
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Black Ops 7 Update Notes (22nd May 2026)
The May 22 update for Black Ops 7 is a targeted bug fix pass, but a handful of Ranked Play and Zombies changes are worth knowing about.
Today's Black Ops 7 Season 03 update is a small one, but it clears up a few annoying issues. The most visible fix is a UI bug where toggling weapon fire mode wasn't reflecting on screen, which is the sort of thing that quietly erodes trust in your loadout mid-match. Not a meta-shaking patch, but a clean-up job that needed doing.
On the Ranked Play side, several MPC-25 attachments have been added to the restrictions list, including the K&S Compensator, K&S Brake-2B, Flowguard Foregrip, Recoil Sync Unit, and 5.56x30mm FMJ. If you were running any of those in competitive, your build needs a rework before you queue. The Black Hat Field Upgrade also gets a fix for a bug that left players stuck holding an undeployable Sentry Turret after stealing an enemy's, which was a pretty punishing glitch in a mode where every second counts.
Zombies players chasing completionist titles get some relief too: the Aether Ruler title unlock was broken, and Endgame's Act II Step 8 challenge tracking was misfiring. Small fixes on paper, but if you've been grinding those objectives and seeing no progress, this patch is the one you've been waiting for.
Full patch notes below.
Full Patch Notes
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 03 Patch Notes
May 22, 2026
Season 03 Reloaded Updates
Welcome to Season 03 Reloaded
Season 03 Updates
Welcome to Season 03
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