Warzone Season 3 update patch notes
WarzoneSeason 3 brings a lot to be excited about, including Verdansk’s long-awaited return, classic weapons, and highly requested quality-of-life changes.
Warzone Season 3 is already shaping up to be one of the biggestCall of Dutyupdates we’ve seen.Season 2was light on content to allow the devs time to focus on bug fixes and quality-of-life updates, and that’s set to make Season 3 even bigger.
Black Ops 6 Zombiesgets abrand-new map, and battle royale players finally get to play Verdansk again, but that’s not all. Here’s everything we know about Warzone Season 3 Reloaded.
Warzone Season 3 start date
Warzone Season 3 arrives on Thursday, August 08, 2025,at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST.
On April 2, 9 AM PT: Black Ops 6 Season 3 is live with new MP and Zombies content, Battle Pass, and more, and Warzone goes offline until April 3, 9 AM PT.
Maps and modes
Rebirth Island
MW19 weapons
Call of Duty confirmed theKilo 141 and CR-56 AMAX Assault Rifles, Kali Sticks and the HDR Sniper Riflewill be added in Season 3.
If you want to know how to unlock theKilo 141for free, check out our guide.
The Grau 5.56, an extremely popular weapon in the original Warzone, will also return. However, it’s only a new Firing Mod Conversion Kit for the Swat 5.56.
Despite it only being a Firing Mod, Raven Software game director Pete Acitipisreassured fans, “Don’t get it twisted. Just because it’s a Conversion and not a gun doesn’t mean it’s any lesser of a gun. The Grau is back.”
Players should expect it to be just as highly accurate as they remembered in 2020 with the iconic iron sights as well.
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New attachments
Verdansk map changes
Here are all of the new environmental changes listed in theSeason 3 roadmap.
Considering diving back into Warzone this season? Here’s some helpful guides to help you bounce back strong as Verdansk promises to shake things up once again:
Helpful Warzone guides
Console Cross-Play
In Season 03, we’re giving console players more granular options by separating the MP Ranked Play and Call of Duty: Warzone Ranked Play settings and adding a new Multiplayer-only setting for Quickplay, Featured, and Party Games matches.
Each of these three settings (Multiplayer Ranked Play, Call of Duty: Warzone Ranked Play, and Multiplayer Unranked) will include the following options:
Additional details on how these settings interact with party members who are on different platforms.
Movement adjustments
Player count increase and shooting in air
Like the original iteration, Warzone Season 3 increases the player count from 120 to 150. In addition, the original in-game announcer returns.
And while players are diving from the starting plane, you can switch between free falling or using a parachute. While free falling, you can shoot a 9mm PM pistol at enemies in the air, as you could in 2020.
Quality-of-life changes
With Verdansk comes major quality-of-life updates that basically undo Warzone 2’s changes.
Looting adjustments
Your life matters. In returning back to the classic feeling of Verdansk, we are going back to a simpler set of Second Chance Mechanics that are faithful to the original Battle Royale experience.
After months of playtesting we noted that regain in the mid-to-late game was almost impossible, so the design intent of this is to better allow players to redeploy with a little more cash to give them a slight leg-up when it comes to getting back into the flow of the game.
Circle collapse pacing
The Warzone devs confirmed, “The collapsing circle of acrid gas that suffocates stragglers and forces Operators to rotate into ever-shrinking arenas performs similarly, and relentlessly, just like in the original map. Expect Loadout Drops during the second and fifth of the six circle collapses, and a wide variety of final locations to claim victory at, though dead zones.”
Gulag loadouts
Map interactive elements
Buy Stations
Equipment, Field Upgrades, and Killstreak Retro Refresh
Warzone Season 3 changes the equipment pool to reflect how it was when Warzone first launched.
Thermites also return as a lethal equipment item at launch.
Field Upgrade adjustments
Kilstreak adjustments
Perk adjustments
Contracts revert back to their original version in Season 3.
Contract Multipliers are back, meaning completing more than one Contract rewards additional bonus money and every Contract across Verdansk receives an additive bonus 30 percent to its cash payout.The bonus is capped after you finish the fifth contract.
In-match public events
Here are all of the in-match public events
Original Gulag
The iconic Prison Showers gulag location is back for Season 3 along with all three Gulag variants. The only way to win is either to claim the flag in the middle or eliminate the enemy in a one on one battle.
Verdansk features five vehicles. In addition Raven Software confirmed, “All vehicles are available in the same set of locations to those that appeared in the original map. Additionally, there are no tire punctures or fuel-refilling to worry about; each vehicle has a health meter and when it reaches zero, it explodes and flames out, just as it did originally.”
Here are all five vehicles.
UI changes
Adjustments
While we wait for more on Season 3, you can check outthe best gunsandthe game-changing Perk we think the devs need to add.
