Ranked Play Beta was introduced with Season 2 of Call of Duty: Vanguard. The game mode incorporates the competitive settings rulesets of Call of Duty League (CDL). These CDL rules restrict the use of certain weapons, equipment, and perks that are deemed unfair by the professional teams.
All of these items are inaccessible and highlighted with a caution mark, which ensures that no player can ever equip them in their loadout. The following list mentions all restricted weapons and items in the ranked mode of Vanguard.
Vanguard Ranked Play Restricted Weapons
- All Light Machine Guns
- MG42
- DP27
- Type 11
- Bren
- Whitley
- All Shotguns
- Einhorn Revolving
- Combat Shotgun
- Gracey Auto
- Double Barrel
- All Marksman Rifles
- M1 Garand
- SVT-40
- G-43
- Combat Shield Primary Melee
- All Launchers
- M1 Bazooka
- Panzerschreck
- Panzerfaust
- MK11 Launcher
Vanguard Ranked Play Restricted Weapon Attachments
- Muzzle
- MX Silencer
- Mercury Silencer
- M1929 Silencer
- Oil Can Silencer
- Recoil Booster
- Optic
- M19 4.0X Flip
- 1913 Variable 4-8X
- ZF4 3.5X Rifle Scope
- 1229/Slate 3.25X Custom
- SVT-40 PU Scope 3-6X
- MK. 12 Night Vision
- Underbarrel
- GF-59 Flashlight
- Bayonet
- Magazine - Different magazine options for various guns in Vanguard.
- Ammo Type
- Subsonic
- Incendiary
- Hollow Point
- Frangible
- Armor Piercing
- Proficiency
- Vital
- Frenzy
- Akimbo
- Trigger Action (Handguns) - Rapid Action
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Vanguard Ranked Play Restricted Equipment
- Lethal
- Incendiary Grenade
- Throwing Knife
- Thermite
- Demolition Charge
- Molotov Cocktail
- Tactical
- Stim
- MK V Gas
- S-Mine 44
- Decoy Grenade
- Field Upgrade - Everything except Supply Box and Dead Silence
- Tactical Insertion
- Dead Drop
- Armor Plates
- Goliath
- Field Mic
- Jammer
- Deployable Cover
Vanguard Ranked Play Restricted Killstreaks
- Every Killstreak except Glide Bomb and Strafing Run, which includes:
- Intel
- Care Package
- Spy Plane
- Counter Spy Plane
- Mortar Barrage
- War Machine
- Guard Dog
- Bombing Run
- Death Machine
- Emergency Airdrop
- Flamenaut
- Attack Dogs
- Firebombing Runs
- Local Informants
Vanguard Ranked Play Restricted Perks
- Perk 1
- Dauntless
- Ghost
- Perk 2
- Tracker
- High Alert
- Forward Alert
- Piercing Vision
- Intuition
- Perk 3
- Overkill
- Tactician
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Praharsh Kashyap is a video gaming enthusiast from India currently working as a Contributing Writer at Pro Game Guides. He has been playing and covering first-person shooters such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Apex Legends for years now. Besides FPS games, he also likes to indulge in RPGs every now and then.