Black Ops 7 patch notes
A March 20 Black Ops 7 patch changed how ranked seasons end and pushed tweaks to maps, zombies, and private matches — a quality‑of‑life and competitive tweak for the upcoming season closeouts (insider-gaming.com). Developers say the changes are aimed at smoothing season transitions and addressing competitive fairness before playoffs (insider-gaming.com).
Skill Ratings will be frozen on March 25 at 9:00 p.m. PT (midnight ET), Top 250 rewards will be processed the following day, and Treyarch has scheduled a short Ranked Series event to run March 26–31 as the season’s final competitive sprint. (insider-gaming.com)) Competitive ladders for the Ranked Series are split by rank tier — Gold through Iridescent ladders will each contain 50 players, while the season’s Top 250 are placed on a single ladder to compete for the highest rewards. (insider-gaming.com)) Match scoring in the ladders is explicit: a win awards 31 Ladder Points and a loss costs 21 Ladder Points in Multiplayer, while Warzone’s Ranked Series scoring uses eliminations, deaths and placement bonuses (eg. +1 per elim, −2 per death, first place +10) to calculate ladder movement. (dotesports.com)) Treyarch says Ranked Play will be taken offline after the Ranked Series completes and remain unavailable until Season 3 goes live, while the broader Season 2 content on all platforms is scheduled to be disabled with the season swap on April 2 at 9:00 AM PT. (insider-gaming.com)) The March patch also lists concrete in-game fixes beyond Ranked formatting: a Paradox Junction Zombies exploit was closed, Double Tap Perk‑a‑Cola behavior was corrected to restore two rounds after two quick kills under specified conditions, Kagan’s “Rive” operator glow was toned down, and the Cliff Town escape exploit plus several UI tweaks (Emotes & Sprays wheel, skin unlock requirements) were addressed. (gamerant.com))
