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Embark is sending out 150 free Multibucks and a Mimic Device skin

Use "PRIMETIME" in the Embark ID website to claim them!

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The Dead Certain Bundle:

- Dead Certain outfit
- Hot Headed effect
- Pretty Terminal headwear
- Grim Fit upper body
- Fatal Contact hands
- Sole Crushers feet
- Deadly Pursuit lower body
- Attrition Entropy FCAR skin
- R.I.P. Service Spear skin
- Certain Outcome background
- Soul Sample weapon charm
- Death Becomes You emote
- 6,250 MBs

🪙 Price: $50

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The Cold Brew-Tality Set:

Cold Brew-Tality ARN-220 skin (🪙 1,200)
Daily Grind weapon charm (🪙 150)

🪙 1,250 (Full Set)

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THE FINALS Season 12 Battle Pass Showcase

- Free
• 25 Free Rewards
• 375 MBs

- Premium (1,150 MBs)
• 12 Pages (2 bonus)
• 106 Rewards
• 1,650 MBs (75 more than previous seasons)

- Ultimate ($30)
• Everything in Premium
• 1,000 additional MBs
• 12 Ultimate Rewards (6 Mythics)

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THE FINALS S12 introduces a new game intro, loading, and spawn animation

In the loadout menu, you can customize weapon scopes by right clicking

Literally everything feels fresh in game

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ALFA ACTA Rewards:
https://t.co/1got0BqfgQ

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ALFA ACTA Season 12 Sponsor Rewards

• 76 rewards, 12 available in the main challenge
• 19 different signature plays, 5 of them hidden

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THE FINALS Sponsors has been fully overhauled (Sponsor System 3.0)

Sponsors are now an active questing system rather than passive progression

- Unlock after 4 matches
- Sign up, pick Challenges, and claim rewards from the Main Menu
- You can freely swap between Sponsors anytime
- Fans now replace World Tour Points
- 3–5 Contracts each
- Difficulty scales as you progress

I'll be posting all the rewards for each sponsor right after this post

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ALFA ACTA Season 12 Sponsor Rewards

• 76 rewards, 12 available in the main challenge
• 19 different signature plays, 5 of them hidden

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Scotty calling your name in THE FINALS is literally the coolest thing ever

I wasn’t paying attention, and when I heard it I literally panicked and recorded it twice 😅

It feels like a “Mom, I’m on TV” moment

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ISEUL-T Rewards:
https://t.co/4HMZ5R55Ui

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ISEUL-T Season 12 Sponsor Rewards

• 58 rewards, 7 available in the main challenge
• 16 different signature plays, 6 of them hidden

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ISEUL-T Season 12 Sponsor Rewards

• 58 rewards, 7 available in the main challenge
• 16 different signature plays, 6 of them hidden

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Player Cards now have titles

By default, everyone receives:

- CONTESTANT
- I’M SORRY <3
- NEED FRIENDS
- SKILL ISSUE
- UWU

More titles can be earned through the game

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OSPUZE Rewards:
https://t.co/uSOge36hXu

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OSPUZE Season 12 Sponsor Rewards

• 63 rewards, 10 available in the main challenge
• 17 different signature plays, 7 of them hidden

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OSPUZE Season 12 Sponsor Rewards

• 63 rewards, 10 available in the main challenge
• 17 different signature plays, 7 of them hidden

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THE FINALS new menu screen

All the menus have been entirely redone, and they are also:
- Customizable: in settings you can even add quick settings to any option you like
- Easier to navigate
- Noticeably faster and more fluid

Embark really cooked here

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New THE FINALS Drops available from October 20 to November 5th.

• Watch 1 hour to get the Meet Bebe Sticker
• Watch 2 hours to get the Pocket Bebe Charm
• Watch 4 hours to get Bebe the Barricade

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THE FINALS Season 12 Patch Notes

Highlights:
• Biggest destruction overhaul since launch (Gradual Destruction, Blast Waves, Swinging Structures, Debris Piles)
• New Light playstyle: Infiltrator (True Sight specialization + Mimic Device & Translocator gadgets)
• New mode: Solo Showdown (Beta)
• Arena reworks + full lighting/visual overhaul
• Dynamic Commentary (Beta)
• Major HUD/Main Menu rework + new Side Panel
• Sponsor system completely reworked
• Heavy health down, Light health up, and many balance changes

Arena Updates:
• Full lighting & post-processing rework game-wide
• Refreshed props, branding, sponsor decals, and jumbotrons across all Arenas

Monaco:
• Reworked house interiors, penthouses, attics
• New cover, flanking routes, buildings, and objective spaces
• Layout changes across Hotels & Cliffside, Royal Plaza, Forest, Pocket Park, Villas

Seoul:
• Visual refresh across Mall, Data Center, Hospital, Apartments, Under Construction
• New building, cover, routes, and Cashout Station

Skyway Stadium:
• Updated interiors
• Full Mansion diorama redesign
• Layout changes to Office, Hotels, Shopping District

Las Vegas Stadium:
• Reworked power positions and sightlines
• Sandstorm variant returns
• Original Las Vegas map removed for now

Game Show Events:
• Low Gravity removed
• Double Jump added

Destruction Overhaul:
• Gradual Destruction: Buildings can hinge, sag, bend, and deform (enabled game-wide)
• Swinging Suspended Structures: Now physics-enabled and swing on ropes
• Blast Waves: Explosions move debris, dent walls, snap trees, and trigger chain reactions (Breach Charge, C4, RPG-7, Frag, CL-40, MGL-32, canisters, Orbital Lasers, etc.)
• Debris Piles: Dynamically form as buildings collapse
• New destruction audio & particle effects for weakened buildings
• Dynamic Smoke & Toxic Gas: Clouds now adhere to the environment and can be partially suppressed by explosions

New Playstyle - Infiltrator (Light):
• True Sight: Reveal opponents through smoke (including cloaked/disguised)
• Mimic Device: Scan objects and disguise as them
• Translocator: Mark an object and swap positions with it

New Mode - Solo Showdown (Beta):
• 12 Contestants, 3 rounds, Tournament format
• Bottom 4 eliminated each round; highest Cash wins
• Mini-modes include: Blast Off!, Heavy Hitters, Boom Brawl, Slam-a-Rama, Sniper Standoff, Winch Wars, Turbo Tussle, One and Gunned
• Leaderboard coming soon after launch

Presentation & Commentary:
• New pre-match lobby, team intros, tunnel run, and Arena entry visuals (with fireworks on select maps)
• Reworked end-of-round presentation
• Dynamic Commentary (Beta): Scotty can call Contestants by name for big plays
• Stronger moderation tools for names and chat

UI & HUD:
• Full HUD and Main Menu rework for better readability
• HUD scaling + separate in-world element scaling
• New Side Panel (Career, Party, Contracts, Quick Settings)
• Improved interaction progress bars and holograms
• Expression Wheel now supports up to 12 emotes

Sponsor System Rework:
• Sponsors unlocked after 4 matches
• Active Challenge system (3-5 Contracts each)
• Rewards include outfits, style items, titles, Signature Plays, skins, sprays, expressions, Docs, and Audio Logs
• Fans now progress World Tour Rank (replaces World Tour Points)
• OSPUZE, ALFA ACTA, and ISEUL-T are permanent

Quality of Life:
• New Medium body option
• Swap sights on the fly from Loadout tiles
• Party highlight color option
• Facewear and Eyewear now separate slots
• Shotgun pellet hitmarkers
• Dedicated revive animations
• Smoother controller controls in menus
• VRs removed (items now unlock via Playstyle Tokens or automatically)
• Automatic Ranked Score refund on server issues

Balance Changes (Key):
• Slope running angle increased to 50 degrees
• Heavy: Health 350 to 325, movement speed buffs
• Light: Health 150 to 175, regen delay increased, movement speed nerfs
• Dome Shield: Health 250 to 600 but decays 100 HP/sec
• Explosive Mine damage increased
• Flashbang improvements
• Frag Grenade damage increased
• Gateway cooldown increased, distance calculation improved
• Gas Grenade reworked (shorter duration, more ammo, lower cooldown)
• Sonar Grenade now available to Medium
• Healing Beam healing increased
• Grappling Hook now has variable cooldown (4-7.5s based on use duration)
• Many weapon and melee adjustments (lunges, hit sweeps, damage numbers)
• Cashout round times and Vault timings adjusted

Other:
• New orchestral soundtrack (Stockholm Studio Orchestra)
• PRIME TIME Battle Pass (Premium & Ultimate)
• Halloween event: Frights Galore (spin wheel)
• Twitch Drops: Bebe the Barricade
• New DLCs / offers

Known Issues:
• Dynamic Commentary and Solo Showdown are in Beta
• HUD glow cannot be disabled yet (option coming later)
• Some maps temporarily disabled or adjusted

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THE FINALS Season 12 Is Out

PRIME TIME!