Highlights of Warzone Season 4 include a new massive skyscraper in Downtown, three new weapons, and the return of Clash as an LTM.
Warzone Season 3 Reloaded focused on cracking down on cheaters and re-balancing weapons with a long list of buffs and nerfs. There weren’t many massive changes besides a few quality of life improvements.
Warzone Season 4 kicks the battle royale back into high gear with several exciting additions. Let’s jump right into what fans can expect.
Warzone Season 4 Early Patch Notes Explained
Activision posted a blog, going over the entire Season 4 roadmap.
The Overlook POI
The Overlook is a new POI in Warzone Season 4 that is twice the height of any previous building in Verdansk. In Downtown, the old tenement blocks, Burger Town, and SKN Comm tower have been demolished to make room for the giant tower.
Two new restaurants have been added at the tower’s base, along with two construction sites with a giant crane in the middle of them. You can go to the top of both cranes, and they overlook all of Verdansk’s POIs except Quarry.
Overlook has ziplines and ascenders around the building, making it easier to access. You can also access five floors inside the building, including an atrium, Skydeck, lobby, and penthouse.
New Weapons
Warzone Season 4 introduces five new weapons, with three coming during the first half of the season.m
- LC10 SMG (Launch): Full-auto submachine gun. Excellent accuracy and range, with a moderate rate of fire. Average mobility and very slow handling for its class.
- FFAR 1 AR (Launch): Full-auto assault rifle. Very high rate of fire and excellent CQB power, but slower handling and mobility.
- Essex Model 07 (In-Season): Lever-action marksman rifle. High damage potential. Balanced by slower rate of fire and handling.
The Olympia Shotgun and Pickaxe melee weapon are coming in Season 4 Reloaded.
Special Weapon Attachments
G-Grip (Launch)
SMGs (except PP-19), Assault Rifles, Battle Pass Page 7 Reward
Vertical foregrip with integrated laser for improved firing stability, horizontal recoil control, and tightened spread when transitioning between hipfire and aiming down sights. Beam: Blue. Blocks Laser attachments.
Stryder .22 3-Round Burst Mod (Launch)
Stryder .22 Pistol, Event Reward
Convert the Stryder .22 into a 3-round burst. Drastically improves fire rate and maintains manageable gun kick but alters the weapon’s damage profile outside of the effective range.
New vehicle
The Polaris Sportsman XP 1000 has been added to the Warzone vehicle pool.
You can expect the ATV to have great clearance and traction, and more stability than other vehicles currently available.
Clash Mode Explained
Clash first appeared in Black Ops Cold War, and Raven Software introduced a few new wrinkles for this iteration, coming in Season 4.
Matches comprise two teams of 52 players, divided into 13 quad squads. There is no Circle Collapse, no Last Stand, and your loadouts are available immediately. The goal is to acquire 500 points by the end of a 15-minute timer.
Here is how scoring works.
- 1 point per enemy elimination
- 2 points per enemy elimination with Double Down Power Up
- 5 points per Contract completed
- 10 points for capturing a Domination Point (Flag)
- 10 points for capturing a Bonus Crate or a Cash Crate
Each Clash match takes place around one POI. Here are all of the options.
- Quarry
- Boneyard
- Farmland
- Promenade (East)
Clash Gameplay Features
Contracts are an easy way to earn contracts for your team.
- Scavenger
- Search and Destroy
- Recon
Raven Software described how Search and Destroy Contracts work, exclusive to Clash.
“Everything must go with this new contract, where one team plants a bomb on a Buy Station, and on detonation, they can earn impressive rarity weapons and items from the Buy Stations’ inventory. The other teams can defuse the bomb to earn a Fire Sale for a major discount from the Buy Stations.”
There is also a new Killstreak at launch for the game mode.
Hand Cannon: Available in ground cache as rare loot, or available from Buy Stations in Clash Mode, this high-powered pistol Killstreak, originally available in Multiplayer during Season 01, provides limited, but devastating one-shot potential. Expect a slow rate of fire and finite ammunition, but good handling, improved hip fire accuracy with faster hip-fire shooting speed, and the biggest bonus of all; high-penetration shots that can one-shot enemies!
Buy Stations (Clash Mode only): Expect Buy Stations to be scattered across a Clash map and roughly split between each team’s area of operations. Portable Buy Stations are also available during the Firesale In-Match Event. Here’s what you can purchase:
- Armor Plate: $500
- Munitions Box: $1,000
- Deployable Cover: $1,500
- Trophy System: $1,500
- Counter UAV: $3,000
- Sentry Turret: $3,000
- Hand Cannon: $4,000
- Bunker Buster: $4,000
- Cluster Strike: $4,000
- Precision Airstrike: $6,000
- Specialist Perk: $10,000
New Field Upgrade: Door Barricade (Clash Mode at Season Launch): Control access points more easily during mid or close-quarter combat scenarios and delay enemy incursions with the Door Barricade.
Feature: SAM Turrets (Clash Mode only): Chopper and drone pilots take note; Clash mode maps feature SAM Turrets in various tactical positions across the environment. Spend $1,500 of in-match cash to activate these anti-air missile batteries and use them up to four times to target any aircraft and drones in the area. If you’re flying in the Heli on the receiving end of a SAM barrage, now’s the time to utilize flares to counter the incoming missiles!
Train (Clash Mode only): If a Clash map features a portion of the large, circular railroad track that the train travels along, then this hulking engine and loot-filled carriages are parked and available to use as added cover and looting opportunities.
UAV Towers (Clash Mode only): Providing you have the $2,000 in-match cash to activate them, teams can head to and capture a few scattered UAV Towers, allowing pinging of enemy movement across the local area.
Clash In-Match Events
During the match, there are additional events to earn points.
- Domination Points
- Bonus Points Crates
- Clash Firesale
- Cash Crates
- Power Surge
Activision provided a description for each one.
Domination Points Event: Up to three single capture Dom Points (flags) appear on the map, and these respawn throughout the match. Much like the Multiplayer Mode of the same name, a team that reaches and captures one of the Dom Points receives a reward; in this case, 10 team points.
Bonus Points Crates Event: A cargo plane flies across the center of the map, and up to four crates are dropped. Teams are likely to head to the crates as they float to the ground, as capturing a crate awards you with 10 team points.
Clash Firesale Event: For the next two minutes, all players can take advantage of a Firesale as two Portable Buy Stations are dropped into the backfield of each team (a total of four). Additionally, all loot crates are restocked and cash found in crates is also increased. Access a Buy Station to accrue 10 team points,
Cash Crates: Capture one (or more) of the three Cash Crates that drop during this event also nets you 10 team points.
Power Surge Event: For the next two minutes, there’s an increased drop rate of Power Ups when you dispatch an enemy player or loot any ground caches.
Clash Mode Powerups
The Warzone game mode features five power-ups that are automatically used, and they are found as loot drops or dropped loot near the body of an eliminated enemy.
- Hunter (Red Aura): Highlights enemies and allies in red and blue respectively. Allies are visible through walls. Applies Tracker and High Alert Perks.
- Speed Boost (Yellow Aura): Prevents fall damage and provides approximately 20 percent speed boost to your movement.
- Regeneration Aura (Green Aura): Refills your health and armor at roughly 20 percent per second. Allies within a small radius around you also receive this benefit. The effect does not stack.
- Double Down (Blue Aura): Grants you two points per enemy Operator elimination instead of one.
- Kill Mag (Purple Aura): Refills your active weapon magazine after a kill and quickens your reload.
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