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.

So that you don’t need to dig up a magnifying glass, I’ve already done the hard work for you. Below, I’ll go over the Season 1 release time for both Black Ops 7 and Warzone, and the new content you can expect in each mode.

Black Ops 7 Season 1 release date

BO7 Season 1 launches on 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.

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

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
  • Dorne
  • Scorn
• 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

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

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

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

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