Many Warzone Ranked Play players found themselves reset back to Bronze 1 at the start of Season 4,letting my dog have his way with me in sex videos and when the devs dropped a fix for the issue, some players received much more SR than they’re meant to have.
At the start of every new Warzone season, there’s a rank reset. Bronze and Silver players aren’t affected, those in Gold and Platinum are set back to Gold 1 and Platinum 1 respectively, and anyone Diamond or above automatically goes back to Diamond 1.
Article continues after adHowever, a bug at the start of Season 4 set many players back too far, with some even going back to Bronze 1, regardless of what rank they were. The devs fixed the issue on June 11, not only giving everyone back the SR they lost at the start of Season 4, but they’ve also added all the SR earned since the start of Season 4 on top of that.
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We are deploying a fix to address accounts that received a steeper rank setback than intended in Ranked Play: Battle Royale at the beginning of Season 04.
Affected players will have their missing SR awarded on top of any SR earned since the start of…
Warzone players get SR doubled through Ranked Play fix
Thanks to this change, if you earned 5,000 SR in Season 3 to be in Diamond, were set back to Bronze 1, then reached Diamond again in Season 4, you’ll now have 10,000 SR and be in Iridescent.
Article continues after adThe problem is that it’s much easier to get SR at these lower levels. So even though they’ve technically earned enough SR to get into the Top 250, they’ll have had a much more forgiving deployment fee and easier lobbies on the whole.
At the top end of the ranks, this has catapulted some players into the Top 250, knocking out those who have legitimately grinded their way to be among the best of the best. This happened to retired pro player and streamer OpTic Scump, who got another 5,000 SR thanks to the update and was placed 14th in the world.
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— OpTic Scump (@scump) June 11, 2025
However, it should balance out by the end of the season, as Crimson and Iredescent players accidentally placed into the Top 250 will more than likely have a very tough time maintaining that spot.
If you’ve now found yourself in a Division much higher than you’ve been in before, it’s worth making sure you’re using the best Ranked Play loadouts and have locked in the best controller, audio, and PC settings.
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