How to Level Up Fast in MW4 With Double XP Tokens

Want to know how to level up fast in MW4? Start before your first multiplayer match. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 hands out MW4 Double XP tokens through its campaign, and DMZ progress counts toward your multiplayer rank. Stack both early and the climb to Level 55 gets a lot shorter.

Guns level on a separate track with their own MW4 weapon XP. Below, you'll find the fastest way to level up in MW4 for your rank, your guns, and your Prestige path.

MW4 Level Up Fast Summary

• Finish the campaign first to earn three Double XP Tokens and two Double Weapon XP Tokens, usable in Multiplayer and DMZ from October 23.

• Clear all three Daily Challenges every day for 15,500 XP, and spend the daily reroll on the one that fights your loadout.

• Play some DMZ, since DMZ XP also counts toward your 55 multiplayer levels.

• Spread early weapon XP across guns that share attachments, then put a Double Weapon XP Token on the gun you want to max.

• Pick Classic Prestige at Level 55 if speed matters most, for 20% more XP.

Farm MW4 Double XP Tokens in the Campaign First

The campaign is the cheapest source of MW4 Double XP at launch. Activision's campaign early access post lists 16 rewards earned as you progress through the missions, and five of them are tokens: three Double XP and two Double Weapon XP.

All of those rewards work in Multiplayer and DMZ once the full game goes live on October 23. Digital pre-order and pre-purchase owners have had campaign access since October 16, and anyone who rolls the credits before Friday starts multiplayer with five tokens banked. Our MW4 campaign review covers whether the story is worth your evening on its own merits.

Activision hasn't said how long each token lasts. I'd only fire one when you have an hour or more to play.

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How to Level Up Fast in MW4 Multiplayer and DMZ

Daily Challenges are the one XP source with fixed numbers in Activision's progression and prestige guide. Multiplayer gives you three a day at 2,500 XP each, plus an 8,000 XP bonus for clearing all three, which adds up to 15,500 XP. A daily reroll swaps out one that doesn't suit your class.

Multiplayer has 55 levels, from Private I to Commander. DMZ runs its own 70-level track, and DMZ XP also feeds your multiplayer level. It doesn't work the other way: Multiplayer and Warzone XP never touch the DMZ track.

Activision lists playing the objective as an XP source next to playing matches, eliminations, and challenges. Objective play also fills your Killstreak meter, like capturing a point in Domination. Objective modes are my pick for player XP, though Activision publishes no XP rates per mode.

Weekly Challenges skip Season 1, according to the launch patch notes. Events fill the gap, starting on launch day with rewards such as Apex Attachments and weapon camos.

How to Level Up MW4 Weapon XP Faster

MW4 weapon XP comes from using a gun in Multiplayer or DMZ. Max level varies by gun: Activision's guide shows 72 for the HAN 86 and 38 for the Sang 9mm.

Shared attachments speed the whole thing up. The launch patch notes say weapon progression gets faster with every shared attachment you've earned, and each one is ready on every compatible weapon right away.

Put a Double Weapon XP Token on the gun you want to max first. Its last reward is an Apex Attachment, which the MW4 multiplayer overview says sits outside the regular attachment slots. Camo challenges come from the same matches, so check our MW4 camos guide before you settle on a grind order.

When to Prestige in MW4

You pick a Prestige path at Level 55 and again after each of the 10 Prestige levels. Classic Prestige resets the items you earned by leveling and your Create-a-Class progress, and in return gives you 20% more XP, a Permanent Unlock Token, and bonus cosmetics.

Regular Prestige sends you back to Level 1 and keeps those level items and your Create-a-Class content. For raw XP, Classic pays more, at the cost of rebuilding your classes. Our Classic vs. Regular Prestige guide compares both paths in full.

Weapon Prestige stays optional. A gun only resets if you choose Weapon Prestige 1 after max level, and Weapon Prestige Master levels never reset. Short on hours for a week-one grind? Call of Duty Accounts on GameBoost let you start from an account that already has progress on it.

FAQs About MW4 Level Up Fast

Final Words

Plenty of players will skip the campaign and miss the easiest head start in the game. Five tokens for a story that early access owners can finish before launch day is a good trade.

After that, Daily Challenges carry the grind. At 15,500 XP a day, with Weekly Challenges missing from Season 1, they're the only XP Activision has put a number on.

Week one should answer how long a Double XP Token runs and whether a Double XP event lands before Season 1. Hold a couple of tokens back until you know.

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