Crimson Heist | Seasons | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Ubisoft (EU / UK)

Kicking off 2021, all of us at Rainbow Six Siege are proud to introduce Crimson Heist, a season that gears players up for the ultimate heist. A new Operator is joining our ranks: the sly and tactical Flores, an Attacker from Argentina who knows how to mix precision and passion. He brings the RCE-Ratero Charge, a remote-controlled charge, with a timed explosion, that sneaks up on unsuspecting opponents.

Crimson Heist is an action-packed season that offers reworks of the Border map and Newcomer playlist, a new secondary weapon, and plenty of other exciting additions. Are you ready to get the stash? Keep reading the Patch Notes below to discover more.

Dr. Harishva “Harry” Pandey

Director of Rainbow

“Flores’ habit of dissecting things to understand them can be both a blessing on the field and a curse in personal matters…”

If I didn’t know any better, I’d assume a person as appealing and calculating as Santiago “Flores” Lucero is a manipulative egomaniac. However, session after session, it became clearer that he’s just an oddball prodigy with good intentions who cares about people deeply but is never sure how to trust others.

Flores

Attacker

Primary Weapon

AR33

ASSAULT RIFLE

SR-25

Marksman Rifle

Secondary Weapon

GSh-18

HANDGUN

Gadget

Stun Grenade

Claymore

HEALTH
Speed

Dr. Elena “Mira” Álvarez

Director of R&D

“With a remote-controlled function, this device counter-balances the usual unpredictability of explosives in a, dare I say, refreshing way.”

UNIQUE ABILITIES AND PLAYSTYLE

Controlled from a distance, the RCE-Ratero Charge races forward while Flores scouts a location for its blast. Once triggered, the Ratero clutches onto the nearest surface, armors itself with a bulletproof shell, and explodes, destroying nearby gadgets and soft surfaces.

MAP REWORK: BORDER

Border has been reworked to improve gameplay and quality of life for players. 1F Bathroom has been expanded to provide a soft wall between the 1F Bathroom and 1F Tellers bomb sites, and the 2F Archives bomb site has been extended into 2F Offices. In addition, an interior balcony now connects East Stairs to 2F Break Room, and a new exterior staircase leads to the 2F Archives balcony. 

SECONDARY WEAPON: GONNE-6

A new secondary weapon has been added to some Attacker loadouts. The GONNE-6 is Rainbow Six Siege's modern-day hand cannon; it shoots an explosive projectile that detonates on impact with surfaces and destroys bulletproof gadgets. The name is derived from "handgonne," a term that has been used throughout history to refer to hand cannons.

MATCH REPLAY BETA (PC)

Players now have access to the Watch section (via the Home section), which is where they can find replays saved by the new Match Replay system. This feature allows players to re-watch matches and explore gameplay from all angles and perspectives. The system's control bar allows players to rewind, fast-forward, and select their preferred round and replay speed.

NEWCOMER PLAYLIST REWORK

The Newcomer map pool will now feature 5 iconic Siege maps (Coastline, Oregon, Kafe, Bank, and Clubhouse), plus 1 seasonal map that will rotate each season. Each Newcomer map will have two possible bomb site locations, and each match will feature the same bomb sites for all rounds, allowing players to familiarize themselves with the most-played sites.

DRONE PROXIMITY AWARENESS

If an Attacker drones near one of Mozzie's Pests, the icon that appears will now pulse at different speeds, depending on the drone's proximity to the Pest. Attackers can use this new information to rethink their droning strategy when a Pest is near.

DISABLED STATE FOR ELECTRONIC GADGETS

When disabled by Mute, the necessary disabled state feedback will now appear for Attacker drones, Breach Charges, Hibana's X-Kairos, Fuze's Cluster Charge, Thermite's Exothermic Charge, and Zero's ARGUS Cameras. In addition, Claymores and Nomad's Airjabs can now be disabled and will have the proper feedback.

OPERATORS PRICE DECREASE

For Crimson Heist, Lion and Finka’s prices go down to 10,000 Renown or 240 R6 Credits. Mozzie and Gridlock’s prices decrease to 15,000 Renown or 360 R6 Credits. Finally, Oryx and Iana’s prices drop to 20,000 Renown or 480 R6 Credits.

SEASONAL WEAPON SKINS

Experience two extremes with the seasonal weapon skin Thermal Antipode! With its striking design, you’ll be sure to stand out on the battlefield and turn players cold.

The weapon skin will be released at season launch and is available for purchase throughout the season. Once unlocked, it remains in your inventory indefinitely and can be applied to all available weapons.

OPERATOR BALANCING

These changes will be broken down and explained in detail in our upcoming Designer's Notes blog post.

MUTE

  • Mute's Signal Disruptor now disables Claymores and Nomad's Airjabs.
  • Added the disabled state feedback that was missing for other affected gadgets.

MOZZIE

  • The warning icon that appears when a drone is near one of Mozzie's Pests now pulses at different speeds depending on the drone's proximity to the Pest.

BLACKBEARD

  • Reduced Blackbeard's Rifle-Shield HP to 20 from the previous 50.
  • Reduced Mk17 damage to 40 from the previous 49.

DOKKAEBI

  • Stun Grenades are replacing Frag Grenades.
  • The GONNE-6 is replacing the C75.

FINKA

  • Stun Grenades are replacing Frag Grenades.
  • The GONNE-6 is replacing the GSH-18.

TWITCH

  • Smoke Grenades are replacing Stun Grenades.

KALI

  • Increased CSRX 300 damage to 127 from the previous 122.

G36 RECOIL

  • Improved recoil for G36.

TWEAKS & IMPROVEMENTS

GAME BALANCING

Defuser Priority

  • In Bomb, if the defuser has not been picked up at the end of the Planning Phase, it will be given to the Operator who prioritizes the defuser the most.
  • For example, Thermite will always get the defuser over Ash, given the nature of their respective roles.

Gadget Forced Unlean

  • On PC, activating or equipping a gadget will no longer force the player to unlean.

Situations

  • Progression locks have been added to Situation difficulties.
  • Difficulty of Normal and Hard Situations is reduced.
  • Weapon Attachments have been adjusted.
  • Other quality of life changes have been made.

PLAYER COMFORT

Playlist Parameters Coherence

We've made a few changes to the Newcomer and Quick Match playlists so they have similar parameters to Unranked and Ranked, making the differences between those playlists less confusing.

  • Reduced the round duration in the Newcomer and Quick Match playlists to 3 minutes.
  • Increased the defuse and planting time to 7 seconds from the previous 5 seconds for both Newcomer and Quick Match.
  • Added the defuser carrier selection for the Newcomer and Quick Match playlists to empower players who want to carry it and reduce friction among teammates.

Kapkan

  • Improved the deployment of Kapkan's Entry Denial Device to make it feel more intuitive and reliable.

ADS Toggle

  • Players using the ADS Toggle option are no longer forced back into ADS after performing an action that puts them out of it.

Spectator Mode

  • Added multi-kills feedback and team loadout.

Achievements/Trophies

  • The titles of some achievements/trophies have been updated.

GAME HEALTH

New Voice Actors

  • The Operator voices for IQ and Capitão have been re-recorded with new voice actors. We are thankful to the voice actors who we worked with up to this point, but with the expansion of our Universe content, we needed to make adjustments to our talent lineup to ensure consistency.

Red Ping Support

  • Support for Lion, Alibi, and Jackal's red ping in Replay/EOR.

Challenges

  • Removed the Ubisoft Connect Daily Challenges. The tile with the trophy icon in the Home section now redirects to Battle Pass Challenges.

Map Rotations

  • Removed map rotations for Quick Match.
  • To increase variety, all maps (except Bartlett U.) are now included in the Quick Match map pool.

MAIN BUG FIXES

To learn more about the mischievous bugs we've fixed for this season, follow the link below.

BUG FIXES LIST

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