Warzone often features seasonal Faction Missions or daily/weekly challenges that provide additional objectives beyond simply winning the match. These are excellent for earning Battle Pass XP, cosmetic rewards, and in-game cash.
- Daily Challenges: These reset every 24 hours and typically involve simple tasks like 'Get 3 Headshots with an SMG' or 'Open 5 Loot Boxes'. Completing them grants XP.
- Weekly Challenges: More involved challenges that reset weekly, such as 'Get 15 Kills with an Assault Rifle' or 'Complete 3 Contracts'. These offer more substantial XP and sometimes Battle Pass tiers.
- Seasonal Challenges/Events: Major updates often bring limited-time events with multi-stage challenges. These can involve specific objectives on the map, collecting items, or achieving certain milestones. Rewards often include unique weapon blueprints, operator skins, emblems, and calling cards. Keep an eye on the 'Events' tab in the main menu.
- Weapon Challenges: Unlocking camos and attachments for your weapons involves completing specific challenges (e.g., 'Get 50 Kills while Crouching' for a specific weapon). While not directly a 'side quest,' it's a significant grind for many players.
Strategy: Check your challenges before each play session. Often, you can naturally complete them by playing, but sometimes you might need to adjust your playstyle or weapon choice to specifically target a challenge.
While Warzone utilizes Faction Missions to drive progression, Call of Duty: World at War instead relied on its iconic prestige system and weapon-specific challenges to unlock rewards.
While Warzone utilizes these missions for seasonal progression, the mechanic evolved from the Mission Team system in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare which rewarded specific playstyles.