Modern Warfare 4 Domination icon
Domination, also known as Bro, Do u even cap? as an April Fool's Day joke[1], is a multiplayer game mode featured in every main Call of Duty game since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It is also features in Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, and Call of Duty: Mobile. The objective of Domination is to own all of the control points on the map. There are usually at least three of these control points scattered around the map, and are usually found in key strategic locations. To capture a control point, a player must stand near it for 10 seconds with no enemies nearby to capture it for the player's team.
There is also a Hardcore variant.
1 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and World at War
2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops
3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
4 Call of Duty: Black Ops II
5 Call of Duty: Strike Team
6 Call of Duty: Ghosts
7 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
8 Call of Duty: Black Ops III
9 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
10 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
11 Call of Duty: WWII
12 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
13 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
14 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
15 Call of Duty: Vanguard
16 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
17 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
18 Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile
19 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
20 Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
21 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
22 Gallery
23 Videos
24 Trivia
25 References
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and World at War[]
Team score
Points to win: 200 (However the team with the highest overall score wins the match.)
1 point awarded to the team for each flag it controls every 5 seconds.
There is no time limit.
The sprite for A Flag.
The sprite for B Flag.
The sprite for C Flag.
Individual XP
In Domination, there are three ways to gain XP:
Kill: 5 XP (10 XP if the killer or the victim was capturing or defending a flag).
Assist: 1 XP (Call of Duty 4) or 1-4 XP, depending on the amount of damage dealt (World at War)
Capture a flag: 15 XP
Kills and assists are nothing special. Kill an enemy and receive 5 points. Shoot a player that a teammate kills and get awarded 1 point. The capturing of a flag is rather simple as well, but can be difficult if both teams are fighting for the same flag. Simply approach a neutral or enemy-controlled flag. Once the player gets close enough to the flag to capture it, a progress bar will appear near the middle of the player's screen. It will fill up as long as there are no enemies in the capture zone. The more teammates that are also within capturing range of the flag, the faster it will fill up. Every five seconds, each team's overall score will go up one point for each flag. It's best to only hold two of the three flags because this forces the other team to spawn at the one flag that they have captured so the player will always know where they are coming from.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops[]
Team score
Points to win: 200
1 point awarded to the team for each flag it controls every 5 seconds.
Individual XP
In domination, there are three ways to gain XP:
Kill: 50 XP
Assist: 10 XP (10-40 XP in Black Ops)
Capture a flag: 150 XP
Kill an attacker (Defense!) +50 XP bonus
Kill a defender (Offense!) +50 XP bonus
In Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops, Domination is a bit different. Now, the player gets 150 XP for capturing a flag. The player also receive the points if they help to capture a flag. Other than that, it is basically the same as in previous games. Killing an enemy while either the killer or the killed are near a flag will give a 50 XP bonus: either "Offense" (Kill a flag defender) or "Defense" (Kill a flag taker). Unlike other game modes, there are no challenges linked to winning this game mode in Modern Warfare 2. In Black Ops, however, there are a few challenges related to it.
Players can play a Hardcore version via the Hardcore Mosh Pit playlist in Modern Warfare 2.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3[]
Domination is mostly unchanged from previous games, but with one effective difference: capturing a flag now grants one point towards a pointstreak for the player who captures it. Just like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, there are no challenges associated with this game mode.
A variant known as Hardcore Ricochet: Domination is featured in Modern Warfare 3, which takes place exclusively in Hardcore and restricts team killing.
As of the April 1st, 2013 playlist update the game mode was called "Do u even cap, bro?" This was only for April Fool's Day and has since been reverted.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]
Domination returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the basic rules remaining virtually unchanged, with one major difference. There are now two rounds of five minutes each instead of one round with no time limit. Teams switch spawns between rounds and all captured flags become neutral. There are also more rewards for capturing B flags and enemy flags with more XP being awarded for capturing an enemy flag within the square zone. Certain events now add to score streaks. These are:
Kill: 100 Points
Assist: 25 to 75 Points
Capture Neutral Flag: 50 Points
Capture Neutral B Flag: 200 Points
Capture an enemy flag: 200 Points
Kill an attacker: 125 Points
Kill a defender: 125 Points
Kill while capturing a flag: 200 Points
Call of Duty: Strike Team[]
Domination was added into Call of Duty: Strike Team as a free update on December 19th, 2013, for those who already purchased the game. While the objective remains the same, the player is alone and faces a hoard of enemies.
Call of Duty: Ghosts[]
Domination returns in Call of Duty: Ghosts, but much the same as the Infinity Ward predecessors - a single round of 10 minutes. One difference is: when players are securing an enemy flag, halfway through the process the flag is neutralized and becomes a white flag. Neither team scores from that flag until it is secured or recaptured.
The flag icons are changed to become more easily identified about its condition: blue belongs to the player's team, yellow is in the process of being secured/captured, orange belongs to the enemy, and white is neutral.
Similar to that of Modern Warfare 3's playlist update, on April Fool's Day the gamemode's name was changed to "Bro, Do u even cap?" It was reverted the next day.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare[]
Domination returns in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and follows Black Ops II's domination layout: 2 rounds, 5 minutes each. Securing flags now rewards 200 points regardless if it is a neutral flag. The flag conditions and icons are exactly like Call of Duty: Ghosts: If a flag is half-captured, then it is considered neutral. The player will capture the flag faster or slower relative to the position to the center.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III[]
"Three areas in the level must be captured. Your team gets points for having control of an area. The more areas your team holds, the more points you gain."
— Playlist description.
Source: https://callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Domination. This is an independent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reference page.