Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 01, fully integrated with Warzone, launches on Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 9 AM PT across all platforms, delivering the biggest seasonal content drop in the franchise’s history with a massive array of new maps, modes, weapons, attachments, events, and rewards spanning Multiplayer, Zombies, Endgame, and Warzone. This update resets player levels for a fresh progression path, enabling optional Prestige across Co-Op Campaign, Multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone, with unified XP gains, weapon leveling, Battle Pass progress, and camo unlocks carrying over seamlessly; all 30 launch weapons from Black Ops 7 plus new Season 01 armaments become available in Warzone with exclusive camos, Prestige attachments, and build sharing features, alongside access to Season 01 Operators, daily/weekly challenges, and calling card challenges like those on Astra Malorum for animated mastery rewards.
In Multiplayer, launch brings four new maps—Fate (6v6 medium-sized, a Cradle-twisted Nicaraguan compound), Utopia (6v6 medium, abandoned futuristic city), Odysseus (6v6/2v2 small, floating carrier for CQC), and remastered Standoff (6v6 medium from Black Ops 2)—alongside party modes like Prop Hunt (updated for Black Ops era), Sharpshooter (FFA with random shared weapons), One in the Chamber (high-stakes classic), and launch window additions of Sticks & Stones and Gun Game; mid-season expands with Takeover (objective territory mode), Sleighjacked (small 6v6 holiday variant), Yakei (Japan 6v6/2v2 small), remastered Meltdown (6v6 medium), and Fringe (returning from Black Ops 6 with distillery theme), plus in-season CODMAS LTMs like Holiday Havoc and Snowfight; new scorestreak Deadeye Drone (575 score, remote sniper with Overclock: Extended Mag/Grenadier) unlocks via weekly challenge, with mid-season returns including Archangel Launcher, Death Machine, and more.
Zombies advances the Dark Aether saga as Alden Dorne coups Emma Kagan, unveiling C-Link tech on new round-based map Astra Malorum (skull asteroid observatory with O.S.C.A.R. robots and LGM-1 Wonder Weapon). Survival maps: Exit 115 (launch) and Zarya Cosmodrome (mid-season). Modes include Directed (guided quests, max round 15), Cursed (limited HUD/relic hunts), Jingle Hells (CODMAS snowball chaos), and List Keeper’s Challenge. New GobbleGums: Elemental Exposure and Slaylist; returning perks like Mule Kick, ammo mods (Light Mend, Shatter Blast), and field upgrades (Tesla Storm, Frost Blast). Leaderboards offer 30-player events for camos.
Warzone introduces Resurgence map Haven’s Hollow (Appalachian town with POIs like Mansion, Research Center) and Verdansk tweaks: Signal Station (Tactical Heat Map intel) and remastered Factory. Gameplay enhancements: Tac Sprint in Sprinter Perk, Combat Roll in Mountaineer, 5-attachment loadouts (Overkill default), updated gear (Needle Drone lethal, Echo Unit field upgrade), slotted perks (e.g., Scavenger blue, Quick Fix red), and vehicles like Polaris RZR UTV. Modes: BR/Resurgence standard/casual; CODMAS LTMs like Holiday Heist.
Endgame (post-campaign epilogue) adds CR 45+ world events: Colossus of Avalon, Toxic Tyrant (launch); Wraith Wing and one more (mid-season), unlocking eight Exotic Skills (e.g., Mega Punch, Resurrection). CODMAS adds snowballs/gifts; rewards include blueprints and skins.
Unlock the Maddox RFB AR and Kogot-7 SMG in the S01 Battle Pass, with additional new weapons available through events and weekly challenges.
Source: Call of Duty, PlayStation.Blog
