Is Warzone Boosting Safe in Season 4 (2026)? RICOCHET Explained

**Short answer: legitimate Warzone services like camo unlocks, weapon leveling, and private bot lobbies remain low-risk in Season 4 (2026) — but the game's anti-cheat got noticeably stricter, so how a service operates matters more than ever.** If you're deciding whether to buy a Warzone boost this season, this guide breaks down what actually changed, what Activision is actively banning, and how to pick a service that keeps your account safe.

What changed in Season 4

Season 4 went live on June 4, 2026, and it came bundled with the biggest anti-cheat shake-up of the year. Activision is now requiring modern PC security standards to access competitive playlists, and players who fail Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA) checks are placed into a separate matchmaking pool — to access all playlists, players must successfully complete the MAA process.

If your PC doesn't pass, the restriction is real. Players who do not complete attestation are limited to Nuketown 24/7 in Black Ops 7 and Battle Royale Casual in Warzone. The check is tied to hardware-level requirements — players who do not meet TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirements see a message alerting them of their "Failed Attestation Status" and are placed into separate matchmaking pools.

Why the hardware focus? RICOCHET uses Remote Attestation to verify important PC security settings directly with Microsoft as part of its TPM 2.0 implementation; some games rely on local checks on the player's PC, but those can be manipulated to falsely report everything is clear, so Remote Attestation validates through trusted Microsoft servers instead, making it much harder for tampered systems to appear legitimate.

The takeaway for buyers: the era of a booster quietly logging into your account from a random, non-compliant machine is ending. Anything that looks like input spoofing or system tampering is now easier to catch.

What Activision is actually banning

It helps to separate real cheating from the legitimate services players actually want. The current crackdown is aimed squarely at unfair advantages:

• Scripted input devices. RICOCHET has improved detections targeting scripted input modification devices, including Cronus Zen and XIM Matrix. Encouragingly, nearly two-thirds of players temporarily banned for using these devices changed their behavior after enforcement, returning without the scripts that originally got them banned.
• Account and identity tricks. The policy is blunt here. Any attempt to hide, disguise, or obfuscate your identity or the identity of your hardware devices may result in a permanent suspension, and any attempt to circumvent security systems may result in a permanent suspension.
• Third-party cheat software. Any user who uses code or software not authorized by Activision to change or facilitate gameplay to gain an unfair advantage, manipulate stats, or manipulate game data is subject to penalty.

One line every buyer should read twice: the account holder is responsible for any infraction on the account, and penalties apply no matter who was playing at the time. That's exactly why the method behind a service is the whole ballgame.

So is boosting or a camo service safe?

Here's the honest version. No one — us included — can truthfully promise something is "100% ban-proof." Anti-cheat is a moving target and Activision iterates constantly. What we can say is that services which rely on legitimate in-game play carry far less risk than anything touching cheats, scripts, or spoofed hardware.

Legitimate camo challenges are a great example. In Season 4, Activision itself is handing out camo grinds as normal progression: you unlock the new VX Compact Assault Rifle and remastered Black Ops III camos by completing Weapon Class Challenges across Multiplayer, Zombies, Endgame, and Warzone, and there's a Mastery Camo for unlocking all eight camos across all four modes. Completing those challenges the intended way is exactly what the game rewards — the only question is whether you grind them yourself or have them done for you through normal gameplay.

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A quick safety checklist

Before you buy any Warzone service this season, ask:

• Does it use cheats, scripts, or hardware spoofers? If yes, walk away — that's precisely what RICOCHET is escalating against.
• How is the work done? Legitimate camo and leveling completion happens through actual matches, not injected software.
• What about bot lobbies? Private bot lobbies are about controlled practice and grinding, not aimbots or wallhacks. Used sensibly for leveling and camo progress, they're a very different beast from cheat software.
• Is the provider transparent? A service that over-promises "guaranteed undetectable" results is a red flag. Honest expectations are a green one.

Are cheaters winning anyway?

The community reaction is mixed, and we won't pretend otherwise. Some players feel cheating still slips through, and a spoofing vulnerability made headlines this cycle. The flaw, identified as CVE-2026-45642, allegedly allowed a user to spoof their system's security status, making features like Secure Boot appear enabled when they were not. Activision pushed back, saying "Look again, and you'll see Microsoft already fixed this."

Activision's own numbers lean optimistic — during the BO7 beta, less than 1% of cheaters made it into a match. Whether that holds up long-term in Warzone Ranked is something the community is still debating, so treat any single claim with healthy skepticism.

Bottom line

Season 4's RICOCHET update raised the floor on account security, and that's ultimately good for legitimate players. It also raises the stakes for anyone tempted by shady, cheat-based shortcuts — the detections, the hardware checks, and the "account holder is responsible" rule all point the same direction. Choose services built on real in-game play, keep your PC compliant with TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot so you're not stuck in Casual, and you can chase camos and ranks without gambling your account.

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