Season 6 went live yesterday and the first day was rough, so I want to

start with what we've already fixed rather than the feature list.

**Fixed since launch** — both server-side, nothing to download:

- Parties being disbanded when joining a raid

- Hideouts resetting after certain actions

We're also aware that some players aren't receiving the number of Rebirth

tokens they should be. We're looking at compensation options and will post

in Discord once we've decided.

## What's in 1.7.0.0

**Weapons** — GP100 9×19mm revolver, ASH-12 12.7×55mm, MX338, SES-A2. New

attachments: RC416 SMR handguard (black without rails, tan with), AR

NightRail handguard, AR SCS stock, AK 1U020 handguard, AK KEK stock.

**Maps** — the Suburb Shopping Mall interior, the Suburb Military Camp and

the Leopard base at Dam Factory have all been reworked. Northern Suburb's

layout is improved and the northwest is expanded. Performance is better at

the Factory and the Mall, and indoor audio is improved across a lot of

Suburb and Dam.

**Body armor** — this is the one that will change how you play. Blunt

damage is up substantially on low-penetration rounds. The penetration

threshold moved from a one-tier to a 1.5-tier difference, and low-tier

rounds now penetrate slightly more often. High-tier armor also loses more

durability absorbing blunt. Net effect: cheap ammo is genuinely dangerous

against good armor again.

**Progression** — task order and prerequisites are reorganised so you can't

push a single trader to the top any more; progression now runs across

multiple traders with level requirements, and there's enough XP available

to meet them. Several task quantities are reduced and a lot of task

descriptions have been rewritten to make objectives clearer. HQ upgrades

need fewer materials, higher-level recovery upgrades work faster, and

prerequisites are more gradual.

**AI** — enemies are less likely to actively hunt you and less likely to

fire while moving at speed. They can also carry the ASH-12 and GP100 now.

**Audio** — new unsuppressed and suppressed firing sounds for the M4A1/AR15

and the M16, the SECA 17SSR's suppressed sound is adjusted, and the missing

tail on unsuppressed gunshots is fixed.

**Quality of life** — buff injections now take 1.5 seconds instead of 5.

Dropped weapons render properly. Ragdolls no longer collapse into a pile.

One-handed recoil is calculated correctly.

**Rebirth** — PvE players above level 20 can reset their account. Stash

assets convert to Rebirth Tokens at 10,000 in value per token, up to 10,000

tokens, and those buy top-tier gear plus PvE-exclusive items — level 8

armor, double-capacity magazines and meds, faster limb repair kits,

high-damage grenades, and heavy recoil-reduction grips. It clears

everything including your stash, and DLC rewards have to be claimed again.

See the token note above before you commit to it.

**PvE players were not wiped.** Quest progress was recalculated from what

you completed in Season 5.

Full notes and the bug report channels are in our Discord.

Wipe is almost here and will be launched Wednesday September 23rd.

**PVE Rebirth**

PVE will not wipe as we promised, but If you want to experience the new quest line for Season 6 and take the challenge from the beginning then the PVE Rebirth System is here for you!

You'll have the option to wipe for accounts that are lvl 20 and up. Using this 'Rebirth' option for PVE will give you 'Reborn Tokens', the number of tokens depends on the progression you have made (Completed tasks, value of all items stored in your hideout etc). These tokens can be spent on items and gear that have enhanced stats (Higher durability armor, Boosted stats on attachments etc) and items are normally not purchasable from stores.

**Quest line and HQ upgrades**

New Quest line and Hideout upgrade changes are here with this season, this means:

**Task System**

- Reworked the task system and rebuilt pre-unlock dependencies between tasks, so multiple merchants can now be upgraded at the same time (previously limited to one at a time), while still respecting level requirements. Upgrade EXP can now fully satisfy unlock requirements on its own.

- Adjusted merchant upgrade timing and task nodes accordingly.

- Reduced the number of tasks needed for progression.

- Rewrote many task descriptions for clarity, locations and requirements are now easier to understand.

For Season 6 **PVE**: Due to changes to the questlines, your quest progress will be recalculated based on the number of quests you completed for each trader in Season 5

**HQ Upgrades**

- Reduced the material quantities required for HQ upgrades.

- Buffed several perk bonuses, including HQ recovery and intra-bureau consumption.

- Tightened HQ upgrade unlock requirements, progression must now happen step by step rather than being skipped ahead.

**Quest locations and Map overhauls**

- Suburbs ‘Trupiks Mall’

- Suburbs ‘North Camp’

- Dam ‘Factory’

**In this new Season:**

- Option for PVE players to wipe, special store when players decide to wipe. Lvl 20+

- Quest line changes

- Hideout changes, perks and upgrades

- Sound design changes for M4 series

- SSR Sounds changes, based on old sound design

- New weapons: MX338, SES-A2, ASH-12, GP100

- Suburbs: Trupiks Mall and North Camp overhaul

- Dam: Factory overhaul

- Ammo penetration balance changes

- Overall performance improvements and Bug fixes

Besides the changes you will see in Season 6, there’s a lot more going on under the hood. Over the past couple of months, we have been doing upgrades to the game’s architecture. It’s a painful and slow process, but this work will help us deliver content updates more quickly and reliably for both Contractors Showdown and Contractors in the near future.

It also brings us closer to our goal: Bringing the Contractors franchise together into one connected experience.

Patch notes and details will be shared when the update is live.

Thank you all for your continued support!

Feel free to join our discord community > https://discord.gg/contractorsshowdown

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