Warzone Season 1 Roadmap: Hajin, Zodiac, Verdansk and Rebirth Return, Plus Switch 2 Launch on Nov 6

Activision has published the full Warzone plan for Season 1. The official Call of Duty blog confirms it goes live at midnight ET on November 6 (9 PM PT on November 5) on all platforms. That's when Warzone fully integrates with Modern Warfare 4, adds two new maps and launches on Nintendo Switch 2 for the first time.

We already covered the MW4 Season 1 intel and the new weapons and how to unlock them. This post is all about Warzone itself: maps, modes, gear and what's coming later in the season.

Warzone arrives on Switch 2

The blog confirms that Season 1 marks Warzone's launch on Nintendo Switch 2. Hajin, Zodiac and the other maps and playlists will all be available there, and the game stays free-to-play.

The maps: two new, two returning

• Hajin (Battle Royale, new): Warzone's first trip to Korea. You'll fight across 13 major POIs in North and South Korea, from Hajin City's fortified downtown to open terrain like Imjin Farmland. Weather can change from match to match, with clear skies, fog, wind, rain and distant storms. There are also two versions of the Gulag, both open to the weather, per Activision.
• Zodiac (Resurgence, new): A compact map set at a South Korean drone factory. It has moving trains on a double railway, underground tunnels and interactive solar panels, conveyor belts and fuel barrels. Beenox built it with Infinity Ward.
• Verdansk (Battle Royale, returning later in Season 1): It comes back with new landmarks, including the Signal Station, the Grazna-7 Launch Complex, the Overlook skyscraper and the Drone Labs.
• Rebirth Island (Resurgence, returning later in Season 1): The prison, control center and waterways are back.

Modes at launch and mid-season

According to the Season 1 blog, Battle Royale and BR Casual will run on Hajin and Verdansk. Resurgence and Resurgence Casual will run on Zodiac and Rebirth Island. There are also three limited-time modes at launch:

• Rally Point (Zodiac, 20 players): a no-circle, drop-in/drop-out Resurgence playground where you can pick up a blueprint and two camos. It even teases a purchasable Nuke.
• Massive Resurgence (Hajin, 120 players).
• Loaded Resurgence (Zodiac/Rebirth Island, 44 players): you spawn with your own loadout and earn perks as you go.

Extreme Resurgence and Rockets and Snipers arrive at mid-season.

New gear and systems

• Zipline Launcher: a Field Upgrade that the whole squad can use, and enemies can too. You can fire your pistol while riding it. We first heard about it in the Ward Room reveal.
• Grabber Drone: picks up loot, fuel barrels and even downed teammates.
• Elite Perks: a fourth perk slot you can only fill during a match. The first three are Athleticism, Phantom and Fieldcraft.
• Weapon Augments: CQC, Marksman and Handling upgrades from "Fly Buy" stations that drones drop.
• Ground Ops, Grind for Royalty (personal stat challenges with Gold Excellence and Gold Mosaic camos), pushable cover, and Weapon Trade Stations and Drop Kits in Resurgence.
• Mastery camos: Parallax, Damascus Reforged and Empyros.

What's next

• November 5, 9 PM PT / November 6, 12 AM ET: Season 1 goes live, including on Switch 2.
• Later in Season 1: Verdansk and Rebirth Island return.
• Mid-season: Extreme Resurgence and Rockets and Snipers arrive. Activision says more details will come in the Season 1 Reloaded blog, per the Call of Duty blog.