FragPunk March 18 Patch Notes: Increased overall movement speed, major Shard Card & weapon changes

FragPunk has dropped patch note updates that brings some much-needed alterations and enhancements on March 18, 2025. This extends well past the typical small hotfixes we've been seeing since launch. This update adds a number of pretty substantial balance changes to guns and movement speed changes, providing a new experience to the player and solving a number of critical gameplay areas. Let's jump into the complete patch notes to find out just what's been implemented, adjusted, and balanced in this substantial update!

FragPunk Balance Adjustments March 18

Weapons

 

• The damage of the Bad Moon-S has been increased to 48 within 0-15 meters and to 45 beyond 15 meters.

• The number of incendiary grenades for the Burner is now 1 instead of 2.

• Optimized the explosion sound effects of the Burner, increasing the volume of explosions and burning effects.

Lancers

• The detection range of Jaguar's skill "I CAN SEE FOR MILES" has been adjusted from 10 meters to 25 meters.

• The maximum blinding range of Corona's Hothead is now 30 meters instead of 15 meters.

• Optimized the placement area for Nitro's skill The Wall.

General

• Increased overall movement speed.

• Optimized the audio effects of footsteps.

• Disabled the option "Hide your name from other players" for better investigation of cheating behaviors.

Shard Cards

• Reduced the head magnification multiplier of the shard card "Big Heads."

• Increased the required shard points for Death's Embrace from 3 to 4. 

• Increased the required shard points for Itchy Triggers from 4 to 5. 

• Increased the required shard points for Eagle Eyes from 2 to 3. 

• Reduced the required shard points for Painful Motivation from 4 to 2. 

• Reduced the health of the Infernal Hounds from 130 to 50.

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Outbreak Mode

• Lancer Spider is temporarily unavailable in Outbreak mode.

Finally below are the bug fixes from the Match 18 patch notes in FragPunk

• Fixed an issue where certain characters had abnormal banner animations. 

• Fixed an issue where Spider's skill Spirited Away had animation and model display problems. 

• Fixed an issue where players could move outside the map boundaries in certain areas. 

• Fixed an issue where the shard card ‘Return to Sender’ failed to correctly interrupt the defusing process. 

• Fixed an issue where certain recurring challenges could not refresh normally. 

• Fixed an issue where some players could not complete club challenges.

It’s only a matter of time before we see how these changes affect players, and what other adjustments might be coming in future updates.