There are things that make you happy to return. Bugs are not one of them and this one has now made it to Call of Duty: Warzone for a third time: The infinite gas mask glitch is back (again).
What kind of bug is this? The bug in question is well-known: It hit Call of Duty: Warzone back in 2020 and was last reported in Call of Duty: Warzone 2 in November last year. We reported:
The bug currently only affects collectible gas masks and allows you to duplicate them as often as you like. In its first iteration, the bug even gave you the option to duplicate all items in Warzone. However, this is currently not the case.
Warzone streamer Blazt shows the bug in full action, but of course without instructions:
Why is the bug so annoying? In Call of Duty: Warzone you move on an ever-shrinking map. Unlike in games like PUBG, the playable area is not limited by a so-called zone, but rather by a cloud of poisonous gas. However, the function is the same.
It is very difficult to survive longer in the gas. In order to have any chance at all, gas masks are needed. Anyone who has one or more gas masks in their possession has a strong advantage over their fellow players:
For example, you can hide in the gas and catch unsuspecting opponents from behind. Alternatively, with enough masks, you could simply wait in the gas until the field of players has thinned out.
One way or another, the bug gives you a greatly extended lifespan and a greater chance of victory.
When will the bug be fixed? In the past, the developers made every effort to patch the bug from the game as quickly as possible. In the original Warzone from 2019, they needed several attempts to get the situation under control.
However, the developers released a fix that reduces the lifespan of gas masks, even if you are not currently wearing them. The items break down and the advantage of duplicating them would theoretically disappear.
However, this assumes that the duplicate masks spawn at the same decay level as the original. If so, the bug is not as bad as initially feared. But if the masks appear with 100% quality, the fix has not served its purpose. Unfortunately, we cannot currently confirm whether this is the case.
Since the bug is now known, the development studio will probably do everything in its power to eliminate this bug as quickly as possible.
The bug is particularly annoying now, as the first season in CoD: MW3 only went online last week and brought new content for Warzone. You can read all about it here:
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