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Black Ops 6 Season 02: What you need to know, part 1

The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: Black Ops 6 Season 02 is Here!

Season 02 Overview: Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide

As Sevati “Sev” Dumas toasts a new era of Avalon, her short-lived victory over the Luttazzi crime family comes to an abrupt end. During a celebration in the French Syndicate Penthouse, an urgent notice arrives for all attendees: the Luttazzis have placed a lucrative bounty on the entire Rogue Team as payback. This is the price for working with criminals: In the dog-eat-dog world of Avalon, loyalties can change on a dime.

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Now the Rogue Team is on the run, pursued by an anonymous and lethal assassin. Who can they really trust, and where can they hide? This season, the hunter becomes the hunted.

Now’s the time to draw your line in the sand and bring in your targets and bounties… dead or alive.

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Gear up for a huge drop of free and premium content when Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 Season 02 goes live on Tuesday, January 28 beginning at 9AM PT.
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MULTIPLAYER CONTENT SUMMARY

Five Maps: Deploy to three brand-new maps at Season 02 launch: Revel in the opulence of an Avalon crime boss’s penthouse in Bounty; turn high-end vehicle theft into black market gains in Dealership; and fight for your life on a stolen yacht in the Lifeline Strike map. Later in the season, board a high-speed train for revenge in the new Bullet Strike map and catch some air with the return of Black Ops II’s Grind.

New Modes and Valentine’s Day LTMs: Buff up your Operators by landing eliminations in Overdrive and test your skills across randomized Loadouts in Gun Game. For lovers and fighters, try your hand at Third Wheel Gunfight and Couples Dance Off.

Additional Equipment: Broaden your tactical horizons with the new Slipstream Perk and War Machine Scorestreak, plus track down your next target with the Hunter’s Instinct Perk and replace your Dedicated Melee slot with a Launcher using the new Flyswatter Wildcard, both arriving in-season.

Season 02 Ranked Play, Major I Announcement: Compete in a new season of Multiplayer Ranked Play with all-new rewards to earn. Plus, get info on the upcoming Major I Call of Duty League tournament!
Multiplayer Maps
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Bounty (Launch)
Brand-New, Core, 6v6, Medium-Sized

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Deploy at sunrise to the top of an Avalon skyscraper, surging into the penthouse suite of a local crime boss. The Rogue team are here to celebrate their previous victories, but the party is short-lived, as friends turn into enemies and chaos reigns. From the starting point of a pristine Patio, move inside an opulent, gold-plated Nightclub and Lounge where top-shelf entertaining was provided to a variety of rich guests. Ambush enemies by jumping over the light fixtures hanging over the Lobby below.

The party is in the front, but business is in the back; the rear Office is seemingly still under construction, but on closer inspection, this is the place where those displeasing the crime boss were tortured, as indicated by some particularly unpleasant evidence. Race over the tarp and battle between the unfinished walls or move out to the Rooftop for a tactical breath of fresh air. Shoot the glass out from underneath your enemy’s feet on the Skylight, or race along the outer Ledge, jumping over the top of a neon sight to reach the other side, as Bounty has plenty of routes to learn if you aren’t scared of heights.

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Dealership (Launch)
Brand-New, Core, 6v6, Medium-Sized

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For Avalon’s wealthy clientele, nothing compares to the luxury vehicles on display at the Pallasar car dealership. However, this dealership is a front, and in reality serves as a lucrative black market for the criminal underworld where vehicles are traded for guns, ammunition, and other unsavory valuables. Rogue team flees from Bounty, looking for friendly contacts in the vicinity, but are met with retaliatory skirmishes at every turn.

Battle around the wreckage in the Car Lot and Showroom, pushing the fight into the interior Commissary and Lounge or out on the Courtyard. Open the sliding doors to either side of the Garage for a quick ambush or close them to stall incoming enemies. For the best sights over the Garage and Sales room, head into the Admin office and bounce between the two windows overlooking the areas, controlling the center of the map. For the ultimate element of surprise, equip the RC-XD and drive through the floor vent, exploding in the enemy’s face on the other side.

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Lifeline (Launch)
Brand-New, Strike, 2v2/6v6, Small-Sized

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Expect high stakes on the high seas as Rogue team escapes by boat in the aptly named Lifeline, a small, high-end yacht still ablaze after a successful boarding by Sev and her allies. Currently chopping through the waves at high velocity, enemy evasion is certainly not guaranteed.

This small-sized Strike map funnels Operators directly into the fight. Smoke billows from its flaming hardtop while the fight rages on below. From Bow to Aft, it won’t take long to collide in the center Bar and gambling den, the disco room, or along the steps on Portside and Starboard.

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Bullet (Mid-Season)
Brand-New, Strike, 2v2/6v6, Small-Sized

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After regrouping and learning of the location of the Luttazzi Godmother – responsible for placing the bounty on the Rogue team in the first place – Sev and her team will go on the offensive and drop onto the rapidly-moving bullet train to gain the upper hand and neutralize a key enemy target.

This mid-season Strike map presses the fight up close along its narrow interior carriages. Race through the automatic sliding doors separating each car, from the first-class lounge through the dining car, second-class seats, and up to the cab where the conductor has fallen. When things get too hot inside, try your luck via a roof hatch up top; watch your step or risk being thrown from the train.

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Grind (Mid-Season)
Remaster, Core, 6v6, Medium-Sized

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The infamous skatepark first introduced in Call of Duty: Black Ops II makes its Black Ops 6 debut in the mid-season! Shred your enemies across the indoor stadium and pro shop or soak up the sunshine in the huge skate bowl and halfpipe outdoors. Use the ramps for cover and to get above the competition and bust out your best tricks like the 360-corkscrew one-shot. Also expect an additional surprise related to this map, later in the season….

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Multiplayer Modes
A new Mode and a returning fan-favorite match type start the season off with a bang, in the days leading up to a new and enhanced Ranked Play later in the month.
Overdrive (Brand New, Launch)
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Kick into Overdrive in this charged-up twist on Team Deathmatch. Teams compete to be the first to reach the maximum number of stars. Earn these stars by executing the following maneuvers:
  • Earn 1 star for Basic Eliminations like finishing off an enemy with body shots
  • Earn 2 stars for Core Medal Eliminations like headshots and melee attacks
  • Earn 3 stars for completing Distinguished Medal Eliminations, reserved for only the most impressive takedowns.
Rack up stars to unlock special Operator abilities that will greatly aid you in battle and keep that streak going to reach Overdrive! If you get eliminated, or the elimination timer runs out before you take out another target, you’ll start the process over again. Operators “attempting Overdrive” can expect the following improved capabilities:
  • 1 Star: Awakened Senses: See enemies through walls and replenish your health after eliminating a target.
  • 3 Stars: Physical Enhancements: Increased movement and reloading speed.
  • 6 Stars: Augmented Handling: Improved hip-fire accuracy and improved sprint-to-fire and ADS speeds.
Earn all three buffs to activate Overdrive! This allows you to earn double the stars when eliminating enemies.
Gun Game (Launch)
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The fan-favorite Party Game returns! Compete in a free-for-all mode where all Operators begin the match with the same starting weapon and cycle through the same set of 20 weapons, varying from match to match. Eliminate enemies to advance to the next weapon, testing your skills across a variety of weapon types.

To keep the action moving, frequent radar sweeps reveal the last known location of all Operators on the map. The top two performing players and their current progress are also displayed on-screen. If someone starts pulling too far ahead, try taking them out with a melee attack to set them back to the previous weapon. The first Operator to cycle through all 20 weapons wins the match!
Valentine’s Day Limited Time Modes
Show your love with two limited-time modes for couples and third wheelers alike.
Third Wheel Gunfight (In-Season)
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Not everyone’s hungry for love. Some people just want to do things their own way. In Third Wheel Gunfight, you can now bring along that untethered friend and duke it out 3v3.
Couples Dance Off (In-Season)
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This one’s strictly for duos. Compete in a moshpit of 2v2 Face Off modes including Face Off Team Deathmatch, Face Off Domination, and Face Off Kill Confirmed.
Additional Gameplay Content
Enhance your tactical planning with two new Perks, a Wildcard and an even wilder Scorestreak, all coming to Season 02 Multiplayer.
New Perks
Perk: Slipstream (Event Reward)

Perk Slot:
3

Type: Enforcer (Red)

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Raises your base sprint speed at the cost of removing Tac Sprint.

Perk: Hunter’s Instinct (Mid-Season)

Perk Slot:
2

Type: Enforcer (Red)

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Eliminating an enemy marks the next closest enemy.
New Wildcard
Wildcard: Flyswatter (In-Season)

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Allows a player to replace their Dedicated Melee weapon with a Launcher.
New Scorestreak
Scorestreak: War Machine (Event Reward)

Type:
Lethal

Score: 1,300

Mastery Badges: Yes

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Powerful burst-fire grenade launcher with grenades that explode on impact. Large magazine.

The deadly War Machine is back! This gives players the ability to launch explosive clusters into the enemy line for those with a penchant for heavier weapons. The War Machine comes equipped with 30 rounds, firing in three-round bursts. When you need to clear an area fast, there are few better options than this destructive armament.
New Quality of Life Updates
In addition to the new content coming on day one of Season 02, Treyarch has prioritized several quality of life improvements and playlist updates to release this Season, including:

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Access a Weapon Camo or Calling Card challenge and simply select “Add to Tracked” (in the bottom-left corner of your menu screen).
  • Challenge Tracking & Near Completion (MP and Zombies)
    • Manually track up to 10 Calling Card Challenges and 10 Camo Challenges per mode to easily keep track of Challenges you’re progressing.
    • If you have fewer than 10 Calling Card Challenges or 10 Camo Challenges tracked, your nearest Challenges to completion will display in those slots instead. This should help players discover and identify Challenges they are close to completing.
    • The top Tracked or Near Completion Calling Card Challenge and Camo Challenge both appear in the Lobby, as well as in-game via the Options Menu.
  • Unique HUD Presets per mode (MP and Zombies)
    • Players will be able to set the HUD Preset settings they prefer for both Multiplayer and Zombies, keeping a unique setup per-mode without needing to change settings when switching between modes.
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  • General Quality of Life updates
    • Reduced collision with teammates to improve maneuverability around tight spaces and doorways with nearby teammates
    • Weapon balance pass and bullet penetration updates
    • Further reducing weapon motion when jumping, sliding, and diving with the Dexterity Perk equipped
    • Improving player visibility in Kill Confirmed by reducing the height of dog tags on the map
    • Simplifying or expanding requirements for several Calling Card Challenges, as well as fixing bugged Challenges
    • Expanding the number of Featured Playlist slots to allow for more marquee playlists on the main menu
For more details on updates to RICOCHET Anti-Cheat, Call of Duty: Warzone, Multiplayer, and Zombies, click here for the Community Update Blog.
Multiplayer Ranked Play (Launch Window)
Ranked Play Playlist Maps
Protocol (Hardpoint, Search and Destroy, Control)

Skyline (Hardpoint, Search and Destroy)

Vault (Hardpoint, Search and Destroy, Control)

Red Card (Hardpoint, Search and Destroy)

Hacienda (Hardpoint, Search and Destroy, Control)

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Season 02 Ranked Play Overview
For players joining Black Ops 6 in the new year, Multiplayer Ranked Play offers competitive Multiplayer matches using the same settings, maps, modes, and weapon restrictions used by the Call of Duty® League™. Progress through the Ranks by earning SR (Skill Rating) by accumulating Ranked Play match wins.

Earn a variety of career rewards that can be earned throughout the lifespan of Black Ops 6 Multiplayer Ranked Play, including Rank Skins and Win Challenge rewards. Each season comes with its own seasonal rewards as well that can only be earned throughout the duration of that season, including:

Season 02 Ranked Play Rewards

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  • Get 10 Wins: Pro Issue Jackal PDW Blueprint
  • Get 100 Wins: “100 Season 2 Wins” Large Decal
  • Silver: “Ranked Season 2 – Silver” Calling Card
  • Gold: “Ranked Season 2 – Gold” Calling Card Platinum: “Ranked Season 2 – Platinum” Calling Card
  • Diamond: “Ranked Season 2 – Diamond” Calling Card Crimson: “Ranked Season 2 – Crimson” Calling Card Iridescent: “Ranked Season 2 – Iridescent” Calling Card Top 250: “Ranked Season 2 – Top 250” Calling Card
  • Top 250 #1 Overall: “Ranked Season 2 – Top 250 Champion” Calling Card
Season 02 Ranked Play Rank Camos
  • Additionally, players can earn Camos to represent any Ranked Play Rank achieved in Season 02 of Black Ops 6 Ranked Play:
  • Gold: Start in/above or reach Gold at any point in Season 02
  • Platinum: Start in/above or reach Platinum at any point in Season 02
  • Diamond: Start in/above or reach Diamond at any point in Season 02
  • Crimson: Start in/above or reach Crimson at any point in Season 02
  • Iridescent: Start in/above or reach Iridescent at any point in Season 02
  • Top 250: Finish Season 02 in the Top 250
Call of Duty League: Tune into Major I, Rep Your Favorite Teams In-Game
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Major I, the first LAN event of the 2025 Call of Duty League season, is just around the corner! Taking place at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain from January 30 - February 2, the tournament is your chance to see the best players in the world compete in Black Ops 6.

Catch the action on YouTube as all 12 League teams compete across four days of insane action in pursuit of being crowned the Major I champion.

Plus, rep your favorite teams this season with the 2025 Call of Duty League Team Packs, featuring Home and Away Operator Skins plus a team Weapon Camo, Charm, Calling Card, Emblem, and Stickers.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: Season 02 Zombies

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ZOMBIES CONTENT SUMMARY

The Tomb:
Cursed catacombs guard a gateway to the Dark Aether. Follow in the footsteps of a doomed explorer as your search for the fabled Sentinel Artifact continues.

Additional Gameplay Content: Keep all threats in sight with the addition of the Death Perception Perk, including new Augments to research to further enhance its abilities. Plus, chew on three new GobbleGums and wield the mighty War Machine for an explosive attack.

New Enemy Type, Wonder Weapon, and More: Face off against the electrifying Shock Mimic, wield the deadly Staff of Ice, utilize a new type of player-controlled hazard with Aetheric Lanterns, and pierce your enemies with the Arrow Trap.

New Quality of Life Updates: Co-op Pause, Challenge Tracking, Bespoke HUD Preset settings, and more are coming to Season 02.
The Tomb (Launch)

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Following the events at Citadelle des Morts, Weaver, Maya, Carver, and Grey must take the amulet secured at the Citadel to a cursed dig site and the ancient catacombs within. Professor Krafft indicated that the elusive Sentinel Artifact may be found in the tunnels below. Reports of paranormal phenomena go back centuries, possibly related to the presence of the artifact. If the team can secure it, there may yet be hope in releasing Samantha Maxis from her imprisonment in the Dark Aether.

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In this enthralling new adventure, follow in the footsteps of a doomed explorer and explore a long-forgotten dig site while seeking out a door to nowhere. What lurks behind this door? You’ll find out when brand-new Zombies map launches at the start of Season 02 on Tuesday, January 28, at 9AM PT.

Echoes in the Dark: Your Comms Team Handlers

“A shiny ha’penny to the lucky blighter who finds that door first!”

- Sir Archibald Fotherington-Smythe

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You’ll need all the guidance you can get to navigate the dark and dusty passages of the cursed catacombs within this Romanesque dig site. Aiding you on this adventure is S.A.M., Ravenov, Peck, as well as Raptor One and the increasingly erratic Strauss. Adding to the oddities are reports of audible anomalies in the form of echoes of a former British explorer who led an ill-fated 1908 expedition into the earthworks.

The Tomb: Initial Recon Tour

Bolster your knowledge of The Tomb before attempting to survive its many dangers with this abridged and narrative-focused overview of its main locations. What of the Tomb’s many secrets? These are left for you to discover!

Dig Site

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The surface-level Dig Site is your entryway to the rest of the map. Strange glowing runes mark certain alcoves, perhaps gateways to the subterranean regions beyond. A large, partially uncovered stone face lies at the pit of the site, roped off and long forgotten, a nearby fallen pillar. Scale the stairs and scaffolding to further explore the area. Don’t linger too long, lest you end up like the headless statue on the upper tiers of this archeological area.

Neolithic Catacombs and Ossuary

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Exploring the Neolithic Catacombs, you may notice how far back the area goes, both physically as well as through layers of ancient cultures and civilizations. Cave paintings adorn the cavernous walls, while winding pathways lead through the natural hollows of the earth. In the Ossuary, stacked with the skulls of the long dead, the cavern gives way to the stone architecture of a later age, its bone piles and altars lending an ominous presence throughout.

Tombs

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Statues of ancient warriors line the Tombs in alcoves along the walls along with depictions of shielded hoplites engaging a charging bull. Though the vault has long crumbled into disarray, the remnants of pristine architecture are on clear display, illuminated through the patch of sunlight falling through a crumbled hole in the ceiling.

Shrine of the Hierophants

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Ancient priests charged with interpreting the sacred mysteries, the hierophants seem to have uncovered more than they were bargaining for. The candlelit, vaulted ceiling marks the resting place of important figures, a frieze sculpted into the wall showing a fierce battle between opposing forces. Arrow Trap installations line the stairway down into the shrine, flanked by skulls on chain pullies.

Subterranean Temple and Deep Excavation

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Descend into the catacombs to reveal the huge, cavernous Subterranean Temple, where the stone architecture leads downward to a rocky outcropping peninsula known as the Deep Excavation. Scattered pillars encircle a place of worship below, the murky depths illuminated via faint shafts of what appears to be sunlight entering from a natural space in the rock above.

Doorway to Nowhere and Dark Aether Nexus

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Take your expedition deeper still, seek out the Doorway to Nowhere, and [REDACTED]...

New Enemy Sighted: Shock Mimic

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Often disguising themselves as useful items, these shocking creatures break out of the illusion on approach, grabbing victims with their tentacles and razor-sharp claws, pulling them in for an electrifying bite. This hits harder than expected, and the distortion camouflage the Shock Mimic emits disrupts your radar as well as your eyesight.

Other Entities of The Tomb

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The inhabitants of The Tomb represent a swath of laborers, worshipers, and armored guards from eons past, heavily rotted, some mummified, and many with a more skeletal appearance than previously encountered undead. Alongside the familiar enemies you’re bound to encounter throughout, these ancient undead reveal the importance of the site. But what they were digging up, and perhaps more ominously, who or what they came to worship, remains to be discovered.

New Wonder Weapon: Staff of Ice

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This masterpiece of ancient technology fires a withering blast of frost and can generate healing energies to resuscitate allies from a distance. Origins unknown.

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Rumors of a magical staff promise exceptional power to anyone who can get their hands on the devastating weapon. Known as the Staff of Ice, this offers an exceptional blast that can slow and freeze enemies in place, as well as a more devastating area-of-effect attack. This archaic Wonder Weapon is also imbued with the power to revive teammates with a precision-shot restorative blast.

The Tomb: Additional Content

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Main Quest and Quest Rewards: The Main Quest for The Tomb goes live when the map releases alongside the launch of Season 02 on January 28. Complete the Main Quest to earn the “X91 Ice-Pike” Wonder Weapon Skin — a Project Janus facsimile of the “Staff of Ice” — as well as 5,000 XP and a unique Calling Card awarded to players who complete the Main Quest before Directed Mode is released for The Tomb.

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Arrow Trap: Got a horde of zombies on your back? Activate the Arrow Trap to send out darts of damaging energy from the wall, devastating its targets on contact. If you need to backtrack, run and slide to avoid getting shot by your own trap.

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Aetheric Lanterns: Dark Aether chandeliers and light sources give off a pale glow over their surroundings. With the correct projectile and aiming confidence, you can use these dynamic hazards to rain down Aetheric fire, damaging anything that shambles through the flames.

And More: Dig deeper into the lore of the ancient site with Intel in the form of Audio Logs, Documents, and Artifacts to discover while exploring the map.

New Gameplay Content

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Access the following new content within The Tomb as well as on Citadelle des Morts, Terminus, and Liberty Falls.

Additional Perk-a-Cola: Death Perception

Available: In-Game at Perk Machine

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Returning since its original introduction in Black Ops 4, Death Perception gives players the ability to detect enemies through obstacles and walls via outlines of their bodies, plus new abilities for its Black Ops 6 debut. When navigating the tight confines of The Tomb, there’s no better Perk for anticipating danger around the next corner. Research its Augments to further empower Death Perception, ensuring that nothing escapes your notice!

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  • Death Perception is available within The Tomb, along with the nine previously accessible Zombies Perks. Note that some of these Perks are only available via a Der Wunderfizz machine.
  • Death Perception is available on Citadelle des Morts, Liberty Falls and Terminus maps via the Der Wunderfizz machine.
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Death Perception: Major Augments

Research the following Augments to further customize the Perk.

Treasure Hunter

Spot items others can miss from loot containers as well as Special and Elite kills.

Death Stare

Your Elemental Weakness damage has a chance to kill an enemy that is low on health.

Critical Eye

Small chance that a body shot becomes a critical shot.

Death Perception: Minor Augments

Bird’s Eye View


The minimap’s scan rate is increased.

Extra Change

Find extra Essence under more locations.

Further Insight

Increase perception radius.

New GobbleGums

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Chew on three new GobbleGums, all available at Season 02 launch across all maps once acquired and equipped in your GobbleGum Loadout Pack.

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Dead Drop (Epic): Drop rates of Salvage and Equipment are greatly increased. Lasts five minutes.

Modified Chaos (Legendary): Greatly reduce all Ammo Mod cooldowns. Lasts two minutes.

Quacknarok (Whimsical): Zombies move around in rubber ducky inner tubes. Lasts three minutes.

Additional Support Weapon: War Machine

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Salvage: 2,500

Give the undead an explosive taste of their own entrails with the semi-automatic War Machine grenade launcher arriving in the Support section of the Crafting Table.

The Tomb: Directed Mode and Events

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For the explorers who need an extra hand in completing the Main Quest on The Tomb, stay tuned for the arrival of Directed Mode planned to arrive at Mid-Season.

Look for more announcements in the mid-season update, including a special Limited Time Mode you won’t want to miss.

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Black Ops 6 Season 02: What you need to know, part 2

New Quality of Life Updates
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Want to know how far you’re off from unlocking Nebula on your PPSh-41? Access a Weapon Camo or Calling Card challenge and simply select “Add to Tracked” (in the bottom-left corner of your menu screen). See the Multiplayer section of this blog for more details.

In addition to the challenge tracking and per-mode HUD Preset features listed above in the Multiplayer section, the Zombies team is also bringing new quality of life updates to the mode, including:
  • Co-op Pause
    • In matches where everyone is in the same party, the party leader will now be able to pause the game for everyone to regroup on strategy or take a snack break during those high-round runs.
  • AFK Kick Loadout Recovery
    • If a player gets kicked for going AFK for too long in a co-op game, their loadout, Essence, and Salvage will now be restored after they rejoin the match in progress.
For more details, click here for the Community Update Blog.
Call of Duty: Warzone: Season 02 Content
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CALL OF DUTY: WARZONE SUMMARY

Season 02: A focus on gameplay tuning, quality of life improvements, and addressing ongoing bugs.

New Perk: Regenerate your armor via the new Reactive Armor Perk at launch. In the mid-season, get the Low Profile Perk, improving your movement speed when crouched, prone, and downed.

Season 02 Ranked Play: Prepare for a new season of Battle Royale Ranked Play, including all-new rewards.
Incoming Call of Duty: Warzone Updates

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As announced in the recent Community Updates blog, we’ve made the decision to prioritize focus on gameplay tuning, adding more quality of life improvements, and addressing ongoing bugs. This means that in order to deliver meaningful improvements to our players, new content originally planned for Season 02 has been shifted to create bandwidth to address foundational issues. These improvements won’t come all at once – rather, they’ll be staggered across the season and with quite a few quality of life changes coming mid-season. Our priority is having the most solid foundation that Battle Royale can offer and are excited for players to see it all live.

Rest assured, a full selection of content is still accessible, with access to our maps (Area 99, Urzikstan, Rebirth Island) and modes (Battle Royale, Resurgence, Plunder) available at Season 02 launch, and with BR Ranked coming during the launch window. Call of Duty: Warzone players will also be part of The Terminator and Shadow Hunt Events during the first few weeks of the season, and access all the shared Season 02 content, including the new base weapons.

For more details on updates to RICOCHET Anti-Cheat, Call of Duty: Warzone, Multiplayer, and Zombies, click here for the Community Update Blog.

Additional Equipment​

Fight to gain the upper hand with the help of two new Perks coming in Season 02.
New Perks
Perk: Reactive Armor (Launch)

Perk Slot:
2

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Your armor will regenerate up to 50% if you haven’t taken damage in the last 5 seconds.

Perk: Low Profile (Mid-Season)

Perk Slot:
1

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You are able to move more quickly while crouched and prone. Move slightly faster when downed.

Gameplay, Quality of Life, Bug Fixes, & More

Season 02 of Warzone brings a wave of key updates aimed at tuning gameplay, improving quality of life, and addressing persistent bugs.

Weapon reload and swap speeds, jump mechanics, parachute transitions, and audio clarity have been fine-tuned to bring Battle Royale closer to our intended experience. This extends further with adjustments to default perks, equipment count, and body shield behavior.

We’re also introducing new quality of life updates, including being able to ping buy back flares and improvements to the stat tracker font for better legibility,

Regarding Ranked Play, players will see a refinement to the amount of SR required and adjustments to deployment fees.

To round it all off, we are deploying important bug fixes that target issues with map visibility, weapon interaction, and several perks.
Call of Duty: Warzone Ranked Play
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Compete in a second season of Battle Royale Ranked Play, earning the following seasonal rewards as you progress:

Season 02 BR Ranked Play Rewards

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  • First Season Win: Elimination Charm
  • Get 25 Eliminations: Elimination Sticker
  • Get 100 Eliminations: Elimination Weapon Camo
  • Get 250 Eliminations: Elimination Weapon Blueprint
  • Silver: “Ranked Season 2 – “Silver” Emblem
  • Gold: “Ranked Season 2 – “Gold” Calling Card, Emblem, and Weapon Camo
  • Platinum: “Ranked Season 2 – Platinum” Calling Card Emblem, and Weapon Camo
  • Diamond: “Ranked Season 2 – Diamond” Calling Card Emblem, and Weapon Camo
  • Crimson: “Ranked Season 2 – Crimson” Calling Card Emblem, and Weapon Camo
  • Iridescent: “Ranked Season 2 – Iridescent” Calling Card Emblem, and Weapon Camo
  • Top 250: “Ranked Season 2 – Top 250” Calling Card Emblem, and Weapon Camo
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: General Content (MP, ZM, WZ)
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Call of Duty: General Content Summary (All Modes and Games)

Weapons Detail: Grab more than six new Weapons across Season 02, with four armaments revealed today, including the Cypher 091 Assault Rifle, PPSh-41 SMG, Feng 82 LMG, and TR2 Marksman Rifle. Expect a melee-focused set of new weapons to be revealed at mid-season! Plus, unlock new weapon attachments including the Underbarrel Crossbow, Belt-Fed Magazine, and more.

Battle Pass and BlackCell: The brand-new Season 02 Battle Pass delivers an impressive amount of new content, including free tiers and three base weapons alongside rewards like new Weapon Blueprints, Operator Skins, Calling Cards, Finishing Moves, Emotes, and more.

Season 02 Operators: The teched out Vortex headlines as the BlackCell Operator, accompanied by Battle Pass Operator Nocturne, a lethal assassin who ruthlessly hunts down his targets. Plus, take control of the cybernetic assassin The Terminator arriving in the Store alongside other incredible Bundles.
Weapons Detail
Primary Weapon: PPSh-41 (Launch)
SMG, Battle Pass Page 6 HVT Tier Reward, Page 14 Battle Pass Blueprint

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Levels: 35

MAGS: 4

MAG SIZE: 32

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Stock, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks (MP, ZM, WZ), Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers (3).

Full-auto submachine gun. Fast fire rate with impressive damage and high recoil. Moderate handling.

Make mincemeat out of the competition with the return of the fan-favorite World War II era PPSh-41 SMG, boasting an incredibly fast fire rate that makes short work of enemies at close range. Tame its unpredictable recoil by firing in bursts or empty the whole clip in hip-fire engagements. Consider the Extended Mag, Assault Pack Field Upgrade, or the Scavenger Perk to keep from running dry in long fights and keep pushing forward maximize your damage.
Primary Weapon: Cypher 091 (Launch)
Assault Rifle, Battle Pass Page 8 HVT Tier Reward, Page 11 Battle Pass Blueprint

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Levels: 42

MAGS: 3

MAG SIZE: 30

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks (MP, ZM, WZ), Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers (3)

Full-auto assault rifle. Slower rate of fire balanced by great handling and excellent mobility.

For versatility, few weapons outshine the Cypher 091. With excellent range, handling, and mobility, the weapon performs well in a variety of engagements. With clear front mounted iron sights, minimal muzzle smoke, and controllable recoil, this AR makes for easy target acquisition even without an attached Optic. To top it off, its fast reload speed reduces downtime between mags, getting you straight back into the fight.
Primary Weapon: Feng 82 (Launch)
LMG, Battle Pass Page 3 HVT Tier Reward, Page 10 Battle Pass Blueprint

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Levels: 48

MAGS: 5

MAG SIZE: 30

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks (MP, ZM, WZ), Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers (3)

Full-auto light machine gun. Very slow rate of fire with great damage and handling.

Possessing the best accuracy and handling in its class, the Feng 82 LMG offers a more aggressive, frontline option for players looking to stay in the thick of the fight without losing the LMG firepower expected of the weapon type. While the base magazine size is lower than its peers, the five magazines provided ensure that you’ll still have a lot of ammo to chew through before running low.

The weapon features a reliable three-to-four shot elimination out to 50 meters with moderate upward recoil that can be mitigated via controlled bursts as well as several Gunsmith attachments offering improved vertical recoil control.
Primary Weapon: TR2 (Launch)
Marksman Rifle, Event Reward

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Levels: 39

MAGS: 3

MAG SIZE: 20

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks (MP, ZM, WZ), Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers (3)

Semi-auto marksman rifle. Great rate of fire and respectable handling.

Featuring best-in-class handling, this semi-auto Marksman Rifle is ideal for fast-moving sharpshooters seeking to combine mobility with precision and power. Its rapid re-centering speed encourages quick follow up shots without losing sight of your target, eliminating unarmored enemies in three-to-four shots out to 100 meters. Whether you opt for a long-range Optic to engage enemies at a distance or prefer a closer fight, the TR2’s ease of use promises a good outcome in the hands of a trained Operator.
Additional Ordnance (Mid-Season)
Season 02 offers an incredible choice of armaments for those Operators favoring close-combat takedowns! Expect to fill your Melee Loadout slot with multiple additional hand-to-hand weapons coming at mid-season... plus a rip-roaring projectile armament coming later on. Expect more information in the Season 02 Reloaded Blog.
New: Special Weapon Attachments
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Crossbow Attachment (Launch)
Assault Rifles, SWAT 5.56 and AEK-973 Marksman Rifles, Underbarrel Attachment, Battle Pass Page 7 Reward

Add some flare to your Primary Weapon with the Crossbow Underbarrel Attachment. The three explosive tipped bolts detonate shortly after impact for an explosive finish, even if you hit just wide of the mark.

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Full Auto Mod (Launch)
AEK-973 Marksman Rifle, Fire Mod Attachment, Event Reward

Convert the AEK-973 into a fully automatic weapon chambered in 5.45x39mm. The change gives the Marksman Rifle a steady upward kick; press slightly downward through sustained fire to stay on target.
Binary Trigger (Launch)
Tanto .22 SMG, Fire Mod Attachment, Event Reward

Alter the weapon’s typical full-auto firing mode to a specialized semi-auto function that fires a bullet when the trigger is pulled and when it’s released for rapid fire capabilities. Blocks Barrel and Underbarrel attachments.
Belt-Fed Attachment (Mid-Season)
Three Attachments, LMGs, Magazine Attachment, Event Reward

Add an extreme amount of ammo that’s continuously fed to the weapon through sustained fire. The weapon may overheat, so allow it to cool off now and then before resuming your barrage of damage.
Season 02 Events
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Expect an assortment of scheduled Events across Multiplayer, Zombies, and Call of Duty: Warzone. Earn rewards such as a new Primary Weapon, Melee Weapon, a razor-sharp Launcher, new special attachments, and more.
Event: The Terminator (MP, ZM, WZ)
Activation Dates: February 6 to 20

Total Rewards:
13, including Full Auto Mod for the AEK-973 Marksman Rifle and a PP-919 SMG Weapon Blueprint

Collect skulls to unlock rewards. Skulls are earned via eliminations in Multiplayer and Zombies, and by eliminating players and opening caches in Call of Duty: Warzone. Earn bonus skulls for eliminating enemies with explosive or fire damage.
Event: Shadow Hunt (MP, ZM, WZ)
Activation Dates: February 13 to 20

Total Rewards:
7, including Binary Trigger Fire Mod for the Tanto .22 SMG and the TR2 Marksman Rifle

To join Nocturne, you must first complete the challenges he has laid out before you. Don’t fail him.
Event: St. Patrick’s Day: Clover Craze (MP, ZM, WZ)
Activation Dates: March [[REDACTED]]

Total Rewards:
[[REDACTED]]

Collect four-leaf clovers for landing eliminations in Multiplayer and Zombies, and by eliminating players and opening caches in Call of Duty: Warzone. Redeem for rewards.

More in the Mid-Season: Expect even more events and rewards arriving in the mid-season, with full coverage in the Season 02 Reloaded announcement.
Season 02 Battle Pass and BlackCell
Operator Nocturne Leads the Season 02 Battle Pass
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Dispatch your enemies swiftly and efficiently with the new Nocturne Operator, a highly trained assassin who never fails to eliminate any assigned targets. Purchase the Season 02 Battle Pass for 1,100 COD Points or the Season 02 Battle Pass Bundle for 2,400 COD Points to immediately unlock the Instant Rewards Page of the Battle Pass, including the following items:
  • 10% Battle Pass XP Boost
  • The “Champ” Emote
  • The “Shared Fate” Legendary Blueprint for the XM4 Assault Rifle
  • The “Scarred” Legendary Weapon Sticker
  • The “Nocturne” Operator and Skin, along with the “Nocturne BlackCell” Skin for those who purchase BlackCell
The Season 02 Battle Pass includes over 110 pieces of unlockable content (excluding BlackCell) including three new Base Weapons, an Underbarrel Crossbow Attachment, new Operator Skins and Weapon Blueprints, and a whole lot more. Read on for more BlackCell intel and stay tuned for a deeper dive with the BlackCell, Battle Pass and Store Bundles blog prior to Season 02 launch for a deep dive into the massive offering.
BlackCell Offerings
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Deploy as the master assassin and new Operator Vortex headlining the Season 02 BlackCell content. Equipped with the latest technological advancements in stealth warfare, the “Vortex” Operator and animated Operator Skin emits black and red smoke from his arms and twin-sword handles. Vortex joins an exciting lineup of BlackCell content, including Operators well equipped to complete their mission, whether as assassin-themed hunters or unlucky targets on the run.

BlackCell owners can access the Season 02 Battle Pass via the exclusive BlackCell Page, instantly unlocking the following items:
  • 20 Battle Token Tier Skips
  • 1,100 COD Points
  • The “Boneshard” Mastercraft Blueprint for the Jackal PDW SMG
  • The “Blacksmoke” Weapon Blueprint for the AMR Mod 4 Sniper Rifle
  • The “Hound’s Tooth” Finishing Move
  • The “BlackCell” Clan Tag (showcased in Lobbies and Winner’s Circles).
  • The “Vortex” BlackCell Operator Skin for the new Vortex Operator
Additionally, BlackCell owners can expect to access page after page of additional rewards within the Season 02 Battle Pass. These include:
  • Seven BlackCell-exclusive skins for Nocturne (two Skins), Rossi, Marshall, Grey, Stone, and Toro.
  • Six BlackCell-exclusive Weapon Blueprints for the AK-47 (Assault Rifle), DM-10 (Marksman Rifle), Feng 82 (New LMG), Cypher 091 (New Assault Rifle), ASG-89 (Shotgun), and PPSh-41 (New SMG).
  • Over 130 item rewards (Battle Pass and BlackCell related) for those who fully complete the Season 02 BlackCell Battle Pass.
As usual, players who upgrade to BlackCell after purchasing the Battle Pass will also receive 1,100 COD Points back.

BlackCell Stackable XP Boost: Players who purchased Season 01 BlackCell and go on to purchase Season 02 BlackCell will earn a permanent 10% Player and Weapon XP boost! The 10% Player XP and Weapon XP Loyalty Bonus is for purchases of subsequent BlackCell seasons (up to 50% for BO6 seasons only).
Operators
The Season 02 Battle Pass brings two new base Operators to Crimson One along with multiple Operator Skins for both factions, accessible within the Operators menu once acquired.
Vortex (BlackCell, Crimson One, Launch)
“Vortex” Skin: BlackCell Instant Reward Page

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There’s no escaping this master assassin, known only under the alias Vortex. All biographical information for this Operator has been [[REDACTED]].
Nocturne (Battle Pass, Crimson One, Launch)
“Nocturne” and “Obsidian” Skins: Battle Pass Instant Reward Page, Battle Pass Completion Page

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“Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide.” – Nocturne

A bounty’s been activated on the Rogue Black Ops team, and Nocturne is here to collect. Other than his incredible lethality on display, all biographical information for this Operator has been [[REDACTED]].
The Terminator (Bundle, Crimson One, In-Season)
Store Bundle

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“I’ll be back.” – The Terminator

The ultimate killing machine arrives as The Terminator deploys from the future to decimate its enemies across Season 02. This brand-new Operator comes with two Ultra Skins inspired by the original movie. Take control of the cyborg assassin who first crashed onto the silver screen in 1984, releasing as a Store Bundle shortly after Launch.
New Store Offerings
Get a look at some of the top Bundles coming to the Store in Season 02 before we offer an even deeper dive in our Season 02 BlackCell, Battle Pass, and Bundles blog arriving prior to Season 02 launch.
Tracer Pack: The Terminator
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Sent by the supercomputer Skynet to crush the human population’s chance at survival, The Terminator stands ready to annihilate anyone in its way in the “Tracer Pack: The Terminator” Operator Bundle. The Bundle includes a new Operator featuring two Ultra Skins: the humanlike “T-800” and the cyborg “Titanium Core.”

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To get the job done, the cyborg comes packing with four Red Tracer-equipped Weapon Blueprints based on classic armaments from the 1984 film in addition to the "T-800 Style” Finishing Move, “Tracking...Tracking...” Emote, "What Pain?” Emblem, and “Lookin’ Fly” Calling Card.
Tracer Pack: LA Fire Relief Ultra Skin
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As part of our efforts to help support and provide relief in the wake of the devastating fires in Los Angeles County, Activision is donating $1 million combined to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Foundation and direct relief.

Available now for a limited time, we are also releasing the LA Fire Relief Pack to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone. One hundred percent of Activision’s proceeds from each purchase of the “LA Fire Relief” Pack will go directly to the LA Fire Department Foundation and direct relief for local fire relief efforts and support in southern California.

As a company with roots deeply tied to the Los Angeles area, our hearts go out to our friends, colleagues and residents impacted by the devastating fires.
Other Incoming Bundles
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Stay on the lookout for plenty of other exciting content arriving in the Season 02 Store, including the “Tracer Pack: Mission Redacted Reactive” Bundle, the “Tracer Pack: Death Mosh Mastercraft and Ultra Skin” Bundle, and the “Tracer Pack: Satin Smoke Reactive” Bundle. Expect a closer look at the season’s upcoming Bundles and more in the Season 02 BlackCell, Battle Pass, and Store Bundle blog.
Upgrade to Black Ops 6 Today!
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Black Ops 6 is available now, and there’s never been a better time to experience the spy action thriller Campaign, the in-depth tactical chaos of best-in-class Multiplayer, and soak in the gory glory of an incredible round-based Zombies experience! Click here to Purchase Black Ops 6.

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The Truth Lies.

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Audio and Film Clips courtesy of MGM Media Licensing.

THE TERMINATOR © 1984 Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Netflix Squid Game Comes to Call of Duty

The competition begins as Squid Game drops into Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone in celebration of the release of Squid Game Season 2 on Netflix!

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Try your luck in the deadly games with Squid Game-themed LTMs across all three modes going live alongside the in-game Event featuring rewards, like the new “Front Man” Operator and the new Cleaver Melee Weapon. Plus, get into the competitive spirit with three Squid Game-themed Bundles arriving throughout the Event.

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Enjoy a thrilling start to the New Year as the Squid Game Event goes live starting January 3 at 10AM PT through January 24 at 10AM PT.
Earn XP, Get Rewards in the Squid Game Event
[[EVENT PASS REWARDS INFOGRAPHIC]]

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Zip up your green tracksuit and earn XP in Multiplayer, Zombies, or Call of Duty: Warzone to earn rewards in our new Squid Game Event Pass and prove your standing as a top contestant.

All players can earn Squid Game-themed rewards along the Free reward track of the Event Pass, including the instant reward “Player 006” Operator Skin, plus the “Player 115” Operator Skin and Loading Screen, Emblem, Sticker, Calling Card, the new Cleaver Melee Weapon, and more.

Free Track Mastery Reward: Cleaver

Unlock the new Cleaver Melee Weapon to make short work of the competition. Chop and slice with a mix of attacks, including a devastating heavy attack.
Get More with the Premium Reward Track
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While every player can progress and unlock items along the Free reward track, a second Premium reward track in the Event Pass offers even more. Purchase the Premium track to access the ability to unlock additional themed rewards, including the instant reward “High Authority” XM4 Assault Rifle Blueprint plus Blueprints for the Knife, GS45 Pistol, and Saug SMG as well as a Concussion Grenade Equipment Skin, a Finishing Move, the “Throwdown” Emote, the “Who’s Left” Talking Gun Screen, and more!

Complete the premium track to turn the tide on the other competitors:

Ultimate Mastery Reward: “Front Man” Operator

Become the leader of the Pink Guards with the “Front Man” Operator. Deploy as the ruthless administrator of the Squid Game and take your team to victory.
Let the Games Begin!
Compete in multiple Squid Game-themed Limited Time Modes across Multiplayer, Zombies, and Call of Duty: Warzone. Pay close attention to the rules; your life depends on it!
Red Light, Green Light [MP]
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Young-hee is watching, so don’t misstep at the wrong time. Get on the pitch in the Red Card stadium and play three rounds of Red Light, Green Light, each two minutes long. In Round 1, no one gets a weapon. In Round 2 and 3, you can pick up weapons on the ground and eliminate other competitors with melee attacks and Finishing Moves.

There’s just one simple rule: When Young-hee says “Green Light,” the fight is on. Move a muscle after she says “Red Light” and you’re toast.
Pentathlon [MP]
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Prove that you have what it takes in the long run by competing in a series of Multiplayer modes to find out who reigns supreme! Play Domination, Kill Confirmed, and Hardpoint along with two new mode variants: Piggy Bank Team Deathmatch and Roulette. In Piggy Bank TDM, every elimination adds score to the Mega Piggy Bank; fight for possession of the huge payout when it drops part way through the match. In Roulette, one-shot eliminations via the Roulette Handgun award double the points, though with each fired shot there’s a chance it’ll blow up in your hands!

Matches can end in a draw, so fight for every advantage to see that you win.
Squid Game Moshpit [MP]
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Fire up the Squid Game Moshpit including Team Deathmatch, Domination, and Hardpoint with a twist as Operators gain access to three important Squid Game-themed features:

Red Light, Green Light Scorestreak: Is the fight getting too hectic for you? Stop the enemy in their tracks with this Scorestreak that calls “Red Light,” commanding all enemy Operators to stop moving or risk elimination.

Piggy Bank: Eliminated Operators have a chance of dropping a Piggy Bank that awards a small score boost when picked up. For a bigger pay day, watch for the Mega Piggy Bank. Every elimination adds additional score to the Mega Piggy Bank, so once it drops, fight for it to acquire all the deposited score within.

Roulette Handgun: The epitome of high risk, high reward. The Roulette Handgun spawns in the center of the map; grab it to activate a permanent UAV effect while wielding it and land one-shot eliminations against enemies, earning more than double the normal score to help you obtain Scorestreaks more quickly. The catch? Your location will be marked for everyone to see, and every shot has a chance to blow up the weapon, taking you down with it.
Dead Light, Green Light [ZM, Liberty Falls, Citadelle des Morts]
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Deploy to Liberty Falls and the new Citadelle des Morts Zombies map to compete in an undead version of the stop-and-go game in Dead Light, Green Light. In the “Green Light” phase, Operators gain a bonus to earned Essence, so rack up the zombie eliminations. Once “Red Light” is called, Essence is drained from any Operator who moves, so spend big before this phase or hang tight to avoid throwing away your hard-earned currency.

And it doesn’t end there. When the dreaded “Dead Light” phase begins, prepare for a tough fight as a meaner wave of enemies approach.
Squid Game — Call of Duty: Warzone [Urzikstan]
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Squad up and compete in a rotating series of challenges on Urzikstan that will see only the most hardened competitors emerge victorious. At the end of each round, underperforming squads will be eliminated. Keep your eyes peeled: at any time, a new challenge may trigger a round of Red Light, Green Light. You know what to do.
New Squid Game Store Bundles
Why compete when you can control, spectate, and determine who wins and who loses in the race? Look for new Squid Game-themed Bundles arriving in the Store throughout the Event.
Squid Game 2: Pink Guards Tracer Pack
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Keep the games under control with one of three new Operators included in this Bundle: Deploy with the “Masked Manager,” the “Masked Soldier,” or the “Masked Worker.” For close eliminations, take out enemies with the “Winner” Finishing Move.

Enforce the rules with two Weapon Blueprints: the “Game Guard” SMG and the “Rule Master” Assault Rifle. Plus, get the “Enforcer” Emblem, “Bank” Reticle, “Where it Stops” Weapon Charm, “Bank” Reticle, and “Play Time” Calling Card.
Squid Game 2: The VIPs Tracer Pack
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Sit back and soak in the spectacle with two VIP-themed Operators, the “Panther Mask VIP” and the “Lion Mask VIP.” Not the humble type concerning their immense wealth, the Bundle also features a variety of rich items, including the “Choicest” Launcher, “Lacquered” Sniper Rifle, and “Satin Slayer” SMG Weapon Blueprints, plus the “Death Plated” Frag Grenade Equipment Skin.

For a classier finish, end them with the “Pinky Up” Finishing Move, and never let them forget your elite status by equipping the “Gilded” Emblem, “List Required” Calling Card, and “Very Important Player” Loading Screen.
Squid Game 2: Young-hee Tracer Pack
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Punish the enemy’s every move with the “Young-hee” Operator, accompanied by the “Don’t Move” Assault Rifle and “The Curator” Marksman Rifle Weapon Blueprints, and the “Hit Pause” Finishing Move for close-ranged eliminations.

Young-hee watches their every move; keep them in line by also equipping the “She Watches” Emblem, “Lethal Look” Large Decal, “Stay Still” Spray, “Under Her Gaze” Calling Card, and the “Uncorked” Emote.

Welcome back to the game. Good luck.

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Black Ops 6 Season 01 Reloaded: What you need to know, part 1

Prepare for an Incredible Holiday Season! Black Ops Season 01 Reloaded: Incoming Intel
Season 01 Reloaded Overview: Goodbye, Luttazzis
In the mid-season update for Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6, the French Syndicate continue their operation to overthrow the Luttazzi Crime Family with assistance from Sevati “Sev” Dumas and other Rogue Black Ops Operators seeking to expel the group from Avalon. If the mission is successful, the French Syndicate can next turn their muscle against Pantheon.

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Now’s the time to complete the heist, getting rid of the Luttazzis for good. Do it all with a smile as the mid-season also celebrates the holiday season with the return of CODMAS, featuring Nuketown Holiday and limited time modes (LTMs) like Ran-Snack, Infectious Holiday, Slay Ride Resurgence, and more.

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[[ZOMBIES TRAILER VIDEO]]


Meanwhile, you’ll encounter old allies and investigate new haunts in Zombies, uncovering powerful new weapons and heretical adversaries in Citadelle des Morts!

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 01 Reloaded arrives imminently, on Thursday, December 5 at 9AM PT.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: Season 01 Reloaded Zombies
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ZOMBIES CONTENT SUMMARY

Citadelle des Morts: Encounter an unexpected ally and investigate an ominous medieval fortress in Avalon, as the zombie hordes threaten to overwhelm you!

Additional Equipment: Research and utilize new powers courtesy of four elemental Wonder Weapons, the Vulture Aid Perk-a-Cola, Light Mend Ammo Mod, and Tesla Storm Field Upgrade. Plus, new GobbleGums and more!

Modes Aplenty: Liberty Falls gets hellishly festive, Directed Mode comes to Citadelle des Morts later in-season, and the Zombies Training Course arrives for new players to cut their teeth on.

Citadelle des Morts
One of Avalon’s oldest landmarks, the Citadel is shunned by locals both for its sinister history and because it is a base of operations for the crime family known as the French Syndicate. The castle was established in the 1100s on the site of a leper colony, and construction was completed a century later. In the 1300s, the renegade knight Guy de Saint Michel and his four enforcers took over the fortress and instituted a criminal reign of terror that birthed the Syndicate.

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Having withstood medieval sieges and two world wars, the castle’s prominence waned as modern-day Avalon grew and prospered. Now it is closed to the public, housing a Syndicate crew led by a man named Franco whose dealings with Project Janus have brought a dark disaster upon a place already soaked in blood.

Welcome to Citadelle des Morts.

After the events of Terminus, Weaver, Maya, Carver, and Grey—along with Peck, Raptor One, and Strauss—embark on an expedition to the European principality of Avalon, hoping to rendezvous and ally with a luminary named Gabriel Krafft. There the Operators hope to learn more about an ancient relic known as the “Sentinel Artifact,” which in turn, when its power is harnessed, may be able to save Samantha Maxis from her aethereal imprisonment.

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[[ZOMBIES CINEMATIC TRAILER HERE]]


It is an overcast Avalon dawn. A light mist rises from the wet ground, as the crew arrives at the site of the derelict castle. A reunion with an old colleague provides confirmation that S.A.M.'s intel was sound, and that Franco—a local French Syndicate Crime Boss and the focus of Maya's revenge—is on site, with Krafft as his hostage.

Unfortunately, there’s very little time for catching up. Dimensional breaches start to form around the citadel, and a major zombie outbreak threatens to overwhelm and devour the entire team.

This brand-new Zombies map experience launches at the start of Season 01 Reloaded, on Thursday, December 5, at 9AM PT.
Comms Team: Your Handlers
“It is good to see you, my friend. You remind me of the purpose I once had.” – Ravenov

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Away from the carnage are your Handlers; expect radio contact with Peck, the newest member of the team (Sergei Ravenov), and S.A.M. Raptor One and Oskar Strauss stand ready to provide Exfil services, just so long as Strauss’s incessant fiddling with the helicopter’s instrumentation panels doesn’t kill them both.
Citadelle des Morts: A Hidden History
Before learning of the new ways you can defeat the zombie hordes, it is worth gaining some perspective regarding the history of this place. The Citadel has had many names and roles over many lifetimes:

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750 A.D. Abbaye des Oubliés

Earliest records show construction of “The Abbey of the Forgotten.” Serving as a leprosarium—or leper colony—with those afflicted by the horrific disease being cared for by a Benedictine monastic order.

1137 – 1220 A.D. Citadelle de la Reine

Adelaide of Murienne (1092–1154), Queen of France and widow of the recently-deceased Louis VI, begins construction of a keep on the site of the Abbey, which had suffered its first abandonment—after the infamous “leper revolt”—in the preceding decades. At the base of the rock outcropping that the keep sits on, a village to house the hundreds of artisans working on the project begins to take shape. Most of the building materials are scavenged from the structure of the old Abbey. Construction concludes in 1220.

1314 A.D. Relique des Templiers

Jacques du Molay, the last Grandmaster of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake for heresy in Paris. Surviving members of the order scramble to hide relics gathered during the Crusades. A lone knight rides south, carrying [[REDACTED]], once owned by Abdul [[REDACTED]], said to be able to [[REDACTED]] and even capable of [[REDACTED]] itself! Once at the keep, using a ritual learned from [[REDACTED]] [[REDACTED]], he [[REDACTED]], and Guy de Saint Michel along with his four enforcers ruled [[REDACTED]], the descendants now [[REDACTED]] [[REDACTED]].

Obviously, such [[REDACTED]] is considered apocryphal.

1533 A.D. Nouveau Propriétaire

After Avalon is declared a free state by Papal order, the entire principality is granted to a powerful family now known as the French Syndicate.

1939-1945 A.D. Tombeau des Templiers

Though Avalon stayed neutral during World War II, the Citadelle itself suffered several hits by off-target bombers over the course of the conflict, inflicting major damage to many internal chambers.

Current Day. Citadelle des Morts

Nowadays, the abandoned Citadelle is mostly used by the French Syndicate. A convenient location to make inconvenient problems disappear, and enough off the beaten track to serve as a depot for their illicit smuggling and narcotic manufacturing activities.
Citadelle des Morts: Recon Tour
A recent initial survey of the fortification and its vicinity reveals the first details regarding possible exploration choices. What additional secrets could this castle contain?
Town Square
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The central hub of the fortified village sitting below the main castle parapets, this square—which appears to have suffered recent damage centered around a vehicle fire—is dominated by a fountain with a large and imposing stone statue. To the southeast is an impressive example of a medieval bell tower, and a portcullis gate on opposing walls offer two ways to explore further. Directly across is access to the Tavern.
Tavern and Cellar
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From casks of ale to expensive bottles of rouge and blanc wines, Le Maison de Macon (Mason’s House) used to offer a tranquil and authentic pub experience. Inside, the L-shaped ground floor features a banquet table, impressively large wooden bar, plenty of booth and table seating, and a mezzanine games room with a pool table. The restrooms are most definitely out of order.
Village Ascent and Upper Village
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Shafts of sunlight are beginning to pierce the fog-filled alleyways of the village, casting light on the vile aftermath of a zombie incursion. Blood seeps into the cobblestone streets, and the main path ascends from the lower gate to a small forecourt and well (it may be pointless wishing for good luck).
Nature Path and Hilltop
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Open the western gate, and an alternate path to the ramparts can be ascended, though there’s nothing natural about the inhabitants encroaching on this farmyard trail. Pass the ruins of a tower, and a stone barn and stables, the animals long-since bolted. Climb past the tiered stone buttress walls to the Hilltop, offering once-idyllic, now horrific views of the castle, surrounding fields, and encroaching shamblers.
Citadelle Courtyard, Village, and Hillside Ramparts
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Ivy snakes around the grand entrance edifices, and the interior of the keep seems firmly sealed. Explore either of the ramparts before venturing onto the outer battlements of the castle. It’s here you’ll discover an ornate and fearsome cannon, sculpted into the head of a roaring lion.
Entrance Hall
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Entering the citadel, an imposing, cathedral-like entrance vestibule beckons, once resplendent with tapestries and torches, now only crumbling walls and graffiti-daubed alcoves remain. A central stone staircase leads to a carved dragon bust, under what was once the castle’s coat of arms. Both petroleum lamps and construction floodlights bathe the hall in an eerie glow and hint at the horrors ahead.
Sitting Rooms
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Another impressively sized room within the citadel, the interior walls are seemingly unstable and held together by scaffold poles and luck. Past the perimeter torches, the chamber shows evidence of recent activity with bunk beds and desks sitting next to an ancient wood-carved fireplace.
Dining Hall
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Ideally any feasting going on in this derelict chamber won’t feature your own entrails as the main course, though there are many nooks, balconies, and entrances to be caught unawares during an undead ambush. The Main Hall remains an imposing chamber to explore, despite the complete collapse of its ceiling – likely caused by the unexploded WW2 bomb – that now protrudes from the pile of rubble at its center.
Dungeon
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In the deepest, darkest levels of this fortress is a place of torture, and the surgical blades, thick chains, car batteries, lump hammers, and chairs with restraint harnesses suggest this despicable practice has continued into modern times. The French Syndicate have a rudimentary communications set up here along with generators and a basic bookkeeping desk. Perhaps they’re logging the prisoners kept in the filthy jail cells that span the outer walls of this disturbing place.
Undercroft and Oubliette Room
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A vaulted ceiling in the subterranean cellars of the castle is leaking what you hope is just rainwater, partially flooding the lowest levels of the place, and this crypt is perhaps a location one doesn’t linger at for long. Old paintings, strange statuary, stacked gravestones, and an impromptu game of chess, now fully concluded if the state of the players is anything to go by.

Deeper still within the Dungeon lie secrets better left forgotten. A lower dungeon—or Oubliette—provides damp and damning discoveries, and the earthen-floored chamber contains shelves of chemicals, barrels of hazardous materials, and a table where illicit drug manufacturing appears to be under way.
New Enemy Sighted: Doppelghast
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Roughly translated as double horror from the original German and old English respectively, these tormented ghouls are pale imitations of something that looks human but most certainly isn’t, not least because the entity sports two screaming skulls, rotting flesh stretched across each of them, seared into a sinewy and pockmarked torso of pallid gray skin, tendrils and protruding entrails.

Serving as the next stage in the evolutionary chain of Dark Aether metamorphosis, Doppelghasts are violent and display erratic and unsettling movement, as if each head is independently fighting for control of its body. It lurches, randomly knots itself up to perform fast and unexpected maneuvers and tends to outrun its lesser brethren using its powerful, elongated feet.

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Though hunched and twisted, Doppelghasts are still one-and-a-half times as tall as most humans. They prefer to launch from the shadows or emerge from a horde of lesser undead. It is wise not to underestimate the creature’s abilities when cornered. Aside from rapid melee strikes, where it lashes out with its many tendrils and appendages, it can burst forth an array of sharp, bloody needles to disrupt incoming attacks. If they pierce flesh, the needles cause not only lacerating damage but attack the target’s nervous system, leading to hallucinations.

Should a weak point be discovered and a Doppelghast finally succumbs, you may want to stand back as the final explosion of blood and gore is as revolting as it is spectacular.
Other Entities of the Citadelle
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The packs of lesser undead roaming the environment are mainly comprised of local townsfolk, farmers, and laborers, now in various stages of decomposition, with tougher enemies occasionally sporting French Syndicate insignia on their blood-soaked attire.

Additional entities observed within the vicinity of the castle include scuttling Vermin, airborne Parasites, and grotesque appendage-flailing behemoths known as Amalgams.
New Wonder Weapons: The Bastard Sword‘s Elemental Forms
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While its exact nature is shrouded in mystery, it appears that four powerful elemental weapons may be forged from a claymore known as The Bastard Sword through unknown means.

The Bastard Sword itself is a formidable melee weapon, splitting the filth-filled undead into cleaved chunks with a devastating slash, along with a defensive parry, particularly useful when blocking incoming projectiles. However, this claymore can be transformed into one of four elemental Wonder Weapons, each with a unique and devastating special attack, as well as a passive effect that is powered up over time:

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Caliburn: Dragon’s Fire
Create a fiery maelstrom of burning undead flesh, setting zombies alight and summoning an immense fireball.
Durendal: Stag of the Storms
Summon thunderous power from the skies, discharging voltaic power to stun and stagger, before an electrical beam serves up a severe searing.
Balmung: Raven’s Shadow
Cast your rotting foes into the Aetherial abyss, warping nearby enemies with a focused liminal tear.
Solais: Lion of Light
The warmth of Light courses through you as you send foes screaming into darkness.
Citadelle des Morts: Additional Content
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Main Quest Active and Quest Rewards: The Main Quest for Citadelle des Morts will be live at the same time as the map launches, on December 5. Complete the Main Quest successfully, and your rewards include the “Jackknife” Operator Skin for Weaver, 5,000 XP, and a unique Calling Card only available by completing the Quest before Directed Mode is released for Citadelle des Morts!

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Oil Trap: A medieval method of dissuading attackers storming the outer parapets, overturning huge vats of boiling oil atop a battlement onto a horde of advancing zombies has the exact same end results, made even more potent if a Molotov Cocktail is thrown into the mix…

The Lion Cannon: A giant, ornate bronze lion cannon on a large rotating cog platform dominates the outer battlements of the fortress and provides a spectacular means to enter the keep. What would happen if you climbed inside it?

Syndicate Loot Crates: Evidence of the presence of this group can be seen as you explore the citadel, as they’ve marked some specific crates for their own uses. Those of an inquisitive nature may wish to investigate.

Points of Power: Strange, metallic manhole covers have been discovered in various locations across the map, but none of them seem to lead to any kind of sewer system. Instead, they appear to have another, perhaps otherworldly use…

Additional: Expect a fresh selection of Calling Card Challenges, including Dark Ops Challenges, as well as Intel in the form of Audio Logs, Documents, and Artifacts to discover, throughout your exploration of the Citadelle des Morts.
New Gameplay Content
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The following items are also available during the Citadelle des Morts mission, as well as on Terminus and Liberty Falls.
Additional Perk-a-Cola: Vulture Aid
Available: In-Game at Perk Machine

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Available for the first time since Black Ops II, consume a can of Vulture Aid Elixir once you find the monstrous avian sculpture of a Perk-A-Cola machine, and you’ll discover an increase in the variety of loot dropped from enemies. Additional loot takes the form of Essence Vials and small Ammo drops. This is only available (and visible) to the player with Vulture Aid active. Then unlock the full power of the Perk by ensuring Augments are added!
  • Vulture Aid is available on Citadelle des Morts, along with the eight previously accessible Zombies Perks. Note that some of these eight Perks are only available via a Der Wunderfizz machine.
  • Vulture Aid is available on Liberty Falls and Terminus maps via the Der Wunderfizz machine.
Vulture Aid: Major Augments
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The following Augments for Vulture Aid are available, once researched.

Fetid Upgr-aid

On death, zombies have a chance to create a gas cloud that charges your Field Upgrade.

Smell of Death

On death, zombies have a chance to create a gas cloud that conceals you while standing in it.

Parting Gift

Vulture Aid ammo drops give more ammo to Wonder Weapons.
Vulture Aid: Minor Augments
Condor’s Reach

Auto-pickup loot from farther away.

Carrion Luggage

Critical kills have a chance to drop extra Salvage.

Picky Eater

On death, zombies have a higher chance of dropping your current equipment.
New Ammo Mod: Light Mend
Available: Unlocked reward as part of the Merry Mayhem Event

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Bullets deal Light (i.e. elemental) damage. Each bullet has a chance to transform a normal or Special enemy’s health into a healing glyph that moves to nearby injured allies.
  • This Ammo Mod can be used in all three Zombies maps along with the previously accessible Ammo Mods, assuming it is chosen at an Arsenal Machine.
Light Mend: Major Augments
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Antibiotic

The healing glyph now damages enemies that touch it, but its lifetime is reduced.

Big Game

Light Mend can activate on Elite enemies, dropping three more healing glyphs.

Dual Action

Consuming a healing glyph will temporarily allow you to heal faster.
Light Mend: Minor Augments
Longer Life

The healing glyph’s lifetime is increased.

Extra Strength

The healing glyph replenishes more health when consumed.

Express Remedy

Increase the range that the glyph will move to an ally.
Additional Field Upgrade: Tesla Storm
Available: Unlocked reward as part of the Merry Mayhem Event

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For ten seconds, lightning connects to other players, stunning and damaging normal enemies.
  • This Field Upgrade can be used in all three Zombies maps along with the previously accessible Field Upgrades, assuming it is chosen as part of your Loadout, or swapped via the menu during a game.
Tesla Storm: Major Augments
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Transformer

The field’s damage is increased by the number of allies that are connected.

Shockwave

On activation, stun and damage all nearby enemies.

Static Discharge

On activation, create a lethal surge of electricity around you.
Tesla Storm: Minor Augments
Power Grid

Increase the range the electric tether can connect to allies.

Overclocked

Your movement speed is increased during Tesla Storm.

Lithium Charged

Increase Tesla Storm duration.
New GobbleGums
Available: See below

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Three new GobbleGums are available across all maps, and available (once acquired) to be swapped into your GobbleGum Loadout Pack:
  • Power Keg (Rare): Spawns a Full Power Power-up.
  • Time Out (Ultra): Lasts three minutes. Clear all Normal and Special enemies and end the Round. Normal spawning will not resume during this time.
  • Holiday Cheer (Whimsical): Zombies have festive decorations.
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Here’s how to unlock the GobbleGums:
  • Power Keg: Unlocked reward as part of the GobbleGum Mania Event.
  • Time Out: Unlocked reward as part of the GobbleGum Mania Event.
  • Holiday Cheer: Primarily unlocked in the Jingle Hells Limited Time Event, potentially whenever you earn GobbleGums by playing. Also unlocked randomly from a successful Exfil. Once acquired, Holiday Cheer GobbleGums can be kept (they do not expire) and used in any of the three available maps. Expect these to be earned even after the Holiday Season.

See the Events section of this blog (below) for full details.
Additional Support Scorestreak: Hand Cannon
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Salvage: 1250

Available during The Hit List Event in Season 01 (and in the Armory starting with Season 01 Reloaded for those who missed out), this is a powerful large caliber handgun with high bullet damage and penetration.
Zombies Training Course (Reloaded Launch)
With a host of Weapon Camos, Badges, Calling Cards, and other rewards to earn, it’s well worth jumping into Round-Based Zombies if you haven’t already!

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Coming in Season 01 at Reloaded Launch, the Zombies Training Course allows you to learn the basics if you’re a new or casual player or refresh your knowledge if you’re a more seasoned player.

Polish your favorite armament and drop into Liberty Falls where the gruff Arsenal Machine Drill Sergeant gives you tough love as you maneuver to a sequence of different “Station” flags dotted around the map. If you’re unsure how to play this game mode, visit the following stations and learn (and perform) a different aspect about the game.
  • Killing Zombies: Learn how to kill zombies and replenish resources.
  • Map Progression: Learn how to navigate the world and progress rounds.
  • Powering Up Players: Buff your strength and survivability with Perks and Armor.
  • Powering Up Weapons: Increase your lethality with weapon upgrades.
  • Getting New Weapons: Discover methods to acquire new weapons.
  • GobbleGums: Learn how to use GobbleGums for unique power-ups.
  • Exfil: Learn how to exit a match.
Citadelle des Morts: Directed Mode
Once the map has been thoroughly explored by players and the Zombies community, expect to complete the Citadelle des Morts Main Quest with added guidance in Directed Mode prior to the start of Season 02.
Zombies-Related Events (Mid-Season Launch, In-Season)
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Zombies players should be ready to drop into a number of Events, one specifically related to Zombies, between Mid-Season launch and the start of January:
  • Event: GobbleGum Mania (ZM only, December 5 – 19).
  • Event: Merry Mayhem (MP, ZM, WZ, December 5 – 19).
  • Event: Archie’s Festival Frenzy (MP, ZM, WZ, December 19 – January 3).
Check out the Events section of this blog (below) for full details.
Jingle Hells (LTM, In-Season)
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Deck the Falls with boughs of holly, as the Jingle Hells festive Limited Time Mode returns! Last seen in Black Ops Cold War, Jingle Hells drops you in what could optimistically be called a winter wonderland, as the entirety of the Liberty Falls map is festooned with wreaths, ribbons, twinkling lights, Christmas trees, garlands of fir tree bunting, and a thin blanket of snow. Although, something feels a bit off… not least the melting piles of slush stained with bloody entrails…

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The nearby river has frozen over, all the Mystery Boxes, Crafting Tables, and Arsenal Machines have gone missing, and the locals are just as unfriendly as ever. Don’t fret, as you’ll be making your own holiday cheer thanks to some special features found in this game mode:
  • Main Quest is Active! The Main Quest is available to complete this time around, with some added challenge now that the Arsenal and Crafting Tables aren’t around. Note: you’ll earn the standard Main Quest completion rewards if you finish the quest in Jingle Hells.
  • Hear that Jingling? Expect bespoke audio to bring the festive flavor. You might want to look to the skies, too…
  • GobbleGum Gifts: This is the best way to earn the “Holiday Cheer” GobbleGum!
  • Snowball Piles: Gather up to five snowballs from various piles scattered about the map, then use them as potent projectiles!
  • Naughty or Nice Power-Up: This large, floating stocking dishes out presents or spawns Vermin, depending on whether you’ve been naughty or nice.
  • Snowmen: Undeniably jolly, but also fiendishly unfriendly, Liberty Falls has snowmen dotted around the map, and these can hide zombies or loot if left intact. It’s wise to make these your primary targets, especially as they drop handy loot when dispatched.
  • Present Boxes: Under certain circumstances, zombies may drop a small present box, which can be opened for a gift that keeps on giving.
  • S.A.M.T.A. Trials: The Trial computers that appear around the map now have a much more festive appearance. S.A.M.T.A. also has a few present boxes spawning nearby the machine when entering the map, so it’s worth seeking out!
  • Frozen Rounds: There’s strange fog in the air, and during certain rounds you’ll be chilled to the bone, slowing your reactions considerably. Perhaps it’s time to head indoors…
Zombies Gameplay Updates
Treyarch is also implementing several additional gameplay updates with Season 01 Reloaded for high Rounds and Special Rounds. These include:
  • Reducing the number of Mangler spawns at mid-to-high Rounds.
  • Implementing a maximum cap on active Manglers in the game, ramping up until the cap is released at Round 100.
  • Reducing the Mangler’s arm cannon health.
  • Significantly reducing the length of Special Rounds by reducing the number of spawns and adjusting the spawn delay rate for Special Rounds.
  • Scaling Parasite damage between Rounds 31-91.
  • Slightly increasing damage scaling for base zombies at Round 150-400.
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Black Ops 6 Season 01 Reloaded: What you need to know, part 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: Season 01 Reloaded Multiplayer
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MULTIPLAYER CONTENT SUMMARY

Three Maps: Return to the fan-favorite Hacienda, hit the Luttazzi crime family where it hurts in the brand-new Racket Strike map, and celebrate the holiday season with Nuketown Holiday.

Two Festive LTMs: Satisfy your cravings in Ran-Snack and show some holiday spirit alongside the undead in Infectious Holiday.

Additional Content: Blast enemies onto the minimap with the new Shrapnel Radar Perk and add a fourth Scorestreak via the High Roller Wildcard.
Multiplayer Maps
Hacienda
Remaster, Core, 6v6, Medium-Sized

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The lush vineyard estate returns under new ownership as Operators descend on the mansion and its immaculate grounds. Fire down on enemies from the gallery and swim past their front line along the Terrace. Traverse the extended hallway overlooking the vineyard—a renovation first introduced in Hacienda Twilight in Black Ops 4—and marvel at the wealth on display in the showroom, the in-office aquarium, and the elegant fountain at the map’s center. Using the new Omnimovement system, Hacienda becomes a whole new experience ripe with tactical opportunities.

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Racket
Brand-New, Strike, 2v2/6v6, Small-Sized

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The French Syndicate continues with their plans to topple the Luttazzi crime family by hitting them directly in their finances. Battle within the labyrinthine bank vault, dashing in and out of the vault cells to flank enemies in the halls. This new three-lane map requires quick thinking to survive its tight confines, so don’t let all that gold distract you from the mission at hand.

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Nuketown Holiday
Variant, Core 6v6, Small-Sized

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Good cheer arrives as Nuketown dresses up for the holidays. Get into snowball fights and gawk at the festive decorations lining every surface. On Nuketown Holiday, you can almost forget that you’re in the middle of a battle… albeit one where Operators exchange grenades instead of presents. Good luck out there.

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New Festive Limited Time Modes
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Indulge your sweet tooth while gaining buffs in Ran-Snack and add a little levity to fighting for your life in Infectious Holiday.
Ran-Snack (Launch)
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Trade gold for sweets in this festive LTM that challenges teams to gather and deposit the most cookies. Grab cookies from the rotating crate, fallen Operators, and by breaching the enemy’s cookie box and taking the goods back to your own. In honor of the season of giving, your Operator also earns buffs for depositing cookies, including a speed boost, faster reload, and faster health regen. The first team to reach the Score Limit or have the best score when the Time Limit expires wins.
Infectious Holiday (In-Season)
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Even the undead are getting into the holiday spirit as zombies and fallen Operators don festive clothing in this festive twist on the fan-favorite Infected mode.

When playing either of these LTMs on Nuketown Holiday, look for snow piled around the map that you can pick up and throw at enemies for a one-shot elimination!
New Loadout Content
Enhance your explosions with intel-gathering capabilities and grant yourself the gift of an extra Wildcard with two new Loadout items to help carry you through the year.
New Perk
Available: Unlocked reward as part of the Merry Mayhem Event

Perk: Shrapnel Radar

Perk Slot:
3

Type: Recon

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Blast damage dealt from area-of-effect Lethals, Tacticals and Field Upgrades mark the injured target on your minimap.
New Wildcard
Available: Unlocked during Mid-Season

Wildcard: High Roller

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Equip a fourth Scorestreak for use in Core 6v6 Multiplayer matches. Pairs well with Assassin, Dispatcher, and Bankroll.
Call of Duty: Warzone: Season 01 Reloaded Content
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CALL OF DUTY: WARZONE SUMMARY

Introducing BR Ranked Play: Compete for placement and exclusive rewards with the arrival of BR Ranked Play for Call of Duty: Warzone. Deploy to Urzikstan using a competitive ruleset including new innovations and updates for the best possible experience.

CODMAS LTMs: Celebrate the arrival of two holiday-themed LTMs. Get in snowball fights and fight for loot in tree hot zones as you deploy to Area 99 in Holiday Rush and Urzikstan in Slay Ride Resurgence.

New Perk: Shrug off enemy traps with the new Reflexes Perk. Nothing can stop you now.
Call of Duty: Warzone BR Ranked Play (Reloaded Launch Window)
Drop in and back up your talk with the arrival of Battle Royale Ranked Play for Call of Duty: Warzone, the competitive experience returns to Battle Royale. Give it all to be the last squad standing in Urzikstan and earn exclusive Ranked Play rewards for your efforts.
Overview and Features
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BR Ranked Play Access: To access BR Ranked Play, players must first place in the Top 15 in Battle Royale or the Top 6 in Resurgence across a total of 30 matches. Placements from Season 01 count toward this requirement.

Updated Rank: The 1-50 Rank and Skill Division system seen in previous versions of BR Ranked Play have been combined into a single Rank, representing what was previously your Skill Division and Tier. Earn SR and progress through 8 Ranks: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Crimson, Iridescent, and Top 250.

SR (Skill Rating): Progress through Ranks by earning SR in each match. New this year, SR is earned from your placement and your personal elimination performance. The amount of SR earned from an elimination is now determined by your rank in relation to your opponent. This means more SR’s for killing higher ranked players, and less SR for killing those below you.

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Update: Party Skill Restriction: Full squads can party together without restrictions. Matchmaking will be based on the highest ranked player in the squad.

Update: Seasonal Setback: The End-of-Season SR Setback has been adjusted in BR Ranked Play to reduce the impact felt by players early in their Rank journey. Every new season, your Rank may be reset based on where you ended the previous season, as follows:
  • Bronze or Silver Ranked players are not impacted by the Seasonal setback and will be able to pick up where they ended each Season with no SR deduction.
  • Gold or Platinum players will start the next Season in Tier I of Gold or Platinum respectively.
  • Diamond and above players will start the next Season at Diamond I.
Update: Loss Forgiveness: No matter what your Rank, each player’s first loss of the day will be forgiven and not deduct SR. This does not stack. Additionally, the three games of Loss Forgiveness that are granted when you’re promoted to a new Rank or at the start of the season now only count down after Losses.

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BR Ranked Play rewards: BR Ranked Play features a variety of unique rewards players can earn to show off their skill and engagement with the mode, including new Operator Skins, Calling Cards, Decals, Emblems, plus a Loading Screen and Sticker:
  • Rank Rewards: Reach Gold Rank or higher to earn special Rank Rewards that are awarded the moment you’re promoted into the Rank instead of at the end of the Season.
  • Win Challenges: Reach Career Win milestones over the course of your Ranked Play career to earn rewards including the base Ranked Operator Skin, Call of Duty: Warzone-themed Weapon Camo, and the “Whisper” Combat Knife Blueprint. These can be completed across multiple seasons.

  • Top 250 Competitor and Top 250 Champion Skin (#1 Overall): Climb to the Top 250 BR Ranked Play leaderboard to earn the “Top Competitor” Operator Skin (Home and Away). The #1 overall player for the season will get the sole privilege of equipping the “Top 250 Champion” Operator Skin.
  • Seasonal Rewards: Each BR Ranked Play Season introduces new Seasonal Rank Rewards to earn. These are only available to be earned during that specific Season. Like the Rank Skins, Seasonal Rank Rewards are awarded as soon as the player is promoted into each Rank instead of at the end of the Season.
New LTMs: Holiday Rush, Slay Ride Resurgence
Throw snowballs at your enemies, fight for loot around decorated trees, and hijack Undead Santa’s ride in these two LTMs arriving in the mid-season.
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Enter Area 99, newly outfitted with Deck the Halls trees and Snowball coolers. Get right to the point with access to high-tier loot along with a smaller gas circle and faster transitions between collapses.
Slay Ride Resurgence (Urzikstan, In-Season)
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Undead Santa has hijacked the train. Toss deadly snowballs, capture trees, hunt reindeer, and battle for control of Santa’s Slay Ride. Last team standing wins.
New Perk
Perk: Reflexes

Perk Slot:
1

Available: Season 01 Reloaded Reward

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Rush enemy positions without getting caught in a trap. With this Perk equipped, triggered explosives detonate on a delay when sprinting past them.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: General Content (MP, ZM, WZ)
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Call of Duty: General Content Summary (All Modes and Games)

Gear Up: Earn three new weapons (the Maelstrom Shotgun, AMR Mod 4 Sniper Rifle, and Cleaver Melee plus burst-fire attachments for the XM4 and Kompakt 92.

New Events: Earn rewards for progressing through new in-game Events including Merry Mayhem and Archies’ Festival Frenzy.

New Store Offerings: Enter the fight as a deadly unicorn helmeted Ultra Skin Operator, equip a clucking cool Dead Ops Arcade-inspired Mastercraft Shotgun Weapon Blueprint, and sit back with the dankest Mastercraft SMG Weapon Blueprint around. Get these and more with an epic slate of new Bundles arriving throughout the mid-season, including a pair of ugly holiday sweaters to warm you through the winter.

Free Trial: Get two weeks of free access to Multiplayer and Zombies including new maps like Nuketown Holiday and modes like Prop Hunt introduced in Season 01!
Weapons Detail
Primary Weapon: Maelstrom
Shotgun, Event Reward (Merry Mayhem)

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Levels: 34

MAGS: 3

MAG SIZE: 10

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks (MP, ZM, WZ), Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers 3).

Fully automatic shotgun. Good range and handling. High recoil and large hip spread.

Clear rooms with this fast firing full-auto Shotgun that overwhelms enemies with a hail of lead. The perfect weapon for the new Racket Strike map and in any confined area, the Maelstrom requires getting up close, its heavy recoil and large hip spread quickly losing effectiveness at range. If you can close the distance first, they’re toast.
Primary Weapon: AMR Mod 4 (In-Season)
Sniper Rifle, Event Reward (Archie’s Festival Frenzy)

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Levels: 38

MAGS: 4

MAG SIZE: 6

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Stock Pad, Magazine, Rear Grip, Comb, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks (MP, ZM, WZ), Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers 3).

Semi-auto sniper rifle. One-shot kill to torso, arms, hands, and upper legs. Very high recoil and slow rate of fire. You can steady your aim while ADSing.

Down enemies fast with this powerful Sniper Rifle providing a one-shot elimination across the upper body not accounting for armor. Its high damage is balanced by slow aim speed and heavy recoil, though these drawbacks can be alleviated with the right attachments. However you customize it, this thing is guaranteed to hit hard.
Melee Weapon: Cleaver (In-Season)
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Levels: 30

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
None

Customize Options: Skins.

One-hit kill. Short-medium range. Medium attack speed.

Go ham with the close-quarters Cleaver Melee weapon. Chop and slice with a mix of heavy and light attacks. Equally useful for enemy Operators and the undead.
New: Weapon Attachments
Available: Unlocked reward as part of the Merry Mayhem and Archie’s Festival Frenzy Events
3-Round Burst Mod Conversion (In-Season)
XM4 Assault Rifle, Fire Mod, Merry Mayhem Event Reward

Convert the XM4 Assault Rifle’s primary firing mode into a three-round burst, conserving ammo and supporting a steadier aim through sustained combat.
3-Round Burst Mod Conversion (In-Season)
Kompakt 92 SMG, Fire Mod, Archie’s Festival Frenzy Event Reward

Add some control to the rapid-fire Kompakt 92 SMG with a three-round burst primary firing mode. Each burst cycles quickly to the next, allowing you to still pump out damage when its needed most.

Season 01 Reloaded: New Events (MP, ZM, WZ)

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There’s a jam-packed December of scheduled Events across Multiplayer, Zombies, and Call of Duty: Warzone. Let’s take a closer look.

You can earn rewards—including the two new Season 01 Reloaded Primary Weapons—within the following holiday-inspired in-game events. Here’s the summarized schedule, showing the three main Events, and any associated Limited Time Modes occurring at the same time:

Scheduled Events (December 5 – January 3)

Event: GobbleGum Mania (ZM only, December 5 – 19)

Event: Merry Mayhem (MP, ZM, WZ, December 5 – 19)


Merry Mayhem MP LTM: Ran-Snack (December 5)

Merry Mayhem ZM LTM: Jingle Hells: Liberty Falls (In-Season)

Merry Mayhem WZ LTM: Holiday Rush (December 5)

Event: Archie’s Festival Frenzy (MP, ZM, WZ, December 19 – January 3)

Archie’s Festival Frenzy MP LTM: Ran-Snack, Infectious Holiday

Archie’s Festival Frenzy ZM LTM: Jingle Hells: Liberty Falls (In-Season)

Archie’s Festival Frenzy WZ LTM: Slay Ride Resurgence

Event: GobbleGum Mania (ZM only, December 5 – 19)

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It all begins with a jaw-cracking good time: GobbleGum Mania is coming! The plan is simple: Chew, Earn, and Unlock!

Chew: Consume GobbleGums in Black Ops 6 Zombies.

Earn: Chewing GobbleGums progresses both Personal Goals and Community Goals.

Unlock: Work together to unlock new rewards before the Event ends, including two additional GobbleGums!

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Personal Goals Rewards:

“Power Keg” Rare GobbleGum (x1)

“Top Prize” Emblem

“Gumball Grave” Calling Card

“Time Out” Ultra, New GobbleGum (x1)

“Perk-a-Cola Pack” GobbleGum Bundle

Community Goals Rewards:

“Gum-Valanche” Loading Screen

“Power Keg Unlock” GobbleGum Feature

“Stitched Up” Spray

“Time Out Unlock” GobbleGum Feature

“Newtonian” Weapon Charm

Event: Merry Mayhem (MP, ZM, WZ)

Activation Dates: December 5 to December 19

Mastery Reward: Maelstrom Shotgun


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It’s time to bash some undead! Play Multiplayer, Zombies, or Call of Duty: Warzone to participate, and earn XP to unlock zombie-themed rewards.

Play the Game: Accumulate XP in-game to make progress.

Earn Rewards: Earn exclusive rewards as you progress.

New Weapon: Earn all of the rewards to receive a new weapon.

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Event Rewards:

“Holiday Fear” Emblem

“Necroclaus” Loading Screen

“Nasty Nick” Calling Card

“Light Mend” Ammo Mod (Zombies Only) and 30 Minute “Double Weapon XP Token”

“Death Claus” Large Decal

“Tesla Storm” Field Upgrade (Zombies Only) and 30 Minute “Double XP Token”

“Bitter Blizzard” Weapon Charm

“Shrapnel Radar” Perk (Multiplayer Only)

30 Minutes “Double Battle Pass XP Token”

“Scour Drill” Weapon Blueprint (BlackCell Only) and “3-Round Burst Mod” Attachment for the XM4

Mastery Reward: Maelstrom Base Weapon (Shotgun)

As part of this overall Event, the following Limited Time Modes also arrive and are a great way to earn the Event rewards. Descriptions of each LTM are in their respective sections of this blog:

Merry Mayhem MP LTM: Ran-Snack (December 5)

Merry Mayhem ZM LTM: Jingle Hells: Liberty Falls (In-Season)

Merry Mayhem WZ LTM: Holiday Rush (December 5)

Event: Archie’s Festival Frenzy (MP, ZM, WZ)

Activation Dates: December 19 to January 3

Mastery Reward: AMR Mod 4 Sniper Rifle


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Eliminate enemies in any mode and open supply caches in Call of Duty: Warzone for the chance to earn special “Jolly Archies” that can be used to purchase gifts. Unwrap them to reveal the reward inside!

Collect Jolly Archies: Get into the holiday spirit and collect Jolly Archies through eliminations and opening supply caches.

Unwrap: Open event-exclusive rewards by accumulating enough Jolly Archies and exchanging them.

New Weapon: Open 12 of the rewards to receive the all-new AMR Mod 4 Sniper Rifle.

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Event Rewards: There are 12 [[REDACTED]] different Event Rewards, all wrapped up and ready for you to open! Plus, BlackCell owners can obtain an extra present (these BlackCell-only gifts are available once you obtain BlackCell and are retroactively awarded as necessary. if you decide to purchase BlackCell after unlocking the item).

As part of this overall Event, the following Limited Time Modes also arrive (or continue to be available) and are a great way to earn the Event rewards. Descriptions of each LTM are in their respective sections of this blog:

Archie’s Festival Frenzy MP LTM: Ran-Snack, Infectious Holiday

Archie’s Festival Frenzy ZM LTM: Jingle Hells: Liberty Falls (In-Season)

Archie’s Festival Frenzy WZ LTM: Slay Ride Resurgence

The Season 01 Events don’t end there either! Expect additional Limited Time Modes after the festive season:

Netflix Squid Game (MP, ZM, WZ)

Activation Dates: [[REDACTED]]


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Squid Game gets the green light to come to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Look for Limited Time Modes in Multiplayer, Zombies, and Call of Duty: Warzone in-season. Get your numbers up and drop in. More information coming soon.

New BlackCell Loyalty Bonus

Your BlackCell offering continues to get better and better!

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Player and Weapon XP Boosts

New BlackCell Loyalty Bonus


Your BlackCell offering continues to get better and better! Player and Weapon XP Boosts

As players progress through the seasons of Black Ops 6 content, BlackCell owners are set to receive some exceptional additional benefits. As well as unique rewards during specific Events, expect to receive an additional 10% Player and Weapon XP boost for each additional seasonal BlackCell purchase you make after the first one.

The first 10% initial boost will start once you obtain two BlackCell seasons. These BlackCell Loyalty Bonus boosts are added in the next and subsequent seasons, and will stack in addition to other XP boosts, like the Black Ops 6 ownership boost, 2XP events and 2XP tokens. The maximum BlackCell Loyalty Bonus boost is 50% for Black Ops 6 seasons only and this bonus will conclude after the final season of Black Ops 6 ends.

By obtaining each season of BlackCell, you can receive the maximum boost possible, as shown in the following table:

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New Store Offerings
A new helping of awesome in-store Bundles arrives in Season 01 Reloaded, including new Reactive and Mastercraft weapons, Ultra Operator Skins, and more.
Tracer Pack: Brightmare Mastercraft Ultra Skin Bundle
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There are two sides to every unicorn, and this one’s in a slaying mood. Throw your opponents off guard with the vibrant “Brightrider” Operator Ultra Skin before mowing them down with the “Dreadhorn” Mastercraft Blueprint for the AS VAL Assault Rifle, featuring light or dark visuals that change upon weapon inspect.

Suppress enemy positions with the high-capacity “Painbow” Jackal PDW SMG and “Myth Horse” PU-21 LMG Blueprints. Plus, share your penchant for bright colors and pageantry with the “Gift Horse” Care Package Blueprint, “Refraction Action” Finishing Move featuring your very own companion unicorn, “Rainbows and Unicorns” Emote, “Starsight” Weapon Reticle, and “Saddle Up” Spray.
Tracer Pack: Dank Days Reactive Mastercraft Ultra Skin Bundle
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Coast through the holiday season with the smoking hot “Bongshot” Mastercraft Blueprint for the KSV SMG, with visual effects that intensify as you land more eliminations, wielded by the amphibious “Blunty” Operator Ultra Skin. From a distance, smoke’ em out with the Legendary “Blunt Trauma” LMG Blueprint for the GPMG-7. Keep it green with additional items including the "Weed Wacker” A.G.R. Mk 1 Scorestreak Skin, “Toke-a-Bloke” Finishing Move, “Aim High” Weapon Reticle, “My Bong” Weapon Charm, “Pass It” Spray, and “Greener Grass” Loading Screen.
Tracer Pack: Otaku We Gotchu Mastercraft Ultra Skin Bundle
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Share your love for all things anime with this exciting Bundle featuring the “Helm” Mastercraft Blueprint for the LW3A1 Frostline Sniper Rifle featuring an animated co-pilot, the perfect sci-fi fit for the “Aero” Operator Ultra Skin. Keep the pain coming with the Legendary “Hardwire” C9 SMG Blueprint plus the “Kawaii” Emote, “Targeting Computer” Weapon Reticle, “Super Determined” Animated Emblem, “Bitty Bot” Weapon Charm, “Infinite Wilderness” Loading Screen), and “GG” Spray.
Tracer Pack: DOA Mama’s Back Reactive Ultra Skin Bundle
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Bring it back to the classics with the 8-bit style “Mother Clucker” Weapon Blueprint for the ASG-89 Shotgun, a Reactive weapon that alters its appears as you eliminate enemies. Keep up the pressure with the “Payback” AK-74 and blast zombies with the “Propulsion” Thrustodyne Model 23 Wonder Weapon Blueprint and “Monkey Bit-ness” Monkey Bomb Skin. Fight up close with the “Ladle” Knife Blueprint and celebrate the classic arcade game with the “Weird Birds” Emote, “Dot Ops” Weapon Reticle, “Clap Clap Boom” Calling Card, and “Immolation Liquidation” consumable GobbleGum.
Other Incoming Bundles
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These are just some of the highlights coming in the mid-season. Watch for other Bundles arriving throughout the end of the year and beyond like the “Hella Fresh Starter Pack,” “Sweater Ops Reactive” (including festive Skins for Weaver and Maya), the “Dark Practitioner Reactive” (including a Ray Gun Weapon Blueprint), the “Toxic Pawsitivity Mastercraft” (including a rave-worthy Baseball Bat Mastercraft) and more.
Black Ops 6 Multiplayer and Zombies Free Trial
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Dive into Call of Duty Multiplayer and get in the festive spirit by checking out Nuketown Holiday! Beyond that, experience the new Omnimovement system and more gameplay features on great maps such as Hacienda, Extraction, Racket, and more – The Free Trial is playable across five core modes including Prop Hunt, new to Black Ops 6 and returning to Call of Duty for the first time in years.

If you’re brave enough, jump into the fan-favorite Zombies mode, and uncover the secrets of the Round-Based Zombies maps Terminus and Liberty Falls using the new Directed Mode. Season 01 Reloaded of Black Ops 6 is here; it’s time to see what all the hype is about!

The Free Trial runs from December 13 to 20.
Upgrade to Black Ops 6 Today!
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Black Ops 6 is available now, and there’s never been a better time to experience the spy action thriller Campaign, the in-depth tactical chaos of best-in-class Multiplayer, and soak in the gory glory of an incredible round-based Zombies experience! Click here to Purchase Black Ops 6.

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RICOCHET Anti-Cheat™ Progress Report: Season 01 and Ranked Play

Season 01 arrives later this week with Ranked Play launching in Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 on November 21. The team behind RICOCHET Anti-Cheat is actively monitoring systems, preventing and removing cheaters, and prepping new systems to make Ranked Play a fair and fun experience.

Before we look forward, let’s share how our launch systems have fared and share insights we’ve learned in the weeks since Black Ops 6 went live across the globe on October 25.

Black Ops 6 Launch Details and Data

In-game reporting and internal data show that the upgrades made to RICOCHET Anti-Cheat’s systems for launch have stood up strongly against cheaters. Several systems we’ve deployed, including those in secret that were designed only to monitor data to ensure the effectiveness of upcoming detections, have been performing beyond expectation across behavioral and identification measures.

For example, a new behavioral model to analyze for anomalous skill has recorded and categorized over 4.4 million data points per hour at its peak. This information feeds into a system that examines both authentic play and cheaters to better suss out bad actors based on how they play — flagging accounts for human review and potential action.

As of last week, and since the launch of Black Ops 6, RICOCHET Anti-Cheat systems intervened in over 582,000 matches to remove suspicious accounts before they could win, as well as removing thousands of accounts before they played a single game.

For more on in-game updates, make sure to check out the official Patch Notes section on CallofDuty.com.

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Ranked Play Security Updates

In preparation for Ranked Play going live on November 21 for Black Ops 6, Treyarch has helped deliver several updates to combat disruptive behavior. These updates include enhanced AFK detections to battle against account boosting – one of several measures to combat boosting – and adjusting ping thresholds to require players play matches in their region to cut down on VPN abuse.

To unlock Ranked Play in Black Ops 6, players will need to win 50 match-made multiplayer matches. This ensures that they're experienced with multiplayer before they enter the mode and gives #TeamRICOCHET a historical match history to examine before an account enters Ranked Play.

RICOCHET Anti-Cheat also uses its Replay Investigation Tool, with the ability to watch any completed match, to monitor replays of top players as part of its investigation process.

For additional security, a change coming to Ranked Play is to add a manual review to any account rename requests for players at Crimson rank or higher.

The RICOCHET Anti-Cheat team will also turn on systems that were initially deployed at launch to only collect data and test the effectiveness of the detections, as mentioned in the launch recap. Now that we have determined these systems are ready, they will go live with Season 01 to help flag accounts for action.

The security system updates listed above will also be active for Ranked Play in Call of Duty®: Warzone™, which launches at mid-season.

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Policy Updates

The Call of Duty Security and Enforcement Policy has added new language about Call of Duty (COD) Points Acquired Fraudulently.

Users that are found to have acquired COD Points via fraudulent means may have their COD Points and/or in-game items revoked. Additionally, these users may be temporarily suspended or permanently suspended depending on the severity of the fraud.

Read the Security and Enforcement Policy on the Activision Support page.

In our next report, scheduled for the mid-season of Season 02, we will examine our systems against the one-hour milestone we established in the pre-launch blog. As our work in the fight against cheaters continues, our team will persist in the development of updates and upgrades based on the immense amount of data already captured in the few weeks since launch.

As always, the anti-cheat team always recommends you activate two-factor authentication to better protect your account and report any instances of cheating you see in-game.

Keep an eye out for updates in future Progress Reports and across social media, particularly the @CODUpdates X (formerly Twitter) social account for real-time issues.

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Black Ops 6 Season 01 BlackCell, Battle Pass, and bundles

Influence and Control the Season 01 Battle Pass!
As Rogue Black Ops attempt to topple the Luttazzi Crime Family and drive Crimson One forces out of Avalon, Operators in the field are going to need the finest gear and weapons for the battles ahead. Ready up with the Season 01 Battle Pass, BlackCell, and Store content dropping into Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone™ on November 14, and throughout the first part of the season.

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An all-new Battle Pass System grants you the opportunity to earn 100+ rewards, including free base weapons, numerous Weapon Blueprints, Equipment Skins, Operator Skins, and much more. There are three ways to obtain some or all of this content:
  • Earn 20+ free rewards, including cosmetic content and base weapons.
  • Purchase the premium Battle Pass and earn up to 1,100 COD Points as you progress through the Battle Pass Pages.
  • Or purchase BlackCell for the ultimate seasonal experience, including a variety of molten hot Operator Skins, Weapon Blueprints, COD points, and other rewards.
Turning the Page: The Season 01 Battle Pass Expanded Overview
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The Season 01 Black Ops 6 Battle Pass is brimming over with content, which is both showcased and unlocked in a brand new “Page” system. Think of the Battle Pass as a book, with 17 total pages. The first Page displays BlackCell Instant Rewards and the second Page shows premium Battle Pass Instant Rewards, followed by 100 in-game Battle Pass rewards across 14 Pages and a Completion Page that is instantly unlocked once all other Pages are completed. Pages include Free and Paid content. As always, all Base Weapons are free to unlock.

Purchase the premium Battle Pass for 1,100 COD Points for the ability to earn all Battle Pass rewards. For a head start on the season, grab the Battle Pass Bundle for 2,400 COD Points, including 20+ Tier Skips.
Starting Your Battle Pass Journey: Page 1
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The Season 01 Battle Pass Instant Rewards Page

As you start your new Battle Pass journey, the Instant Reward Page and Page 1 are unlocked by default. All the other Pages are locked but can be previewed. Your goal is to complete the Battle Pass and access the 100 percent Completion Page at the end of the Battle Pass.

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The Season 01 Battle Pass Page 1

Each Page contains a slight variation on the following:
  • Around six item rewards (known as “Tiers”) that are unlocked in any order you wish within the Page. Each requires an earned Battle Pass Token to unlock.
  • Each Page (except for the BlackCell, Instant, and Completion Pages) contains two free Tier rewards. The rest are unlocked via purchasing the premium Battle Pass, BlackCell, or the Vault Edition
  • An “HVT” (High Value Target) Tier reward is unlocked once all the previous items on that page are unlocked. This is usually an Operator Skin or Weapon Blueprint, and sometimes there’s a BlackCell variant.
  • When both the regular and HVT Tiers are unlocked, the Page is complete.
  • Use the Auto Claim feature to automatically unlock rewards as you play. Or turn it off to earn Battle Pass Tokens used to manually claim rewards.
Battle Tokens: Unlocking a Page
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The Season 01 Battle Pass Page 6, with Tiers needed to unlock (from Page 1).

Battle Pass Tokens make their return to the Battle Pass and work in a similar way to those in previous Battle Passes. A Token Bank is displayed in the top-right corner of your Battle Pass. These are used to unlock the l reward Tiers across all 14 Pages.
  • Premium Battle Pass and BlackCell owners can spend these Tokens on any available Tier reward on an unlocked Page. Tiers can also be automatically unlocked by turning on the Auto Claim feature; with this feature, Tokens are spent as they are earned and not deposited in a Token Bank.
  • Players who do not own the premium Battle Pass earn free rewards in a linear order and do not have access to Tokens.
Unlocking Later Pages
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The Season 01 Battle Pass Page 7.

If there is a reward in a later Page that catches your eye, you simply need to earn enough Battle Tokens to unlock that Page and its Tier content.
  • BlackCell owners get the bonus of unlocking a single Battle Pass Page at any point, regardless of whether the Pages before it are unlocked. Begin unlocking Tier Rewards on that Page immediately.
  • Each new Page requires reaching a certain threshold of claimed Tiers before it unlocks; you don’t have to complete an entire Page to access the next one.
BlackCell Season 01: Goliath Operator (Rogue Black Ops)

BlackCell Instant Rewards Page, HVT

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Join the molten, crystalized skull-headed Goliath as he stalks the epic Season 01 BlackCell content. Featuring the “Goliath” Operator Skin with writhing flames across his onyx carapace armor, this orange-hued demon favors fiery combat and swift deaths. Goliath is part of an impressive BlackCell offering that brings the heat, delivering Operators clad in true Black Ops style with deep blacks and ‘fiery’ orange accent hues.
Additional BlackCell Instant Rewards Content
Upgrade your Battle Pass Experience: Purchase BlackCell to gain complete access to all the amazing rewards offered in the Season 01 Battle Pass. Owners will gain immediate access to the BlackCell Instant Rewards page, acquiring the following items:

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  • 20 Battle Pass Tier Skips
  • 1,100 COD Points
  • The “Boiling Point” Mastercraft Weapon Blueprint for the Goblin Mk2 (Assault Rifle) that’s literally dripping with molten heat including a first-of-its-kind unique weapon inspect animation.
  • The “Who’s Laughing Now” Finishing Move with Companion Hyena.
  • The “BlackCell” Clan Tag (showcased in Lobbies and Winner’s Circles).
  • The “Goliath” New Operator.
Additionally, BlackCell owners can expect to access page after page of additional rewards within the Season 01 Battle Pass. These include:
  • Seven BlackCell-exclusive Operator Skins for: Sev (two Skins), Bayan, Bailey, Carver, Alvarez, and Stone.
  • Six BlackCell-exclusive Weapon Blueprints for the XM4 (Assault Rifle), Marine SP (Shotgun), Tsarkov 7.62 (Marksman Rifle), GPMG-7 (LMG), Saug (SMG), Krig C (Assault Rifle).
  • The ability to unlock any single Page from the Battle Pass, ignoring the usual minimum Tier requirements. From here, you can unlock the Tiers within that Page, and progress forwards (or backwards) from the Page provided the subsequent Tier unlock criteria is met.
  • NEW: Access to BlackCell-themed rewards throughout Season 01, offering earnable content throughout the Season.
  • Over 130 Rewards (Battle Pass and BlackCell related) for those who fully complete the Season 01 BlackCell Battle Pass.
As usual, players who upgrade to BlackCell after purchasing the Battle Pass will also receive 1,100 COD Points back.
Vault Edition Upgrade
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If you’re considering an upgrade to the Black Ops 6 Vault Edition, this is the time to do it! For the same price as the BlackCell offering ($30 or your regional equivalent), the Vault Edition entitles you to the very same Season 01 BlackCell offering, along with the following:
  • The Hunters vs. Hunted Operator Pack featuring Operator Skins for Adler, Park, Brutus, and Klaus.
  • The Mastercraft Weapon Collection (five weapons).
  • The GobbleGum Pack (12 single-use consumables).
  • Woods Operator Pack
Note for Prestige Players: Any Weapon Blueprint and Equipment Skin you unlock in the Battle Pass is permanently unlocked and does not re-lock when you subsequently Prestige.

Purchase the Battle Pass: Instantly Unlock Sev Operator

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When you purchase the premium Battle Pass or BlackCell, you immediately unlock the Battle Pass Instant Rewards Page, including the following items:
  • 10% Battle Pass XP Boost.
  • The “Superbloom” Frag Grenade Skin.
  • The “Thorn” Legendary Blueprint for the Tanto .22 SMG.
  • The “Rose Goes” Legendary Weapon Sticker.
  • The new Sev Operator and “Sev” Skin, along with the “Sev BlackCell” Operator Skin for BlackCell owners.
Sevati “Sev” Dumas (Rogue Black Ops)

Battle Pass Instant Reward Page, HVT

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A main player in the Rogue Team after the conclusion of the Campaign, Sev is ready to make a deal with the untrustworthy French Syndicate and is gearing up to take down the rival Luttazzi family to prove it. Sporting two different Skins, depending on the infiltration mission at hand, she’s more than ready to lead the charge.

Additional Battle Pass Operator Skins

Complete Battle Pass Pages and choose content to unlock, including a variety of Operator Skins, many paired with a molten hot Animated BlackCell variants:

Bayan: “Drifter” Skins

Operator Skins, Battle Pass and BlackCell, HVT, Page 2

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Bayan is clad for dark ops with dark gray and black tactical attire, including a black balaclava, gloves, and pouches. His alternate BlackCell form features cracked lava, embers and smoke rising from his jacket, and a featureless mask with glowing eye sockets.

Maya: “Underground” Skin

Operator Skin, Battle Pass, Page 3

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Maya lets her hair down and travels light, dropping her jacket in favor of a burgundy tank top, braces and a pair of camo pants.

Bailey: “Anarchist” Skins

Operator Skins, Battle Pass and BlackCell, HVT, Page 4

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Dropping her mask and going for a clean tactical look, top-knot, face tattoo and a light combat jacket in black and white with red piping. Her BlackCell variant changes the outfit to a black and molten orange, burning flecks of fire emanating from her, and a glowing hand tattoo.

Carver: “Tarnished” Skins

Operator Skins, Battle Pass and BlackCell, HVT, Page 7

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Mac is on the hunt and comes prepped with a camo vest with numerous pouches, a snakeskin-sheathed hunting knife, a shock of white hair and neck gaiter. In his BlackCell form, Carver goes molten, smoking with fire while his face-covering sports a pair of tactical goggles reflecting an inferno inside.

Alvarez: “Flight Path” Skins

Operator Skins, Battle Pass and BlackCell, HVT, Page 9

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Clad in fighter pilot combat gear with front pouches, a comms radio and large helmet with reflective visor and purple accents, Alvarez sports a rust and black BlackCell variant with animated flames scorching across her helmet visor.

Nazir: “Slick Style” Skin

Operator Skin, Battle Pass, Page 11

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Clad for rappelling maneuvers in a swift and sleek manner, Nazir goes with a combat jacket and decides on red gloves, matching crimson tactical joggers, and lower torso buckles.

Stone: “Zip Tie” Skins

Operator Skins, Battle Pass and BlackCell, HVT, Page 12

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Stone changes his usual combat plans and aims to take prisoners as his deep gray combat fatigues and camo pouches that also come with a set of zip ties. Under his hood, Stone wears a set of cyclopean vision goggles. His BlackCell variant switches up the outfit to black, and the augmentations to glowing orange.

Rossi: “Mean Streets” Skin

Operator Skin, Battle Pass, Page 13

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Channeling a more dapper style from a bygone era, Rossi’s hair is slicked back with a cowlick, a neck scarf, shirt and braces, and suit trousers, with room to pack a pistol and comms radio.

Niran: “Big Slick” Skin

Operator Skin, Battle Pass, Page 14

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While pinstripe pants and a biker’s jacket might not work on some Operators, Niran pulls off the look with badass aplomb, including sporty shades with tactical side shields.

Season 01: Battle Pass Base Weapons

Perhaps the two most important Battle Pass Pages are the ones containing a new Base Weapon. All players can access these for free (as always) at Season 01 Launch.

Saug Submachine Gun

Battle Pass, HVT, Page 3

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Levels: 39

MAGS: 4

MAG SIZE: 36

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks (MP, ZM, WZ), Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers 3).

Military Camos: 21 (MP, ZM, WZ)

Special Camos: 6 (MP, ZM, WZ)

Mastery Camos: 12 (MP, ZM, WZ)

Fully automatic submachine gun. Excellent mobility and good handling. Great rate of fire. High recoil.

Pepper your enemies with a hailstorm of lead using this rapid-fire SMG that’s perfect for breaching and clearing small spaces. Pull down when aiming down sights to counter the Saug’s recoil, or better yet, improve the weapon’s already great hip-fire capabilities with the appropriate attachments, including the Tactical Laser for a killer combo of mobility and accuracy via Tactical Stance. Or go all out on hip-fire with the Akimbo Saug Stock for unmatched SMG firepower.

Krig C Assault Rifle

Battle Pass, HVT, Page 6

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Levels: 43

MAGS: 3

MAG SIZE: 30

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks (MP, ZM, WZ), Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers 3).

Military Camos: 21 (MP, ZM, WZ)

Special Camos: 6 (MP, ZM, WZ)

Mastery Camos: 12 (MP, ZM, WZ)

Full-auto assault rifle. High damage and average handling. Recoil pattern starts very controllable before ramping up.

For a hard-hitting, versatile Assault Rifle that performs well across multiple ranges, look no further than the Krig C. The weapon inflicts moderate damage across the whole body with a four-shot elimination within its effective range, three when accounting for headshots. Recoil control becomes shakier through sustained fire, so burst fire to retain accuracy or consider attachments offering improved control to help counter the ramped-up movement.

New Weapon Blueprints

With 30 Weapon Blueprints to earn across the Season 01 Battle Pass and BlackCell, let’s first check out the armaments with a single, unique Blueprint design:

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“Thorn” Tanto .22 Submachine Gun, Instant Reward

“Turmoil” ASG-89 Shotgun, Page 1

“Idle Hands” XMG Light Machine Gun, Page 2

“Batter Up” Melee Baseball Bat, Page 4

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“Tattered” AK-74 Assault Rifle, Page 4

“Tip the Scales” Goblin Mk 2 Assault Rifle, Page 5

“Omertà” Grekova Pistol, Page 6

“Eviscerator” Melee Knife, Page 7.

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“Forced Retreat” SVD Sniper Rifle, Page 8.

“Tide Turner” GS45 Pistol, Page 8.

“Strained” PP-919 Submachine Gun, Page 9.

“Psycho Snake” Model L Assault Rifle, Page 10.

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“Coroner” GPR 91 Assault Rifle, Page 11.

“Butcher’s Friend” Melee Knife, Page 12 (not shown).

“Liar’s Gambit” C9 Submachine Gun, Page 12.

“Reconciliation” AEK-973 Marksman Rifle, Page 13.

“Crack Shot” LW3A1 Frostline Sniper Rifle, Page 13.

Now let’s focus on all the HVT Weapon Blueprints that have molten BlackCell variants. Note that all BlackCell variants are Animated with Magma Tracers and Molten Death FX.

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“Boiling Point” Goblin Mk2 Assault Rifle, BlackCell Instant Reward. Mastercraft, Animated, with Magma Tracers and Molten Death FX.

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“Wild Mannered” and “Wild Mannered BlackCell” XM4 Assault Rifle, HVT, Page 1.

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“Boomslang” and “Boomslang BlackCell” Marine SP Shotgun, HVT, Page 5.

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“Furious” and “Furious BlackCell” Tsarkov 7.62 Marksman Rifle, HVT, Page 8.

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“Hither Slither” and “Hither Slither BlackCell” GPMG-7 Light Machine Gun, HVT, Page 10.

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Animated “Salutations” (with Red & White Tracers) and “Salutations BlackCell” Saug Submachine Gun, HVT, Page 11.

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Animated, Reactive “Bad Beat” with Violet Darkness Tracers and Animted, Reactive “Bad Beat BlackCell” with Violet Heat Tracers and Violet Molten Death FX Krig C Assault Rifle, HVT, Page 14.

New Equipment Skins

Black Ops 6 introduces a larger variety of Equipment Skins than ever before, which—once you’ve earned the item—you access and equip in the Loadout menu. Here’s what to expect:

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“Superboom” Frag Grenade Skin (Lethal), Battle Pass Instant Reward (shown)

“La Petite” Concussion Grenade Skin (Tactical), Page 3 (shown)

“Clamped View” Reticle (Optic Attachment), Page 4

“Inside Shot” Reticle (Optic Attachment), Page 6

“12 Gauge Dragon’s Breath” (Fire Mod Attachment), Page 7 (shown)

“Snake Charmer” RC-XD (Scorestreak), Page 9

“Bracketed” Reticle (Optic Attachment), Page 10

“Viperfire” Sentry Turret Skin (Scorestreak), Page 10 (shown)

New Emotes, Finishing Moves, and Sprays

Equipped in the “Customize” Menu of your Barracks, there’s a selection of new Emotes, Finishing Moves and Sprays to bring your personal flavor to the fight. Showcase these rewards during matches or (with Emotes) during the Winners’ Circle. Here’s what to expect:

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“Who’s Laughing Now” Finishing Move (with Hyena Companion), BC IR

“Headache” Finishing Move, Page 2

“Hit Run Hitman” Finishing Move, Page 9

“Good Point” Finishing Move, Page 14

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“Sore Throat” Emote, Page 7

“I Oughta!” Emote, Page 9

“Move Set” Emote, Page 14

“Royal Rage” Spray, Page 1 (shown)

“Sliced” Spray, Page 6

“To A Flame” Spray, Page 8 (shown)

“Grim Shadow” Spray, Page 11 (shown)

“Spinal Rat” Spray, Page 12 (shown)

Additional Battle Pass Content

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The Black Ops 6 Battle Pass offers a wealth of content, including item highlights (shown above) from the following additional categories:
  • COD Points
  • Weapon Charms (example shown above)
  • Weapon Large Decals (example shown above)
  • Weapon Stickers (example shown above)
  • GobbleGums (example shown above, 13 total, various rarities and powers)
  • Finishing Moves
  • Emblems (example shown above)
  • Calling Cards (some Animated)
  • Loading Screens
  • Clan Tags (BlackCell only)
  • Consumable 2XP & 2WXP Tokens
Season 01 Battle Pass Weapon Blueprints Tracker
To ascertain which weapons the Battle Pass gives you earnable Blueprints for, here’s a table listing every Season 01 Battle Pass Weapon Blueprint. Note that when you unlock a Weapon Blueprint, it becomes permanently unlocked during Prestige leveling.

ASSAULT RIFLES

Type Blueprint Name BlackCell Page


XM4 “Wild Mannered” Yes 1

AK-74 “Tattered” No 4

GPR 91 “Coroner” No 11

Model L “Psycho Snake” No 10

Goblin Mk2 “Boiling Point” Yes BC IR

Goblin Mk2 “Tip the Scales” No 5

Krig C “Bad Beat” Yes 14

SUBMACHINE GUNS

C9 “Liar’s Gambit” No 12

Tanto .22 “Thorn” No BP IR

PP-919 “Strained” No 9

Saug “Salutations” Yes 11

SHOTGUNS

Marine SP “Boomslang” Yes 5

ASG-89 “Turmoil” No 1

LIGHT MACHINE GUNS

XMG “Idle Hands” No 2

GPMG-7 “Hither Slither” Yes 10

MARKSMAN RIFLES

Tsarkov 7.62 “Furious” Yes 8

AKE-973 “Reconciliation” No 13

SNIPER RIFLES

LW3A1 Frostline “Crack Shot” No 13

SVD “Forced Retreat” No 8

PISTOLS

Grekova “Omertà” No 6

GS45 “Tide Turner” No 8

MELEE

Knife “Butcher’s Friend No 12

Knife “Eviscerator” No 7

Baseball Bat “Batter Up” No 4

Battle Pass Completion Page: Rewards

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Complete all the Battle Pass Pages and you’re automatically rewarded with a final Completion Page filled with exciting content. This includes the following:
  • 200 COD Points
  • “Wonderbar!” Ultra GobbleGum
  • “Season 01” Emblem
  • “Crasher” Calling Card
  • “Opulent” Ultra Skin with a BlackCell variant awarded to BlackCell Owners.
Sev: “Opulent” Skins

Operator Skins, Battle Pass and BlackCell, HVT, Completion Page

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Sev sports a silver and black carapace plate and face mask, leather jacket and shorts, gun garter, and exposed tats. Her BlackCell alter ego’s ink is seared into her skin, glowing with a fiery orange hue.

STORE HIGHLIGHTS: New Ultra, Reactive, and Mastercraft Skins

The Season 01 Announcement Blog detailed some exciting in-store Bundles coming to the game during the Launch Window. Check out this recap along with additional reveals.

Look out for Ultra Skins, Reactives, and Mastercraft Weapon Blueprints across this season’s Bundles.
  • Ultra Skins are highly detailed, themed, and often include VFX.
  • Reactive Skins and Weapons feature a visual effect that intensifies as you land more eliminations. Finally,
  • Mastercraft Weapon Blueprints include custom animations, unique weapon inspects, and much more.
We are excited to announce the all-new “Locked Visuals” Feature exclusive to Mastercrafts. Now players can change Barrel, Stock, and other attachments while maintaining the weapon’s signature look.
Tracer Pack: The Replacer
The Replacer voiced by Peter Stormare

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Your services are no longer needed; sub in The Replacer and become undeniable! Replace both yourself and your enemies with the “Tracer Pack: The Replacer” Bundle. The Bundle comes with a new Operator sporting two Operator Skins: “The Replacer” and a molten “The Replacer BlackCell*”, along with the “Quick Wit” Animated AS Val and “Ramifications” Animated PU-21 Blueprints, the “Aura +5000” Animated Calling Card, “Many Hats” Animated Emblem, “Replacement Killer” Finishing Move, and a vehicular Weapon Charm.

*BlackCell Owners: For BlackCell Season 01 owners, expect to receive the bonus “The Replacer BlackCell” skin in addition to all the regular bundle content. Note you must have obtained BlackCell prior to purchasing this Bundle; the skin will not be available if you purchase S01 BlackCell after purchasing this bundle.
Competitor CDL Home and Away Operator Bundles
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[[CAPTION: Note that this Bundle includes the Weapon Camo for the shown weapons, not these weapons as Blueprints.]]

Rep your favorite pro team just in time for the arrival of Ranked Play and the 2025 Call of Duty®: League™ season.

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Look for a variety of CDL Bundles themed around your favorite teams featuring a Home and Away variant of the Competitor Operator alongside other team-themed items like Weapon Camos, Large Decals, Calling Cards, Emblems, and Sprays.
Tracer Pack: Parasite Warrior Ultra Skin
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Let the parasite take over with the gruesome and bloody “Host” Ultra Skin for Carver. Wield the infected “Idiopathic” Krig C Assault Rifle and “Exo-Organism” GPMG-7 LMG Weapon Blueprints. Get under your opponent’s skin with the “Parasite Feast” Companion Finishing Move. For a messier finish, deploy the “Flesh Tangle” Equipment Skin for the Zombie favorite Kazamir Device.

Gross out your enemies with the “Pest Control” Emote, “Back Spasm” Animated Calling Card, “Fearwood” Loading Screen, “Caustic Flight” Weapon Sticker, and the “Idle Eyes” Legendary GobbleGum for Zombies.
Tracer Pack: Cascade Failure Reactive
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Follow your programming and eliminate the enemy with the cybernetic “Attrition” Skin for Marshall. Shut them down with the Reactive “Kill Switch” C9 SMG and “Feedback Loop” Tsarkov 7.62 Marksman Rifle Blueprints. Up close, dispatch enemies using the “Acro-Badass” Finishing Move.

Lockdown the competition with the “Big Guns” Calling Card, “Fully Jacked” Large Decal, “Brainjacked” Loading Screen, and “Machine Heart” Weapon Charm.
Tracer Pack: Steer Clear
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Kick the tires and give ‘em the horns with “The Bull” Skin for Caine, paired with the buck wild “Yeehaw” AK-74 Assault Rifle and “Axel” SVD Sniper Rifle Weapon Blueprints. Charge up close and finish off enemies with a devastating Finishing Move and keep the party going with the “Mecha Bull” Calling Card, “Draw” Emote, “Steer Wrangler” Spray, and “Fire Breather” Animated Emblem.
Tracer Pack: Eternal Hunter Ultra Skin
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Hunt the damned with the “Volatile” Ultra Skin for Rossi armed with three Legendary Weapon Blueprints: “Vile Tribute” XM4 Assault Rifle, “Blood Draw” Jackal PDW SMG, and “Severer” ASG-89 Shotgun. Stalk the night with the purple “Hunter’s Mark” Reticle, “Stakeout” Finishing Move, “Bloodstalker” Calling Card, “Family Heirloom” Weapon Charm, and “Moonlit” Emblem.
Tracer Pack: Cash Bandit Reactive
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Swap trash for cash as the “Raccoon Goon” Skin for Niran, a mischievous Operator ready to do damage with the “Debt Collector” Reactive Weapon Skin for the all new Sirin 9mm Special Weapon. Make sure you are backed up with the “Vault Security” GPR 91 Assault Rifle Blueprint.

Cash in on your eliminations with the “Cash Flow” Reticle plus the “Disarmed” Finishing Move, “Cash Eater” Large Decal, and “Raccoon Robber” Weapon Charm. To help with the grind, this Bundle also includes a 1-hour Double XP Token.
Tracer Pack: G’Day Bait
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Bounce them or bite them with the “Bloke Biter” Ultra Skin for Carver. This shark takes the ocean with him in the form of two Weapon Blueprints: overwhelm the enemy with the “Bloody Water” XMG LMG and race in for the bite with the “Fair Dinkum” KSV SMG.

Share your soft side for the sea with the “It Bites” Emote, the “Mechano-Shark” Weapon Charm, “Aussie Forever” Large Decal, “Making Waves” Spray, and the “Perfection” Calling Card.
Tracer Pack: Kick Some Brass Mastercraft Ultra Skin
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Electrocute enemies with the “Chainblade” Mastercraft Melee Blueprint wielded by the steam-powered “Merciless” Skin for Nazir. For ranged combat, eliminate targets with the “Razor Burn” XM4 Assault Rifle and “Riptear” Tanto .22 SMG Blueprints. Steam the punk out of them with the “Akimbo Assassin” Finishing Move.

Activate the “Show Off” Emote in the Winner’s Circle and equip the “Gearcrest” Emblem, “Synchsight” Reticle, and “Universal” Weapon Charm.
Plus, GobbleGum Packs and More!
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This is just a preview of the new content arriving in the Season 01 Store! Also keep an eye out for GobbleGum Packs, a new Store item that – once purchased – provides a collection of delicious and powerful single-use GobbleGums to consume during your future Zombies deployments.

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Other Bundles on the way include those predominantly featuring Weapon Blueprints; which include Hell’s Cleaner (with blueprints for the Power Drill and GPMG-7), Death Rattle (with a blueprint for the XMG), and Doom and Boom (with blueprints for the Cigma 2B, PU-21, and ARC-XD).
Upgrade to Black Ops 6 Today!
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Black Ops 6 is available now, and there’s never been a better time to experience the spy action thriller Campaign, the in-depth tactical chaos of best-in-class Multiplayer, and soak in the gory glory of an incredible round-based Zombies experience! Click here to Purchase Black Ops 6.

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The Call of Duty Endowment celebrates its 15-year anniversary with a free bundle

15 Years of Veteran Impact

Meet Marc Goldsmith, Dr. Avon Cornelius II, and Rebecca Parra Trejo. They are three of the 140,000 veterans placed into high-quality jobs through the Call of Duty Endowment in the U.S. and U.K.

Today, November 11th, the Endowment celebrates its 15-year anniversary, and also commemorates Veterans Day in the U.S. and Remembrance Day in the U.K. All month long, we’re recognizing the milestones we have been able to achieve for veterans and their families, and celebrating the Call of Duty community and partners who make it possible.

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Endowment Anniversary Bundle & Timer

Today, equip the Call of Duty Endowment Anniversary Bundle to celebrate 15 years of placing U.S. and U.K. veterans into high-quality jobs. Starting today, November 11th at 9AM PT, upon logging in players will automatically receive the free Anniversary Bundle in Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 and on November 14th at 9AM PT in Season 1 of Call of Duty: WarzoneTM*. The Bundle includes:
  • “Veteran Impact x 15” Animated Emblem
  • “Count Off” Sticker
  • “Strong Salutes” Animated Calling Card
*This login event expires on December 31st, 2024.

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Also, in Call of Duty: Warzone, you may have noticed our in-game timer, recognizing the Endowment’s 15-year anniversary. We hope you’re enjoying celebrating the community’s impact for veterans as much as we are!

Endeavour Through Darkness For Military Veterans

The Endowment’s first-ever apparel collection is available! Purchase ThruDark x Endowment hoodies, t-shirts, and caps, and a percentage of proceeds going towards the Endowment. Every purchase comes with a free code to the Call of Duty Endowment ( C.O.D.E.) Endeavour: Tracer Pack while supplies last.

Check out the exclusive collection at http://www.thrudark.com/CODE.

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Pilot In-Store Donation Campaign

Looking for more ways to support veterans this month? From now until November 30th, 2024, guests at any participating Pilot Flying J travel center can choose to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar, and all roundup proceeds will be directly donated to the Call of Duty Endowment.**

Following the $4 million in donations and over 7,000 successful veteran placements since 2019, Pilot’s goal is to help make a lasting difference for more than 1,600 service members and their families by placing them into high-quality jobs. Pilot will jump-start the roundup campaign with a $100,000 donation to the Endowment.

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**Certain purchases (including, without limitation, fuel and fuel additives and purchases made on fleet cards or direct bill programs) are not eligible for round-up contributions.

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Black Ops 6 Season 01: What You Need to Know, Part 1

Wreak Havoc and Go Renegade: Black Ops Season 01 is Here!
Season 01 Overview: Influence and Control
Following the events of the Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 Campaign, Sevati “Sev” Dumas brings home a deal to take down the remaining Pantheon rats.

It is a deal of necessity.

Using her connections to the notorious Avalon crime families, Sev has brokered an uneasy alliance between the Rogue team and the French Syndicate. The Rogue team needs gear, weapons, and intel on the remaining Pantheon members. The French Syndicate wants their rival Luttazzi faction eliminated, and any Crimson One forces driven out of Avalon. An uneasy alliance is struck.

“Time to get dirty.”

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Nevada desert....

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Away from the operations in and around Area 99, Rogue Black Ops prepare to hold up their side of the bargain.

Planning is already under way to take down the Luttazzi in a series of targeted attacks, striking where it hurts them the most: Their wallet (a daring destructive raid into a money-laundering vault), and their pride (a Luttazzi-owned art gallery).

This is where you come in…

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Prepare for a vast amount of free and premium content when Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 01 goes live on Thursday, November 14 beginning at 9AM PT.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: Season 01
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MULTIPLAYER AND ZOMBIES CONTENT SUMMARY

Five Maps and One Variant: Three brand-new maps arrive at the start of Season 01; explore Hideout, a medium-sized training site featuring signature Black Ops design; battle through Extraction, the medium-sized Avalon Heliport built for a variety of playstyles; and watch those valuables as you careen through Heirloom, a compact-sized fine art museum built for fast-paced action. Expect another new map, plus the return of Hacienda and a festive-themed Nuketown later in the Season.

Two Modes, More at Mid-Season: Secure the gold and guard your stash in the brand-new Ransack Mode, Props to Treyarch for including a fan-favorite Party Mode and get ready for festive Limited Time Modes at Mid-Season and beyond. Plus, the definitive Multiplayer Ranked Play arrives soon after Launch with plenty of rewards, innovations, and updates.

Additional Content: Enhance your tactical planning with a new Perk and Scorestreak at Launch, plus another new Perk and Wildcard in the Mid-Season update, all coming to Multiplayer.

Zombies Teaser: Expect a full reveal of all Zombies content just prior to the early December content drop. Read on for details on the new Directed Mode for Liberty Falls and Terminus, confirmation of new loadout content, and the first look at the ominous Citadelle des Morts, as Zombies goes medieval at Mid-Season!

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Multiplayer Maps
Hideout (Launch)
Brand-new Core 6v6, Medium-Sized

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Sharpen your combat skills in this mid-sized Multiplayer map featuring an extensive training site including target practice, an obstacle course, and a lifelike recreation of a vault and security room to help plan for the next mission to hit the Luttazzi crime family. Master Omnimovement in the training area and bus depot or climb up to the center bridge to cover both locations from a powerful vantage point.

The vault and blueprints buildings offer intense, multi-level indoor combat while the armory and open bus set the stage to ambush passing enemies. Whether you’re weaving between cover on the ground or mantling up onto one of many vantage points, this map offers the tools you need to perfect your training in the field.

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Heirloom (Launch)
Brand-new, Strike, 2v2/6v6, Small-Sized

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Crash a private showing of Luttazzi family art to create a diversion for the other Rogue Black Ops team as they execute the real job. Navigate in and around a huge sculptural centerpiece in the main exhibit or branch out into the lobby or a side exhibit for a closer fight. Ambush enemies in the corner cloakroom and light display and — if you can manage to catch a breath — read up on the vibrant history of Avalon’s Post-Expressionism and Minimalist art movements.

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Extraction (Launch)
Brand-new Core 6v6, Medium-Sized

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All hell has broken loose in the aftermath of a Crimson One ambush when the attack on the Luttazzis goes sideways. The burning rubble of a downed helicopter and a dead pilot signal an attack on the Avalon Heliport, a typically peaceful tourist destination where clients can book sky high views of Avalon’s breathtaking landscape. Trade long-range shots across the helipad — watch your head around those spinning rotors — or duke it out in the main lobby and warehouse.

For a prime view of the action, nothing rivals the height provided by the air traffic control tower. For a more discreet attack, get under the landing deck and fight in close quarters right up against the water and along the loading docks. Whatever your playstyle, this map offers multiple routes to extracting certain victory.

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Hacienda (Mid-Season)
Remaster, Core 6v6, Medium-Sized

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Last seen in Black Ops 4, the iconic competitive map returns, sending Operators back to the infamous vineyard estate. Battle within the open-air, two-story mansion with surrounding views of the pristine courtyard below. From the grand foyer past the lion statue, head toward the showroom garage or move out to the garden to keep the fight outside. On the other end of the estate, marvel at the built-in aquarium above the vault.

Hacienda’s grounds are as idyllic as its luxurious interior, complete with a boathouse and swimming area alongside an extended outdoor patio to the north and the wine shed and vineyard in the south. Long-ranged sightlines abound, but plentiful architectural elements provide the means to get up close for the elimination.

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Racket (Mid-Season)
Brand-new, Strike, 2v2/6v6, Small-Sized

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Time to crack into the heart of the Luttazzi money laundering operation and hit them where it really hurts. Breach the premises in this small-sized underground bank vault, a line of broken tiles marking the path of the center bulldozer placed before the vault of golden bars. Defaced pieces of art and the crossed-out emblem of the Luttazzi family indicate not just greed but malicious intent. In combat, however, leave that all to the side — keep your senses sharp and your head on a swivel while navigating the map’s many tight corners and enclosed spaces.

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Nuketown Holiday (Mid-Season)
Variant, Core 6v6, Small-Sized

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Once Season 01 Reloaded launches and Call of Duty gets festive at the end of the year, expect a variety of gifts in the days leading up to CODMAS, including a Holiday-themed Nuketown map! Treyarch will also be adding a little something to the original Nuketown map with this update... and maybe even to the Warhead Strike map, too.
Multiplayer Modes
A new Mode and a returning fan favorite start the season off with a bang, in the days leading up to a new and enhanced Ranked Play later in the month.
Ransack (Brand-new, Launch)
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Ransack sees you looting gold bars from crates dotted around the area of operations on 6v6 maps. Once gathered, secure your loot by bringing it back to your team’s stash. Naturally, this collection needs to be well-guarded, as the enemy team can raid your stash, meaning cohesive tactical planning between looting and defending is the key to victory. Reach the score limit or the time limit with the most gold and your team wins.
Prop Hunt (In-Season)
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Prepare for an infamous game of hide-and-seek, as the fan-favorite Black Ops party mode is back! Drop into a Multiplayer map as a Prop or Hunter. Props have one job; after a short period of time to find a hiding spot, you need to blend into the landscape as a random scenic object, but with the ability to move… and uncontrollably whistle every 30 seconds. Just wait out the clock, and don’t attract the attention of any Hunters, or the jig is up!

Drop identical decoys to fool your foes, change shape to a different piece of scenery, or lob a Stun Grenade at the feet of a Hunter if your cover is about to be blown. Meanwhile, the Hunters are here to scrutinize the map for anything that looks out of place… or whistles… and then shoot it!
Limited Time Modes (Mid-Season)
Expect additional and festive Limited Time Modes to continue into the Holiday Season, with a full reveal at Season 01 Reloaded.
Additional Loadout Content
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Enhance your tactical planning with two new Perks, a new Wildcard, and Scorestreak, all coming to Multiplayer throughout Season 01.
New Perks
Perk: Shadow (Launch)

Perk Slot:
2

Type: Strategist

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Undetectable to enemy traps and mines.

Perk: Shrapnel Radar (Mid-Season)

Perk Slot:
3

Type: Recon

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Dealing blast damage to enemies will reveal them on your minimap. This includes any enemies affected by your area-of-effect Tacticals, Lethals, and Field Upgrades.

Scorestreak/Support: Hand Cannon (MP, ZM, Launch)

Type:
Lethal

Score: 900

Mastery Badges: Yes

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Powerful large caliber handgun with high bullet damage and penetration.

This mid-level Scorestreak, last seen in Black Ops Cold War, allows players to equip a massively powerful handgun for a finite amount of time. Though it has a slow rate of fire and limited ammunition, it makes up for this with good handling, improved hip fire accuracy with faster hip-fire shooting speed, and the biggest bonus of all; high-penetration shots that can one-shot enemies.

Wildcard: High Roller (Mid-Season)

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When equipped, this allows the player to have a fourth Scorestreak to earn toward during Core 6v6 Multiplayer matches. Might we suggest pairing it with the Hand Cannon?
Black Ops 6 Ranked Play (Launch Window)
The definitive Ranked Play experience that Treyarch has been building toward since Call of Duty: Vanguard – and throughout the lifespan of Modern Warfare® II and Modern Warfare III – is coming to Season 01, starting on November 21. Expect a full rules breakdown in the Black Ops 6 Patch Notes closer to Ranked Play launch.
Overview and Features
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The core tenets of Ranked Play remain the same: You’re here to play competitive Multiplayer matches using the same settings, maps, modes, and weapon restrictions as the Call of Duty® League™. Black Ops 6 Ranked Play comes with several streamlined features, innovations, and updates:

Update: Ranked Play Access: To ensure that all Ranked Players have Multiplayer experience before jumping into Ranked Play, all players must earn 50 Wins in Matchmade Multiplayer games to unlock access to Black Ops 6 Ranked Play. Wins earned before the start of Season 01 count towards unlocking the mode, so players who’ve already reached 50 wins will be set when Ranked Play goes live on November 21. The rest of you – get those wins! Note that the previous Level 55 requirement used in Modern Warfare III Ranked Play has been removed.

Updated Rank: The 1-50 Rank and Skill Division system seen in previous versions of Ranked Play has been combined to focus on what matters most in Black Ops 6 Ranked Play: Skill. In Black Ops 6, your Rank represents what was previously your Skill Division and Tier. Earn SR and progress through 8 Ranks: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Crimson, Iridescent, and Top 250. The Progressive Rank and Victory Stars system seen in previous Ranked Play installments has been removed to streamline the experience and focus on skill.

SR (Skill Rating): Progress through Ranks by earning SR by winning Ranked Play matches. SR is awarded after each Ranked Play win and the amount earned is determined by the player’s distance away from their projected Rank, their match performance, and the margin of victory. SR is deducted after losses.

New Feature: Map & Mode Veto: Before each Ranked match, 3 map and mode combinations are presented in the Lobby and Ranked Play teams can independently vote to veto one of the presented options. This gives players some control over what they play in Ranked Play and gives players and teams an opportunity to veto map and mode combinations they might not be as proficient at or otherwise want to avoid. After both teams make their veto pick, the remaining option is selected. If both teams veto the same option, the match’s map/mode will be randomly selected out of the two non-vetoed options.

New Feature: Forfeit: Vote with your team to end a match early if your team is getting blown out, or you’ve lost a teammate. All teammates must vote for the Forfeit for it to pass and end the match. Forfeited matches count as a standard loss and do not result in SR penalties or suspensions. Forfeit becomes available in the Options Menu at a designated point in each mode:
  • Hardpoint: Winning Team reaches 100 Points
  • Control: After 1st Round
Search & Destroy: After 3rd Round

Update: Party Skill Restriction: Full Parties of four can now play together in Ranked Play regardless of their individual Ranks. However, Skill Matchmaking will be based on the highest Rank in the Party. Party Skill Restrictions still apply to parties made up of two or three players.

Update: Seasonal Setback: The End-of-Season SR Setback has been adjusted in Black Ops 6 Ranked Play to reduce the impact felt by players early in their Rank journey. Every new season, your Rank may be reset based on where you ended the previous season, as follows:
  • Bronze or Silver Ranked players are not impacted by the Seasonal setback and will be able to pick up where they ended each Season with no SR deduction.
  • Gold or Platinum players will start the next Season in Tier I of Gold or Platinum respectively.
  • Diamond and above players will start the next Season at Diamond I.
Update: Loss Forgiveness: No matter what your Rank, each player’s first loss of the day will be forgiven and not deduct SR. This does not stack. Additionally, the 3 games of Loss Forgiveness that are granted when you’re promoted to a new Rank or at the start of the season now only count down after Losses.

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  • Ranked Play rewards: Ranked Play features a variety of exclusive rewards players can earn to show off their skill and engagement with the mode: Rank Skins: Reach Gold Rank or higher and you’ll earn a Home (Rogue Black Ops) and Away (Crimson One) set of Ranked Skins to showcase your skill, available on the “Competitor” Operator. In Black Ops 6 Ranked Play, these are awarded the moment you’re promoted into the Rank instead of at the end of the Season -- except for the Top 250 Skin, which is only awarded to players who finish a Season in the Top 250 when it concludes.
  • Win Challenges: Reach Career Win milestones over the course of your Ranked Play career to earn rewards that include the “Ranked Competitor” Skin, Knife Blueprint, a Frag Grenade Skin, a Gunscreen that tracks your Career Ranked Play wins, and more. These can be completed across multiple seasons.
  • Top 250 Champion and World Champion Skins (#1 Overall): Every season, finishing first on the Top 250 Black Ops 6 Ranked Play leaderboard now comes with the ultimate bragging rights; an exclusive Skin only awarded to players who accomplish this near-impossible feat! Arguably the most exclusive Operator skins in all of Call of Duty, the Home and Away versions of the “World Champion Competitor” Skin features a fiery skull-headed Operator resplendent with a glowing crown, while those finishing in the Top 250 earn the elite “Top 250 Champion” Operator Skins (Home and Away versions). Ready to compete for the most exclusive Skin in the game?
Seasonal Rewards: Each Ranked Play Season will introduce new Rank Rewards and Win Challenge Rewards to earn. These are only available to be earned during that specific Season. Like the Rank Skins, Seasonal Rank Rewards are awarded as soon as the player is promoted into each Rank instead of at the end of the Season.

New Feature: Weapon Builds: Any Global Weapon Build you create in Ranked Play can easily be used across Loadouts in Multiplayer, Zombies, and Call of Duty: Warzone – just like any other Weapon Build in Black Ops 6. Conversely, you can bring any Builds you’ve created outside Ranked Play into Ranked (restrictions permitting).
Zombies: Season 01 Content Teaser
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Note: Full Zombies Reveal at Mid-Season! Directed Mode and the Hand Cannon come to Zombies at Season 01 Launch, with an all-new map and more new content coming later in the Season. While the following teaser announcements are mostly redacted, expect much of the Season 01 Reloaded Blog post to focus on Zombies, providing a detailed (and mostly spoiler-free) deep dive, including information on the forthcoming content, which includes a Zombies-focused Event and limited-time Modes.
Directed Mode: Liberty Falls and Terminus (Launch)
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For those players wanting to witness the Zombies story with a guided experience to complete the objectives of the Main Quests in Liberty Falls and Terminus, Directed Mode is for you. Whether you’re uncovering the horrific human experiments on Terminus Island instigated by Dr. Modi or assembling the LTG for the mysterious Dr. Panos in Liberty Falls, start a “Directed” match with all objectives marked and a maximum round cap of 15. Note that all Side Quests and S.A.M. Trials are disabled in Directed Mode to ensure players can focus solely on the narrative.
Undead Terror Comes to Avalon: Citadelle des Morts (Mid-Season)
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After the shocking revelations at the culmination of the Terminus Main Quest, Weaver, Maya, Carver, and Grey follow the uncovered clues to Europe, and discover an abandoned castle – a “citadel of the dead” if you will – that offers up a host of [[REDACTED]], ghoulish horrors [[REDACTED]], medieval village [[REDACTED]] with hidden [[REDACTED]] abound!
Fully Equipped and Fearsome Foes (In-Season)
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Expect a sizeable amount of additional content to aid you across all three Zombies maps. Confirmed to come throughout Season 01 are:
  • An additional Perk-A-Cola (with six new Augments to unlock), also newly stocked at Der Wunderfizz machines in Liberty Falls and Terminus.
  • An additional Field Upgrade (with six new Augments to unlock).
  • An additional Ammo Mod (also with six new Augments to unlock).
  • 18 New Augments (nine Major, nine Minor, see above) to research.
  • Three new delicious flavors of GobbleGums!
  • The Hand Cannon, a new craftable Support weapon.
  • New Wonder Weapons. Weapons? Yes, weapons.
  • A new Enemy Type, said to stalk the dark halls of the foreboding, ruinous keep in Citadelle des Morts.
Expect much more detail in the forthcoming Season 01: Reloaded Blog, coming in early December. Players can expect varying timing for upcoming Zombies content, as some content may drop at seasonal launches and/or in-season.

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Black Ops 6 Season 01: What You Need to Know, Part 2

Call of Duty: Warzone: Season 01 Content
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CALL OF DUTY: WARZONE SUMMARY

Area 99: New Resurgence Map: Enter the unrelenting heat of the Nevada desert and explore Area 99, a top-secret Weapons Station and where Nuketowns were built and shipped to testing sites. Mothballed for decades, this is re-opened to all Operators at Season 01 launch! Then drop into Urzikstan at launch and Rebirth Island shortly after, both fully integrated with Black Ops 6 innovations.

Modes and Features: Get situated with Resurgence, Battle Royale, and Plunder Playlists to start with, followed by Battle Royale Ranked Play and a variety of new Limited Time Modes as the Season progresses.

Full Black Ops 6 Integrated: Drop into the fray using the Black Ops 6 Loadout System, with a new Dedicated Melee, three Perks, and a Wildcard. Bring over your Global Weapon Builds, access a more streamlined Gunsmith, and pick from any Modern Warfare II, Modern Warfare III, or Black Ops 6 weapon you’ve acquired; over 170 armaments!

Perks a-Plenty: The “Pick-3” Perk System allows three active Perks at the start of the match, up to six more to find in-game (including the loot-only Irradiated and Shrouded), and the infamous Specialist Perk Package is confirmed!

In-Game Innovations: From Omnimovement to using Emotes and Sprays, as well as a return to a streamlined inventory, and an impressively vast Progression, Prestige, and Challenge system from Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Warzone is hotter than an Area 99 reactor leak.
User Interface Update: A Fully Integrated Experience
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Before you even drop into a match, expect a much-anticipated UI update for Call of Duty: Warzone. When Season 01 begins, the UI will enter its fully realized state. Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone will continue to be the primary Game Tiles on the Home tab and players will be able to instantly access both Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone for a faster, more direct path to gameplay.

The Store tab will now direct all players to the full Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone in-game stores based on what you have installed.

A Battle Pass tab will be introduced in Season 01 with similar functionality as the Store tab, directing players to the full Battle Pass within Black Ops 6 or Call of Duty: Warzone.

With the Season 01 update, Call of Duty: Warzone will also have its own individual user interface with improvements similar to the Black Ops 6 UI.
New Resurgence Map: Area 99
Season 01 brings an incredible, brand-new Call of Duty: Warzone Map into the fray, inspired by the relentless and rapid gameplay of the Multiplayer Map Nuketown.

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Set against the unrelenting heat of the Nevada desert, Area 99 – or more specifically, the Echo Ridge Weapons Station – was a top-secret government site constructed in the 1950s, concealed from the public just miles away from the original Nuketown testing site. Designed to push the bounds of radiation testing and cement American dominance, the entire region was subsequently abandoned after an unfortunate reactor leak, and the project erased by the government.

Welcome to Season 01 Call of Duty: Warzone and Area 99.

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Expect the gameplay to be just as fast and tactical as you weave through a blistering desert environment, with main roadways to traverse either on foot or via vehicles, and locations also linked via open, sand-filled trenches, pipework, and wiring. This all takes place around a central “bullseye” Reactor. Expect that to be the hottest drop, along with a huge crane still hoisting an entire Nuketown house in the Loading Bay point of interest.
Points of Interest: An Updated Sightseeing Tour
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It’s important to discover the varying points of interest to gain full tactical advantage over your opponents, from the eerie Mannequin Assembly plant to the remains of nuclear radiation testing above an underground Bunker, not to mention a sprawling Factory and Loading Bay where fully assembled Nuketown dwellings were once constructed.
Mannequin Assembly
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This large-scale mannequin plant dominates the northern part of the map. The plant has been overproducing mannequins unsupervised for years since the facility was abandoned due to a nuclear reactor leak, leading to disturbingly large piles of mannequin parts. Thousands of torsos, heads, and arms are strewn everywhere, as the decades of extreme heat and encroaching sand cover the exterior cargo bays with plastic body parts and dune piles.

The interior of the connecting assembly buildings is a dilapidated maze, featuring giant molding vats, a mold preparation system, conveyor belts, a large assembly chamber with rusting, automated robot arms frozen in time, a hydraulic press that’s seemingly operational, and the pervading stench of melting plastic.
Test Site
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Explore the surface-testing viewing station location and the connected mainframe war room beneath the sands. Up top, you can easily spot this area due to the helipad, and what was once a live-fire test site with containers, rusting buses, and a central trench. Before being abandoned, it appears the military were testing nuclear radiation as a potentially world-changing weapon…
Bunker
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Delve a little deeper, via either bunker entrance or the metal trapdoors, and you’ll reach the command bunker where the lead scientists and generals met to discuss their next operations. Areas to explore include a large armory, loading docks for highly combustible ordnance, a War Room with annotated plans to uncover, and the Mainframe where weapon system testing was recorded via cutting edge tape technology.
Reactor
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The pride and future of nuclear power and dominance was performing well and providing the main source of power for the entire Weapons Station, until a catastrophic failure occurred back in 1962, and the entire place was rapidly abandoned. Now frozen in time, the main reactor tower– which was cracked open and has been slowly leaking for the past 30 years – acts as a bullseye for Operators dropping into the action. It features more vertical gameplay both inside and out, with ascenders and gantry steps providing access in and out of the core chamber, adjacent computer banks, and curved corridors leading to the Turbines room and Hydro Pumps.

Spread out to the connected radial buildings around the tower as they provide more cover opportunities. This includes Research Station 02, a mechanical bay and motor pool, Research Station 01, a thermal energy storage bay, general storage building, and a gas station, and two concentric circular routes complete with rusting vehicles, crates and other dilapidated machinery.
Cooling Towers
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Between the Reactor and the Mannequin Assembly plant are a trio of cooling towers, abandoned to the elements decades ago and gradually disintegrating away in the blistering and inclement weather.
Warehouse (Factory)
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Scour the southern part of Area 99 for a uniquely Black Ops location. This isn’t a normal factory, but a unique construction zone where all the basic elements of a Nuketown house – from the walls, interior decoration, and even the infamous red sign – are built, ready for shipping to other possible Nuketown sites being constructed in the Nevada deserts to be blown up in the name of scientific advancement.

The construction begins within the red-and-white factory structure – known as “Warehouse” – where raw materials were delivered, house components were constructed and ferried via giant ceiling conveyors to a main shop floor where entire Nuketown houses where prefabricated and moved in their entirety to the transportation gate.
Manufacturing (Factory)
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Don’t forget to explore the teal-colored factory building – known as “Manufacturing” – as there’s a rooftop conference room, lockers and worker kitchens as well as the huge house-building bays.

The main reason to explore here is a giant bay where the sections of Nuketown houses are pieced together. Roam the long conveyor belt halls, marveling at the sections of walls, home appliances, furnishings, and signage that still sit, waiting for assembly. Come for the Nuketown history and stay for the parkour opportunities and exploration within the large conveyor belts, shipping warehouses, and factory floor corridors.
Loading Bay
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The Echo Ridge shipping yard is dominated by a single, gigantic crane structure – and likely power position – that sits above the main loading dock. Big rigs with flatbeds would arrive here, receive entire housing units or other scenic items, and transportation from the site would begin. Close by is a receiving warehouse, but the main attraction is an entire, finished house still fully suspended from the crane winch, with many traversal points whether you’ve used a parachute or ascenders to get here.
Nuketown Shipping
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Further along the eastern side of the map are a collection of Nuketown dwellings, some with the remains of their flatbeds and big rig cabins still visible and rusting away in the sweltering sun. These were abandoned mid-transport when the nuclear leak occurred, and the decades of neglect have taken a toll on the buildings and vehicles alike. This is now a boneyard of half-buried homes, slowly consumed by the creeping sand.
Pods
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The latest in retro-futuristic pod housing served the community of workers who kept Echo Ridge Weapons Station functioning, and a quartet of brightly colored housing units are still standing today, though in various stages of decrepitude. Each pod features a central pillar (and elevator) with branched living, kitchen, and dwelling chambers cantilevered out from this central column.

Now left to the wastes for nearly 30 years, the peeling walls, half-destroyed roofs and windows, still hold faded memories, though Operators may find long-range sniping opportunities as well as close-quarter room clearance duties if they explore the pods and the stepped exterior pathways. The only survivors are the desert scrub, cholla cacti, and Joshua trees.

Drop into this Resurgence Map at launch.
Season 01: Returning Maps
Accompanying Area 99 throughout Season 01 are two massive returning play-spaces, each integrated into the Black Ops 6 Global Systems featuring full Omnimovement, Gameplay Updates, Weapons, Operators, and other updates including Progression and Prestiging and an in-depth Weapon Camo mastery grind. Welcome back to Urzikstan and Rebirth Island!
Urzikstan (Launch)
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The scene of what is shaping up to be a ferocious Ranked Play Battle Royale at Mid-Season, the Urzikstan “big map” is the first of two returning, large-scale locations you can drop into at the launch of Season 01. As development work to integrate Omnimovement and other Black Ops 6 innovations was highly involved, this version of Urzikstan is the one you remember from the earlier seasons of Modern Warfare III, with an intact Popov Power plant, and prior to bunker access, and the construction of the Atlas Superstore at Al-Sada Village.
Rebirth Island (Launch Window)
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The infamous prison island continues to be in the playlist rotation, with the focus on Resurgence Modes now with the added tactical chaos of Omnimovement integration, and a host of Black Ops 6 weaponry, Killstreaks, and more! Squad up, drop in, and survive at the start of Season 01.
Returning Modes and Features
Season 01 starts with offering three familiar game modes, with additional, seasonal, and limited-time modes appearing as the season progresses. As you get used to the plethora of gameplay changes and enhancements, new weapons and gameplay systems, drop into one of the following:
Battle Royale (Urzikstan, Launch)
(120 Players)

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This is similar to the mode players experienced during Modern Warfare III, you’re here to triumph over enemies (or enemy teams) and finish as the sole survivor or squad. This time, however, all Operators drop in with Omnimovement options as well as the full complement of Black Ops 6 weaponry to earn and use.
Resurgence (Area 99/Rebirth Island, Launch)
Solos/Duos/Trios/Quads (44,44,45,44 Players)

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A mode familiar to many, but difficult to conquer, you’re here to survive and redeploy fallen teammates as well as scoring by dispatching enemies, equipment, opening crates, and completing Contracts to return your Squadmates more rapidly. Drop into the fray on both Rebirth Island and the brand-new Area 99.
Plunder (Urzikstan, Launch Window)
(120 Players)

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Players or squads are here for the cash; collecting the highest amount of in-game money as they can to claim victory before the timer runs out. However, the key difference is that players are no longer able to pick up and sell valuables; this is Plunder in its purest form!
Call of Duty: Warzone Ranked Play (Mid-Season)
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During Season 01, Ranked Play makes its triumphant return to the big map, bringing Ranked Play to Call of Duty: Warzone earlier in the seasons than ever before. Prove your prowess by outsmarting, out-maneuvering, and outlasting the opposition and earn exclusive Ranked Play rewards as you go. Expect further intel on this mode in the Season 01 Reloaded Blog in early December.
New Cinematics: Infill, Exfil, Gulag, Winner’s Circle (Launch)
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With a new map comes new methods to infil into the areas of operators, as well as extricating you and your squad after a match. Expect brand-new cinematic sequences, including times when you enter the Gulag on the big map, as well as a more comprehensive Winner’s Circle at the end of every match, showcasing similar information and emotive prowess by the winning Squad, to that on show during Black Ops 6 Multiplayer.
Loadout and Weapons Integrations (Launch, In-Season)
Loadout Overview (with Dedicated Melee)
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The Loadout menu has received a tuning, and GUI update to match the streamlined look found in Black Ops 6. You can create up to ten Custom Loadouts, each comprising of:

A Primary Weapon

A Secondary Weapon

A Melee Weapon

Tactical Equipment

Lethal Equipment

Three Perks

A Wildcard

Loadout Notes
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  • Primary Weapons are divided into Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles (MWII, MWIII only), SMGs, Shotguns, LMGs, Marksman Rifles, Sniper Rifles, and Melee (MWII only).
  • Secondary Weapons are divided into Pistols and Launchers.
  • Melee Weapons are accessed by holding down your Melee control (Right Thumbstick on Controller).
  • Firing Range: Each ranged weapon can be tested in the Firing Range, updated to reflect the new statistics, and access to a Recoil Wall and Moving Target. More intel here.
  • Global Weapon Builds: Utilize a weapon build you’ve created and access it across Black Ops 6 Multiplayer and Zombies, as well as Call of Duty: Warzone. More intel on this time-saving innovation – that allows you to make a change to any Build or Blueprint in any game, and it permeates out everywhere the gun is equipped – can be found here.
  • Streamlined Gunsmith: All weapons access the same streamlined Gunsmith and Attachments menu available in the Black Ops 6 Multiplayer, detailed in this Blog post. This means four statistical categories (Firepower, Accuracy, Mobility, and Handling), but with Attachments specific to the game in question (Modern Warfare III’s Aftermarket Parts, for example).
  • Weapon Separation: Each Weapon Type (Assault Rifles, for example) is separated into a vertical drop-down menu related to the game the weapon first appeared in (MWII, MWIII, BO6), allowing for swift and easy access to any armament.

Weapons Hot: Available Armaments (Launch, In-Season for some BO6 weapons)

Primary Weapons (136)
Weapon Type
MWII
MWIII
BO6
Total

Assault Rifles
15
10
8
33
Battle Rifles
5
5
0
10
SMGs
12
11
7
30
Shotguns
6
4
3
13
LMGs
6
7
3
16
Marksman Rifles
8
5
4
17
Sniper Rifles
7
5
4
16
Primary Melee
1
0
0
1

Secondary Weapons (35)
Weapon Type
MWII
MWIII
BO6
Total

Pistols and Special
8
4
5
17
Launchers
4
3
2
9

Melee Weapons (15)
Weapon Type
MWII
MWIII
BO6
Total

Melees
5
6
4
15

Total Weapons
77
60
40
177

Gear Up (Part 1): Available Tacticals (10) and Lethals (11)
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At the start of Season 01, Call of Duty: Warzone comes with a full complement of both Tactical and Lethal Equipment, including the full item list from Black Ops 6 Multiplayer as well as some Equipment that are Black Ops 6 Field Upgrades. Here’s a list of what’s available, and what level you need to reach to unlock each piece of equipment:


Available Tacticals (Launch)

Equipment

Availability


Flashbang

Player Level 6

Concussion

Available Immediately

Smoke Grenade

Player Level 17

Experimental Gas

Player Level 27

Snapshot Grenade

Player Level 11

Shock Charge

Player Level 42

Decoy

Player Level 35

Neurogas

Player Level 48

Stim Shot

Player Level 30

Spy Camera

Player Level 12

Prox Alarm

Player Level 23

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Available Lethals (Launch)

Equipment

Availability


Frag

Available Immediately

Sticky Grenade

Player Level 9

Impact Grenade

Player Level 26

Thermobaric

Player Level 21

Molotov Cocktail

Player Level 32

Drill Charge

Player Level 50

C4

Player Level 14

Blast Trap

Player Level 41

Spring Mine

Available Immediately

Throwing Knife

Player Level 36

Combat Axe

Player Level 53
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Black Ops 6 Season 01: What You Need to Know, Part 3

Gear Up (Part 2): Available Field Upgrades (17) and Killstreaks (12)
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In this iteration of Call of Duty: Warzone, expect Field Upgrades and Killstreaks (known as Scorestreaks in Black Ops 6 Multiplayer) to be available in-match, at either a Buy Station or as part of ground loot. The following equipment has been confirmed for Season 01 launch!


Available Field Upgrades (In-Game, Launch)

Equipment

Availability


Munitions Box

Immediately

Heartbeat Sensor

Immediately

Deployable Cover

Immediately

Portable Radar

Immediately

Deployable Buy Stations

Immediately

Decontamination Station

Immediately

Trophy System

Player Level 12

Armor Box

Immediately

Reinforcement Flare

Immediately

Loadout Drop (Buy Station Only)

Immediately

Scrambler

Player Level 18

War Cry

Player Level 35

Balloon Extract (Plunder Mode Only)

Immediately

Utility Box

Immediately

PRB (Portable Redeploy Beacon)

Immediately

Recon Drone

Immediately

PRD (Portable Redeploy Drone)

Immediately

Morphine Injector

Player Level 44

Available Scorestreaks (AKA Killstreaks), (In-Game, Launch)

Equipment

Availability


UAV*

Player Level 15

Counter UAV*

Immediately

Advanced UAV

Player Level 42

Precision Airstrike

Immediately

Bunker Buster

Immediately

Supply UAV

Immediately

Care Package*

Player Level 24

Cluster Strike

Player Level 21

Sentry Turret*

Player Level 12

SAM Turret*

Player Level 33

Foresight

Immediately

Napalm Strike*

Player Level 30

(*Indicates a Scorestreak from Black Ops 6 Multiplayer)

Perks (18) and Wildcards (4)
The “Pick 3” Perk System
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The way you utilize Perks in both your Loadout and during matches has been updated to streamline and increase the value of Perks, and it all starts in the Weapons > Loadouts Menu where you’re simply able to choose three Perks, one from each slot of six available Perks: Perk 1 (Blue), Perk 2 (Red), and Perk 3 (Yellow). Unlike Black Ops 6, there is no Combat Specialty.

In Call of Duty: Warzone, most of the Pick-3 Perks are unlocked as you level up your Player and will be re-locked if you choose to Prestige. If you’re a Black Ops 6 player, your current Player Level is carried over into Call of Duty: Warzone, and any Call of Duty: Warzone Perks are automatically unlocked to that level. Consult the Level Unlocks menu in Barracks > Progression > Level Unlocks.

Note that two Perks from Slot 1 (Veteran and Reflexes) are rewards available during Season 01 for completing Events.


Progression: Call of Duty: Warzone Perks Unlocks

Perk Slot and Name

How Unlocked


Perk 1: Reflexes

Season 01 Reloaded Reward

Perk 1: Veteran

Season 01 Reward

Perk 1: Grenadier

Available Immediately

Perk 1: Dexterity

Player Level 20

Perk 1: Scavenger

Player Level 26

Perk 1: Survivor

Player Level 47

Perk 2: Quartermaster

Available Immediately

Perk 2: Bomb Squad

Player Level 8

Perk 2: Tracker

Player Level 29

Perk 2: Sprinter

Player Level 32

Perk 2: Cold-Blooded

Player Level 41

Perk 2: Quick Fix

Player Level 50

Perk 3: Gung-Ho

Available Immediately

Perk 3: Resolute

Player Level 5

Perk 3: Ghost

Player Level 17

Perk 3: Birdseye

Player Level 23

Perk 3: Tempered

Player Level 35

Perk 3: Alertness

Player Level 44

Perk (Loot): Shrouded

In-game only

Perk (Loot): Irradiated

In-game only
Progression: Call of Duty: Warzone Wildcards Unlocks

Wildcard Name How Unlocked

Overkill Player Level 24

Bandolier Player Level 15

Gunfighter Player Level 33

Battle Ready Player Level 38

The “Pick 3” Pre-Match Perks
Prior to a match, you’re choosing one Perk from each of the following lists:
Perk 1 Slot (Blue, 6)
Pick one of the following six Perks, assuming you’ve unlocked them:

Reflexes

Available: Season 01 Reloaded Reward

Triggered explosives have a delay when sprinting past them.

Veteran

Available: Season 01 Reward

Reduce the negative effects of some enemy equipment. While aiming down sights reduce flinching and extend Hold Breath duration.

Grenadier

Available: Immediately

Explosive damage slows enemy health regeneration and movement speed. Throw equipment farther and see a previous of the trajectory.

Dexterity

Available: Player Level 20

Reduced weapon motion while jumping, sliding, and diving. Take less fall damage.

Scavenger

Available: Player Level 26

Start equipped with maximum reserve ammo for your primary weapon. Resupply ammo equipment, and plates from dead enemies.

Survivor

Available: Player Level 47

Start regenerating health more quickly. Your allies revive you faster when you’re Downed.
Perk 2 Slot (Red, 6)
Pick one of the following six Perks, assuming you’ve unlocked them:

Quartermaster

Available: Immediately

Recharge equipment over time (50 seconds).

Bomb Squad

Available: Player Level 8

Reduces incoming explosive and fire damage. Spot enemy equipment and Killstreaks through walls.

Tracker

Available: Player Level 29

See enemy footsteps. Bullets you fire briefly mark an enemy for you and your squad. Enemies that down you are automatically pinged.

Sprinter

Available: Player Level 32

Can Tactical Sprint indefinitely.

Cold-Blooded

Available: Player Level 41

Undetectable by AI targeting and thermal optics. Prevents some enemy recon Perks and effects.

Quick Fix

Available: Player Level 50

Killing enemies or inserting armor plates immediately starts health regeneration. Can insert amor plates one-handed.
Perk 3 Slot (Yellow, 6)
Pick one of the following six Perks, assuming you’ve unlocked them:

Gung-Ho

Available: Immediately

Reduced movement penalties when reloading or using equipment. Reload while Tac Sprinting.

Resolute

Available: Player Level 5

Taking damage from gunfire provides a boost to movement speed for a short duration.

Ghost

Available: Player Level 17

Undetectable by enemy Radar Pings while moving. Cannot be detected by some devices.

Birdseye

Available: Player Level 23

UAVs you call in are 25% larger and show the heading of the enemy for your squad. Detects players with Ghost.

Tempered

Available: Player Level 35

Refill armor plates to full with two plates instead of three.

Alertness

Available: Player Level 44

Sense when enemies are nearby. Tell when you are being aimed at by the enemy.
Wildcards (4)
Pick one of the following four Wildcards, assuming you’ve unlocked them, to complete your Perk and Wildcard choices before looting for more during a match.

Overkill

Available: Player Level 24

Equip two primary or secondary weapons.

Bandolier

Available: Player Level 15

Your loadout provides a Munitions Satchel.

Gunfighter

Available: Player Level 33

Equip three extra attachments to your Primary weapon.

Battle Ready

Available: Player Level 38

Your loadout provides a UAV and Utility Box.
Lootable Perks and Specialist
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Once you’ve dropped into a match, there are additional Perks you can find to fully kit out your Operator with up to six additional advantages. These valuable items are found in caches and other locations across the map, and there are up to six to find:
  • Four of them are Perks from the “Pick-3” Slots, usually ones you haven’t chosen. These are always the same four Perks.
  • Two of them are lootable-only Perks: Irradiated and Shrouded.
  • If you’re dispatched during a match, your Pick-3 Perks stays where you dropped, and can be looted by the enemy.
  • If you’re dispatched during a match, any Lootable Perks vanish and cannot be obtained by the enemy.
  • At the start of Season 01, the four “Pick-3” Perks that are also Lootable, will be chosen. These will be the same very match but expect frequent “rotations” as the Seasons progress, where four new “Pick-3” Perks are updated into the loot pool, replacing the previous four.
Lootable Perks (Purple, 6)
Obtain up to four Perks from the previous “Pick-3” Slots by looting them in-game, as well as one or both of the following:

Irradiated

Available: In-Game Only

While under the effects of the gas circle or equipment you will move faster, take reduced gas damage, and can insert armor plates.

Shrouded

Available: In-Game Only

Drop a Smoke Grenade when entering the downed state.
Specialist Perk Package
The legendary Specialist Perk is also back! This Package is a rare loot drop and can also be obtained via the Care Package Killstreak, and simply grants you every single available Call of Duty: Warzone Perk in the game! That’s all 18 Pick-3 Perks, plus Irradiated and Shrouded! If you’re dispatched during a match, your Specialist Perk Package stays where you dropped, and can be looted by the enemy.
The Company You Keep: Operators (157)
MWII Operators (70), MWIII Operators (61), BO6 Operators (26, Launch and In-Season)
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With the integration of content from Modern Warfare II and Modern Warfare III into Call of Duty: Warzone, with Season 01 under way, you’ll have access to over 150 different Operators! This is, of course, assuming you unlocked or purchased all available Operators during the lifespan of the previous two Call of Duty games. To maintain easy accessibility, the Operators Menu has three easily switchable sub-menus, each containing Operators from the three games.

Each Operator comes with any Skins you may have purchased during MWII and MWIII, and there are no restrictions on who you squad up with. Need to drop into Area 99 with Price, Ghost, Woods, and Adler? Let’s do this!
New Combat Features
Omnimovement and Body Shield
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The amazing innovations to movement and combat that arrived in Black Ops 6 at launch are fully integrated and realized in Call of Duty: Warzone. This includes the genre-defining game changer known as Omnimovement, allowing you to Sprint, Slide, and Dive in any direction. Be sure to play some Black Ops 6 Multiplayer matches to prepare yourself, so you’re able to:
  • Sprint forward, sideways, or backwards.
  • Shoot targets while sliding or diving forward, sideways, or backwards.
  • Perfect the 180-degree Combat Dive (Sprint, dive from height, rotate to face an enemy, and eliminate them before you hit the ground).
  • Ensure you’re able to perform the Combat Supine, dropping to Prone and rotating your Operator, eliminating foes as you slowly spin.
  • Combine Omni-Sprint with Combat Slides and Dives, usually at doorways or thresholds and spin to target and drop foes as you complete the maneuver.
  • Use Body Shield as an alternate to a Finishing Move; grab a foe from behind and use them to soak up the damage while optionally giving them encouraging whispers in their ear. Then drop them.
Emotes and Sprays
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Operator gestures known as Emotes, which can be employed during a match or in the Winner’s Circle after a victory, are back and earnable via Level Unlocks, with additional Emotes available in the Battle Pass. Note you can equip Emotes to any Operator; even those from Modern Warfare II and III!

Veteran Call of Duty: Warzone players well remember covering walls with the “D-Day” Operator spray to confuse enemies entering an ambush point, and we’re happy to announce that Sprays are back and ready to be employed in a variety of new and inventive ways!
Quick Inventory (Launch)
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As confirmed at Call of Duty: NEXT, at the start of Season 01, streamlining of the Inventory system comes to Call of Duty: Warzone, with the removal of the current “Backpack” system and a return to an inventory menu that veteran players may recognize. Working from left to right in the above image, your inventory is divided into the following sections:
  • Cash on hand
  • Gas Mask
  • Armor Plates
  • Killstreaks
  • Field Upgrade
  • Primary, Secondary, and Melee Weapons
  • Ammunition for your AR, SMG, Shotgun, Sniper, and Launcher
If you’re concerned about the number of items you’re able to carry, you’ll be pleased to learn that Satchels are returning to the game.
Satchels (Launch)
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Satchels are optional, lootable equipment that increase the storage capacity of the dedicated inventory slots within a Call of Duty: Warzone Match. These provide Operators with duplicates of the same items to increase your storage capabilities, thus increasing your effectiveness. Satchels can’t be (and don’t need to be) dropped, and one or both individual Satchel types can be found and equipped once per match. If an Operator carrying one or more Satchels is killed, all their Satchels are dropped and can be looted. Expect the following Satchel types:
  • Armor Satchel: This substantially increases your Armor Plate carrying capacity.
  • Munitions Satchel: This increases the Ammunition capacity for AR, SMG, Shotgun, Sniper, and Launcher ammunition.
Progression, Prestige, and Challenge Integrations (Launch)
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As detailed in the recent Progression and Prestige Blog, Black Ops 6 comes with a robust and granular Progression experience for those wanting to unlock a variety of free content. At the start of Season 01, a similarly sized grind becomes available to Call of Duty: Warzone players. Here’s what to expect:
  • Level Unlocks: Your Player Level will be reset to 1, and you’ll earn XP to progress through 55 Player Level Unlocks, gaining access to Weapons, Equipment, Killstreaks, and Perks as you go.
  • Classic Prestige: After reaching Player Level 55, you have the option to Prestige, re-locking most of your Player Level content, but allowing you to progress through ten Prestige levels, all of which come with incredible unlockable content! Note that some of this content is only available to those who own Black Ops 6, though these rewards can be retroactively obtained if you purchase the game.
  • Prestige Mastery: Once you complete Prestige 10, you unlock Prestige Mastery, with a further 1,000 Levels to climb, and ultimate rewards to claim!
  • Calling Card Challenges: Expect an impressive selection of Calling Cards to be unlocked the Black Ops way, including cards only available after Prestiging, or completing fully redacted “Dark Ops” challenges! Naturally, there’s many animated Cards to obtain, including the fabled “100 percent” complete for unlocking all Career, Hardened, and Prestige challenges.
  • Reticle Challenges: Equip a Black Ops 6 Optic to one of the new weapons and a “reticle” option opens in the Gunsmith > Cosmetics menu. Here you’re able to access ten unlockable reticles per Optic, each requiring a set number of ADS kills to complete. You can then share these Reticles – or those you’ve unlocked in Black Ops 6 Multiplayer and Zombies – in either mode or Call of Duty: Warzone.
  • Weapon Camos: Military Camos: The final set of weapon camos are now available to unlock! Grind through nine Military Camos per Black Ops 6 weapon, each usually requiring a set of in-game eliminations to obtain. These are unlocked on a per-weapon basis and are not shared.
  • Weapon Camos: Special Camos: Then focus on unlocking both Special camos for each weapon, with a specific unlock criteria for each. Complete both (in any order), and these become available to place on any other Black Ops 6 weapon you’ve already unlocked Special Camos for. Note that Multiplayer and Zombies Special Camos are also equippable in Call of Duty: Warzone.
  • Weapon Camos: Mastery Camos: The final prize is to unlock the four Mastery Camos for each Black Ops 6 weapon! This is the Gold Tiger, King’s Ransom (Animated), Catalyst (Animated), and finally the Abyss (Animated, Dynamic).
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Black Ops 6 Season 01: What You Need to Know, Part 4

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: General Content (MP, ZM, WZ)
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Call of Duty: General Content Summary (All Modes and Games)

Weapons Detail: Seven new weapons are accessible across Season 01, including four Primaries (the Krig C AR, Saug SMG, Maelstrom Shotgun, and AMR Mod 4 Sniper Rifle), a Special Secondary (the foldable Sirin 9mm), as well as two Melees (Power Drill and Cleaver). Plus, unlock four special weapon attachments, and face more Challenges to unlock firepower in the Armory!

Battle Pass and BlackCell: Whether you’re unlocking the free tiers and base weapons or purchasing the Battle Pass Bundle or the exclusive BlackCell offering, the brand-new Season 01 Battle Pass offers new ways to unlock the content you want, when you want it. Plus: There are more types of content to earn than ever before!

Season 01 Operators: A molten man of fire, Goliath leads the charge as the BlackCell Operator, along with Sevati “Sev” Dumas, a clandestine assassin and main player in the Rogue Team. Plus, The Replacer is back, and “Competitor” Operators arrive in time for the 2025 CDL Season. Finally, there’s a first glimpse at what’s in Store, including some incredible Mastercraft Bundles!

Weapons Detail
Primary Weapon: Krig C (Launch)
Assault Rifle, Battle Pass Page 3 HVT Tier Reward, Page 14 Battle Pass Blueprint

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Levels: 43

MAGS: 3

MAG SIZE: 30

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks, Weapon Camos, Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers 3).

Full-auto assault rifle. High damage and average handling. Recoil pattern starts very controllable before ramping up.

For a hard-hitting, versatile Assault Rifle that performs well across multiple ranges, look no further than the Krig C. The weapon inflicts moderate damage across the whole body with a four-shot elimination within its effective range. Recoil control becomes shakier through sustained fire, so burst fire to retain accuracy or consider attachments offering improved control to help counter the ramped-up movement.
Primary Weapon: Saug (Launch)
SMG, Battle Pass Page 3 HVT Tier Reward, Page 11 Battle Pass Blueprint

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Levels: 39

MAGS: 4

MAG SIZE: 36

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks, Weapon Camos, Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers 3).

Fully automatic submachine gun. Excellent mobility and good handling. Great rate of fire. High recoil.

Pepper your enemies with a hailstorm of lead using this rapid-fire SMG that’s perfect for breaching and clearing small spaces. The Saug kicks up like a horse when fired down sights; pull down when aiming to counter the recoil or better yet improve the weapon’s already great hip-fire capabilities with the appropriate attachments, including the Tactical Laser for a killer combo of mobility and accuracy via Tactical Stance. Or go all out on hip-fire with the Akimbo Saug Stock for unmatched SMG firepower.
Primary Weapon: Maelstrom (Mid-Season)
Shotgun, Event Reward

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Levels: 34

MAGS: 3

MAG SIZE: 10

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks, Weapon Camos, Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers 3).

Fully automatic shotgun. Good range and handling. High recoil and large hip spread.

What this weapon lacks in power compared to the other Shotguns, it makes up for with its rapid-fire full-auto capabilities. Its heavy recoil and large hip spread require getting up close to the enemy, but within its effective range it’s devastating. Consider equipping the Overkill Wildcard to pair this shotgun with a mid-range weapon for greater versatility. When moving into tight spaces, swap to the full-auto Shotgun and let loose.
Primary Weapon: AMR Mod 4 (Mid-Season)
Sniper Rifle, Event Reward

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Levels: 38

MAGS: 4

MAG SIZE: 6

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Stock Pad, Magazine, Rear Grip, Comb, Laser, Fire Mods

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks, Weapon Camos, Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers 3).

Semi-auto sniper rifle. One-shot kill to torso, arms, hands, and upper legs. Very high recoil and slow rate of fire. You can steady your aim while ADSing.

The hardest hitting weapon in its class, this sniper rifle rewards patience with a huge one-shot elimination range across the upper body. It’s slow to aim and it kicks hard, but when the shot connects, say goodbye to the enemy. Inflicting major damage out to 100 meters, its selection of closer ranged optics also offers the possibility of fighting in the vanguard, a veritable frontline cannon.
Secondary Weapon: Sirin 9mm (In-Season)
Special Event Reward

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Levels: 30

MAGS: 3

MAG SIZE: 32

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine

Customize Options: Skins, Reticle Unlocks Weapon Camos, Accessories (1), Decals (1), Stickers 2).

Fully automatic specialty weapon. Offers SMG characteristics as a secondary weapon. Slow rate of fire.

Take your Secondary Weapon game to the next level with this foldable Secondary Weapon offering full-auto fire with a slow and steady fire rate to help you stay on target up to the mid-range. Its base configuration offers 32 rounds to keep you in the fight during sustained combat, with an Extended Mag option that pushes that number to 40. The weapon has a moderate kick after each shot fired, but several of its attachments offer improved recoil control to help counter the movement. Once unlocked, look for this weapon in the new “Special” category within Secondary Weapons.
Melee Weapon: Power Drill (In-Season)
Melee, Event Reward

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Levels: 30

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
None

Customize Options: Skins.

Two-hit kill. Very short range. Very fast attack speed.

There’s no better tool for the job than the Power Drill, offering a rapid attack speed for quick follow-up hits to get the job done. Including a mix of sweeps, jabs, uppercuts, and a heavy attack that drills straight on, this weapon is ideal for putting a hole in the competition when the going gets tough.
Melee Weapon: Cleaver (Mid-Season)
Melee, Event Reward

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Levels: 30

Mastery Badges: Yes

Attachments:
None

Customize Options: Skins.

One-hit kill. Short-medium range. Medium attack speed.

Featuring a combo of sweeping attacks and head-on strikes, the Cleaver is the perfect Melee weapon for clearing out multiple and single targets in enclosed spaces. Use its heavy attack to prep the strike when anticipating incoming enemies, taking them to the chopping block the moment they appear.
New: Special Weapon Attachments
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12 Gauge Dragon’s Breath (Launch)
Shotguns, Fire Mod, Battle Pass Page 7 Reward

Add some heat to your Shotgun blasts with incendiary rounds comprised of magnesium sparks that stick to and burn enemies over time. Equipping the 12 Gauge Dragon’s Breath Fire Mod prevents using Barrel Attachments, but the tradeoff is well worth it when seeking a fiery finish.
Buffer Weight Stock (In-Season)
XM4 Assault Rifle, XMG LMG, DM-10 Marksman Rifle, Stock Attachment, Event Reward

The heavier Buffer Weight Stock provides significantly smoother action through the additional resistance met by the bolt carrier group. The improvement results in more manageable recoil through sustained fire, ideal for staying on target though at the expense of ADS Speed and Aim Walk Movement Speed.
Burst Fire Conversion (In-Season)
XM4 Assault Rifle, Fire Mod, Event Reward

Convert the XM4 Assault Rifle’s primary firing mode into a three-round burst to help conserve ammo and stay on target. There’s an impressive lack of recoil too, so it’s still possible to pump out consistent damage when facing heavy threats.
Burst Fire Conversion (In-Season)
Kompakt 92 SMG, Fire Mod, Event Reward

Convert the Kompakt 92 SMG’s primary firing mode into an exceptionally rapid three-round burst. Equipping the Burst Fire Conversion Fire Mod locks the Underbarrel and Barrel Attachment slots. When you need to fire quickly in close quarters, hold down the trigger to automatically cycle through burst shots.
Weapons Access: Feature: The Armory (Launch)
Global System: MP, ZM, WZ

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Coming to Black Ops 6 Multiplayer, Zombies, and Call of Duty: Warzone at the start of Season 01 is the Armory, easily accessible from your Barracks > Challenges menu. Like in Modern Warfare III, the Black Ops 6 Armory is a repository that provides access to previously missed Loadout content from prior Battle Passes and Events. Activate an item in the Armory to start earning XP toward unlocking it.

The Armory is unlocked at Player Level 24 and is added to the Level Unlock Menu. It is an area to check on items that otherwise cannot be earned through normal weapon progression. For example, if you miss the chance to obtain one of the Season 01 weapons unlocked via an Event, it is likely to be available to earn after the Event concludes.

For Call of Duty: Warzone players only, the Armory enables you to earn XP to unlock any weapon from Modern Warfare II and Modern Warfare III that you missed, including all Seasonal Battle Pass weapons and Challenge weapons, as well as Modern Warfare III Armory-exclusive attachments, and Aftermarket Parts. You can then employ these in Call of Duty: Warzone.
Season 01 Events
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Events are back and provide some of the finest cosmetic loot to unlock! As the first part of the Season is truncated (with Season 01 Reloaded and a wealth of new content arriving in early December), expect the Hit List Event prior to Mid-Season. Once Season 01 Reloaded arrives, expect multiple Events to look forward to – including one focused on Zombies – during the latter half of the Season.
Event: Hit List (In-Season)
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Who’s next? Keep up your luxurious – but slightly corrupt – lifestyle during the Hit List Event. You’re offered up a take-no-prisoners mission: kill or be killed. The Hit List Limited Event gives players a board of contracts with one goal – take them all out. Cross off the entire list and earn some exclusive loot for hire.
Season 01 Master Prestige Menu
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At Season launch, expect an additional in-game menu, visible and accessible to all, called “Master Prestige,” appearing next to the Prestige Menu when you locate it within the Barracks. This showcases some of the rewards available to the dedicated legends who are making the final grind to Level 1,000! This is where you’ll go to check out rewards as they are obtained, as well as viewing the legacy Prestige emblems you accrue every 100 levels!
Brand-new Battle Pass System and BlackCell
Operator Sev Headlines the New and Improved Battle Pass
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Trained assassin, espionage expert, and key Rogue Black Ops player from the Black Ops 6 Campaign, Sevati “Sev” Dumas headlines the brand-new Season 01 Battle Pass with four different Skins to unlock! Purchase the Battle Pass Bundle for 2,400 COD Points to immediately unlock the Instant Rewards Page of the Battle Pass, with the following items:
  • 10% Battle Pass XP Boost
  • The “Bloom Boomer” Frag Grenade Skin
  • The “Thorn” Legendary Blueprint for the Tanto .22 SMG.
  • The “Rose Goes” Legendary Weapon Sticker.
  • The “Sev” Skin (and Sev Operator), along with the “Sev BlackCell” Skin for those that purchase BlackCell.
Turning the Page: The Season 01 Battle Pass Expanded Overview
The Season 01 Black Ops 6 Battle Pass is brimming over with content, which is both showcased and unlocked in a brand-new “Page” system. Think of the Battle Pass as a book, with two front pages of Instant Rewards (one BlackCell), then 100 in-game Battle Pass rewards across 14 Pages and a Completion Page that is instantly unlocked once all other Pages are completed. Pages include Free and Paid content. As always, all Base Weapons are free to unlock.
Starting Your Battle Pass Journey: Page 1
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As you start your new Battle Pass journey, the Instant Reward Page and Page 1 is unlocked by default. All the other Pages are locked but can be previewed. Your goal is to complete the Battle Pass and access the 100 percent Completion Page at the end of the Battle Pass.

Each Page contains a slight variation on the following:
  • Around six item rewards (known as “Tiers”) that are unlocked in any order you wish within the Page. Each requires an earned Battle Token to unlock.
  • Each Page contains two free Tier rewards. The rest are unlocked via purchasing the Battle Pass Bundle or BlackCell.
  • An “HVT” (High Value Target) Tier reward that is unlocked once the previous items are unlocked. This is usually an Operator Skin or Weapon Blueprint, and sometimes there’s a BlackCell variant.
  • When both the regular and HVT Tiers are unlocked (usually a total of seven Tiers), the Page is complete.
  • Battle Pass owners can elect to automatically or manually unlock reward item Tiers as they reach them.
Battle Tokens: Unlocking a Page
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Battle Tokens return to the Battle Pass and work in a similar way to those in previous Battle Passes. A Token Bank is displayed in the top-right corner of your Battle Pass. These are used to unlock the 100 individual reward Tiers across all 14 Pages.
  • You spend these Tokens on any available Tier reward on an unlocked Page.
  • You can automatically unlock Tier rewards as you play, and not store up any earned Tokens. Players without the Battle Pass earn rewards in a linear order and have no access to Tokens.
  • Or you can earn Battle Tokens and Claim Tiers and manually unlock Pages later in the Battle Pass (only available if you purchase the Battle Pass or BlackCell offering).
  • Earning five total Tier rewards on a single page unlocks the next Page in the Battle Pass, meaning you don’t have to complete a single Page to access the next Page.
  • This means you can choose to claim Tier rewards on the current or any new Page.
  • Every subsequent Page requires five further total Tiers to be unlocked from any unlocked Page. The number of Tiers required to unlock each Page is displayed on that Page.
Unlocking Later Pages
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If there are specific Tiers you’re particularly interested in unlocking, you simply need to accrue enough Battle Tokens to unlock the Page and its Tier content.
  • For example, if you have BlackCell and 20 Tokens, and Page 6 of the Battle Pass requires 18 more Tiers to unlock, you simply spend your Tokens to access the Page and choose the 18 Tier Rewards from Pages 1-6.
  • Remember, there are seven total Tier reward unlocks per Page, but only five Tiers are needed to unlock each Page. This means you can save some Tokens for future Pages.
  • BlackCell owners receive an added Bonus of being able to unlock any Battle Pass Page and start unlocking Tier Rewards on that Page.
Crammed with Content: The Season 01 Battle Pass
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Prior to a Battle Pass, BlackCell and Bundles Blog prior to Season 01 Launch where all the incredible Battle Pass content is revealed, expect the following types of content, including new types of rewards:
  • Over 110 pieces of unlockable content (excluding BlackCell).
  • Over 130 pieces of unlockable content (including BlackCell).
  • Two free Base Weapons:
    • The Saug SMG (Page 3 HVT Tier Reward)
    • The Krig C Assault Rifle (Page 6 HVT Tier Reward)
  • Sev Operator with four different Skins (Operator unlock and “Spycraft” and “Spycraft BlackCell” Skin in the Instant Reward Page, as well as “Opulent” and “Opulent BlackCell Skins in the Completion Page)
  • New Operator Skins for Bayan (+BC), Maya, Bailey (+BC), Carver (+BC), Alvarez (+BC), Nazir, Stone (+BC), Rossi, and Niran.
  • Rewards in the following categories:
    • COD Points
    • Weapon Blueprints (Primary, Secondary, Melee)
    • Weapon Attachments
    • Weapon Reticles
    • Weapon Charms
    • Weapon Decals
    • Weapon Stickers
    • Equipment Skins
    • GobbleGums
    • Operators
    • Operator Skins
    • Finishing Moves
    • Emblems
    • Calling Cards
    • Emotes
    • Sprays
    • Loading Screens
    • Clan Tags (BlackCell only)
    • Consumable 2XP Tokens
BlackCell Offerings and Vault Edition Upgrade
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Join the molten, crystalized skull-headed Goliath as he stalks the epic Season 01 BlackCell content. Featuring an animated Operator Skin with writhing flames across his onyx carapace armor, this orange-hued demon favors brutal blades and swift deaths. Goliath is part of an impressive BlackCell offering that brings the fire, including Operators clad in black with a fiery orange accent hue.

BlackCell owners can access the Season 01 Battle Pass via the exclusive BlackCell Page, instantly unlocking the following items:
  • 20 Tier Skips.
  • 1,100 COD Points.
  • The “Boiling Point” Mastercraft Blueprint for the Goblin Mk2 (Assault Rifle).
  • The “Who’s Laughing Now” Finishing Move with Pet Hyena.
  • The “BlackCell” Clan Tag (showcased in Lobbies and Winner’s Circles).
  • The “Goliath” BlackCell Operator.
Additionally, BlackCell owners can expect to access page after page of additional exclusive rewards within the Season 01 Battle Pass. These include:
  • Seven BlackCell-exclusive skins for Sev (two Skins), Bayan, Bailey, Carver, Alvarez, and Stone.
  • Six BlackCell-exclusive Weapon Blueprints; for the XM4 (Assault Rifle), Marine SP (Shotgun), Tsarkov 7.62 (Marksman Rifle), GPMG-7 (LMG), Saug (SMG), Krig C (Assault Rifle).
  • BlackCell Page Unlock: The ability to unlock any Page from the Battle Pass, ignoring the usual minimum Tier requirements. From here, you can unlock the Tiers within that Page, and progress forwards (or backwards) from the Page providing the subsequent Tier unlock criteria is met. Or you can progress from the start of the Battle Pass Page 1 as normal.
  • NEW: Exclusive access to BlackCell-themed rewards available during Season 01 Events, offering you earnable content throughout the Season.
  • Over 130 item rewards (Battle Pass and BlackCell related) for those who fully complete the Season 01 BlackCell Battle Pass.
As usual, players who upgrade to BlackCell after purchasing the Battle Pass will also receive 1,100 COD Points back.
Vault Edition Upgrade
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If you’re considering an upgrade to the Black Ops 6 Vault Edition, this is the time to do it! For the same price as the BlackCell offering ($30 or your regional equivalent), the Vault Edition entitles you to the very same Season 01 BlackCell offering, along with the following:
  • The Hunters vs. Hunted Operator Pack featuring skins and accessible Operators for Adler, Park, Brutus, and Klaus.
  • The Mastercraft Weapon Collection (five weapons)
  • The GobbleGum Pack (12 single-use consumables)
Note for Prestige Players: Any Weapon Blueprint and Equipment Skin you unlock in the Battle Pass becomes fully unlockable, does not re-lock when you subsequently Prestige, and a Permanent Unlock is not required to access it. Be sure to check out the Battle Pass, BlackCell and Bundles Blog prior to Season 01 Launch for the specific content available!
Operators
The following four Operators are dropping into Season 01, and accessible via the Operators menu once acquired.
Goliath (BlackCell, Rogue Black Ops, Launch)
“Goliath” Skin: BlackCell Instant Reward Page

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Solidify your fiery combat mastery as the molten man of fire himself, Goliath! All biographical information for this Operator has been [[REDACTED]].
Sevati “Sev” Dumas (Battle Pass, Rogue Black Ops, Launch)
“Spycraft” and “Masquerade” Skins: Battle Pass Instant Reward Page, Battle Pass Completion Page

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“It’s all about influence and control.” – Sevati “Sev” Dumas

A main player in the Rogue Team after the conclusion of the Campaign, Sev is ready to make a deal with the untrustworthy French Syndicate and is gearing up to take down the rival Luttazzi family to prove it. Sporting two different Skins depending on the infiltration mission at hand, Sev is more than ready to lead the charge.
The Replacer (Bundle, Rogue Black Ops, In-Season)
Store Bundle

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“I’m your daddy now.” – The Replacer

There’s no substitute for greatness. Last seen in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode, and first appearing in Black Ops 2, The Replacer has concluded his whirlwind Black Ops 6 takeover tour and has freed up some time to appear in-game, and available as a Store Bundle shortly after Launch.
Competitor CDL Home and Away Operators (Bundle, Rogue Black Ops, Crimson One, In-Season)
Store Bundles

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“Is this a skill issue?” – CDL Home Competitor

“You’re chalked, bro!” – CDL Away Competitor

Two new Operators arrive just in time for the 2025 Call of Duty League® season, and both are available (along with a host of other content including a Weapon Camo) in the CDL Store Bundle. The first available Bundle includes the “2025 CDL Home” “Competitor” Operator (Rogue Black Ops), and the “2025 CDL Away” “Competitor” Operator (Crimson One).

Access either of the Competitor Operators to find the location where a variety of incoming Operator Skins will become available, once earned. Expect the following as Season 01 progresses:
  • CDL Team Packs for the Atlanta Faze, Boston Breach, Carolina Royal Ravens, Los Angeles Guerrillas, Los Angeles Thieves, Miami Heretics, Minnesota Rokkr, Cloud9 New York, Vancouver Surge, Optic Texas, Toronto Ultra, and Vegas Falcons.
  • Skins unlocked during Multiplayer Ranked Play for Challenge Wins, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Crimson, Iridescent, Top 250, and Seasonal World Champion.
  • Skins unlocked during Warzone Ranked Play for Challenge Wins, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Crimson, Iridescent, Top 250, and Seasonal World Champion.
New Store Offerings
Gain a more complete knowledge about the in-store Bundles coming to Season 01 in the BlackCell, Battle Pass, and Bundles blog next week. Before then, here’s the first glimpse at the highlights we have in Store for you:
Tracer Pack: The Replacer
The Replacer voiced by Peter Stormare

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Your services are no longer needed; sub in The Replacer and become undeniable! Replace both yourself and your enemies with the “Tracer Pack: The Replacer” Operator Bundle. The Bundle comes with a new Operator sporting two Operator Skins: “The Replacer” and the Animated “The Replacer BlackCell*”, along with the “Quick Wit” Animated AS Val and “Ramifications” Animated PU-21 Blueprints, the “Aura +5000” Animated Calling Card, “Many Hats” Animated Emblem, “Replacement Killer” Finishing Move, and a vehicular Weapon Charm.

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*BlackCell Owners: For BlackCell Season 01 owners, expect to receive the bonus “The Replacer BlackCell” skin in addition to all the regular bundle content. Note you must have obtained BlackCell prior to purchasing this Bundle; the skin will not be available if you purchase S01 BlackCell after purchasing this bundle.
Tracer Pack: Draconic Forge Mastercraft
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Death flies on pale wings with the “Tracer Pack” Draconic Forge Mastercraft Ultra Skin” Bundle, featuring the “Dragon Knight” Animated Ultra Skin for Westpoint, the “Mecha Drake” Mastercraft Blueprint for the new Saug SMG, a second Blueprint, the Animated “Emberscald” for the ASG-89 Shotgun, a Drill Charge (Lethal Equipment) Skin, the “Blow Hard” Emote, “Draconic” Reticle, “Ash and Bone” Finishing Move, “So Metal” Animated Emblem, and “Reforger” Spray.
Tracer Pack: I.D.E.A.D. Mastercraft
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Get to work on Interdimensional Exploration and Diagnostics with the Tracer Pack: I.D.E.A.D. Mastercraft Bundle. Blast enemies into non-existence with the “Gumball Ballistics” Mastercraft XM4 Assault Rifle Blueprint, travel through dimensions as an inter-galactic vending machine technician with the “Repairman” Skin for Weaver, then enjoy mandatory handheld distribution with the “Zaptastic” Ray Gun Blueprint and “Big Boomer” Marine SP Shotgun Blueprint. The Bundle is stacked with content, including the “Space Man Gun” Charm, “Jugger-Not” Emote, “Cosmic Cloud” Spray, “Back Alley” Loading Screen, “Popper” Large Decal, and Perkaholic Ultra GobbleGum.
Other Incoming Bundles
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Expect a wide variety of killer content as you explore the Season 01 Store offerings, including the “Tracer Pack: Kick Some Brass Mastercraft Ultra Skin” Bundle, the “Tracer Pack: Liquidator” Bundle, and the “Tracer Pack: Parasite Warrior Ultra Skin” Bundle. Expect a full showcase of these bundles and more with the Season 01 BlackCell, Battle Pass, and Store Bundle blog coming next week.
Upgrade to Black Ops 6 Today!
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Black Ops 6 is available now, and there’s never been a better time to experience the spy action thriller Campaign, the in-depth tactical chaos of best-in-class Multiplayer, and soak in the gory glory of an incredible round-based Zombies experience!

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New updates bring Infected and Classic Nuketown to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 is live, and players have been deploying in droves across the epic Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies game modes. In the first week after launch, two new updates pave the way for Season 01 and beyond with the addition of two Multiplayer favorites: the Infected game mode and the original 1950s Nuketown map.

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The first content drop begins right now starting with Infected, followed by the release of Nuketown on November 1. Here’s what you need to know:
Play Infected the Black Ops 6 Way
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Infected makes its Black Ops 6 debut just in time for Halloween! With the new Omnimovement system in place, this Party Mode takes on a whole new life… for the living and the undead. Cheat death — or add to the undead ranks — with the most fluid movement mechanics to date.

For new and returning players, an Infected match begins with one player randomly assigned as the starting infected. The infected player’s goal is to eliminate all other players. Each time a survivor is eliminated, they will join the ranks of the undead, while the remaining survivors must keep the horde at bay until the match timer runs out.

Drop into the Infected playlist right now, live in Black Ops 6!
Classic Nuketown Arrives November 1
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The original Nuketown is back! This homage to the version players first encountered in Call of Duty: Black Ops is an exact — though graphically much improved — version of the original, keeping the classic 1950s design of the Nevada testing site. For first-time Nuketowners and returning veterans alike, here’s the lay of the land:
The Streets of Nuketown
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Built by Veteran Treyarch Map designer Adam Hoggatt and released as part of Call of Duty: Black Ops in November 2010, this remaster remains extremely faithful to the original design and layout of the map, even down to the precise placement of parked vehicles and other scenery harking back to the original three-lane design. This is Nuketown in its most original form, with a bright and bleached desert landscape, and even a double rainbow to gaze at, taking you all the way back to where it all began.

Hoggatt gave a little more insight into this remastered version of his original creation. Although rumored to have been designed in just two days, it’s been a fan favorite for 14 years: "The original Nuketown has always been my favorite, mainly because of how it came about and how the studio rallied around it,” Hoggatt said. “Recently, it occurred to me that many of our current players have never experienced the original, so they get to feel the Nuketown magic for the first time.” But Hoggatt also expressed excitement for players familiar with the original map. “I'm excited that we are bringing back the original Nuketown exactly as you remember it but looking better than ever! Those players will definitely be hit with a big wave of nostalgia. I can't wait!"

Nuketown for Dummies: A Tour of the Homes

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While most of the combat is centered around the bus and container truck, the interiors (and upper floors) of the opposing houses – recently installed after being constructed and shipped from nearby Area 99 – allow for a variety of excellent sightlines toward the opposing team’s spawn point. That is provided you’re not put off by the dead gaze of the plastic people inhabiting the cul-de-sac on the corner of Latchkey Road and Trinity Avenue.
Welcome to the Nuketown Neighborhood: Warhead, Area 99
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Can’t get enough of the iconic location? Deploy to the Multiplayer launch Strike map Warhead to battle in vicinity of the infamous testing site via Face Off 6v6 or 2v2 Gunfight.

Warhead’s set of dwellings has been reclaimed by the desert sands. Watch the debris scattered all over the maps, with model homes and vehicles slowly sinking into the desert sands, and a colossal crater just out of bounds.

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And at the start of Season 01, deploy to the new Area 99 Resurgence map in the free-to-play Call of Duty: Warzone™ update. Also set in the Nevada desert, this top-secret government site is just miles away from the original Nuketown location. See where it all began by exploring the mannequin assembly plant, the factory warehouse including pieces of the Nuketown homes in development, and much more, when Season 01 launches!

So… when is that, exactly?
Massive Content Drop: Season 01 Arrives on Thursday, November 14!
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Make sure your Black Ops 6 weapons are fully leveled up, and all your gear is unlocked and ready to go when Area 99 launches just over two weeks from now! Season 01 arrives on November 14, adding a colossal amount of free content like all-new Multiplayer maps and modes, a terrifying new in-season Zombies map, as well as the introduction of Omnimovement and Black Ops 6 weapons and Loadout features to Call of Duty: Warzone!
Support Veterans with the Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Endeavour: Tracer Pack
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Don’t miss out on your chance to support U.S. and U.K. military veterans by purchasing the Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Endeavour: Tracer Pack, inspired by real-life U.K. Special Forces Veterans, and founders of high-performance British outdoor apparel brand, ThruDark.

The C.O.D.E. Endeavour: Tracer Pack is available now, including the “SC1” Operator Skin, “Ghostly Guile” LR 7.62 Animated Blueprint, “Seaworthy Strength” AMES 85 Animated Blueprint, the “Not Alone” Weapon Charm, “Going Commando” Spray, “Dead of Night” Animated Emblem, “Feeling Froggy” Weapon Sticker, “Wolf of Metals” Animated Calling Card, the “Look Sharp” Finishing Move, and a Double XP and Double Weapon XP token.

Activision will contribute 100% of the net proceeds from every Endeavour: Tracer Pack purchased to the Call of Duty Endowment.

The C.O.D.E. Endeavour: Tracer Pack is available now at www.CallofDuty.com/Endeavour.

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THE ENDEAVOUR APPAREL COLLECTION

In case you missed it on the Call of Duty blog earlier this week, the in-game pack is launching alongside the Endowment’s first-ever limited edition apparel line exclusively available at ThruDark. Each piece is inspired by ThruDark’s founders’ time in the Royal Marines Commandos and the Special Forces (SBS) and comes with a free code for a Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Endeavour: Tracer Pack. While supplies last. Quantities limited. Check out the full collection at http://www.thrudark.com/CallofDutyEndowment today.

USAA GIVEAWAY

As a special thank you for their service, the Endowment and USAA are offering free C.O.D.E. Endeavour: Tracer Packs to U.S. military and veterans available now in Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6. To redeem, please visit http://www.callofdutyendowment.org/usaa for more information. While supplies last. Quantities limited. ID.me account required. See official rules here.

ABOUT THE CALL OF DUTY ENDOWMENT

The Endowment has placed more than 130,000 veterans in jobs since 2009. That’s equal to 23 vets placed per day over the last 14 years, creating more than $7 billion in economic value for U.S. and U.K. veterans and their families. Last year, the average cost to place a veteran in a job was $618, about 1/19th the cost per placement of U.S. government’s efforts.

For more information about the Call of Duty Endowment, visit the website or explore more on TikTok, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook.
#CODBlog: Stay Tuned for Season 01 Info
Keep ahead of the competition, and Trust No One except the latest official Black Ops 6 information from the Call of Duty Blog as we near the Season 01 announcement, breaking down all the new maps, modes, weapons, features, and more across Multiplayer, Zombies, and Call of Duty: Warzone.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is published by Activision. Development for the game is led by Treyarch, in partnership with Raven Software. Additional development support provided (in alphabetical order) by Activision Central Design, Activision Central Technology, Activision QA, Activision Shanghai, Beenox, Demonware, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, and Sledgehammer Games. 
© 2024 Activision Publishing, Inc. ACTIVISION, CALL OF DUTY, CALL OF DUTY WARZONE, and CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 accessibility updates and new features

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Accessibility Updates and New Features
Making Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 more accessible makes it easier for more players to jump into the game, which is why innovating and introducing accessibility options across Call of Duty has always been a priority. The accessibility settings menu is accessed by nearly half of all players, and with the launch of Black Ops 6, we’re excited to share even more accessibility updates and new features which will allow players to further customize their experience.

In Black Ops 6, we’re launching asymmetrical hearing compensation, an improved high contrast mode, updating the accessibility settings menu, and more. All the familiar accessibility features that were available in Modern Warfare® III will also be available in Black Ops 6, like graphical adjustment options to reduce motion blur and joystick setting options. Read on for more info on new accessibility updates and features coming to Black Ops 6.
Introducing Asymmetrical Hearing Compensation Settings
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Black Ops 6 is proud to be the first Call of Duty game to launch asymmetrical hearing compensation settings, which allows players with asymmetrical hearing loss to create a custom audio profile and adjust audio settings for each ear. Created with veterans and players with hearing loss in mind, asymmetrical hearing compensation audio settings will now be individually customizable for each ear. In addition to the new asymmetrical hearing compensation settings, Black Ops 6 will continue to support the option for players to “Reduce Tinnitus Sound,” which replaces sounds made from Concussion and Flash Grenades with a duller sound.
Customizable High Contrast Settings
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High Contrast Mode was first introduced in Modern Warfare III in Campaign only, giving players the option to highlight allies and enemies during gameplay. In Black Ops 6, High Contrast Mode has been expanded and advanced and is now available in both Campaign and Zombies. Players will now be able to customize the color outline of allies and enemies, allowing players with vision impairment and color blindness to tailor their player experience even more. Players will also be able to enable a “Dark Background” setting in High Contrast Mode, which further adds contrast from the background elements to assist with low vision.
Intelligent Movement
Newly introduced in Black Ops 6, Intelligent Movement allows players to customize four elements for how Operators move through the landscape. The suite of customizable movement includes Sprint Assist, Mantle Assist, Crouch Assist, and Corner Slice, which may help players with mobility issues reduce inputs by allowing options to minimize and customize button and stick processes. Read more about Movement in Black Ops 6 here.
HUD Presets
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Another newly introduced feature in Black Ops 6 is the ability to adjust your gameplay HUD with a variety of Layout presets, as well as color adjustment options for your minimap.

Layouts give players options to customize the HUD for optimal playing. For players who wish to reduce visual clutter or find that checking the minimap takes their eyes away from enemies, try the Target Tracker or Central Command presets. Play around and experiment with whichever preset works best for your play.
Arachnophobia Settings
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For the first time in Black Ops 6 Zombies, a new arachnophobia toggle feature will be available. This setting will allow players to change the appearance of spider-like enemies in Zombies without affecting their game play.
Pause and Save in Zombies
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Also newly arriving to Black Ops 6 Zombies is the ability in Solo matches to pause, save, and load into games (while in full health). With the return of Round-Based Zombies, gameplay is guaranteed to be fast-paced and intense, so providing the ability to pause or save a Solo game and return later can make all the difference in gameplay for some players.
Accessories
Both the Xbox Adaptive Controller and Sony Access Controller will work out of the box with Black Ops 6.

Jump into the game on October 25th and explore all the accessibility features and updates.
Get the Latest on Black Ops 6 and More
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Stay one step ahead with the latest official Black Ops 6 information by checking the Call of Duty Blog frequently as we approach the October 25 launch date.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is published by Activision. Development for the game is led by Treyarch, in partnership with Raven Software. Additional development support provided (in alphabetical order) by Activision Central Design, Activision Central Technology, Activision QA, Activision Shanghai, Beenox, Demonware, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, and Sledgehammer Games. 

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Support veterans with the Call of Duty Endowment Endeavour: Tracer Pack

The Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Endeavour: Tracer Pack In Partnership with ThruDark
Endeavour through darkness for U.S. and U.K. military veterans by purchasing the Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Endeavour: Tracer Pack. This in-game content features the Endowment’s first ever U.K. operator skin. The pack’s design has been guided by ThruDark, a high-performance British outdoor apparel brand co-founded by former Special Forces operators, Anthony “Staz” Stazicker CGC and Louis Tinsley, on the principle that veterans are cut from a special cloth. With a combined 28 years of military experience the pair personally design, develop and test each piece of ThruDark apparel to the most rigorous of standards.

The pack includes a ThruDark insignia Weapon Charm, Weapon Sticker, Spray and more. Visit http://www.callofduty.com/endeavour to purchase the pack on Friday at 10AM PT.

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Each purchase will unlock the following in-game items for Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 and at Season 01 Launch for Call of Duty: Warzone™. Stay tuned for the world premiere of the official trailer of the Endeavour: Tracer Pack, launching Friday on the Endowment’s TikTok, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook.

ThruDark Co-Founders, Staz and Louis, worked closely with the Call of Duty Endowment to develop a pack inspired by their experiences. When it came to outfit the operator, they catered the look to the 1990s SBS teams who specialized in Maritime Security Operations.

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The C.O.D.E. Endeavour: Tracer Pack includes:
  • “SC1” Operator Skin: Love many, trust few and always paddle your own canoe with the SC1 Operator Skin.
  • “Ghostly Guile” LR 7.62 Sniper Rifle Animated Blueprint with Tracers: Not to be trifled with, the Ghostly Guile Animated Blueprint with Tracers is both deadly and discreet.
  • “Seaworthy Strength” AMES 85 Assault Rifle Animated Blueprint with Tracers: Harness lethality from the darkest depths with the Seaworthy Strength Animated Blueprint with Tracers.
  • “Not Alone” Weapon Charm: Never stand alone against adversity when equipping this Weapon Charm.
  • “Going Commando” Spray: Enemies will watch their backs and check their corners when seeing this Spray.
  • “Dead of Night” Animated Emblem: Look sharp in the dead of night with this Animated Emblem.
  • “Feeling Froggy” Weapon Sticker: Dive and survive in the deepest of depths with this Weapon Sticker.
  • “Wolf of Metals” Animated Calling Card: Devour all that stands in your way with this Animated Calling Card.
  • “Look Sharp” Finishing Move: Enemies will lose their breath when seeing this Finishing Move
  • 1 Hour Double Weapon XP
  • 1 Hour Double XP
This pack is available on Friday, October 25th at 10AM PT for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and at Season 01 Launch for Call of Duty: Warzone. Visit http://www.callofduty.com/Endeavour to purchase.

Activision will contribute 100% of the net proceeds from every Endeavour: Tracer Pack purchased to the Call of Duty Endowment.
The Endeavour Apparel Collection
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For the first time ever, the Call of Duty Endowment is launching an apparel line alongside the in-game pack. The exclusive ThruDark collection draws inspiration from the brand’s founders’ service in the U.K. Special Forces and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, with a percentage of proceeds going towards the Endowment charity.

The ThruDark X Endowment hoodies, t-shirts, and caps incorporate elements of the pack in their design and every purchase comes with a free code to Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Endeavour: Tracer Pack. ICYMI, check out the announcement at #CODEBOWLV in August.

To view the full limited edition collection that just launched, please visit http://www.thrudark.com/CallofDutyEndowment while supplies last.
About ThruDark
ThruDark is a high-performance British clothing brand that launched in 2018 with a bespoke summit suit that broke world mountaineering records before launching a limited range of cold weather expedition gear. Since that time, ThruDark’s outerwear offering has expanded to include the latest in activewear innovation, hot weather clothing, combat sports attire and premium apparel alongside its continued development in the world of winter wear. All of ThruDark’s technical products are tested personally in real world conditions by its founders, using their combined 28 years of military experience.
USAA Giveaway
As a special thank you for their service, the Endowment and USAA are offering free C.O.D.E. Endeavour: Tracer Packs to U.S. military and veterans when the pack launches in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 this Friday, October 25 at 10am PT. To redeem, please visit http://www.callofdutyendowment.org/usaa for more information this Friday. While supplies last. Quantities limited. ID.me account required. See official rules here.


About The Call of Duty Endowment
The Endowment has placed more than 140,000 veterans in jobs since 2009. That’s equal to 23 vets placed per day over the last 14 years, creating more than $7 billion in economic value for U.S. and U.K. veterans and their families. Last year, the average cost to place a veteran in a job was $618, about 1/19th the cost per placement of U.S. government’s efforts.

For more information about the Call of Duty Endowment, visit the website or explore more on TikTok, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook.

© 2024 Activision Publishing, Inc. ACTIVISION, CALL OF DUTY, CALL OF DUTY WARZONE, and CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

For more information, please visit http://www.callofduty.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/callofduty, and follow @Activision and @CallofDuty on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook. For Call of Duty Updates, follow @CODUpdates on X (formerly Twitter).


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