Call of Duty: Veterans Day Valor Pack, Rewards & Community Mission

The Call of Duty Endowment used Veterans Day, November 11, to post a progress report along with its yearly fundraising push. The charity turned 17 this year, and it has now found high-quality jobs for more than 180,000 veterans across America and Britain. The centrepiece this time is a new C.O.D.E. Valor Pack sold in Modern Warfare 4 and Warzone, built around the story of Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter.

Beyond the pack there's a stack of ways to chip in, including an in-game community mission that runs until November 25, a round-up campaign at Pilot locations and an auction of Call of Duty memorabilia in December. We will go over the Valor Pack, the rewards that came with it, and every other Veterans Day initiative the Endowment announced.

The C.O.D.E. Valor Pack and Kyle Carpenter

Kyle Carpenter is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who, in November 2010 in Afghanistan, put his own body between a fellow Marine and an exploding grenade. He lived through severe injuries and years of surgeries and rehabilitation, and he now speaks around the world about recovery and what he calls "the mindset to adapt and overcome." The Endowment and Infinity Ward worked with him on Forged in Valor, a three-part video series covering his service, recovery and outlook.

The same partnership produced the Valor Pack itself, which is on sale in both games. Every item in it was designed with Carpenter's story in mind: the Melee Weapon Blueprint carries the inscription "Worth Fighting For", and other items use names such as "Relentless" and "Still Standing", the mantras that got him through recovery. Activision donates 100% of its net proceeds from the pack, minus VAT or sales tax, to the Endowment, which is working towards 200,000 veterans placed in careers by 2030.

Pack owners also got a short reward window. Between 6PM PT on November 10 and 10AM PT on November 12, anyone who owned the Valor Pack and launched Modern Warfare 4 or Warzone received these items straight into their inventory:

• 2x 1-Hour Double Player XP Tokens
• 2x 1-Hour Double Weapon XP Tokens
• 2x 1-Hour Double Battle Pass XP Tokens
• 1x SERE Kit (DMZ Survival Kit)

If you're still working through the first season, those tokens pair well with the Modern Warfare 4 progression and Prestige system. The full announcement is on the Call of Duty Steam news page.

Community Mission, Pilot Round-Ups and the Archives Auction

The biggest in-game hook is the community mission run with Polaris, live from 9AM PT on November 11 until 9AM PT on November 25. Players across Modern Warfare 4 and Warzone need to complete 5 million DAGOR rides between them. When the counter hits that number, Polaris hands the Endowment $25,000. A single follower of its social channels who liked the official challenge post will also be picked at random for a real Polaris Adventures off-road ride.

Outside the game, the Endowment lists three more ways to help:

• Lyft: open the Lyft app, go to "Donate" and choose the Endowment as your round-up charity, so each fare's spare change goes towards veteran job placement.
• Pilot: through November 15, shoppers at participating Pilot stops can round their purchases up to the nearest dollar, and the Endowment receives 100% of what's donated. Since 2019 the chain and its customers have raised over $6 million and helped more than 10,000 veterans into civilian careers, and this year's goal is 1,500 placements.
• Call of Duty Archives Auction: on December 11, the Endowment and eBay Live host a sale of memorabilia pulled from the franchise's own vault: original art, limited-run collectibles and rare pieces that the Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games and Infinity Ward teams made and signed. Fans can tune in, chat with the series' creators and place bids, but bidding is limited to U.S. residents.

That covers the Endowment's Veterans Day push for 2026. If you're jumping back in for the DAGOR mission, our breakdowns of Modern Warfare 4 and Warzone Season 1 and everything new in Warzone Season 1 will get you up to speed on the maps and modes you'll be riding through.