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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Patch 40.2: what changed

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Patch 40.2 was published on Mar 10, 2026 and includes 15 fixes.

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TL;DRUpdate 40.2 celebrates the 9th anniversary of PUBG and reworks parts of Vikendi, including its Crowbar doors and Secret Room and Cabinet spawns. It also brings an Aston Martin collaboration. The patch has bug fixes but no weapon balance numbers.

Who this matters to

Vikendi players

Item spawns across the map are rebalanced and new items can appear in Secret Rooms.

Event players

The anniversary event and its pass are the main content.

All 15 changes

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Fixed an issue where Smoke Grenade's smoke color would change abruptly depending on the character's position.
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Fixed an issue where Smoke Grenade's smoke color would change abruptly depending on the character's position.
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Fixed an issue where watching an AI group emote on the starting island would not end properly, causing the emote BGM to continue playing after the AI stopped.
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Fixed an issue where watching an AI group emote on the starting island would not end properly, causing the emote BGM to continue playing after the AI stopped.
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Fixed an issue where placing an Emergency Pickup in terrain gaps would place it below the surface and fail to call the plane.
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Fixed an issue where placing an Emergency Pickup in terrain gaps would place it below the surface and fail to call the plane.
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Fixed an issue where playing your own emote while 'Join / Watch Group Emote' with another player's emote would result in both emote BGMs playing simultaneously.
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Fixed an issue where playing your own emote while 'Join / Watch Group Emote' with another player's emote would result in both emote BGMs playing simultaneously.
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Fixed an issue where the Folded Shield skin was not applied when obtained via 'Load Gear Set' in the Training mode.
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Fixed an issue where the Folded Shield skin was not applied when obtained via 'Load Gear Set' in the Training mode.
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Fixed an issue where the "Eject" interaction would not appear if the Recall flight path was located in a non-playable area when returning to a match via Blue Chip registration.
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Fixed an issue where the "Eject" interaction would not appear if the Recall flight path was located in a non-playable area when returning to a match via Blue Chip registration.
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Fixed an issue where prone players were momentarily displayed as floating in midair.
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(PC) Fixed an issue where prone players were momentarily displayed as floating in midair.
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Fixed collision, texture, performance, and some other general Vikendi issues.
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Fixed collision, texture, performance, and some other general Vikendi issues.
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Fixed an issue where the mini-map in the Boatyard area of Erangel in Team Deathmatch mode was incorrectly displayed as the Erangel: Subzero mini-map.
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Fixed an issue where the mini-map in the Boatyard area of Erangel in Team Deathmatch mode was incorrectly displayed as the Erangel: Subzero mini-map.
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Fixed an issue where changes made in 'Settings – Key Bindings – Vehicle' were not reflected in the Key Guide.
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(PC) Fixed an issue where changes made in 'Settings – Key Bindings – Vehicle' were not reflected in the Key Guide.
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Fixed an issue where the back of the character's head became transparent when wearing the Aston Martin Jacket with the Snowbound Mask.
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Fixed an issue where the back of the character's head became transparent when wearing the Aston Martin Jacket with the Snowbound Mask.
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Fixed an issue where the male character's ankle became transparent when wearing XingHun's Tiger Starfire Cargo Pants with Snow Angel Boots.
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Fixed an issue where the male character's ankle became transparent when wearing XingHun's Tiger Starfire Cargo Pants with Snow Angel Boots.
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Fixed an issue where the character's thigh became partially transparent when wearing Ailee's Leggings with certain pants.
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Fixed an issue where the character's thigh became partially transparent when wearing Ailee's Leggings with certain pants.
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Fixed a clipping issue on the character's waist when wearing the Toon Raider Denim Pants with certain tops.
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Fixed a clipping issue on the character's waist when wearing the Toon Raider Denim Pants with certain tops.
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Fixed an issue where the penguin ornament was displayed abnormally when riding in the passenger seat of a Buggy while wearing the Tiny Terror Backpack (Level 3).
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Fixed an issue where the penguin ornament was displayed abnormally when riding in the passenger seat of a Buggy while wearing the Tiny Terror Backpack (Level 3).

Structured by Nerf Radar from the official notes (parsed automatically and reviewed by hand). Official pubg.com patch notes as fetched. Only bug fixes, new weapons and items, and balance numbers under Gunplay, Rebalance, Vehicles and spawn headings are tracked, and lines whose stat or weapon the parser cannot read cleanly are held. Modes, events, cosmetics, ranked rewards, UI features and designer commentary are not tracked. PUBG shows only a date on each post, so the time of day is set to noon UTC. Source: pubg.com · fetched Oct 18, 2026.