Rainbow Six Siege X Abandon Penalties: Updated sanctions, cooldown period, and more

Rainbow Six Siege X Abandon Penalties are levied when players forfeit Unranked and Ranked matches. Their purpose is to discourage players from intentionally exiting matches for any reason. However, there are various instances where players receive this penalty without any fault of their own. This can happen due to network disconnection, power cuts, or any other similar reasons.

This article will take a look at the new Rainbow Six Siege X Abandon Penalties, which were updated by Ubisoft recently.

New Rainbow Six Siege X Abandon Penalties

Old Abandon Penalties

The previous set of Abandon Penalties was quite severe in Rainbow Six Siege. It ensured that players could not queue for Ranked or Unranked matches if they left prematurely. These were the earlier penalties for various offenses:

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1st Offense - 1 hour
2nd Offense - 2 hours
3rd Offense - 24 hours
4th Offense - 48 hours
5th Offense - 7 Days

New Abandon Penalties

As of July 24, 2025, Ubisoft updated Rainbow Six Siege X Abandon Penalties and informed the community in a recent X post. They mentioned the new penalties to be the following:

1st Offense - 5min queue penalty
2nd Offense - 15min queue penalty
3rd Offense - 45min queue penalty
4th Offense - 2h queue penalty

These new updated penalties take effect immediately.

Cooldown period for the Abandon Penalties

The cooldown period for the Rainbow Six Siege X Abandon Penalties is seven days, following which, the next offense is deemed once again to be the first one.

More on the updated penalties and the state of Ranked matches

Although the intention behind this update was to punish players less for leaving Unranked and Ranked game modes, the community is split regarding this change. Several professional players and community veterans have already taken to X to express their frustrations.

Furthermore, Rainbow Six Siege X has been receiving a lot of cheating-related complaints. Although the new updated Rainbow Six Siege X Abandon Penalties allow players to cancel cheater matches, it also creates a unique situation for content creators where they are recognized and their matches are dodged. This leaves them with more cancelled matches than completed ones.

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All this said, this update can be considered the first step towards tackling the cheater influx. However, some form of permanent action regarding the issue is urgently needed, and fans are hopeful that the mid-season patch will have Ubisoft take the necessary steps.

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About the author

Sankalpa is a gaming journalist at Sportskeeda who specializes in role-playing games (RPGs) and first-person shooters (FPS). A trained IT engineer, he switched his career to combine his passion for computer hardware and video games. Having done early build testing for Redstorm Entertainment, Sankalpa brings a wealth of insight into his role at Sportskeeda. He actively plays the games he is tasked to cover and then writes unbiased, thoughtful, and accurate features.

Delta Force 1 was the first title Sankalpa played, and it ignited in him a lifelong love for the FPS genre. Currently, he prefers to play multiplayer games on his PC. That said, he would love to explore the majestic landscapes of Far Cry 4's Kyrat in person if he ever finds himself in a Jumanji-type scenario.

Sankalpa follows the esports scene of Rainbow Six quite closely, with he himself playing with and against T2 and T3 teams in R6 tournaments at one point. He enjoys watching the tactics employed by professional players, especially Pengu, a former G2 member and 2x Winner of Rainbow 6 Siege invitationals.

In his spare time, Sankalpa can be found listening to lossless music or editing YouTube videos. He also loves binge-watching anime.

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