Season 5 adds a Japanese festival map, a Zombies lighthouse, Warzone's Drone Labs, three new weapons, and the last free-access window for Endgame.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone start Season 5 on July 23 at 9:00 a.m. PT, and this update is trying to serve every corner of the ecosystem at once.
Multiplayer gets a new Japanese festival map and two remasters. Zombies moves into a lighthouse. Warzone adds a new Verdansk point of interest. Endgame receives a vehicle assignment and new ability modifiers. Three weapons enter the shared arsenal.
That is a lot of roadmap noise, so here is the part that actually matters.
Jubilee is the main multiplayer map
The new 6v6 map Jubilee is set in a rural Japanese town during a festival. Its layout mixes a long central street with tighter flanking routes through a garden, residential spaces, food stalls, a palace museum courtyard, and a pachinko room.
The design sounds intentionally flexible: long-range players can contest the main road, while faster builds work the side lanes and interior spaces.
Season 5 also brings back Dig and Frequency as remastered maps. Later in the season, Turbo Tilt drops players inside a Nuketown-themed pinball machine, while a new Freerun course focuses on movement and parkour.
New and returning modes include Overdrive Domination, Gauntlet Rush, and the midseason Cranked Moshpit.
Zombies heads to Eidskallen Lighthouse
At launch, Zombies receives the Eidskallen Lighthouse Survival map. The location gives the mode a naturally tense structure: narrow interiors, exposed exterior routes, vertical pressure, and the constant visual threat of the sea around it.
The larger story continues toward a midseason confrontation with the Warden, positioned as the conclusion to the Black Ops 7 Zombies arc. Directed content for Kowakujō and additional Rogue Run material are also part of the season.
For players who have stayed invested in the story, the midseason update may matter more than launch day. Season 5 is being framed as an ending, not just another content drop.
Endgame gets Burn Run and Ability Boosts
The new Burn Run assignment puts a squad into a bomb-rigged vehicle and asks players to race through a course before time expires. Hitting marked arches and running down enemies or objects adds seconds, while repair pickups and speed boosts keep the vehicle moving.
Ability Boosts add temporary exotic upgrades to a player's equipped major and minor abilities. These modifiers can reduce cooldowns, add ammunition, introduce extra damage types, or otherwise strengthen a build during the match.
There is also a deadline attached to Endgame. The mode remains free through the end of Season 5, but when Season 6 begins, access moves out of the Warzone menu and becomes limited to Black Ops 7 owners.
Warzone adds Drone Labs to Verdansk
Warzone's major map change is Drone Labs, a new point of interest on Verdansk. The season also includes new modes, gameplay features, and another Resurgence Ranked Play cycle.
The value of any Warzone POI depends on more than how it looks. Loot density, rotations, elevation, vehicle access, and nearby buy stations will determine whether Drone Labs becomes a regular drop or a place squads ignore after launch week.
Expect the first few days to be chaotic while everyone explores the same buildings.
Three weapons join the arsenal
Season 5 introduces the FG42 assault rifle, Gremlin SMG, and Mammoth LMG.
The FG42 is the recognizable name, but balance will decide which gun shapes the season. A fast-killing SMG can take over close-range Warzone loadouts, while an LMG with manageable recoil can dominate team modes and long sightlines.
Players should expect early tuning once real match data exposes outliers. A weapon's launch-week reputation rarely survives the first serious balance pass.
TGS takeaway
Season 5 has a clean three-part pitch: Jubilee for multiplayer, the lighthouse for Zombies, and Drone Labs for Warzone.
The less obvious story is Endgame's free-access deadline. Players who have been curious about the PvE mode have one final season to try it without owning Black Ops 7. That makes July 23 more than a normal seasonal reset — it is also the start of the countdown before one part of Call of Duty moves back behind the premium game.