In Call of Duty: Warzone, the Battle Royale from CoD: Modern Warfare, when you die, you are sent to the Gulag, where you fight for the respawn. There, you can support the fighters and throw stones. And these projectiles can be more important than some might think.
What is the Gulag all about? The Gulag feature is a sort of mini-game in CoD: Warzone, played on one of the 3 different versions of a compact map. You will land there if you meet your end in a Warzone match.
By the way, here, the well-known streamer Ninja complains about another Warzone feature that actually makes it unique.
This is how it goes down in the Gulag: Once in the Gulag, you wait your turn and then fight in a 1vs1 duel with a random loadout for a respawn in the main match. If you win, you get a second chance. If you lose, the match is over for you.
While waiting for your turn, you watch others fight from a sort of balcony or elevated promenade and can throw stones into the arena to distract the opponent of your fighting ally or indicate his position.
Why are stones more important than some think? Spectators and stones can currently play a more significant role than many players initially assumed. In the mini-game, you can actively support your teammates – so much so that you might even take out their opponent.
Generally, according to Infinity Ward, the stones are not supposed to be lethal. They deal 1 damage, but if a player, for example, has only one health point left, they should not be able to kill him, as the developers stated in a blog.
However, it appears that it is indeed possible. As some players have already noticed and shared, you can also eliminate the enemy in the arena with stones. Under certain circumstances, you can even kill both fighters in the arena.
As a spectator, more is possible through stone throwing than just distraction, marking, or signaling the enemy’s position. Many players were previously unaware of this.
Here you can see that a stone delivered the decisive blow to the enemy in the arena:
If you are heavily wounded and have only a few health points (HP) left, stones can also become deadly projectiles.
And here, a stone detonated a proximity mine that was laid by one of the arena fighters, killing both players in the showers and scoring a double kill:
If you manage to eliminate both players, neither of them gets a second chance – in this case, no one respawns.
Is it a bug or a feature? The fact that you can detonate a claymore with a stone is intentional. This also works with non-lethal grenades and is already known.
However, according to the developers, the stones should actually not be able to kill, even if the enemy has only 1 HP left. Therefore, this could well be a bug that might be fixed eventually. However, there has been no official statement from the developers regarding these videos yet.
By the way, in Warzone, players are also celebrating another “dirty” tactic: CoD Warzone: Dirty tactic allows kills before the match properly starts
What do the players say about it? Many commentators in the relevant Reddit posts like how it currently is and support the idea that lethal stones in the Gulag should remain. This would also provide appropriate entertainment for the spectators – just like in ancient Rome, as the general sentiment goes.
What exactly is Call of Duty: Warzone and how do I get it? Warzone is the in-house battle royale of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Owners of the game receive the mode as a free update. However, even if you do not own Modern Warfare, you can play Warzone – as a Free2Play version in standalone format, which can be downloaded separately and for free and is not tied to the main game.
If you want to download the free version, follow these links:
- PS Store: Call of Duty: Warzone (PS4)
- MS Store: Call of Duty: Warzone (Xbox One)
- Blizzard Store: Call of Duty: Warzone (PC)
Keep in mind: In the PS Store, Warzone costs 25 cents for age verification without PS Plus.
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By the way, Warzone may continue in the new CoD 2020: CoD Black Ops 2020: New details leaked about campaign, zombies, and multiplayer
