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Winterfest 2019

**Winterfest 2019** is an event in Critical Ops celebrating winter and the holidays. It took place from December 16th, 2019 to January 19th, 2020 during Season 10.

It introduced the Artic Map, the Triple Threat Game Mode, and new Weapon Skins and Gloves. A winter-themed Lucky Spin was also added.

## Cosmetics

Along with the arrival of Winterfest 2019, came the Winterfest 2019 Cases with a cost of 500 Credits. A new Lucky Spin was activated January 7th, 2020 and lasted until January 19th, 2020.
Deagle

The **Deagle**, or Desert Eagle, is a powerful Israeli-American pistol featured in Critical Strike Portable and Critical Ops. It boasts a 2-3 shot kill at mid-ranges and a rather acceptable rate of fire.

## Deagle

* Critical Ops
* CS Portable

## Overview

### **Price**

 $400
$300 (classic)
 $700

## Description

In C Ops, the Deagle is a stainless steel-plated Desert Eagle Mark XIX fitted with an integrated muzzle brake and rails.

In Critical Strike portable, the Deagle is the only secondary available in the game along with the Glock 19, but it has higher damage, faster reload and decent accuracy. It has considerable disadvantages, such as a small amount of ammunition and slow fire rate.

## Guide

### Strategies

The Deagle is a weapon commonly used by snipers to compensate for the slow reload and slow rate of fire. It can be used to accompany a sniper for its rate of fire. Use this to replace the Glock 19 for its higher damage in exchange for the reduced ammunition.

### Counter-Strategies

When fighting a Deagle user, avoid getting to close to the player. Try combating the enemy at medium or far ranges, as the Deagle's accuracy decreases the farther the bullets go and its magazine can be wasted very quickly.

## Trivia

* The Deagle's stats were very similar in early versions and the Deagle was tinted grey.
* The Deagle appears to be slightly modified in Critical Ops.
Critical Ops patches/0.9.7

**0.9.7.349/0.9.7.350** is a patch to *Critical Ops* released in February 19, 2018 which introduced more chat options, a profanity filter, audio updates and more.

## Patch Notes

* Clan chat
* Party Chat
* Ingame/Party/Clan/Friend Chat profanity filter
* If the player does not have enough credits to change their name, they are taken to get credits
* Updated Weapon Throwing and Pickup Audio
* Updated Hit Audio feedback
* Restored Functionality Moving while scoreboard is open

### Fixes/Improvements

* Brewery: Visual and layout improvements
* Mission pop-up not appearing after completing a mission in a match
* Fixed Aim acceleration bug with Aim Assist
* Not having selected any gamemodes not showing any rooms
* Removed the ability to use the game as a multi-window application

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/0EHtjMoY
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/tQElsCIX/608-party-chat
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/GdTbTgQo/810-in-game-party-clan-friend-chat-profanity-filtering
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/VSJlh7Qo/803-if-you-dont-have-enough-credits-to-change-your-name-you-are-taken-to-get-credits
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/PErAgMqz/799-updated-weapon-throwing-and-pickup-audio
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/xhcvSipD/800-updated-hit-audio-feedback
7. ↑ https://trello.com/c/3HMJeppk/804-restored-functionality-moving-while-scoreboard-is-open
8. ↑ https://trello.com/c/4W0xk41H/785-brewery-visual-and-layout-improvements
9. ↑ https://trello.com/c/FfGKES4w/792-fixed-mission-popup-not-appearing-after-completing-a-mission-in-a-match
10. ↑ https://trello.com/c/ymQGxpM1/808-fixed-aim-acceleration-bug-with-aim-assist
11. ↑ https://trello.com/c/6965MfZs/796-fixed-not-having-selected-any-game-modes-not-showing-up-any-rooms
12. ↑ https://trello.com/c/TN5lwV9P/815-fixed-removed-the-ability-to-use-the-game-as-a-multi-window-application
Critical Ops patches/0.4.0

**0.4.0** was a major patch to *Critical Ops* which renamed maps, added 3 new weapon models and other improvements and fixes.

## Patch Notes

### Gameplay

* Massive Networking Update
* New Knife, M4 and P250 models and animation
* Store now sells credits instead of cases directly
* New Loading and Login Screen
* Gameplay improvements
* Weapon Quick Select Improvements
* Maps renamed
	+ Amsterdam to Canals
	+ Barcelona to Plaza
	+ Tokyo to Legacy
* Weapon balance changes
* Wall and armor penetration changes
* Kevlar adjustments
* Movement Penalties adjusted

### Fixes/Improvements

* A Lot of Optimizations
* A lot of Bug Fixes
Assault New

**Assault New** is a map featured in Critical Strike Portable.

## Description

The map features a large warehouse accompanied by tall hills and a tunnel leading to it. Inside it are large crates and containers and a small brick home where the Terrorists reside. Outside is a tall, narrow rocky hill where a helicopter is hovering over, which is where the Counter-Terrorists reside. In Classic, there are Hostages located within the brick home.

## Trivia

* On mobile, the map is referred to as "assault".
* This map is strongly based of the CS:GO map named "Assault"
Super 90

The Super 90 is a shotgun in Critical Ops.

## Description

A high damage weapon, albeit not as high as the FP6. However, the Super 90 does still deal out a heavy amount of damage up close. Being semi-automatic, the Super 90 has a much higher rate of fire than the FP6's pump-action nature, allowing for the player to dispense a large amount of buckshot very quickly, resulting in a fast time to kill. The Super 90 also boasts decent movement speed, allowing the user to moderately quickly get into close-quarters areas of the map. The Super 90 also has a smaller hip-fire spread than the FP6.

However, there are some downsides to the Super 90. Its reload speed is very slow, as cartridges are inserted shell by shell. The Super 90 also boasts somewhat lower penetration power than the other shotgun in the category, and as a result, players may experience much more hitmarkers than with the FP6. Being a shotgun, the Super 90 also has a limited effective range, meaning that users need to only use this weapon in close-quarters. Its fairly high price can sway some players to purchase the cheaper, higher damaging FP6 or the more versatile AK-47, the latter being the same price as the Super 90.

Overall, the Super 90 is a high-damaged weapon suited for close-quarters combat, hence its shotgun designation. It boasts an impressive rate of fire and narrow hip-fire spread. However, its limited range, low penetration, and slow reload does hold the Super 90 back.

## Guide

### Strategies

The Super 90 is a powerful weapon, but with its low magazine capacity, you need to conserve the amount of rounds you have in your magazine. Try this method: Keep your magazine at 4 rounds (at least) between combat. This keeps your with shells for your next target. During downtime, loading one shell and then cancelling the reload allows you to load while keeping your guard up.

### Counter-Strategies

Against anyone using the Super 90, use a wide-ranged weapon to counter the Super 90's limited range, such as sniper rifles or assault rifles. Submachine guns require the user to go at medium distances, where the Super 90's devastating damage can reach.

## Trivia

* It is explicitly based off the Benelli M3 Super 90.
* If you load up two shells (based on sound) and cancel the reload animation, you only have 1 new round in your magazine.
* The Super 90 is currently the only weapon in the game which is noticeably equipped with a grip modification.
Silencer

The **Silencer** is an item first added in early patches of Critical Ops as a gun attachment, but was removed because of skill-based play encouragement. However, it was reintroduced in patch 0.6.3.5 as a permanent attachment for the GSR 1911 and the AUG.

## Description

The Silencer is used to muffle the firing noises of weapons and those shots would not appear in the radar, making it useful to, literally in a way, get under an enemy's radar. The gunshot sounds of a weapon also have a higher pitch muzzle sound when it is equipped.

## Gallery

Old silencer equipped on M4; early patches
Practice Grenade

The **Practice Grenade** is a piece of Gear in Critical Ops only attainable in the Tutorial, which was added in patch 0.6.2.3.

## Description

Like its grenade counterparts, it is a thrown explosive projectile. However, this grenade is only in available in the tutorial, deals no damage and will emit smoke when thrown into the assigned target, a dumpster. Its shape is exactly like the Frag Grenade's, but is coloured blue.

## Trivia

* This is the only weapon exclusive to the Tutorial.
GSR 1911

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The **GSR 1911** is a suppressed pistol featured in Critical Ops.

## Usage

The weapon has overall decent and moderate statistics with a steady fire rate and medium damage and accuracy. The GSR 1911 also has great run speed which can be convenient for fast travel across maps. At a price of $600 in Defuse matches, this weapon is handy if short on money and can serve as a replacement for a primary weapon, due to its low cost and decent damage.

## Properties

### Advantages

* High damage to the head, can one-shot headshot at close ranges.
* Third cheapest pistol.
* Moderate rate of fire.
* Perfect armor penetration.
* Moderate to high damage.
* Very quiet firing noise-unnoticeable on radar.

### Disadvantages

* Low magazine capacity.
* Low reserve magazine amount.
* Slower rate of fire than some other handguns, also slower than automatic weapons.

## Guide

### Strategies

Firing at the head is the optimal choice, since it has only 8 rounds of ammunition which can be expended relatively quickly. Firing at the torso is also an option, but is usually less effective. Because of its spray-pattern which only goes up and doesn't drift to the sides, fire at a steady pace to control the recoil; this is especially useful when trying to land headshots. This, however, can be difficult, especially for newer players, so practice is recommended.

### Counter-Strategies

Use fast-firing weapons such as the XD .45 in a pistol round, or any assault rifle. They all have a magazine capacity that outnumbers the capacity of the GSR 1911 as well as a faster rate of fire. Don't get too close to the opponent, since it will give them a better chance of landing a headshot.

## Trivia

* The GSR 1911 is one of the weapons included in the tutorial, alongside the AK-47 and the knife.
* It is heavily based on the real-life Sig Sauer GSR. Before the 0.6.3.5 patch, this handgun featured a standard 1911 barrel. The post-patch model now has the Dead Air Odessa 9 suppressor
* Along with the AUG and Vector, this is one of the three weapons currently equipped with a supressor.
* The Critical Ops app icon shows a Counter-Terrorist holding the GSR 1911 without silencer. This was before 0.6.3.5.
Missing Cats

## Introduction

Once the Diesel Sweeties cartoon had been located, deciphering it's clues became necessary.

## Process

The robot tells us that they are hidden in plain sight in six locations around America. Clues pointed to locations in the following cities:

* St Paul, MN
* New Orleans, LA
* San Francisco, CA
* Denver, CO
* Cambridge, MA
* Chicago, IL

The realisation that the clue phrases given could be calculated as a number - the amount of letters in each word, with ellipses counted as zero combined with the fact that the robot's final quote is from the character Starbuck in Moby Dick, lead us to locating six specific Starbucks stores.

## Real-World Search

Once this was located, team members were mobilised, most actually arriving as the store opened in the morning. Cat posters, matching the missing cats from the comic Dad found below the stereo, featured on band posters.

Once you put the posters in order by their order of appearance in the comic, plus realising that each poster contained a letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet, the great name could finally be revealed

Upon arriving at the New Orleans store, it was discovered that it had been removed from display by unknown people. The puzzlemasters then sent the correct poster directly to the team whom had sent a member to discover it.
M14

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The **M14** is an semi-automatic sniper rifle in Critical Ops.

## Description

The M14 is a high damage semi-automatic sniper rifle, second to the URatio. It can kill an enemy within 1-2 shots at any distance, which outmatches most of the weapons available in Critical Ops in some situations.

Its faster automatic fire rate bests the URatio's and its high recoil controls allows it to fire frequently while maintaining its accuracy. This quality allows some people to choose it over the Ratio's slow rate of fire. One can call it a single shot assault rifle with a scope.

Its major con in Defuse is it has the most expensive price out of all the Critical Ops weapons, which majorly limits its availability to some players, leading some to purchase the URatio instead for a lower price. Like the URatio, it is inefficient while moving and firing at the same time and is less accurate when scoped out, making it harder to fight enemies very close to a player, especially when they are using a Knife or fast firing weapons like the MP7.

Its damage is not fatal for most parts of a player's hitbox when shot once, which can be dangerous if in a duel with the one-shot kill URatio and even more dangerous if the player is armoured. The player should aim for the head for a one-shot kill.

All in all, the M14 is a deadly hybrid with moderate fire rate and high damage.

## Properties

The M14 is best used while in one stationary position, so it's best not to kill enemies while moving.

 Head
 Abdomen
 Arms
 Legs

### Advantages

* Proficient far range combat.
* Medium fire rate.
* Great accuracy.
* Fatal damage to the head.

### Disadvantages

* Heavy weight.
* Non-fatal one-shots except the head.
* Inaccurate while moving or without scoping.
* Highest cost in the game.
	+ As such, combined with costs for Kevlar, pistols and other gear, the total price would be even more expensive; a player would have to kill many players to regain the lost money.

## Guide

### Strategies

As the M14 has a higher fire rate than the URatio, this can be used to the user's advantage. If going up against a URatio user, be sure to aim for the head to finish off the enemy quickly, as the URatio outmatches the M14 in damage. It is best to aim at far distances, where most weapons, especially the wide-ranged AK-47, are less likely to reach. Moving and strafing around at a minimal level helps to avoid enemy fire.

### Counter-Strategies

In terms of damage in its class, it is far outmatched by the URatio. When using the latter against M14 users, it is optimal to aim the chest, abdomen or head for a one-shot kill. Tap-firing with assault rifles like the M4 or AK-47 is also an option. Moving and strafing around at a minimal level helps to avoid enemy fire.

## Trivia

* It is based off the M14 rifle, or the United States Rifle, 7.62 mm, M14, with 20 rounds instead of 10.
* Due to the weapon having high damage, accuracy and medium fire rate, some of the community refers to the M14 as overpowered.
Deathmatch

**Deathmatch** is a gamemode in *Critical Strike Portable* and *Critical Ops*.

In *Critical Strike Portable*, the gamemode is almost identical to Team Deathmatch, but **all** other players are considered enemies.

In *Critical Ops*, players can respawn after dying, unlike Defuse and must contribute to add up their team's kills higher than the enemy team's.

## Gameplay

### Critical Strike Portable

In Deathmatch, players are assigned to kill any other player, even if the people are on the same side as the latter. Like Team Deathmatch, players can respawn if killed and can kill others endlessly, with no clear objective, one could be being at the top of the leaderboard.

This gamemode is unpopular, due to the constant spawning near opponents.

### Critical Ops

Like Critical Strike Portable, players are spawned in random areas across the map where they can infinitely kill other opponents and respawn within 5 seconds. Unlike CSP, it has a legitimate objective, to raise the team's kill count higher than the opponents in a limited amount of time to win.

Unlike Defuse mode, no gear besides Kevlar can be equipped at all and all weapons are free. Spawned players cannot be killed until after 3 seconds.

## Trivia

* It was originally named Team Deathmatch in C-Ops, but was changed in the 0.5.1 update.
* Before patch 0.6.0.7, the term "TDM" (short for Team Deathmatch) still appeared on the loading screen even though the gamemode name doesnt have "Team" anymore.
Credits

**Credits** are an in-game currency in Critical Ops, alongside Tokens and Money, used to purchase and open skin cases in the main menu.

Players are given no credits when they start the game, unlike money. They use credits to open a selected number of skin cases and will randomly get a skin for a randomly selected weapon. Credits can be earned with Missions, watching ads, completing offers or bought with real cash.

## *Critical Ops*

Credits are given by these means:

 Completing Missions
 Completing offers
P250

The **P250** is the initially equipped gun in *Critical Ops.*

## Description

Like the Glock 19 in Critical Strike Portable, it is a semi-automatic pistol that can fire mid-range and deal medium damage. The P250 can also deal critical if not fatal damage to the head (if kevlar isn't equipped).

However, it also shares some cons like the lowest penetration of the pistol class through Kevlar and inaccuracy at far range, especially when moving and jumping.

The P250 has a mediocre 26 base damage. It doesn't affect walking speed that much. It has a decent effective range and a fire rate of ~280 RPM. It has a slightly uncontrollable recoil but it can be compensated if the player is skilled enough. It holds 17 bullets in its magazine and 34 in reserve. It has below average penetration so this pistol should only be used in dire situations when a primary isn't suitable for the said encounter.

## Properties

 Unarmored
 Head
 Chest
 Stomach
 Legs
 Arms

### Advantages

* Free (unless different pistol is equipped).
* Decent damage.
* Can one-hit kill players with no kevlar in the head.
* The third fastest fire rate of all pistols.
* Recoil is fairly easy to control.
* Doesn't affect walking speed heavily.
* Good first shot accuracy.

### Disadvantages

* Lowest penetration power out of all pistols.
* Becomes inaccurate after the first 3 shots.
* Only 2 spare magazines in reserve.

## Gameplay

### Strategies

* The P250 is an effective weapon to use at unsuspecting enemies with no kevlar, as 1 shot to the head with this weapon is enough to deal more than 100 damage to the enemy.
* The P250 has low penetration, so the weapon should be replaced for other weapons with better penetration such as the MR 96.
* Aim for headshots, the P250 can kill people with 1 or 2 shots to the head and is lethal for the price of nothing.
	+ However, this isn't a suitable anti-eco weapon as this weapon can be overwhelmed by other more expensive pistols.
* Never rush with this weapon, when faced with 2 enemy players it is better to flee than to fight.
* The P250 and the URatio together is an effective layout as the P250 is great for medium-close range encounters as long as you aim for the head.
	+ If you can't score headshots, try using a different secondary such as the XD .45 or the Dual MTX.
* Don't be scared to spray with this weapon, this weapon has a large enough magazine to last an entire match.

### Counter-Strategies

* The P250, although an effective secondary, can still be overwhelmed by other more expensive pistols, particularly the Dual MTX.
* Any assault rifle can counter this weapon.
* The P250 is only effective in short-medium to medium-long distances so a long-range weapon such as the URatio can overwhelm a P250 user.
* When having an encounter with a P250 user, wearing kevlar is recommended as the P250 has low penetration.

## Trivia

* It is based off the SIG Sauer P250 9mm.
* The real life P250 doesnt have "the thing infront of the slide"
Critical Ops patches/0.9.11.f145

**0.9.11.f145** is a patch to *Critical Ops* that introduced the TRG-22, a reporting system and regional matchmaking along with a number of bug fixes.

## Patch Notes

### Gameplay

* New Gun: **TRG-22**
	+ TRG Milestones
	+ TRG Missions
* Reporting system
* Ranked: Regional matchmaking

### Fixes/Improvements

* Memory optimization
* Raid memory optimization
* Fixed: Division see through to vents
* Fixed: Milestones statuses sometimes not being correct
* Fixed: "Only party member can do stuff" stuck in menu bug
* Fixed: Urban Digicamo skins not looking great
* Fixed: Picking up guns etc. in Legacy

## References

1. ↑ https://criticalopsgame.com/news/37/
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/7yfUvFpA/918-new-gun-trg-22
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/OsHu7Y2Q/947-trg-milestones
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/53hLWWBw/946-trg-missions
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/wvY3sfiO/943-reporting-system
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/pyIJ1Rl7/936-ranked
7. ↑ https://trello.com/c/OQ5h8Mvo/949-memory-optimization
8. ↑ https://trello.com/c/GHbAH9rd/954-raid-memory-optimization
9. ↑ https://trello.com/c/vUufgAdK/950-fixed-division-see-through-to-vents
10. ↑ https://trello.com/c/oihU1TNA/944-fixed-milestone-statuses-sometimes-not-being-correct
11. ↑ https://trello.com/c/mQXYghSS/953-fixed-only-party-leader-can-do-stuff-stuck-in-menu-bug
12. ↑ https://trello.com/c/H6lW6XsL/957-fixed-urban-digicamo-skins-looking-not-great
13. ↑ https://trello.com/c/rHi5jlE8/960-fixed-picking-up-guns-etc-in-legacy
Weapons

**Weapons** are the basic forefront of Critical Strike Portable, Critical Ops, Critical Missions: SWAT, and Critical Missions: Space. There are currently 16 Weapons in Critical Strike Portable and 24 in Critical. There are 7 types of Weapons: Explosives, Pistols, Submachine Guns, Assault Rifles, Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, and Melee.

Weapons can either be bought or picked up from the ground, although in Critical Strike Portable and Deathmatch in Critical Ops, they will disappear if left on the ground too long. Each Weapon has a delay after reloading. In Critical Ops, Weapons can only be bought in a buy zone.

In the mobile version of Critical Missions: SWAT, all other primary Weapons than the default UMP45 can be unlocked in the Main Menu Gun Shop for 24 hours.
Friends

**Friends** are players you can send private messages to and people who can join your worlds in *Critical Strike Portable* and *Critical Ops*.

In *Critical Strike Portable* players can find friends in a clan they both share or by manually adding someone as a friend.

In *Critical Ops*, players can find friends by going on *Social* and then *Friends* in the main menu.  There they can type another player's name and send a friend request.

## Overview

### Critical Strike Portable

To friend players, a user must complete one of these tasks:

1. Going into a user's profile and adding him/her as a friend.
2. Joining a clan and meeting other members.

Friends are marked with a blue insignia depicting their rank above their head and a blue dot on the radar, if he or she is on the same force as the player. Anyone can mark anyone as a friend, even without the need for the other player to friend him or her back. On the main menu in the web version, a player can check if a friend is online on their profile.

This does not affect actual gameplay, but just allows an easier way for players to locate each other.

### Critical Ops

To find friends, a user must complete this task:

* Go onto the main menu and click *"Social"* and then *Friends*. Type in another player's username and send the request. Note that usernames are case-sensitive.

The advantage of the Friends system is that player can join their friends currently playing in a server, without the hassle of searching room names and typing room codes. However, a player **cannot** join their friend if:

1. The server is full.
2. The friend is currently inactive.
3. Game versions don't match.
Critical Ops patches/0.9.5.f309

**0.9.5.f309** is a patch to *Critical Ops* released on December 6, 2017 for Android and on December 7, 2017 for iOS which introduced a new map named **Brewery**, Friend chat and Winterfest 2017 (limited time skins).

## Patch Notes

### Gameplay

* New map: **Brewery**
* Winterfest 2017: 7 new skins
	+ Tier 4 x2
	+ Tier 5 x2
	+ Tier 7 x1
* Friend chat
* Tutorial gameplay improvements
* TDM: Spawn time is 4 seconds

### Fixes/Improvements

* Center of crosshair not scaling correctly

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/RV7qPGlE
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/AcexjlpS/736-2017
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/rXZ72QiI/604-friend-chat
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/vks0dIGj
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/YShxjxFI
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/gHteGJfU/760-fixed-center-of-crosshair-not-scaling-correctly
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w18d\_PR2\_B4&feature=youtu.be&ab\_channel=AlphaiOS
Glock 19

The **Glock 19** is the initial gun in Critical Strike Portable.

## Description

The Glock 19 strongly resembles the real-life pistol Glock.

Glock 19 is the default starting weapon along with the Knife. It deals a low amount of damage, has mediua m fire rate and moderate accuracy. It has a fast reload, though slower than the Deagle. Killing enemies requires about 7-8 shots in the chest or 3-5 shots in the head, thus making headshots important when using the Glock.

## Trivia

* If the player fires and immediately reloads after firing, the Glock will have the hammer glitched out.
Chessboard

Dad found a chessboard in the room. Each square has a stamp on it that shows a letter of the alphabet.

   According to Puzzlemaster Sandor, the following tactics will not come into play in solving the chessboard puzzle:

* Morse code
* Chess cipher
* Knight’s tour
* Stamp color
* Letter distribution

He added that the solution was actually much simpler, and that there was additional information that was needed to solve the puzzle.

On the 5th and 6th videos, several pieces were covering up some of the letters. These letters spell SAN FRAN.

## San Francisco Chronicle

The bar codes (and SAN FRAN) point to the white pieces featured on the board in the chess column in the March 30, 1981 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. The Chronicle’s online archives only go back to 1985, so the next step involved looking up the Chronicle’s back issues on microfilm at the library. When matched up with the white pieces in the column, the chessboard in the room revealed seven letters: SEYMOUR.

Dad typed SEYMOUR into the keyboard, and one of the menorah lights turned on!
Winterfest Case

The **Winterfest Case** is an exclusive variant of a Weapon Case added as part of patch 0.9.5.f309, available from December 13, 2017 to January 2, 2018. Unlike standard cases, it costs 1000 orange credits and has a chance to give the player an exclusive weapon skin.

## Overview

Opening one Winterfest case will cost the player 1000 orange credits. Like standard weapon cases, the player will be awarded a skin, but they will have a chance to obtain a limited time winter themed skin.
Hostage

A **Hostage** is an artificially intelligent NPC bot appearing in *Critical Strike Portable*, exclusive to Classic mode.

## Description

Hostages are the main mechanic of hostage rescue missions. The Counter-Terrorists are usually assigned to find and escort them to a hostage escape zone (usually near or at their spawn) while the Terrorists are assigned to prevent that.

The hostage comes in at least a pair of female characters wearing grey suits and are indicated in the radar as green dots. Once a Counter-Terrorist meets up with a hostage, the hostage will then run to wherever the Counter-Terrorist goes, until they arrive at the rescue point.

To escort a hostage, a Counter-Terrorist must click E when near the hostage. In mobile, the player must move past a hostage to rescue it.
Critical Ops patches/0.6.1.3p1

**0.6.1.3p1** was a hotfix patch released for *Critical Ops* on Android.

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/W1rNVWAk/379-fixed-crash-on-account-link
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/vFfFoK6H/390-fixed-crash-if-player-has-an-unknown-skin
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/ZpX3PeEP/395-fixed-getting-stuck-in-initializing-if-connection-is-lost
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/kziK38Qb/394-fixed-renderimage-crash
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/XcuYi4zV/393-arcade-fixed-keybindings-not-being-saved
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/VUwh3bc0/396-mobile-fixed-ad-button-not-being-able-to-press-again-after-watching-an-ad
7. ↑ https://trello.com/c/v0hPEVsp/397-mobile-added-offer-wall-if-there-are-no-video-ads-available
Insane Experimenter Kara'a

**Insane Experimenter Kara'a**

 Element
 Max Lv.

**Hit Count/BB Fill**

* Anim.

Summon: "Bwahaha! I've found the secrets to unit creation! Soon, not even Noel will be able to stop me!!"

 Fusion: "More, I need more! Quickly!"

 Evolution: "Haha! I know! I will finally be able to do ANYTHING!!"

**How to Obtain**
Rare Summon

**Skills**

**Leader Skill:** ***Unstable Concoction***

70% boost to all parameters, nullifies all status ailments & boosts damage to status affected foes.
15% Boost
**Extra Skill: *Insanity Overdrive***[Requirement(s): Mad Scientist's Manuscripts]

Boosts all parameters by 45%, greatly heals unit at the end of turn.
Heals unit for 30% of max HP per turn.
**Brave Burst:** ***Botched Potion***
[Offense]

30 combo powerful Water attack on all foes, boosts BB Gauge & great chance of inflicting a random status ailment.
Fills 15 BC, 45% chance.**Super BB: *Depomposition***
[Offense]

40 combo powerful Water attack on all foes, great chance of inflicting a random status ailment, boosts BB Gauge & greatly restores HP for all allies
60% Chance, fills 18 BC.**Ultimate BB: *Neutralization Reaction***
[Offense]

80 combo devastating Water attack on all foes, massive chance of inflicting a random status ailment, grants defense ignore for 10 turns, completely heals all allies for 5 turns & casts Angel Idol on self.
90% Chance, heals all allies for 999,999 HP each turn, Angel Idol lasts for 20 turns.

*Hidden buff value(s) is/are based on unit's max levelled BB/SBB (10).
Value(s) may be lower if the level is not at max.*
XM1014 Shotgun

The **XM1014 Shotgun** is a shotgun found in Critical Strike Portable.

## Description

The XM1014 Shotgun is a semi-automatic shotgun with extremely high power and high fire rate, next to the AWP Sniper. Because of these reasons, it is generally regarded by the community as over powered and is often picked over the latter, especially in Zombie Mode and Survival for its fire rate and light difficulty to use in mid-close combat.

Its notable downsides are that the bullets spread out the farther they go, which can be a disadvantage in far range combat, especially when firing full auto. Its reload can also vary with the amount of rounds left in a magazine and the rounds can be used up very quickly, with just 7 of them.

In conclusion, the XM1014 is a great weapon for mid and close range combat, but should be used wisely.

## Properties

The XM1014 is perfect for mowing down hordes of enemies at mid-close range. Remaining stationary and hiding is a useful option should an enemy pass by.

 Head

### Advantages

* Fatal damage to the torso and head.
* High fire rate.
* Can shoot while reloading.
* Can be used to shoot through walls (wallbang).

### Disadvantages

* Abysmal at far range combat.
* Low magazine amount.
* Reload varies on bullets missing in magazine.

## Trivia

* It resembles a M1014 Shotgun but with a winter camouflage.
	+ The X at the front was the name of the prototype.
* This is the only weapon in Critical Strike Portable to have a camouflage applied to itself.
* Originally the shotgun had a different appearance and a different sound. The shotgun was pure black with the cocking handle a gray-ish black.
* The Shotgun originally costed $500 but was changed to $600 for the current version.
* In older versions the shotgun had no folding stock, whereas in newer versions it is equipped with a folding stock.
* The real model is a SPAS-12.
Real-world Comics

## Introduction

From the website discovered in the Jew Pack 1, thirteen people actually got sent real-world comics.

## Theory

Using the prices on the Comic Book Receipt, and indexing into the real world comic by page and letter, the following phrase was revealed

S-U-M-M-E-R-O-R-T-A-R-T-T

This phrase breaks down into Summer or Tartt

## Result

The answer is that both of those are the surnames of famous women named Donna.

Donna was entered into the keyboard, and another menorah light came on!
Barricade

**Barricades** are an item purchasable in Critical Strike Portable exclusively in Survival mode.

## Description

A feature only in Survival mode, this item is generally used to block zombies from getting near players. Barricades have a limited amount of health, which can be depleted by attacking zombies and even worse, kamikazes. Barricades can be healed by slashing them with a knife.

It is recommended not to try and completely barricade yourself from enemies, as the safe zone takes away health as a penalty.
Critical Ops patches/0.9.9

**0.9.9.59** is a patch to *Critical Ops* released on June 18, 2018.

### Fixes/Improvements

* Fixed: Grenades could deal more damage through walls when they are next to a wall
* Facebook SDK update
* Fixed Division map glitch
* Fixed multiple crashes
* Fixed tap to switch weapon not working when a player has auto equip weapon pickup off picks up a weapon
* Fixed Canals "peephole"
* Performance optimization
* New ???
* Trying to log in with Facebook when user has changed password

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/WPM36lvf/772-untitled
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/efi0M8oL/899-anti-cheat-improvements
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/XKzX0iZX/904-weapon-balance-update
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/Map6LcU1/914-knife-audio-iterated
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/zurCll9e/906-fixed-grenades-could-deal-more-damage-through-walls-when-they-were-next-to-a-wall
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/fPFj9N82/908-facebook-sdk-update
7. ↑ https://trello.com/c/nZw7i3Ll/919-fixed-division-map-glitch
8. ↑ https://trello.com/c/VD8f7FLg/920-fixed-multiple-crashes
9. ↑ https://trello.com/c/Tb1dzgm6/921-fixed-tap-to-switch-weapon-not-working-when-a-player-who-has-auto-equip-weapon-pickup-off-picks-up-a-weapon
10. ↑ https://trello.com/c/540dWAj8/923-fixed-canals-peephole
11. ↑ https://trello.com/c/DAKXhvgI/814-performance-optimization
12. ↑ https://trello.com/c/6Im0eKGV/773-new
13. ↑ https://trello.com/c/8mbGJlnn
Clans

**Clans** are an optional feature in *Critical Ops* and *Critical Strike Portable* that are identified with tags put before a player's username.

## Overview

### *Critical Ops*

To join a clan, a player must receive and accept an invitation from a clan leader. Once joined, the name of the clan will show up before the player's username in the scoreboard and kill feed. Creating a clan currently costs 1000 credits.

Clans are currently set at a default of 10 free member slots and a maximum total of 50 member slots. Members can purchase more member slots starting at 50 credits, which will add up by 50 as more slots are bought. Only clan leaders are able to invite members.

### *Critical Strike Portable*

#### PC

To join or make a clan, go to the main menu and click the top right corner and click "View Profile". In a match, go to the game menu and find your username in the player list. Once the profile displays, type a clan name in the "Set Clan" box and click *Set Clan*.

Any kills from the clan's members will be added to the clan's kill score. Players can also spray their clan name on any surface (T key) to advertise their clan.

#### Mobile

When logging in the user can see a menu of their friends and stats. Under the stats has a place where a rectangle can be found. The rectangle is a bar to make/join a clan. After typing in the clan name, there is a button to set your clan.

Unlike PC, you cannot spray your clan name on anything and you can fit more than 5 characters.

## Trivia

* On mobile, colors can be added to a username via clan tag with hex codes.
Bot

**Bots** are artificially intelligent NPCs (non-playable characters) designed to act and look like players and only appear in Single Player mode and Bot Match mode.

## Description

Bots follow a simple AI to charge in groups, small or large towards opponents and shoot once at a time. Killing a bot rewards the player with $10 in money. Since bots have a simple AI, they can be killed easily, depending on the difficulty set.

However, bots are heavily limited in the case of skill. No bot equips the AWP Sniper as it generally requires a two-step procedure to use, scope and shoot which they cannot complete. Bots also cannot plant or defuse the C4 (except the Kamikaze) as they are only directed to walk around and kill enemy players.

For these reasons, in a case to improve skills, it is recommended to practice in multiplayer servers as experience from teaming up with other players and being killed by or killing tough opponents helps to improve upon current techniques.
Critical Ops patches/0.9.2.f205

* Promo #1
* Promo #2

**0.9.2.f205** was a patch to *Critical Ops* released on October 16, 2017 which added a large update to the anti-cheat system, 2 new knife skins and lots of bug fixes. This patch incorporates features from the previous patch for Android into the iOS platform.

## Patch Notes

### Gameplay

* Big Anti-Cheat Update
* 2 new Knife skins
* Updated "Clothes" audio when moving
* Updated bullet impact audio
* TDM: Spawn protection lasts 3 seconds, doesn't expire when shooting or moving
* Optional: Shoot using Touch Pressure
* Google Play: First 5 achievements
* Minor Optimization to performance during gameplay, reduced FPS spikes
* Scoreboard: Able to interact with player profiles and interact with players in the room
* More info when creating a clan (clan slots, max clan size)

### Fixes/Improvements

* Double switch when switching weapons fast
* "ALL" chat messages being visible as one in TEAM Chat after disabling ALL Chat
* Dropped guns having wrong skins
* Connection issues to certain servers
* Shoot button showing too early in tutorial and when spectating
* Shooting the sky in Bureau crashes the game
* Minor graphics fixes

#### Android

* Sensitivity being reset
* CPU performance improvement

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/f2NyCk7e/730-2-new-knife-skins
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/F5Xv2l7W/731-updated-clothes-audio-when-moving
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/PjeCoMPG/732-updated-bullet-impact-audios
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/fyzT1oa8/725-tdm-spawn-protection-lasts-3-seconds-doesnt-expire-when-shooting-or-moving
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/VbCcZlkG/721-option-shoot-using-touch-pressure-if-your-device-supports-it
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/hBmFBnUm/723-google-play-first-5-achievements
7. ↑ https://trello.com/c/XSiT5QYE/711-minor-optimization-to-performance-during-gameplay-reduced-fps-spikes
8. ↑ https://trello.com/c/xKY9Eyw0/607-scoreboard-able-to-open-player-profiles-and-interact-with-players-in-the-room
9. ↑ https://trello.com/c/tB8o4keo/715-more-info-when-creating-a-clan-clan-slots-max-clan-size
10. ↑ https://trello.com/c/1aJowHuW/710-fixed-double-switch-when-switching-weapons-fast
11. ↑ https://trello.com/c/i4kWPEbA
12. ↑ https://trello.com/c/P3XELTZG/718-fixed-dropped-guns-having-wrong-skins
13. ↑ https://trello.com/c/f7sm0phs/729-fixed-connection-issues-to-certain-servers
14. ↑ https://trello.com/c/cBtkUwwp/726-fixed-shoot-button-showing-too-early-in-tutorial-and-when-spectating
15. ↑ https://trello.com/c/lNBMiYBE/719-fixed-shooting-the-sky-in-bureau-crashes-the-game-for-you
16. ↑ https://trello.com/c/07ANP5JV/720-minor-graphics-fixes
17. ↑ https://trello.com/c/gJmyq8w1/728-android-fixed-sensitivity-being-reset-issues
18. ↑ https://trello.com/c/i6TySza4
Critical Pass

The **Critical Pass** is a progression system implemented in Critical Ops designed to reward players for playing the game during a Season. There are two options one can choose to get a Critical Pass, the Free Pass which is offered with no cost and the Elite Pass, which is bought for 1,400 Credits.

## Overview

Players can progress their Critical Pass by gathering experience points, which can be generated by the completing Ranked and Quick matches. Additional XP can be earned by winning matches and getting the most kills on a team. It is possible to unlock Tiers using Credits.

After a Season has finished, all the rewards a player has unlocked are kept.
Critical Ops patches/0.3.7

**0.3.7** was a patch released on February which mainly focused on improving gameplay mechanics.

## Patch Notes

### Gameplay

* Movement Speed reduced by 7%
* Kevlar can no longer be bought seperately
* Round timer decreased to 100s
* Bomb timer increased to 40s
* Flashbangs limited to 1
* Smoke reduced by 3s
* Grenade bounciness increased
* Frag explosion range reduced -10%
* Throwing grenades is slightly faster
* New Gun Model GSR 1911
* Weapons Rebalanced

### Fixes/Improvements

* Dead Terrorists receive loss bonus even if the round ends in timeout
* Resuming the game again from App Icon
* Improvements:
	+ Optimizations
	+ More ads for free credits
	+ Gun Inspecting for new weapon models
Maps

**Maps** are the space or arenas where players confront one another. On all Maps, and depending on the game mode, players are awarded money or XP by killing players, kamikazes, or Zombies from the opposing team.

On Critical Strike Portable, there are currently 109 playable Maps. On Critical Ops, there are currently 20 playable Maps (technically 21 if the Tutorial Map is included). When loading a Critical Ops Map, images of the Map's content are shown on the loading screen as a preview. If a player fills the Map player limit before another user joins, the latter user will be disconnected.
Artic

**Artic** is a Map found in Critical Ops. It is a neighborhood located in Finland with a winter night setting. It was originally made for the Triple Threat Mode during the Winterfest 2019 event.

## Description

This map takes place in a small town in finland

## Trivia

This map has only one bomb site, which is A

## History

### Season 10

* Update 1.13.0: The Artic Map is added during Winterfest 2019.
Money

**Money** is an important game mechanism in both Critical Strike Portable and Critical Ops, used to buy weapons and gear. When a player does not have enough money to buy something in the buy menu, the invalid option will be slightly darkened. At times, players are forced to purchase something other than their preferred item due to limitations on money.

In Critical Strike Portable, new players will start with $100 and as they kill more people, they will start to build up a small fortune. A glitch allows players to buy weapons with $0, but it does not allow player skins to be bought with an insufficient amount of money in the classic version.

In Critical Ops, players start out with $800 to spend on either Kevlar or a different pistol than the P250. Money will be received more as a matches are finished but will eventually reset once 13 matches have been won by one side. This feature is completely useless in Deathmatch, as players can purchase weapons for free.

Money can be earned according to the following tables:

## Critical Ops

Unlike *Critical Strike Portable*, money is not saved permanently into a user account.

 Round Money
 Round Start

### Guide

During the pistol match, if players want to save money as much as they can, they should consider purchasing the GSR 1911 or keep the P250 with no Kevlar & Helmet equipped. This way, players can use money earned from rounds (win or lose) to buy other weapons later.

A recommendation would be to spend on the cheapest preferable weapon while fighting to maximize money growth. Or, plant/defuse the C4 to give yourself and your teammates a cash boost.

## Critical Strike Portable

 Kill Zombie Player
 Kill NPC
 Gold Medal (50 kills in multiplayer)
 Blind player with Flash Grenade | $35

### Guide

As it suggests in CSP, killing NPC bots in single-player mode might not be very efficient in growing money, unless you continuously kill the bots many times. If a player has a total of less than $5000, it is not recommended to purchase weapons. The weapons are quite expensive for that amount and players should resort to using what weapon they have available or by picking up weapons off the ground, which means they should might not go on Classic.

Team Deathmatch is a great place to start, since players can respawn indefinitely or Capture the Flag, since simply retrieving the enemy flag greatly boosts a player's total amount of money. Once a player reaches a satisfactory amount, he/she should be able to purchase weapons.
UMP45

The **UMP45** is a submachine gun found in Critical Strike Portable.

## Description

The weapon is fair in quality, it has standard ammunition, has efficient run speed, but in turn is its small inaccuracy and low damage when firing far range. Because of this, this weapon is quite uncommon amongst most players.

## Guide

### Strategies

The UMP45 is a weapon much like the AUG and should be used far-mid range as its accuracy is somewhat fair. It is useful in large, long distance maps like Harbour.

## Trivia

* The UMP45 was meant to appear in beta versions of Critical Strike but was never added until a later version.
* In older versions, the UMP45 sounded like the M4A1 but maintained its other physical features.
* The UMP45 resembles a Heckler\_Koch\_UMP.
Gear

**Gear** is a class of items that are not weapons.

Although classed in *Critical Ops*, but not legitimately classed in *Critical Strike Portable*, gear typically refers to items such as the Frag Grenade, the Smoke Grenade and Kevlar & Helmet. This also includes the C4 and the MedKit, but are not actually classed.

In *Critical Strike Portable*, gear cannot be dropped at all and will only disappear if either used or killed. However, in *Critical Ops*, all gear but Kevlar & Helmet can be dropped.
Critical Ops patches/0.6.0.5

**0.6.0.5** was a patch released on July 27, 2016 which focused on adding new features and improving other features.

## Patch Notes

### Gameplay

* Room name search
* Minimap style updated, slightly optimized
* New gun model and animations for SG 551 and AUG
* Added some sway/leaning to character movement
* Redone main menu
* New loading screen
* New case opening
* Case Open Audio Fixes/Improvements

### Fixes

* Minimap bomb scale
* Quest Login notification coming after mission popup
* Password Protected room icon size
* End of match screen on mobile
* Crosshair default size on web version 50% instead of 3

#### Android

* Plants are squares on some devices
* Getting a notification permanently mutes audio
* Plaza see through on one of the buildings on low quality

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/pCA29jRN
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/myO6h25u
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/nY2WqQjB
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/k3ET13Xp/315-case-open-audio-fixes-improvements
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/o1OFom8z
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/1nXndN8v