Reload

As is tradition with each Season in Cold War and Warzone, a mid-season update is due to arrive this week.

Season 4 Reloaded will see a new update pushed live to both Call of Duty games with new content on offer.

This comes in the form of new multiplayer maps, Warzone map changes, new weapons, extra gamemodes and much more.

Here's everything we know about Cold War and Warzone's Season 4 Reloaded update.

Release Date

Season 4 Reloaded arrive on the 15th July 2021.

The update will go live at 9pm PT/12AM ET/5AM BST on the 14th/15th July.

However, the actual update will be available for download at the same time a day before.

Size

Cold War

  • PlayStation 5: 17.9 GB
  • PlayStation 4: 14.5 GB
  • Xbox Series X / Xbox Series S: 21.3 GB
  • Xbox One: 11.4 GB
  • PC: 13.0 GB (without HD Pack) / 21.2GB (with HD Pack)

Note: PC users will also need 63.2-111.5 GB of additional space on their hard drive for the copying process; this is only temporary space that is reclaimed upon completion of the patch installation and is not an additional download.

Warzone

  • PlayStation 5: 17.9 GB
  • PlayStation 4: 14.5 GB
  • Xbox Series X / Xbox Series S: 21.3 GB
  • Xbox One: 11.4 GB
  • PC: 13.0 GB (without HD Pack) / 21.2GB (with HD Pack)

Note: PC users will also need 63.2-111.5 GB of additional space on their hard drive for the copying process; this is only temporary space that is reclaimed upon completion of the patch installation and is not an additional download.

Roadmap
Patch Notes

Cold War

  • Global:
    • New weapon: OTs 9 SMG (launch)
    • New weapon: Mace (In-season)
    • New Daily 2XP Token Reward
    • Prestige Shop Weapon Blueprints
    • Tracer Pack: Weaver Operator Bundle (In-season)
    • High Resolution Texture Packs (PlayStation®5)
  • Zombies:
    • New Zombies map: “Mauer der Toten”
    • New Perk: Mule Kick
    • New Wonder Weapon: CRBR-S
    • New crafting item: LT53 Kazimir
    • New feature: Dynamic Wall Buys
    • New Challenges
    • New Dark Aether story Intel
    • Enemy health cap and armor reductions
    • Sniper rifle and melee weapon buffs
    • Equipment, Support, and Field Upgrade damage tuning
    • Dead Ops Arcade 3 updates - First Person Solo Advanced Playlist
    • New Onslaught map: Rush (PlayStation®)
    • New Onslaught mode: Onslaught Accelerated (PlayStation)
    • New Onslaught Challenge and Intel (PlayStation)
  • Multiplayer:
    • New 6v6 map: Rush
    • New modes: Capture the Flag, Cranked TDM, Cranked Kill Confirmed (Launch)
    • New mode: Paintball Moshpit (In-season)
    • New Featured Playlist: Rush 24/7 (Launch)
    • New Featured Playlist: Cranked Moshpit (Launch)
    • New Scorestreak: Nuke
    • Prestige Shop Updated
  • League Play:
    • New League Play Rewards (In-Season):
      • CDL-themed “Pro Issue” Weapon Blueprints
      • CDL-themed Weapon Charms, Emblems, and Stickers
      • New XP Bonuses up to 10,000 XP
  • Other:
    • PS5 High Resoulution Texture Pack

Full information can be found here.

Operators

Only one Operator has released in the new season - Salah and Weaver are next up in Season 4.

Weaver will come as part of the 'Tracer Pack: Weaver Operator Bundle'.

Warzone

Payload

Inspired by previous traditional Call of Duty game modes like Call of Duty®: WWII’s War Mode, Payload pits two teams of 20 players against each other in a race against time for crucial intel, as these vehicles carry satellite parts that could help shift the balance of the war between Perseus and NATO.

If the attacking team escorts all vehicles across all Checkpoints within the time limit, they win the match. The defending team can not only pick attackers off the payload vehicles to slow them down, but also buy and build obstacles to stall these vehicles on the tracks.

This all happens as Operators are dropping in constantly with their own custom loadouts, searching for items across Verdansk like Cash and Killstreaks to aid their team in escorting or stopping the Payloads.

Blueprint Blitz

Similar to Double XP weekends, Raven Software is planning to activate a new special global event where Contraband Contracts automatically spawn after you complete two regular Contracts. Contraband Contracts award you with a permanent Weapon Blueprint reward if you’re able to extract it from the DZ, in addition to tons of Cash within your current match.

Blueprint Blitz should give you the opportunity to earn plenty of Weapon Blueprints from prior seasons. If you missed out or didn’t play Warzone during the time these were originally available, Contraband Contracts award you with previous Seasonal rewards after you complete the Contract.

Other Changes

You can also expect the following changes:

  • Red Doors become mroe "mysterious"
  • New Sentry Gun killstreak
  • Gifting comes to Warzone
Zombies

Mauer Der Toten

Zombies returns with its first round-based map since Season 2.

Set in the murky streets of Berlin at the height of the Cold War, Requiem and Omega will feature in the next chapter of the undead battle in 'Mauer Der Toten'.

Mauer Der Toten will make an appearance with the mid-season update.

Expect new challenges and intel to be added to the game.

Weapons

The CRBR-S Wonder Weapon has four variants at your disposal, as well as the new craftable LT53 Kazimir (which can send your enemies into the Dark Aether or transport you to a different area entirely).

Mule Kick also makes its debut into Cold War.

Here are the skill tiers:

  • Base ability: Carry a third primary weapon.
  • Skill Tier I: Crafted Equipment grants an additional Equipment if able.
  • Skill Tier II: All enemies have a small chance to drop ammo.
  • Skill Tier III: Stowed weapons slowly refill ammo from stock.
  • Skill Tier IV: 25% chance to keep non-retrievable Equipment when used.
  • Skill Tier V: Third primary weapon is recovered when repurchasing Mule Kick.

Meta Updates/Patch Notes

  • Reduced enemy health caps:
    • Zombies: Reduced to +100% at high rounds (down from +300%)
    • Specials: Reduced to +50% at high rounds (down from +100%)
    • Elites: Reduced to +25% at high rounds (down from +100%)
    • HVTs: Reduced to +10% at high rounds (down from +100%)
  • Reduced health of armor for Medium and Heavy zombies by 30%.
  • Buffed sniper rifle critical damage multipliers, stock ammo, and max damage.
  • Buffed melee weapon Pack-a-Punch and triple Pack-a-Punch damage multipliers.
  • Equipment, Support, and Field Upgrades (Frost Blast and Energy Mine) will scale their damage evenly with this update. Equipment and Support will now be much more consistent in their ability to kill enemies, and Lethal Equipment and ground-based Support will see an increase in damage in many instances.
  • Dynamic Wall Buys - Wall Buy weapons will have a chance to increase in rarity at the end of every fifth round (all the way up to Legendary)

Release Date

Mauer Der Toten will arrive on the 15th July at 9pm PT/12AM ET/5AM BST.

The Easter Egg will not go live until 10AM PT/1PM ET/6PM BST.

Onslaught

A new mode called 'Onslaught Accelerated' mode will be added including a new LMG Weapon Blueprint the "Chemtaminate", which is unlocked by surviving 20 accelerated Surge waves.

Trailer

Weapons

New weapons are also coming to Cold War and Warzone - this time we're expecting the OTs 9 Submachine gun and Mace melee weapon.

OTs 9 SMG

The OTs 9 is modelled after the Kiparis, an SMG that debuted back in Black Ops.

This will be released to players for free and unlocked via a challenge or purchased via a blueprint bundle in the store.

The OTs9 will be available on launch.

Mace

We're also expecting the Mace, a melee weapon, to arrive at some points in the second-half of Season 4.

This will be released to players for free and unlocked via a melee specific challenge or purchased via a blueprint bundle in the store.

The Mace will arrive in-season.

Multiplayer Maps

We're still expecting one more map to launch in Season 4. While there's every possibility more could be on the way, we're only anticipating one new map.

Rush

Rush is a 6v6 multiplayer map that featured in Black Ops 2 as a DLC map in the Vengeance Map Pack.

The map takes place in the premises of a commercial paintball outfit, specializing in speedball according to trophies and plques found in the game.

Modes

We'll be treated to one new gamemode in multiplayer - Capture The Flag.

We're also being treated to Rush 24/7 and Cranked Moshpit.

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