The Overwatch Winter Wonderland event has kicked off - here's the patch notes

News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson News Editor

Published on Dec. 12, 2017

The Winter Wonderland event is live for Overwatch players.

Overwatch players can now take part in the Winter Wonderland event through January 2.

Players will be able to participate in two Mei-themed brawls in Overwatch, and acquire new holiday-themed loot including legendary skins like Casual Hanzo, Rime Sombra, Beachrat Junkrat, Snow Owl Ana, and more.

The cost of last year's Winter Wonderland Legendary skins has also been reduced to 1000 credits, while Epic, Rare, and Common prices have been lowered to 250, 75, and 25 credits, respectively.

Winter Wonderland 2017 Legendary Skins are 3000 credits, while Epic, Rare, and Common Skins are 750, 225, and 75 credits, respectively.

New highlight intros include Snowball fight for Reinhardt, Pharah's is Snowflakes and Windowmaker gives you a good punch and a kick Under the Mistletoe.

The new emotes are Orisa opening a present with a Boston Terrier Puppy, and Zenyatta conjuring a Snowflake.

Below you will find the patch notes for the game and event, including more information on Overwatch player reporting.

Overwatch Winter Wonderland - December 12 Update

New Seasonal Event: Winter Wonderland 2017

From now until January 1, experience the holiday spirit with a brand-new brawl, Mei’s Yeti Hunt, and relive the previous Winter Wonderland’s magical moments by playing Mei’s Snowball Offensive. Players will also be able to unwrap loot boxes to collect last year’s festive fare in addition to 50 new holiday-themed cosmetics, including legendary skins like Snow Owl Ana, Avalanche Bastion, Beachrat Junkrat, Ice Fisherman Roadhog, Rime Sombra, and more.

Player Warning Updates

Several changes have been made to the player report system.

Players being reported will receive an in-game message letting them know that they have been reported, along with a warning concerning continued negative behavior. Ongoing misconduct will result in silence, suspension, or a permanent ban, depending on the severity of the infraction (in severe cases, players may receive their punishment before receiving the initial in-game message).

Players who report someone for poor behavior, resulting in a disciplinary action, will now be notified with an in-game message when the issue has been resolved. We take every report seriously, along with your feedback. Thank you for your patience as we continue to fine tune these systems.

Hero Gallery

General

Players can now clear new item notifications with the “Mark All As Seen” button in the Hero Gallery

Bug Fixes

General

Fixed an issue that caused the arcade card for Limited Duel and Mystery Duel to not list all currently disabled characters
[PC] Fixed an issue that prevented certain sound effects from playing when navigating the Options menu with a controller
Fixed a bug in Elimination mode that caused players to spawn as a random hero at the start of a match instead of the one that was highlighted

A.I.

Fixed a bug that caused Roadhog Bot to get stuck in the spawn room of the Oasis: City Center stage

Heroes

Fixed a visual bug that caused Ana’s Biotic Rifle ammo clip to detach when her Captain Amari skin was equipped
Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Rocket Punch from destroying objects
Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to not always deal damage when an enemy hits a wall
Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to not always stop an enemies' movement when they impact a wall
Fixed an issue that canceled Doomfist’s Seismic Slam when it was unable to reach the targeted location
Fixed an issue that caused Doomfist’s Seismic Slam to trigger instantly when the ability was used to travel up inclines
Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Seismic Slam to create performance drops when repeatedly used with no cooldown
Fixed an issue that caused D.Va’s Micro Missiles to not destroy breakable objects
Added green detail textures on Sparrow Genji's sword scabbard when the golden weapon variant is equipped
Fixed a bug that prevented Hanzo’s Storm Bow reload from canceling if he used a melee attack after using his wall climbing ability
Fixed a bug that prevented Mei’s Cryo-freeze from clearing the healing debuff caused by Ana’s Biotic Grenade
Fixed a bug that caused Mercy’s Caduceus Blaster reload to be canceled if the player pressed the Resurrect keybind without a target to Resurrect
Fixed a bug that showed Mercy’s Guardian Angel targeting UI on allies while it was already in progress on a selected target
Fixed a bug that allowed a Mercy player to cast Resurrect on a player that was in the process of being resurrected by another Mercy
Fixed a bug that allowed Moira’s Biotic Orb to pass through terrain and structures
Fixed an issue that prevented players from using Moira’s Biotic Orb’s regeneration option when primary fire was disabled
Fixed a visual bug with Moira’s Biotic Orb that sometimes caused Biotic Grasp’s healing spray effects to display instead
Fixed a bug that prevented Moira’s Coalescence from healing an allied Reaper in Wraith Form
Fixed a bug that prevented Moira from being able to pass through enemies when using Fade
Fixed a bug that caused Moira’s eyelashes to detach from her face during her Heroic highlight intro
Fixed an issue that prevented Moira’s self-healing statistic from being collected and displayed in the game stats
Fixed a visual issue with Moira’s Oasis skin that caused her knees to clip through her knee guards while crouched
Fixed a bug that caused Reaper’s shotguns to animate incorrectly when discarded on the ground
Fixed a bug that sometimes allowed Reinhardt’s Charge to escape abilities that should prevent movement (e.g. Zarya’s Graviton Surge)
Fixed a bug that prevented Widowmaker’s Grappling hook from pulling players to moveable objects, even when they were stationary (e.g. the window on the Eichenwalde Castle doors)
Fixed an issue that prevented highlights captured by Zenyatta players from recording correctly when the Cultist skin was equipped

Maps

Fixed an issue that allowed some heroes to hide on the Junkertown payload when using sit emotes
Fixed a bug that caused a performance drop when players shot at the gold coin piles in the last Defender spawn of Junkertown