Warzone Season 3 patch notes: PPSh & new guns, weapon balancing, Roze skin change, more
Activision and Raven Software have revealed the details for all the new content in Call of Duty: Warzone Season Three, including exciting new additions like the PPSh SMG, a new event called Hunt for Adler, and big changes coming to Verdansk.
With just hours to go before Season 3 launches in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone, players are waiting in anticipation to see what new content and changes Raven have in store for them.
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Warzone Season 3 update patch notes & weapon balancing
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We have begun the iterative process of tweaking values on attachments. We would like the diminution of weapon downside to be a build direction rather than a single attachment choice. As it stands, we feel most attachments need to have their values addressed in some regard to achieve this. We are hoping to make some previously nonviable options less so in addition to widening overall build variety. This may include increasing upsides or downsides on existing attachments. We are also actively looking at how we can create more compelling choices within the confines of attachment categories—chiefly, muzzles like the Monolithic and Agency Suppressor.
Given the magnitude of balance changes in this patch, we may make some adjustments shortly after Season 3 launch to ensure the meta is healthy and stable. As always, please continue to provide your feedback!
What’s new in Warzone Season 3?
Verdansk nuked in Operation Rapid Sunder event
Operation Rapid Sunder, more commonly known as theNuke Event, is very much underway in Warzone, and it’s already impacted the landscape of the game.
Right away, in the event’s first part, players got to experience the ‘Destruction of Verdansk Part 1’ playlist, which sawa nuclear missile blow up the mapand leave it in a cloud of smoke and ashes.
🚨 VERDANSK HAS BEEN NUKED! ☢️pic.twitter.com/eteoZ1GEMR
— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL)August 15, 2025
The next phase of the event is underway on a brand-new night version of Rebirth Island (which also includes a new POI called Control Center). you may follow along live with ourWarzone Nuke Event hub, which includes live updates on what’s happening.
Six new weapons: PPSH, Swiss K31, AMP63, more
There are a total of six new weapons coming to Warzone in Season 3 – two released right away at launch and a further four coming later on in the season. The big one is the PPSh-41, the iconic old-school SMG that’s making its way back into the CoD series. It will be released at launch along with the Swiss K31, a new bolt-action sniper rifle.
As per usual, all three of these weapons are available to players for free andcan be unlocked via the Battle Pass.
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As for the other three other four – the CARV.2 Tactical Rifle, AMP63 Pistol, Ballistic Knife and Baseball Bat – those will be released at some point during the season.
Hunt for Adler event
Season 3 will start off with a new limited-time event called Hunt for Adler, during which players will have to look for Intel Challenges in both Warzone and Black Ops Cold War to try and discover the whereabouts of Russell Adler, the game’s protagonist that’s been missing since the end of Season 1.
Players will weapon charms, calling cards, and other rewards by completing the in-game challenges, and those who finish the full set will earn an exclusive Adler skin to use in both multiplayer and battle royale.
When is the Warzone Season 3 update? Release date & file sizes
The Warzone Season 3 update will officially go livebetweenApril 21-22, depending on where you are in the world:
Here are the confirmed download file sizes for the patch:
As for what’s new in Black Ops Cold War, you can check out ourBOCW Season 3 update hub herefor all the info.
Everything you need to know about Verdansk ’84 & Warzone Season 3:
