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How do you get Call of Duty: Vanguard for free

How do you get Call of Duty: Vanguard for free

The Free Access period begins July 20 at 10 AM PT and lasts through July 26 at 8 AM PT.

Experience the full suite of Call of Duty®: Vanguard’s Multiplayer and Zombies Playlists with all maps and modes available during the Free Access period, including recent releases like USS Texas 1945, Blueprint Gun Game, and Shi No Numa.

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PC System Requirements

Minimum
The minimum specs needed to play Call of Duty: Vanguard
Recommended
The recommended specs to run at 60FPS in most situations with all options set to high
Competitive
The competitive specs to run at a high FPS for use with a high refresh monitor
Ultra RTX
The ultra specs to run the game at a high FPS in 4K resolution
OSWindows 10 64 Bit (latest update)Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
CPUIntel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800XIntel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
RAM8GB RAM12GB RAM16GB RAM16GB RAM
Storage Space36GB at launch (Multiplayer and Zombies only)61GB at launch61GB at launch61GB at launch
Hi-Rez Assets CacheUp to 32GBUp to 32GBUp to 32GBUp to 64GB
Video CardNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/RTX 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Video Memory2GB4GB8GB10GB
Graphic DriverNVIDIA: 472.12
AMD: 21.9.1
NotesAll Specifications require a broadband connections and DirectX 12 compatibility.
Additional storage space may be required for mandatory game updates.
Hi-Rez assets cache is optional disk space that can be used to stream high resolution assets. That option can be turned off in the game settings.
Only Intel/AMD processors (with AVX Instruction Set) are supported at this time.

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Call of Duty ® : Vanguard Two-Week Free Access

From March 30 to April 13, 2022, try out Vanguard Multiplayer for free, including new Season Two maps, a new objective mode, and a featured Playlist offering a variety of the most popular maps in the game.

Call of Duty ® : Vanguard Two-Week Free Access

From March 30 to April 13, 2022, try out Vanguard Multiplayer for free, including new Season Two maps, a new objective mode, and a featured Playlist offering a variety of the most popular maps in the game.

Spring is finally here, and what better way to celebrate the change of seasons than by engaging in some epic Call of Duty: Vanguard Multiplayer. Invite your friends to join in on the action with the first ever two-week-long Free Access period featuring [selected] new and popular Vanguard Multiplayer maps and modes.

We’ve extended our Free Access period to two weeks, beginning March 30 and lasting through April 13, to get you a taste of the full-depth experience in Vanguard. Here’s what’s included:

Play New Season Two Maps: Casablanca, Gondola

During the Free Access period, players can jump right into the latest Multiplayer maps launched in Season Two: Casablanca and Gondola.

Casablanca: A shining jewel of Morocco, Casablanca is a medium-sized, three-lane-style map within a bustling marketplace. With several buildings to explore and climb upon, expect a variety of vertical engagements that invite both close- and long-range tactics.

Gondola: Don’t look down on this medium-sized, three-lane-style map. Take a trip on the Gondola to travel above a large gulch and fire watchtower, but hop off before it goes off the cliff! Operators can also take advantage of the long sightline this gondola route provides, or head through the power plant and caves for more close-quarters battle.

Capture and Secure Bases in the Alps

Drop in and compete in a new large-map objective mode set in the Alps featuring new vehicles and one major objective: capture all the bases to win.

Once a base is captured, Operators can choose to respawn at that base or at any other captured points on the map, in addition to spawning in on their fellow squad member. Bases automatically set up gates for the defending team within, allowing safe passage for allies and shutting itself when enemies are nearby.

Every friendly base contains several Buy Stations for additional armaments and abilities, including vehicles to help you traverse the map more quickly. Here, you can use Cash earned by capturing objectives or picking it up from enemy players to purchase weapons, equipment, Killstreaks, and Field Upgrades, or you can even use your Custom Loadouts.

Join in on the Chaos: Shipment, Das Haus, and More

In addition to the latest maps and modes, Free Access players will also be able to jump into a diverse Multiplayer Playlist featuring Vanguard’s most popular maps, such as Shipment, a Call of Duty® classic, and Das Haus, another small map that favors plenty of action. For Free Access players who want to be in the heat of the action every second of the match, this is the Playlist for you. Vanguard also includes other maps popular with the community like Hotel Royale, Dome, and Radar, which can be played on modes like Domination, Control, Hardpoint.

Vanguard Multiplayer Free Access begins on March 30 and ends on April 13.*

Call of Duty ® : Vanguard Free Access – Try Multiplayer with Max 2XP, During Festive Fervor Upgrade for Season One Gifts

From December 16 to December 21, try out Vanguard with Maximum Double XP enabled and get rewarded with Tier Skips, an XP Boost and WarzoneTM-ready weapons when you upgrade to the full game.

Call of Duty ® : Vanguard Free Access – Try Multiplayer with Max 2XP, During Festive Fervor Upgrade for Season One Gifts

From December 16 to December 21, try out Vanguard with Maximum Double XP enabled and get rewarded with Tier Skips, an XP Boost and WarzoneTM-ready weapons when you upgrade to the full game.

by Call of Duty Staff

The most wonderful time of the year is here: a free access weekend for Call of Duty: Vanguard Multiplayer, complete with Max XP bonuses, during Festive Fervor.

From December 16 at 10 a.m. PST to December 21 at 10 a.m. PST, Vanguard will feature Max Double XP bonuses – Player XP, Weapon XP, Operator XP, Clan XP, and Battle Pass XP – during its Multiplayer Free Access weekend.

This limited-time Free Access weekend features three playlists, two of which should get you into the Festive Fervor spirit.

One is the Free Kills Playlist, a mix of Team Deathmatch, Domination, and Hardpoint at all Combat Paces on the new map Radar as well as Das Haus, Hotel Royal, Eagle’s Nest, Numa Numa, and Shipment. This playlist will also include Armageddon and Shipmas following the Festive Fervor Update at 9 p.m. on December 16.

Following that update, another playlist will go live: Shipmas 24/7, featuring the exact same modes and all combat pacings, but with – as the name suggest – Shipmas all day, all the time (or at least, for 24 hours across five days).

Both of those playlists are set to feature Festive Fervor festivities as part of the update during the Free Access Period, so be on the lookout for Elf Team Six and avoid Krampus’s naughty list by playing the objective!

The Free Access weekend will also feature Champion Hill, the new survival tournament mode where building an effective loadout is just as important as having fast reflexes and quick thinking in tense small-team battles. This Champion Hill playlist will be a Trios tournament, so grab two squadmates and prepare for this challenging ascent towards victory!

Should you enjoy this Multiplayer free access event, there is no better time to get the full Call of Duty: Vanguard experience, as anyone who owns or purchases the game before December 31 – including those who upgrade during this Free Access weekend – will get a sleigh full gifts for slaying use in Vanguard and Warzone Pacific:

– 10 Battle Pass Tier Skips for Season One – Enough automatically unlock a free Calling Card and 100 COD Points, or even more rewards if the Season One Battle Pass is purchased.

A 10% Global Player, Weapon, and Battle Pass XP Boost During Season One – Earn that next Prestige Icon, weapon attachment, or Battle Pass Tier just a bit quicker with this XP Boost.

– The 24 Vanguard Tiers of the Season Six Battle Pass. If you have not already earned them last season, anyone who purchases Vanguard will receive these for free.

Note: these awards will be available after December 16 at 9 p.m.

Don’t know if you want all these free rewards on top of Vanguard’s gripping Campaign and its Multiplayer and Zombies experiences, which are set for even more free content in 2022? Then give Vanguard Multiplayer a try during the Free Access period, get a taste of World War II like you have never seen before, then grab all these additional rewards for the game and Warzone Pacific when you upgrade.

Vanguard Multiplayer Free Access begins on December 16 at 10 a.m. PST and ends on December 21 at 10 a.m. PST. An additional download is required to play. See your platform for details on file size. Check your squadmates’ objective-playing capabilities before they get hunted down by Krampus.