Warzone Season 4 Reloaded Meta Guns 2026: What to Level Now

What are the best Warzone guns in Season 4 Reloaded?

The strongest all-round picks in Warzone Season 4 Reloaded (as of early July 2026) are the AK-27, Carbon 57, MK35 ISR and DS20 Mirage — a solid AR-plus-SMG core that covers long range and close quarters. If you want one safe setup to start with, run an AR for mid-to-long range and an SMG for pushes, then adjust as the patches keep moving things around.

The meta shifts almost weekly, so treat any tier list as a snapshot rather than gospel. Below is where things stand right now, why it changed, and — because this is what actually saves you time — how to get these guns leveled and camo'd without grinding for weeks.

The current Season 4 Reloaded meta, decoded

Season 4 launched on June 4, 2026, and the midseason Reloaded update dropped on June 25. Both patches reshaped the sandbox in ways worth knowing before you commit hours to a weapon.

The headline change came at the season launch: the biggest attachment update affects suppressors — rather than having players automatically choose the Monolithic Suppressor, the devs buffed suppressors across the board by granting a damage-range benefit to all Black Ops 7 assault rifles, SMGs and LMGs, while the Monolithic Suppressor's damage range and bullet velocity bonuses were reduced. In plain terms: you're no longer forced into one muzzle, and more builds are viable.

Raven also went after the previous kings. Season 4 nerfed dominant picks like the Kogot-7 SMG and MK.78 LMG while buffing suppressors to encourage more diverse loadouts. Then Reloaded pushed a few sleepers up the charts: several weapons received direct improvements and could emerge as midseason meta — among assault rifles, the MK35 ISR now deals more damage and benefits from an increased medium damage range, while the VX Compact received buffs to damage range and bullet velocity.

A batch of ARs also got recoil and handling tuning. Reloaded includes attachment balance changes to assault rifles, with adjustments to the DS20 Mirage, EGRT-17, M15 Mod 0, MXR-17, Peacekeeper Mk1 and Voyak KT-3, primarily targeting recoil behavior and aim-down-sights speed.

AstroBoost tip: After every Season and Reloaded patch, spend ten minutes re-checking your loadout before you blame your aim. A gun that felt great last week can quietly drop a tier after a tuning pass.

Quick picks by role

• Do-it-all AR: AK-27 — reliable at mid-to-long range and forgiving to use.
• Aggressive SMG: Carbon 57 — currently one of the top close-range TTK options.
• Buffed long-range option: MK35 ISR — noticeably better after the Reloaded damage bump.
• Flexible AR alternatives: DS20 Mirage and MXR-17 — both saw handling tweaks and remain strong.
• New unlock to try: VX Compact — the fresh AR from the season's event, buffed at Reloaded.

Why leveling the right guns matters more this season

Here's the catch nobody enjoys: a meta weapon does you no good if it's stuck at level 1 with none of its attachments unlocked. Those suppressor and barrel changes only help if you've actually earned the parts. That's hours of XP grinding per gun — and with the meta rotating every couple of weeks, you can easily sink a weekend into a weapon that gets nerfed before you've maxed it.

This is where a weapon leveling service earns its keep. Instead of farming XP in modes you don't enjoy, you get the meta gun maxed and ready, then jump straight into the fights that matter. It's the difference between chasing the meta and actually playing it.

If your goal is the flashy reward at the end of the grind, our Warzone camo and challenge boosting service can knock out specific camo challenges — like the BO7 Apocalypse camo — so your maxed meta gun looks the part too.

Camos and events worth chasing right now

Season 4 also brought a limited-time event with real rewards. Players can unlock the new VX Compact Assault Rifle and contraband remastered Weapon Camos smuggled in from Black Ops III titles by completing Weapon Class Challenges across Multiplayer, Zombies, Endgame and Warzone, with a Mastery Camo for unlocking all eight camos across all four modes.

Win-streak rewards were also refreshed for the new season. Win Streak rewards were updated for Season 04, the prior Season 03 rewards are no longer obtainable, and reaching 10 consecutive wins earns the Primordial Streak static camo while 25 consecutive wins earns the Ethereal Reflection animated camo. Chaining 25 wins in a row solo is a genuine grind — exactly the kind of milestone that a boost or a private practice environment can make realistic.

One quality-of-life note for camo hunters: several Snipers and LMGs had a camo challenge requiring kills while moving, which was changed to require kills while using a Suppressor — the XR-3 Ion, VS Recon, Hawker HX, XM325 and Sokol 545. Given the season-wide suppressor buffs, that's an easier challenge than it used to be.

Is leveling and camo boosting safe in Season 4?

Honest answer: no service can promise a bulletproof account, and anyone claiming to be "100% ban-proof" is lying. Season 4 is Activision's most aggressive anti-cheat era yet, and it's worth understanding what's actually being enforced.

In Season 04, Activision is requiring modern PC security standards to access competitive playlists — players who fail Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA) checks are placed into a separate matchmaking pool, and those who don't complete attestation are limited to Nuketown 24/7 in Black Ops 7 and Battle Royale Casual in Warzone. That's mostly aimed at cheat hardware and tampered systems, not ordinary players.

Crucially, RICOCHET distinguishes between hardware cheats and account activity. RICOCHET looks for cheating in multiple ways, including client- and server-side detection, monitoring applications during gameplay, behavioral models and hardware-tampering checks — essentially looking for attempts to manipulate the game or take automated actions with superhuman speed or accuracy. Legitimate human play — even played by a skilled booster on your behalf — is a very different thing from an aimbot or a Cronus Zen. That said, the account holder is responsible for any infraction on the account, and penalties apply no matter who was playing at the time.

The takeaway for buyers: choose a service that plays legitimately (no cheat software, no third-party input devices), and understand that camo and leveling work carry far less risk than anything touching Ranked SR or fraudulent purchases. If a provider is vague about how they play, walk away.

Bottom line

The Season 4 Reloaded meta rewards flexibility: the AK-27, Carbon 57, MK35 ISR and DS20 Mirage are the safest bets today, but suppressor buffs mean more guns are viable than in past seasons. The smart move is to level and camo the guns you'll actually use — and skip the parts of the grind that eat your evenings.

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