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Call of Duty Warzone Season 3: What's coming in the mid-season update?

May 06, 2021

Call of Duty: Warzone had been building up to something big - anyone who's logged into the game in the last few weeks will have seen that a lot has changed in Verdansk and, with Season 3 finally here, there's a lot to get your head around.

We've been transported back in time after the nuclear destruction of Verdansk as we knew it, with everything coinciding with the end of the last battle pass. Here's everything you need to know about Season 3 of Call of Duty: Warzone, including what's likely coming in the mid-season update. 

What's coming in the mid-season update?

As usual, Warzone's Season 3 update may have been sizeable, but it still left plenty to be fixed and updated, so we're expecting a pretty chunky mid-season update at some point in the next few weeks, to follow the pattern from previous seasons.

This will bring some new content, including unlocking the new CARV.2 burst rifle, and AMP63 SMG, which players are looking forward to equipping and levelling up.

We're also awaiting balance tweaks to a number of weapons, according to Raven Software's own Twitter account, including balance passes for the popular AMAX assault rifle, the FARA, Sweetsweeper shotgun and the Bullfrog SMG, all of which can feel a little overpowered at times. 

Another interesting set of changes might come in the form of some lighting tweaks - we're still waiting on hard evidence that the controversial Roze skin has been adjusted, for one thing, and players have also been a little unhappy with some of the glare that the new lighting for Verdansk '84 has brought, which Raven has also acknowledged. 

Lastly, there's also a breadcrumb trail slowly being dropped that we might be about to see a major easter egg play out - gamers are finding hints that Rambo himself, an 80s icon, might be inbound to Verdansk. Tweets from Call of Duty's various accounts are doing their best to fan the flames, so we're starting to think there could be something in this.

This would be a bit of a new direction for Warzone, but given how well movie tie-ins have been doing for Fortnite over the last couple of years, you can see why Activision might eager to jump aboard the bandwagon. 

What's new in COD Warzone Season 3? 

Season 3 has kicked off, and it's brought a lot of changes to the formula that has made Warzone so popular, with plenty of different elements to consider.

New Verdansk 1980s map

Warzone players have been waiting for ages to be able to explore a full-sized new map for the game, with the smaller Resurgence Island map not big enough to really count for much. For a long time, the common assumption was that we'd get a map set in the Ural mountains, bringing in a bunch of multiplayer locations that were set in that locale.

However, recent leaks have indicated that this map was shelved a while ago, in favour of the new version of Verdansk that replaced the current map at the start of Season 3. This, as well now know, is set in the 1980s, tying the game into the timeline used by Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War. 

The map's layout is largely the same, but key landmarks are noticeably different, with a less built-up Downtown, a stadium's more a building site, and no dam at all - instead, there's a tall bridge to navigate now instead, along with a Summit installation. There's loads more to explore, too, so it'll take a while for everyone to get used to each change.

New operators and weapons

A mainstay of Warzone's battle pass system is the introduction of at least one new operator to act as the front for the season. Past passes have introduced Naga, Captain Price and Ghost, among many others.

We're already seeing a lot of players running around donning the new skins released in the battle pass, in particular Wraith, who has been heavily featured in the promotional material. 

Similarly, after the huge drop of new weapons when Cold War integrated with Warzone in late 2020, the trickle of new weaponry is back to a more reasonable and manageable rate (after all, many of the Cold War weapons still don't feel fully balanced even months down the line). 

Battle passes and new seasons have typically introduced two new weapons, and they're also generally included as free tiers to ensure that everyone has the same chance to unlock them without having to fork out any COD Points. The new season looks to have even more, though, including the PPSH-41 SMG, Swiss K31 sniper, which are both out already, with the Ballistic Knife melee, CARV.2 rifle, and AMP63 SMG still to come - a bumper crop of new hardware to use.

Finally, there have been some long-awaited and significant adjustments for operators and weapons already in the game, particularly the controversial Roze skin, which used to make you almost impossible to see in some lighting.

You can find full patch notes for the season's changes here, and for once they're extremely clear - weapons like the FFAR and AUG are getting proper balancing tweaks that should be welcomed by most players. 



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