Vikendi is the New Map for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds & It's Out on December 19th

PUBG Corp. was on hand at last nights Game Awards 2018 with the news that a big new snow-themed map is coming to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Called Vikendi, the map was shown off in a brand new trailer and with the devs saying that snowmobiles and at least one new gun will be coming along with the map. Vikendi is already on the PUBG test server to try out ahead of its December 19th release on PC. The console versions of Vikendi will be out in January 2019.

Vikendi Gameplay

• Vikendi is 6x6km map. The gameplay of Vikendi is quicker than Erangel and Miramar, but offers an arguably more tactical experience than Sanhok.
• Players can throw snowballs while waiting to board the plane in the starting area
• Vehicles will be more slippery in snow or icy areas. Acceleration on icy terrain is slow and you lose more general vehicle control as you speed up
• Footprints and vehicle tracks will appear as players travel in snow-covered areas. Keep an eye out! These are great to help identify if enemies have passed by recently
  • Keep in mind that footprints and tracks in the snow don’t stay around forever!

Redzone

• The center of the red zone spawns outside of the play zone
• The smaller the play zone, the smaller the red zone

Bluezone

• The first circle of every game is much smaller than other maps, but subsequent circle sizes change less drastically.
  • This facilitates more blue zone variety and unique experiences.
• Similar strategies work on Vikendi to Erangel and Miramar for the first three phases, but the zones will close slower starting from phase 4, similar to Sahnok. We feel this leads to a good balance between strategy and gunplay throughout the duration of each match

Item Spawn Balance

• The overall item spawn rate is at a midpoint between our maps - offering a unique place between the spawn rates of Erangel and Sahnok.
  • Level 3 helmets spawn in the world
  • Level 3 vests spawn more often than other maps
  • Smoke Grenades are spawned at a higher rate compared to other throwables

Learn more on the PlayeerUnknown's Battlegrounds Steam page.