PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Patch 42.3: what changed
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Patch 42.3 was published on Aug 11, 2026 and includes 5 buffs, 1 addition and 34 fixes.
Who this matters to
LMG players
Shorter reload times and lower horizontal recoil make LMGs more usable, and the RPD is a new option.
Players fighting from vehicles
Firing from a moving vehicle is less accurate, so on-foot players have an easier time against them.
All 40 changes
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Reload times for all LMGs have been reduced by approximately 25%.
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Maximum horizontal recoil has been reduced by 30%.
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New Weapons - RPD
Coupe RB
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The following vehicles have had their Health increased from 900 → 1,000:
Dacia
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The following vehicles have had their Health increased from 900 → 1,000:
Mirado
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The following vehicles have had their Health increased from 900 → 1,000:
Gameplay
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Fixed an issue where the lens effect was not properly applied in Special Zones when using the low magnification of the Hybrid Scope and the low and high magnifications of the P90 Scope.
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Fixed an issue where the edges of the P90 Scope appeared black.
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Fixed an issue where the client crashed when rapidly entering terrain destroyed by the Red Zone while in a vehicle.
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Fixed an issue where the BRDM could not be equipped in custom lobbies.
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Fixed an issue where players could interact with a Blue Chip Tower while carrying a knocked-out player.
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Fixed an issue where PAN would occasionally die during the revive stage of the Basic Training.
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Fixed an issue where players could not jump or vault onto certain motorcycles.
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Fixed an issue where Basic Training replays remained under Career > Replays.
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Fixed an issue where a Radio Message was displayed when placing a location marker over 1 km away, despite the marker not being displayed.
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Fixed an issue where the effect appeared incorrectly when destroying a tire.
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(PC) Fixed an issue where GPU memory usage continuously increased and caused the client to crash when remaining minimized in DX12 mode.
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Fixed collision, texture, performance, and some other general Sanhok issues.
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Fixed an issue where player locations were displayed incorrectly on the minimap in Replays and Death Cams on Vikendi and Miramar.
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Fixed an issue where parts of the minimap edges appeared cut off on Sanhok and Karakin.
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Fixed an issue where the starting positions of the plane and Blue Zone were incorrect on Sanhok and Karakin.
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Fixed an issue where the scroll position of the item list in Special Crafting was incorrectly retained under certain circumstances.
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Fixed an issue where the mute icon was displayed on the Voice Chat widget when muted.
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Fixed an issue where the mission list would occasionally not be displayed during Basic Training.
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Fixed an issue where the character was not displayed in the lobby after restarting the lobby while a skin was selected under Customize > Weapons > Consumables.
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Fixed an issue where the map function UI buttons were not displayed on the World Map in Training Mode, Clan Training, and Custom Match Training Mode.
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Fixed an issue where item names and images briefly appeared incorrectly when the item list was updated in the Vicinity tab of the Inventory.
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(PC) Fixed an issue where the music did not play when setting the lobby music to 'Erangel - Subzero'.
Items & Skins
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Fixed an issue where the hit range of certain melee weapon skins slightly differed.
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Fixed an issue where the ankle became transparent when wearing Handmade Hero Boots with certain pants.
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Fixed a clipping issue when the female character wearing the Digital Darling Jacket with a backpack or vest.
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Fixed a clipping issue when wearing the Mini-skirt (Purple).
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Fixed an issue where the ankle became transparent when the male character wearing First Jump Pants with PCS3 Suntouched Boots.
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Fixed an issue where the ankle became transparent when wearing 17shou's Beast Sweatpants with Neon Warlord Boots.
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Fixed an issue where the bottoms of the shoes appeared incorrectly in the Fashion Exhibit Lobby.
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Fixed an issue where the belt was not displayed when wearing the Handmade Hero Skirt with certain crop tops.
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Fixed a clipping issue when the male character wearing the Groom-to-Be Pants with certain shoes.
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Fixed an issue where the melee weapon swing sound effect did not play for Hanna in the Contender Room.
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Fixed an issue where the acquisition method tooltip for EVE items appeared blank in the Contender Room lobby.
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Fixed an issue where EVE's dive trail effect remained on the ground under certain circumstances.
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.