Season 4 is imminent, and the new update is now available for pre-load for both Cold War and Warzone.
Cold War‘s Season 4 update went live yesterday and now Raven Software has flicked the switch and begun deploying the Warzone update for all platforms.
The Warzone update deployed on June 16 is a pre-load for Season 4, which will be installable at 9PM PT when the new season goes live.
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Cold War & Warzone Season 4
Motorbikes in Warzone, the hand cannon in Cold War, Maur Der Toten in Zombies, what more could you possible need? Season 4 will kick off in both Cold War and Warzone on June 17th, with the official pre-load available right now.
A brand new Battle Pass filled with 100 tiers of goodness will also be available to purchase if you’ve saved up your COD Points. Don’t worry if you don’t plan on purchasing the pass, as there will still be free tiers filled with new weapons for players to unlock.
Warzone players will get to take part in the brand new Ground Fall event following the events of Stitch hijacking US satellites and bringing them plummeting to Verdansk.
While Cold War will have plenty of new modes, maps, and even a brand new hand cannon scorestreak. If you’re a Zombies player, there will be a new Outbreak region and quest, as well as a new round-based zombies map.
Brace for impact soldiers, Season 4 is imminent.
Cold War Patch Notes
Please note: Warzone patch notes can be located underneath the Cold War patch notes, once released.
Below you will find the Season 4 patch notes for Cold War‘s Multiplayer mode, to find out all of the changes to Zombies and League Play, check out the official Treyarch Studios website.
GLOBAL
Events
- Ground Fall
- “Ground Fall” limited-time event live through 10AM PT June 24.
- Complete challenges in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone to earn Emblems, Calling Cards, a Weapon Charm, bonus XP, and an Epic Secondary Weapon Blueprint.
Battle Pass
- New 100-Tier Battle Pass available in Season Four.
Operators
- Jackal
- New “Jackal” Operator available at Tier 0 in the Season Four Battle Pass.
Weapons
- MG 82
- New MG82 LMG available for free at Tier 15 of the Battle Pass System.
- C58
- New C58 assault rifle available for free at Tier 31 of the Battle Pass System.
- Nail Gun
- New Nail Gun Special weapon available via in-game challenge in Multiplayer or Zombies, or via unique Blueprint version in the Store.
Weapon Unlock Challenges
- PPSh-41
- Unlock Challenge available for the PPSh-41 SMG in Multiplayer and Zombies.
- Swiss K31
- Unlock Challenge available for the Swiss K31 sniper rifle in Multiplayer and Zombies.
Weapon Tuning
- Assault Rifles
- XM4
- Reduced range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 11%.
- Reduced range penalty on Agency Suppressor muzzle attachment from 33% to 22%.
- AK-47
- Reduced range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 13%.
- Increased range penalty on GRU Suppressor muzzle attachment from 25% to 27%.
- QBZ-83
- Increased range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 17%.
- FFAR 1
- Reduced range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 10%.
- Reduced range penalty on Agency Suppressor muzzle attachment from 33% to 20%.
- Krig 6
- Reduced range penalty on Agency Suppressor muzzle attachment from 30% to 25%.
- Groza
- Increased range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 17%.
- FARA 83
- Reduced range penalty on GRU Suppressor muzzle attachment from 33% to 32%.
- Increased range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 20%.
- XM4
Features
- Gifting
- Players can now gift the Battle Pass, Battle Pass Bundles, and Store Bundles to friends in Black Ops Cold War.
- Get a 60-minute Double Battle Pass XP Token for sending your first gift between June 17 and June 30.
- Two-factor authentication is required to use the gifting system.
- Free Bundles, Franchise Store Bundles, and Limited-Time Bundles cannot be gifted.
- Challenge Tracker
- Progress toward active Daily Challenges can now be viewed in-game via the Options menu.
Progression
- Reduced the amount of XP needed to progress through Season Levels in Black Ops Cold War, Warzone, and Modern Warfare.
Prestige Rewards
- Added four new Prestige Levels (16-19) and Prestige Rewards:
- Level 50: New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, Weapon Blueprint, and Battle Pass Tier Skip
- Level 100: New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, and Battle Pass Tier Skip
- Level 150: New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, and Battle Pass Tier Skip
- Level 190: All Season Challenges Available
- Level 200: New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, Battle Pass Tier Skip, Master Prestige Calling Card
- Levels 250 – 1,000: New Prestige Key every 50 levels
Prestige Shop
- Additional Legacy Calling Cards from previous Black Ops titles are now available in the Prestige Shop, including the animated “Bacon” Calling Card from Black Ops II, available to players once they reach Season Level 100.
Music Player
- Four additional Treyarch music tracks available for the Music Player in the free “Black Ops 4 Mixtape” War Tracks in the Battle Pass System:
- “Inferno”
- “Alistair’s Theme”
- “Damned 4”
- “Reflections”
Main Lobby
- Updated main lobby theming for Season Four.
MULTIPLAYER
Maps
- Collateral (12v12) [NEW]
- New map added to Multiplayer rotation in 12v12 modes.
- Collateral Strike (6v6) [NEW]
- New map added to Multiplayer rotation in 6v6 modes.
- Hijacked (6v6) [NEW]
- Classic Black Ops II map added to Multiplayer rotation in 6v6 modes.
- Hijacked 24/7 Featured Playlist available during launch week.
- Amsterdam (2v2, 3v3) [NEW]
- New map added to Multiplayer rotation in 2v2 and 3v3 modes.
- Standoff
- Updated Hardpoint spawns for P2 and P4 Hardpoints.
Modes
- One in the Chamber [NEW]
- Free-for-all party game available in the Party Games playlist collection in Featured Playlists.
- Players have three lives and a single bullet. Players receive another bullet upon eliminating an enemy. Melee attacks are also lethal.
- Available weapons include the 1911, Magnum, and Hand Cannon.
- The first player to reach the score limit wins the match.
- Multi-Team: Sat-Link [NEW]
- New Multiplayer mode featuring 10 competing teams of four.
- Players must reach the Sat-Link marked on their map, power it up, and upload data to satellites in orbit to gain points.
- Search for crates to collect powerful Scorestreaks and other useful items.
- The first team to reach the score limit wins the match.
- Cranked Hardpoint [NEW]
- Capture Hardpoints to gain points for your team. Eliminate multiple enemies in the same life to earn up to five powerful buffs throughout the match.
- Capturing a Hardpoint grants a movement speed boost and sets your timer to 30 seconds. When the timer reaches zero, you explode. Extend the timer by earning eliminations and capturing Hardpoints.
- The timer is paused while on your team’s Hardpoint, and kills add 15 seconds to your timer up to a max of 30 seconds.
- Successive kills grant up to four additional buffs: improved weapon handling, ADS speed, slide speed, and a larger explosion upon death (granted after a five-kill streak.)
- The first team to reach 200 points, or the most points before time expires, wins.
- Hardcore Hardpoint [NEW]
- Now featured in Hardcore Quick Play and Hardcore Moshpit playlists.
- Multi-Team Elimination
- Added to the Game Modes Combat Record.
- Prop Hunt
- Addressed an issue where some props could have incorrect bullet collision after jumping repeatedly.
Scorestreaks
- Hand Cannon
- New Scorestreak available in Multiplayer for 2,800 score.
Season Challenges
- 20 new Multiplayer Season Challenges available to be revealed and unlocked with exclusive Calling Card and XP rewards. Reveal a new Challenge every 10 Season Levels. Complete all 20 to unlock the Season Four Multiplayer Master Animated Calling Card.
- Updated the unlock criteria for the “Vehicular Warfare” Season Three Challenge.
Custom Games
- Added Sprint Recovery Delay setting to General Player settings for Custom Games. This will set the time after a player has stopped sprinting before they are fully recovered and will see the speed benefit of Sprint Takeoff.
Featured Playlists
- Hijacked 24/7 [NEW] (Also available in Hardcore)
- Multi-Team: Sat-Link [NEW]
- Party Games (Now includes One in the Chamber)
- Face Off 6v6 (Now includes Amsterdam)
- Cranked Hardpoint [NEW]
- 12v12 Moshpit (Now includes 12v12 Cranked Hardpoint)
- Nuketown 24/7 (Also available in Hardcore)
- Gunfight Blueprints
- Multi-Team: Elimination
Warzone Patch Notes
The Warzone update which was deployed on June 16 is the preload for Season 4, which will be installable at 9PM PT once the new season is live.
As of writing, the official Warzone patch notes for Season 4 are yet to be released. We expect them to go live as Season 4 begins, check back in soon as we will be updating this article with the full patch notes.
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