After November 6, the way you get Shipment in Modern Warfare 4 is Shransit, not a dedicated 24/7 queue. A public Shransit match and a Bot Lobby MW4 session are different rooms for the same guns: one still depends on winning the map vote, the other is a quieter lobby some players use to learn a recoil pattern before they take the class into the playlist.
How to land the containers in Shransit
1. Open Multiplayer and join Shransit, the featured Season 1 playlist that rotates the harbor with Shoot House and Transit 213.
2. When the map vote lists those three map-and-mode combinations, vote for the containers.
3. If you want Hardcore, take Hardcore Shransit from Quickplay. Hardcore modes now use a maximum health of 22, down from 30.
The map arrived on October 27, four days after launch, as a post-launch 6v6 set on a Russian harbor, hemmed in by water and concrete panel buildings, with the classic container layout. A Shipment 24/7 playlist was added in the October 27 playlist update. Shransit is the featured Season 1 path that still runs the map.
Keep a second class if the vote misses the harbor
You no longer get Shipment every match by default. The vote picks one of three layouts, so bring a close-range class for the harbor and a mid-range class for the other two:
l Shipment stays inside submachine-gun and shotgun range around the containers.
l Shoot House uses its familiar three-lane layout in a new setting. The outer lanes favor an assault rifle; the tighter interior still suits an SMG.
l Transit 213 is the launch 6v6 set in an overgrown parking lot in western India, packed with derelict buses, a repair shop, and a gas station. A mid-range rifle holds up when the vote lands here.
A November 7 update made the Map Voting widget support playlists with those three map-and-mode combinations. A November 10 update fixed Map Voting when only two maps were available to vote on, so a short list should complete instead of stalling.
Season 1 also listed Kill Block 24/7, a small modular map, as another close-quarters playlist. Featured lists change with each refresh, so the Multiplayer menu is the live list for the session you are about to start.
The harbor only gives you two fight distances
l Most gunfights break in and around the containers, at submachine-gun and shotgun range. That is the class that keeps firing through stacked close fights.
l A few longer sightlines open down the container lanes. An assault rifle or a stable light machine gun can hold a mouth there without sprinting into every spawn.
The October 29 update removed redundant enemy location callouts on this map, and an earlier pass adjusted some spawn logic, with more spawn work still planned. You still respawn close to the action. There is almost no downtime between fights, which is why weapon levels and kill-count camo challenges move quickly here, and why longshot challenges do not. Special Camo objectives that ask for longshots need a larger map; Shipment does not give you the distance.
SMGs and the Rezi 12 inside the containers
The Season 1 Battle Pass SMG, the CSG-35, is built for this space: tight corridors, breaching, and flanking. At 1,200 RPM, its 28-round magazine empties in about 1.4 seconds of continuous fire, so a larger magazine attachment matters as soon as you unlock one, and Scavenger or a Munitions Box keeps you from dry-reloading in a doorway.
l CSG-35: Battle Pass Tier 36, maxes at Weapon Level 42, 28-round magazine with 112 in reserve, 1,200 RPM. Compact, high-mobility, and the highest cyclic rate in this group.
l VEL 46: Launch SMG chambered in 4.6x30mm, 40 rounds with 120 in reserve, 952 RPM, maxes at Weapon Level 60. Among the launch SMGs below, it stays in the fight longest between reloads, with exceptional maneuverability and smooth, predictable recoil when the next operator is already coming around the same container.
l ISO Nightshade: Unlocks with Create-a-Class at Player Level 4. Full-auto 9x19mm, 30-round magazine, 90 reserve, 923 RPM, and a 64-level track. Controllability, mobility, and close-quarters stopping power in one early class.
l PPSh-41: 71 rounds in the mag and 71 in reserve, 1,110 RPM, and a 62-level track. It overwhelms at close range with a high rate of fire and generous ammo capacity. Among the five launch SMGs, 1,110 RPM is the top cyclic rate; the CSG-35 later tops that at 1,200.
When the fight is inside a container corridor rather than across a lane, the Rezi 12 is the launch shotgun that fits. It unlocks at Player Level 4, maxes at Weapon Level 60, and is a fast-cycling semi-automatic 12-gauge with 6 rounds in the tube, 24 in reserve, and a 150 RPM cyclic rate. Smooth recovery is the rhythm you need when two operators stack the same doorway.
A rifle class for the lanes and the other two maps
An assault rifle earns its slot on the longer container lanes and on the two Shransit maps that are not Shipment.
l M4: Unlocks at Player Level 14, takes 72 weapon levels to max, 30-round magazine with 90 reserve, 810 RPM. An adaptable service rifle when you want to hold a container opening instead of sprinting every spawn.
l Han 86: Available even earlier, at Player Level 4, with the same 30/90 ammunition count, a 740 RPM rate of fire, and a 72-level track. A 5.56 rifle capable in both close-quarters and longer-range fights, which matches the mixed distances you get when Shransit leaves the harbor.
l Cronen Osprey: Season 1 Battle Pass rifle, unlocks at Tier 16, maxes at Weapon Level 70, 30-round magazine with 90 reserve. It posts the highest fire rate in its class at 882 RPM. The recoil kicks up and to the right; burst fire plus attachments that improve vertical recoil control help keep it on target, and a higher-capacity magazine helps because the cyclic rate burns a 30-round mag quickly. That is a strong mid-lane option on Shipment and a natural swap when Shoot House’s outer lanes win the vote.
l FiNN LMG: Unlocks at Player Level 4, maxes at Weapon Level 59, 100-round belt with 100 in reserve, 587 RPM. An open-bolt, belt-fed 5.56 LMG that is lightweight, mobile, and stable, with advanced recoil control for full-auto accuracy. On Shipment it is the gun you plant at a container mouth when you want to stay in the belt instead of reloading after every two operators.
Overkill, also at Level 4, lets you carry two primaries if you want an SMG and a rifle on the same class for a Shransit session that may leave the harbor.
| Weapon | Unlock | Mag / reserve | Fire rate | Shipment job |
| CSG-35 | Battle Pass Tier 36 | 28 / 112 | 1,200 RPM | Tight containers, short mag dumps |
| VEL 46 | Launch SMG | 40 / 120 | 952 RPM | Sustained close fights between reloads |
| ISO Nightshade | Player Level 4 | 30 / 90 | 923 RPM | Early class, mobile container routes |
| PPSh-41 | Launch SMG | 71 / 71 | 1,110 RPM | High volume at arm’s length |
| Rezi 12 | Player Level 4 | 6月24日 | 150 RPM | Doorways and container interiors |
| M4 | Player Level 14 | 30 / 90 | 810 RPM | Holding container lanes |
| Han 86 | Player Level 4 | 30 / 90 | 740 RPM | Early rifle for mixed Shransit maps |
| Cronen Osprey | Battle Pass Tier 16 | 30 / 90 | 882 RPM | Fastest AR cyclic rate, mid-lane spray |
| FiNN LMG | Player Level 4 | 100 / 100 | 587 RPM | Holding a container mouth on the belt |
Perks that start the next fight sooner
Create-a-Class opens at Player Level 4. The perks that matter on this map are the ones that start your health, your sprint, or your reload before the next operator arrives.
l Quick Fix (Perk 1, Level 4) starts health regeneration as soon as you get a kill or capture or hold an objective.
l Blood Rush (Perk 2, Level 4) enables Tactical Sprint and replenishes stamina on kills, which is how you exit a container and still have a sprint for the next one.
l Fast Hands (Level 20) shortens reloads, equipment use, and weapon swaps.
l Battle Hardened (Perk 3, Level 12) reduces enemy tacticals, which is constant on a map this small.
l Scavenger (Perk 3, Level 28) leaves a retrievable ammo cache on enemy deaths, with launcher ammo excluded.
For tacticals, lethals, and Field Upgrades, these are the early unlocks that actually get used in a doorway:
l Flash Grenade and Smoke Grenade are both available at Level 4: flash blinds and deafens, and smoke blocks vision and automated targeting, though weapon fire and explosions rip through it.
l Concussion Grenade unlocks at Level 15 and slows reaction speed while blurring vision, which is enough to step into a container that is already occupied.
l Frag Grenade and Sticky Grenade are the Level 4 lethals.
l DDOS is a Level 4 Field Upgrade with a fast recharge; it emits a pulse that temporarily jams and disables nearby enemy electronics and sensors.
l Munitions Box unlocks at Level 6 if your SMG is burning magazines faster than Scavenger can replace them.
Level one weapon, then spend the token
1. Put Weapon XP on one gun in Multiplayer or DMZ. Military Camos are tied to that weapon’s level track, so every level you earn on Shipment also walks the first eight camos forward.
2. Finish that weapon’s attachment track before you start the next. Each attachment is unlocked only once and then becomes available on every other weapon that uses it, and Prestiging a weapon does not relock those shared attachments on your other guns.
3. After a weapon hits max level, Weapon Prestige is optional: it resets that gun’s level and attachments, except Apex Attachments and blueprint attachments, and it leaves shared unlocks on other weapons alone.
4. Activate Double Weapon XP Tokens while you are actually leveling the gun. Those tokens are how you speed the weapon track.
5. Daily Challenges pay XP toward the Player Level track, with a bonus for completing all three and one reroll per day. If a daily does not match the gun you have equipped, reroll it and keep the Shipment class on.
The October 29 update increased XP earn rates across several Multiplayer modes. It did not publish per-mode numbers, so treat Shipment as a volume map rather than a published XP multiplier. If you compare a long public Shransit night with a cheap MW4 Bot Lobby session, the public path still depends on winning the Shipment vote and collecting Weapon XP on one gun at a time; the quieter room does not replace the token, the shared attachment unlocks, or a second class for Shoot House and Transit 213.
