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Several Black Ops 6 operators with black bars censoring their eyes and appearance.
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All Call of Duty season start and end dates

New seasons, new content, and new opportunities to grind.

Each Call of Duty season comes bundled with huge content patches. These patches are essential to keeping the existing player base engaged with their favorite game while attracting many returning or new players to the franchise.

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The season system embraced its final form with the release of Modern Warfare and Warzone. It was unclear what would happen to the season count with the release of new CoD games, but Black Ops Cold War answered that question by resetting the season count to one.

That trend continued in Vanguard, Modern Warfare 2, and Modern Warfare 3, and now Black Ops 6 and beyond looks to continue even further with subsequent Call of Duty releases over the next few years. Activision has found a formula that works when it comes to making some cash and pumping out content from its numerous talented development studios.

All CoD seasons start and end dates

Black Ops 6 multiplayer operators fighting inside a museum
The seasons are a-changing. Image via Activision

Black Ops 6 season one start date

The final season of MW3, season six, will come to a close when BO6’s first season kicks off on Nov. 14. Seasons will follow every two months, with a midseason update happening at the mid point of each season also adding new content.

MW3 ended up with six seasons of content, and will go down as one of the one of the most well-supported games when it comes to post-launch, live service additions. Weekly challenges, Aftermarket Parts, and seasonal updates along with several collaborations kept players coming back for more throughout 2024.

BO6 does not have weekly challenges or Aftermarket Parts like MW3, unfortunately. But with more Zombies content than MWZ ever had most likely on the way, there should be plenty of weapons, maps, operators, Zombies experiences, cosmetics, collaborations for store bundles, and a slew of Warzone updates (including the return of Verdansk) to come throughout 2025.

With Treyarch at the helm and studios like Raven help support BO6’s post-launch content, you can bet there will be plenty of stuff for players to come back for.

Here’s the full list of all of the recent CoD seasons with their start and end dates.


SeasonEra and season start dateEnd date
CoD MW19 logoThe Modern Warfare era
OneDec. 3, 2019Feb. 11, 2020
TwoFeb. 11, 2020April 7, 2020
ThreeApril 7, 2020June 10, 2020
FourJune 10, 2020Aug. 4, 2020
FiveAug. 5, 2020Sept. 28, 2020
SixSept. 29, 2020Dec. 16, 2020
CoD BOCW key artThe Black Ops Cold War era
OneDec. 16, 2020Feb. 25, 2021
TwoFeb. 25, 2021April 21, 2021
ThreeApril 22, 2021June 16, 2021
FourJune 17, 2021Aug. 12, 2021
FiveAug. 13, 2021Oct. 6, 2021
SixOct. 7, 2021Dec. 7, 2021
CoD Vanguard key artThe Vanguard era
OneDec. 8, 2021Feb. 13, 2022
TwoFeb. 14, 2022April 27, 2022
ThreeApril 27, 2022June 22, 2022
FourJune 22, 2022Aug. 24, 2022
FiveAug. 24, 2022Oct. 28, 2022
CoD MW2 key artThe Modern Warfare II era
OneNov. 16, 2022Feb. 1, 2023
TwoFeb. 15, 2023April 12, 2023
ThreeApril 12, 2023June 14, 2023
FourJune 14, 2023Aug. 2, 2023
FiveAug. 2, 2023Sept. 26, 2023
SixSept. 27, 2023Dec. 6, 2023
MWiii logo key artThe Modern Warfare III era
OneDec. 6, 2023Feb. 7, 2024
TwoFeb. 7, 2024April 3, 2024
ThreeApril 3, 2024May 29, 2024
FourMay 29, 2024July 24, 2024
July 29, 2024Sept. 18, 2024
SixSept. 18, 2024TBA
CoD BO6 key artThe Black Ops 6 era
OneNov. 14, 2024TBA

This article will be updated as more CoD seasons are released and new information is revealed by Activision and its development studios.


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