Highlights
- Season 14 of Rocket League brings new car bodies, an underwater arena, and music playlists.
- Some fans are disappointed in the lack of new content in the latest Rocket League update.
- The Rocket Pass offers customizable options for cars, but new content is limited to cosmetics.
Rocket League's underwater-themed Season 14 is now live and adds new car bodies, an Arena variant, and more to the enduring game. The initial reception to Rocket League's latest update has been a bit lukewarm, as fans claim that it's lacking in new content.
By now, most Rocket League fans have probably heard of Fortnite's Rocket Racing, a collaboration between Epic Games and Psyonix that brought Rocket League-like gameplay to Fortnite. Instead of squaring off on a miniature soccer pitch, Rocket Racing sees users race through various tracks while utilizing boosts, jumps, and other mechanics. Previous updates already allowed users to transfer various cars between the two games, a trend that this latest Rocket League update follows, sort of.
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The two new car bodies in Season 14's Rocket Pass are the Admiral and Mako, which use the Dominus and Breakout's hitboxes, respectively. The update's patch notes confirm that both of these cars will be available in the future for cross-game ownership between Rocket Racing and Rocket League, but for now, they are limited to Rocket League. Season 14 also introduces the AquaDome (Salty Shallows) Arena, an underwater map that uses a lighter, sharkless tone than the original version. While playing the new edition of AquaDome, players will hear a playlist of lo-fi house music, including this season's theme, "Ghost" by Direct.
In terms of new content, that's about it for Rocket League's Season 14 update other than cosmetics. However, those who participate in Rocket League's Competitive modes will finally receive their rewards from last season, which include dynamic decals that sync to whatever in-game music the user is listening to. With Season 14's launch, a soft reset has been applied to all Competitive playlists, and Competitive Snow Day has been replaced with Competitive Dropshot. Psyonix also announced Season 14's Tournament rewards, which are laser-themed and include a goal explosion, laser beam boost, and laser trail.
Season 14's Rocket Pass adds new options for customizing Rocket League's cars by introducing the Fishscale Paint Finish, Kelp Antenna, Snorkel Mask Topper, Scale-Veil Decal, Atlantis Goal Explosion, and more. Like other seasons, users need to pay 1000 Credits (about $10) to unlock the Rocket Pass' premium reward track, which includes the bulk of Season 14's new cosmetics.
Rocket League fans who might be looking for a new game to try out have a decent amount of options. Rocket Soccer Derby is one of the more obvious choices, which basically cloned Rocket League's formula while trying to add some new twists.
Patch Notes for Rocket League's Season 14 Update
THE HEADLINES
- Season 14 Rocket Pass, featuring the new Car Bodies Admiral and Mako, is now available
- The new Arena variant AquaDome (Salty Shallows) is now live in Online Playlists
- Season 13 Competitive Rewards (Beat-Synced Decals) are dropping for all eligible players
- Check out additional patch notes for v2.36 here
SEASON 14
Rocket Pass
- Season 14 Rocket Pass, featuring the new Car Bodies Admiral and Mako, is now available
- Admiral uses the Dominus hitbox
- Mako uses the Breakout hitbox
Tournaments
- Season 14 Tournaments are live
- Any unspent Season 13 Tournament Credits automatically convert into rewards
- Tournament Credits have converted to the highest level reward you are 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 this season will receive one All-Star cup
- New Tournament Reward items have been added
Challenges
- Season 14 Stage 1 Challenges are live
Competitive
- Season 14 Competitive has started
- Season 14 Changes
- Similar to previous seasons, a soft reset has been applied to all Competitive Playlists
- Competitive alternates between Snow Day and Dropshot each Season
- Season 14: Competitive Dropshot
- Season 15: Competitive Snow Day
NEW CONTENT
Arenas
- The new Arena variant AquaDome (Salty Shallows) is now live in Online Playlists
Season 13 Competitive Rewards
- Season 13 Reward Items and Titles will be awarded according to your highest Rank achieved during the season, and successful completion of the appropriate Season Reward Levels.
- Season 13 Rewards are Beat-Synced Decals
- Bronze I or higher: S13 – Bronze Beat-Synced Decal
- Silver I or higher: S13 – Silver Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
- Gold I or higher: S13 – Gold Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
- Platinum I or higher: S13 – Platinum Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
- Diamond I or higher: S13 – Diamond Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
- Champion I or higher: S13 – Champion Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
- Grand Champion I: S13 – Grand Champion Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
- Supersonic Legend: S13 – Supersonic Legend Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
- Grand Champion Titles (in Crimson text)
- Competitive Grand Champion: ‘S13 GRAND CHAMPION’
- Rumble Grand Champion: ‘S13 RNG CHAMP’
- Hoops Grand Champion: ‘S13 DUNK MASTER’
- Snow Day Grand Champion: ‘S13 BLIZZARD WIZARD’
- Supersonic Legend Titles (in Titanium White text)
- Competitive Supersonic Legend: ‘S13 SUPERSONIC LEGEND’
- Rumble Supersonic Legend: ‘S13 RNGENIUS’
- Hoops Supersonic Legend: ‘S13 LEGENDARY BALLER’
- Snow Day Supersonic Legend: ‘S13 ICE TITAN’
KNOWN ISSUES
For a complete list of known issues in Rocket League, go here
Rocket League
Rocket League is an exciting and engaging mixture of racing and soccer which has players piloting specialized vehicles that battle against one another to score goals with a giant ball.
