Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - All Mastery Camos And How To Unlock Them

09.11.2023 - 19:31 / gamespot.com / And How

Here's how you unlock Call of Duty's most sought-after camos in MW3.

By S.E. Doster on

Unlocking camos is a big part of the Call of Duty grind, and Modern Warfare 3 launches with some beautiful new completionist camos to earn for both multiplayer and Zombies mode. Our guide will walk you through the steps needed to unlock these coveted weapon camos.

Modern Warfare 3's camos are divided into two types: Base and Mastery. Before you can unlock the fancy mastery camos, you'll need to acquire base camos first. There are over 140 base camos for the MW3 weapons, and they are all universal camos. Meaning, once you unlock a base camo for one weapon, you'll be able to apply it to all other weapons in your arsenal.

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There are a maximum of four base camo challenges for each Gunsmith-compatible weapon in the game, and you'll get access to these camo challenges as you level up the weapon. These objectives vary from weapon to weapon, but these are simple challenges like getting a certain amount of kills, double kills, and such.

To get started and view the camo challenges, you'll want to choose a weapon, select the Gunsmith, and tab over to the Customize section. This is where you can view camos, stickers, and weapon charms for customizing your weapons.

Once you have completed all of the base camo challenges for a specific MW3 weapon, you will unlock your first mastery challenge, which is for the Gilded camo.

All of the weapon camos from Modern Warfare 2 will carry over to Modern Warfare 3 as part of Call of Duty's new Carry Forward program, but there are limitations on how you can use the completionist camos.

Modern Warfare 3 mastery camos can only be used on MW3 weapons, and Modern Warfare 2's mastery camos can only be used on MW2 weapons. This limitation also includes the brand-new MW2 Zombies mastery camos detailed below.

If you haven't finished MW2's mastery camo challenges, you can still finish any of those camo challenges you didn't complete by playing Modern Warfare 3 with those specific Modern Warfare 2 weapons.

There are four mastery camos that you can unlock in Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer, and two brand-new sets of four mastery camos for Zombies mode. Unlike base camos, these are not universal and must be unlocked for each weapon individually.

Gilded is the first mastery challenge you unlock once you complete the base challenges for a weapon. Gilded is a gold camo that requires you to complete an individual challenge tailored to each specific