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Call of Duty WARZONE: 30 BIG CHANGES In the Final Update of Season 2 (MW Update 1.18)

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Infinity Ward closes out Season 2 with a patch built to fix Warzone’s greatest cheese tactics before Season 3 arrives.

Update 1.18 landed for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone on March 26, 2020, and it’s the last major patch before Season 3 kicks off. Creator eXpresso broke down roughly 30 changes packed into the release, ranging from new ground loot to a handful of exploit fixes that competitive squads had been abusing for weeks. It’s a lot to digest for a “final update,” but Infinity Ward clearly wanted Verdansk cleaned up before the next season’s content drops.

• Four new weapons — the 725 shotgun, MK2 Carbine, .50 GS handgun, and EBR-14 marksman rifle — enter the Warzone ground loot pool in Common and Uncommon variants.
• The patch adds the Talon Operator bundle to the store and the Khandor Hideout map to 6v6 multiplayer.
• Fixes target the downed-teammate carry-and-fire bug, Gulag spectator interference, Verdansk elevator/collision exploits, and overly aggressive vehicular eliminations.

New Guns Hit the Ground Loot Pool

The headline change is the arrival of four weapons players had only been able to earn from Loadout Drops. The 725 shotgun, MK2 Carbine, .50 GS (the Desert Eagle-style handgun), and EBR-14 marksman rifle are now scattered across Verdansk as Common and Uncommon ground loot pickups. That’s a real shift for looting strategy — squads dropping into contested zones like Downtown or the Stadium no longer have to gamble on a custom loadout to get their hands on a marksman rifle or a hard-hitting sidearm early in a match. For anyone still deciding how they want to approach drops, it’s worth revisiting why Warzone earned its reputation as one of the best battle royales in the first place — loot variety like this is a big part of it.

Talon Bundle and Khandor Hideout Arrive

Alongside the loot changes, the update pushes the Talon Operator bundle into the store and adds Khandor Hideout as a new 6v6 multiplayer map. Neither addition touches Warzone’s battle royale mode directly, but both give players fresh cosmetic and multiplayer options to burn time in while Season 2’s Battle Pass winds down ahead of Season 3.

Exploit Fixes Clean Up Combat

The bulk of the patch is exploit cleanup. Infinity Ward resolved a bug that let players carry a downed teammate while still firing their weapon — a move that had turned revive-and-shoot combos into a near-unbeatable tactic in close-quarters fights. Armor plating was also tuned so the animation cycles smoothly through each plate until a player’s armor is full, instead of stuttering or skipping charges.

Four new ground-loot weapons, a downed-teammate exploit patched out, and Gulag duels locked down from spectator interference — all in what Infinity Ward called Season 2’s final update.

The Gulag also got attention, with fixes preventing spectators from unfairly influencing active 1v1 duels, plus repairs to elevator glitches and collision exploits that had let players slip through geometry across Verdansk. Riot shields saw balance tweaks to animation recovery and how they deflect explosives, and vehicle collision physics were adjusted specifically to tone down the aggressive, near-unkillable vehicular eliminations that had become a common complaint in lobbies.

Quality-of-Life Fixes Ahead of Season 3

Rounding out the patch, Infinity Ward addressed ping responsiveness, delays when interacting with Buy Stations, the timing behavior of the closing gas circle, and a batch of UI stability issues. None of these are flashy, but they’re the kind of fixes that matter once Season 3 content starts layering on top of Verdansk. Players tracking every quirky moment the mode produces along the way can check out the ongoing look at the most oblivious players caught on camera in Warzone solos.

With 1.18 out the door, all eyes turn to what Infinity Ward has planned for Season 3 — early word already points to four-man squads, new weapons, and the return of Backlot, details laid out in the Season 3 preview breakdown. For now, though, the .50 GS and EBR-14 give Warzone squads a couple of new toys to fight over in Verdansk while the countdown to the next season runs out.