Season 1 Reloaded introduces Ranked Play for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III, offering a streamlined online competitive experience for the most skilled and dedicated players.
Ranked Play is available to all players who reach Rank 55. Winning matches is the key to the Rank system, offering more rewards and ranking opportunities for victories. In addition, the Rank system includes Skill Rating (SR), SR Forgiveness, Demotion Protection, and other Competitive Integrity Features.
Ranked Play is the official competitive 4v4 Multiplayer experience for Modern Warfare® III, using the official rules, restrictions, maps, and modes from the Call of Duty League. Whenever the Call of Duty League rules are updated, those changes will also be reflected within Ranked Play rules.
For more information about competitive game settings and restricted items, check out the latest rules for the Call of Duty League.
All unrestricted items – including weapons and attachments – are automatically unlocked within this mode to ensure a level playing field for all players.
All Ranked Play matches will be played on a set list of modes and maps:
CDL Hardpoint
CDL Search & Destroy
CDL Control
Playing Ranked Play matches grants Skill Rating (SR), which is used to determine where players fall based on one of eight Skill Division milestone achieved:
Skill Division Tiers
All Skill Divisions except for Iridescent have 3 Tiers: Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III. Climb into higher Tiers as you advance your way through each Skill Division.
The Top 250 Leaderboard and Division
The 250 best players with the highest SR above 10,000 will place on the Top 250 Leaderboards. The Top 250 will be active at the beginning of each Season and start to fill as the best players climb above 10,000 SR and qualify for Leaderboard recognition.
To help keep track of your favorite CDL Pros who qualify for the Top 250 Leaderboard, each Pro who reaches the Top 250 Leaderboard will have their CDL team affiliation and player profile displayed on their ranking.
Ultimate Bragging Rights
In addition to new Rank and Seasonal Rewards in Modern Warfare III, the #1 Ranked Play player will receive a unique, one-of-a-kind Calling Card and Emblem at the end of each Season.
A player's Skill Rating (SR) is based mainly on the result of every match played: win the match to gain SR, or lose the match and lose SR. Individual performance and your team's overall performance will impact the amount of SR gained or lost each match. More emphasis will be placed on team performance within higher Skill Divisions to ensure all winning playstyles are appropriately rewarded.
Every Skill Division lower than Iridescent has three Tiers to progress through, giving players more milestones to reach as they progress through each Division.
Everyone will start as a Bronze Ranked player, which means you can play at any time and compete with everyone else across Ranked Play, without placement matches. This more straightforward overall experience excludes Ladders and Ladder Points, so you can focus on winning matches and gaining SR.
To ensure competitive fairness and balance of matches in higher Skill Divisions, players in certain Divisions can only party up with players around their current SR. The player with the highest Skill Division in the party determines which Party SR Restrictions are used:
The Rank represents your cumulative progress in Ranked Play, starting at Rank 1 and going through Rank 50. You will earn a Star for each Ranked Play match win. Keep earning Stars to progress to the next Rank in your journey to Rank 50.
Every five Ranks awards a new symbol that appears in the color of your Skill Division. Unlike Skill Divisions, Ranks do not reset between Ranked Seasons.
Each win also counts toward a Seasonal Win Challenge, which will offer new rewards each Ranked Season.
Your highest Skill Division placement for the Season determines where you start for the next Season:
Penalties & Suspensions
Players who disconnect or quit matches will receive SR penalties as well as temporary suspensions, with escalating penalties for repeat offenders.
SR Forgiveness
If a matchmade player disconnects or quits in the middle of the match, all team members outside of that player’s party will not lose any SR.
It is still possible to earn SR if players can overcome their disadvantage, but a loss at a numerical disadvantage will not yield SR loss for players outside of the leaving player’s party.
Match Cancel
If a player quits or disconnects before the start of a match, the match will be canceled and will not count. The remaining players will be returned to the main menu.
Professional Conduct Only
Friendly Fire is enabled in Ranked Play per CDL rules. Repeated Friendly Fire will result in players being kicked from games and receiving penalties and suspensions.
Demotion Protection
After advancing to a higher Skill Division, players will be granted temporary Demotion Protection and will not lose any SR within the first three games in the new Division. Following that initial protection, if players were to lose enough SR to be demoted, they will first be dropped to the minimum threshold of their current Skill Division instead of being demoted. Losing their next match will result in all Divisions
Demotion Protection is also applied for the player’s first 3 games of each Ranked Play Season.
Party SR Restrictions
To ensure competitive fairness and balance of matches in higher Skill Divisions, players in certain Divisions can only party up with players around their current SR. The player with the highest Skill Division in the party determines which Party SR Restrictions are used:
Similar to how Skill Divisions are determined, your highest Skill Division placement for the Season determines what rewards you earn:
Winning a Ranked Play match also counts toward two other systems: your Rank and Seasonal Win Rewards.
Modern Warfare III Multiplayer Ranked Play offers a variety of valuable rewards available to players at launch and Season after Season.
Unlocked Rewards can be used in Modern Warfare III and Warzone. Unlock what the mode has to offer to show off your Rank and Skill wherever you play.
Separate from the player’s SR and Skill Division is Rank. Rank persists across Seasons to celebrate the player’s lifetime win total across their Ranked Play career.
All players start at Rank 1 and can progress to Rank 50.
Players increase their Rank by winning matches to earn Stars. Each win grants one (1) Star. Win enough matches and you’ll earn enough Stars to reach the next Rank.
Every five Ranks players will progress their Rank icon and unlock a set of Rank rewards unique to that milestone along with a Calling Card that represents the player’s achieved Rank:
At the end of each Season, players will be awarded Skill Division rewards that represent their highest attained Division that Season.
Division Skins
Earn a Skill Division Skin for use with both CDL Male and Female Operators on both Factions to represent your highest Skill Division. Once the Skins from one Skill Division have been unlocked they can be permanently used in following Seasons in Modern Warfare III and Warzone:
Each Ranked Play Season will have a unique set of Division Rewards awarded at the end of the Season to celebrate the player’s highest Skill Division reached that Season.
If you are missing a Ranked Play reward that you earned, please try restarting the game and looking again. If your reward is still not showing up, please reach out to us for assistance.
