Battlefield 6 hotfix 1.3.2.1 tackles some Season 3 mid-season bugs, but plenty remain

Battlefield Studios pushed hotfix 1.3.2.1 on Wednesday morning for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S — the first client-side patch in response to the wave of bugs that arrived with the Season 3 mid-season update on June 9.

Patch 1.3.2.0 landed with an unusually long list of problems. The most persistent was a deployment screen bug where the cursor flies around uncontrollably, making it nearly impossible to pick a spawn point. Custom Search for Cairo Bazaar Breakthrough also broke the UI entirely. Strikepoint got hit with a logic bug that flipped round results — players were winning rounds they should have lost and vice versa. Some players couldn't exit matches at all, getting stuck on the BF6 logo or dropped into a black void with no way out except restarting the game. Installing or uninstalling content packages like the campaign or high-res textures through the in-game menu — rather than the platform's front-end — could also break the game outright. The PP-19, the new SMG introduced in this patch, had its own unlock issue: completing the Bonus Path didn't actually award the weapon. Battlefield Studios fixed that one the following day.

Season 3 launched about a month ago to strong community reception, and the game's momentum had been building steadily. The Cairo Bazaar map remake — a rework of the classic Grand Bazaar — was well-received on its own merits. But 1.3.2.0 brought more bugs than any recent Battlefield patch, putting a dent in that goodwill.

Hotfix 1.3.2.1 addresses some of the outstanding issues, including the black void problem, but several bugs are still under investigation. Battlefield Studios has acknowledged the remaining problems publicly and says fixes are in progress.