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Modern Warfare 2 double XP events provide the perfect opportunity to increase your level quickly, and although we don't have an exact date for the first one just yet, you can be sure that it will be happening soon. As well as those limited time events, we also have the lowdown on how to locate the Modern Warfare 2 double XP tokens you've earned or unlocked in the game, because the Modern Warfare 2 menus display them in a different location to past entries which means some players are having trouble tracking them down.
If you've been struggling to find your XP rewards from the Vault Edition of the game, or you didn't initially purchase it through the in-game store of a previous instalment in the series, then there's good news – as announced on Twitter, due to confusion about those in-game store exclusive rewards, all players who own or purchase any version of the MW2 Vault Edition will now receive 10 hours of Modern Warfare 2 double XP tokens plus 10 hours of double weapon XP tokens, which will be automatically added to their accounts.
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Of course, these types of events and those precious tokens help you to earn more XP fast in Modern Warfare 2, and there's a number of reason why you'd want to do that. For starters, it gets you access to fresh weapons, upgrades, perks, and killstreaks, so you can better tailor your loadout to match your playstyle and preferences. You also need to max out your weapon progression for each gun if you want to access the Modern Warfare 2 weapon tuning options for the various attachments, so earning additional experience is only going to help speed up that process. From tokens to upcoming events, here's everything you need to know about Modern Warfare 2 double XP.
When will the next Modern Warfare 2 double XP event be?
At the time of writing, the date and time for the first Modern Warfare 2 double XP event hasn't been officially announced yet, but we're expecting it to arrive soon. There's usually one of these events close to launch to get new players up and running, with previous COD instalment Vanguard having it's first double XP weekend two weeks after coming out. If that same pattern follows then we could have a Modern Warfare 2 double XP event around November 12, though it's possible that Activision want to iron out issues with the Modern Warfare 2 servers before that goes ahead so players aren't stuck looking at Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 error codes instead of collecting their bonus progression.
How to find and use Modern Warfare 2 double XP tokens
There are several ways to earn Modern Warfare 2 double XP tokens, with the main routes being to complete campaign missions or to have purchased the Vault Edition through the in-game store of a previous COD game – though this has now been expanded to everyone who owns or purchases any version of the MW2 Vault Edition. There are also certain food and drink promotions running that award these tokens, though they're limited to particular countries or territories, and once the Modern Warfare 2 Battle Pass launches we expect there will be tokens unlocked at various tiers while you progress.
When you have at least one Modern Warfare 2 double XP token available, select any multiplayer mode and next to the big yellow Start button in the bottom left corner of the screen you'll see an XP Tokens button you can hit. This will open a side panel as shown above, where all of your Double Weapon XP and Double XP tokens along with their durations can be found. Select any of them to activate, but remember that they countdown in real-time and not in-game time so make sure you're ready to jump straight into a match, then keep playing until it expires so you get maximum benefit from the token.
