Warzone update: season 5 patch notes, map changes and weapons
The latest Warzone update brought season 5: The Last Stand
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TheWarzoneupdate with season 5 sadly marks the game’s finale. However,Warzone’s going out with a bang as Activision’s packed a lot into this one, bringing a new mode, new items, new weapons, important changes to the Caldera map and, of course, a fresh Battle Pass.
WarzoneSeason 5 also launched across all ofCall of Duty: Vanguard’s core pillars. New content is here for the multiplayer and zombie modes, too, so if you play the other modes alongsideWarzone, there’s a ton of new stuff to get into.
Warzone 2.0launched in November, and it made some major changes, but for now, let’s look at the challengesWarzoneSeason 5 has in store.
Warzone update: cut to the chase
Warzone update: release date and platforms
Season 5 is available now, having launched on August 24 at 9am PST/12pm EST/5pm BST (or August 25 at 1am AEST) onXbox One,Xbox Series X|S,PS4,PS5, and PC simultaneously. As ever, it’s open for cross-play across all platforms.
Warzone update: trailers
More trailers
To see what’s in the new Warzone update take a look at the cinematic trailer, as it gives a real flavour of everything in the Last Stand update, there are helicopters, volcanoes, and importantly a whole lot of guns.
Want to see more content for theWarzoneupdate for season 5? Then check out Activision’sCall of Duty official YouTube channel.
Warzone update: new content
New weapons
It wouldn’t be aWarzoneupdate without new weapons, and season 5 came loaded with new gear. You can bet that theWarzone metawill shift to match. Activision has revealed four new weapons will be added to the popular battle royale, and two of them are available at season 5’s launch:
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Three further weapons arrive in-season. One of these, the Valois Revolver, can be obtained by purchasing it in a special Season Five Bundle or by completing one of two in-game challenges which are to get 15 melee kills in multiplayer or getting 1000 Eliminations using pistols that have been Pack-a-Punched in Zombies.
Two more weapons will launch as part of the mid-season update: the BP50 and the Lienna 57 Assault Rifles.
New oprator
The newWarzoneupdate brought four new Warzone operators, and they’re the franchise’s most infamous antagonists who will form Special Operations Task Force Tyrants.
Two of the operators are available at the season launch: Raul Menendez fromBlack Ops 2and Khaled Al-Asad from Modern Warfare. Menendez can be unlocked immediately through the purchase of the Battle Pass, while Al-Asad’s operator bundle can be found in the in-game store.
The other two operators, Gabriel T. Rorke from Ghosts and He ‘Seraph’ Zhen-Zhen fromBlack Ops 3,came later in the season, with the Bundles dropping in the store.
Map changes
Warzone’s fifth and final season makes some changes to the Caldera map, with “ominous seismic activity” taking place at the Peak and a new Gulag themed around that.
There are a few notable changes to the map for Season 5 and we’ve outlined them below:
New event
Season 5 brought a brand new community event: Heroes vs. Villains. In this event, you’ll choose which side you want to support. Across the event, you’ll score points for your faction by collecting either Villain or Hero tokens depending on which side you’ve picked, either by eliminating your opponents or scavenging supply boxes.
At the end of the event, every participant receives a unique Weapon Blueprint themed around the winning team. Activision has also highlighted that players will also “have the chance to earn other exclusive rewards like the Legendary animated ‘One vs. One’ Calling Card, the Hero’s or Villain’s Weapon Charm, the ‘Conflict Spike’ Melee Weapon Blueprint, the ‘Time Duality’ Watch, and more.”
New mode
Season 5 is bringing a brand new mode to Warzone called Operation: Last Call. It’s a limited-time, full-map mode that was available at launch, which is “inspired by Search and Destroy”. It invites you to “choose to defend Caldera by defusing bombs around the island, or sabotage it by detonating the explosives at designated bomb sites.”
Depending on what you choose and your success, you’ll get to see two different outcomes.
Warzone: patch notes
Mid-season patch notesNow that we’re well into Season 5 of Warzone, Activision has release more patch notes.You can read them here.
Season 5 launch patch notesThe big season 5 update patch notes detail new operators, weapons, balances and bug fixes in detail. The download size for the updates comes in between 9.9-12.6GB, depending on your platform.
If you’re curious to see the full breakdown, check the fullWarzone patch notesout for yourself.
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