Modern Warfare Season 1 and Battle Pass released
Free maps, modes and items launch alongside premium pass
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 1 has launched along with the game’s first Battle Pass.
Free content rolling out on all platforms from today includes new multiplayer and Gunfight maps, new multiplayer modes, new Spec Ops experiences and new weapons.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare multiplayer map Crash is now available with some new areas to explore, while updated versions of the classic game’s Vacant and Shipment maps will arrive later in Season 1.
A breakdown of all the new content available can be found on Activision’s blog.
The Modern Warfare Season 1 Battle Pass features 100 tiers of content to earn and equip, 23 of which are free to all players. These include two new weapons, the RAM-7 assault rifle unlocked at Tier 15 and the Holger-26 LMG unlocked at Tier 31.
Players who don’t purchase the Battle Pass will play and progress through the tiers but only be able to earn free items.
Access to all 100 tiers of content can be purchased for 1,000 COD Points (about $10/£8.50), which will instantly unlock a new Operator called Mara. It will also provide access to legendary weapon blueprints and operator skins.
Activision says all functional content that has an impact on game balance, such as base weapons and attachments, can be unlocked simply by playing the game and earning COD Points. For more information, check out its Battle Pass guide online.
Modern Warfare Season 1 patch notes
PLAYLIST UPDATE:
Added:
- Crash 24/7
- Port added to Ground War
- Reinforce
- Added Rammaza and Gun Runner to TDM 20 and DOM 20
- Added night maps to Hardcore TDM, Search and Destroy, Cyber Attack
Removed:
- Gun Game (available in Private Match)
- Shoot House 24/7
- 2v2 Gunfight Tournament
GENERAL FIXES:
- Riot Shield:
- Tuning to how the Riot Shield protects against grenades when thrown at the players’ feet
- Reduced explosive damage within certain ranges
- Fixed a bug where the final killcam would appear under the map when a player got stuck by Thermite or Semtex on the lower part of the body
- Fixed an issue where players stuck inside the Infantry Assault Vehicle would not take damage from Thermite
- Fix for a bug where attempting to scroll to the bottom of the Recent Players list could cause the list to read “No Recent Players” and return to the top
- Gunfight (private match): Fixes ‘Win by Two’ setting to end the game properly once the conditions have been met
Missions and Challenges:
The following are now fixed and have had their descriptions updated as needed
- “Close and Personal”
- “Perks of the Job”
- “Bloodthirsty Killer”
- “Destroy Ground Killstreaks” – All player-driven vehicles will count towards this launcher camo challenge
- “Get 50 kills while an enemy UAV is active” – description updated to reflect that the Ghost perk needs to be equipped in order to complete
- Combat Knife challenge descriptions updated
- .357 camo challenge
- Various updates to other camo challenges
- Fix for Officer Challenge completion notifications not appearing on screen
Killstreaks:
- Improved effectiveness of FMJ on Killstreaks
- Fix for the Cluster Strike dealing damage inconsistently when targeting a VTOL jet
Weapons:
- .357: Buckshot: reduced damage range, reduced effective hip fire damage. Tuned spread adjustments from barrel attachments
- Menu damage stat bar adjustments for miscellaneous LMGs
SPECIAL OPS
- Fixed a bug where the informant can be dropped in bad positions/near enemy soldiers in Operation Harbinger
- Added a checkpoint after the third hack on Operation Brimstone
- Fix for a bug where players could become stuck after going into last stand while breaching the trains on Operation Brimstone
- Enemies in white trucks now exit their vehicles
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
- Leaderboards will no longer display complete gamertags. This should help higher profile leaderboards users from receiving too many invites
- Fixed an issue where players would not be able to mantle while strafing with keyboard and mouse
- Increased the turn-rate when aiming with a tank
- Adjusted the camera orbit turn-rate while driving a vehicle using keyboard and mouse
- The keybind “Vehicle Camera Recenter” is now linked to Melee by default (default on E / Mouse 4) and the re-centering of the camera has been improved
COD CASTER
- Improvements for the camera transitions with Free Camera and Aerial Camera
- Added a Killstreak view option when using the Portrait List
- Added arrows under the players when using the Aerial Camera view
- Added a skull icon on the Minimap where players die
- Fixed an issue that forced shaders to be fully re-compiled after each title update. Shader installation should be expected mainly for new content, drivers update or changing the video card. New optimizations or bugfix that require modifying the shaders can also trigger part or the totality of the shaders to be re-compiled.
Related Products
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox Cross-Gen)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox Vault Edition)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS4 Cross-Gen)
Other Products
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X
