Battlefield 6 Season 4 Update Adds Naval Warfare With New Combat Features
Battlefield 6 Season 4 Update Adds: Pacific Front is dropping on July 21, 2026, along with Update 1.4.1.0 and one of the biggest content drops the game has seen so far. The update includes the new Tsuru Reef battlefield, expanded naval warfare, a Dynamic Wave System, new vehicles, new weapons, Battle Pass content, and dozens of gameplay improvements in movement, vehicles, AI, audio, and performance.
Battlefield 6 Naval Combat Details Revealed in New Content
Season 4 is all about big fights on land, sea, and air and Tsuru Reef is Battlefield 6’s biggest map. The map takes place on a Pacific archipelago with beaches, cliffs, vegetation, luxury bungalows and open water, and has infantry, aircraft, ground vehicles and naval units all participating in the same fight.
The update adds the RCB-90 Patrol Boat for coastal assaults, and the 7.7m NSW RHIB, a fast transport boat with a mounted machine gun. Players also get three new weapons – the BROD 3 carbine, EF88 assault rifle and VSSM designated marksman rifle – as well as new attachments such as the Extended Barrel and the 1P86 LPVO optic.
Season 4 Battle Pass launches with fresh soldier skins, weapon packages, XP boosts, themed rewards, and perks for Battlefield Pro players like instant unlocks, tier skips, and a 5% XP boost.
Patch Improves Gameplay, AI and Ranked Battle Royale Modes
Update 1.4.1.0 includes extensive gameplay improvements as well as new content. Animations for swimming, underwater visibility and water physics have been improved, players can now drag and revive teammates in water and spawn on squadmates swimming in deep water. Bullets now lose damage in water, and a few gadgets have been adjusted for water combat.
The update also enhances helicopter rotor wash, tank aiming, vehicle-water interactions, UI elements, Portal tools, audio and adds support for NVIDIA DLSS Multi Frame Generation. AI-controlled soldiers can swim to shore, boat around, answer pickup requests, and not take every boat at the start of a match.
REDSEC also gets a new season of Ranked Battle Royale, including competitive leaderboards, permanent rewards, improved RP calculations, and balance changes to vehicles and the M320A1 grenade launcher. Battlefield 6 Update 1.4.1.0 is now live on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Season 4 content will become available later on July 21.
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Season 4 also brings major improvements to water gameplay including better swimming physics, improved underwater visibility, updated resurfacing mechanics, and support for Drag and Revive in water. Players can now spawn on squadmates swimming in deep water. Bullets take damage penalties underwater and aim assist against swimming enemies has been refined.
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Battlefield 6 Update 1.4.1.0 introduces major improvements to AI for naval warfare. Bots can now use boats, swim to shore, drive through shallow water in land vehicles, respond to pickup requests, abandon boats that get stranded, and wait before leaving so teammates have time to get on board during matches.
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This update adds support for PC graphics including NVIDIA DLSS Multi Frame Generation x5, x6, Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, and VSync support when using DLSS Frame Generation. It also fixes Windows right mouse button input issues and adds multiple graphics, settings and interface improvements.
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Portal mode is getting a major boost with an upgraded Spatial Editor, new scripting functions like GetPlayer and GetVehicle, Season 3 content support, Andy’s Custom Breakthrough Template, SDK publishing improvements and a tonne of fixes for mutators, M-COM logic, vehicles and custom mode creation.
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Balance changes were made to the M320A1 Grenade Launcher in Season 4, decreasing its blast damage, blast radius, cluster submunitions, and the number of high-explosive rounds available. The update also improves submunition spread for more consistent performance, and removes the bonus HE ammo previously granted by the Level 2 Grenadier Trait.
