Free Fire OB28 Update (8 June): Official Patch Notes & Maintenance Break Time Revealed

Free Fire’s (FF) OB28 update is scheduled to release on June 8, 2021. This new update will bring many new changes to the game, such as a new character, new pet, new mechanisms, and much more. This post will share the official patch notes of the OB28 update coming this Tuesday.

Free Fire June 8 (OB28 Update) Maintenance Break Time:

Similar to the previous OB update, before the release of the OB28 update, the servers will also be taken down to smoothening the process of adding new features to the game mechanism. On June 8, 2021, the maintenance break for the OB28 patch update shall be from 09:00 AM IST to 04:30 PM IST. During this period, players will not be able to log in and play the game.

Why Is Free Fire Not Opening Today on June 8, 2021?

On June 8, 2021, every player must be thinking that why is Free Fire not opening today? So let us tell you that developers have to take down the game’s servers to add new features. So on June 8, 2021, developers have taken down the servers between 09:00 AM IST to 04:30 PM IST to introduce new features of the OB28 update.

Free Fire 8 June Update Patch Notes:

1. Clash Squad

Rank Season 7

• Season starts 09/06 17:00 SGT

“Clash Squad Season 7 is here! Rank up to Gold III or above to receive the Clash Squad exclusive item – The Golden M1014” 

Also being added a new rank “Grandmaster” on the Clash Squad. Players must challenge themselves to be among the top 1000 Master players to earn the Challenging Badge! In addition, the new ranked season is available from June 9, 2021, to August 5, 2021.

New rank: the top 1000 master players will now be promoted to “Grandmaster”.

• Grandmaster I: 1st to 100th players
• Grandmaster II: 101st to 300th best players
• Grandmaster III: 301st to 1000th best players

2. Vending Machine

• Loot and purchase limit adjustment.

“We’re adding more items to the vending machine so that it has enough items to meet battle needs. We’re also adding personal purchase limits on some of the consumables and more valuable items to prevent players from accumulating utilities at the end of the game. “

• Added armor repair kit to the vending machine.
• Increased purchase limit for some items.
• Optimized the “loot” in the ground so that it doesn’t overlap the vending machine.

3. Return Area

• Difficulty adjustment.

“Reviving teammates through the return areas isn’t as challenging as expected. We’re increasing the difficulty of capturing the return areas to ensure that every revive in Battle Royale comes at a cost.”

4. Ranked Point Adjustment

• Adjust the sum of points.

“Since we introduced the revive system in ranked mode, we’ve realized that the difficulty of getting rank points has become significantly more difficult because opponents now have opportunities to return to the battlefield. highly ranked to ensure that the overall difficulty of moving up ranks is a little less than before.”

• In short, it increased the total sum of points in the rank.

5. Training Island

• Updated maps and mini-games, new features available.

“We are adding more features to Training Island in this update based on player feedback. First, we are increasing the capacity of Training Island so that players can meet with more players. We are also adding some social features, including Emojis, leaderboards, and a lap timer on the race track. Participate and check it out!”

• Increased the capacity of the Training Camps of 20-> 25;
• Added Airship in the social zone, enter the airship through the portal near the front;
• Added bumper cars on the race track;
• Added a lap timer on the race track;
• Added a Combat Zone Kill Score Table.

6. Pet Rumble Mode

• Game features update: matchmaking, new mini-game, and new skill available.

“The early access of the Pets Spree was very well received by players in the last update. We’re making this mode available to all players via matchmaking right after the update so everyone can queue up and have fun! Plus, we’ve added 4 mini-games for the games! scientists complete, tell us which one is your favorite!”

• Matchmaking available from June 9, 2021. With this, the game is no longer a custom room, to become a common game mode, just like Clash Squad.
• 4 new mini-games were added to the scientists’ tasks.
• New skill “Trap” available for bucks.

7. Weapon and Balance

I. New Grenade – Ice Grenade

• Available in Battle Royale & Clash Squad!

“Introducing the Ice Grenade, a utility grenade that will explode and leave an aura that deals damage over time after it explodes. The Ice Grenade will be a good tool to force enemies out of hiding.”

Initially, check out the stats and how the new Free Fire Ice Grenade works:

• Explosive Damage: 100
• Explosion radius: 5 meters
• Radius of frozen ice: 5 meters
• Duration of ice aura: 10 seconds

Freeze Players within the burst aura will reduce 10% movement speed, 20% fire speed, and take 5-10 damage per second, based on the duration within the aura.

Watch out! Ice Grenade will affect allies!

II. New Weapon – Mini UZI

• Available in Battle Royale & Clash Squad!

“Introducing a new secondary weapon – Mini UZI. The Mini UZI is the first secondary weapon with Pistol ammo. With its high rate of fire and accuracy, the Mini UZI can be extremely economical in close combat.”

• Damage: 17
• Shot rate: 0.055
• Cartridge: 18
• Attachments: none

III. M1917

• Adjust in attributes!

“The M1917 underperformed due to its inconsistent midrange damage. We’re giving the M1917 minimal damage a slight buff to ensure it performs closer to other weapons at a similar price.”

• Minimum damage: 36-> 45
• Effective range: +25%

IV. KORD

• Adjust in attributes!

“We’re giving KORD a small advantage because it was performing significantly worse than other weapons in the segment. We’re also giving KORD’s machine gun mode a little more rate of fire to ensure it’s more viable in mid-to-medium combat, short-range against SMGs.”

• Accuracy: 28%
• Fire rate in machine-gun mode: + 25%
• Damage multiplier to the Gloo wall, oil barrel, and vehicles: +100%-> 120%

V. M60

• Adjust in attributes!

“The M60 didn’t perform as expected after we introduced Machine Gun mode in the previous update. We’re giving the weapon a higher rate of fire in Machine Gun mode to make fire suppression more viable.”

• Damage in machine-gun mode: +5
• Damage multiplier to Gloo wall, oil barrel, and vehicles: + 60%

VI. KAR98K

• Adjust in attributes!

“The Kar98k is not commonly used at this time because its damage output isn’t enough compared to all ranged ARS. We’re giving the Kar98k a little buff in this update to make this sniper rifle more viable over long ranges.”

• Damage to arms and legs: +256
• Damage to the body: -10%
• Armor Penetration: 0%-> + 40%

VII. Utilities and additional grenade slot

• New settings available!

“We found that it can be a bit difficult to switch between different types of grenades as we now have many different types of utilities in the game. We are giving players the option to add other grenade slots in the HUD so that players can switch and use different types of grenades faster.”

• New “Two Grenade Slots” setting now available in the settings menu.

8. In-game voice commands

• Fast messaging optimization!

“We’ve received great feedback after adding the quick message in the last update. However, we’ve received feedback that the sound isn’t really recognizable. We’re adding narrations to the quick commands in this update to make communications more direct and understandable.”

• In-Game voice commands now available.

9. Characters and Pets

I. New Character: D-BEE

• Available soon! Learn more about the D-BEE character by clicking here.

“Introducing D-BEE, a street dancer and musician. With the ‘Bullet Beats’ skill. D-BEE becomes more and more focused with greater precision and gets extra movement speed. Try it out and give us your opinion! “

Bullet Beats – When shooting while moving, movement speed increases by 5/7/9/11/13/15%, accuracy increases by 10/13/17/22/28/35%.

II. New Pet – Dr. Beanie

• Available soon

“Has anyone called a doctor?”

• When in the crouched position, movement speed increased by 30/40/60%.

Get to know more about Dr. Beanie pet by clicking here.

III. Paloma

• Ammo Type Adjustment!

“Paloma is now the true queen of arms. You asked, and we did.”

• Handling Weapons: Now works with ALL ammo types except 40mm ammo.
• 30/60/90/120/150/180-> 45/60/75/90/105/120 will not take up space in the backpack.

IV. Evelyn

• Sweep radius adjustment.

“Evelyn’s skill didn’t provide enough information to make her a skill worth taking into battle. In this update, we’re giving the Tracking Steps radius a big impact so it can be more consistent in locating surrounding enemies.”

• Scan radius: 30/35/40/40/45/50m -> 50/55/60/65/70/75m
• Skill Duration: 5/5.5/6/6.5/79-> 5/5.5/6/6.5/7/7.5s
• Skill usage time: 50s 75/72/69/66/63/60s
• Enemy positions are shared with teammates at the level 4 -> 1

V. Laura

• Precision Multiplier Adjustment.

“The Sharp Shooter skill didn’t provide enough accuracy to make a significant difference in gameplay. We’ll be giving this skill a little buff so some weapons can be extremely accurate with the right accessories and skill combinations.”

• Sharp Shooter – Accuracy increases by 10/14/18/22/26/30 -> 13/10/17/22/28/35 when the crosshair is open.

10. Optimization & Bug Fixes

• The backpack can now be displayed in the lobby via settings.
• Optimized in-game item ping feature.
• Optimization of the mode selection menu display.
• Optimized animation display for Katana.
• Optimized the background for the character page.
• The level requirement will no longer be necessary when awakening a character.
• Adjusted stat display in Battle Royale and ranked Clash Squad Interface.
• Optimized buttons displayed on game HUD.
• Players can now turn on/off the vending machine and return area points on the minimap.
• Removed bug where Clash Squad Rank when shield exceeded 100.
• Players can now choose which rank to display in the Ranked Interface.

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