After months of rumors and teases, the big day is finally here. Today sees the launch ofCall of Duty: Warzone, the standalone battle royale shooter/new mode forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare, and players from that game are definitely going to want to know how things work differently here so they can drop in and get to the 150-player action faster.
Warzonemay have been built off the foundation ofModern Warfare’s tight and fast multiplayer, but the transition to a more open battle royale formula has changed how certain rewards from the standard multiplayer are earned. These include killstreaks, which are no longer gained by simply amassing kills. WhileWarzonestill enables players to gain killstreaks as they play, for the most part they will need cash to do so.
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What Is Cash In Call of Duty: Warzone
In addition to the usual assortment of weapons and items players can find in a battle royale game,Call of Duty: Warzone’s map is also littered with stacks of cash that can be found on the ground, in loot crates, or by completingWarzone’s new contracts. Cash is actually one of the most important things for a player to collect while they fight their way through a match, as the main way to access the game’s most powerful tools and upgrades is through buying them, and this applies to killstreaks too.
How To Get Killstreaks
Killstreaks are available in both ofWarzone’s two new modes, the standard Battle Royale and the more casual Plunder, but Battle Royale is where cash is used to unlock the killstreaks. Scattered across the map are a number of Buy Stations where players can simply purchase them, along with other useful pieces of equipment like Field Upgrades or Revive Tokens to respawn fallen teammates (making for another way to revive teammates outside ofWarzone’s new Gulag system). Given how desirable these items are, though, players should expect to find plenty of opposition hanging near the Buy Stations at any point.
Killstreaks are easier to come by in Plunder, however, as players are free to select their own killstreaks and loadouts in their effort to tackle the mode’s main objective of collecting more cash than any otherthree-player squad. Either way, both modes offer the same killstreak rewards asModern Warfare’s standard multiplayer, so veteran players shouldn’t have trouble figuring out how to best use them in a battle royale situation.
Call of Duty: Warzoneis free-to-play on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
