Battlefield 6 sells every weapon at 100% mastery for $30

It has been a busy week for Battlefield 6. According to GameSpot, EA's shooter rolled out its big Season 5 update, landed on Xbox Game Pass and launched a Game of the Year Edition. But what is making the most noise is none of that. It is a new item in the store: the Ultimate Shortcut Kit. For $30, it instantly unlocks every weapon in the game for all four classes, and not in their base versions either: they come at 100% mastery, meaning fully levelled up with all of their attachments available.

Why does it matter? Because it goes straight to the heart of any competitive shooter: progression. In Battlefield, levelling up a weapon is not just a box to tick. It is how the game teaches you to master it and rewards you for the hours you put in. Being able to buy that right as thousands of new players arrive through Game Pass changes what their first experience with the game looks like, and it reopens a debate the series knows all too well.

What you need to know

• The Ultimate Shortcut Kit costs $30 and unlocks every weapon for all four classes.
• The weapons come at 100% mastery: fully levelled and with all of their attachments.
• The bundle also includes the Mortal Shriek player card and the Field Training: Cross Trained title.
• It coincides with the launch of Season 5, the game's arrival on Xbox Game Pass and the Game of the Year Edition.
• The community is split: some see it as unfair, while others welcome it as a relief for players who are short on time.

A shortcut with history in the series

Shortcut kits are nothing new in Battlefield. As GameSpot points out, previous entries already offered similar bundles to skip unlocking gear. The difference is scale: we are not talking about a single class or weapon category here, but the entire arsenal, fully maxed, in a single purchase. And the timing hardly looks like a coincidence: with the game freshly added to a subscription service, the store is facing a wave of players who are late to the party and who will run into veterans who have spent months fine-tuning their loadouts.

A community divided

The criticism centres on fairness: if someone can buy from minute one what took others dozens of hours of matches to earn, the sense of achievement fades. On the other side, many players defend the kit for exactly that reason: they have neither the time nor the desire to spend countless hours levelling every rifle and simply want to try everything the game has to offer. Both sides have a point, which is why this debate is not going away anytime soon.

Our take

Here at Underworld Lordz, our view is pretty clear: calling this a microtransaction is generous. Thirty dollars is not pocket change, and the bundle does not sell cosmetics, it sells progression. We are not saying it turns Battlefield 6 into outright pay-to-win, because a weapon with every attachment will not give you aim, map awareness or teamwork. But it does give you instant flexibility: picking the exact sight, the barrel that best suits your playstyle or the current meta build without having to put in the hours first. In a shooter where loadout details matter, that is an advantage, even if a small one.

For competitive players, the real impact is more nuanced. Anyone who plays seriously already has their weapons maxed out, and in organised matches what decides the outcome is coordination. Where it shows most is among casual players and those arriving through Game Pass: the risk is that progression, which should be an incentive to keep playing, starts to feel like a barrier designed to make you pay. When a game sells the shortcut, it is hard not to wonder whether the road was made long on purpose.

For content creators, on the other hand, the kit has a practical side: testing every weapon fully kitted out, putting together loadout guides or comparing builds the day the meta shifts without spending weeks on the grind. It is a useful tool, sure, but the message it sends to the rest of the community is not a great one. We would like to see the same energy put into making progression fun, not into charging players to skip it.

What do you think?

Time is money and not everyone can spend the week levelling rifles, but earning your gear also counts for something in a shooter. We have made our position clear; now it is your turn. Would you pay $30 for the Ultimate Shortcut Kit, or do you think the grind is part of what makes Battlefield fun? Drop by the team chat or our Discord and let us know.