MW4 Season 1 cards: Cronen Osprey, CSG-35

Both new Season 1 base weapons arrive through the Battle Pass, and Activision published a full card for each. The November 5, 2026 COD Intel post is the second official source for these figures; the card numbers match the earlier Season 1 announcement exactly, while the in-game descriptions were rewritten. The per-weapon records are the Cronen Osprey and CSG-35 pages.

What are the published card values?

Both weapons list Unlocked via Battle Pass as their Available Criteria.

Field	Cronen Osprey	CSG-35
Class	Assault Rifle	SMG
Battle Pass tier	Tier 16	Tier 36
Battle Pass Blueprint tier	Tier 87	Tier 73
Weapon levels	70	42
Rounds	30	28
Reserve	90	112
Fire Rate	882 RPM	1200 RPM
Apex Attachment	Cronen Helix Mk.II	CSG Crossfire

Activision introduces the pair as two new Battle Pass base weapons that bring the highest fire rate to their respective weapon classes.

The published Attachment Types for Cronen Osprey are Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Ammunition, Magazine. For CSG-35 they are Optic, Muzzle, Underbarrel, Magazine, Rear Grip, Stock, Laser, Ammunition, Magazine. Both lists repeat “Magazine” at the end as published; the earlier Season 1 announcement prints the same order.

What do the Apex Attachments do?

The Cronen Osprey Apex is Cronen Helix Mk.II. A unique double-barrel receiver transforms this 5.56 rifle into a dual-fire weapon platform. Firing on both trigger pull and release, it delivers punishing damage with an unmatched rate of fire among semi-automatic weapons.

The CSG-35 Apex is CSG Crossfire: dual-wield akimbo CSG-35 SMGs and trade accuracy for a wave of downrange chaos.

What changed between the two official posts?

Activision published card descriptions for both weapons on October 28, 2026 and rewrote them for the November 5 post. The card numbers never moved — levels, rounds, reserve, fire rate and the Battle Pass tiers are identical in both.

For Cronen Osprey, the October text called it “Rivaled only by the M4 in terms of its rate of fire”. The November text instead says “Featuring the fastest fire rate in its weapon class”, and adds guidance to use burst fire and Attachments that improve vertical recoil control.

For CSG-35, the October text opened with “Featuring the highest fire rate in its class pumping out rounds at a blazing 1200 RPM” and described damage per round as modest. The November text opens instead with “A highly mobile conceal-and-carry SMG that pairs maneuverability with a best-in-class rate of fire. Fast, compact, and lethal in tight spaces.”

One spelling differs between the two posts. The Apex is Cronen Helix Mk.II in the November post and Cronen Helix Mk. II in the October announcement.

The November post publishes the Cronen Osprey card description in full:

Precision-engineered for relentless performance, this 5.56 rifle delivers a best-in-class fire rate without sacrificing control, accuracy, or mobility.

and the CSG-35 card description:

A highly mobile conceal-and-carry SMG that pairs maneuverability with a best-in-class rate of fire. Fast, compact, and lethal in tight spaces.

Both are publisher wording about intended use. They describe the role a weapon is meant to fill, not a measured damage table, so the card numbers above remain the only published specifications.

Which Blueprints and bundles use these weapons?

Each weapon’s top Battle Pass Blueprint also carries a BlackCell version at the same tier: the Cronen Osprey “Kill Order” Blueprints at Tier 87 and the CSG-35 “Deathgrip” Blueprints at Tier 73.

Three store bundles add further Blueprints for these guns: the “Vanish” Cronen Osprey Blueprint in the Hollow Hunter Adaptive Camo Bundle, the “Wings of Reckoning” CSG-35 SMG Blueprint in The Valkyrie Mastercraft Bundle, and the “Digital Drifter” Cronen Osprey Signature Mastercraft Assault Rifle Blueprint (Animated) in the Glitched State Mastercraft Bundle. The Battle Pass page lists all eight bundles.

In DMZ, unlocking either of these free Base Weapons in the Battle Pass grants a DMZ Weapon Manual for it. The post also states that any Blueprint you secure lets you use that Blueprint in DMZ until you fail to exfil with it, after which you can rebuy it at a discount.

What has Activision not published?

No damage per bullet, time-to-kill, recoil pattern or effective range accompanies either card. The post gives no numerical comparison backing the class-leading fire rate claims, and no magazine capacity options are listed for either weapon. The Blueprint names are given without images or rarity labels, and no store price is published for the bundles carrying them. The post also does not publish a Season 1 end date for the track that unlocks them.

Sources

• Activision COD Intel: Season 1 Battle Pass System, BlackCell and New Store Bundles, November 5, 2026 — the card data, descriptions and Apex text on this page.
• Activision Season 1 announcement, October 28, 2026 — the earlier card wording compared above.

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