Battlefield 6 Season 1 Free Trial — Details, Tips & Tricks

Play the year’s top-selling shooter for free during the Battlefield 6 — Season 1 Free Trial. The trial runs from November 25, 2025 at 4:00 a.m. PT (12:00 UTC) through December 2, 2025 at 4:00 a.m. PT (12:00 UTC).

The trial grants access to three curated playlists — including a more relaxed Multiplayer option — across three maps, featuring the two most recent additions: Eastwood and Blackwell Fields. To join, download the free-to-play Battlefield: REDSEC experience on your platform of choice.

If you already play REDSEC, your Career Rank, unlocked weapons and gear, levels, and customizations will be available in the Free Trial. Everything you earn during the trial also transfers to the full Battlefield 6 experience if you decide to purchase the game — try it risk-free and keep your progress.

Already own Battlefield 6? Now’s the perfect moment to invite friends who haven’t yet jumped in — squad up over the long weekend and show them what Battlefield offers.

Below is a breakdown of what’s included in the Free Trial, plus strategic tips to help your team come out on top.

Hosted on Siege of Cairo, Initiation Breakthrough is ideal for newcomers or players who want a more casual match blending human and Bot opponents.

This mode supports up to 48 combatants and Bots in a frontline-style Breakthrough match. One side attacks, aiming to capture a series of sectors; the other side defends, trying to deplete the attackers’ lives before they reach the defenders’ final stronghold.

To capture a sector, attackers must control every defended objective in that sector simultaneously. Objectives are small, labeled areas (A, B, etc.). Standing inside an objective — or occupying it while in a vehicle — fills a capture meter; when it completes, the objective flips to your side.

Initiation Breakthrough is a great way to get comfortable with Battlefield’s multiplayer flow. Use the Firing Range to test weapons, then warm up here to learn Class passive abilities, gadgets, and how your loadout performs in real engagements. Focus on learning and teamwork — wins will follow.

1. MORE PLAYERS, FASTER CAPTURE. The more teammates present on an objective, the quicker its capture meter fills. Coordinate with squadmates and the wider team to accelerate progress (as Attackers) or to stall captures (as Defenders).

2. CONTEST TO SLOW THEM DOWN. When both sides occupy an objective, capture progress halts. As a Defender, contesting objectives is one of the simplest, most effective ways to buy time and force mistakes from the attackers.

3. DEFEND AS A UNIT. Successful defense relies on creating a continuous frontline. Use cover, suppressing fire, and clear communication to blunt attacker advances and whittle down their lives before they gain momentum.

4. ATTACK SMART, EXPLOIT WEAKNESSES. Attackers win by finding gaps in the defense — flanking routes, distracted defenders, or environmental shortcuts. Use gadgets and vehicles creatively to open paths: ladders, explosives, drones, and coordinated revives can all swing momentum.

5. OVERTIME IS REAL — KEEP PUSHING. So long as capture progress continues, attackers can still win even after lives are exhausted. Never surrender until the final objective is secured or the last attacker is cleared from the zone.

Prefer smaller, tactical engagements? The Free Trial includes Team Deathmatch and Sabotage — the latter introduced with the California Resistance update — both of which concentrate infantry combat while retaining classic Battlefield DNA.

Team Deathmatch is straightforward: eliminate the opposition and avoid being eliminated.

Sabotage pits two squads against each other to destroy or defend high-value cargo scattered across the map. Explosives, grenades, gadgets — anything that damages cargo counts. The team that inflicts the most destruction wins.

Sabotage uses a two-round format so each team plays offense and defense. Round one sees Team A attacking multiple sites (A–C), recording cargo destroyed and time taken. In round two, roles reverse and Team B must outdo Team A’s score within the timer.

1. REVIVE AND CALL FOR REVIVES. Battlefield rewards teamplay. Look for revive opportunities and request help when downed — Support classes can revive faster and even revive outside their squad, making them invaluable.

2. TEAM DEATHMATCH — WATCH YOUR REAR. Don’t lone-wolf it. Move with your squad to avoid being flanked, communicate positions, and cover one another to reduce quick deaths from surprise attacks.

3. SABOTAGE — USE EXPLOSIVES WISELY. Save bullets for infantry and use grenades, launchers, and C4 to damage cargo efficiently. Switch to destructive gadgets when it’s time to blow objectives apart.

4. SABOTAGE — GADGETS MATTER ON DEFENSE. Defenders should consider gadgets that protect cargo, such as intercept devices that neutralize incoming explosives or missiles. Preventing damage can be as decisive as dealing it.

5. SABOTAGE — SPEED WINS. Destruction speed is measured alongside total damage. Prioritize quick, decisive hits on cargo rather than chasing extra eliminations that waste valuable seconds.

The heart of Battlefield is All-Out Warfare — large-scale matches combining infantry and vehicles to create cinematic, emergent moments. The Free Trial showcases Conquest, Escalation, and Breakthrough, each offering a different pace and scale of combat.

Conquest is a territory-focused mode where teams capture and hold multiple control points scattered across the Combat Zone. Capture by occupying the objective area for a set time; opposing players can contest captures by being present, which pauses progress.

Each team has a pool of lives that depletes when players are killed without being revived, and also drains while the enemy holds objectives. Reduce the opposing team’s lives to zero to secure victory.

Escalation shares Conquest’s objective-based gameplay but removes the lives system — respawns are unlimited, though they cost time. Victory depends on capturing territories by controlling a majority of objectives in each zone and filling a progress meter. The first squad to take three territories wins.

As territories fall in Escalation, higher-tier vehicles become available. Matches start with light transports and quads, then escalate into tanks, helicopters, and jets — shifting the tactical landscape and encouraging players to adapt.

1. PLAY THE OBJECTIVE. Wins come from controlling objectives, not from lone heroics. Coordinate with your squad to seize and hold the zones that decide the match.

2. STICK WITH YOUR SQUAD. Large-scale modes reward teamwork. Use voice or text chat and the ping system to coordinate movements, set up defenses, and execute combined-arms strategies.

3. USE VEHICLES SMARTLY. Vehicles change the flow of battle. Whether you pilot, drive, or ride as support, vehicles let you control space, reach objectives quickly, and provide heavy firepower when needed.

4. CREATE BUFFER ZONES (CONQUEST). Control key terrain between objectives to form choke points and deny enemy advances. Holding high ground and strategic buildings can turn the tide more than capturing isolated flags.

5. ADAPT TO ESCALATION’S PACE. As the match progresses and vehicles flood the map, change loadouts to fit the fight. Swap long-range gear for close-quarters tools when the battle tightens and vehicles dominate the field.

In celebration of the California Resistance release, log in to claim a complimentary Weapon Package. From now until November 30, 2025, you can unlock the “Lethal Force” package for the M2010 ESR simply by signing into Battlefield REDSEC.

Launch REDSEC — or Battlefield 6 if you already own it — then open your Inbox to claim the reward. The Inbox is accessible via the EA logo or envelope icon in the main menu and contains messages and platform-bridging social features through EA Connect.

Don’t miss this chance: the “Lethal Force” M2010 ESR is a potent long-range tool whether you’re competing in REDSEC’s Battle Royale on Fort Lyndon or in large-scale Conquest matches.

Battlefield REDSEC is free-to-play. Download it and join Fort Lyndon — and while you’re there, experience the Battlefield 6 Free Trial for a limited time. Click here to download.

When you’re ready to expand your experience, upgrade from the Free Trial to the full Battlefield 6 to access the complete single-player campaign, the full suite of All-Out Warfare modes, and the full potential of Portal.

*Requires Battlefield REDSEC and all available game updates. Optional in-game purchases may be offered. Offer available for a limited time; terms and restrictions apply. See battlefield.com for details.

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