Players who have bought the Gold and Ultimate Editions of Battlefield 2042 can now gain access to the game and claim their bonus items. They can also get the special DLC items and pre-order items as bonuses, and depending on the version, they can get various types of weapon skins, Specialist outfits, and more.
The UI of Battlefield 2042 is not that user-friendly and can be difficult to figure out where you can acquire your DLC items. Here is how you can claim your Gold and Ultimate Edition, and pre-order DLC bonus items in Battlefield 2042.
Battlefield 2042 Pre-Order, Gold and Ultimate Edition DLC Items
Pre-ordering any version of Battlefield 2042 will offer the Pre-Order Pack for free. It will include the following items:
- Battle Hardened Legendary Irish Skin
- Baku ACB-90 Knife
- Mr. Chompy Epic Weapon Charm
- Landfall Player Card Background
- Old Guard Tag
The Gold Edition of the game offers several freebies including the Pre-Order Pack plus the Year One Pass. These are the other freebies that you get:
- All Standard Edition content
- One Week Early Access Beginning on November 12
- Cross-Gen Bundle
- Year One Pass
- Four Specialists
- Four Battle Passes
- Three Epic Skin Bundles
The Ultimate Edition of the game offers all of the contents of the Standard and Gold Editions plus their freebies, the Pre-Order Pack, and an additional bonus pack that includes exclusive cosmetic items. Check out the contents here:
- All Standard Edition content
- All Gold Edition content
- One Week Early Acess Beginning on November 12
- Cross-Gen Bundle
- Year One Pass
- Four Specialists
- Four Battle Passes
- Three Epic Skin Bundles
- Midnight Ultimate Bundle
- Legendary Outfit
- Legendary Weapon Skin
- Legendary Vehicle Skin
- Official Digital Artbook
Now for the hard part: how you can actually find these freebies on the Battlefield 2042 UI. Here is what you need to do.
How Do You Claim the Gold and Ultimate Editions, and Pre-Order Freebies for Battlefield 2042?
To claim the Battlefield 2042 pre-order bonuses is actually easy if you know where exactly to look. The DLC items, all of them, can be found on the Collection page, which are accessible via the main menu.
That includes all of the freebies from the Gold and Ultimate Editions, and Pre-Order Pack. To find the Specialists skins, you can just go to the Specialists page and press the Customize button while selecting a character.
The Pre-Order pack will have the skin for Irish, while the Gold Edition will have skins for Angel, Rao, and Sundance. The Weapon Skins from the same edition can be used on the following weapons: LCMG light machine gun, PBX-45 SMG, and the DM7 marksman rifle. The Vehicle Skins can be found on the Vehicles page and can be applied on the tank, jet, and hovercraft.
The Midnight Bundle from the Ultimate Edition can be applied on Specialist Casper. The weapon skin can be applied on the M5A3 assault rifle. The drones get the Ranger skin.
Hopefully that helps you in looking for the freebies that you can get from these different editions and the pre-order pack.
Battlefield 2042 is now available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, PS4, and PS5.
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