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Updates and Patch Notes

All Updates

Major Updates

• Season 1 Update (November 16)
• Season 1 Reloaded (December 14)
• Season 2 Update (February 15)

Minor Updates

• Update 1.03 Patch Notes
• 11/1/2022 Update Patch Notes and Bug Fix
• 11/3/2022 Update and Player Showcase Bug Fix
• 1.08 Patch Notes: Attachment Tuning Fix Update
• 11/9/2022 Update: Weekly Stars Reset
• 11/10/2022 Update: NVIDIA Driver Fix
• 11/18/2022 Update: Social Menu Bug Fix
• November 22 Update Patch Notes (Season 1)
• 12/2/2022 Update: Crashes and FPS Drop Fix for PC
• December 2 Update Patch Notes (Season 1)
• 12/16/2022 Update: Reduced Crashing Fix
• 12/16/2022 Update Patch Notes and Bug Fix
• 12/19/2022 Update Patch Notes
• 01/13/2023 Update Patch Notes
• 01/20/2023 Update Patch Notes
• 01/30/2023 Update Patch Notes
• 02/16/2023 Update Patch Notes

Tips & Tricks

Beginner's Guide to MW2

Multiplayer Guides

• How to Level Up Fast
• How to Unlock All Camos
• How to Unlock All Calling Cards
• How to Unlock Gold Camo
• Is there Hardcore Mode in MW2?
• Combat Record and How to Check KD Ratio
• Killstreak Guide: Best Killstreaks
• Best Loadouts
• Best Optics
• How to Unlock All Operators
• How to Unlock All Emblems
• How to Unlock All Weapons
• How to Unlock Slimline Pro
• How to Unlock Mastery Camos
• How to Play Split Screen
• How to Unlock All Charms
• How to Get Season 1 Combat Pack
• How to Unlock All Stickers

Gameplay Features

• Gunsmith 2.0 Guide
• Firing Basics: All New Shooting Mechanics
• Movement Guide: Basics & Combat Techniques
• Vehicle Guide: How to Use & Customize Vehicles
• All Call of Duty In-Game Terms & Callouts
• Controls and Best Settings
• How to Slide Cancel
• How to Customize Your Loadout
• How to Play in Third Person
• List of Campaign Rewards
• How to Do Finishing Moves
• How Long is Modern Warfare 2's Campaign?
• Killstreak & Scorestreak Guide
• How to Dolphin Dive
• How to Skip Cutscenes
• Best Guns for the Campaign
• Perks Guide
• Field Upgrades Guide
• How to Save Custom Mods
• Hardcore Mode
• Ranked Play Guide

FAQs

• How to Link Your Activision Account
• Is In-Game Voice Chat Available?
• How Does Aim Assist Work?
• Can You Customize Operators?
• The Story So Far
• Is Modern Warfare 2 a Remake?
• What is the Max Level Cap?
• Can You Change Crosshairs?
• Can You Prestige?
• How to Change Your Name
• What is Battle Rage?
• What is the Weapon Vault?
• Mountain Dew In-Game Rewards
• Twitch Drops Release Date and List of Rewards
• Little Caesar's In-Game Rewards
• What is Weapon Tuning?
• How to Inspect Your Weapon
• List of All Death Quotes
• How to Turn on FidelityFX Cas?
• Should You Buy the Battle Pass?
• Jack Link's In-Game Rewards
• List of Rank Progression Rewards
• Offensive Chat and Account Name Warnings
• How to Unlock All Loading Screen Backgrounds
• Is Double XP Event Coming to MW2?
• List of War Tracks and How to Equip
• When is Free-to-Play Weekend?
• What Are Longshot Kills?
• What Are Point-Blank Kills?
• How to Create Groups (Clans)
• Is MW2 Coming to Nintendo Switch?
• What Are Operator Kills?
• How to Get Prime Gaming Rewards and Link Account
• How to Appear Offline
• How Many Guns Are in Modern Warfare 2?
• How to Get CDL Major 2 Viewership Rewards
• Path of the Ronin Season 2 Event
• How to Get Objective Defense Kills
• Season 2 Battle Pass and Rewards

Warzone 2.0

• Latest News & Events

Latest News & Events

• Warzone 2.0 Release Date
• What Time Will Warzone 2.0 Release?
• Is Warzone 2.0 Free to Play?
• Is Warzone 2.0 Cross Platform?
• Available Platforms
• Pre-Load Date and Time
• System Requirements
• Server Status
• What is Skill-Based Matchmaking ?

Game Modes

• List of Warzone 2.0 Game Modes
• How to Play DMZ
• How to Play Battle Royale
• Unhinged BR Trios
• How to Play Duos Game Mode

Tips & Tricks

• Beginner's Guide to Warzone 2.0
• Strongholds Guide
• Black Sites Guide
• All Ashika Island DMZ Key Locations
• Building 21 Key and Location
• What is Circle Collapse?
• How to Get Your Loadout
• What are Buy Stations?
• Best Warzone 2.0 Loadouts
• All DMZ Faction Missions and Rewards
• Proximity Chat Guide
• What is the Gulag?
• How to Ping Enemies
• How Does the Interrogation System Work?
• How to Get Weapon Cases in DMZ
• Best Items to Loot
• How to Get the Nuke Contract
• How to Unlock All Vehicle Skins
• Best Settings For Warzone 2.0
• How to Turn On Contextual Tap
• What is CODBall?
• What is Support Your Team Pick'em?
• Best Guns for Warzone 2.0
• How to Refill Vehicles
• All DMZ Key Locations and Map
• Best Locations to Drop In
• Best Audio Settings for Hearing Footsteps
• Taraq Smuggler's Office Key and Location
• Power Substation Toolbox Key and Location
• Yum Yum Burger Back Room Key and Location
• Kushaak Construction Warehouse Key and Location
• Taraq River Supply Shack Key and Location
• Is Resurgence Coming Back to Warzone 2.0?
• How to Find the Golden Skull and Ship Cache Locations
• How to Get Battle Pass Tokens?
• Ahmed Grocery Store Key and Location
• Far South Eastern Storage Key and Location
• What is AQ Soldier Kills?
• Is Rebirth Island In Warzone 2.0?
• Natural Treasure Black Mous Mission
• How to Complete Safecracker Contract
• Best RPK Build
• Can You Play Split Screen on Warzone 2.0?
• Best TAQ-56 Build
• Downtown Post Office Key and Location
• Best Fennec 45 Build
• How to Complete Secure Intel Contract
• Best M13B Build
• How to Complete Secure Nuclear Material Contract
• Mountaintop Spotter Shack Key and Location
• Longshoreman's Duffel Bag Key and Location
• IHTAQ Warehouse Supply Room Key and Location
• How to Add People on Warzone 2.0
• South Bank Apartment Key and Location
• Rohan Oil Control Room Locker Key and Location
• Enfer Back Room Key and Location
• CH7 Secure Records Room Key and Location
• Badge of Honor White Lotus Mission
• Dead Drop Dumpster Location
• Weapons Repair Kit Key and Location
• Hafid Ship Bridge Cache Key and Location
• Scientist's Locker Key and Location
• South Zaya Scientist Apartment Key and Location
• Best Sniper Class
• Bank of Adal Office Keys and Location
• How to Check Your Warzone 2.0 Stats
• How to Play Mini Royale
• How to Get Building 21 Weapon Cases
• Do You Need PS Plus or Xbox Live to Play?
• Can You Change Perks?
• Sattiq Guest Quarters Key and Location
• What Is Assimilation Refill?
• Ashika Island
• Is Plunder Coming to Warzone 2?
• When Does Jailbreak Happen?
• Can You Still Play Warzone 1?
• What is Restore Honor in Resurgence?
• How to Get Ashika Island Weapon Cases
• How to Get Sea Treasure Tokens

Warzone 2.0 Bugs

• List of Warzone 2.0 Bugs
• Can't Invite Friends Bug
• Skipping Downed Phase Bug
• Dev Error 356 Bug
• Lobbies Not Filling Bug
• Your Profile Was Signed Out Bug
• Max Tokens Bug
• Operator Executions Bug
• Purchase MW2 to Access Everything Error
• How to Fix Error Code: 0x887A0005
• How to Fix Error 2012
• Private Lobby Bugs (Dev Error 292, 11642, and 401)
• Status Savannah Error and How to Fix
• Gulag Respawn Bug and How to Fix

Warzone 2.0 Maps

• Al Mazrah

Campaign

• All Campaign Missions
• Strike
• Kill or Capture
• Wetwork
• Tradecraft
• Borderline
• Cartel Protection
• Close Air
• Hardpoint
• Recon by Fire
• Violence and Timing
• El Sin Nombre
• Dark Water
• Alone
• Prison Break
• Hindsight
• Ghost Team
• Countdown

Weapons

• List of All Weapons

All Weapons by Class

• All Melee Weapons
• All Handguns and Sidearms
• All Assault Rifles
• All Battle Rifles
• All Marksman Rifles
• All Submachine Guns (SMGs)
• All Light Machine Guns (LMGs)
• All Shotguns
• All Sniper Rifles
• All Launchers
• Best Sniper Rifle
• Best Assault Rifle
• Best Quickscope Class
• Best Submachine Gun
• Best Marksman Rifle
• Best Assault Class
• Best Shotgun

Weapon Tier Lists

• Best Guns for Multiplayer
• Best Guns for Campaign

Attachments

• List of Weapon Attachments
• Best Weapon Attachments

Attachments by Category

• All Ammunition
• All Barrels
• All Lasers
• All Magazines
• All Muzzles
• All Optics
• All Rear Grips
• All Stocks
• All Underbarrels

Bugs and Bug Fixes

• List of Bugs and Bug Fixes

Multiplayer Bugs

• Attachment Tuning Disabled
• Spawn Without a Primary Weapon Bug
• Party Lobby Crashing Fix
• Wall Hacking Bug/Ping Function Disabled
• Multiplayer Main Menu Bug Fix
• How to Access Oni Operator & Vault Items
• Post-Match XP & Weapon Rank Progression Missing Bug
• Game Lobby Freezing Bug
• Gold Camo Challenge Not Unlocking Bug
• Xbox Party of More Than 3 Bug
• How to Fix Voice Service Unavailable Error
• Dev Error 11063 and How to Fix
• Join Failed Different Version Error

Other Bugs

• Steam Connection Timeout Error
• Update 1.03 Bug: PS5 Patch Installation Error
• Display Name Error
• How to Fix Audio Continuity Issue
• No Supported DXGI Adapter Found Fix
• Puget Lakes Error and How to Fix
• Fetching Account Data from Platform Error and How to Fix
• Error Code: Diver
• How to Fix Dev Error 11557
• Names Freezing on HUD Bug
• Puget Altus Error and How to Fix
• Travis Rilea Error and How to Fix

Achievements

• List of Trophies
• Crocodile
• Must Be Wind
• No Time to Lose
• A Crappy Way to Die
• Don't Touch the Deck!
• Practice Makes Perfect
• Gentleman Thief
• Test Drive
• Nessie
• Gunless

Maps

• All Multiplayer Maps
• Farm 18
• Mercado Las Almas
• Breenbergh Hotel
• Al Bagra Fortress
• Crown Raceway
• El Asilo
• Embassy
• Santa Sena Border Crossing
• Zarqwa Hydroelectric
• Taraq
• Taraq (Ground War)
• Taraq (Invasion)
• Sa'id (Ground War)
• Sariff Bay (Ground War)
• Guijarro (Ground War)
• When is Shipment Coming to MW2?
• Shoot House

Game Modes

• All Multiplayer Game Modes
• Team Deathmatch
• Prisoner Rescue
• Domination
• Knock Out
• Invasion
• Hardpoint
• Ground War
• Search and Destroy
• CDL Moshpit
• Control
• Cyber Attack
• Bounty
• Infected
• Gun Game

Campaign Characters

• All Characters and Operators
• Captain John Price (Barry Sloane)
• Simon “Ghost” Riley (Samuel Roukin)
• General Shepherd (Glenn Morshower)
• Kyle "Gaz" Garrick (Elliot Knight)
• Colonel Alejandro Vargas (Alain Mesa)
• Hassan Zyani (Ibrahim Renno)
• Kate Laswell (Rya Kihlstedt)
• Sgt. John “Soap” Mactavish (Neil Ellice)
• Commander Phillip Graves (Warren Kole)
• Farah Karim (Claudia Doumit)
• Diego Salgado (Ramon Fernandez)
• Valeria Garza (Maria Elisa Camargo)
• Núñez (Ace Marrero)
• Rodolfo Parra (Bayardo De Murguia)
• Nikolai (Stefan Kapičić)

Blueprints

• List of All Blueprints

Blueprints by Weapon Class

• List of Assault Rifle Blueprints
• List of Sniper Rifle Blueprints
• List of Handgun Blueprints
• List of Melee Blueprints
• List of Battle Rifle Blueprints
• List of Submachine Gun Blueprints
• List of Shotgun Blueprints
• List of Marksman Rifle Blueprints
• List of Light Machine Gun Blueprints

Raids

• Raids Guide: How to Unlock and Play Raids
• Atomgrad EP. 01 Raids Walkthrough
• How to Get Raids Assignments and Keys
• Does Raids Have Matchmaking?
• List of Mystery Case Rewards

Spec Ops

• All Spec Ops Missions
• Low Profile
• Defender: Mt. Zaya
• Gun Game: Mt. Zaya
• Denied Area
• High Ground

Equipment

• List of All Equipment
• All Tactical Equipment
• All Lethal Equipment
• All Field Upgrades

Shop Bundles

• List of All Shop Bundles
• Messi Operator Shop Bundle
• Night Patrol Shop Bundle
• Jacked_In Shop Bundle
• Yellowjacket
• Torment's Return
• Pogba Operator Bundle
• Etched Flesh
• MWII Pro Pack: Desert Rogue
• Kinetic
• Neymar Jr. Operator Bundle
• Knight's Command
• Showdown
• Executive Warfighter
• Violent Embrace
• Atomic Sunrise
• Tactical Human 1.0
• Overgrown
• Greased and Camo'd
• Recruited
• Engraved Dragon
• La Catrina
• Raw Tiger
• CDL Launch Pack
• Vault Edition
• VII: Sloth
• Synthwave
• Death Wrap
• Fuerzas Especiales
• Infinite Warfighters: ETH.3N
• Exotic
• Warning Skin
• The Boneyard
• Acid Washed
• VII: Greed
• Red Lord
• Cryogen
• Damascus Forge
• Fringe Tactical
• Grimm: Crimson Pack
• Atlanta Faze Team Pack
• Boston Breach Team Pack
• Florida Mutineers Team Pack
• London Royal Ravens Team Pack
• Los Angeles Guerrillas Team Pack
• Los Angeles Thieves Team Pack
• Minnesota Rokkr Team Pack
• New York Subliners Team Pack
• Optic Texas Team Pack
• Seattle Surge Team Pack
• Toronto Ultra Team Pack
• Vegas Legion Team Pack
• Dark Skies
• Frontline Fighter
• After Burner
• Raid Bundle: Season 1
• Holiday Gift Pack
• Tracer Pack: Klaus Operator
• Merry Mayhem
• Hot Rod
• Apex Rush
• Dune Stalker
• Overgrown 2
• Fringe Tactical 2
• Tracer Pack: New Year's
• Tokyo Streets
• Thick Cuts
• Notice Me 1.0
• Pixel Perfect
• Dark Rose
• Bronze Age
• Tactical Human 2.0
• Nasty Neon
• Flow State
• Frontier Fighter
• Perseverance Pack
• Tracer Pack: Damascus Forge 2
• Game Is Life
• Synthwave 2
• Midnight Merc
• Psychedelic
• Year of the Rabbit
• Plum Joy
• Sticker Bomb
• Clandestine
• Spartan Tower

Latest News & Events

• Latest News & Events
• Release Date and Time Countdown
• Standard, Cross-Gen, and Vault Editions
• How to Pre-Order & All Pre-Order Bonuses
• Minimum & Recommended System Requirements
• How to Preload Modern Warfare 2
• All Available Platforms
• Is There Crossplay?
• Modern Warfare 2 Open Beta Rewards
• All New Features & Gameplay Mechanics
• Is Campaign Co-Op Available?
• Will MW (2019) Skins Transfer to MW2?
• List of Trailers & Gameplay Videos
• Do You Need a Phone Number to Play?
• List of Voice Actors
• Will Modern Warfare 2 Have Zombies?
• Are MW2 Servers Down?
• List of Changes from the Beta
• Makarov Reveal: Post-Credit Scene Explained
• How to Unlock Burger King Operator Skin
• List of All Promotions
• How to Get C.O.D.E. Protector Pack
• Call of Duty League Season Schedule

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