"Destroy the objectives (Attacker) Defend the objectives (Defender)"
— Game announcers
Modern Warfare 4 Search and Destroy icon
Search and Destroy, often abbreviated as S&D or SnD, and referred to as YOLO as an April's Fool joke [1] and renamed Looking For The One in Modern Warfare to celebrate Valentines Day 2020 [2] is a multiplayer mode featured in every main Call of Duty game since the original Call of Duty with the exception of Call of Duty 3. The mode is also featured in Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty Online, and Call of Duty: Mobile. A one-sided game mode, the goal is for an attacking side to either eliminate the defending team or detonate either one of two bomb sites. Players only get one life per round except for Call of Duty: Finest Hour, where players get unlimited lives, with most versions of the mode going to a best-of-seven rounds (first to four rounds wins). There is an intermission/half when two or three rounds are completed.
The mode is popular mainly due to its high XP potential; kills in Search and Destroy are typically worth five times that of in Team Deathmatch (50 points in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and 500 in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops (1000 points for a headshot). Only 100 points are awarded in Call of Duty: Black Ops II and most games after, due to the Scorestreak system, but 500 XP is awarded as a Medal called Elimination. No points are rewarded for a kill except by the way of a medal in any gametype in Call of Duty: Black Ops II and most games after, and the player can view these medals at the end of a game through the screen that pops up at the end of a match. On another note, the fact that players do not respawn until the next round could lead to long waits to play again, especially should the player die early into the round.
A Hardcore version has also been featured in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and all other games onwards. Modern Warfare 3 Hardcore mode also features the "Ricochet" setting, where if someone tries to shoot or team kill a friendly player, all damage inflicted by the aggressor is reflected onto the aggressor.
1 Rule Set
1.1 Call of Duty and United Offensive
1.2 Call of Duty: Finest Hour
1.3 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, World at War, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3 and Modern Warfare Remastered
1.4 Call of Duty: Black Ops II
1.5 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
1.6 Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Infinite Warfare
1.7 Call of Duty: WWII
1.8 Call of Duty: Mobile
2 Objective
3 Experience
3.1 Call of Duty 4 and World at War
3.2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
3.3 Call of Duty: Black Ops
3.4 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3.5 Call of Duty: Black Ops II
3.6 Call of Duty Online
3.7 Call of Duty: Ghosts
3.8 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
3.9 Call of Duty: Mobile
4 Last man standing quotes
4.1 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
4.2 Call of Duty: World at War
4.3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
4.4 Call of Duty: Black Ops
4.5 Call of Duty: Black Ops II
4.6 Call of Duty: Ghosts
4.7 Call of Duty: Mobile
5 Gallery
6 Videos
7 Reference
Rule Set[]
Call of Duty and United Offensive[]
5 seconds arm time bomb
45 seconds fuse
5 seconds defuse time
First team to win 4 rounds wins the match
Respawning is disabled
Call of Duty: Finest Hour[]
5 seconds arm time bomb
45 seconds fuse
5 seconds defuse time
First team to detonate or defuse the bomb wins the match
Respawning is enabled
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, World at War, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3 and Modern Warfare Remastered[]
5 seconds arm time bomb
45 seconds fuse
5 seconds defuse time
First team to win 4 rounds wins the match (6 rounds in Modern Warfare (2019))
150 seconds (2:30) time limit
Respawning is disabled
Halftime/overtime commences after every third round
Xbox Live Party Chat is not allowed
These settings can all be changed in private matches.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]
5 seconds arm time bomb
45 seconds fuse
5 seconds defuse time
First team to win 4 rounds wins the match
120 seconds (2:00) time limit
Respawning is disabled
Halftime/overtime commences after every third round
Xbox Live Party Chat is not allowed
These settings can all be changed in private matches.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare[]
5 seconds arm time bomb
45 seconds fuse
7.5 seconds defuse time
First team to win 6 rounds wins the match (best of 10 overtime 1 round)
90 seconds (1:30) time limit
Respawning is disabled
Teams switch sides after every round, halftime/overtime is after every fifth round
These settings can be all changed in private matches.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Infinite Warfare[]
Source: https://callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Search_and_Destroy. This is an independent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reference page.