Rocket League Patch Notes v2.63: Season 21 Live

Version: Rocket League v2.63 Season 21 Live
⁠Platforms: Epic Games Store, Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo
⁠Scheduled Release: December 10, 2025 9 AM PT / 5 PM UTC 

THE HEADLINES

• New Rocket Pass

• Challenge Updates

• Rank Updates

• Tournament Updates

• Addition to 4v4 Arena Rotation

• Heatseeker Joins the Ranked Lineup

• “Bring the Heat” Limited Time Event

• Introducing Rocket Rundown

• Community Spotlight: Kaydop

• Free Login Rewards

• Improvements for Ranked Quads and Heatseeker

• RLCS Shop Refresh

• Ranked Rewards for Previous Season

SEASON 21

New Rocket Pass

• The Season 21 Rocket Pass is here, featuring the Corlay, Magnifique and Magnifique GXT Car Bodies!

  • Corlay uses the Octane hitbox, and Magnifique and Magnifique GXT use the Dominus hitbox.

• Drops have also returned in the Rocket Pass past Tier 70, as free rewards.

Challenge Updates

• Season 21 Stage 1 Challenges are live.

• One extra Drop will be added to every Challenge Stage.

• As the final reward for completing all Challenge Stages, the Challenge Competition Boost will be replaced with a set of 1 Special Drop, 1 Deluxe Drop, and 1 Import Drop.

• A repeatable Drops Challenge is available in the Weekly Challenges lineup. Win 10 Online Matches in any Competitive mode to unlock a Sport Drop, Special Drop, AND Deluxe Drop per completion.

Ranked Updates

• For Season 21, Ranked Snowday replaces Ranked Dropshot, and Dropshot moves to the Casual Playlist rotation.

• Similar to previous Seasons, a soft rank reset has been applied to all Ranked Playlists.

• In order to address feedback, ranked Quads stay for another season.

  • We’ve made a number of under-the-hood changes to Quads based on its rollout in Season 20 (more details are in “Improvements for Ranked Quads and Heatseeker” below) and we’ll continue to monitor matchmaking health throughout Season 21 to determine whether Ranked Quads stays beyond this season.

Tournament Updates

• Season 21 tournaments are live.

• Any unspent Season 20 Tournament Credits have been automatically converted into rewards.

  • Tournament Credits are converted into the highest-level reward(s) you’re capable of earning based on your Tournament Rank and the amount of Tournament Credits you have remaining.

• Every player who played in at least one tournament in Season 20 will receive one All-Star Cup!

• New Tournament Reward items have been added!

NEW CONTENT

New Arena: Parc de Paris

• Check out the Parc de Paris Arena, now live!

Addition to 4v4 Arena Rotation

• We also added a new arena to the Quads rotation: Mannfield (Quads).

• We've seen the feedback about how visibility on the existing Quads maps is challenging due to lack of objects in the environment. To address this, we made an alternative Quads arena that uses the familiar Mannfield outer environment.

• Although this arena does not include a grass pitch we wanted to release this version to gauge if visibility is improved.

  • Keep the feedback coming!

Heatseeker Joins the Ranked Lineup

• Heatseeker has become a fan favorite, so we’re cranking things up and officially adding it to the Ranked Playlist lineup.

  • Ranked Heatseeker launches exclusively in the 2v2 format.

  • Heatseeker Grand Champion and Heatseeker Supersonic Legend Player Titles will be available as part of the Season 21 Ranked Rewards.

  • A Ranked Heatseeker leaderboard has been added.

“Bring the Heat” Limited Time Event

• “Bring the Heat” is live for one scorching week! Jump in to celebrate the launch of Ranked Heatseeker with Challenges and rewards, including Drops and the blistering Fire Eye Topper.

Introducing Rocket Rundown

• Rocket Rundown is a personalized, web-based Seasonal review that celebrates a player’s Rocket League journey with statistics, achievements, and community comparisons. 

  • Head to https://rocketleague.com/rundown later this week and sign in with your Epic account to unlock your rundown of the previous Season. Players can only access their own rundown data.

  • After logging in, you’ll get a downloadable Season Summary Card showing off your highlights.

    • Sign in, check it out, and compare with friends!

Community Spotlight: Kaydop

• Players can claim the three-time World Champion’s Player Title, “SHOT LIKE THE DOP,” for free in the Item Shop from December 10 to December 17!

Free Login Rewards

• Login anytime during Season 21 to snag two free Player Banners: Security Lasers and Liquid Gold.

CHANGES AND UPDATES

Improvements for Ranked Quads and Heatseeker

• We learned a lot from launching Ranked Quads in Season 20 and took feedback from that to adjust the Ranked Quads experience in Season 21, as well as the launch of Ranked Heatseeker.

• Quads

• Players that are ranked Platinum I and above may see their rank increase at the beginning of Season 21.

  • Reasoning: In Season 20, our placement logic for Quads often gave higher-skilled players lower-than-expected starting ranks and resulted in weaker matchmaking quality.

    • For Season 21, initial placement now uses skill mappings from other playlists when no prior 4v4 data exists. This update provides more accurate starting ranks for higher-skilled players and improves overall matchmaking quality.

    • Because of this adjustment, more players will likely reach the higher ranks, improving matchmaking times at those ranks.

• Heatseeker

  • Ranked Heatseeker will use the same rank placement that Quads now does.

  • Also, the overall rank distribution for Heatseeker should create a healthy, accurate spread across all skill levels.

RLCS Shop Refresh

18 universal Decals representing some of the teams competing in RLCS 2026 are available in the RLCS Shop. Select the “RLCS Shop” tab and support your favorites! 

The region selector has been removed and teams are now listed alphabetically:

• Dignitas

• Furia

• FUT Esports

• Geekay Esports

• Gen.G Mobil 1

• Gentle Mates

• Karmine Corp

• KC Pioneers

• Ninjas in Pyjamas

• NRG

• PWR

• Shopify Rebellion

• Spacestation Gaming

• Team Falcons

• Team Vitality

• TSM

• Twisted Minds

• Wildcard

Ranked Rewards for Previous Season

Season 20 Ranked Rewards will be granted to you when you log into Season 21, based on your highest-earned rank tier in Ranked Playlists during Season 20. You must have won ten matches at that rank tier to be eligible for its reward.

Main Rewards

• Bronze in any Ranked Playlist: S20 - Bronze Boost

• Silver in any Ranked Playlist: S20 - Silver Boost + previous reward

• Gold in any Ranked Playlist: S20 - Gold Boost + previous rewards

• Platinum in any Ranked Playlist: S20 - Platinum Boost + previous rewards

• Diamond in any Ranked Playlist: S20 - Diamond Boost + previous rewards

• Champion in any Ranked Playlist: S20 - Champion Boost + previous rewards

• Grand Champion in any Ranked Playlist: S20 - Grand Champion Boost + previous rewards

• Supersonic Legend in any Ranked Playlist: S20 - Supersonic Legend Boost + previous rewards⁠⁠

⁠Grand Champion Title Rewards

• Grand Champion in any Ranked Playlist: "S20 GRAND CHAMPION" in Crimson text

• Rumble Grand Champion: "S20 RNG CHAMP" in Crimson text

• Hoops Grand Champion: "S20 DUNK MASTER" in Crimson text

• Dropshot Grand Champion: "S20 FLOOR DESTROYER" in Crimson text⁠

• Quads Grand Champion: “S20 QUAD SQUAD” in Crimson text

⁠Supersonic Legend Title Rewards

• Supersonic Legend in any Ranked Playlist: "S20 SUPERSONIC LEGEND" in Titanium White text

• Rumble Supersonic Legend: "S20 RNGENIUS" in Titanium White text

• Hoops Supersonic Legend: "S20 LEGENDARY BALLER" in Titanium White text

• Dropshot Supersonic Legend: "S20 TILE ANNIHILATOR" in Titanium White text

• Quads Supersonic Legend: "S20 TOUR DE FOURCE" in Titanium White text

KNOWN ISSUES

For a complete list of known issues in Rocket League, check out our Known Issues page[www.rocketleague.com].