Warzone Season 4 brings solos back, adds buy stations and nukes

Warzone Season 4 changed the moment players hit the ground. The biggest shift was not just Solos coming back on Verdansk and Avalon, but how much easier it became to stay alive and keep a lobby moving with more Buy Stations, refreshed Buy Station locations, and the kind of nuke talk that always sends the community back to peak-Warzone memories.

Raven Software’s patch, which was published on May 28 and arrived on May 29 at 9 AM PT, raised Buy Stations from 49 to 64 on Avalon and from 49 to 51 on Verdansk. It also refreshed their locations on both maps and fixed an issue that required players to look directly at the Buy Station to interact with it. That matters because Buy Stations sit at the center of Warzone decision-making: they are where squads buy back teammates, grab Loadout Drops, and pick up the survival gear that keeps a late game from collapsing.

The return of a dedicated Battle Royale Solos playlist on both maps is the change that will hit everyday players the hardest. After its absence left solo-queue options thin, Season 4 gave lone players a clean path back into the mode, and that changes pacing immediately. There is no teammate to stabilize a bad rotation, no second body to cover a risky buy, and no safety net after a misplaced push. In Solos, every Buy Station matters more, every circle pull gets sharper, and every mistake is more expensive.

Season 4 also brought weapon balance changes aimed at more variety, with Raven Software nerfing dominant guns and buffing suppressors. That fits the broader Warzone reset that has been building through 2025, when earlier updates already restored a more original-style Buy Station presentation in Verdansk. Season 4 extends that same idea into playlist structure and battlefield flow: make the map feel closer to the old Verdansk-era loop, but with the quality-of-life polish players have been asking for.

The chatter around nukes returning only sharpened the sense that Season 4 was reaching for something bigger than a standard patch. Warzone has always treated nuke-style rewards as community milestones, not routine balance notes, and that is why this update landed like a proper shake-up. The minute you drop in now, the match feels different: more places to buy, a real Solos lane, and a Warzone that pushes faster decisions from the first gunfight to the final circle.