Rebirth of the Dead

"Out of control experiments on Rebirth Island have reanimated the dead. Can you survive the infestation?"

— Playlist description

Rebirth of the Dead is a limited-time mode featured in Call of Duty: Warzone that was available between July 27th and August 11th, 2022 and returned on October 13th, 2022. The mode is similar to Zombie Royale, the mode takes place on Rebirth Island during the night and supports 40 players in Quads.

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When killed, a player would turn into a zombie and redeploy in the map instead of being sent to the Gulag or waiting for Resurgence. Human players dropped two syringes of Antivirals upon death; if a Zombie player retrieved four Antivirals, they would be sent back into the map as a human player again. However, if a zombie is killed they must be redeployed by a human squadmate.

Unlike in Zombie Royale, new additions were added. Those being when zombies are eliminated, the Infestation Meter fills. Once it's full, all spectators will be returned as zombies. There are also a set of Supply Drops that will drop Medical Supplies such as Antivirals and Armor Plates. Zombies can also preform Finishing Moves on Humans to get a free redeploy.

As a zombie, a player could only attack human players who are highlighted and their footprints remained temporarily visible. While Zombies were somewhat weak, being unable to use armor plates, they had three different actions at their disposal like in Zombie Royale:

Charged Jump which allowed them to jump to high places quickly. The longer the jump was charged, the higher the jump was and the cooldown until the next Charged Jump.
Gas Grenade which disoriented the enemy living players and made them unable to use weapons when inside the gas cloud.
EMP Blast which destroyed enemy electronics and disabled vehicles, digital optics and player HUD within its blast radius.