Warzone Ranked Play: Rewards, divisions & how it works

Warzone Ranked Play is back again after the Black Ops 6 integration, with more rewards for you to earn and competitive matches to be won. Here’s everything you need to know, including how it works, the SR system, current restrictions, and what divisions you can climb to. 

Ranked Play made its Warzone debut in 2023, finally introducing a true competitive mode to Call of Duty’s battle royale. It took a short break before reappearing following MW3’s integration in December 2023.

Since then, all Ranked Play matches will take place on Resurgence maps Fortune’s Keep and Rebirth Island. Now, though, it’s finally back on big map Urzikstan.

Here are all the details.

All Ranked Play Divisions

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You can progress through eight Skill Divisions by reaching various SR milestones. The current Divisions and SR requirements for each of them are as follows:

• Bronze – Starting Division
• Silver – 900 SR
• Gold – 2,100 SR
• Platinum – 3,600 SR
• Diamond – 5,400 SR
• Crimson – 7,500 SR
• Iridescent – 10,000 SR
• Top 250 – 10,000+ SR

How the SR System works in Ranked Play

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Skill Rating determines a player’s placement during the season across eight divisions with everyone starting in Bronze 1 with 0 Skill Rating.

Players progress through higher divisions by reaching specific SR thresholds. Each division has three tiers except for the top two, Iridescent and Top 250.

Gaining SR

Players primarily earn SR by getting kills and assists but it is also earned each time a teammate gets a kill. This year, things have been changed up slightly, as there will be a “rank delta” between you and any enemies you kill, meaning that a bigger gap in rank will give you more or less points. This is based on whether those players are +/- 3 ranks above or below your own.

Here’s how it works:

Rank Delta	Points earned
-3	3
-2	4
-1	5
0	6
1	8
2	9
3	10

So if you are Bronze 1 and kill a player that is Silver 1, you will get 10 extra elimination points.

Similarly, you can earn extra SR through placement points. You also earn bonus SR per elimination, based on how high you finish. This is how it breaks down:

Placement	Placement SR	Bonus SR Per Elim
Top 40	0	2
Top 30	10	3
Top 20	20	4
Top 15	30	5
Top 10	50	6
Top 5	60	8
1st	100	10

Losing SR

While there are many ways to gain SR, it can also be lost just as easily. There are two ways to lose SR in Warzone Ranked Play: Deployment Fees and Death Fees.

Deployment Fee

You’ll need to spend SR for each deployment into a match. The lone exception to this is if you are in Bronze, but Silver Division players and up have to pay the following Deployment Fees:

RANK	DEPLOYMENT FEE
Silver I	-10 SR
Silver II	-15 SR
Silver III	-20 SR
Gold I	-25 SR
Gold II	-30 SR
Gold III	-40 SR
Platinum I	-50 SR
Platinum II	-55 SR
Platinum III	-60 SR
Diamond I	-65 SR
Diamond II	-70 SR
Diamond III	-75 SR
Crimson I	-85 SR
Crimson II	-90 SR
Crimson III	-95 SR
Iridescent & Top 250	1100 SR plus 5 SR every 500 SR above 10,000, up to a maximum deployment fee of 150 SR.

It’s worth noting that with the re-introduction of Ranked in Black Ops 6, there is no longer a Death Fee.

Ranked Play Rewards in Season 6

There are various types of rewards in Warzone Ranked Play, and different ways to earn them too:

• Top Placement Challenges
  • Available at launch and earnable in any season.
  • Complete top placement milestones throughout your Ranked Play career to unlock exclusive rewards.
• Rank Operator Skins
  • Available at launch and earnable in any season.
  • A Ranked Competitor Skin is awarded immediately upon making top placement in 10 matches over your Ranked Play career.
  • Gold through Iridescent Rank Operator Skins are awarded immediately upon reaching the respective Rank.
  • Top 250 Rewards are awarded at the end of the Season.
• Season Rewards
  • Introduced at the start of each Season and only available during that Season.
  • Includes:
    • Season Win & Elimination Challenges.
    • Gold through Iridescent Rank Rewards, awarded immediately.
    • Top 250 Rank Rewards, awarded at the end of the Season.
• “Flex” Reward Items
  • Seasonal rewards that change with each new season.
  • In Season 01, players earn:
    • An Emblem, Calling Card, and Large Decal representing their highest attained Rank starting in Silver.
  • Future Seasons will introduce new types of “Flex” Rank Reward items.

Career Rewards

Top placements	Rewards
5	‘Knock Out’ Player Emblem
10	WZ Ranked Competitor Operator Skin
20	Checkmate Loading Screen
50	Alphaomega Spray
100	Infinitatus Rex – Weapon Charm
150	Mastermind Spray
250	Dominion Weapon Camo
300	Whisper Knife Melee Blueprint & Skullbuckle Large Decal

*’Top Placement’ is defined as a top 15 finish in Urzikstan battle royale. In Resurgence, it’s a Top 6.

Season 1 Rewards

Requirements	Rewards
1 Win	Buccaneer Barrel Weapon Charm
5 Eliminations	Evil Ink Weapon Sticker
50 Eliminations	Into the Fray Loading Screen
250 Eliminations	Plundergut XM4 Weapon Blueprint
Reach Silver	Silver Hold Player Emblem Navigator Calling Card Reef Rage Large Decal
Reach Gold	WZ Gold Competitor Operator Skin Doubloon of Doom Player Emblem Golden Sunset Calling Card Bones of Blight Large Decal
Reach Platinum	WZ Platinum Competitor Operator Skin Swarm of Eels Player Emblem Corsair Carcass Calling Card Descent Large Decal
Reach Diamond	WZ Diamond Competitor Operator Skin Glitter Ghoul Player Emblem Glittering Grace Calling Card Crowned Kraken Large Decal
Reach Crimson	WZ Crimson Competitor Operator Skin Kraken Face Player Emblem Red Tide Calling Card Gilded Flow Large Decal No Pay No Prey Large Decal
Reach Iridescent	WZ Iridescent Competitor Operator Skin Whirlpool Sovereign Player Emblem Glimmer Gun Calling Card Corsair Atlas Large Decal
Finish in Top 250	WZ Top 250 Competitor Operator Skin Kraken Master Player Emblem Corsair Crown Calling Card
Finish #1 in Top 250	WZ Top 250 Champion Operator Skin Kraken Monarch Player Emblem

Ranked Play loadout restrictions

Ranked Play has restrictions on what weapons and attachments are allowed in matches to make the mode more competitive. The exact rotation can change from season to season, but there will always be limits to what you can equip on your loadouts.

These weapons, perks, and vehicles are currently restricted in Warzone Ranked:

Banned Weapons

• All launchers
• All Modern Warfare weapons

Banned Attachments

• All Thermal Optics
• All Underbarrel launchers
• CHF Barrel
• Rapid Fire & Dragon’s Breath

Other restrictions

• Field Upgrades
  • Reinforcement Flare
• Scorestreaks
  • Foresight
  • Sentry Turret
• Perks
  • Birdseye
  • Alertness
  • Specialist
• Vehicles
  • Cargo Truck
  • Triumph TF 250-X
• Contracts
  • Big Game Bounty
  • Elite Contracts
• Misc.
  • Proximity Chat
  • Text to Chat
  • Emotes
  • Gulag Events

That’s everything you need to know about Warzone Ranked Play. To make sure your classes aren’t holding you back in both Ranked Play and regular playlists, check out the best Warzone loadouts, as well as the assault rifles, submachine guns, and sniper rifles that are dominating the meta.