Warzone Payload Bug Makes it Impossible to Win on Attacking Side

A Call of Duty: Warzone player recently discovered a match-breaking glitch in Payload that effectively makes it impossible for the Attacker Team to win.

One of Activision's main additions for Warzone Season 4 Reloaded was Payload, the battle royale's first objective-based game mode.

Inviting 40 players to 20v20 action on Verdansk '84 that allows them to "build or destroy barriers and purchase buildings" in respawn-enabled, custom loadout-filled chaos, Payload has found a community that sees it as more than simply a great way to level up guns and get challenges completed. However, it seems this bug may throw a wrench in the game mode.

On Aug. 3, u/daisy679 posted a thread to the r/CODWarzone subreddit with the title, "I know I'm one of the few players actually having fun in Payload, but this bug is killing me." The attached 13-second clip shows just how severe the glitch is.

In Payload, the attacker team must ensure the truck convoy reaches its final destination.

Since Operators are not "licensed" to operate the flatbed truck under any circumstances, the trucks move remotely and only do so when they are properly escorted by players. As such, the pair of trucks slow to a stop if obstacles placed by the Defender Team are in their path.

In this case, the Attacking Team simply can physically destroy the obstructing obstacles with a planted bomb.

However, as shown by daisy679, the trucks remained stopped even though there appears to be nothing for them to destroy and no defenders contesting them. Ultimately this ended up costing the attackers the entire round.

With Season Five for Warzone on the way, Raven Software should definitely make sure to patch this bug right away. At the time of writing it seems as if this is a rare issue at the moment, as it isn't listed on the devs' Trello board.