Delta Force 2nd Anniversary: 3,900 Free Delta Tickets Through Oct 25

Delta Force turned two this month, and today is the day the studio actually starts handing out the presents. From September 26 to October 25, the free-to-play shooter runs a Limited-Time Delta Tickets giveaway worth up to 3,900 tickets, and the first 1,000 arrive the moment you log in today and finish a single match. No draw, no purchase, one match.

The rest of the celebration is split across both halves of the game. Operations players get a run of token-earning events and a Red collectible that is only obtainable for a week, while Warfare players get an 8v8 naval Capture the Flag mode and a chaotic buff-stacking variant. Everything below comes from the September 22 update notes on the official site, and the game is free on PC, consoles and mobile.

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The free stuff, and what it is actually worth

The Day 1 Gift Box is the guaranteed part: 1,000 Limited-Time Delta Tickets for one completed match on September 26. The remaining 2,900 are tied to login and match missions that stretch to October 25, so this is a "show up regularly" reward rather than a single grab. One caveat worth reading twice: these are Limited-Time Delta Tickets, a separate currency from the permanent kind. The official notes list them as valid for the anniversary weapon bundle Lucky Draw, which runs the same window, so treat them as event money and spend them before it ends.

The second freebie is the Spiced Fury bundle, and it is Legendary rarity. You earn Anniversary Tokens by playing the anniversary events in either mode between September 24 and October 15, then exchange them in the limited-time 2nd Anniversary Reward Exchange. The set covers firearm appearances for the AS VAL, G3 and QBZ95-1, plus a matching charm, calling card, avatar and spray paint, and Warfare players can add a GTQ-35 Light Tank appearance called Glory from the same exchange. Token sources are generous on both sides, from squad playtime and vehicle missions to the two new limited modes.

Then there is Absolute Cinema, the anniversary Red collectible. It is tied to Haavk Insurance: Limited Red, an Operations event that only runs from September 26 to October 3. Haavk helicopters drop squads carrying high-value supplies into set areas, and taking those squads down lets you loot them directly while raising your chance of the collectible dropping. A week is a short window for a Red, so this weekend is the time.

Flagship Frenzy, Ultra Overload and the side quests

Flagship Frenzy is the mode we are most curious about. It is a large-scale sea-based Capture the Flag at 8v8: the flag sits underwater, you dive for it, chase people down in waterborne vehicles and fight over island objectives. It runs September 24 to October 15 alongside Ultra Overload, a limited Warfare variant where you collect in-match buffs and stack them into something deliberately unbalanced. Both pay out Anniversary Tokens, which makes them the fastest route to Spiced Fury if you prefer Warfare.

The quieter side of the update is a set of puzzle and story events on the same calendar: an Easter Egg hunt around the Bird Nest in southern Layali Grove, two Hackclaw investigations into Haavk's internal forum, and Eclosion, a four-chapter interactive comic about the operator Vlinder that runs to November 9 and pays out a full Vlinder's Dream cosmetic set. A Mid-Autumn Lucky Draw Board also hands out ten operator-themed mooncakes for free and a Jade Rabbit series of appearances for the M82, AR57, SCAR-H and SR-25.

This is a strong anniversary drop for a free game, because the two rewards most players will care about, the tickets and the Legendary bundle, cost nothing but time. The thing we would flag is the calendar: the token events end October 15, the Red collectible window closes October 3, and only the ticket giveaway and the Lucky Draw stretch to October 25, so the "log in today" advice is not just marketing. In the annual announcement video published today, game director Shadow Guo also teased a Detonation beta, a new Siege Operations scenario and an Unreal Engine 5 Warfare map for next season. None of that has a date yet, and we will cover it when it does.