Birds of War

Matchmaking A lobby whose parties can't be split evenly (for example a party of 3 plus 3 solo players) can now start after 30 seconds, with teams at most 2 players apart. Lobbies that can be split evenly still wait for even teams. Bug fixes Fixed the Pumpkin King Crow staying visible while cloaked. The skin and its cape now fade out like every other Crow skin. Lobbies now rebalance their teams whe

- Backend server and matchmaking improvements/fixes.

- Matchmaking bug fixes - Store/Cosmetics fixes - Reduced waiting time in post match lobby till the next match starts

Australian Magpie Territorial Reversal (Q) / Swooping Season (RMB) Territorial Reversal can now be used between successful swoops without cancelling your remaining Swooping Season recasts. You can now begin charging an initial swoop or a recast while Territorial Reversal is active. Holding RMB allows Territorial Reversal to continue. Releasing an accepted swoop interrupts the remaining Q sequence

Changes: Matchmaking improvements for more balanced teams. Wing of The Hill backfill improvements. Wing of The Hill scoring gain decreased slightly. Pigeon primary fire attack 1 damage reduced from 35 > 25 Pigeon primary fire attack 2 damage reduced from 45 > 35 Indicator UI improvements on Owl, Toucan, Magpie Reduced tazer stun duration from 4s to 2.5s Killstreak progress now survives death, allo

- Minor fixes

Fixed an issue where map and mode votes could be discarded as a matchmaking lobby entered its countdown, sometimes causing the wrong option to win Matchmaking improvements Fixed an issue that could cause primary attacks to stop responding after rapid firing during Fruit Vortex and parry interactions, particularly for Owl and Toucan under unstable network conditions. Fixed eggs failing to reset whe

Fixed bat description with Q ability. Fixed avatar mushroom tree collision - Thanks Honer. Improvements to objective zone decals. Wing Of The Hill zone changes on multiple maps. Voice chat improvements. Updated team spawn locations on Suburbs to match housing colours. Fixed a bug with some eggs being un-interactable in their nests on suburbs. - Thanks Monoc Fixed a bug with WOTH areas not rotating

Patch Notes 1.10.3 Gameplay & Balance Toucan Fruit Vortex pull radius: 700 → 560 uu (−20%). Fruit Vortex projectile speed: 2,000 → 1,600 uu/s (−20%). Fruit Vortex cooldown: 18 → 20 seconds (+2 seconds). Targets that complete their pull can no longer be pulled again by the same Fruit Vortex. Reduced Fruit Vortex hit SFX volume. Bat Primary Attack damage: 14 → 16. Blood Harvest cooldown: 3 → 5 secon

New Features New Birds Bat, Toucan, and Magpie are now available from Level 1. Bat — Skirmisher Passive — Ceiling Cling & Echolocation (Interact) Cling to the underside of suitable surfaces. Bat becomes camouflaged after 1.5 seconds and can begin naturally regenerating health after remaining safely clung for 2 seconds. Clinging automatically emits Echolocation, revealing up to four enemies caught

Gameplay & Balance Owl Stalker (RMB) Fixed valid grounded destinations being rejected because the supporting floor counted as an obstruction. Improved unsafe open-air blinks by searching back along the full blink route for the nearest valid destination. Fixed canceled or failed casts inheriting success state or desynchronizing the cooldown. Cooldown now applies only after a confirmed teleport. Eag

Fixed audio occasionally going silent when connecting, disconnecting, or switching output devices during play. Fixed players facing the wrong direction after spawning. Backend server error fixes.

Gameplay & Balance Double XP Weekend Support Support has been added for double XP Weekends, which is now live. The event will end on Sunday, August 16 at 10:00 PM Pacific. Double XP affects account level + bird mastery levels. Universal Abilities Parry (R) Active duration reduced from 1.5s → 1.0s. Visual-effect timing now matches the active parry window. Pigeon Pulse UAV (Q) Can no longer animatio

- Fixed an issue with players being invisible after joining from backfill or loading after other players.

Fixed some null errors causing some hitching/desync. Being hit sfx cooldown upped to 1s from 0s (used to be 4s). Fixed nameplates showing on dead players. Fixed players showing on the minimap when dead. Fixed a gap in arctic mountain by blue team spawn. Fixed owl vfx playing at the teleport destination before teleporting. Dead players can no longer be hit and no longer produce hit feedback. Pressi

Bug Fixes Fixed a bug with hummingbird overdrive state causing desync stuttering for all players in the match. If anyone is experiencing crashes or any other issues, please reach out to support and we'll investigate. Thanks!

Gameplay & Balance Crow Cloak Now immediately breaks existing enemy lock-ons. Cloaked Crows can no longer be acquired by lock-on targeting, splat markers, pings or streak targeting. Bleed Now deals three ticks of 5% damage based on the target's total maximum Health, Armor and Shields. Bleed continues to damage Health directly, bypassing Armor and Shields. Added persistent wound VFX, wound audio, h