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    Warzone Hot Pursuit guide: Everything you need to know to win

    Chase, escape, survive

    ON THIS PAGE:

    • What is Warzone Hot Pursuit?
    • How to play Warzone Hot Pursuit
    • Can’t find Hot Pursuit?
    • Best loadout for Warzone Hot Pursuit
    • What’s new in the Warzone update: Season 03 Reloaded
    Warzone Hot Pursuit
    Written By Eray Eliaçık

    Reviewed by: Naim Rosinski

    (Content Manager & Editor)

    Last UpdatedMay 5, 2026 at 03:12PM
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    Warzone Hot Pursuit is one of the fastest and most exciting modes ever added to Call of Duty: Warzone. Unlike standard Battle Royale, this limited-time mode is built around high-speed vehicles, nonstop action, and role-based gameplay. If regular Warzone is about careful rotations and slow positioning, Warzone Hot Pursuit is about movement, pressure, and quick decisions.

    In this Warzone guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about Prop Hunt Royale, including how the mode works, how to play, the best strategies for both Props and Hunters, and tips to help you survive longer and win more matches.

    What is Warzone Hot Pursuit?

    At its core, Warzone Hot Pursuit splits players into two groups:

    • Police
    • Thieves
    Credit: Call of Duty/Youtube
    Credit: Call of Duty/Youtube

    Each side has its own vehicles, abilities, and playstyle.

    Police Role

    Police are built for tracking and hunting enemies. Their job is simple: find Thieves and eliminate them quickly.

    Police vehicles include:

    • ATV
    • JLTV
    • Light Heli

    These vehicles come with special abilities:

    • Radar Pulse (Sirens): reveals nearby Thieves on the mini-map
    • Heli Bonus: shows the direction enemies are moving
    • Wall Vision: lets you see enemy vehicles through walls and terrain

    Police have strong information tools, which makes them deadly in coordinated squads.

    Thief Role

    Thieves are all about speed, evasion, and survival.

    Their vehicles include:

    • UTV
    • Dirt Bike

    Special abilities include:

    • UTV Boost: extra speed to escape pursuit
    • Active Camo: temporary invisibility on Dirt Bike
    • Smoke Deployment: breaks enemy vision instantly
    • Loot Tracking: helps locate high-tier loot caches

    Thieves win by staying unpredictable.

    How to play Warzone Hot Pursuit

    Follow these steps to play Warzone Hot Pursuit:

    • Launch Call of Duty and open the main menu.
    • Select Warzone.
    • Go to Play / Playlists.
    • Find and click Hot Pursuit (LTM).
    • Choose Solos or Quads.
    • Press Start / Deploy / Find Match to queue.
    • Load into Avalon and start playing.
    Credit: Call of Duty/Youtube
    Credit: Call of Duty/Youtube

    Can’t find Hot Pursuit?

    If you don’t see it:

    1. Update the game
    2. Check Season playlist rotation
    3. Restart the game
    4. Look under Limited-Time Modes
    5. Make sure Warzone servers are online

    Hot Pursuit is a limited-time playlist, so it may disappear when Activision rotates modes.

    Best loadout for Warzone Hot Pursuit

    Because Warzone Hot Pursuit is fast-paced and focused on close-to-mid-range fights, mobile builds perform best.

    Category

    Best Options

    Why It Works in Warzone Hot Pursuit

    Primary Weapons

    Aggressive Assault Rifles

    Strong damage with good mobility for fast fights

     

    SMGs

    Excellent close-range power, quick handling, and fast movement

     

    Sniper-Support Builds

    Balanced option for medium-range fights without sacrificing speed

    Key Weapon Stats

    Fast ADS

    Lets you aim quickly in sudden fights

     

    Quick Reload

    Keeps you ready during nonstop engagements

     

    Mobility

    Helps with repositioning and aggressive pushes

     

    Manageable Recoil

    Improves accuracy while moving

    Tactical Equipment

    Smoke Grenades

    Great for escapes, revives, blocking sightlines, and safe vehicle exits

    Lethal Equipment

    Semtex

    Strong for sticking vehicles and flushing enemies from cover

     

    Drill Charge

    Excellent for damaging vehicles and enemies behind cover

    Credit: Call of Duty/Youtube
    Credit: Call of Duty/Youtube

    What makes Warzone Hot Pursuit great is simple: it removes slow moments and replaces them with nonstop action. Between Police tracking tools, Thief escape abilities, boosted vehicles, Resurgence redeploys, and Avalon’s large map, every match feels intense from start to finish.

    To dominate Warzone Hot Pursuit, master three things:

    • movement
    • vehicle control
    • enemy prediction

    Do that, and Warzone Hot Pursuit becomes one of the easiest—and most fun—ways to rack up wins in Warzone.

    What’s new in the Warzone update: Season 03 Reloaded

    Warzone Prop Hunt Royale arrived with the Season 03 Reloaded update, the major mid-season update for Call of Duty: Warzone. Alongside this new mode, the update also introduced several new additions to Warzone, including:

    Feature

    What’s New

    Warzone Prop Hunt Royale

    New 24v24 limited-time mode on Rebirth Island where players alternate between Props and Hunters. Props can disguise as loot caches, office chairs, Buy Stations, barrels, and more.

    Hot Pursuit 

    A 100-player police vs thieves mode on Avalon, focused on fast vehicles, special abilities, and squad survival.

    New Equipment: Spikes

    Buy Station stimulant that adds Armor Salvaging, Prone Firing, and Handicraft (equipment regeneration).

    Cluster Grenade

    New lethal equipment added to Core Battle Royale and Resurgence, designed to flush squads out of cover.

    New Weapons

    Added the Siren Special Weapon (energy projectile weapon) and Katana melee weapon through seasonal events.

    RoboCop Event Pass

    Mid-season event featuring RoboCop rewards, skins, blueprints, and the Siren weapon unlock.

    More Mid-Season Content

    New store bundles, weapon attachments, ranked rewards, and weekly challenges across Warzone, Multiplayer, and Zombies.

    That’s all for today! Don’t forget to check out these Warzone guides and news too:

    • New Warzone map release date and time
    • How to get Ghost title in Warzone: Weapon recommendations & more
    • Best settings for Warzone 2.0 Xbox
    • Best graphics settings for Warzone 2
    • Explained: Call of Duty Warzone on Switch

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