Multiplayer · Maps and modes
Every Modern Warfare 4 Multiplayer map at launch, with its overhead layout and the areas to learn first, plus every mode you can play on them.
Twelve maps at launch, with Shipment joining on October 27. Five of them are set in Korea.
France
A wine warehouse and an old mechanic’s garage near a French rail terminal, turned into a hidden armory.
Remote mountains
An old Soviet coal processing plant high in the mountains.
Mexico
A lithium refinery under the Sierra mountains in rural Mexico, caught in the middle of an attack.
South Korea
A Korean fishing village after an amphibious assault, scarred by the fight to take it back.
India
A fugitive’s hideout in a crowded district built around a Victorian market, with a rail line cutting through.
North Korea
A working North Korean command base with a big munitions depot.
South Korea
A Korean ferry leaving a war zone at dawn, with debris on the decks and fires along the starboard side and bow.
South Korea
A Korean reactor complex in meltdown, centred on a boiling containment pool and a curved command room.
New York, USA
The snowy rooftops of a New York hotel, the “Hotel Times West”.
Russia
An assault on a Russian military base in a whiteout, around a central command centre and wrecked barracks.
South Korea
A packed Korean shopping street with alleys around the edge and the fighting focused in the middle.
India
An overgrown bus parking lot in western India, full of brightly painted, broken-down buses.
Russia
The classic tiny map returns on a Russian harbour, squeezed between the water and concrete apartment blocks, with the layout players know.
Three large maps around Hajin, the same city as DMZ, built for vehicles and big objective fights.
Hajin, Korea
The farmland on Hajin’s edge: open fields, waterways, farms and a large mill, with long sightlines for vehicles.
Hajin, Korea
The heart of Hajin around Wolves Stadium: tall buildings, tunnels, transit lines and rooftops.
Hajin, Korea
A wooded hill between Imjin Farmland and Wolves Stadium, with roads and trails for vehicles.
Four small, symmetrical arenas for 2v2 Gunfight, where both sides get the same loadout.
Paris, France
A Paris courtyard with a fountain blocking the middle. Climb the statue for a view, or take the long, open edges.
State library
A wood-panelled library packed into a tight space, with a raised walkway over the middle.
New York, USA
A winter night downtown, around a big stage with stands and vendors to weave through.
Rail yard
A rail yard full of parked train cars you can fight in, around and on top of, with warehouses on both sides.
A modular training facility that rebuilds itself between rounds, with more than 500 layouts.
Westbridge Training Facility
A live-fire training ground built from three sections that reshuffle between rounds. Some are new; others are inspired by Crash, Highrise and Shoot House.
Core and Hardcore playlists, with Inflation, Hijack, Collateral and Combat Outpost new this year. Possession and Infected arrive for Halloween, before Season 1.
| Mode | Playlist | Time | Score limit | How it works |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respawn | ||||
| InflationNew | Core · Hardcore | 10 min | Most cash | Kill enemies to collect their cash. Carry enough and you become a High Value Target, visible to everyone. |
| HijackNew | Core · Hardcore | 4 min rounds | 300 | Carry, throw and pass a Data Spike to the enemy Comm Station, then defend the upload. |
| Frontline | Core | 10 min | 100 | Team Deathmatch where you always spawn at your base. Kills outside your base count for more. |
| Team Deathmatch | Core · Hardcore | 10 min | 100 | First team to the kill limit wins. |
| Domination | Core · Hardcore | Unlimited | 200 | Capture and hold three flags to score. |
| Hardpoint | Core · Hardcore | 5 min | 250 | Capture and hold a rotating zone. |
| Kill Confirmed | Core · Hardcore | 10 min | 75 | Collect enemy dog tags to score, and deny theirs. |
| Free-For-All | Core · Hardcore | 10 min | 30 | Everyone for themselves. The top three players win. |
| Round-based | ||||
| CollateralNew | Core | 2 min rounds | 6 rounds | Search & Destroy with a buy phase. Start with a pistol and $800, and earn cash for better gear. |
| Search & Destroy | Core · Hardcore | 2 min rounds | 6 rounds | Attack or defend two bomb sites with no respawns. |
| Gunfight | 2v2 · 3v3 · 10v10 | 50 sec rounds | 6 rounds | Everyone gets the same loadout, which changes every two rounds. |
| Ground War | ||||
| Combat OutpostNew | 32v32 | 20 min | 1500 | Domination at Ground War scale. Captured Outposts become spawns; reinforce them for a UAV, a JLTV or a Light Tank. |
| Party and training | ||||
| Gun Game | Free-for-all | 10 min | 15 | Each kill moves you to the next weapon. |
| Proving Grounds | Training | — | — | Movement tutorials and timed courses. Aim for an S rating on each. |
Modern Warfare 4 launched on October 23 with 20 Multiplayer maps: 12 Core 6v6 maps, three 32v32 Ground War maps, four 2v2 Gunfight maps and Kill Block. Shipment joins the 6v6 maps on October 27.
Yes. Shipment arrives as a 6v6 map on October 27, a few days after launch. It’s set on a Russian harbour but keeps the classic layout.
Six Core maps were in the beta: Cachette, Lithium, Lotus, Rooftops, Silkworm and Transit 213. Kill Block and the Ground War maps Imjin Farmland and Wolves Stadium were there too.
Kill Block is the Westbridge Training Facility, a modular map made of three sections that change places between rounds, with more than 500 combinations. It hosts 3v3 and 10v10 Gunfight at launch.
Yes. Imjin Farmland, Wolves Stadium and Forest are all parts of Hajin, the city DMZ is played in, so Ground War is a good way to learn its streets.
Four new modes launch with the game: Inflation, Hijack, Collateral and, for Ground War, Combat Outpost. Possession and Infected follow before Season 1.
Source: Ready for Launch: Multiplayer Maps and Modes Confirmed (Call of Duty blog, 21 October 2026). Hajin’s Ground War maps are part of the DMZ map; read more in our MW4 maps article.