Sledgehammer Games, the developer of Call of Duty Vanguard, seems to be pumping out server-side patches at a faster pace lately. Many of these patches are for fixing bugs in the game while others are for better overall balance. The dev teams seem to want to fix as many bugs as they can prior to shipping out season 2.

The patch this week has addressed issues that the COD community has been having with the Fortified Perk – especially as it pertains to the Glide Bomb, Fire Bombing Run, and Goliath. The full patch notes from Sledgehammer games for the January 27^th patch is as follows:

Call of Duty Vanguard Jan 20 Patch Notes — Credit: Sledgehammer Games

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Spawns

Paradise
- Spawns on Paradise have been adjusted to address community feedback after players reported spawning next to enemies
- Fixed a spawn resulting in the player falling through the map
- Added invisible collision to prevent spawn trapping from one spawn point to the other

Perks

Fortified
- Fortified now adds protection from the following:
  - Mortar Barrage
  - Warmachine
  - Flamenaut Explosions
  - Ammo Box Explosions
  - Gammon Bombs
  - Satchel Charges
- Fortified no longer protects against the following:
  - Goliath
  - Glide Bomb
  - Bombing Run
  - Fire Bombing Run
  - Direct hits from launchers

Cold Blooded

Cold Blooded now protects against dogs

Weapons & Attachments

“Summoning” reticle from Graveyard Shift Bundle is now visible in Gunsmith
Fixed a bug resulting in Subsonic unintentionally disabling Ghost
Fixed a bug where weapon icons were showing up on interactable objects such as doors

UI/VFX

Fixed a bug that resulted in the player appearing to be on fire, even when no damage was being dealt

Private Match

Addressed an issue in Control where the match would end prematurely when a Codcaster disconnected

ZOMBIES

Artifacts

Addressed an issue where Ring of Fire Tier II dealt inconsistent damage
An upgraded Ring of Fire’s damage no longer causes damage to zombies above or below the placed ring
Ring of Fire’s damage now scales correctly per level
Addressed an issue where kills with Artifacts would charge the Artifact for an additional use