Warzone Secret Challenges (MW4 Season 1): All 15 Zodiac Secrets and Their Rewards

Quick answer: Zodiac, the new Warzone Resurgence map that arrived with MW4 Season 1 on November 6, 2026, hides at least 15 secret challenges. None of them appear in your menus until you finish them. The best rewards are two free weapon blueprints (the DRC Prototype Vel 46 from the Trackline drone drop and the Unserialized Signal 50 for 25 weapon trades), the Perfect End Han 86 blueprint for buying the $1,000,000 nuke in Rally Point, a Classified Weapon camo, the White Tiger parachute (14 notes + 4 audio logs) and a Chemical Trail contrail (30 train cisterns). Activision confirms the Classified camo mechanic and the Rally Point rewards. Every other step below comes from players and outlets who have done them, and we label it that way. Most of them work in Rally Point, the 20-player mode with no gas circle, which makes it the easiest place to clear the list.

Activision doesn't publish a list of Warzone secret challenges. It never has, and Season 1 of Modern Warfare 4 is no different. The challenge only shows up as a "Secret Challenge Completed" banner once you've done it. So this guide does three things. It lists every Zodiac secret that has been confirmed in-game so far. It separates what Activision has said from what the community found. And it flags the three steps where the published walkthroughs disagree, so you don't waste a match on them.

New to the map? Start with our Zodiac map guide for the 10 POIs, trains and tunnels. Then come back here.

What are all the Warzone secret challenges on Zodiac?

Here's the full list as of November 14, 2026. "Official" means Activision's patch notes or Season 1 blog describe the mechanic. "In-game" means the wording comes from the completion banner or camo menu. "Reported" means outlets and players found it, and Activision hasn't documented it.

#	Secret challenge	Where	What you do	Reward	Status
1	Firing Range	Sentinel	Complete the 8 Firing Range tasks in one match	Hot Range weapon sticker (Windows Central)	In-game
2	DRC Prototype	Trackline	Call the drone fleet, loot the orange crates	DRC Prototype Vel 46 blueprint	Reported
3	Solar panels	Solar	Match the panel pattern shown on the laptop	Scaling Energy emblem + supply drop	Reported
4	Furnace	Furnace	Throw $10,000 into the furnace	Fire Arcade weapon decal + Phone EXE	Reported
5	Weapon trades	Any Trade Station	Trade 25 weapons (across matches)	Unserialized Signal 50 blueprint	Reported
6	Phone EXE	Map-wide	Pick up a Phone EXE in 6 different matches	EXE Phone weapon charm	Reported
7	Train cisterns	Trackline / rail line	Blow up 30 yellow cisterns on the trains	Chemical Trail contrail	Reported
8	Classified Weapon	Map-wide	10 kills with a Classified Weapon	Classified Weapon camo	Official
9	Nuke	Rally Point Buy Station	Buy and call in the nuke ($1,000,000)	Perfect End Han 86 blueprint	Reported (nuke is official)
10	Intel	Map-wide	Find all 14 notes and 4 audio recordings	White Tiger parachute	Reported
11	Tourist Trap	Map-wide	Visit every POI on Zodiac	Tourist Trap calling card	Reported
12	Fame	Smart displays	Get featured on the smart displays 8 times	Fame animated calling card	Reported
13	Zodiac Railway	Any	Play 5 matches on Zodiac	Zodiac Railway loading screen	Reported
14	Metal Detector	Sentinel Firing Range	Trigger a metal detector 5 times in a match	Disputed (see below)	Reported
15	Admin Tac Map	Admin	Flip two breakers, use the terminal twice	In-match intel on 10 hotspots	Reported

On top of the secrets, there are three visible event camos: Violet Striker, Neutral Ground and Renaissance. We cover them at the end. They're the ones Activision names officially.

How do you complete the Firing Range challenge on Zodiac?

The Firing Range is inside Sentinel, on the ground floor at the left side of the POI. The completion banner reads "On Zodiac, complete the 8 Firing Range tasks." The whole set has to be done in a single match, which is the part that trips people up.

Two screens on the back wall show each weapon class, the lane to stand in and the number of hits. DETONATED's list gives seven of the tasks:

• Shotgun: hit 1 target once
• Pistol: hit 2 targets 6 times
• SMG: hit 2 targets 30 times
• Grenade: hit 3 targets
• Assault Rifle: hit 4 targets 20 times
• LMG: hit 5 targets 50 times
• Sniper Rifle: hit 5 targets twice

The in-game banner says eight. Windows Central says the classes it couldn't find on the floor were pistols and launchers, which points to a launcher task as the eighth. Read the screens before you start.

How to do it fast:

• Queue Rally Point. You respawn, there's no gas, and you can buy back into your loadout.
• Put a frag grenade in your loadout. The grenade task needs one.
• Bring a pistol and a launcher. New weapons spawn under the screens as you finish categories, but those two are the hardest to find.
• Each finished class shows "Weapon Tested" on the screen.

Windows Central reports the reward as the Hot Range weapon sticker. DETONATED lists it as an emblem, so expect a small cosmetic either way. Windows Central also says an EXE phone drops after the seventh or eighth task. That makes this a solid cash opener in regular Resurgence if your squad splits the classes.

How do you get the DRC Prototype blueprint in Warzone?

This is the best free reward on the map. You get an Epic Vel 46 SMG blueprint you can use in Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer and Warzone. Windows Central adds that it comes with a one-time free craft in DMZ.

• Drop on Trackline. Go to the rooftop room in the far southeast corner.
• Interact with the computer inside to call a drone delivery fleet. It can take a second try.
• Let the drones land. Ignore everything except the orange crates.
• One crate holds the DRC Prototype. Pick it up and the challenge completes.

The two walkthroughs disagree on one step. Windows Central says to let the drones land so the crates come to you on the roof. DETONATED says to shoot them down and loot the crates where they fall. Both work. Landing keeps the crates close, so we'd go with that. DETONATED also notes you're not guaranteed the blueprint on the first run, so try again in later matches if you miss it.

How do you solve the Solar panel puzzle?

At Solar, go into the small building and find the DRC laptop with a note beside it. The screen shows a "Test Grouping Configuration": a grid telling you which panels should stand vertical and which should lie angled.

Each panel outside has an electrical box on its back that toggles it. Match the pattern and the challenge pops. You don't have to flip every panel, only the ones that are wrong. Screenshot the laptop or have a squadmate call out the grid. It's much faster with two people.

Windows Central reports the Scaling Energy emblem as the reward. You also get a supply drop with a Phone EXE inside. The drop seems to come back in later matches, so some squads now run Solar as a cash start.

What does the Furnace secret challenge give you?

You need $10,000. Go inside Furnace, walk up to the furnace itself and drop the cash into the flames. You get the Fire Arcade weapon decal. Windows Central also reports a Phone EXE dropping every time you do it.

The Phone EXE is official. The Season 1 Warzone patch notes describe it as "a lootable electronic device that periodically awards Cash while held by an Operator." Whether $10,000 is worth a phone depends on how long you expect to live. The trade is easiest early in a Rally Point session.

How do you unlock the Unserialized Signal 50 and the EXE Phone charm?

These two need the most time, and both can be done passively.

Unserialized (Signal 50 blueprint). Trade your weapon at a Weapon Trade Station 25 times. Trades don't have to be in one match and any weapon counts. Activision's notes describe the Trade Station as "exchange your currently equipped Weapon for a random Weapon of higher rarity," and Fire Sales improve what you get back. So trading during a Fire Sale moves the counter and upgrades your gun at the same time.

EXE Phone charm. Pick up a Phone EXE in 6 different matches. One per match counts, so a second phone in the same game does nothing. The quickest guaranteed sources reported so far are the Solar puzzle drop, the Furnace and the end of the Firing Range. The patch notes also confirm that Breakable Crates on Zodiac and Rebirth Island "have a chance to contain a Phone EXE."

The walkthroughs disagree on where the fixed phone is. DETONATED says there's a phone on a desk behind the biometric bunker door in Old Mines. Windows Central found a keycard scanner in a sewer tunnel south of Solar and says the door never opened for them. Until that's settled, farm phones from the three puzzles above.

Which Zodiac secrets are just grinds?

These unlock on their own if you play enough, but knowing the numbers helps you plan.

• Chemical Trail contrail: blow up the yellow cisterns on the trains 30 times. Stay back, because the explosion hurts you too. The trains run on Trackline's double railway, which Activision's map overview describes as "a double railway that cuts across the facility."
• Zodiac Railway loading screen: play 5 matches on Zodiac. Most players already have it.
• Tourist Trap calling card: visit every POI. Zodiac has 10: Admin, Trackline, Furnace, Solar, Old Mines, Dispatch, Depot, Sentinel, Cooling and R&D.
• Fame (animated calling card): get your name on Zodiac's smart displays 8 times. The screens show lobby leaders such as top score and most eliminations. Rally Point is the easy route because the match never ends.
• White Tiger parachute: find all 14 notes and 4 audio recordings. Several sit next to the other puzzles. DETONATED credits a community researcher for mapping them, and Windows Central links a full location video.

What about the Metal Detector and Admin Tac Map secrets?

These two have the weakest reward picture, so don't plan a session around them.

• Metal Detector: run through a metal detector 5 times in one match. There's one at the Firing Range entrance. It needs a few seconds to reset between triggers. DETONATED says this gives an Epic Gas Mask and then cash on each later pass. Windows Central got the completion message and no visible reward. We list it as disputed until someone shows the item in a menu.
• Admin Tac Map: at Admin, flip the breaker at the satellite tower, climb the radiation tower and flip the second breaker. Then use the terminal in the small building between the two big ones. Interact once to show the tac map on the big screen and again to download it. You get tac map intel on 10 hotspots for that match. It's useful, but nothing stays on your account.

How do you get the Perfect End blueprint and the Classified camo?

Perfect End (Han 86 blueprint). The Warzone patch notes confirm Rally Point has a purchasable nuke: "a single Nuke is available for purchase each match" on a first-come, first-served basis. Players report it costs $1,000,000 at a Buy Station and that the first one you call in unlocks the Perfect End Han 86 blueprint. The method that works: one player stays parked in a Neutral Ground ceasefire zone and holds the cash while the rest of the squad farms and drops money to them. Squads in Rally Point can be up to four players.

Classified Weapon camo. This is the one secret Activision documents. The Warzone patch notes describe the Classified Weapon Crate as holding "one of four powerful weapons from the Modern Warfare 4 arsenal," and state:

"Completing a hidden challenge with a Classified Weapon unlocks its corresponding Weapon Camo for use on other weapons." (Call of Duty: Warzone Season 1 patch notes)

The camo menu text reads "Get 10 kills with a Classified Weapon." Windows Central reports that bot kills didn't count in its run, so aim for players. In Rally Point, pushing your score to 100 earns a purple supply drop with Classified Weapons inside, and you respawn with the weapon. That's by far the easiest way to get it. We go deeper on this one in our Rally Point camos guide.

What are the three free event camos (Violet Striker, Neutral Ground, Renaissance)?

These aren't secret. Activision's Season 1 Warzone blog tells players to "look for the in-game Return to Call of Duty: Warzone Event for the chance to earn the 'Renaissance,' (Animated) 'Violet Striker,' and 'Neutral Ground' Weapon Camos." The Rally Point section confirms the mode has "an exclusive weapon blueprint and two weapon camos to unlock."

Camo	Requirement	Mode
Violet Striker	300 eliminations, players and AI both count (reported)	Rally Point only
Neutral Ground	Grab the camo case, hold it for 3 minutes, extract (in-game text: "hold and secure the Camo case")	Rally Point only
Renaissance (animated)	Win 4 matches (reported)	Resurgence or Resurgence Casual, Zodiac and Rebirth both count

One warning: Rally Point is a limited-time mode. Activision hasn't said how long it stays in the rotation, and the Rally-only rewards (Violet Striker, Neutral Ground, Perfect End) go with it. If you're short on time, clear those three first and leave the passive grinds for regular Resurgence. Also note that Rally Point kills don't count toward Grind for Royalty, because the patch notes exclude limited-time modes. See our Grind for Royalty guide for that chain.

What are players saying about the Zodiac secrets?

The Zodiac hunt has been one of the more positive threads in r/CODWarzone this season. One player who cleared every Zodiac secret posted their finished screen this week. They called the last one a real slog, said it only worked in Rally Point, and that they used a community walkthrough to finish. Most of the frustration in the comments is about the Firing Range's one-match rule and the unreliable Old Mines door, the same two steps our sources disagree on.

There's also real overlap with the camo grind. Several of these rewards are blueprints and camos you keep in multiplayer, so Zodiac secrets stack with the Warzone mastery camo chain rather than replacing it. If a counter stops moving, our camo challenges not tracking fix covers the known Season 1 tracking bugs and how to report them.

Is it worth doing every Zodiac secret?

Rank them by reward per minute:

• DRC Prototype: one trip to Trackline for a full blueprint. Do it first.
• Classified camo: about 10 player kills once you reach the purple drop in Rally Point.
• Firing Range + Solar + Furnace: three puzzles that also feed the EXE Phone charm.
• Perfect End: needs a coordinated squad and $1,000,000, so plan it as a team session.
• Unserialized, Chemical Trail, White Tiger: passive, done over a week of normal play.
• Metal Detector, Admin Tac Map: skip unless you're a completionist.

If you'd rather spend your hours on mastery camos and weapon levels than on cistern counters, the grind is the part worth outsourcing.

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• MW4 Bot Lobbies: private lobbies, level and camo grind on easy mode
• MW4 Mastery Camo Bundle: all mastery camos, fast and secure
• MW4 Weapon Leveling: max any gun and unlock every attachment
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• Warzone Bot Lobbies: easier Warzone lobbies for camo and challenge progress

More MW4 guides: the MW4 hub, how bot lobbies work in MW4, and whether Casual Resurgence still has bots.

FAQ

Can I buy this loadout instead of farming it? Yes: this loadout costs $32.61 on Timesaver, and a Timesaver pro completes it by hand within 4 hours. How handover works and what happens if something goes wrong: account safety.

Where can I see my Warzone secret challenges? You can't track them before you finish them. Secret challenges stay hidden until the "Secret Challenge Completed" banner appears. After that, the reward shows up in the matching menu (blueprints in the gunsmith, camos under Special Camos, calling cards and emblems in your identity tab).

Do Zodiac secret challenges work in Rally Point? Most of them do, according to DETONATED and Windows Central, and Rally Point is the easiest place to do them because there's no gas and you respawn. Violet Striker, Neutral Ground and the nuke for Perfect End only work in Rally Point. Renaissance needs Resurgence or Resurgence Casual wins.

Do Warzone secret challenge rewards carry over to MW4 multiplayer? Blueprints such as the DRC Prototype and Unserialized are usable across Modern Warfare 4 and Warzone, according to Windows Central, which also reports a one-time free craft in DMZ. The Classified Weapon camo is "for use on other weapons" per Activision's patch notes.

Why didn't my Classified Weapon kills count? Windows Central reports that only player kills counted in its run, not Rally Point bots. Also check that you're holding the Classified Weapon itself, not a weapon wearing its camo. If player kills still don't register, restart the game and check the counter after the match.

How long will Rally Point and its rewards be available? Activision hasn't given an end date. Rally Point is listed as a Season 1 mode, and Activision says more Season 1 details will come in the Season 1 Reloaded blog closer to mid-season. Treat Rally-only rewards as limited-time.

Is the Metal Detector secret worth doing? Only if you're near the Firing Range anyway. It's 5 triggers in one match, but sources disagree on whether it gives an Epic Gas Mask or nothing.