Depending on the nature of the infraction, players may be issued an in-game warning instead of a penalty. Be sure to review all warnings carefully, understand the infraction, and make the necessary adjustments to avoid future penalties.

Temporary bans can vary in length depending on the severity of the infraction.

Permanent bans are lasting and final, and can apply across titles, including past, present, or future titles in the Call of Duty franchise. In some cases, players with a permanent ban on their account may also be unable to purchase Call of Duty games.

Only permanent bans may be appealed. Visit this page to request a ban appeal.

• Accounts in this state may be placed in limited matchmaking lobbies with other accounts in a similar state.
• Members of a player's party may also experience limited matchmaking lobbies while partied with a player in this state.
• Players and their party members may not earn progression in limited matchmaking lobbies.
• At any time, the account may be returned to normal matchmaking, placed in a limited matchmaking state again, or it may receive a temporary or permanent ban or other penalties.

• Members of a player's party may also be subject to Ranked Play restrictions while partied with a player in this state.
• Restrictions may last for the remainder of an active Season, carry over to multiple upcoming Seasons, or be permanent across future Call of Duty titles.
• At any time, an account may have a Ranked Play restriction lifted, be placed in a restricted Ranked Play state again, be placed in a limited matchmaking state, or receive a temporary or permanent ban or other penalties.
• Skill Rating (SR) points and rewards may be revoked. See Improperly Obtained Downloadable/Unlockable Content below for more information.

While RICOCHET Anti-Cheat is used for data collection and machine learning to reduce cheating, the system also includes several in-game mitigations to identify and hinder cheaters. These only apply to players who violate Activision's Software License and Service Agreement.

• Hardware bans apply to the device and not the account. If hardware is banned, the player may attempt to log in on a different device to check if the account is in good standing or if additional account penalties were applied.
• Devices with an active hardware ban cannot be used for online gameplay, and can apply across titles, including past, present, or future Call of Duty games.
• Hardware bans can vary in length. To check the hardware’s status, log in with an account in good standing on any crossplay Call of Duty title on the device. If the hardware is banned, a status notification will be displayed. At any time, the banned hardware may be cleared for online gameplay or be banned again for another violation.
• Hardware bans are not eligible for appeal.

Players should exercise caution when purchasing, borrowing, or using secondhand, shared, or publicly accessible devices. Hardware bans may remain in effect on devices previously used when policy violations occurred, which could affect access to online gameplay.

• A full reset of stats, emblems, and weapon customizations
• A full inventory reset
• A temporary ban from using the inventory system

• A permanent block from appearing in leaderboards
• Deletion of all leaderboard entries

• Renaming of Activision account and/or Clan Tag
• Removal of rename tokens

• Revocation of online split-screen privileges
• Revocation of in-game party privileges

• Revocation of Call of Duty Points and/or in-game items
• Restricted from purchasing in-game content
• Revocation of gifting privileges

• Temporary ban from select features including the ability to submit reports

• Be muted in public in-game communications

Exploiting the game for the purpose of gaining XP, prestige, game score, weapon level, or in-game unlock.

Any attempt to circumvent our security systems.

Decompiling or reverse engineering game code or data on disk or in memory. To "Decompile" or "Reverse Engineer" the software is a breach of the Software License and Service Agreement, section 3 (7). "You agree that you will not do, or allow, any of the following:… (7) subject to applicable laws, reverse engineer, derive source code, modify, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works of the software…"

Acquiring COD Points via fraudulent means.

Additional penalties may be applied for Fraudulently Acquiring Call of Duty Points. Please refer to the Call of Duty Points and Transaction Restrictions section above for more information.

Abusing an exploit in game code or other established rule of play. An example includes, but is not limited to, using a hole in the map geo to intentionally go outside of the map boundary.

Purposefully preventing another player from playing the game as intended by exploit or repeated unsporting behavior, such as intentional friendly fire.

Users that are found to have illegally acquired any Call of Duty title, or obtained content or entitlements outside of normal gameplay. Penalties will not be issued for content obtained by gifting, social means, customer service intervention, and/or promotional events.

Using in-game reporting systems for malicious intent such as knowingly providing false reports against other users and/or falsely spam reporting legitimate users to negatively impact their gameplay experience.

Additional penalties may be applied for Malicious Reporting. Please refer to the Player Reporting Suspensions section above for more information.

Using aggressive, offensive, derogatory, or culturally charged language. Cyber-bullying and other forms of harassment are considered extreme offenses and may result in a harsher penalty. For more information, please review the Call of Duty Code of Conduct.

Additional penalties may be applied for Offensive Behavior. Please refer to the Usernames and Clan Tag Actions and In-game Communication Suspensions sections above for more information.

Any attempt to hide, disguise, or obfuscate your identity or the identity of your hardware devices.

Utilizing an unsupported external hardware device or application to interact with the game and use for cheating. Unsupported peripheral devices and applications include, but are not limited to, unapproved input modification devices, modded controllers, IP flooders, and lag switches.

Utilizing any code and/or software not authorized by Activision that can be used in connection with the game and/or any component or feature thereof which changes and/or facilitates the gameplay or other activity, including to gain an unfair advantage, manipulate stats, and/or manipulate game data. This includes, but is not limited to, aimbots, wallhacks, trainers, stats hacks, texture hacks, leaderboard hacks, injectors, input mapping software, or any other software used to deliberately modify game data on disk or in memory. Detection of unauthorized software may also result in the automatic closure of the application.