

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). There is an intermission/half when two or three rounds are completed. Players only get one life per round, with most versions of the mode going to a best-of-seven rounds (first to four rounds wins).

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. The mode is also featured in Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty Online, and Call of Duty: Mobile. Search and Destroy, often abbreviated as S&D or SnD, and referred to as YOLO as an April's Fool joke and renamed Looking For The One in Modern Warfare to celebrate Valentines Day 2020 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.

" Destroy the objectives (Attacker) Defend the objectives (Defender)" - Game announcers
