COD Black Ops 6 & Warzone Season 3: Release, Roadmap and Zombies

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On April 2, 2025, Season 3 of Black Ops 6 starts and a day later you can celebrate the return of Verdanken in Warzone. We summarize what else the season update brings.

Season 3 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone can be a pioneering season for the two shooters from Activision. There has been a certain dissatisfaction in the community for several months. Can Verdansk return to Warzone improve the mood of the players?

Since a new season can not only build on Verdansk shoulders, there are also new weapons, attachments and maps and modes for the multiplayer of Black Ops 6. We show what awaits you.

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Season 3 Start and Preload

When does Season 3 start? Season 3 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone starts on April 2 at 5:00 p.m. German time. From the start of the season, Warzone will be offline for 24 hours before the Battle Royale can be played again on April 3 at 5:00 p.m.

When can you download Season 3? It is currently not known when the preload is available. However, the developers revealed that there will be a preload as in the previous seasons. On the game’s website, you write: “Make sure you download the content of Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone hours before publication.”

Experience has shown that the preload is usually available at least one day before the start of the season. As soon as more precise information is known, we will add it here.

Roadmap for Season 3 shows new weapons, perks and modes

What content does the season bring? In Season 3, new weapons, modes and perks await you again. Of course, there is also a handful of new maps. Here is an overview:

  • Return of Verdansk in Warzone
  • 6 new weapons
  • 4 new attachments
  • a new shooting series
  • 5 new maps + a new nuketown variant
  • 2 new perks
  • 2 new modes
  • New content for zombies (new map, a new opponent, 3 chewing gum, one perk and more)
  • 3 new operators
  • Battle Pass
    • This is what the roadmap for Season 3 looks like

    Warzone and Black Ops 6 get new weapons and attachments

    Which new weapons and essays will there be? Of course, there will be no new weapons in Season 3. In total there will be 4 new creaks, a nail gun and a melee weapon.

    Weapons

  • CR-56 Amax-assault rifle (Launch, Battle Pass)
  • HDR – sniper rifle (Launch, Battle Pass)
  • Kilo 141-assault rifle (Warzone login reward)
  • Ladra – machine gun (during the season, event)
  • Nail gun – special weapon (event)
  • Kali sticks – melee weapon (event)

    • Kill stream

  • Death Machine (Score: 825; Event reward)
  • Equip yourself with a mighty minigun with a high fire rate and large magazine

    • Matters

  • Monolithic silencer (Battle Pass)
  • Swat 5.56 gray conversion (Battle Pass)
  • C9 10 mm Auto 30-shot magazine (event)
  • 7.62 Mini-Rocket Conversion (event)

    • Which new perks will there be?

  • Close Shave (launch, event reward, enforcer perk-slot 1)
  • Use your dedicated melee attack automatically when you make an attack with the gun stump.
  • Vendeta (mid-season, event reward, recon perk-slot 2)
  • Mark the last known position of your killer for a short time at the respawn. You get a bonus point for the elimination of this enemy.
    • The essays

    Multiplayer: All new maps and modes from Season 3

    Which new modes come about? With Season 3, two classic modes return to Call of Duty, which you can then play in Black Ops 6 for the first time.

  • Sharpshooter
  • A free-for-all mode in which each player is equipped with the same loadout that changes every 45 seconds.
  • Demolition
  • You have to alternately attack and defend two bomb locations. The attacking team must destroy both bomb locations to win the round. All attackers Spawn with a bomb and respawns are active for both teams throughout the game.

    • Which new maps does Season 3 bring? Black Ops 6 receives a total of 5 new maps in Season 3 and a new variant of an existing map.

  • Season Launch
  • Barrage (Core, 6V6, medium, new)
  • Nomad (Strike, 6V6/ 2V2, small, new)
  • Firing Range (Core, 6V6 Medium, NEW)
  • Mid-season
  • Haven (Core, 6V6 medium, new)
  • Signal (Strike, 6V6/ 2V2, small, new)
  • Blazetown (a special, limited time -playable variant of nuketown)

    • Season 2 zombies: new map and content

    These are the new content for zombie mode: With Season 3, the zombie mode also receives some exciting content that appear with the new “Shaattered Veil” map.

  • New map: Shaattered Veil
  • New Perk-A-Cola: Double Tap
  • 3 new chewing gums
  • Tactical diffusion (rare):
  • Deactivates the next Nuke-Power-Up explosion that you activate and instead gives every 2,000 essence.
  • Support Group (legendary): Give you the support items ARC-XD, Mangler-cannon, Sentry Gun and Mutanten Injection.
  • The pitched (bizarre): zombies have high voices. Stays three minutes.
  • New opponent types: Elder Discipler and his subordinates
  • New miracle weapon: Ray Gun Mark 2 in three different variants
  • Return of a classic miracle weapon DG-2

    • The Battle Pass from Season 3

    The Battle Pass of the third season of Black Ops 6 will contain 1,100 code points and over 110 franking objects, including the new CR-56 Amax assault rifle and the HDR, the new sniper rifle.

    If the return of Verdansk does not bring the hoped -for player numbers, it could slowly look dark for Warzone – at least a leaker reported in early March 2025: Well -known leaker to Call of Duty predicts the end of Warzone, but the shooter has a last chance

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