2025 is a big year for Call of Duty: Warzone as it celebrates its fifth anniversary with the return of the original battle royale map Verdansk, and players will be able to use some of Warzone's most iconic weapons again as part of the celebration. Every time Warzone integrates with the yearly Call of Duty release, new weapons become the go-to options, but few have had the same impact as the weapons from Modern Warfare (2019) did during Warzone's first year.

There's a lot of pressure for Verdansk's return to succeed in the wake of falling player counts, so it's letting players easily get their hands on some of the best Warzone weapons in the game's history to make coming back to the game less of a grind. One of these already exists in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, though it sees very little play in multiplayer or Warzone. That will change once Season 3 arrives on April 2 thanks to a clever attachment choice.

A Special Conversion Kit Breathes New Life Into A Disappointing BO6 Gun

The Swat 5.56 Is Going To Become A Meta Staple Overnight

The Swat 5.56 is a Marksman rifle that was quickly overshadowed by most of Black Ops 6's best weapons. It also never really took off in Warzone after the game's integration, with the XM4 outclassing it in all areas and having its own burst-fire mod attachment. That's going to change when Season 3 launches, as the Swat 5.56 will get a new Conversion Kit Attachment that turns it into the Grau 5.56 assault rifle that dominated the Warzone meta in its early years.

It's a shame the Grau won't return as its own weapon in the game. However, this new Conversion Kit is stronger than previous versions in Black Ops 6, because it will add two additional attachments to the gun. The converted Swat 5.56 will gain a 50-round magazine and a default barrel attachment, which cannot be changed, but are effectively the same attachments used on the Grau in Modern Warfare. This means you don't have a net negative number of attachments when using this conversion kit, and you'll still have four slots to use for the muzzle, underbarrel, grip, and so on.

Other Classic Warzone Weapons Are Returning For Free

You Won't Have To Grind For Hours To Use Some Of The Best Warzone Weapons

Of course, to use the Grau in Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 3, you'll need to have the gun unlocked and leveled up to use the conversion kit. That isn't the case for two more of Warzone's classic weapons that are returning. The CR-56 AMAX assault rifle and the HDR sniper rifle are coming to Black Ops 6 in the Season 3 battle , likely at tiers three and six when looking at when the BO6 and Warzone Season 2 battle weapons were unlocked.

There is one more Warzone weapon returning that players won't need to do anything to unlock other than to Warzone. The Kilo 141 Assault Rifle will become unlocked to anyone who s and launches Warzone during its launch window. Black Ops 6 Season 3 will go live on April 2, but Warzone will go down for 24 hours, and players will be able to dive back into Verdansk on April 3 with its legendary weapons once again.

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