The Battlefield 6 the team has rolled back changes to the defibrillator for the support class after players reported recent difficulty resuscitating teammates.
EA and Battlefield Studios have introduced a number of fresh improvements as part of a compact update that is now available to players on PC and consoles. Details of the fix that was published in post on X/Twittercover the fix for those pesky defibrillators, as well as fixes for the fresh time-limited Sabotage game mode and changes to additional challenges.
Players took to social media to complain about defibrillators not working after yesterday’s release of the Battlefield 6 California Resistance update. While in previous versions of the game players used the Support Gadget to slide in and make last-second saves, the changes introduced by update 1.1.2.0 instead, he asked players to operate the tool slowly and precisely if they wanted to revive their friends. This only resulted in confusion as the high demands left teammates with what was perceived as a fresh bug or weird nerf with no explanation.
“At first I thought it was just a senseless reduction in coverage,” one comment he says, “but this too A lot more inconsistent and easy to get bodies into a state where defibrillation doesn’t work at all and they have to be grabbed/dragged.
“I don’t like it overall, but the second part makes me think it wasn’t intentional.”
The Battlefield 6 team didn’t explain what caused the faulty defibrillators to contaminate matches, but it looks like they didn’t like the change either. Today’s patch restores the gadget to its state before yesterday’s update, increasing hitboxes and range.
Meanwhile, in the Sabotage game mode, the AFK kick timer has been increased from 60 to 180 seconds. Bot replenishment in this mode has also been temporarily disabled and will be reintroduced in the future.
Finally, there are challenges that we have benefited from habitual corrections as BF Studios continues to refine its progression system. Today’s update to Battlefield 6 aims for clarity while reducing the requirements for some of the more tough to achieve challenges. You can see the full list of all challenge changes below.
Battlefield 6 Challenges Update November 19, 2025
Here is the full list of changes:
Diagnosis 2: Shoot headshots beyond 150m as a scout.
• Challenge and Description Updated to: Headshot beyond 75m as a Scout.
Recon Expert 3: Get headshot kills from more than 200m away as a scout in a match.
• Challenge and Description Updated to: Get headshot kills beyond 125m in a match as a Scout.
Dead Eye 2: Get headshot kills from over 200m away with sniper rifles
• Challenge and Description Updated to: Get headshot kills beyond 125m with sniper rifles
Engineer 3: Deal damage to laser-designated enemy vehicles using targeting weapons.
• This has been removed.
Rapid Fire 2: Kill beyond 50m with assault rifles
• Challenge and Description Updated to: Get kills beyond 40m with assault rifles
Rapid Fire 3: Deals damage below 15m by firing from the hip using assault rifles.
• Challenge and Description Updated to: Deal ADS damage with assault rifles.
Bullet Storm 1: Suppress enemies with LMGs
• This has been removed.
Bullet Storm 1: Deal fire damage from the hip with LMGs
• Challenge and description Updated to: Deal damage with LMGs
Team Death Match 5: The enemy squad removes the entire squad in one round
• Adjusted to add team to criteria
Rush 4: Destroy an M-COM in Rush mode
• Challenge and Description Updated to: Destroy or disarm an M-COM in Assault
Battle Royal 3: Summon three strike packs in a Battle Royale match.
• Added team members to this criterion
Combat Expert 2: Perform 10 kills in a round
• Challenge and Description Updated to: Perform KOs
Security Expert 3: Destroy a vehicle with a power tool.
• This has been removed.
Battlefield 6 launches on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S on October 10 and is currently in its first season after launch. So far, Season 1 has introduced two fresh maps, the latest of which, Eastwood, arrived yesterday as part of the California Resistance mid-season update. The next content update called Winter Offensive will arrive on December 9.
BF Studios consistently provided updates to address fan feedback within a month of launch. Highlights include fresh (exorbitant) skin packAND fixing this notorious exploit for Sledgehammer dronesand even muted colors of several controversial infantry skins. Plans for further changes were outlined in last week’s community update.
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