When is Ranked Play coming to Black Ops 6?

Ranked Play hits Black Ops 6 earlier than ever before, so here’s everything we know about when the mode arrives and what you can expect.

Ranked Play scratches the competitive itch for players looking for more than a standard public match. The mode uses the Call of Duty League ruleset, which restricts certain guns, equipment, and Scorestreaks. Additionally, the mode uses the same 4v4 format, pool of maps, and game modes the pros play on.

Players climb the ranks and earn new Skill Divisions by winning matches to earn a spot in the illustrious Top 250. At the end of each season, rewards are given out based on which division you finish in.

For Modern Warfare 3, the game mode launched as part of the Season 1 Reloaded update on January 17 but Black Ops 6 will release the game mode even earlier.

Black Ops 6 Ranked Play release

Ranked Play is coming to Black Ops 6 on November 21.

What to expect from BO6 Ranked Play

Black Ops 6 Ranked Play has the same familiar system as previous titles. All players must earn 50 Wins in Multiplayer to access the mode.

After that, the grind from Bronze to Irredescent begins as you accumulate Skill Rating by winning Hardpoint, Search & Destroy, and Control matches using the same map and weapon pool of the Call of Duty League.

There will be rewards to earn depending on performance, such as winning 100 games across the season.

We’ll probably need to wait and see which maps and weapons the CDL decides to use before we can know what will be available in Ranked Play, but Treyarch might just pick their own selection for the initial launch.

There are two new features this year. Before each match, three map and mode combinations are presented, and players can vote to veto one of the options. In addition, teams can vote to forfeit a match if they get blown out.

Warzone Ranked Play also returns in Season 1 Reloaded, with more details in Early December.