When does BF6 Season 3 start and what’s coming with the patch?

EA has confirmed when Battlefield 6’s season 3 starts, alongside featuring what’s coming with the launch of the new season and patch. For those curious, it comes on May 12th, launching at the usual update times, but with a slight downtime for server updates and maintenance.

Battlefield 6 Season 3 Release Time

Battlefield 6 Season 3 kicks off on May 12 with Game Update 1.3.1.0, bringing a new map, new weapons, Ranked Battle Royale, and a fresh Battle Pass.

The update goes live for download and then the servers relaunching at the following times:

The Season 3 launch includes some pretty big changes to the game. It comes with the Golmud Railway map, alongside the new REDSEC ranked mode. The dev team announced there are ranked rewards, alongside some golden camo gun rewards, too. The ranked section will have leaderboards, alongside tracking your own stats, too, if you choose to participate. Lower elo ranks like bronze and silver will also get XP token rewards to spend on however you want, to help power through those probably meta-defining weapons come the ranked launch.

If you’re interested in multiplayer, there are a few new changes, such as the new weapons for the M16, L115 sniper, new RPK LMG and an SMG too. Cairo Bazaar will come later on in the season, but Golmud is looking to change a lot.

There’s some good feedback improvement to the game’s netcode, which has been an ever-so-slightly improving problem for EA and co. It should feel better in the new season, presumably, if all goes to plan. But there’s still work to be done on it. The pass comes with tuning updates to vehicle handling and more weapon feel and usability as devs try to make recoil and weapon profiles much better, too. These are parts of the outlined 2026 roadmap for BF6, with the devs promising that a lot of user complaints will start going away gradually throughout the year.

There’s also the usual features like the new Battle Pass, which for some reason you can pre-order.