MW4 locations: Arenas, Hajin and campaign

Which locations are actual Multiplayer maps?

Activision’s Maps and Modes launch briefing establishes 20 Multiplayer maps: 12 Core 6v6, three Ground War 32v32, four Gunfight 2v2, and the modular Kill Block. Shipment follows on October 27, 2026 and is outside the launch total.

An arena name and a geographic setting answer different questions. Mumbai is both a city name and a named Core map; France is a setting rather than another map beside Cachette. This page follows the launch roster instead of counting countries, cities and arenas together.

Where are the Core arenas set?

The following settings are paraphrased from Activision’s dedicated tac guides and launch briefing. The individual pages contain the named landmarks and objective records.

Arena	Published setting
Cachette	Covert armory beside a French rail terminal
Coal	Remote Soviet coal-processing plant; use the dedicated tac guide
Lithium	Mexican lithium refinery beneath the Sierra Mountains
Lotus	South Korean fishing village after an amphibious assault
Mumbai	Residential district around a Victorian market
Munition	North Korean command facility and munitions depot
Nautical	Damaged South Korean ferry departing at dawn
Reactor U92	South Korean reactor complex after a meltdown
Rooftops	New York’s Hotel Times West rooftops
Sentry	Russian military base in whiteout conditions
Silkworm	South Korean urban shopping district
Transit 213	Derelict bus parking area in western India

How does Hajin connect Ground War and DMZ?

The Ground War descriptions name Imjin Farmland on Hajin’s rural outskirts, Wolves Stadium in its urban center and Forest between those areas. Ground War uses territorial objectives and vehicles. Hajin’s DMZ guide instead describes an extraction environment with named locations, Threat indicators and deployment results.

The Hajin DMZ map reference documents the extraction overlay. Recognizing Imjin Farmland in both contexts does not prove that a Ground War objective, spawn point or match rule carries into DMZ. Use the relevant mode guide before planning around either version of the location.

Where are the smaller Gunfight arenas?

Cafe uses a Paris courtyard. Library centers on shelves and a raised walkway. NYC uses a winter downtown stage and surrounding structures. Smuggler uses parked rail cars and warehouses. These are the dedicated Gunfight maps in the launch briefing, distinct from Kill Block’s modular Westbridge Training Facility.

Kill Block can include sections inspired by older Modern Warfare locations. Those sections do not add complete remakes of the older arenas to the current roster. Its launch formats and later Core support are listed on the full map roster.

What belongs to campaign or later updates?

The campaign overview uses Korean fronts, New York, Paris and Mumbai as operation settings; those names alone cannot identify a playable Multiplayer layout. Likewise, the Season 1 references to X01, Hajin in Warzone and Zodiac describe mode-specific additions, not extra launch Multiplayer maps. See the release schedule for their dates and source context. The two Warzone maps have their own pages: Hajin and Zodiac.

Shipment’s scheduled arrival is the relevant full-map return from COD4. MW4 Rooftops and Forest should not be confused with similarly named cut COD4 maps. The COD4 map reference keeps those histories separate. Geographic descriptions provide context, not measured sightlines, weapon ranges or route timings.

Sources

• Activision Maps and Modes briefing — launch roster, formats and Shipment schedule.
• Activision Coal tac guide — correct coal-plant setting.

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