PUBG: Battlegrounds 18.2 update is now live, and you’ll find a breakdown of all the changes and new content heading to the battle royale shooter in the latest PUBG: Battlegrounds update patch notes on this page.
In the PUBG: Battlegrounds 18.2 update, players will get the chance to jump into the highly anticipated addition with the new Deston map. The nearly destroyed world offers flooded downtowns with tall skyscrapers, solitary coastlines, and beautiful mountains. In addition, with the PUBG: Battlegrounds 18.2 Update, players will also be introduced to new Map Utility Items, which will bring unique in-game situational interactions. You can find the full patch notes for the PUBG: Battlegrounds 18.2 update below.
PUBG 18.2 Update Patch Notes
Live Maintenance Schedule
- PC
- PDT: July 12, 5:30 PM – July 13, 1:30 AM
- CEST: July 13, 2:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- KST: July 13, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Console
- PDT: July 20, 9 PM – July 21, 4 AM
- CEST: July 21, 6 AM – 1 PM
- KST: July 21, 1 PM – 8 PM
Map Service
- Test Server: Normal Match
- Miramar / Karakin
- AS region: Squad – TPP
- NA region: Squad – FPP
- Miramar / Karakin
- Test Server: Featured Map
- Deston
- Live Server: Normal Match
- Erangel / Miramar / Taego / Sanhok /
Paramo→ Karakin
- Erangel / Miramar / Taego / Sanhok /
- Live Server: Featured Map
- Deston
- Live Server: Ranked
- Erangel / Miramar / Taego
- Please keep in mind the features and updates shown below may be modified or even possibly removed due to reasons such as bugs, in-game issues, and/or community feedback. We will update our players if such changes occur.
New Map: Deston
Deston (formerly known as “Codename: Kiki”) presents you diverse biomes – a flooded downtown embracing one of the tallest skyscrapers you’ve ever seen in PUBG: Battlegrounds, a murky swamp, clear coasts, beautiful mountains, and unexplored islands.
- Deston is…
- Available as a Featured Map.
- Playable in TPP and FPP.
- Solo, Duos, Squads (including 1-Man Squads) available.
- Available modes may vary per region.
- Available in Custom Matches and Sandbox Mode (PC).
- Bots may spawn in Deston.
- Available vehicles: Pickup, Dacia, Coupe RB, Motorbike, Dirt Bike, Roadster Motorcycle, Quad, Buggy, Boat, Aquarail, and Airboat.
- The Flare Gun, DP-28, S12K, G36C, QBU, QBZ, K2, Sticky Bomb, Mortar, Lynx AMR, 15x Scope will NOT spawn in Deston.
- A few points of interest
- Ripton: The overflow of water has submerged this sprawling city… players will have to wade through shallow water to pass through while always having to be on the alert for enemies lurking at the highest levels of surrounding skyscrapers. Here, you can travel seamlessly from the ground to the sky and back down again with tall buildings! But to prevent snipers from being too advantageous, we’ve made sure not every building here is accessible. (ex. Some buildings may only have a single floor accessible.)
- Swamp: Take a stroll through some trees, grass, and houses built along the water and enjoy a suspenseful cat and mouse with your enemies knee-deep in water!
- Concert: An outdoor concert festival grounds where you’re free to strut some dance moves before heading out to fight for that Chicken Dinner.
- Hydroelectric Dam: This area was once used as one of the green methods for generating power in Deston.
- Assembly: Observe how wind turbines are made here at the Assembly!
- Arena: Don’t let all the entertainment at this paintball arena distract you too much from your main purpose.
Map Utility Items
PUBG: Battlegrounds has a variety of special items that can be looted and consumed to create interesting gameplay.
Therefore, to prompt even more diversified plays, we are introducing players who enter Deston to the new Map Utility Items. These items will trigger special in-game interactions depending on the situation, which are expected to provide a new core game flow without breaking player immersion.
- Map Utility Items
- Will be placed in your Inventory once you enter Deston.
- Will not be consumed on use and may be used as many times as you wish.
- Will not affect Inventory weight.
- Can NOT be dropped from the Inventory.
- Can NOT be swapped with other Inventory items.
- Will occupy their own Inventory slot.
- Available Map Utility Items
- Ascender Attachment
- Allows you to use any Ascender as often as they want.
- Utility Parachute
- Looks exactly like the Emergency Parachute.
- Can be activated by pressing the Interaction key after jumping off a certain height.
- Ascender Attachment
PUBG: Battlegrounds is out now, free-to-play, on PC, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One & Series X|S. Visit the official Steam page for more details on the latest PUBG: Battlegrounds 18.2 update patch.