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Modern Warfare 4 Maps
Modern Warfare 4 launches with twelve all-new core 6v6 maps, a modular Gunfight/10v10 space called Kill Block, and large Combat Outpost maps carved from Hajin. Nothing in that 6v6 list is a remake. If you are hunting Shipment, Transit 213 is the closest spiritual cousin — Infinity Ward has called it the new Shipment — but it is still a unique bus depot, not a crate yard copy.
Split your reading: core maps for the twelve, Kill Block for the shapeshifter, modes for Inflation and Hijack, and Warzone for Hajin BR and Zodiac. Weapon choice still depends on the lane; pair this hub with the tier list.
What ships on day one
Core 6v6 is the ranked backbone: Cachette, Coal, Lithium, Lotus, Mumbai, Munition, Nautical, Reactor U92, Rooftops, Sentry, Silkworm, Transit 213. Gunfight uses dedicated small arenas plus Kill Block. Combat Outpost — the Ground War-like 24v24 / large mode shown in the beta — uses Imjin Farmland and Wolves Stadium inside Hajin.
Warzone is not a MW4 multiplayer playlist, but the Open Beta’s second weekend attached Zodiac, a new Resurgence map, to the same client. Season 01 later brings Hajin itself into Warzone. Do not confuse Zodiac with a 6v6 launch map.
What the beta actually let you play
Weekend one: Rooftops, Silkworm, Transit 213, Cachette, Lotus, Kill Block, plus Team Deathmatch, Domination, Hardpoint, Kill Confirmed, Inflation, Search and Destroy, Gunfight, and the Mobility Course. Weekend two added Lithium, Hijack, Combat Outpost, Imjin Farmland, Wolves Stadium, and Zodiac.
That rotation is why most “map guides” online are really six-map guides. The core atlas still lists all twelve with official flavor so you are not surprised on October 23. Kill Block’s rules do not change just because the slabs do — see Kill Block.
Modes that change how a map plays
Respawn launch modes include Team Deathmatch, Domination, Hardpoint, Kill Confirmed, Free for All, plus new entries Counter Attack, Inflation, and Hijack. Hijack is a 6v6 escort: plant a Data Spike at the enemy Comm Station; it scores over time and can be defused. Search and Destroy was in the beta and remains the ranked night-mode for a reason.
If you are learning a map, play Hardpoint first. Rotations tell you more than TDM spawn flips. Then take the same map into the loadout board and swap SMG for AR when the hill sits on a long lane (Lithium, Coal) versus a market (Lotus, Silkworm).
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Frequently asked questions
How many maps does MW4 launch with?+
Twelve core 6v6 maps, plus Kill Block, Gunfight arenas, and large Combat Outpost maps. Warzone maps are separate.
Is Shipment in Modern Warfare 4?+
Not as the classic crate map. Transit 213 is the close-quarters bus depot Infinity Ward compared to Shipment.
What is Kill Block?+
A modular map at West Bridge Training Facility (two End Slabs plus a Central Slab) that reconfigures between matches and Gunfight rounds with more than 500 layouts.