Warzone ranked: Rewards, divisions & how it works

Warzone ranked is back with the Modern Warfare Season 2 update and will again feature divisions and rank rewards.

Players can hop into a ranked mode in Warzone, Warzone Ranked Play: Resurgence, following the release of the Warzone Season 2 update. The ruleset for the mode is similar to previous ranked seasons with 51 maximum players hopping into Fortune’s Keep.

Certain weapons will be banned again, like Riot Shields and all Launchers, and Snipers will not down players in one shot.

Contents

• How Ranked works
• Divisions
• Rewards
• Weapon Restrictions

How Warzone Ranked Play: Resurgence works

Skill Rating will determine a player’s placement during the season across eight divisions with everyone starting this season in Bronze 1 with 0 Skill Rating. The breakdown of divisions and how players will earn SR is below.

Players will progress upward through divisions by reaching specific SR thresholds. Each division will have three tiers except for the top two, Iridescent and Top 250.

Players earn SR by getting kills and assists. SR is also given out each time a player’s squadmate gets a kill, regardless of whether they got an assist on it or not. SR for each kill and assist increases the fewer people are alive in the match with the amount going up to over 10 when three squads are left.

Players also earn SR based on final placement in a match with first place earning 100 and the top 12 earning 20.

SR can also be earned by completing Seasonal Challenges for the first time like winning a match, or getting 100 kills or assists. Players can also lose SR via Death Fees, which are a new addition this season.

Death Fees start at Silver 1, causing players to lose SR with each in-game death. The penalty for each death will increase in SR loss with each division increase. The Death Fee penalties are listed below:

• Silver I-III: -2 SR per Death
• Gold I-III: -3 SR per Death
• Platinum I-III: -4 SR per Death
• Diamond I-III: -5 SR per Death
• Crimson I-III: -6 SR per Death
• Iridescent & Top 250: -7 SR per Death

Players also spend SR for each deployment into a match. Competitors in Bronze won’t have to pay, but Silver Division players and up will the following for deployment:

• Silver I: -10 SR
• Silver II: -14 SR
• Silver III: -18 SR
• Gold I: -23 SR
• Gold II: – 28 SR
• Gold III: -33 SR
• Platinum I: -39 SR
• Platinum II: -45 SR
• Platinum III: -51 SR
• Diamond I: -58 SR
• Diamond II: -65 SR
• Diamond III: -72 SR
• Crimson I: -80 SR
• Crimson II: -90 SR
• Crimson III: -100 SR
• Iridescent & Top 250: Starts at -110 SR to -280 SR

Warzone Ranked Play: Resurgence Divisions

Players will progress through eight Skill Divisions by reaching SR milestones:

• Bronze – Starting Division
• Silver – 900 SR
• Gold – 2,100 SR
• Platinum – 3,600 SR
• Diamond – 5,400 SR
• Crimson – 7,500 SR
• Iridescent – 10,000 SR
• Top 250 – 10,000+ SR

Players earn rewards through reaching SR and Division milestones and at the end of the season for overall placement.

Warzone Ranked Play: Resurgence Rewards

Players earn rewards in three different ways: Rank rewards, which are available at launch and can be earned in any Season, Season rewards which are available at the start of a Season and only available in that Season, and End of Season rewards which are awarded after the Season has ended and represent either your highest attained Division or an active placement in the Top 250 Division.

The following are Rank Rewards:

• Rank 05: ‘Sweat Buggy’ Vehicle Skin & Calling Card
• Rank 10: ‘On the Rise’ Animated Emblem & Calling Card
• Rank 15: ‘Carrying the Squad’ Weapon Sticker & Calling Card
• Rank 20: ‘Team Player’ Weapon Charm & Calling Card
• Rank 25: ‘GOAT’ Animated Emblem & Calling Card
• Rank 30: ‘WZ Ranked Play’ Weapon Camo & Calling Card
• Rank 35: ‘WTB Teammate’ Weapon Sticker & Calling Card
• Rank 40: ‘Beamed’ Large Weapon Decal & Calling Card
• Rank 45: ‘You Tried’ Weapon Charm & Calling Card
• Rank 50: “WZ Ranked Veteran” Operator Skin, Animated Emblem, and Animated Calling Card.

The following are Season Rewards:

• Placement Challenges
  • Finish Top 8 25 Times: ‘Melted’ Large Weapon Decal
  • Finish Top 5 25 Times: ‘Pro Issue Striker’ SMG Blueprint
  • Finish 1st: ‘Popped Off’ Weapon Charm
• Kill & Assist Challenges
  • Get 50 Kills or Assists: ‘WZ Ranked Play Season 2 Competitor’ Weapon Sticker
  • Get 250 Kills or Assists: ‘WZ Ranked Play Season 2’ Loading Screen
  • Get 1000 Kills or Assists: ‘WZ Ranked Play Season 2 Veteran’ Weapon Camo

The following are End of Season Rewards:

• Bronze: ‘WZ Season 2 Bronze’ Emblem
• Silver: ‘WZ Season 2 Silver’ Emblem
• Gold: ‘WZ Season 2 Gold’ Large Weapon Decal and Animated Emblem
• Platinum: ‘WZ Season 2 Platinum’ Large Weapon Decal and Animated Emblem
• Diamond: ‘WZ Season 2 Diamond’ Large Weapon Decal and Animated Emblem
• Crimson: ‘WZ Season 2 Crimson’ Large Weapon Decal and Animated Emblem
• Iridescent: ‘WZ Season 2 Iridescent’ Large Weapon Decal and Animated Emblem
• Top 250: ‘WZ Season 2 Top 250’ Large Weapon Decal, Animated Emblem, and Animated Calling Card (Players must finish in the Top 250 Division to qualify for these rewards.)

New this year are the Skill Division Operator Skin sets for use with both 2024 CDL Male & Female Operators on both Factions. Here is the break down of how the skin will be awarded at the end of the season:

• Gold – Iridescent: Earn the applicable ‘Gold Competitor’, ‘Platinum Competitor’, ‘Diamond Competitor’, ‘Crimson Competitor’, or ‘Iridescent Competitor’ Operator Skin set based on your highest Skill Division reached over the course of the Season.
• Top 250: Unlock the ‘Top 250 Competitor’ Operator Skin set by finishing a Season in the Top 250 Skill Division.

Warzone Ranked Play: Resurgence Weapon Restrictions

Ranked Play has restrictions on what kind of weapons and attachments are allowed in matches. The gun rotation may change over the course of the season, but players will always be limited in what they can run in their loadouts.

These weapons, perks and vehicles that are restricted in Ranked Play:

• Melee
  • Riot Shields
• Launchers
  • All
• Shotguns
  • KV Broadside
  • MX Guardian
  • Haymaker
  • Riveter
• Attachments
  • Ammunition
    • Snakeshot
    • Dragon’s Breath
    • High Explosive
  • Optics
    • All Thermals
  • Underbarrel
    • Jak Purifier
    • Corvus Torch
  • Trigger Action
  • Maelstrom Dual Trigger
• Perks
  • Birdseye
• Plate Carrier
  • Comms Vest
• Vehicles
  • All Turreted Ground Vehicles
  • All Turreted Aquatic Vehicles