How Long Is the Modern Warfare 4 Campaign?

How long is the Modern Warfare 4 campaign?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 continues the Modern Warfare storyline with Captain Price on the run after assassinating General Shepherd. The campaign also introduces Sierra-1, a squad caught up in a war in Korea.

It is a focused single-player experience with several standout moments, but the final playtime varies depending on difficulty and how thoroughly you explore its optional content.

How many hours does Modern Warfare 4 take to finish?

Most players should allow around eight to ten hours to complete the main campaign. A review playthrough reached the credits in nine hours, including time spent exploring and replaying one mission after a bug caused a problem.

Difficulty is the biggest factor affecting that estimate. Players choosing Veteran should expect frequent deaths and repeated sections, making individual missions—and the full campaign—take considerably longer.

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How long is the “Stranded” mission?

Approximately halfway through the story, “Stranded” changes the pace with an open-world section set in the snowy North Korean countryside. It includes side objectives and other activities alongside the three main objectives.

You can fast-travel to those primary objectives and continue the campaign quickly, or search the area and complete more of its optional content. Completing only about half of the available activities keeps the overall campaign near the standard estimate. Finishing everything in “Stranded” can push the total playtime to roughly 12 to 13 hours.

Modern Warfare 4 lockbox and puzzle help

Several locked containers and puzzles can add extra time if you are searching without assistance. The relevant challenges include the lockbox in “Following Orders”, the safe in “Escape”, and all eight keypad puzzles found in “Stranded”.

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