The OB28 Advance Server for Garena Free Fire has gone online a few days back. The community took the chance to test out the new content that is coming in the next update of the game. Some even leak out the Free Fire Patch Notes OB28 for others who are not lucky enough to join the server. Here are the highlights of the Free Fire OB28 Advance Server patch.

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What's new on the OB28 Advance Server?

Disclaimer: The following patch notes come from the official OB28 Advance Server for Free Fire. However, it's not entirely certain that everything in the patch will make it to the next update of the game. The OB28 update may only include a few features, the remaining ones may come in another update.

Table of Contents

#1. New Character D-Bee

Free Fire is introducing D-Bee, a dancer and music creator. His passive skill - Bullet Beats, allows the new character to have greater accuracy while gaining extra movement speed. When shoot and move simultaneously, D-Bee gains 5-15% movement speed and increases accuracy by 10-35%.

Free Fire D Bee Character
D-Bee gains movement speed and accuracy when aiming and moving.

#2. Mini Uzi Submachine Gun

The Free Fire patch notes OB28 official includes a new SMG - Mini UZI. It's the first secondary weapon using Pistol ammo. The gun provides a high rate of fire and accuracy, perfect for close combat. Here are the stats of the Mini Uzi:

Free Fire Ob28 Update Mini Uzi
Introducing the Mini Uzi!
  • Damage: 17
  • Rate of fire: 0.055
  • Cartridge: 18
  • Attachments: none

#3. Ice Grenade

The new Ice Grenade is available in classic Battle Royale & Clash Squad modes. This utility grenade will explode and leave an aura that deals damage over time after it explodes. It also applies the freeze effect, reducing enemies' movement speed and fire speed. Allies also receive the effect. Ice Grenade stats:

Ice Grenade
Blast your enemies with the ice-cold grenade.
  • Explosive Damage: 100
  • Explosion Radius: 5 meters
  • Frozen Ice Radius: 5 meters
  • Ice Aura Duration: 10 seconds

#4. Weapon Balances

The following weapons will receive buffs/nerfs in the next OB28 update of Garena Free Fire:

New Gun Kord
The Kord receives a massive buff.
  • M1917: Buff minimum damage: 36 to 45 and increase effective range by 25%
  • KORD: Accuracy: +28%; Fire rate in machine-gun mode: +25%; Damage multiplier to the ice wall, oil barrel, and vehicles: +120%
  • M60: Damage in machine-gun mode: +5; Damage multiplier to the ice wall, oil barrel, and vehicles: +60%
  • KAR98K: Damage to arms and legs: +25%; Damage to the body: -10%; Armor Penetration: +40%

>>> Read more details at: Free Fire OB28 Patch Notes: Weapon Changes Analysis

#5. System Upgrade

Utilities and Additional Grenade Slots

Since the OB28 update will likely feature a new type of utility weapon, Garena is adding a new grenade slot to the HUD. Players can now easily switch between different types of grenades they have in their inventory.

Free Fire Characters Antonio Moco Hayato
There will be 1 new utility slot in the HUD.

In-game Voice Commands

In-game voice commands now available. The quick message feature was introduced in the OB27 update. However, players report that the sound quality wasn't clear. Therefore, in OB28, Free Fire also adds narrations to the quick commands to make communications more direct and understandable.

#6. Character Balances

As reported before, three Free Fire ladies will receive buffs in OB28 update, including Clu, Laura, and Paloma. This makes them rank among the best female characters in June 2021.

Clu

Adjust sweep radius to allow Clu to locate enemies at a greater distance. Tracking Steps will provide more impacts to help the characters appear more in battles. Tracking Steps Adjustments:

  • Scanning radius: increase from 30/35/40/40/45/50m to 50/55/60/65/70/75m
  • Skill duration: increase from 5/5.5/6/6.5/7s to 5/5.5/6/6.5/7/7.5s
  • Skill usage time: 50s to 75/72/69/66/63/60s
  • Enemy positions are shared with teammates at level 4
Free Fire Ob28 Update Clu
Is the OB28 Update time for Clu to shine?

Laura

Laura's Sharp Shooter skill didn't provide enough accuracy to make her a prevalent choice in the game. Hence, Free Fire is giving her a little buff so that some weapons can be extremely accurate when combined with the right accessories and skills. Sharp Sniper: accuracy increases from 14/10/18/22/26/30 to 13/10/17/22/28/35 when open crosshair.

Paloma

Adjust Paloma's Handling Weapons ability to work with all types of ammo, except for 40mm. Ammunition increases from 30/60/90/120/150 / 180 to 45/60/75/90/105/120 (will not take up space in the backpack).

#7. Gameplay Adjustments

Free Fire patch notes OB28 official website introduces the following changes to the game's interface and experience:

Free Fire Ob28 Update New Pet Beanie
Dr. Beanie is the new ducky pet in Free Fire OB28.
  • Optimized in-game item ping feature.
  • Enhance the mode selection menu display.
  • Optimized animation display for Katana.
  • Optimized background for character page.
  • Remove the level requirement for awakening a character.
  • Adjusted stat display in Battle Royale and ranked Clash Squad Interface.
  • Optimized the buttons displayed on the game's HUD.
  • Players can now turn on/off the vending machine and return area points on the minimap.
  • Removed bug shield bug in Clash Squad Rank.
  • Players can now choose which rank to display in the Ranked Interface.

#8. New Pet - Dr. Beanie

The duck doctor Beanie will be coming in the OB28 update. Dr. Beanie passive ability increases movement speed when crouching by 30/40/60%.

Those should have covered the main points of the next OB28 update of Garena Free Fire. However, please keep in mind that these Free Fire Patch Notes OB28 are taken from the Advance Server. Some details may come in a later update of the game.

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