The Gulag is the cool respawn feature of Call of Duty: Warzone and offers you a revival in the battle royale when you deserve it. However, it seems that sometimes you get even more right now – a God-Mode-Light with extra speed.
What was that? Immortal through the Gulag? Yes, well, almost. Apparently there is a bug that causes some players to come back to the game almost immortal after their Gulag visit. Although they probably have to be bought back, the soldiers take less damage and run through Verdansk at a tremendous speed.
Call of Duty: Warzone is currently struggling with problems outside of gameplay. Many cheaters are wreaking havoc in matches, bothering fair teams with aim bots or real God modes, and since update 1.20, there have been massive server issues.
The Gulag bug is likely to cause trouble again. If the problem occurs more often, normal players could also be confronted with a sudden God-Mode-Light and probably not everyone will make the right decision to end the glitch immediately. At least you probably can’t cause any harm yourself. But see for yourself:
What’s there to see? “Serhan Cakmak” uploaded this video to YouTube back in March and provided information about the round in the comments. These are the key scenes of the 6-minute video:
- 0:27 minutes: Landing at the Superstore – The movements seem unusually fast
- 3:39 minutes: The first time “taking damage” – The “Call for Help” indicator is visible at the bottom of the screen the whole time
- 4:45 minutes: Fight against a team in a stairwell – Could not deal damage with the shotgun
- 5:40 minutes – While looting, a teammate notices that he can “revive” Serhan when standing next to him. He is now back to normal speed
- 6:00 minutes – Since the “revival” of the teammate, he receives the “Give Up” prompt. He presses the button and the game takes him out on the spot
In the comments on the video, “Serhan Cakmak” wrote that he had to be bought back by his teammates for $4,500 after winning in the Gulag. This only worked after several attempts. Something was definitely off.
Because his match changed completely after visiting the Gulag. With a speed buff, he was running at record speed across the map. His entire movement was enhanced – movements, reloading, health regeneration starting. Plus, his armor took no damage.
When he encounters an enemy team, it is noticeable that while he does not distribute damage, such a strengthening of stats can bring a big advantage when playing in a team. Moreover, he takes some hits and still has plenty of health left, the health also seems noticeably stronger.
The brief “revival” of the otherwise fit player then ended the speed buff and the “Give Up” prompt appeared in the center of the screen. Shortly thereafter, Serhan reportedly became curious and pressed the give-up button. The game then sent him straight to observer mode without a KO phase – similar to the explosive arrows of the crossbow.
What happened there? That is unclear. But it seems to be a bug that doesn’t spawn you correctly. You have some functions that are otherwise only available when you are on the ground. You can call for help, and teammates can “revive” you, and also you take no damage to your armor plates. These don’t exist otherwise when you are down.
Currently, Warzone seems to have problems with the correct revival of players. With an exploit, players can easily win the match when they are revived in the endgame. None of these bugs have been fixed yet, but the developers are already working on a fix for the faulty revivals according to their Trello board.
They are aware of the problem when a supposedly living player can be revived and are working on it.
So is God-Mode just a serious bug? It’s not a real God-Mode. While there is a significant advantage with this bug, a simple victory is not guaranteed. A true God-Mode looks rather like this:
Here, the opposing player can easily defend against a rushing four-man team and knocks out the thread author “The___Shadow” in the last circle with a melee attack.
Infinity Ward has assured several times that they are working hard on the cheater problem. If you want to know more about how the IW security team operates and why there is currently a petition against Activision Blizzard’s ban policy, check this out: Players demand an explanation for bans.
