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v5.6.0

Update 5.6.0

Released

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

Update 5.6.0 brings balance changes to the Quick Cash, Cashout and Private Matches and 12 bug fixes.

Added2

  • Clubs: Added a Club page quick navigation icon to the top of the menu

  • VOIP: Added the ability to toggle the automatic gain control of the microphone volume to the settings

Changed16

  • Quick Cash: Increased the max duration of respawn waves from 25s to 30s

  • Quick Cash: Increased the respawn wave timer increment for players who die just before a new wave spawns from 5s to 7s

  • Quick Cash: Changed spawn behavior to prevent teams from spawning very close to enemy players

  • Cashout: Changed spawn behavior to prevent teams from respawning very far away or far too close to objectives

  • Cashout: Changed spawn behavior to prevent teams from spawning very close to enemy players

  • Animation: Very small reduction to visual recoil on Lewis and M60 Red Dots sights to keep the experience in line with other weapons

  • Animation: Clothing will now move correctly when spinning your character in the menus

  • Party-up requests from Clubs will now show in the event log and prompt a new marker when available

  • Gameplay: Jump Pads will now correctly launch players traveling on ziplines rather than detach and drop them

  • Gifting: Players can now gift full outfits to friends

  • Private Matches: We now allow spectators to reconnect even when a private match is paused

  • Private Matches: Retain camera rotation when moving from a player to the freefly cam in spectator mode

  • Winch Claw: Will now cancel and block vaulting for opponents on successful hits

  • Sword: Using the secondary attack at the same time as activating a Jump Pad will now launch players to the intended (longer) distance

  • Security and Anti-Cheat: Refined and updated several detection rules to improve the precision and effectiveness of identifying players exploiting unfair advantages

  • Security and Anti-Cheat: Updated anti-cheat methods

Fixed12

  • Animation: Fixed a rare issue where eliminated players would get frozen and not turn into coins

  • Fixed an issue where inspecting and throwing grenade-type gadgets simultaneously could make character animations look broken

  • Contracts: Fix some occurrences of contract tracking for Goo Barrel and Fire Extinguisher

  • Contracts: Fixed inconsistencies in the "Eliminate 5 opponents from 30 meters or more using gadgets" contract

  • Gameplay: Fixed an issue with Goo being able to launch players and objects in rare cases

  • Gameplay: Fixed various issues when hold interactions would sporadically cancel

  • Performance & Stability: Fixed a rare crash related to the lockbolt

  • Private Matches: Fixed an issue where input was not working when reconnecting as a spectator

  • UI: Fixed an issue with scrollbars not being consistent and overlapping in some situations throughout menus

  • Spear: Fixed an issue where you could start or continue sliding while performing the secondary spin attack

  • Duel Blades: Fixed an issue when swapping back from a deployable like the Jump Pad would cause the Dual Blades to get stuck swinging only once

  • Dagger: Fixed an issue where the backstab wouldn’t re-trigger the charge up after a vault if the input was held down

Embark released Update 5.6.0 on January 22, 2025, during Season 5 (Next Stage).

Notable balance numbers: Quick Cash: Increased the max duration of respawn waves from 25s to 30s. Quick Cash: Increased the respawn wave timer increment for players who die just before a new wave spawns from 5s to 7s. Quick Cash: Changed spawn behavior to prevent teams from spawning very close to enemy players.

Added: Clubs: Added a Club page quick navigation icon to the top of the menu; VOIP: Added the ability to toggle the automatic gain control of the microphone volume to the settings.

The patch also carries 12 bug fixes.