MW4 Gunsmith: 33 launch weapons

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 weapons: 33 base weapons, the Gunsmith system, weapon levels, Blueprint variants and the Warzone 2.0 arsenal.

10/16/2026MW4 Wiki TeamLast updated: 11/2/20265min read

FAQ

How many weapons does Modern Warfare 4 have?

Activision lists 33 weapons at launch. All of them come to Warzone 2.0 with their Blueprint variants as part of the Modern Warfare 4 integration.

What is the Gunsmith in Modern Warfare 4?

The Gunsmith is the attachment system that lets you fit optics, muzzles, barrels, magazines, stocks, underbarrel, laser and optics to a weapon. In the modern era it has been a consistent MW2/MW3-era feature for building competitive and themed loadouts.

Can I see Modern Warfare 4 weapon stats now?

The game launched October 22, 2026. Activision publishes roster and progression information, but damage, time-to-kill, recoil and effective-range measurements remain unpublished. See the source-linked weapon database for the available records.

Modern Warfare 4 ships 33 base weapons. Damage, time-to-kill, recoil and effective range remain unmeasured in the available records — those require documented tests of the released game, and this wiki does not publish estimates dressed as data. Source: Activision launch roster and the Season 1 announcement.

Two camouflaged soldiers crouch behind a concrete barrier as the lead soldier aims his rifle through a wooded area. — Recoil control matters at close range Screenshot © Activision / Infinity Ward, via Steam. Used for editorial commentary; not an endorsement.

Two masked UCTF soldiers in black tactical gear advance down concrete steps with rifles ready. — A build is a combination of attachments, not a single pick Screenshot © Activision / Infinity Ward, via Steam. Used for editorial commentary; not an endorsement.

What is confirmed

Field	Value	Source
Base weapon count	33	Activision launch roster
Attachment system	Gunsmith	Established across the modern era
Weapon progression	Weapon levels	Confirmed system
Blueprint variants	Yes, for every base weapon	Season 1 announcement
Pre-purchase weapon	Inner Circuit Weapon Blueprint	Steam store listing
Signature Weapons	5, in the Vault Edition	Steam store listing
Pre-order camo	Gilded Pearl (Moonlit Pearl) and Gilded Ruin	Steam store listing

The roster count includes 24 primary weapons, eight secondary weapons and one dedicated melee weapon. These are launch-roster categories, not counts of cosmetic Blueprints. Source: Activision launch roster and the Season 1 announcement.

The Gunsmith

The Gunsmith is the attachment system carried through the modern Call of Duty era, and it is the single most important weapon system in MW4 for competitive play.

A build is a combination of attachment slots rather than a single pick. The practical consequence is that two players with the same base weapon are not using the same weapon — the attachment is the weapon, and a maxed-out build and a stock build trade different amounts of recoil control, mobility and ADS speed.

That is why a MW4 weapon page needs more than a damage number to be useful. The page that only lists damage is missing the part that determines whether anyone actually uses the weapon.

Weapon levels

Weapon levels are the progression system attached to a base weapon. Activision describes attachments unlocking as weapons level up, with a compatible attachment unlocked once for every weapon that uses it. Cosmetic Blueprints and weapon levels are different records. Source: Activision launch roster and the Season 1 announcement.

For weapon pages, that distinction is the difference between a loadout guide and a list. A loadout guide has to state which attachments are reachable at which level, because “the best build” is meaningless to a player who has not unlocked it.

Blueprints and Warzone 2.0

Every one of the 33 base weapons arrives in Warzone 2.0 with its Blueprint variants. This is the loadout economy’s largest single change: Warzone players get the full MW4 arsenal rather than a subset, and MW4 players get a second mode to spend progression in. Source: Activision launch roster and the Season 1 announcement.

Warzone 2.0 also gains a Warzone Operator Skin toggle, and it is a filter rather than a skin switch. Activision’s Season 1 announcement describes it as a filter “built specifically for the Modern Warfare 4 chapter”: when it is toggled on, only Modern Warfare 4 Operators are displayed, so a player who prefers the MW4 roster over Operators from other Call of Duty titles can see just those. When it is on, other players’ Operators and Operator Skins from other titles are replaced with a Modern Warfare 4 Operator — in the lobby, in the party and in the match, for enemies and squadmates alike. Your own equipped Operator does not change. The toggle arrives with Season 1.

Pre-purchase and Vault weapons

Source	Weapon content
Pre-purchase (any digital edition)	Inner Circuit Weapon Blueprint at launch
Pre-purchase (any digital edition)	Gilded Pearl Camo Pack — unlocks Moonlit Pearl, grants access to Gilded Ruin
Vault Edition	Signature Weapon Collection — 5 Signature Weapons
Vault Edition	BlackCell (1 Season) — Battle Pass, 20 Tier Skips, 1,100 CP

Signature Weapons are Vault Edition content; they do not increase the publisher’s launch base-weapon total.

Why weapon data is the hardest thing to get right early

Weapon numbers have a half-life measured in weeks, not years. Patches change damage, TTK, recoil and fire rate; a page published at launch and never revisited is worse than no page, because it looks authoritative and is wrong.

Three rules govern this page:

Every number needs a publisher source or a documented measurement. Where a value is not yet available, the table says so.
Every figure carries the version it was measured on. MW4 renders a gameVersion badge for exactly this reason.
Loadout advice waits for the numbers. A build recommendation without TTK and recoil figures is a guess dressed as expertise.

What this page tracks

The 33 base weapons, by class, with their full attachment lists Source: Activision launch roster and the Season 1 announcement.
Gunsmith slot-by-slot attachment data and the trade-offs between them
Weapon level requirements per attachment, and the unlock cost of each blueprint
Blueprint variant list per weapon
How each weapon behaves in DMZ, where mobility and fire rate often outweigh raw damage
Warzone 2.0 specific interactions

Sources

Activision launch roster — launch roster, attachment progression and Create-a-Class.
Steam listing — release date.

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