MW4 Season 1 is live: Battle Pass, X01 DMZ zone, new maps

Season 1 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Warzone went live on Friday, 6 November 2026, at midnight Eastern Time, which was 10:30 am in India. Activision published the official Season 1 patch notes on Thursday, 5 November. The season brings the game's first Battle Pass, with 100 tiers, new multiplayer maps including Backstab, Canyon and a reworked Shoot House, a new DMZ location called X01 inside Hajin, and two new base weapons at launch, the Cronen Osprey and the CSG-35. In Warzone, Hajin arrives as the large battle royale map and Zodiac as the smaller Resurgence map.

A new Call of Duty usually gets its biggest content drop with Season 1, a few weeks after launch, and this is when many players decide whether to keep playing. For Modern Warfare 4, Season 1 is also the start of paid seasonal content: the first Battle Pass, a store with new skin bundles and the BlackCell premium tier. How players respond to the price and value of these will shape the rest of the game's year.

DMZ, the extraction mode in which squads enter a map, complete tasks and try to leave with loot, is a central part of this game. The new X01 location, which reports describe as a weapons black site, and the doubled chance of extra containers from Supplied Drops are aimed at players who spend most of their time in that mode. Activision's notes also say some X01 details remain "classified" and will be revealed during the season.

Warzone players get a fresh large map in Hajin, which is also the area used for DMZ, and a smaller Zodiac map for Resurgence, the faster mode in which players can return after being eliminated. Shared maps between modes are meant to make the season's new content reach more players.

For Indian players, the timing matters. The season started on a Friday morning in India, so many could log in the same day. Players on PC, PlayStation and Xbox all got the update at once, as the release was across all platforms.

Peepals calculation: Midnight Eastern Standard Time is five hours behind UTC, and India is five and a half hours ahead of UTC, so midnight ET on 6 November is 10:30 am IST the same day (0 + 5 + 5.5 = 10.5 hours). BlackCell's 20 tier skips cover one-fifth of the 100-tier Battle Pass (20 ÷ 100 = 20%). The change in Supplied Drops doubles the chance of an extra container, from one in four to one in two. Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: Players can now buy and level the first Battle Pass, try the new maps and X01, and unlock the Cronen Osprey and CSG-35. Warzone players move to Hajin and Zodiac.

Long-term: The reception of the first Battle Pass and BlackCell will shape how Activision prices and plans the rest of Modern Warfare 4's seasons, with Season 1 Reloaded adding Ministry, Overflow and more later on.

Who is affected: Modern Warfare 4 and Warzone players worldwide, including in India; DMZ players in particular; and buyers of the Vault Edition, who receive one season of BlackCell.

What to watch next: Season 1 Reloaded, which reports say will add the Ministry and Overflow maps, and the further X01 details Activision has kept back.

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