CoD Warzone: Better audio settings

From the first iteration of Call of Duty: Warzoneaudio has played a vital role in improving survivability by helping players detect and anticipate enemy movements. Optimizing your audio settings is essential to clearly hear footsteps, track enemy locations, and avoid unexpected encounters.

Given the survival-focused gameplay, where the intensity varies depending on the mode, staying in tune with enemy movements is key. Alongside Treyarch's audio updates in Black operations 6Raven Software has implemented audio adjustments to improve occlusion, steps, ascenders and parachutes specifically for War zone. With that in mind, here are the best audio settings to maximize your performance in free-to-play battle royale.

Related

How to Unlock Mastery Camos in CoD Warzone

The Black Ops 6 integration gives players the first Call of Duty: Warzone Mastery camo. Find out how to unlock them.

The best audio settings for Call of Duty: Warzone

THE Call of Duty: Warzone You may need to adjust the audio settings listed below to accommodate each player's unique hearing preferences. That said, these settings are specifically optimized to amplify enemy footsteps, highlight crucial audio cues in the game, and avoid occlusion, ensuring an enhanced gaming experience.

Volumes

• Main game volume – 80
  • Game music volume – 0
  • Volume of dialogues – 50
  • Effect volume – 100
  • Film music volume – 0

Audio device

• Advanced headphone mode – Worn out

To minimize distractions while gaming, it's essential to effectively balance your audio settings. Keep the Effects volume up to ensure you can hear critical sound cues as you turn the volume down Dialogue volume by about half. This reduces potential annoyance while still allowing you to gain vital information from announcers or in-game dialogue without having to rely solely on visuals.

BO6 AND War zone introduce a new advanced headphone mode. While this setting is very effective in multiplayer mode, it can sometimes be ineffective in War zonecreating an occlusion effect that muffles the surrounding audio. However, if you like better directional sound accuracy, you can try Embody's Universal profile by turning this setting on. This free tool could improve spatial awareness and provide precise 3D audio.

Global

• Audio mixing – Headphones
• Speakers/Headphones Gaming audio device – Default system device (PC)
• Mono audio – Worn out
• Mute licensed music – Disabled (recommended for streamers/content creators only)
• Asymmetric hearing compensation – Worn out
• Configure the intensity of the frequency
  • Left channel frequency
    • 250Hz: -50
    • 500Hz: -50
    • 1k: 50
    • 2k: 50
    • 4k: -50
    • 6k: -50
    • 8k: -50
    • 10k: -50
  • Right channel frequency
    • 250Hz: -50
    • 500Hz: -50
    • 1k: 50
    • 2k: 50
    • 4k: -50
    • 6k: -50
    • 8k: -50
    • 10k: -50
• Speaker output – Stereo (PC)
• Mute game sound when minimized – Off (PC)

Functionality

• Reduce the sound of tinnitus – UP
• Hitmarker preset – Default

Choosing Audio Mix ultimately depends on the type of audio device you're using, but the Headphones the option is optimized for amplify critical sounds like enemy footsteps, helping you stay ahead in the game. If this audio mix seems lacking, try switching to the headphones' bass boost, which enhances low-end frequencies and adjusts dynamic range and EQ for a more immersive experience.

Improvement of frequency settings AND reducing the sound of tinnitus it can also be useful. By reducing intrusive or distracting sounds while increasing the frequencies that highlight threats in your game, you can improve your situational awareness and respond more effectively to your surroundings.​​​​​​​

Voice chat

• Voice chat volume – Worn out
• Voice chat – Worn out
• Proximity chat – UP
• Body shield chat – UP
• Last words voice chat – UP
• Game voice channel – Just party
• Voice chat output device – Default system device (PC)

Microphone

• Microphone level – 100
• Test the microphone – Worn out
• Microphone mode – Press to talk (PC)
• Open microphone sensitivity: 70
• Mute the audio when connecting to the channel – Worn out
• Microphone input device – Default system device (PC)

Voice chat AND Proximity chat they can be valuable tools in War zoneallowing you to strategize with teammates or pick up on enemy movements. However, they it can sometimes overwhelm other critical audio signalssuch as announcer updates or impending enemy attacks. For this reason, keeping them disabled may be the best choice to maintain situational awareness. That said, if you prioritize communicating with teammates or even opponents, enabling these features can still be a viable option.