Free Fire May 2022 Update: OB34 update notes; see what changes

Garena's Battle Royale update takes place this Wednesday, May 25th at midnight

25 de May de 2022 Ronny Rolim

Free Fire , the most downloaded mobile game in the first quarter of 2022 with 71 million downloads, brings frequent updates to keep the game high and, as usual, the new Free Fire May 2022 update is coming, bringing new characters, pets , weapons, gameplay improvements and other features.

Now, Free Fire Mania , the largest independent Free Fire portal in the world with around 10 million monthly hits, exclusively discloses the notes with all the changes that are coming to Garena's Battle Royale. Also, the Free Fire May 2022 update , with the OB34 version, has the name REDEMPTION: UNI-VOS !

See also: Free Fire 2022 update date

Free Fire May 2022 Update: Know everything that will change

Optimization of the patent and ranked system

New interface, optimized experience, renewed rewards and much more!

“It's time for some little surprises and more recognition for our ranked warriors! We are proud to introduce you to a new ranked system in this update, which includes a new interface, a wider variety of rewards and special items in the Trade Shop, as well as new Daily Challenges and more ways to showcase your achievements.”

Patent Reward Update:

• Epic limited-time weapon skins for Platinum and Diamond ranks;
• Special emotes for Master and Elite ranks of Battle Royale and Contra Squad;
• Special costumes in the Trade Shop with each update;
• Season and rank rewards are now in the same place and
• can be obtained by playing a certain number of matches.

General patent system update:

• New interface;
• New animations when ranking up;
• A brand new coat of arms in frill for the Elite patent;
• More visible patent information in the lobby.

Adjustments in Ranked Battle Royale:

• The Master rank will have 1 to 5 stars to indicate progress in the rank;
• Daily Challenges will have 3 specific challenges for Ranked BR.

Characters

Wolfrah

Reduced difficulty to start the skill. Increased damage when hitting opponents head.

“The 30% damage reduction from headshots from Spotlight opponents was very difficult to initiate as the conditions were too complicated to perform in combat. In this update, we reduced the conditions from 6 to 3 spectators and replaced the damage increase to opponents' limbs with the damage increase when hitting opponents' heads. Remember to prepare a pose for your fans!”

Spotlight Skill:

Each kill will result in a spectator and the amount will not be reduced. Each new spectator will result in: reduced damage on headshots by 2/3/4/6/8/10% (max 20/22/24/26/28/30%) and increased damage on headshots head at 2/3/4/6/8/10% (max. 20/22/24/26/28/30%).

Dimitri

Skill improvement.

“The experience of self-rescuing with the Healing Beat is completely being rescued by companions. In the event of any accidental movement, recovery stops even if health is still dropping. This ends up ruining the plans of many players. After great care, we've decided to upgrade Dimitri's ability to mimic the same experience of being rescued by others."

New Healing Slam skill:

• It is now possible to stand up on its own and move around without losing life.

D-Good

Optimized skill calculation.

“At first, the movement speed provided by the Break Foot depended on the type of weapon used, which ends up having a negative impact on the experience. We've optimized movement speed calculations to ensure that, regardless of the weapon chosen, the skill maintains its effectiveness and competence. After all, we want everyone to be able to bring their own style to the battlefield.”

New skill, Break's Foot :

Movement speed increases by 5/7/9/11/13/15% -> 10/12/14/16/18/20% and accuracy increases by 20/23/27/32/38/45% when shoot on the go.

• Optimization of the progressive increase in movement speed for different types of weapons.

Character Adjustment

Refined active skills to create more skill combinations.

“As you already know, it is only possible to equip 1 active skill at a time, and this has caused some players to choose specific skills as the best, which makes them stop exploring the possibilities of the game. To keep everyone from falling into the same trap, we’ve adjusted active skills to encourage our players to experiment with new combinations and new combat styles.”

Hello

Healing Beat :

Creates a 5 meter aura that increases movement speed by 10/11/12/13/14/15% and restores 5 HP for 5/6/7/8/9/10s. Cooldown increased from 45 seconds to 70/66/62/58/54/50s.

skyler

Breaking Skill:

Launches a fireball in front of him, destroying 5 walls of ice within a range of 50/58/67/77/88/100 meters. Cooldown changed from 60/58/55/51/46/40s to 85/80/75/70/65/60s. Also, when using the skill, it will heal from 4/5/6/7/8/9 health.

Steffie

Ink Shelter Ability:

Creates a 4m area that blocks throwables. Allies in the area will restore 10% armor durability every second. Ammo damage from opponents will be reduced by 10/12/14/16/18/20%. Lasts 10/11/12/13/14/15s. Cooldown: 115/110/105/100/95/90s -> 85/80/75/70/65/60s.

chrono

Tuned Shield Ability :

Creates a resistance field for 800 damage. Cannot attack against external enemies. The effect lasts for 4/4/5/5/6/6 seconds. Cooldown changed from 180/164/150/138/128/120s to 160/150/140/130/120/110s.

kenta

Samurai Protection Ability:

Forms a frontal shield that reduces 50% -> 65% damage from front weapons. Duration changed from 2/3/3.5/4/4.5/5 seconds to 5 seconds and updates when the player fires. Cooldown increased from 210/200/190/180/170/160s to 120/110/100/90/80/70 seconds.

extreme

Radical Damage Ability:

80HP bonus becomes 120 HP temporarily (decreases over time), increases damage from 80/90/100/110/120/130% to 100/120/140/160/180/200% on ice wall, and shield. Duration decreased from 15 to 6 seconds. Recharge: 150/140/130/120/110/100s

Evelyn

Handing over the Gold Skill:

Locate enemies within 50/55/60/65/70/75 meters who are not sitting or lying down. Duration changed from 5/5.5/6/6.5/7/7.5 to 5/6/7/8/9/10 seconds. Cooldown changed from 75/72/69/66/63/60 to 75/70/655/60/55/50 seconds. Enemy location will be shared with teammates.

Wukong

Camouflage Ability:

Transforms into bush and losing Movement Speed ​​decreased from 20% to 5% for 15s. Reload: 200 seconds. When attacked, it will show its original form. His skill's usage time is updated when Wukong kills an enemy.

Misha

Reduced driving speed gain and damage reduction.

“We know that Accelerating has become slightly appealing, as players not only get faster when driving, but also take less damage on hits. To balance the dynamics, we've made the effects on driving speed lighter as well as increasing the viable damage. It’s not enough to be fast to win a Battle Royale”

Accelerating Skill:

Trigger speed increased from 5/6/7/8/11/15/20% to 2/3/4/6/8/10%. While in the vehicle, the character becomes more difficult to aim and takes reduced damage from 5/8/12/17/23/30% to 5/6/8/11/15/20%.

nairi

Increases damage to Gel Walls.

“Gel Walls are one of the important items in the game, so we decided to increase competitiveness by increasing the damage of Gel Walls for Nairi's Steel Gel skill. Now, in addition to having solid defense, this skill also helps increase enemy ice damage. Finally, Skyler has a contender for the title of Ice Breaker King.”

Steel Gel Skill:

Upon activation, Gel of Steel restores 20/22/24/26/28/30% durability every second. Increased rifle damage to Gel Walls from 20/21/22/23/24/25% to 30/31/32/33/34/35%.

Contra Squad Mode

Adjust on the Map

Changed the location of starting points and the layout of hideouts.

“We noticed unbalanced win rates between certain maps during Contra Squad matches, so we made changes to address this issue. We believe the best battle styles come when everyone has an equal chance.”

Bermuda

Nurek Dam: New positions for containers on one side.

Kalahari

Safe Harbor: We've shifted one of the equipment areas horizontally so that both sides need to travel the same distance.

Ruins: removed.

alpine

Freedom: We changed two of the equipment areas so that both sides need to travel the same distance.

Upgrading Helmets and Vests

Upgrade your armor to level 3 in the Contra Squad shop

“Raise your hand if you've already wasted your hard-earned money replacing tier 2 vest with a tier 3. Now you can just upgrade tier 2 vest for just 600 coins, so you can save on buying better weapons!”

• If a level 2 armor is used, the player can upgrade the armor to Lv.3 using the upgrade button
• Helmets can be upgraded to level 3 in Contra Squad

Survival Mode (Battle Royale)

Improved airdrops

Airdrops appear with a prettier image.

“Forget about risking your life for an Airdrop only to find it has already been looted or waiting for an airdrop box to be dropped from above with no idea where it will land. Improved some visuals to prevent issues. ”

• Optimization of Lights on Airdrops: When an Airdrop is being looted, the light will disappear even if there are some items left.
• Airdrop Location Alert: When you are close to a falling Airdrop, a sign will appear to point out where it will land.
• Airdrops with rarer items will have more intense lights.
• Unlooted Airdrops will have flashing lights.
• Adjusted the color of the Vending Machine indicator in the Airdrop on the minimap.
• Removed flashing lights from Monster Trucks.

Rare item visual effects

Rare equipment will have different types of glowing effects.

“We differentiated the glow effects on items by rarity, so you can easily identify them. Look, a fiery red!”

Different rare items will have different light colors:

• Gold : Ultimate Tier 1 Weapons
• Gold+ : Level 2 Ultimate Weapons, Common Airdrop Weapons, Ultimate Chips, Helmets and Vests Lvl. 4 and FF Token Amount (up to 500).
• Red : Ultimate Tier 3 weapons, upgradable Airdrop weapons.

Other Survival Mode Adjustments (Battle Royale)

• Return Area time increase (from 600 to 620 seconds)
• Reduced the cost of Target List Mission and Vending Machine Drones from 600 to 400.

Items Removed from the Vending Machine:

• PLASMA
• FAMES
• M60
• M4A1

New:

• M24
• A P
• M1014
• Sniper ammo (1 cartridge only)

Other improvements in Battle Royale mode:

• Increased the number of Medical Kits by 15%;
• 10% reduction in the number of Gel Walls that can be collected;
• The final versions of VSS and Kar98k will no longer be available to collect from the map;
• Extra Charge is no longer available for pickup across the map and is now available in Airdrops and Airdrop Vending Machines;
• Change of free weapons in the Airdrop Vending Machine to M14 and MP5

Adjustments in the Security Zone (Gas)

• Damage dealt by the first Safe Zone reduction will increase to 3 after exposure for 170 seconds;
• The damage dealt by the second Safe Zone reduction will increase to 6 after exposure for 270 seconds;
• The damage dealt by the third Safe Zone reduction will increase from 4 to 12 after exposure for 360 seconds (graded damage will be slower than before);
• The damage dealt by the fourth Safe Zone reduction will increase from 8 to 24 after exposure for 20 seconds (graded damage will be slower than before);
• Time exposed to poison gas does not update when Safe Zone is reduced once more.

weapons and balance

New weapon: M24

new sniper weapon

“The M24 is a lightweight sighting weapon that has high mobility and a fast rate of fire, allowing you to target your enemies more effectively from a distance.”

• Base damage: 88
• Firing Speed: 0.8
• Cartridge: 15

Weapon Tuning

Improved Weapon Tuning.

“In the last update we introduced some upgradeable weapons, the final versions lost the appeal of other weapons. To restore balance, we tweaked the best weapon buffs and optimized a few other air caps where they lived up to expectations.”

Adjust weapons below:

• Extra Charge : Only available on Airdrops (NERF)
• FAMAS : Effective range -10% (NERF)
• M14 : Damage -3%, Effective Range -4% (NERF)
• M4A1-Z : Fire Speed ​​-3% (NERF)
• Groza : Armor Penetration -8% (NERF)
• SCAR : Armor Penetration +8% ( BUFF )
• AC80 : Fire speed -10% (NERF)
• VSS : Fire Speed ​​-10% (NERF)
• UMP : Minimum damage -15% (NERF)
• KAR98K : Fire speed -10% (NERF)
• Healing Rifle : Reload Speed ​​+8%, Healing +50% ( BUFF )
• M79 ( Grenade Launcher ): Damage -15%, Blast Radius -10% (NERF)

gameplay

Improve the user experience using the bookmarks feature.

“We know how much map markings help us, especially in a game as cooperative as Free Fire. Therefore, we always strive to optimize this function and improve the communication experience. Our focus for this update was to make it more intuitive and visible to everyone."

• Marked locations will be displayed on the minimap.
• Markers can be used even when dropped.
• Greater object/player attachment distance as far away as possible.
• Tap and hold the loot list to pin an item.
• The duration of the marker on an item will last until a teammate presses OK.
• Teammates will be marked with different colors on the minimap and in the team list.
• When a quick message is sent, teammates will be notified by an icon in the team list.

Visual alerts for shots

Specifies the enemy's location when there is a shot on the screen.

“Have you ever panicked when someone is shooting at you, but you can't judge where the enemy is because your phone is on silent? Visual gunshot alerts point you in the right direction so you can enjoy the full game experience even without sound.”

Turn on weapon beep in settings menu, enemy attack direction will be displayed on screen.

Improved game environment against hacks

Tailored to hack victims: No extra points will be deducted for players killed by hackers.

“I think we all agree that the use of cheating in Free Fire is something harmful, selfish and intolerable. While our Anti-Cheating team is constantly working to reduce the presence of cheating players in our game, we know that there are those who manage to escape our security for a few days. To reduce the negative impact of this type of behavior for players who understand what Free Fire’s true style is, there will be no further point reductions when cheaters kill honest players.”

Activated as soon as the system detects that the player has been hacked.

Ranked Battle Royale

• If when the player is eliminated by a hacker and there is a reduction of points, no points will be deducted.
• If when the player is eliminated by a hacker and gets additional points, the calculation will result normally (no reduction or addition of points).

Against Squad Ranked

There is a slight difference when playing Ranked Versus Squad, but users will also not receive a reduction if the team has enemy cheats:

• If the player loses a Ranked match of Contra Squad and there are hackers on the enemy team, no Rank stars and protection points will be deducted.
• If the player wins in a Ranked Match of Contra Squad , even if there are hackers on the enemy team, the calculation will still be the same as usual.

Character Level Up with Gold

Memory Fragments can be purchased for Gold.

“We are always thinking of new ways to improve the Free Fire experience. In this update, we've introduced a new method to get Memory Fragments: gold! Enough of that awkward situation of going back and forth between the store and the character interface to level up.”

When a player has no Universal Fragments, the remaining shards can be purchased with gold or diamonds .

20 Memory Fragments = 250 gold.

What's New in Maps

Map design and editing mode in Free Fire.

Editing maps in the Creation Workshop and editing modes is now available on Free Fire.

"Attention, troop! What used to only run on Free Fire MAX, comes to Free Fire! It is now possible to create your own maps and game mechanics regardless of which version of Free Fire you prefer to use. Do you want to make Contra Squad more tense? Want to create a completely unpredictable Team Deathmatch? The time is now! Go to the Creation Workshop and discover all the possibilities!"

Available May 27th.

Arena

New maps in the Creation Workshop.

“There's multiplayer in their designs, we've found that many creators like to focus on a small central area of ​​the map for melee combat. If you like the concept, we are proud to release a new smaller map. We hope you enjoy this tech-decorated island!”

• When editing, select the original Arena or Island as a map.
• The original island map area is 100 x 100
• Arena map area is 50 x 50

Interactive Item - Zombie Wave

The zombie generator is now available in Crafting Workshop mode.

“We heard that you are fans of Zombie mode, so we added zombies as an element to the Creation Workshop. Better watch out for those deadly creatures!”

Place a revive point on the map.

The item supports the following configuration:

Number of zombies per lot
Interval between episodes
total number of lots
zombie type
Zombie Properties (Health / Defense / Movement Speed ​​/ Enemy Sweep Distance)

Interactive Item - Tower

New interactive items in the Crafting Workshop.

“When the Crafting Workshop was overrun by zombies, you had to find a way to defend your turf. Allow us to introduce our new initiative: Torre da Moco.”

The turret cannot be moved to the defined position.

The item supports the following configuration:

• Blood
• Damage
• Defense
• attack duration
• Enemy Sweep Distance

User Experience for Creators

Improved editing process for uploading and sharing maps.

“In the previous version, loading and managing maps was cumbersome due to the confusing interface, which often led players to perform unintentional actions. We took some of your suggestions and redesigned the entire map design process, moving the design download, upload and sharing functionality. By doing so, we hope to make it easier and more comfortable for you to use these features.”

• Downloading, uploading and sharing moved to Creative Workshop main page
• Merge original edit locations and shared locations in a preview window for shared maps

Other adjustments

Download Center Optimization: Update team and room download resources.

“As we add more map and mode features to our Download Center, we are also constantly looking for ways to improve your download experience. In this update, we're improving downloads when a player is on a team or in a room, so if someone is low on resources, you'll know who they are and can track their download progress.”

optimization

• Improvements in the user experience in the reporting interface;
• Improvements to the option to collect individual guild rewards;
• Improvements to the friend request list;
• Optimized crowded team notification;
• Replay option optimized to support Bomb Squad and FF Gladiators modes;
• Added config button location among customizable HUD items;
• Updated Credibility Watch to include ranked Bomb Squad and FF Gladiators modes;
• Added quick “Thanks” message for when they pick you up;
• Added quick “Thanks” message for when they buy what you ordered from the CS Store;
• Added quick “Thanks” message for when they bookmark an item you've collected;
• Optimized credibility point deduction to differ by patent;
• Extra protection points in Ranked CS when a teammate leaves the game;
• Improved the appearance of in-game likes.

It is worth remembering that the new Free Fire May 2022 update arrives this Wednesday, May 25, at midnight. Therefore, the game servers will be unavailable from 00:01 to 11:00 hours for game maintenance.

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