Everything You Need to Know About the Battlefield 2042 Season 6 Themed Event: Dark Protocol

Halloween is here. And players are getting to enjoy many spooky-themed events in games. From mobile games like Clash of Clans to major titles like Call of Duty, many games are celebrating Halloween. And one of the games to participate in the trend is Battlefield 2042. For Halloween, Battlefield 2042 players will be waging war alongside AI-controlled synthetic soldiers.

Dropping as a part of Season 6, players will get to see Halloween-themed content and a new game mode added to the game. The new event is called Battlefield 2042: Dark Protocol and players will get to see new mechanics introduced in the Halloween game mode.

When will Battlefield 2042: Dark Protocol start?

Players can get ready to update their games on October 31st as the new themed update will drop on Halloween for most players. Players can enjoy the Halloween update on the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S as well as the PC.

The event brings in limited-time bundles that players can claim. The three new bundles are No Antidote, Hot Spot, and Ascension Company. While the first two bundles require 2000 Battlefield coins, the Ascension Company needs 3500. Players can pick up the Ascension Company bundle to receive benefits of both the No Antidote and Hot Spot bundle.

The Dark Protocol event will start on October 31 and go on till November 14, giving players two weeks to enjoy the holiday season event.  Although players will get to enjoy the new game mode for 2 weeks, it will be removed from the game with no signs of the devs implementing it again.

During the event, players will get to try out the new 12 v 12 game mode called Killswitch where they will fight synthetic AI-controlled soldiers.

Killswitch mode explained

In the Killswitch mode, two teams comprising 12 players each, compete against each other. The primary goal of Killswitch involves the teams securing AOS nodes, which are objectives dispersed throughout the map, activating one by one. To earn points for their respective teams, players must enter an AOS node and maintain control of it until it’s either captured, interrupted, or handled differently. Capturing a node awards the team one point.

Players have the capability to interact with the Forge, which is Boreas’ Geist spawner, in addition to securing AOS nodes. The Forge plays a crucial role in the game mode, enabling players to deploy a small squad of AI-controlled Geists. These Geists can be strategically employed to strengthen a held point or to ambush enemy players who dare to engage them.

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Once a team captures an AOS node, they earn one point and disable the captured node. The subsequent AOS node activates, initiating a race. Teams must compete to capture and hold these nodes while contending with enemy gunfire and the presence of AI-controlled Geists. The match is won by the first team to score five points.

With the new game mode, Halloween event, and limited-time bundles around the corner, have you stocked up on Battlefield coins already?

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