Treyarch Fixes Mars Survival Leaderboard, Grants Rewards and Opens Endgame to All

Treyarch acknowledged inconsistent tracking in the Mars Survival leaderboard event that launched with Season 2 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and announced it will grant the event rewards to all Black Ops 7 players who log in before Season 02 Reloaded, the studio said in a message summarized as "We're making it right." The studio's promise addresses leaderboard tracking errors that surfaced during the Mars Survival event and aims to ensure every eligible player receives compensation.

The original report states the compensated rewards are non‑Gobblegum items, though the published text stops mid‑list with the fragment "The compensated rewards (non‑Gobblegum items) inc" and does not enumerate specific items. Treyarch did not publish a detailed rewards list in that report, and the company has not confirmed whether the distribution will be automatic on login or require a claim. The studio's acknowledgement and the non‑Gobblegum characterization are the only concrete compensation details available so far.

Treyarch's communication follows the Season 2 launch that carried the Mars Survival leaderboard event; the studio set eligibility as any Black Ops 7 player who logs in before Season 02 Reloaded. The timeline in the reporting places the developer response amid the ongoing Season 2 lifecycle, and the player login cutoff remains tied to the Season 02 Reloaded start time, which has not been specified in the available messages.

Separately, Treyarch opened Endgame, the PvE extraction mode, to all Black Ops 7 players after initially gating access behind campaign completion. Treyarch tweeted on November 19, 2025: "We've seen an awesome response to Endgame from players who've already been dropping in, so we're making it available to everyone in #BlackOps7 starting Friday, Nov. 21. Team up with other players to complete objectives, increase your power, earn unique Weapon Camos, and take on… pic.twitter.com/2igahTPHv6" Windows Central reported the Nov. 21, 2025 opening and interpreted the change as coming within about one week of launch, asking "Has Treyarch admitted that the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 campaign is terrible? Sort of looks like it." Windows Central also praised Endgame gameplay as "a lot of fun" and added "It's a lot of fun … crazy, it's fast, there are some wild enemies, but it's so much fun" and called "The fact there's absolutely NO PvP the icing on the cake."

For now, players should log in to Black Ops 7 before Season 02 Reloaded to secure eligibility under Treyarch's stated terms. Key outstanding questions remain: the full list of compensated non‑Gobblegum items, the exact start time and time zone for Season 02 Reloaded that defines the login cutoff, whether rewards will be granted automatically on first login, how duplicates will be handled for players who already earned items, and the technical root cause of the inconsistent Mars leaderboard tracking. I will follow up with Treyarch to obtain the studio's original post, the complete compensation list, and precise distribution mechanics so players know what to expect.