUV-2 “Pondhawk”

A dynamic two-person transport featuring flight capabilities, letting you and a buddy quickly provide support and rush objectives.

New Battle Pass

Season 6: Dark Creations will include an all new Battle Pass with over 100 tiers of rewards. As always, our gameplay-affecting items – weapons, vehicles, gadgets – are earnable without purchasing the Premium version of the Battle Pass.

We're also introducing the Battle Pass Ultimate Pack, a new option for the Battle Pass that will allow you faster progress through tier skips while also granting you exclusive skins.

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