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Best sound settings for Call of Duty: Warzone
From the first iteration of Call of Duty: Warzonesound has played a critical role in improving survivability by helping players detect and anticipate enemy movements. It is important to optimize your audio settings to clearly hear footsteps, track enemy positions and avoid unexpected encounters.
Given the survival-focused gameplay, where the intensity varies depending on the mode, staying tuned to the enemy's movements is crucial. Alongside Treyarch's audio updates in Black Ops 6implemented Raven Software sound tweaks to improve occlusion, footsteps, ascenders and parachutes specifically for War zone. With that in mind, here are the best sound settings to maximize your performance in the free-to-play battle royale.

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Best sound settings for Call of Duty: Warzone
The Call of Duty: Warzone the audio settings below may need to be adjusted to suit each player's unique hearing preferences. That said, these settings are specifically optimized to amplify enemy footsteps, highlight important in-game audio cues, and avoid occlusion, ensuring an enhanced gaming experience.
Volumes
- Master Game Volume – 80
- Game music volume – 0
- Dialogue volume – 50
- Power volume – 100
- Cinematic music volume – 0
Audio device
- Improved headphone mode – Off
To minimize distractions during gameplay, it's important to balance your audio settings effectively. Keep Effects high volume to ensure you can hear important audio cues when lowering Dialogue volume by about half. This reduces potential annoyance while still allowing you to capture important information from announcers or in-game dialogue without having to rely solely on images.
BO6 and War zone introduce a new improved headphone mode. While this setting is very effective in Multiplayer, it can sometimes be ineffective in War zonewhich creates an occlusion effect that muffles ambient sounds. However, if you like improved directional audio accuracy, consider trying Embody's Universal profile by setting this setting to On. This free tool can improve spatial awareness and deliver accurate 3D sound.
Global
- Sound mix – Headphones
- Speakers/Headphones Game audio unit – Standard System Devicev (PC)
- Mono sound – Off
- Turn off licensed music – Off (recommended for streamers/content creators only)
- Asymmetric hearing compensation – Off
- Configure frequency intensity
- 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
- Left channel frequency
- Speaker output – Stereo (PC)
- Silent game when minimized – Off (PC)
Functionality
- Reduce tinnitus sound – On
- Hitmarker Preset – Standard
The choice of Audio Mix ultimately depends on the type of audio device you are using, however Headphones option is optimized for amplify critical sounds like enemy footprints that help you stay ahead of the game. If this sound mix feels lacking, try switching to Headphones Bass Boost, which enhances the low frequencies and adjusts the dynamic range and EQ for a more immersive experience.
Fine tune frequency settings and reduce the tinnitus sound can also be beneficial. By reducing intrusive or distracting sounds while increasing frequencies that highlight in-game threats, you can improve your situational awareness and respond more effectively to your surroundings.
Voice chat
- Voice chat volume – Off
- Voice chat – Off
- Proximity chat – On
- Body Shield Chat – On
- Last word voice chat – On
- Game Voice Channel – Party only
- Voice chat output device – Standard System Unit (PC)
Microphone
- Microphone level – 100
- Test the microphone – Off
- Microphone mode – Push to Talk (PC)
- Open Mic Sensitivity: 70
- Turn yourself off when connecting to the channel – Off
- Microphone input unit – Standard System Unit (PC)
Voice chat and Proximity chat can be valuable tools in War zoneso you can strategize with teammates or figure out enemy movements. But they can sometimes overpower other critical audio cuesfor example, announcer updates or impending enemy attacks. For this reason, it may be the better choice to keep them disabled to maintain situational awareness. That said, if you prioritize communication with teammates or even opponents, enabling these features may still be a viable option.
