Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The proximity sensor in Battlefield 2042 has been the source of much easy XP farming, and the bane of stealthy players’ existence in equal measure. But now that DICE has nerfed it in today’s patch, players have been exploring more… creative uses. By default, the proximity sensor acts like a grenade. You throw it down, or up, and it lands and spots enemies in a certain radius, visible for all teammates on the minimap. Every time an enemy your sensor spots gets killed, you get points. But what if you could actually ignore its intel-gathering properties and treat it as just another physical object? Here’s Reddit user xFinman doing very much that: using the proximity sensor as a grappling point. By throwing it up in…<\/p>\n
Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":437576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2240,4530,57,5634,91,59,52,44,45,99,60,4616],"class_list":["post-437575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-battlefield","tag-battlefield-2042","tag-ea","tag-ea-dice","tag-fps","tag-pc","tag-playstation","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-xbox","tag-xbox-one","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"\nBattlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The proximity sensor in Battlefield 2042 has been the source of much easy XP farming, and the bane of stealthy players' existence in equal measure. But\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The proximity sensor in Battlefield 2042 has been the source of much easy XP farming, and the bane of stealthy players' existence in equal measure. But\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-07T08:33:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-07T08:33:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"battlefield\",\"battlefield-2042\",\"EA\",\"EA DICE\",\"fps\",\"PC\",\"playstation\",\"PS4\",\"PS5\",\"Xbox\",\"Xbox One\",\"Xbox Series X\\\/S\"],\"articleSection\":[\"VG24\\\/7\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/\",\"name\":\"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-07T08:33:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"The proximity sensor in Battlefield 2042 has been the source of much easy XP farming, and the bane of stealthy players' existence in equal measure. But\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor | Arcader News","description":"The proximity sensor in Battlefield 2042 has been the source of much easy XP farming, and the bane of stealthy players' existence in equal measure. But","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor | Arcader News","og_description":"The proximity sensor in Battlefield 2042 has been the source of much easy XP farming, and the bane of stealthy players' existence in equal measure. But","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-11-07T08:33:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor","datePublished":"2025-11-07T08:33:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg","keywords":["battlefield","battlefield-2042","EA","EA DICE","fps","PC","playstation","PS4","PS5","Xbox","Xbox One","Xbox Series X\/S"],"articleSection":["VG24\/7"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/","name":"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-07T08:33:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"The proximity sensor in Battlefield 2042 has been the source of much easy XP farming, and the bane of stealthy players' existence in equal measure. But","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Battlefield 2042 player discovers unusual use of the proximity sensor"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1383975,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437575\/revisions\/1383975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/battlefield-2042-player-discovers-unusual-use-of-the-proximity-sensor.jpg\")
<\/p>\n