How it works
Eliminations grow your fortune — and make you a bigger target. You come back after dying, so the mode rewards trading and repositioning rather than hiding.
What to prioritise
Inflation is one of the few modes where the score and the danger move in the same direction — every elimination raises what you are worth. The skill is knowing when a third elimination is worth more than the safety of not taking it.
How to set up for it
The Inflation is a respawn format, which means you come back after dying, so the mode rewards trading and repositioning rather than hiding.. Choose the class that answers the objective rather than the one with the longest range.
What is not published yet
Activision has published the mode list and the format each mode belongs to. Scoring values, spawn rules, playlist sizes and the maps each mode runs on are not published and change with playlists, so check them in the live game.
Where this comes from
Reviewed October 21, 2026. Names, unlock levels and edition contents come from Activision. Tactical guidance on this page is this site’s own reading, not an official description — confirm behaviour in the live game.