Black Ops 7 Season 1 brings seven new guns, more maps than I can count for every mode, oh, and Warzone integration
December 4, 2025: Today’s the day. Warzone and BO7 Season 1 launches later today across all platforms. We can only hope all this new content doesn’t take hours to download.
You’ve no doubt seen the buzzwords thrown around by Activision already that Black Ops 7 Season 1 is the biggest Black Ops season ever, and they’re not lying: it’s a massive first update, not helped by the fact that it also doubles up with Warzone’s integration. It’s so big that the Season 1 roadmap infographic is almost illegible without a magnifying glass.
Black Ops 7 Season 1 release date
Season 01 Launch Trailer | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – YouTube
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BO7 Season 1 launches today, Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 5 pm GMT across all platforms. This coincides with Black Ops 7’s Warzone integration too, so the battle royale mode will also be getting a big overhaul on December 4.
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Keep in mind that Black Ops 7 continues the tradition of seasonal updates effectively coming in two halves, as the Season 1 mid-season update arrives “in the new year”.
Black Ops 7 Season 1 roadmap
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Season 1 brings the following content to all Black Ops 7 and Warzone modes:
- Seven new guns
- Maddox RFB assault rifle (battle pass)
- Kogot-7 SMG (battle pass)
- Sokol 545 LMG (in-season event)
- Sturmwolf 45 SMG (in-season event)
- Hawker HX sniper (in-season event)
- NX Ravager special (in-season)
- Ballistic Knife melee (weekly challenges)
- Six new attachments
- Akita Scorchlink Akimbo
- MPC-25 Contrabloom Laser
- M8A1 Autostrike-X8 Conversion
- CODA 9 Adaptive Discharge Mod
- AK-27 Battle-Scar Conversion
- Redwell Shade-X Suppressor
- Two new operators
- Six events (only three revealed so far)
- Rally Point community event
- Naughty & Nice CODMAS challenges event
- Astra Malorum Zombies leaderboard event
- New bundles
That’s already a lot of stuff available in all Black Ops 7 has to offer, but it gets even more ridiculous when you see what’s coming to each specific mode.
Multiplayer
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The following is only available in BO7 multiplayer:
- Nine maps
- Fate (new)
- Utopia (new)
- Odysseus (new)
- Standoff (remastered)
- Sleighjacked (map variant, in-season)
- Meltdown (remaster, mid-season)
- Yakei (new, mid-season)
- Fringe (returning, mid-season)
- Unknown map variant arriving mid-season)
- Nine game modes
- Prop Hunt
- One in the Chamber
- Sharpshooter
- Sticks and Stones (in-season)
- Gun Game (in-season)
- CODMAS: Holiday Havoc limited-time event (in-season)
- CODMAS: Snowfight limited-time event (in-season)
- Takeover (mid-season)
- Unknown game mode arriving in-season
Zombies
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Here’s everything coming to Zombies in Season 1:
- Three new maps
- Astra Malorum (round-based)
- Exit 115 (survival)
- Zarya Cosmodrome (survival)
- Four modes
- Ashes of the Damned directed mode
- Astra Malorum director mode (mid-season)
- CODMAS: Jingle Hells limited-time mode (in-season)
- CODMAS: List Keeper’s Challenge limited-time mode (in-season)
- New O.S.C.A.R enemy
- New LGM-1 Wonder Weapon
- Light Mend and Shatter Blast ammo mods
- Frost Blast, Tesla Storm, and Mister Peeks field upgrades
- Mule Kick Perk-A-Cola
- Elemental Exposure and Slaylist Gobblegums
Warzone
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With Warzone’s Black Ops 7 integration finally arriving, here’s all the new content and big changes being made:
- New Haven’s Hollow map
- Verdansk reworks with new Signal Station POI and remastered Factory POI
- Six new modes
- Battle Royale casual
- Resurgence casual
- Weekend limited-time modes
- Holiday Rush limited-time mode (in-season)
- High Octane (mid-season)
- Unknown mode arriving in-season
- Loadout overhauls
- Access to all existing and future Black Ops 7 weapons
- Max five attachments
- Overkill enabled by default, so you can automatically equip two primary weapons
- Wildcards are removed
- Weapon build sharing carries over into Warzone
- Improved perks and categories
- New Adaptive perk
- Needle Drone, Pinpoint Grenades, Phantom Signal, and Echo Unit equipment available in Warzone
- Movement overhauls
- Default Tac-Sprint removed
- Increased base sprint speed
- You can combat roll with the Mountaineer perk
- New win streak rewards available in-season
Endgame
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Black Ops 7’s unique repeatable PvE activity, Endgame, is also receiving new content in Season 1:
- Four new world events
- Colossus of Avalon
- Toxic Tyrant
- Wraith Wing (mid-season)
- Unknown fourth event
- Eight new exotic skills from completing world events
- Mega Punch: Replaces your weapon butt with a deadly punch that knocks back enemies and deals more damage.
- Conjuration: Kill enough enemies to summon Toxin Butterflies that harass and damage enemies.
- Echo Shell: Significantly reduces damage taken from behind.
- Celebration: Enemies damaged or affected by equipment have a chance to trigger mortar rounds that target enemies.
- Frost Cloud: Enemies damaged or affected by equipment have a chance to trigger a frost cloud that slows enemies.
- Resurrection: On fatal damage, become temporarily invulnerable instead of dying. Available once per match.
- Shattered Shield: Stun and damage nearby enemies when armour plates break.
- Graviton Reaction: Taking melee hits can spawn a black hole that damages and displaces enemies.
- Phantom Skill Track (in-season)
- Ambush: Critical hits from behind on unaware enemies deal more damage.
- Fast Melee: Faster melee speed.
- Trap Avoidance: Traps and mines take longer to detect you. Undetectable when fully upgraded.
- Silent Movement: Quiets movement and reduces enemy detection distance.
- Elusive Target: Reduces the accuracy of enemies shooting at you.
- Decoy: Taking significant damage deploys an Echo Unit that distracts enemies.
- CODMAS festive items, including snowballs and gift-wrapped supply boxes
