Black Ops 6 is set to introduce its first battle pass, stocked full of new skins and weapon blueprints, as part of the start of its season one content.
Sticking to Modern Warfare III’s playbook, the progressional system will feature three tiers (free, standard, and BlackCell) with different levels of rewards that can be unlocked with earned tokens.
So, even if you don’t spend any money, you will be able to bag some goodies – though the best stuff will be reserved for paying players.
Here’s what you need to know about the Black Ops 6 battle pass including its release date, full list of rewards, and new design.
When is the Black Ops 6 season 1 battle pass coming out?
The Black Ops 6 Battle Pass will launch at the same time as season one, today (Thursday, November 14) at 5pm UK time.
Set in the aftermath of the campaign, the first content drop features a loose theme (that most players will likely ignore) about the Rogue Black Ops team bartering a deal with a criminal faction.
The good guys need more firepower, while the bad guys want a rival syndicate eliminated.
Cue a blitz of bullets and aerial strikes across a series of new maps, including Area 99 on Warzone.
Black Ops 6 season 1 patch download size
A patch download is required to get up to speed with Black Ops 6’s season 1 content. It’s hefty, if not nearly as large as the download of the game itself, thankfully.
You’re looking at a 35GB download for the main game, an additional 10GB for Warzone.
How much does the Battle Pass cost?
Maintaining the status quo, the Battle Pass will feature a standard tier for 1,100 COD points (CP) or £8.39. Can’t wait to get the later-stage rewards? You can opt for the BP bundle for 2,400 CP (£16.79), complete with 20 tier skips.
Meanwhile, BlackCell will set you back the equivalent of £30, so it may be worth upgrading to the Black Ops 6 Vault Edition for the same price (if you haven’t already).
This way, you’ll unlock the ultra-premium tier on top of all the rewards that come bundled in the deluxe version of the game, including:
As usual, you’ll be able to earn 1,100 CP by completing the standard Battle Pass, giving you enough in-game cash to buy the next one. The grind never ends in CoD.
What’s changing?
Not everything is staying the same, however. Activision has unveiled a new Battle Pass layout that ditches the confusing sector maps of yore in favour of a linear design.
Flipping through 17 pages of rewards instead of parsing through confusing clusters should make it easier to track down those valuable CPs.
Apart from the UI. everything else looks familiar. You can still choose to spend your tokens automatically, so that rewards unlock by themselves in chronological order, or manually to grab what you want (sort of).
Alas, the best rewards will remain locked until you unlock all the other knickknacks on their corresponding page. Much of these will be throwaway cosmetics like emblems and calling cards, but at least you’ll finally get some double XP tokens along the way.
Some pages will also only unlock once you have spent a certain amount of tokens.
What new weapons are there?
The various skins and tchotchkes are nice to have, but the real meat and bones of any Battle Pass are the new base weapons.
At launch, players will be treated to two new guns, each with their own blueprints (more on those further below):
Saug submachine gun (Battle Pass page 3)
Krig C assault rifle (page 6)
What rewards are there?
Activision says the Battle Pass features more than 100 rewards, with over 20 available for free.
Some of these will be instantly unlocked as soon as you start playing following the launch of season one. Alongside the rewards listed below, players can also expect the usual barrage of cosmetics (from weapon charms to loading screens), 2XP and 2WXP tokens, and CP.
For those on Prestige, weapon blueprints and equipment skins unlocked through the Battle Pass are permanent rewards, meaning they’ll remain on hand no matter how many times you rank up and reset your inventory.
Here’s what will be up for grabs throughout the coming months:
Standard Battle Pass rewards
Skins:
Weapon blueprints:
Equipment skins:
Emotes, finishing moves and sprays:
