Erangel

Erangel

Details
Developed by:	Seoul (KR)
Data
Location:	Russia
Theme:	Forest
Terrain:	Grass, Woodland, Urban, Sea
Game modes:	All
Servers:	Ranked
Platforms:	PC, Xbox One, PS4 & Mobile
Type of combat:	Medium/long range
An abandoned Russian military island

Erangel is the first and primary playable map of BATTLEGROUNDS.

Development of Erangel began sometime in early 2016 when Bluehole was in talk with PLAYERUNKNOWN about making a Battle Royale game. Later that year, PLAYERUNKNOWN asked his fans to sign-up (Arma 3 Battle Royale players got immediate access) and test out his newly announced game in June - September of 2016 (Pre-Alpha (NDA)) and then an Alpha (No NDA) in October - December of 2016 which introduced Duo's and Squad's to PUBG. A few months later Closed Beta happened in February - March of 2017 (most content creators had access to this build) and later that month in March it launched in Steam Early Access in March 23, 2017 and full release (out of Early Access) on December 21, 2017 (Originally, the game was suppose to get out of Early Access 6 months from March 23).

Summary

Erangel is the base map for the game. An 8x8 km map dotted with small outcroppings of buildings, the distance between major landmarks necessitates the use of vehicles to move between areas. As the game continues, the map area will be restricted to a smaller and smaller play area. A red circle will appear on the map from time to time, marking an area for offshore artillery to bombard. Erangel has varying weather, sometimes affecting visibility and requiring a change in tactics.

Cities and the local military base have plenty of decent loot, but you won't be the only one thinking the same thing. A mix of urban areas and wide open farmland create a wide variety of battles, ranging from intense close range firefights in streets and buildings, to long range sniping duels taking place across wheat fields.

The name Erangel was chosen, using PLAYERUNKNOWN's daughter's name, Eryn, as inspiration.^[1]

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Update history

Update #31 (Season 4 - Update 4.1)

Erangel (Remastered) overhaul was released.

Pre-release #28

World
- Removed some inner doors from select buildings on Erangel to improve ease of movement during gameplay.
Erangel 2nd Loot Rebalance
- The total amount of items spawned in Erangel has been increased by approximately 28%.
- Increased the overall amount of items spawned, especially the spawn rates of those higher priority items.
  - Spawn rate of AR has been increased by approx 64%.
  - Spawn rate of DMR has been increased by approx 114%.
  - Spawn rate of SR has been increased by approx 177%.
  - Spawn rates of equipment and armor have been slightly increased, especially level 2.
  - Spawn rates of healing items have been slightly increased.

Pre-release #27

Erangel Loot Changes
- Increased the spawn rate of ARs (12%), DMRs (16%) and SMGs (14%).
- SRs and Handguns received a slight spawn rate increase.

Update #19 - v4.5.11.10

Dynamic weather has been added to Erangel.
- Erangel: Overcast
  - Overcast setting includes dynamic weather, and includes rain, fog, etc. during the game.
Erangel has received some improvements.
- Small clusters of houses have been added to some areas of Erangel.
- More tactical landscapes have been added near the river.
- Added trees in the open area surrounding the Sosnovka Military Base.

Update #12 - v3.8.21.9

Removed the glass from all windows with bars on Erangel.

Update #7 - v3.7.18.3

Reduced burden on GPU by optimizing buildings in Erangel.

Official release PC 1.0 Update - v3.5.5.6

Removed rainy and foggy weather from Erangel.

Early Access (Week 30 Update) - v2.6.36.7

Decreased the starting island item spawn levels in order to adjust the item balance on the northeast side of Erangel.

Background

Erangel is a fictional island in the black sea abandoned near Russia where a military occupation was controlling it. The military occupation tested chemical/biological experiments on the local populace. After a resistance attack on a biological facility, the island had to be abandoned.

Erangel was originally occupied by Soviet forces from the 1950s onwards and was used as a military testing facility, which explains the military base as well as the hospital and storage facilities. A local resistance movement fought to reclaim the island which eventually lead to the island becoming abandoned. The electrical field seen wreaking havoc on the island is powered by electrical emitters which were used to contain towns that were showing signs of revolting against the Soviet forces.^[2]

Map

Graphical map -

Major cities

Minor cities

Major landmarks

Vehicles

Erangel features the following vehicles:

Vehicle	Occupants	Type
Buggy	2 ••	Land
UAZ (Open Top)	4 ••••	Land
UAZ (Closed Top)	4 ••••	Land
Motorcycle (w/ sidecar)	3 •••	Land
Motorcycle	2 ••	Land
Dacia 1300	4 ••••	Land
PG-117	5 •••••	Water
Aquarail‎‎	2 ••	Water
C-130	100 •••••••••• (x10)	Air