Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone Season 04 Reloaded launches on June 25, bringing a wave of mid-season content across Multiplayer, Zombies, Endgame, and Warzone. The game is co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software and published by Activision. Updates typically go live at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST across all platforms.
Alongside the new content, Season 04 Reloaded kicks off a "Summer of Action" led by Nick Cage, who becomes playable across new and returning Multiplayer maps and modes.
Champion's Quest Returns to Warzone
The headline Warzone addition is the return of Champion's Quest, one of the mode's most demanding challenges. To earn access, players must either win five consecutive Core Battle Royale matches or win 30 matches total in a single season. Once the prerequisite is met, squads can acquire a Champion's Contract by securing a designated briefcase in a match.
From there, the squad embarks on a multi-step mission: transporting a hazardous radioactive isotope, recovering a hard drive, and escorting a missile transport vehicle across the map. Enemy teams can contest objectives throughout, and a new "Golden Ticket" system lets rival squads extract stolen quest items and earn progress toward their own Champion's Quest token.
Warzone is also gaining Squad Gun Game - a limited-time mode played on smaller Resurgence maps, effectively bringing Gun Game to Warzone for the first time. Squads drop in and race to cycle through a pre-determined number of weapons by eliminating enemies, with the first squad to complete the rotation winning the match.
Champion's Quest rewards scale with the number of completions:
| CQ Wins | Reward |
|---|---|
| 1 | "Containment Crew - Alpha" Camo + "Axia" Grimm Animated Skin |
| 2 | "Darkly Dreaming" Animated Calling Card |
| 5 | "Containment Crew - Omega" Weapon Camo |
| 6 | "Gamma Stick" Flatline MK.II Melee Blueprint |
| 10 | "Axia's Wrath - Omega" Animated Weapon Camo |
An alternative entry path also exists via a Public Event: an element airdrop alerts all Operators in the match, and the first player to interact with the dropped goods triggers a special squad mission. Complete it before the match ends and the entire squad earns a Champion's Quest Contract.
New Zombies Map: Kowakujo
The new round-based Zombies map, Kowakujo, sends the crew to a feudal Japanese castle in the Dark Aether, surrounded by volcanoes. New enemies include the supernatural Oni - wielding a kanabo war club - alongside fire-drenched Hellhounds and Scorched Zombies.
The Main Quest for Kowakujo will be available when the map releases on June 25 at 9 AM PT. Completing it earns the "Purified" Takeo Operator Skin, a Calling Card, and 10,000 XP. Players who complete the Main Quest before Directed Mode arrives for this map will also earn a unique Calling Card variant.
Multiplayer Maps and Modes
Season 04 Reloaded adds two Multiplayer maps: Zenith, a new medium-sized map supporting both 6v6 and 2v2, and Launch, a remastered version of the classic Black Ops 1 map returning for standard 6v6.
Two limited-time modes also arrive: Team Blueprint Sharpshooter and Knife Fight.
Black Ops Classic mode becomes a permanent addition to Black Ops 7 with Season 04 Reloaded, bringing four more iconic maps from previous titles: Launch (Black Ops 1), Fringe (Black Ops 3), Hacienda (Black Ops 4), and Gridlock (Black Ops 4).
Endgame and Other Updates
The Season 04 Reloaded update continues the Endgame storyline with Act IV: Operation King Killer, introducing fresh challenges and rewards. A new Guardian Skill Track turns Operators into frontline tanks capable of absorbing damage and punishing attackers, while the new Psych Grenade Minor Ability creates a cloud of hallucinogenic gas that disorients enemies.
Leaderboard Events have also been reworked based on player feedback, now offering multiple 3-Hour Leaderboards throughout a week-long event window, giving more players a fair shot at top-placement rewards.
Where to Get Black Ops 7
Black Ops 7 is available on PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, and is included with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. If you want to pick up a key at the best price before diving into Season 04 Reloaded, SmartCDKeys tracks live deals below.
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