Battlefield 1

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Battlefield 1
Active since 06-21-2016
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The Battlefield 1 ARG - an ARG that began with headphones and Morse.
Type [[List_of_Investigations#Official|Official]]
Creator EA Dice
Discovered 06-21-2016

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Note: this wiki page is currently under construction.

This wiki page documents the Easter Egg / ARG that is hidden in Battlefield 1. The Google doc used to populate this wiki page can be found here.

Headphones and Morse

Several pairs of headphones were discovered hidden on some maps. The headphones are indestructible, and appear on every server. It appears that there are 5 sets of headphones per map, although not all headphone spawns have been found on all maps. In addition, not all headphones will spawn on a map at once, so discovering their location is quite difficult. The headphones can be picked up and worn by the player. Upon interacting with an MCOM station (1 MCOM per map) while wearing the headphones, the player will hear some Morse code being tapped out. A player can wear only one pair of headphones at a time, and only the player wearing the headphones will be able to hear the Morse code. If a player wearing headphones is killed, the headphones are dropped.

Maps

NOTE: These guide maps feature headphone locations which were changed in the November 15th, 2016 update

Amiens

Here is the Morse code that is audible on the Amiens map:

Argonne Forest

Empire's Edge

Here is the Morse code that is audible on the Monte Grappa map:

FAO Fortress

Monte Grappa

Sinai Desert

St-Quentin-Scar

Suez Canal

November 15, 2016

On November 15th, Battlefield 1 received an update which changed the Morse code heard on all maps' hidden MCOM stations to the following:

.--. .-. . ...- .. --- ..- ... | -- . ... ... .- --. . | -.-. --- .-. .-. ..- .--. - . -..
.- .-- .- .. - | ..-. ..- .-. - .... . .-. | .. -. ... - .-. ..- -.-. - .. --- -. ...
PREVIOUS MESSAGE CORRUPTED
AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

Included in & since this update on November 15th:

  • Ballroom Blitz has had an MCOM station and headphones added to it, whereas pre-patch it was the only map with neither
  • The spawn locations of many headphones on most maps has changed
  • The above Morse message plays on loop until the MCOM station eventually explodes, although this appears to be buggy and thus the station will not always behave in this way
  • Once the MCOM station explodes, headphones stop spawning on the map
  • Dying after having retrieved a headphone will no longer cause a new headphone to spawn at the initial spawn location of the one the dead player was carrying
  • Only one pair of headphones will spawn upon the initiation of a round on each map

On December 12th, Battlefield 1 received another rather large update, which included the highly anticipated new map, Giant's Shadow. Alas, all attempts to find headphones and/or a hidden MCOM on the new map been met with failure, and no changes to the existing Morse code or hidden MCOM stations have been found yet, besides those mentioned above. Rumor has it that the Morse-mystery content has been being juggled around DICE internally, ultimately originating from DICE Stockholm studios but now being handled by DICE LA. Perhaps this changing of hands explains the sudden alterations to the mystery's structure and apparent delays insofar as new content, however these claims remain "officially" unconfirmed.

This article will be thoroughly updated once DICE pushes some more content, which perhaps will even amount to Battlefield 1's very own... PHANTOM PROGRAM!? Stay tuned. . .