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Rainbow Six Siege Update 2.21 Rolls Out With New Emerald Plains Map, Operator Balancing

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Ubisoft has announced the Rainbow Six Siege update 2.21 patch notes, which comes packing a new map in the shape of Emerald Plains and a range of Operator changes.

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NEW MAP

EMERALD PLAINS

  • Added Emerald Plains to Ranked, Unranked, Quick Match, Team Deathmatch, Newcomer and Lone Wolf PVE map playlists.
  • A blog post with more details about Emerald Plains will be coming soon and can be found here.

OPERATOR BALANCING

BANDIT

  • Bandit can now attach multiple batteries to the same surface or device.

BLACKBEARD

  • Added Claymore (removed Breaching Charges).

GRIDLOCK

  • Gridlock now has 4 Trax canisters (from 3).

NOMAD + ORYX

  • Recovery time from knock-back effects is now 1.25s (from 2s).
  • Operators will now remain prone after recovering from a knock-back effect.

WARDEN

  • Increased duration and cooldown of Glance Smart Glasses to 20s each (from 10s).

YING

  • Reduced duration of the Candelas flash to 1.4s (from 2.8s).
  • Increased the number of Candelas to 4 (from 3).

GADGET BALANCING

CLAYMORE

  • Increased the number of Claymores to 2 (from 1).

TWEAKS AND IMPROVEMENTS

PLAYER COMFORT

FoV

  • Added Field of View slider on console (PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series S/X).
  • Please note, setting the field of view above 60 may result in lower frame rate and some graphical issues.

GAME HEALTH

Map Rotations

  • Removed Outback from the Newcomer playlist.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

FIXED – Various Team Deathmatch issues.

FIXED – Players are not getting points for destroying drones during “Prep Phase”.

FIXED – Operators are receiving damage after being pushed through a destroyed wall by Nomad or Oryx.

FIXED – Operators affected by Capitão’s Asphyxiation Bolt still take damage after the fire disappears and Capitão exits the game.

FIXED – Montagne will retain his Ballistic shield equipped if Oryx pushes him while retracting the Shield.

FIXED – Defenders can see Jackal footprints in support mode after reconnecting.

LEVEL DESIGN

FIXED – Various LOD issues on Emerald Plains map.

FIXED – Various LOD issues on multiple maps.

OPERATORS

FIXED – Various Azami Kiba Barrier issues.

FIXED – Deployable gadgets get destroyed when Kapkan deploys his EDD in their proximity.

FIXED – Tachanka can kill the hostage when the Hostage Death setting is turned off.

FIXED – Various operator VFX issues.

USER EXPERIENCE

FIXED – Various Localization issues.

FIXED – Various Customization issues.

FIXED – Various UI issues.

FIXED – Various Shop issues.

FIXED – Various Audio and SFX issues.

FIXED – Various Battle Pass issues.

FIXED – Missing blood particles when taking damage.

FIXED – Various key binding issues.

FIXED – Multiple playlist and matchmaking issues

[Source – Ubisoft]