This guide uses confirmed official information. Recommendations are practical starting points; live balance and availability should be checked in the game.
One Operator per loadout
Activision states that each loadout can be assigned its own Operator, and that all 33 are usable in both Multiplayer and DMZ. That makes the Operator a per-class choice rather than an account-wide one, so different slots in the same match can run different characters.
Three ways to get them
Five Operators are available immediately. Nine more come with the Vault Edition, and one more with a digital Standard or Vault pre-order. The remaining eighteen are earned: eight through Campaign missions, four through DMZ player levels, and six through in-game challenges.
The one worth reading carefully
One Operator, Ju Kwon, is listed by Activision with its unlock criteria shown as [CLASSIFIED]. That is not an error on this site — it is how the official guide publishes it. The rest of the roster is listed with a full criteria line.
All 33 Operators
Operator, faction and unlock criteria exactly as published by Activision.
| OPERATOR | FACTION | UNLOCK CRITERIA |
|---|---|---|
| Min-Hee | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Available Immediately |
| CTSFO | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Available Immediately |
| Mil-Sim KSK Arctic | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Available Immediately |
| UCTF | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Available Immediately |
| Army SF Airborne | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Available Immediately |
| Hunter Killer | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Via Modern Warfare 4 Digital Standard or Vault Edition Pre-Order |
| Ghost | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Via Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition |
| Blix | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Via Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition |
| Valeria | Valeria’s Strike Cell | Via Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition |
| Price | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Via Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition |
| SAS | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Via Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition |
| South Korean SF | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Via Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition |
| COM FST | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Via Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition |
| KSK Amphibious | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Via Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition |
| Cho | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Complete “Mayhem” Mission |
| Dallas | Shadow Company | Complete “Hired Gun” Mission |
| Luca | Valeria’s Strike Cell | Complete “Traffic” Mission |
| Oh-Ji | Valeria’s Strike Cell | Complete “Assassins” Mission |
| Kal | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Complete “Defection” Mission |
| Dunn | JSOF | Complete “Counter Attack” Mission |
| West | JSOF | Complete “Losing Ground” Mission |
| Park | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Complete “Decapitation” Mission |
| Reece | Shadow Company | Reach DMZ Player Level 4 |
| Coffey | JSOF | Reach DMZ Player Level 9 |
| Simone | Shadow Company | Reach DMZ Player Level 15 |
| Hector | Valeria’s Strike Cell | Reach DMZ Player Level 19 |
| Blackwell | JSOF | Get 3 Operator kills without dying 10 times |
| Jae | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Get 50 Operator Hipfire kills |
| Velikan | Shadow Company | Get 15 Operator Double Kills or better |
| Valen | Valeria’s Strike Cell | Get 20 Operator Longshot kills |
| Zimo | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Get 50 Operator Headshot kills |
| Kyle | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | Via the Call of Duty Endowment Valor Pack |
| Ju Kwon | South Korean Quick Reaction Force | [CLASSIFIED] |
Official operator selection charts
Where this information comes from
Reviewed October 21, 2026. Official details can change at launch.
