Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s 18 Multiplayer Perks Will Unlock Between Levels 4 and 48
Create-a-Class opens at Level 4, with 6 perks available at the start and one pick allowed from each of 3 slots.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s 18 Multiplayer Perks will unlock through Player Level progression when the game launches October 23, with the full set spread from Level 4 to Level 48. The first six arrive at Level 4, when Create-a-Class becomes available.
Each loadout can equip one Perk from each of the 3 slots. Create-a-Class also opens the game’s weapon and equipment progression at Player Level 4. Here is every Multiplayer Perk, its slot, unlock level, and effect.
Modern Warfare 4 Multiplayer Perks and unlock levels
| Perk | Slot | Unlock level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick Fix | 1 | 4 | Killing players or capturing or holding objectives immediately triggers health regeneration. |
| Overkill | 1 | 4 | Lets you carry 2 primary weapons. |
| Hardline | 2 | 4 | Reduces Killstreak cost by 1. |
| Blood Rush | 2 | 4 | Enables Tactical Sprint for a burst of speed. Kills replenish stamina. |
| Lethal Reach | 3 | 4 | Lets you throw equipment farther and shows its trajectory. Weapon-butt attacks automatically use your dedicated melee attack. |
| Combat Grid | 3 | 4 | Reveals enemy Equipment, Field Upgrades, Killstreaks, and vehicles through walls. Friendly players are highlighted too. |
| High Alert | 1 | 8 | Your vision pulses when an enemy player spots you from outside your view. |
| Battle Hardened | 3 | 12 | Reduces the effects of enemy Tacticals. |
| Bomb Squad | 2 | 16 | Reduces damage from non-Killstreak explosives, resets fuse timers when you pick up live grenades, and grants immunity to Knockdown. |
| Fast Hands | 2 | 20 | Speeds up reloading, equipment use, and weapon swaps. |
| Ghost | 1 | 24 | Keeps you undetectable by enemy callouts, UAVs, portable radars, and heartbeat sensors. |
| Scavenger | 3 | 28 | Enemies drop an ammo cache you can retrieve when they die. Launcher ammo is excluded. |
| Ninja | 2 | 30 | Makes your footsteps quieter and significantly reduces how far away they can be heard. |
| Resupply | 1 | 31 | Equipment recharges over time, maximum capacity increases by 1, and Field Upgrade earn rate increases. |
| Tracker | 3 | 32 | Shows enemy footprints and Death markers. Kill markers are hidden. |
| Cold Blooded | 3 | 36 | Keeps you undetectable by AI Targeting Systems, Thermal Optics, Recon Drones, Spotter Scopes, Snapshot Grenades, and High Alert. |
| Birdseye | 2 | 40 | Zooms out the minimap, and UAV and Radar pings reveal the enemy’s direction. |
| Kill Chain | 1 | 48 | Kills from Killstreaks award half streak points. |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Developed by Infinity Ward
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is a first-person shooter and the follow-up to Modern Warfare III (2023), continuing the rebooted Modern Warfare storyline. The campaign is set during a North Korean invasion of South Korea and features dual perspectives: a young South Korean soldier named Private Park facing his first combat deployment, and Captain Price operating outside official channels on a personal mission. The game also includes multiplayer with 6v6 core maps, large-scale vehicle combat maps, and a dynamic map system called Kill Block that reshapes layouts between rounds. A DMZ extraction mode is also featured. The game is released exclusively on current-generation platforms and PC.
- Genre Shooter
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Perspective First person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release October 23, 2026
- Publisher Activision
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