Casual Mode is another headline-making addition to Call of Duty in Season 3. Warzone players can benefit from this helpful new battle royale variation designed to help you and improve your Warzone skills.
Black Ops 6 and Warzone 3 is a surreal content launch aiming to bring back players who loved the game years ago when Verdansk was first around. Season 3 is also trying to rekindle weary Black Ops 6 players’ love for CoD. On top of this are brand-new players who never had the chance to play Verdansk when it was around.
Activision infamously took the game out of circulation once Warzone Caldera launched. The decision has been reversed in 2025 with Warzone Season 3, and Verdansk isn’t the only thing that’s landed—say hello to Casual Mode.
What is Warzone Casual Mode?
Warzone’s Casual Mode is a semi-tutorial mode featuring Bots and real players designed to bridge the gap between the battle royale’s Bot-only Bootcamp game mode and the PvE nature of real-time battle royale.
The are four Warzone levels for players to choose: Bootcamp, Casual, Normal, and Ranked.
Bootcamp was first introduced for Urzikstan and features 20 real-life players in teams of four (yourself and three friends or randomly assigned teammates) against 24 Bots—also in teams of four. You drop into a small circle on the map and get to experience a bite-sized game of battle royale.
After this, players need to step up to a real lobby full of human players. This can be overwhelming, which is why Casual Mode has been introduced.
Casual Mode Differences Compared to Normal Warzone
You get to experience a full-length game of Warzone featuring the entire map of Verdansk in Casual Mode, and the lobby consists of 28 Players and 120 Bots.
This is a far greater number of opponents; you use the entire map, but the game is still largely Bots for the hand-holding experience. Many players might feel intimidated going into a proper game with human operators, so this is the perfect middle ground.
The CoD Blog introducing Casual Mode said: “This is designed as a stepping stone for players to go from the Warzone Bootcamp tutorial mode to an experience closer to our traditional, player-only, experience. Players can learn the game and hone their skills in a lower-stress environment while still embracing the core survival challenge of being the last squad standing among 148 players.”
Is Warzone Casual Worth Playing?
Warzone Casual offers a slightly more stress-free way to play and enjoy CoD’s battle royale, but it still features players who can destroy you very easily.
With a ratio of 28 players to 120 Bots, chances are the majority of your combat is against AI until you reach the final few circles. This gives you a chance to grind Camos, earn XP, and soak in the atmosphere of Verdansk.
But be warned: The community has complained that Ranked Warzone players with high skill levels are hopping into Warzone Casual. This might be because they’re grinding Camos or putting together gameplay compilations.
I stress that even though Warzone Casual hits the nail on the head, don’t be surprised to see a sliding demon come out of nowhere and melt you before you even get a chance to aim your weapon!
What do you think of Warzone Casual? Is this a stroke of genius to encourage both newbies and regular players to spend time with a more chilled Call of Duty experience? Let us know in the Insider Gaming Forum.
For more Warzone guides and content, learn how to unlock the Monolithic Suppressor and how to get Thermite Lethals.
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