MW3 account reset to level one? Here’s why

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone players have been encountering a wild bug across the board today as players’ accounts everywhere have seemingly been reset to level one.

This widespread glitch has been known to cause mass hysteria among the game’s player base, but frankly, there’s no need to worry as a fix is on the way. When you launch CoD: MW3, you may notice that your rank and level appear to have been reset all the way to the starting point, with your account being shot back down to level one.

This bug remains the same for all players as you’ll notice in-game that many others are stuck at level one as well. Unfortunately for fans of the franchise, the source behind this bug is still a mystery.

Thankfully for players, though, this glitch will not permanently thrust your account back down to level one—we can’t see how that would happen without there being nothing short of riots in the streets—and the devs are working on a solution to the issue as we speak. 

Here’s what we know so far about the MW3 account reset to level one glitch.

Why are your MW3 and Warzone accounts level one? 

As of right now, there’s nothing you can do to fix the glitch that’s placed your MW3 account back at level one. You’ll simply have to wait for Activision to implement a fix that brings everyone’s accounts back to where they’re supposed to be. This issue has happened before and was eventually fixed.

The error has popped up once more on July 8, resetting player levels and progress to level one, and even resetting progress on current event progression. Thankfully, though, since it’s happened before, it will likely be fixed again soon.

For example, on April 9, 2024, Activision posted that the reset bug was caused by “a service outage that prevented progress from being tracked in various modes and features, including events, challenges, Battle Pass, SR, access to specific modes like Zombies, and more,” but it was “recovering” and would normalize soon.

It’s unclear at this time if any progress you make during this bizarre period of halted leveling will be lost in time forever, or if the gains you make while technically stuck at level one will be added to your account once a fix is miraculously implemented. 

Considering this glitch is extremely widespread and relatively major, we expect the Call of Duty devs to do everything in their power to make sure it’s resolved as soon as possible, especially considering that the weekly update and new challenges for new items is looming overnight.