MW4 Season 1 Battle Pass and BlackCell

The Season 1 Battle Pass runs 100 tiers and guarantees 50+ rewards even if you fall behind. Activision published the full reward structure, the BlackCell upgrade path and eight store bundles in its November 5, 2026 COD Intel post. Every figure below comes from that post.

How do you buy the Season 1 Battle Pass?

Activision lists four purchase routes. Two cost COD Points and two come bundled with the editions.

Route	Published cost	What it includes
Battle Pass	1,100 COD Points	Access to the Season 1 Battle Pass
Battle Pass Bundle	2,400 COD Points	Battle Pass plus 20 Tier Skip Tokens
BlackCell	Not published in this post	Battle Pass, 20 Tier Skip Tokens and all earnable BlackCell content
Vault Edition	Edition price, not this post	All BlackCell and Battle Pass content, provided you log into the game during Season 1

The catch-up system carries a footnote: it requires a paid Battle Pass. Vault Edition owners qualify because the edition grants Battle Pass access, but the post states the Vault Edition path only applies if you log into the game during Season 1.

How do the tiers and the catch-up system work?

Playing Multiplayer, DMZ or Warzone earns XP, which levels the Battle Pass from Tier 1 through 100. Battle Pass owners also receive a 10% Battle Pass XP Boost for the entire season.

Players who fall behind are automatically caught up to the reward matching the current day of the season, up to day 50. That catch-up sits on top of the 100+ rewards the track carries.

Tier Skip Tokens work differently from catch-up. Players who bought the Battle Pass Bundle can pull from any of the 10 unlocked tiers ahead of their position, while BlackCell users can grab rewards from up to 20 tiers ahead. Spending a Tier Skip Token does not change your in-progress position on the track.

What rewards does the Battle Pass track carry?

The Season 1 track holds 100+ pieces of unlockable content, excluding BlackCell, including two new free Base Weapons and items such as DMZ Survival Kits. The published reward types are:

New Base Weapons, Weapon Charms, Reticles, Emblems, Calling Cards, Double XP Tokens (Player and Weapon Tokens), Weapon Blueprints, Finishing Moves, Weapon Stickers, COD Points, Equipment Skins, Loading Screens, Weapon Decals and Stickers, Sprays, and DMZ Survival Kits.

Named highlights across the track include the “Eat Axe” Finishing Move (Tier 6), “Got Ya!” Sticky Grenade Equipment Skin (Tier 12), “Dual Tactics” Loading Screen (Tier 14), “Dokkaebi” Large Decal (Tier 27), a 45-minute 2WXP Token (Tier 42), “Conquer All” Animated Emblem (Tier 46), “Bonegrip” Reticle (Tier 74), “Secure Restock Kit” DMZ Survival Kit (Tier 78), “Omen” Emblem (Tier 88), “Bad Flight” Spray (Tier 92), “Falcon Thorn” Weapon Charm (Tier 93) and “Make the Cut” Finishing Move (Tier 94).

What do you get immediately?

Owning the Battle Pass grants instant access to the catch-up system plus a first bundle of rewards: the 10% XP Boost for the duration of Season 1, up to 1,100 COD Points, the “Downpour” Operator Skin for Blix (plus a “Downpour BlackCell” variant), the “Fortune’s Favor” FiNN LMG Weapon Blueprint, the “Happy Boom” Frag Grenade Lethal Equipment Skin, the “Killing Demon” Weapon Sticker and the “Ballistic Gel Armor Kit” DMZ Survival Kit.

What does BlackCell add?

BlackCell is the premium tier on top of the Battle Pass. It adds seven BlackCell Operator Skins for Blix (two), Oh-Ji, Velikan, Min-Hee, Luca and Dallas, and seven BlackCell Weapon Blueprints for the Kastov 762, Axion, KG-7 Vulcan, ISO Nightshade, CSG-35, Cronen Osprey and Mosin-Nagant. The BlackCell Operator Skin page covers the skins, the XERO challenges and the DMZ benefits in detail.

BlackCell also changes the Multiplayer lobby. Selecting any Operator from the BlackCell faction swaps the MP lobby for the “Enigma Bunker”, described as a Black Site location inside the faction’s operating facilities. Players who upgrade to BlackCell after buying the Battle Pass receive 1,100 COD Points back.

Which store bundles are published?

Eight bundles are named in the post. They cover Mastercraft Weapon Blueprints with custom animations and unique weapon inspections, Reactive Weapon Blueprints whose visual effect intensifies as you eliminate enemies, and Ultra Skins.

Bundle	Named Operator Skin
Hollow Hunter Adaptive Camo Bundle	“Hunter’s Veil” for Reece
Tracer Pack: Bone Chiller II Mastercraft Ultra Skin Bundle	“Golden Wraith” for Ghost
The Valkyrie Mastercraft Bundle	“Hildr” for Valen
Tracer Pack: Glitched State Mastercraft Bundle	“Debugged” for Kal
The Captain Bundle	“Blackout” for Price
Into the Fight Bundle	“Marked” for Blackwell
Deltabeast Bundle	“Coiled” for Snake
Elite Squad: Gaksuli Bundle	“Oedari” for Park, “Chonggak” for Kal, “Oenun” for Blix, “Cham” for Jae

The Gaksuli bundle also publishes a party bonus: 20% Player and Weapon XP boost in a Party of 2, and 30% in a Party of 3. The store items index tracks the edition and pre-purchase listings separately.

Activision’s own text disagrees on one point. The Deltabeast Bundle is described as featuring a Mil-Sim Operator Skin for Reece, but its item list names “Coiled” Operator Skin for Snake. The table follows the item list, and the conflict is left unresolved here rather than decided by inference.

What has Activision not published?

Several details are absent from the post and are not inferred here. BlackCell has no published price in this article, and no bundle is given a separate price. The 100-tier reward track is not published as a complete tier-by-tier list — only the highlights above appear. The eight mid-season Bonus Reward Operator Skins are described but not named, and the post gives no dates for Season 1 Reloaded. No damage, time-to-kill or recoil figures accompany the new weapons, and the season’s end date is not published either.

Sources

• Activision COD Intel: Season 1 Battle Pass System, BlackCell and New Store Bundles, November 5, 2026 — every figure on this page.

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