The Finals developer Embark Studios has released a new patch update for its popular first-person shooter, bringing the title to version 5.12.0 with a plethora of adjustments, balance changes, bug fixes, and more. Season 6 of The Finals is due to launch later this month, with a whole host of new content expected for players to jump into. While official details on the new season are scarce, there is a brand-new update to download right now.

Information surrounding Season 6 might be limited right now, but those looking to take their skills to the next level will be pleased to know that Embark Studios recently made a major announcement surrounding The Finals‘ entry into the world of esports. Later this year, The Finals players will have the chance to put their skills to the test and take part in open qualifiers for the 2025 Major, a new tournament with a massive prize pool of $100,000. The event will take place in Q4 2025 and will even feature an in-person LAN event. Embark also revealed plenty of new gameplay changes coming with Season 6 to prepare the title for “high-level competition.”

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So, there’s definitely plenty to look forward to with Season 6 and a new Major tournament on the horizon, but for those living in the here and now, Embark Studios has just deployed a brand-new update for The Finals. The patch is available to download right now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam, bringing the game to version 5.12.0 with plenty of changes. According to the official patch notes, which can be found further down this article, the latest update includes balance changes for the Model 1887 and Recurve Bow, as well as plenty of new bug fixes and improvements.

Patch 5.12.0 not only increases the Recurve Bow’s damage per shot from 120 to 124 when at max draw, but also includes a slight buff to the Model 1887, making it a great contender for a player’s medium build in The Finals. While the weapon was previously considered an underperformer, Embark Studios is attempting to rectify that as the latest update increases the damage from 11 to 12 per pellet. The studio has also decreased the duration of the lever-action animation from 0.85s to 0.8s, effectively increasing the weapon’s fire rate from 70RPM to 75RPM. Embark says it had weakened the weapon too much with past updates, so these new changes “should nudge it back to a better place.”

Aside from a new store rotation, today’s update does not contain any major new content. However, Embark Studios did recently begin teasing The Finals‘ Season 6 update. Although it’s unlikely to appear in the upcoming season, the developers also recently revealed that they would love to create a medieval-style map for the game, something fans have been requesting for quite some time now.

The Finals Update 5.12.0 Patch Notes for March 6

Balance Changes

Weapons

Model 1887

• Increased damage from 11 to 12 per pellet
• Decreased the duration of the lever-action animation from 0.85s to 0.8s, effectively increasing the weapon’s fire rate from 70RPM to 75RPM Dev Note: Having now had time to analyse the Model’s performance on live, following our last round of balance changes, we feel we’ve maybe weakened the weapon a little too much. These changes should nudge it back to a better place.

Recurve Bow

• Increased damage per shot, when the bow is at max draw, from 120 to 124. The base damage per shot remains at 60 damage

Content and Bug Fixes

Animation

• Fixed an issue where the Spear’s secondary animation wouldn’t play if activated right after using up all the charges of the previously equipped item
• Fixed an issue where the impact animation would continuously play after blocking a shot with the Riot Shield

Cosmetics

Victory Shade Set

• Now loops and overwrites colors continuously instead of stopping after 10 eliminations
• Fixed an issue where team colors wouldn’t update when changing colorblindness settings or toggling Use Enemy Color

Concrete Smoke Model 1887 Skin

• Fixed an issue where the left hand would remain static in mid-air when playing the Prairie Twirl Deploy Animation

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue that could cause objects to have collision and be invisible if they were destroyed and dematerialized during the same frame
• Fixed a bug where the wrong item would be equipped after getting glitched and the item would be unusable
• Fixed an issue where attempting to use a Weapon or Gadget immediately after swapping could activate the previously equipped item instead
• Fixed an issue where swapping to your Specialization would immediately switch back to your Weapon
• Fixed issue where ADS would stop working

Maps

Kyoto

• Small Kyoto destruction tweak to enhance server performance
• Lowered bamboo stump heights when broken to help with traversal
• Fixed an issue where vaults could continuously fall through floor due to the inability to find a solid surface to rest on

Bernal

• Updated the thickness of cinder block walls for smoother traversal

Fortune Stadium

• Adjusted collision on beams in the Mall to prevent players from getting stuck in wedge-shaped collisions

Practice Range

• Fixed an issue where the trophies were incorrectly labeled
• Fixed an issue where all bots could incorrectly appear as friendlies or enemies

Skyway Stadium

• Fixed an issue where players could walk on invisible collision underneath the ground in the Hotels area

Las Vegas

• Slightly adjusted the jump pad and a player spawn between Glamora and Eastwood casinos for improved flow

Performance & Stability

• Fixed a rare crash in the animation system
• Added support for AMD Anti-Lag 2
• Improved performance for players experiencing issues due to large friend lists

Rendering

• Enhanced high and epic-quality reflections in game intro sequences
• Fixed an issue where an unintended post-process effect could sometimes appear on player cards

Settings

• Added a “No AA” resolution scaling option that completely disables anti-aliasing and temporal resolution scaling
• Fixed an issue where certain video options, including 120Hz mode, would reset to default on Xbox after restarting the game
• Fixed an issue where certain input devices or buttons could cause duplicated inputs, preventing players from equipping their specialization by triggering the swap function twice

Security and Anti-cheat

Store

• In addition to this week’s store rotation, we’ve added a .50 Akimbo skin, Monochrome Edge, to the customization menu

UI

• Fixed a rare issue where squad members would sometimes not appear in the bottom-left widget and scoreboard during a match

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Released

December 8, 2023

ESRB

T For Teen Due To Violence

Developer(s)

Embark Studios

Publisher(s)

Embark Studios