Warzone Season 4 Reloaded Update Early Patch Notes— Ranked Play Resurgence & Solo Playlist Update

Warzone Season 4 Reloaded isn’t as content-rich as other seasonal updates, but it still offers plenty of exciting new additions to get excited about.

The initial Season 4 update left Warzone in a troubling state. Activision released a hotfix to address an issue that caused players to start the season lower than intended in Warzone Ranked Play, but it ended up breaking the leaderboard entirely.

If that wasn’t already bad enough, cheaters plagued the World Series of Warzone qualifiers, leaving competitors frustrated and dissatisfied with the event. Season 4 Reloaded aims to get the battle royale back on track.

Warzone Season 4 Reloaded Update Early Patch Notes Explained

Warzone gets a new LTM in Season 4 Reloaded.

Havoc Royale puts a unique spin on the traditional Warzone formula. Image via Activision

Warzone Season 4 officially begins on July 2 at 9 AM PT.

The Door Barricade will undoubtedly be a controversial addition, as the new Field Upgrade puts a reinforced barricade on a single or double door. Some players won’t like it because it gives others a tool to camp and also blocks them from areas they may need to access to escape the enclosing circle.

On the other hand, no pun intended, the Hand Cannon will be a universally welcomed addition, as the Killstreak is coming over from Multiplayer, and the high-powered pistol shreds through enemies if you are accurate.

Loot Master is an interesting new Perk in Resurgence, as it spawns additional items and gives a higher chance to find high-tier gear and other valuable items. And you don’t need to sacrifice a Perk slot because it is found as ground loot.

And after months of waiting, Ranked Play Resurgence returns in the mid-season update on Rebirth Island. The ruleset and format are the same as players are used to.

All Warzone Season 4 Reloaded Update Early Patch Notes

Here are the complete Warzone Season 4 Reloaded patch notes.

• New Gameplay Features

• Field Upgrade — Door Barricade: Lock down coveted positions by fitting a barricade to a closed single or double door. Heavy-duty locks secure the barricade in place, holding steady except under the most severe bombardment.

• Killstreak — Hand Cannon: Wield the high-powered Hand Cannon, delivering devastating shots with a slow rate of fire complemented with good handling, improved hip fire accuracy, and a faster hip-fire shooting speed.

• Search & Destroy Contract — Activate the Search & Destroy Contract to task your squad by planting a bomb on a Buy Station. Defend the site while the bomb timer ticks, as other squads can attempt to defuse the bomb, earning a Fire Sale discount from Buy Stations if successful.

• Perk: Loot Master — Get more loot from supply caches. Simple and very effective. Found as ground loot in Resurgence and Plunder. This spawns additional items and gives a higher chance to find Tacticals and Lethals, cash, Field Upgrades, Killstreaks, and other high-tier gear.

• Cel-Shaded Rebirth Island

• Not to be outdone by Multiplayer’s cel-shaded playlists launching in the mid-season, Call of Duty: Warzone is joining in on the fun with a cel-shaded variant of Rebirth Island arriving later in the season. Group up in a Quad and start slaying.

Havoc Royale LTM

Havoc Royale drops Operators into specific areas of Verdansk—Downtown, Airport, or Train Station—with their Loadout in hand. These modifiers can affect the player, environment, or the gameplay rules with origins in the Modern Warfare® II and III Havoc modes but bringing the high-stakes environment and gameplay from Call of Duty: Warzone. Adapt and survive through it all to claim victory as the last team standing!

Buy Stations: These have been adjusted to sell the following items (Havoc Royale Mode only):

• Squad Buyback

• Armor Plate

• Gasmask

• Door Barricade

• Munitions Box

• Redeploy Drone

• Hand Cannon

• UAV

Within the six diminishing circle collapses, expect a modifier as each new gas zone coalesces on the map. Only one modifier will be active at a time, with one of two modifiers occurring towards the end of a match (known as “Finale Modifiers”), and each occurs randomly from the following selection:

• Charge Jump: Perform super-human leaps and reach previously unimaginable distances. Holding your button before a Charge Jump provides higher leaping and your velocity dictates how horizontal your jump will be.

• Cranked: Outlines of enemy players periodically flash red, Operators have a HUD indicating where foes are nearby, as well as Tracker footsteps, and quicker weapon switching, armor plate insertions, and reloads. There’s also a timer on the screen. When it reaches zero, the Operator explodes. Open a cache to increase your time. Defeat an enemy to fully refresh the timer.

• Crouch Potato: When crouched, Operators transform into a sack of potatoes. Movement and jumping are still possible, and health as well as armor slowly regenerates while crouched, which only stops if the Operator is struck by enemy fire.

• Eye See You: All Operators always have an Advanced UAV active for them, as well as googly eyes.

• Melon Heads: Operators appear with watermelon heads, with an impressive watermelon-based explosion if hit. Damage to the body is reduced. Damage to heads is multiplied.

• Make it Rain: More ammo and cash become available, to such an extent that it isn’t likely you’ll need to reload, as bullets are removed from your reserves rather than your chamber or magazine. Fire Sale also activates.

• Unregulated Airspace: The airspace is no longer overcrowded, allowing for more Killstreaks to be used at the same time. Expect more of them to be available as ground loot.

• Showdown (Finale Modifier): All Operators are given an identical Loadout. Nearby weapons are removed.

• Rising Gas (Finale Modifier): Operators are warned that gas will be rising vertically throughout the combat zone, forcing you to ascend to higher ground. Fortunately, you’re more likely to obtain Gas Masks and Personal Redeploy Drones (Havoc Royale Mode only) during this modifier’s lifespan.

Resurgence Casual (44 Players & bots)

The Casual experience comes to Resurgence in the mid-season, mixing humans and bots in a fight to the finish. The main Resurgence ruleset applies, so do what it takes to stay alive and keep your squad redeploying. Drop in to warm up, teach a new player about the game, or just for a more relaxed Resurgence experience.

Ranked Play Resurgence

Squad up in trios and compete for top placement with the return of Resurgence Ranked Play. Use your knowledge of Rebirth Island and face off against Call of Duty: Warzone’s top-performing players, using every advantage you can over the competing trios.

Solo Playlist Update

At the start of Season 04, we launched a new playlist test by introducing Battle Royale Casual Solos. This was driven by the overwhelming success of Battle Royale Casual Quads, introduced in Season 03, which quickly became one of the most popular modes in Call of Duty: Warzone.

Here’s what we’ve learned so far:

• Three times more players jumped into Casual Solos compared to standard Solos

• Queue times, ping stability, and other matchmaking metrics saw notable improvements

• The mode was popular with both existing and returning players

• New Weapons

• Olympia Shotgun: Double-barrel shotgun. Very high damage and respectable range, but requires frequent reloading.

• Pickaxe Melee Weapon: One-hit kill. Medium attack speed. Short range.