"Get a kill, get cranked and get faster movement, reload and ADS. Rack up your next kill within :30 seconds or you'll explode! Tick... tick... tick - BOOM! Kills give you extra Abilities, 2x scoring, and 30 seconds to live. Chain kills to stay alive!"
— Description
"Once you get a kill, keep killing to stay Cranked."
The mode is similar to Team Deathmatch with two teams competing to earn kills. Whenever a player gets a kill, they earn a "Cranked" bonus, giving them faster movement speed, reload, and ADS. Upon getting the bonus, the player is given a 30 second timer. After each kill or assist the player earns, the timer will reset. If the player fails to get a kill or assist within the time limit, they will explode and die.
The first kill a player gets upon spawning or respawning will add one point to the team's score. Each "Cranked" kill or each kill the player gets with the timer will add two points to the team score. The first team to reach 100 points wins the game.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III[]
Cranked was added to Modern Warfare III as part of the Season Four update. This version, labeled as Hyper Cranked, put the player into Cranked status the second they spawn in.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6[]
"Chain eliminations to earn buffs and extend your cranked timer. Keep the timer up to stay alive or BOOM you're dead!"
— Description
Cranked was be added to Black Ops 6 on August 21st, 2025 as part of the Season Five update. It functioned like in previous iterations in which players will be put into Cranked after getting a kill. It takes place on Team Deathmatch, Kill Confirmed and Hardpoint.
Cranked Demolition[]
A variant of Cranked, known as Cranked Demolition, will be added with the Season Five Reloaded update in which Cranked is put into effect within the Demolition mode.
Gallery[]
Cranked icon in Ghosts.
Modern Warfare playlist icon.
Video[]
CoD Ghosts Cranked Gameplay on Strikezone
Gameplay.
Trivia[]
Cranked explosions cannot damage other players (expect Call of Duty: Mobile).
This game mode may be a reference to the movie "Crank," in which a man has been injected with a poison that will kill him if he doesn't keep his heart rate up.
