Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Update from October 13, 2026: Noor Buffs and Bug Fixes
On October 13, the Y11S3.2 update was released for Rainbow Six Siege. The developers buffed Noor, made balance adjustments to several operators, and fixed a number of bugs. See our article for the full list of changes in Russian.
Operator Changes
Noor
- The time required to drill through ballistic shields, soft surfaces, and hard surfaces (indestructible objects) has been reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds.
- The penetration power when a projectile hits ballistic shields has been increased from 30% to 100%.
- When equipping, quick weapon draw animations are used, and the animation duration has been reduced from 0.9 to 0.4 seconds.
- Damage dealt by the “Gor Spear” when it hits an operative has been increased from 50 to 80.
- The hitbox model has been updated to improve hit accuracy and stability.
- The turret can now deal damage to operatives with ballistic shields while they are in the process of removing them.
Tachanka
“Shumikha” Grenade Launcher
- Added a firing mode in which incendiary grenades explode on impact.
Solid Snake
Soliton Radar M III
- The number of charges in precision scan mode has been reduced from 4 to 3.
Valkyrie
Equipment
- Glaive-12 has been added to the list of optional weapons
Capitão
Fire Dart
- Spread: The delay between expansions has been reduced from 1 to 0.9 seconds.
Clash
ESHS MK2 Shield
- Slow: The effect’s strength when enemies retreat has been increased from 5% to 10%.
Osa
“Talon-8” Transparent Shield
- Restrictions on shield deployment have been relaxed.
Mechanics
Fire
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Damage increased from 12 to 14 health points.
- Changes affected Capitão, Dokkaebi, Goyo, Noor, Tachanka, and Gas Pipes.
Barbed Wire
- The BU-GI self-propelled gun now gets tangled in barbed wire, comes to a complete stop, and self-destructs.
Bug Fixes
Gameplay
- Defenders no longer lose points for destroying their own barbed wire.
Operatives
- Fixed the excessively large hitbox of the Noor “Gor Spears” projectiles.
- The crosshair transparency setting now affects the Noor “Gor Spears” launcher’s crosshair again.
- Fixed an issue where the right button on the Talon-8 Osa shield would switch from “ON” to “OFF” after deployment.
User Interface
- Players can once again move left and right when selecting the area above the OPEN NOW button in the locker.
- New players once again receive a notification about recruit rewards without having to restart the game.
- Fixed an issue where the voice chat indicator would disappear.
Sound
- Fixed an issue where the drilling sound played when Noor’s “Gor’s Spears” projectiles were destroyed by electrified barbed wire.
Previously in Rainbow Six Siege, developers increased Buck’s ammo capacity, sped up the operation of Fenrir and Sledge’s devices, boosted the M1014 and SPAS-15 shotguns, and fixed a number of bugs related to the “Gor’s Spear”, maps, and the user interface.
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