MW3 & Warzone Season 2 begins on February 7th, at 9am PT, 11am CT, 12pm EST. In-Game timers confirms Modern Warfare III Season 2 begins early February for Multiplayer, Warzone and Zombies. Season 2 for Warzone and MW3 will be the 3rd big content drop to the game, featuring NEW Weapons, Maps, Operators, Events, and More! Here’s Everything you need to know about Early Gameplay, Content and Download for MWIII & Warzone Season 2:
MW3 SEASON 2 START TIMES & DOWNLOAD
According to the in game battlepass timer, MW3 Season 2 is scheduled to launch on February 7th. If February 7th does stick, then expect all content to become playable at 9am PT, 11am CT, and 12pm EST.
MW3 SEASON 2 FILE SIZE & PRELOAD
Judging from the download size of MW2 Season 2 this year, the file should be approximately 18GB-27GB in size, which is subject to change. While Warzone may be receiving a new resurgence map, MW3 Multiplayer and Zombies are both expected to receive large amounts of content which may also increase the file size.
ALL NEW MULTIPLAYER MAPS
Sledgehammer unexpectedly confirmed that the first two seasons of MW3 will contain three original 6v6 maps each AND a returning favorite, Das Haus! We are also getting two map variants of Skidrow and Terminal coming during the mid-season! The three new Season 2 maps are completely original and aren’t derived from any old maps or Warzone points of interest:
STASH HOUSE (6v6)
VISTA (6v6)
DEPARTURES (6v6)
DAS HAUS (6v6)
AIRBORNE (6v6) | Terminal Variant (Mid-Season)
SKIDGROW (6v6) | Skidrow Variant (Mid-Season)
NEW AND RETURNING GAME MODES
TEAM GUN GAME
Team Deathmatch, but you and your team must climb through eight predetermined weapons to win the match. You can stop the enemy from scoring by using melee attacks and finishing moves.
SNIPERS ONLY
Team Deathmatch and Domination, but you can ONLY use Snipers. Lethals and Tacticals are also restricted in this mode!
HORDEPOINT
Hardpoint but with Zombies. You can acquire a Pack-A-Punched weapon from killing Zombies, as well as a Max Ammo and Instakill powerup (Instakill ONLY affects Zombies), Every five Zombies kills counts as an operator point so you can earn killstreaks faster! There will be an event launched alongside this mode!
JUGGERMOSH
Kill Confirmed, Domination, and Hardpoint, but EVERYONE has a Juggernaut suit on AT ALL TIMES. Only air streaks are allowed in this mode; you can also find a one-hit melee weapon in the center of the map. This mode is exclusively in third-person. There will be an event launched alongside this mode!
BOUNTY
Pretty much Team Deathmatch, but the player with the most kills will be marked as the HVT and once killed will award extra points.
PLAYLIST – VORTEX: DECAY’S REALM
ALL NEW WAR OPERATION
We have one new War map coming with the launch of Season 2! Titled: OPERATION TIN MAN!
Operation Tin Man is a large-scale operation that takes place in downtown Urzikstan! One team has to defend and protect the Skyscraper while another needs to plant explosives and make their way down the site!
ZOMBIFIED TASK FORCE 141 THEMED BATTLEPASS
The main operators for Season 2 are Laswell from the Campaign and The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes! Other featuring operators are characters like Price, Farah, Ghost, and Soap.
If you want to learn more about the new Season 2 Battle Pass, check out our article here!
ALL NEW WEAPONS AND AMPS
We are getting 4 NEW Weapons and 7 NEW Aftermarket Parts! Check out our Battle Pass article to see more of the weapons! The Weapons are:
- BP50 Assault Rifle (Battle Pass)
- RAM-9 SMG (Battle Pass)
- SOA SUBVERTER Battle Rifle (Weekly Challenge)
- SOULRENDER Melee (REDACTED)
Up next, are the Aftermarket Parts:
- JAK BURNOUT (Battle Pass)
- Holger 26 LMG AMP that dramatically increases fire rate, but it can overheat and expand the barrel
- JAK TYRANT 762 KIT (Weekly Challenge)
- Longbow AMP Caliber Conversion Kit for 7.62 BLK Ammunition that’ll allow for harder-hitting, subsonic, weapons
- JAK BACKSAW KIT (Weekly Challenge)
- Holger 556 AMP that allows the weapon to be more manuverable
- JAK LIMB RIPPER (Weekly Challenge)
- Underbarrel AMP allowing for an underbarrel chainsaw.
- JAK MAGLIFT KIT (Weekly Challenge)
- Haymaker AMP that reinforces the magwell, bolt, and trigger assembly to accommodate the extra-large drum magazine
- JAK OUTLAW-227 KIT (Weekly Challenge)
- BAS-B AMP that transform the weapon into a lever-action rifle
- JAK GLASSLESS OPTIC (Weekly Challenge)
- Optic AMP that gives a small, glassless reflex sight
THE WALKING DEAD CROSSOVER
Rick Grimes will be available through the Season 2 Battle Pass, and Michonne will arrive through the shop as a store bundle!
For more info on this crossover, check out our article on the topic here!
ZOMBIES CONTENT UPDATES
New Schematics
We will get 3 NEW schematics for MWZ in Season 2’s Mid-Season:
- MAGS OF HOLDING
- Allows the player’s ammunition to feed from their reserve rather than their magazine
- BLOOD BURNER KEY
- Allows the player to summon the rare Blood Burner Bike
- V-R11 Wonder Weapon Plans
- Allows the player to craft a V-R11 Wonder Weapon to use immediately in a match
New Warlord (KERES)
There will be a third Warlord on the Zombie-Infested lands of Urzikstan named Keres. Keres will have a base in the Killhouse of Orlov Military Base. She will have a well-fortified base with soldiers, snipers, turrets, traps, and poison gas grenades. Bring a gas mask. Keres will also disperse gas in an effort to limit visibility; thermals and other sensors will be disrupted.
ACT 4 MISSIONS & OBJECTIVES
We will receive new missions in Season 2’s Mid-Season update for Zombies. Every feature coming to Zombies will be available during the mid-season Season 2 update.
There will be mercenaries in the Dark Aether rifts now. Plus, there will be a second Dark Aether Rift that will include the new Story Mission and promises to be the largest infected stronghold yet! Ravenov is mentioned to be a “guide” through the rift; whether or not he will physically be with you is yet to be seen. The new rift is said to be a maze with the Entity character making her presence known…
Various activities and potential ACT 4 missions have already leaked for MWZ, which include:
- Summon
- Turret Defend
- Relic Hunt
- Survive
- Go to Fletcher’s last known location
- Investigate the source of the signal disruption
- Eliminate the source of the signal disruption
- Investigate the nearby distress signal
- Defend the remaining survivors until the ACV is ready
WARZONE CONTENT UPDATES
Fortune’s Keep
Fortune’s Keep has returned. This time, it’s underwent through some changes after decades of silence. Konni Group now occupies the island and has been conducting experiments in an underground laboratory which has created a catastrophic event that has cracked the island open and unleashed a horde of the undead!
Fortune’s Keep will seem familiar to those who played the map during the days of Warzone 1, but this time, there are a few subtle changes to fit the modern-day narrative.
NEW CONTRACTS AND UNDEAD FORCES
As mentioned before, the undead have arrived in full force to Fortune’s Keep. There are now Zombie Nests that will house undead forces.
ERADICATION CONTRACT
There will be a limited time contract where operators will need to track a Zombie Nest and then remove the infestation. There will be spores, and zombie HVTs to remove, so stay careful out there!
ROGUE SIGNAL PUBLIC EVENT
There will be a new limited time public event that occurs in Fortune’s Keep. Within 90 seconds, teams will fight for Cash, XP, and a special unique reward cache!
- RECEIVE OBJECTIVE
- All teams will receive the same task. Examples are: “Get the most kills”, “Deal the most damage to players”, or “Open the most caches”
- COMPLETE OBJECTIVE
- All teams can optionally complete their objective within the 90 second time limit. The Top 3 Teams will receive cash prizes in varying amounts, and the location of the Rewards Cache.
- CLAIM REWARD
- The Reward Cache will remain locked for the next 30 seconds. Whichever team opens the cache first will receive the rewards inside. Rewards can include a Wonder Weapon from MWZ and more classified items!
Warzone Ranked Play
New images surfaced of what appears to be Warzone Ranked Play, which seems to have initially been scheduled for release in Season One.
Urzikstan’s version of Ranked will likely be similar to the version seen on Al Mazrah, meaning the mode shouldn’t take much longer to prep. Warzone Ranked released last year during Season 3 Reloaded.
SEASONAL PRESTIGE
Following a similar system to Modern Warfare II, Season 1 allows you to level up past Rank 55 into Prestige Ranks that persist across seasons. Beginning in Season 2, players can proceed past Rank 250, likely to 450 or 500 which will be the equivalent of prestige 9 or 10. A
chieving this unlocks rewards and a set of challenges — complete those challenges to unlock multiple exclusive Calling Cards, with separate sets of Cards for both Multiplayer and Zombies.
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