PUBG Mobile 4.5 Update: Naruto Shippuden Storms Erangel, Ferrari Takes the Wheel

For years, PUBG Mobile’s crossover strategy has followed a familiar rhythm: a licensed skin here, a themed lobby there, maybe a boss to shoot at. Version 4.5 tears that playbook up. Krafton and Level Infinite have dropped what is arguably the most ambitious content wave in the game’s history — a full Naruto Shippuden transformation of the battlegrounds, an officially licensed Ferrari fleet, a triple-form X-Suit, and a giveaway large enough to make free-to-play players sit up straight. The update went live on July 9, 2026, and it runs through September 7. Here’s everything worth knowing.

PUBG Mobile 4.5 at a Glance

NARUTO: Ninjas Assemble Is the Real Headline

The centerpiece of Version 4.5 is NARUTO: Ninjas Assemble, a Naruto Shippuden-themed mode that Krafton is billing as one of the most ambitious collaborations in the game’s history, spanning Erangel, Livik and Sanhok. This isn’t a reskin. It’s a structural rewrite of how a match plays out.

The Hidden Leaf Village, Rebuilt Brick by Brick

The Hidden Leaf Village now sits north of Rozhok on Erangel, and the level of fan service is genuinely absurd in the best way. Hokage Rock, Naruto’s apartment, the Hokage’s Residence, the Ichiraku Ramen Shop and the Aviary are all recreated, alongside the Ninja Academy, the Hidden Leaf Hospital, the Chunin Exam Finals Arena, the Naka Shrine Secret Room, Naruto’s Inner Mind, the Valley of the End and the Great Naruto Bridge. If you’ve watched the anime, you’ll recognize the geography before you even land.

Ninjutsu, Rogue Ninjas and a Very Angry Fox

Combat gets an entire second layer. Ninjutsu abilities unlock in phases between July 9 and July 14, and the roster includes Flying Raijin Jutsu, Rasengan, Chidori, Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu, Earth Style: Mud Wall, Shadow Clone Jutsu, Reanimation Jutsu, and the Ninja Run traversal ability. That last one matters more than it sounds — it changes rotation speed and vertical play in ways that gunplay alone never can.

Rogue Ninja enemies (melee and ranged variants) spawn across the map near airdrops and supply vehicles, while Kurama roams in one of three states — slumbering, prowling or alert. From July 17, a special match can be triggered in which Kurama attacks the Hidden Leaf Village under someone else’s control, forcing every squad on the map to unite and defend it. A gigantic Nine-Tails boss battle appears at random across Erangel.

There’s a nice bit of comedy woven in, too: Kakashi wanders the mode teaching an enhanced Earth Style: Mud Wall, though you may run into several Kakashis at once — only one is real, the rest are shadow clones.

Shout Your Jutsu — Literally

This is the headline mechanic nobody saw coming. Starting July 14, players inside the Chunin Exam Finals Arena can activate ninjutsu by shouting the name of the technique, taking part in timed Ninjutsu Duels via voice activation in supported languages — making PUBG Mobile one of the first major battle royale titles to let players trigger combat abilities with spoken voice commands. It’s a genuinely novel idea for the genre. Whether it holds up reliably across devices, accents and languages is the open question nobody can answer until it’s stress-tested in live lobbies.

The Skins: Gilt Sets, Nine Characters, and a Free Haul

From July 12, the collaboration expands with themed outfits, official voice packs, and collectibles. Players can access the first-ever NARUTO Gilt Set, featuring Naruto in multiple eras — including Sage Mode and Six Paths Mode character sets with form-switching functionality — alongside character sets for Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, Hinata, Gaara, Tsunade, Madara and Jiraiya, each bundled with an exclusive emote. Themed vehicle skins, gear, and the Kurama Buddy companion round it out.

Worth knowing before you spend: Krafton has confirmed the Naruto character sets are not upgradable in 4.5.

The $600 Giveaway Is Not a Typo

Version 4.5 carries PUBG Mobile’s biggest giveaway to date — more than $600 USD worth of free rewards, including the Young Naruto Character Set, the 4th Hokage Cloak Set, a themed lobby background, the Naruto main theme BGM, a Choice Chest letting you pick one of three sets (Akatsuki, Elite Hidden Leaf Ninja, or Konoha Anbu), the “1,000 Years of Pain” emote, the “Blue Bird” OST, and official voice packs. On top of that, there’s a $100,000 cash prize pool tied to inviting new and returning players, and a $300,000 pool for UGC contests.

The Young Naruto set unlocks simply by playing matches after the update, and the Fourth Cloak Set arrives as a participatory reward. For a game that usually asks you to open your wallet, that’s an unusually generous floor.

Ferrari Joins the Grid: The Speed Drift Event

Starting July 10, the Scuderia Ferrari HP collaboration brings officially licensed Ferrari vehicles into PUBG Mobile for the first time, running through September 7. The lineup covers the LaFerrari, Purosangue, Roma and SF90 XX Spider, with Ferrari’s SF-25 Formula 1 car serving as the centerpiece of the wider partnership.

What It Actually Costs

The acquisition system is a known quantity. Speed Drift follows the same structure as the earlier Porsche collab: an 8-level reward track with 60 UC per spin, where Levels 7 and 8 deliver the Lucky Medals you redeem for the vehicle skins themselves. A single clean cycle through all eight levels runs roughly 480 UC in ideal conditions, though real-world variance pushes that higher. Base models cost one Lucky Medal; exclusive variants run up to three, meaning realistic single-vehicle acquisition sits somewhere between 480 and 2,880 UC depending on your target. The redemption shop also stocks a Ferrari parachute, weapon finishes, outfits and a Ferrari Car Key ornament.

Free-to-play players aren’t entirely locked out — daily Motor Cruise Lucky Spin logins accumulate coins toward basic vehicle content over the event window — but the mythic variants remain firmly behind a UC wall.

Druvaen X-Suit: Three Forms, One Draw

The new X-Suit is a structural departure. The Druvaen X-Suit is the first X-Suit to ship with three separate upgradable forms — each themed around a classic RGB color — with all three upgradable across three levels, plus a matching advanced upgradable weapon skin. It uses the standard limited-time draw: 60 UC per spin, or 540 UC for a 10-pull. Reporting on the exact bundled gun and shop timing has been inconsistent, so treat the finer details as fluid until the in-game shop confirms them. Alongside it, a new Gilt Set, the Royale Pass A20 mythic outfit, and a new Hola Buddy round out the cosmetic wave.

Beyond the Collabs

It would be easy to miss the actual gameplay patch under all that licensed noise, which would be a mistake.

Weapon and Movement Balance

The ACE32’s firing animation and recoil have been improved for better control. SMGs no longer reduce sprint speed while equipped, and their bullet spread while moving has been reduced. The Monster Truck’s driving stability has been improved, and a new Swim Rush mechanic enables faster movement through water. The SMG change is the sleeper here — removing the sprint penalty meaningfully rehabilitates a weapon class that had drifted out of the meta.

World of Wonder, Metro Royale and Home Mode

World of Wonder gets its first-ever PC Editor, bringing collaborative tools, advanced scripting, and more than 1,600 Home assets, along with Naruto-themed templates. Metro Royale rolls into Chapter 33 with Naruto-inspired encounters and a Fabled melee weapon, and Home Mode adds the Seashell Bay theme with Home Competitions and Style Voting. Season 31, Ultimate Royale, the Casual Season, the 2026 H2 Season Series, and Crazy Chicken Day are all live.

What About Spider-Man?

A persistent stream of leaks has pointed to a Spider-Man: Brand New Day collaboration with returning web-shooters and web grenades landing later in the 4.5 cycle, timed to the film. It is worth stressing that this does not appear in Krafton’s official Version 4.5 press materials, which name only Naruto Shippuden and Scuderia Ferrari HP. Until Level Infinite confirms it, file it under rumor.

Final Verdict

Version 4.5 is the most content-dense update PUBG Mobile has ever shipped, and unusually, the substance matches the spectacle. NARUTO: Ninjas Assemble isn’t a cosmetic overlay — the ninjutsu kit, the Ninja Run traversal, the Kurama invasion and the voice-activated duels genuinely change how a match unfolds. The $600 free reward pool is the most player-friendly move Krafton has made in years, and the SMG and swim-speed changes quietly fix long-standing meta gripes.

The caveats are the usual ones. The Ferrari Speed Drift is a gacha with a familiar cost curve, and chasing the full garage will cost you thousands of UC. The Druvaen X-Suit’s three-form structure is impressive, but it still falls under the same 60-UC-per-spin lottery. And voice-activated jutsu, however clever, is exactly the kind of feature that can crumble the moment it meets a noisy room and a mid-range Android phone.

Bottom line: if you play PUBG Mobile casually, log in — you will walk away with permanent legendary sets for free, and the themed mode is worth experiencing before September 7. If you’re a collector, budget carefully and pick one target. This is the biggest crossover in the game’s history, and for once, that’s not just marketing.