Call of Duty Warzone Easter Eggs — What You Actually Need to Know

This comes up often enough in Call of Duty that it deserves a straight answer rather than a thread to scroll through.

Most of the disagreement online comes from people describing different versions of Call of Duty. Edge cases are genuinely rare, which is why the simple answer is usually the correct one. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts.

When the usual advice fails

The accepted community answer is broadly right and wrong in a specific way that matters here. The mechanic behind it is simpler than the discussion around it suggests. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. Testing this yourself takes a few minutes and settles it definitively.

Nothing here depends on a setting you are unlikely to have. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. It is worth separating what the game does from what players have concluded it does.

What to do instead

Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first.

• Do not build a routine around an edge case.
• Note the exception cases — they are specific rather than vague.
• Check the version you are actually running before assuming anything is broken.
• Check which version any conflicting advice was written for.

Why it works this way

Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep.

A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time.

The practical answer

Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. Everything below is framed around the current state of Call of Duty rather than a launch-week impression. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why.

Call of Duty is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about.

Worth knowing alongside this

There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over.

Where people go wrong

• Ignoring the platform-specific note and then wondering why the steps do not line up.
• Treating a rare edge case as the normal behaviour and planning around it.
• Changing five things at once and then not knowing which one helped.
• Grinding a method that was patched months ago because a thread still ranks well.

Call of Duty FAQ

Do I need any mods or third-party tools for this?

No. Everything described here works with the base game on any supported platform.

Why do people disagree about this?

Mostly because they are describing different versions. Version drift explains the majority of contradictory advice about Call of Duty.

What is the short answer?

It is the paragraph near the top. Everything after it exists for the cases where that paragraph does not quite fit.

Why do other guides describe this differently?

Most were written for an earlier version and never revisited. Compare the steps against what your build actually shows.

If you only take one thing from this: the answer near the top is the part that matters, the rest is context.