Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

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Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

Developers
	Infinity Ward
	Raven Software
	Treyarch
	High Moon Studios
	Sledgehammer Games
	Activision Shanghai
	Demonware
	Toys for Bob
Windows	Beenox
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	IW engine
Release dates
Windows	November 16, 2022
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Battle royale, Shooter
Vehicles	Automobile, Helicopter, Naval/watercraft
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Middle East
Series	Call of Duty

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 is a multiplayer first-person and third-person battle royale and shooter game in the Call of Duty series.

Attempting to run the game on Windows 11 with ReFS partition will lead to a permanent ban due to false triggering of anti-cheat, as well as in this case affected users will not have the right to appeal in the aftermath.

General information

Community subreddit

CallofDutyMaps - A detailed Website for everything Warzone 2.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Battle.net		Battle.net not required for the game to run once launched; can be closed after
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam

This game is playable in the Call of Duty launcher.

All versions require a valid phone number attached to the platform account, an Activision account, and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Rebranded as Warzone coinciding with the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Season 4.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Free-to-play	The game is free-to-play.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	A Battle Pass is available to purchase each in-game season, which includes rewards such as XP boosts, weapon blueprints, skins and currency. Battle Pass tiers can be instantly skipped with an additional purchase using CP.
Cosmetic	Weapon skins, operators and operator skins can be purchased from the in-game store using CP.
Currency	Call of Duty Points, alternatively COD Points or CP, can be purchased with real money at an exchange rate of 100 CP per 1 US Dollar.
Free-to-grind	While CP is a real money currency, it can be earned through gameplay by progressing through the Battle Pass at a rate of 400 CP per season.
Infinite spend	There is no cap on CP purchases.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

The DMZ mode is tied to the Modern Warfare II executable, while the primary Warzone modes are tied to the Black Ops 6 executable. Thus, their respective configuration files are shared with the aforementioned games.

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1938090/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1938090/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Choice between Automatic or specific aspect ratios (16:9, 16:10, 21:9 and 32:9).
Multi-monitor		Requires Aspect Ratio to be set to Automatic. Hor+ gameplay with spanned HUD and cutscenes. Menus, loading screens and FMVs are presented on one screen only.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay with spanned HUD and cutscenes. Menus and loading screens are pillarboxed. FMVs are 21:9 anamorphic.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Separate FoV sliders for first- and third-person (horizontal 60°-120° for the former and 70°-90° for the latter). Separate view-model toggles available for Vehicle and Weapon FoV.
Windowed		Constrain Mouse to Game Window toggle available.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen Exclusive and Fullscreen Extended Window display modes also available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Listed as Texture Filter Anisotropic. (Low/Normal/High)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Forced Filmic SMAA T2x. DLAA selectable via Upscaling/Sharpening (Sharpness slider available, shared with DLSS) SMAA T2x and Filmic SMAA T2x selectable only in DMZ (with Low/Medium/High/Ultra Quality presets). SSAA available via the Render Resolution setting (up to 200%).
High-fidelity upscaling		NIS, FSR 1, FSR 2.1, FSR 3.1, DLSS 2.4, DLSS 3.7, XeSS 1.2 Presets available for all methods. Sharpness sliders available for NIS and DLSS. Disables anti-aliasing (except for NIS and FSR) and render resolution options when used. DLSS 3.7 and FSR 3.1 not available in DMZ.
Frame generation		DLSS Frame Generation, FSR Frame Generation DLSS Frame Generation available as a toggle when DLSS/DLAA is used. FSR Frame Interpolation available as AMD Frame Generation toggle when FSR 3.1 is enabled.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Separate Gameplay and Menus toggles.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Separate Gameplay, Menu and Out of Focus frame-cap sliders.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Choice between Automatic (respects OS settings) and manual calibration.
Ray tracing (RT)		Path tracing added with Modern Warfare III Season 1 update in December 2023. Available only in pre-game lobbies. Not supported in DMZ. Forces DLSS on with separate presets from the main Upscaling/Sharpening setting. Path tracing disabled during Modern Warfare III Season 6 update in September 2024, though config lines relating to it are still present.
Color blind mode		Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia HUD colour palettes available.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity		Multipliers for Vertical, Third Person, Ground Vehicles, Air Vehicles, Tablet and ADS also available. Custom zoom sensitivity sliders also available.
Mouse acceleration		Both mouse acceleration and smoothing options available (acceleration as a slider, smoothing as a toggle).
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Separate On Foot, Third Person, Ground Vehicles and Air Vehicles toggles available.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		A custom preset can be made in addition to developer-provided ones.
Controller sensitivity		Multipliers for Vertical, Third Person, Ground Vehicles, Air Vehicles, Tablet and ADS also available. Custom zoom sensitivity sliders also available.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Separate On Foot, Third Person, Ground Vehicles and Air Vehicles toggles available.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override		Controller and Keyboard/Mouse prompts can only be locked within the Main Menu.
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Supported if Aiming Input Device is set to [Mouse]. Enabling will turn your Game Controller into a Keyboard Input and most Controller-centric settings, including remapping, will be ignored in favor of Keyboard settings.

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Steam Virtual Gamepad (Legacy mode/Hook input)		Certain Hardware features may not work while Steam Input is enabled.
Steam Input prompt modes		In-Game Button Icons
Steam Deck button prompts
Steam Controller (1st gen) button prompts
Motion sensors support
Official controller preset(s)
Cursor detection

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Dialogue, Effects and Hit Marker sliders.
Surround sound		Up to 7.1.
Subtitles		Background opacity, size and game mode display options available.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Listed as Mute Game When Minimized. Does not affect voice chat audio.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		150

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Anti-cheat	Ricochet Anti-Cheat

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10		11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-6100 Intel Core i5-2500K AMD Ryzen 3 1200		Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i7-4770 AMD Ryzen 5 1400
System memory (RAM)	8 GB		12 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	125 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon RX 470 DirectX 12 compatible		Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580

A 64-bit operating system is required.