Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege has been updated to version 2.21 (Y7S1.2) today by Ubisoft. You can get the complete patch notes from here.
This patch adds a new map to the game, Emerald Plains. Other changes include various bug fixes and operator balancing improvements. Details on this update can be seen below, or take a look at the official website.
Rainbow Six Siege Update 2.21 Patch Notes Y7S1.2
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.
