The Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta is on its last full day. Infinity Ward posted that Double XP and Double Weapon XP go live Sunday at 10:00 AM PT and stay on for the rest of the beta, and the Call of Duty account said the same thing in the same window. The beta itself closes Tuesday, September 1 at 10:00 AM PT. After that the ladder resets and the kit goes away until October 23.
Official. The Double XP window comes straight from the Call of Duty and Infinity Ward posts, and the Level 21 to 30 ladder, the Level 30 cap and the August 28 to September 1 beta window come from Activision's own beta reference blog and beta page. What no official page has published yet is the content of Sunday's patch notes. Infinity Ward says more updates and fixes are coming with them, and nothing else about them is settled.
What the studio actually posted
- Double XP and Double Weapon XP Live Sunday at 10:00 AM PT and running through the remainder of the beta. Both the Call of Duty and Infinity Ward accounts state it.
- The cap is still 30 Weekend Two raises the Player Level cap from 20 to 30. Double XP moves you toward that ceiling faster, it does not lift it.
- The Level 30 reward Infinity Ward points at the Beta Forged weapon blueprint as the thing to close out before the servers go down.
- More updates today Infinity Ward says another round of updates and fixes lands with Sunday's patch notes. Those notes had not posted when this went up.
- The hard deadline The Open Beta closes Tuesday, September 1 at 10:00 AM PT, and gameplay progression resets when it does.
Why Hardcore SnD cares
Almost every tool a bomb round is actually decided by sits in the top third of this ladder. Ghost unlocks at 24, the integrally suppressed X-58 at 27, Battle Hardened at 28, Smoke Wall at 29 and Cold-Blooded at 30. A player who stalled in the low twenties has spent the weekend testing a version of Search and Destroy that will not exist at launch. Double XP on the final day is the only thing standing between that player and the real kit.
- Weapon XP is the quiet half Double Weapon XP moves attachments, and attachments are where a Search and Destroy loadout is decided. A gun at level one is not the gun you will run in October.
- Test the counter, not just the tool Heartbeat Sensor at 23 and Ghost at 24 are one rung apart. Holding both is the only way to learn which one wins a site read.
- There is nothing to bank Gameplay progression resets when the beta ends, so pacing yourself buys nothing. Whatever you do not unlock today, you do not get to test at all.
The ladder resets Tuesday. What you did not unlock, you did not test.
What double XP does not fix
It buys levels, not answers. Infinity Ward has spent this weekend moving time to kill, spawns, movement and aim assist, and it said in Saturday's notes that it is still watching weapon feedback with more changes possible. So the kit you unlock today sits on top of tuning that is still moving, and Sunday's patch notes had not posted when this was written. Unlock the gear, form a read, and hold the read loosely.
Double XP and Double Weapon XP start Sunday at 10:00 AM PT. The Open Beta ends Tuesday, September 1 at 10:00 AM PT. Everything on the gameplay side resets then. Cosmetic beta rewards tied to your Activision Account carry to launch on October 23.
Sources to review
- Infinity Ward posts Double XP and Double Weapon XP for the remainder of the MW4 Beta (Infinity Ward on X)
- Call of Duty posts Double XP and Double Weapon XP starting Sunday through the end of the MW4 Beta (Call of Duty on X)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta: Everything You Need to Know (Call of Duty)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta (Call of Duty)