CS2 Danger Zone
Patch Notes & News
Every Danger Zone update, newest first. Real-time announcements land in the Discord.
September 30, 2026
Latest28 changesNew gameplay
- Missile strikes: launch, visible flight path and impact effects, tied into zone pacing.
- Redeploy: respawn during the early zones, late joiners deploy into a running match, limited lives with a last-life warning.
- Spectator mode via !spectate.
- Voice rules: squad and proximity based, depending on game phase; short "last words" window at the death spot.
- Underwater screen effect.
- Squad ping visible only to your squad; teammates get an outline glow.
- Fists: every player now carries fists with custom punches and disarm.
Zone & gas
- Zone rebuilt on a hex grid; gas now grows directionally and creeps toward players instead of closing a whole cell at once.
- Warning sound when gas approaches.
- New layered gas visuals and improved closing of the final zone.
- Zone shown as discs on the radar and tablet map.
- Siren plays shortly before a zone closes; next-zone voice announcements restored.
- Grass disappears inside gassed zones (Blacksite, Sirocco, Junglety).
Squads & lobby
- Squad invite system with a warmup lobby panel and notifications.
- Squads require a minimum player count on the server; below it everyone plays solo, and existing squads dissolve.
- Warmup: dead players see the real scoreboard under TAB, living players get the squad panel on the tablet. Warmup tablet can't be dropped.
HUD & screens
- Old perk-pick, position-pick, tablet map and tablet store screens removed and replaced with new spawn select, store, map, lobby and player HUD screens.
- Spawn selection rewritten.
- Tablet map supports rotating and static radar.
Items & equipment
- Bump mines / breach charges: stick to moving objects, have armed and defuse states; placing over the limit detonates your oldest mine.
- Drone: reworked cargo delivery and cargo loss, tracks tablets, frees itself when stuck, reacts to power outages.
- Rope / rappel: more accurate movement and collisions, tuned fall speed, air steering.
- Parachute and exojump pickup simplified.
Balance
- Zone payouts and item spawn distribution adjusted; wave payouts round cleanly.
- Minimum match duration reduced; more cells per wave.
Fixes
- Fixed client crashes at match end.
- Fixed a crash from callbacks firing on destroyed objects.
- Fixed plugin-spawned props missing their model on spawn.
March 29, 2026
15 changes- Fixed aspect ratio command
- Added Teams mode
- Fixed Exojump/Armor model display on the player model
- Fixed damage dealt to the Repulsor by the zone
- You now keep your perk after respawning from the Repulsor
- Zone-based item spawning: you spawn with items depending on the zone number
- After 1st zone: spawn with knife
- After 2nd zone: spawn with Glock
- After 3rd zone: spawn with Deagle
- Added impact sound for cases
- Added Repulsor to supply drops
- Added !solo command for solo play
- Auto-teaming after game start
- Note: Pick position HUD currently doesn't show special icons for teams - coming in the next update
- Note: Tablet doesn't yet display your teammates - coming in the next update
March 18, 2026
6 changes- Repulsor now takes damage
- Balanced item spawns across the map
- Items can now spawn without crates
- Fixed glow around items
- You now keep 50% of your money after death (increased from 20%)
- All servers now support SDR connections instead of VPN (primarily benefits players from Russia) - simply enable the "Use Steam VPN" option in the tablet
March 15, 2026
5 changes- Added the ability to pick up Bump Mines from the ground
- Initial steps to balance red box spawning (max one big red box per hex)
- Fixed picking up ammo from the ground for pistols
- Molotov distance: will now detonate after 60s or after touching the ground
- Fixed an issue where ESC would block the buy menu
March 7, 2026
6 changesDanger Zone Beta is now live!
- Drones V1 are now active.
- Zone speed adjustments
- Fixed Bump Mine turning into Decoy bug
- Stability Improvements
Maps
- Various improvements to Junglety
- Various improvements to Blacksite
February 24, 2026
7 changes- Tablet Map now shows hexagons that represent where players currently are
- Added High-Res Upgrade for purchase to the shop, buying it displays smaller triangles instead of larger hexagons
- Added showing high value weapon crates to the tablet map if you are within a certain range of them
- Updated the look of the Buy Menu to better match CSGO
- Added Repulsor to the buy menu
- Various Volume adjustments and improved sound effects
- Removed third person effect when using the tablet
February 10, 2026
5 changes- Added our report system (!report playername reason)
- Added rote gating to vote kicking (VIPs + Server Boosters are allowed to vote kick)
- Stability Improvements
- Fixed additional Bump Mine Collision (not attaching to certain objects as expected)
- Fixed bug that causes player aspect ratios to not save correctly (!aspect x/y to set yours)
February 7, 2026
10 changes- Added Sirocco
- Added map voting at the end of every match
- Added a sound while flying (may need to increase volume later)
- Changed to 1 parachute insead of 3 on buy menu airdrops
- Further improvements to bump mines (to further mirror CSGO)
- Added missing congratulations announcer sound at end of match
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug related to instant shooting after swapping tablet
- Fixed infinity bumpmine sound if you died during bump mine activation
- Fixed screen effect during spectator after you died to zone
- Fixed an instance where grenades disappear
February 5, 2026
7 changes- (Game Balance) Adjusted bumpmine stacking to be less powerful
- (Game Balance) Adjusted Parachute Momentum
- Added aspect 5/4 to !aspect command
- Now server should save your !aspect choice (need to test to verify, any bugs please report)
- B (Buy Menu) should open store
- Added esc to close tablet
- Fixed Bump Mine Name Tag when purchased from shop
February 4, 2026
6 changes- Improvements for bumpmines and exojump
- Now you need to hold E or your Use Key for 0.5s to pick up Parachutes/Exojumps
- Added additional hints
- Money bags now give less money ($300)
- (Game Balance) Parachute now reduces speed instead of a "clap"
- (Game Balance) Exojump now gives 90% fall damage reduction instead of 100% reduction
February 3, 2026
9 changes- Added Tab for Tablet Usage
- Added Buy Menu Bind for Tablet Shop Usage
- Added notifications for picking up Danger Zone items (Exojump, Parachute, Armor, etc)
- Added various tips for important Danger Zone related information. (Will be adding a command to disable these as well as saving your !aspect selection in an upcoming update.)
- Proximity Chat is ignored during Lobby Phase and Post Game Phase
- Spread out spawns in Lobby Phase.
- Breach Charge now displays its correct name
- Re-Added Vote Kicking (When we move to Beta, this will likely be disabled again in favor of a more consistent moderation approach.)
- Added an OCE Server located in Singapore
February 2, 2026
7 changes- Added color coated cases for items purchased from the buy menu.
- Re-enabled votekicking and increased ratio to 60% required (up from 50% which is the default)
- Enabled Proximity Chat (will be disabled when in lobby & post game in the future)
- Stability Improvements
- Fixed Respawn after Warmup
- Fixed spawn stacking when a player forgets to select a position
- Added additional NA East Servers (5 of NA East and 5 EU for now)
February 1, 2026
3 changes- Fixed Repulsor breaking your entire loadout (rare bug)
- Fixed enemies counter in hud (reminder to do !aspect 3/4 or 16/9 or 16/10 depending on your resolution if you do not have our custom hud showing in game)
- Fixed a bug that allowed you keep money after warmup
January 31, 2026
7 changes- MORE LOOT, EVERYWHERE!
- You can now carry two primary weapons
- Removed certain weapons from the pool entirely like the auto sniper
- You can now stack bump mines for more momentum
- Zero Fall Damage while you have an exojump equiped
- Being able to hit red boxes with your fists at the cost of reduced damage
- Added repulsor (respawn beacon) to Solos (may be moved to airdrops only later, but for now enjoy spawning with it!)
