Quick, picture a battle pass in your head. You're probably conjuring the image of a clean, straight timeline with goodies evenly distributed at specific XP increments. Well if you plan on picking up Call of Duty: Warzone 2's battle pass, you're in for a surprise.
Activision has tried something new, weird, and a little confusing with its Modern Warfare 2/Warzone 2 battle pass. It's not so much a battle pass as it is a battle map. Players will unlock cosmetics and blueprints by completing "sectors" on the map with multiple unlocks within them. Sounds confusing? Don't worry, I'll go through everything you need to know about the Warzone 2 battle pass below.
How does the Warzone 2 battle pass work?
Warzone 2 loadouts: Best guns
Warzone 2 DMZ: New mode guide
Warzone 2 unhinged: Hectic BRs
Warzone 2 perks: Perk packages
Warzone 2 contracts: Turn it in
Warzone 2 cash: Make bank
The main thing about this new iteration is that you get to choose which order you unlock Warzone 2's 100 battle pass tiers. Each sector contains five rewards (be they weapon blueprints, operators, etc). Everyone starts at sector A1 and branches out from there. Completing a sector will grant you a token to unlock any adjacent sector so, for example, you can pursue the left side of the map before the right side if you like those rewards more.
Every individual item is unlocked by spending a Battle Token Tier Skip. It's a confusing name for a token, because "tier skips" in other games are typically a thing you exclusively buy with real money, but in Warzone 2 you earn them by playing and they're the default way to unlock things. 🤷♂️ Of course, you'll also have the option to purchase more Battle Tokens to actually skip forward in the battle pass.
How much does the Warzone 2 battle pass cost?
The Warzone 2 battle pass has a free track and a paid track. The free track includes 20 free items, and the paid track (expected to cost around $9.99 or 1,000 COD Points) has over 100 items if completed in full. Among those 100 unlocks are bundles of COD Points totaling 1,400, so you can theoretically earn back what you paid for the battle pass and then some.
What's in the Warzone 2 battle pass?
As we explain earlier, Warzone 2's battle pass is full of branching paths with multiple unlock routes for sectors. Activision has numbered the sectors by how early you could access them. It takes around the same time to unlock sector A4 as sector A5, but both can be accessed a lot earlier than sector A16.
Here is a breakdown of all the big-ticket items for reach sector:
Sector A0
Main reward: Operator - Zeus
Free reward: Vehicle skin - Offsite
Sector A1
Main reward: Operator - Kastov 545 Assault Rifle Weapon Blueprint
Free reward: Charm - Paying Rent
Sector A2
Main reward: Vehicle Skin - Dark Chariot
Free reward: War Track - Let's Ride
Sector A3
Main reward: Rangers 1 Operator Skin - Barrage
Free reward: COD Points - 100 CP
Sector A4
Main reward: Calisto Operator Skin - Deluge
Free reward: X13 Auto Handgun Weapon Blueprint
Sector A5
Main reward: EBR-14 Marksman Rifle Weapon Blueprint - Hostile Takeover
Free reward: Gun Screen - Endless Black
Sector A6
Main reward: Submachine Gun Weapon - BAS-P
Sector A7
Main reward: Sniper Rifle Weapon - Victus XMR
Sector A8
Main reward: Lachmann Sub Machine Gun Weapon Blueprint - Espionage w/ Phantom
Free reward: Loading Screen - Down the Barrel
Sector A9
Main reward: Kortac Group 1 Operator Skin - The Unseen
Free reward: Double XP Token - 15 Minutes
Sector A10
Main reward: Reyes Operator Skin - Low Drag
Free reward: Vehicle Skin - Offsite
Sector A11
Main reward: Operator Skin - Zero
Free reward: Expedite 12 Shotgun Weapon Blueprint - Vigilant
Sector A12
Main reward: COD Points - 100 CP
Free reward: Double XP Token - 30 Minutes
Sector A13
Main reward: MCPR-300 Sniper Rifle Weapon Blueprint - Body Count
Free reward: Double XP Token - 30 Minutes
Sector A14
Main reward: Vehicle Skin - Executive Whip
Free reward: War Track - Homefront
Sector A15
Main reward: Victus XMR Sniper Rifle Weapon Blueprint - Basileus
Free reward: Vehicle Skin - River Shadow
Sector A16
Main reward: Gus Operator Skin - War Bull
Free reward: Kastov-74U Assault Rifle Weapon Blueprint - Chiron
Sector A17
Main reward: Stilleto Operator Skin - Payload
Free reward: COD Points - 100 CP
Sector A18
Main reward: Roze Operator Skin - Blackout
Free reward: Minibak Submachine Gun Weapon Blueprint - Closer
Sector A19
Main reward: COD Points - 100 CP
Free reward: COD Points - 100 CP
Sector A20
Main reward: BAS-P Submachine Gun Weapon Blueprint - Tokoloshe
Free reward: Vehicle Skin - Dark Horse
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