Battlefield 6’s Battle Royale mode details revealed ahead of Labs testing

With Battlefield 6 now a month away from launch, the testing cycles are getting more fruitful than before. Players have recently gone on to play the bigger maps in BF6 Labs and are now able to playtest the Battle Royale mode.

To celebrate, Battlefield Studios has released a big blog post detailing major gameplay features of the BF6 BR mode.

The Battle Royale Lab Round will feature players able to test the core Battlefield design of destruction, tactics, vehicles, and other classic Battlefield moments, albeit in a BR setting. The map is huge, in classic battlefield style, with points of interest, as well as their own sub-level experiences with BF styles in mind.

The battlefield destruction will certainly be interesting too, as it will enable players to play creatively around taking rooms and buildings down, different from the usual BR zone campers you’ve experienced in the past.

How does the Battlefield 6 Battle Royale mode work?

In terms of the actual gameplay itself, the game mode will have 100-player servers. The lobby is split into 25 squads, containing four players each. Here you’ll get to pick your class and roll into the game as normal, with class tools like the mobile deploy beacon, and the support’s revive feature also working in the mode. It will certainly be interesting to see how respawn and reviving will make the BF6 battle royale mode a little different than the usual mechanics we’re used to.

When you get into the mode, you are locked in as your chosen class. You then start with two default gadgets for them. You then need to get XP to progress, which you get for killing other players, wiping squads, or even completing missions that you come across on the map. There are also Intel Cases, which offer party-wide experience bonuses when you find them.

Leveling up then grants class-focused perks. The example the post gives is that Assault players can equip armor plates faster than normal. That seems rather important for gameplay and firefights.

As you explore the map, you will find weapons as normal. You can find 5 different tiers of weapons, featuring attachments, throwables and other grenades, gadgets like the RPG for your class, Strike Packages, which contain killstreak-like items, such as air strikes, and finally, armor upgrade kits.

Players can get weapon packs as rewards for completing the missions, which you’ll do for XP, alongside vehicle keys to move around the map, or Mobile Redeployments, which make these missions worth doing by the looks of things.

What’s more, the Battlefield 6 BR mode is changing how the ring works. The ring in other games is a slow damage-dealing effect, ramping up per circle round change. However, in BF6’s mode, this will instantly kill you. No outside circle ratting. You follow the order to move in, or you die – how very commissar-like.

There’s certainly a lot top unpack. You can find the full Battle Royale blog post over on Battlefield Studios website.