Legacy weapons are frozen presets

A Legacy weapon in Season 1 arrives with five attachments already chosen. You unlock it with Armory XP. You do not open the gunsmith and you do not paste a share code.

Weapon art for the Legacy preset rule
Season 1 notes that define Legacy rules

One official publisher, two documents

Both the Season 1 blog and the Warzone patch notes say the same limitation: presets, no gunsmith edits, no MW4 mastery camos, no MW4 reticles, no MW4 cosmetics on those guns, and no build sharing. These are two documents from one official publisher, Activision; they are not two independent sources. Examples on this site are the VMP, the Kar98k, and the AK-27. The M4 is Modern Warfare 4 and is the counterexample you can edit.

Community sites still print five attachment names. Read them as the contents of the preset, the way a museum label lists parts inside a case. If the next patch unlocks the gunsmith, this page is wrong and should say so.

Mastery and camos

Activision’s Warzone mastery tracks are Parallax, Damascus Reforged, and Empyros. Season 1 also has the Grind for Royalty gold rewards. The published objectives and stage prerequisites are on the camos page. Legacy presets do not support MW4 mastery, reticles, or cosmetics, so a challenge should be paired with an eligible MW4 weapon. A familiar Legacy weapon appearing in a loadout does not establish eligibility for a new mastery reward.

FAQ

Can I modify a Legacy weapon?

No. The Season 1 notes lock the preset.

Do share codes work?

Not for Legacy weapons.

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