EOD Bot Arm changes in Battlefield 6

The EOD Bot Arm now counts as a light melee weapon, so you run faster with it out, but it cannot destroy things the way heavy melee weapons can.

EA now classes it as light melee: the faster run speed, without heavy melee destruction.

• EA lists this under Gadgets in the 1.4.2.5 changelog: the EOD Bot Arm has been adjusted to function as a light melee weapon, providing the faster run speed benefit without the destruction capability of heavy melee weapons.
• The weapon was added in Season 3 High-Value Target. EA publishes no speed or damage figures for either melee class, and does not spell out what the weapon's profile was before this change.

TipThis is a trade, not an upgrade. EA says the arm now gives the light melee run speed benefit without the destruction capability of heavy melee weapons, so if you want that destruction a heavy melee weapon is the tool for it. EA publishes no speed or damage figures for either class.

The EOD Bot Arm is a new melee weapon that you can earn as a reward on the limited-time Wet Work Bonus Path event.

New melee weapon from Season 3's final phase, listed among the Wet Work Bonus Path rewards.

• Season 3's High-Value Target phase added the EOD Bot Arm, a new melee weapon. EA frames it as being for the Engineer with unconventional means of destruction, or for any soldier ready to use whatever armaments necessary for the job, and lists it among the rewards on the limited-time Wet Work Bonus Path event, where you collect contracts from downed enemies and complete the orders on them. EA published no damage or handling figures for it.

TipThe Wet Work Bonus Path was a limited-time event, so if you were away for it, check your melee list before assuming you have the EOD Bot Arm.