CoD: Black Ops 7 Top Up

In Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, the most telling sign of a veteran player isn't their rank, but their weapon camouflage. The annoying thing is that unlocking camouflage in this game is quite tedious, and you have to unlock one camouflage before you can unlock the next.

Let's take a look at Black Ops 7's coolest and most troublesome camouflage, Infestation Mastery Camo, and how to unlock it as quickly as possible.

Base Camo Challenges

Most weapons' basic camouflage challenges are relatively straightforward, but with the right techniques, you can unlock Infestation Mastery Camo within a day. The most time-consuming part is completing 1000 Critical Kills for each weapon. Weapons like shotguns, melee weapons, and launchers might be faster, while pistols and sniper rifles are very slow.

Deadshot Daiquiri is the most important skill in the entire game. It automatically locks onto zombie heads, somewhat like aimbot, allowing you to easily complete challenges. Double Tap Perk speeds up challenges with relatively difficult weapons like sniper rifles and pistols.

To complete challenges quickly, focus on Survival and Directed modes. The recommended map for Survival is Diner. You can camp at the entrance and kill zombies, and enabling Rampage Inducer will speed up zombie spawning, further improving efficiency.

Directed mode is easy, because the zombies are weaker, move slower, and have round caps, making it more relaxed but monotonous. It's best suited for completing some challenging tasks.

You need always participate in T.E.D.D. Tasks, and even if you don't complete the task, the infinite spawning of extra zombies will speed up camouflage unlocking. Completing tasks also rewards Perks, Aether Tools, Salvage, and points needed to upgrade weapons.

The basic challenges for launchers and melee weapons only require killing enemies, making them quite simple in zombie mode. Of course, you can also farm these tasks in multiplayer and Warzone.

The basic camouflage challenges for shotguns require close-range kills. Deadshot Daiquiri has enhancements that increase close-range damage. You can stand on objects that zombies need to climb or jump onto, causing them to swarm towards you, making close-range kills easier.

Special Camo Challenges

Fireworks Ammo Mod

Fireworks Ammo Mod, when activated, kills all nearby zombies, and each kill adds to your camouflage progress, except for headshot challenges. This method works with all weapons and is the simplest way to complete camouflage challenges in the game.

Combined with Elemental Pop skill, even melee weapons become incredibly easy; you simply need to guide the zombies through the fireworks' blast radius. Note that when using the launcher, always equip PhD Flopper perks to prevent self-inflicted damage.

How To Complete Special Camo Challenges?

Some Special Camo Challenges are the most time-consuming, requiring you to equip different elemental ammo mods to complete them.

You need to gather zombies into hordes and intermittently fire at them. Your goal isn't to kill them, but simply to trigger the ammo mod's effect to gain kill progress. Elemental Pop increases the trigger frequency. Lower weapon power reduces the likelihood of accidentally killing zombies, making it easier to trigger the mod.

Additionally, equipping Vulture Aid skill and Suppressor Muzzle Attachment will cause zombies to drop more Salvage, allowing for faster unlocking and upgrading of ammo modules. Completing T.E.D.D. Tasks also yields a large number of parts.

Decoy Grenades are the best choice for completing "Kills Affected by Tactical Gear" challenges, as they attract zombies to cluster together. If you have Vulture Aid skill, zombies will also drop additional tactical gear you currently possess.

For challenges involving "Kills Affected by Field Upgrades," Tesla Storm is recommended. It immobilizes and weakens zombies, charges quickly, and lasts a long time. If unavailable, Frenzy Guard is a better choice. Speed Cola has an Augment that increases the charging speed of Field Upgrade.

Mastery Camo Challenges

Gold Dragon Camo

Unlocking this camouflage requires completing 10 quick kills, which is very easy in zombie mode and almost impossible to complete. The only potentially slightly difficult situations are when there are insufficient zombies in early rounds or in very high rounds.

Bloodstone Camouflage

This challenge requires unlocking Gold Dragon camouflage on all weapons in a category and achieving 200 kills without taking damage.

Currently, this challenge has a benign bug where you can complete it by getting 200 kills with each weapon, even while taking damage. Once fixed, it will require truly achieving kills without taking damage, which is easier to complete in Directed mode. You can use Fireworks Ammo mod to speed this up, as long as you don't take damage while holding the weapon.

Doom Steel Camouflage

You need to unlock Bloodstone camouflage on 30 weapons first. The challenge is to kill 10 elite zombies with each weapon; this is the final and most tedious part.

The fastest way to unlock this camouflage is by being in Ashes of the Damned in Single Player Directed mode. You need to follow the prompts until you turn on the power, reach the 7th round limit, and receive the quest to retrieve items from Uber Klaus.

When Uber Klaus first spawns, you can kill him, and this counts as one elite kill. After he dies, a special zombie will spawn. Do not kill it, and you can save and quit.

Then, reload the game. Uber Klaus will revive, but you cannot save and quit now. You need to clear all the zombies to reset round 7. When you can save and exit again, only kill Uber Klaus, then save and quit again.

Repeat this process until your weapon achieves 10 elite enemy kills. After completing one weapon, you can continue by using a mystery box or exchanging for a new weapon with a Wall Weapon. Make sure to pack-a-punching your weapon for faster kills. For weaker weapons, you can use other weapons to weaken Uber Klaus first, then switch to the weaker weapon to finish him off and gain progress.

Unlocking camouflage from scratch is a huge waste of time, and since it's in the early stages of the game, there's not much of an effective way to do it right now. You can use Double XP Tokens to speed things up a bit.

While Call of Duty Black Ops 7 hasn't received overwhelmingly positive reviews, it must be acknowledged that it does bring some appealing new gameplay features compared to its predecessors, such as Cursed Mode.

This mode is part of the entire Zombies mode, and its novelty and challenge lie in the fact that you only have a Jager 45 pistol as your weapon at the start.

You then need to complete various trials to find hidden relics that serve as new gear or buffs, helping you complete the remaining trials to unlock the final reward.

Below, we will introduce the entire relic system and provide a detailed guide on how to unlock all Tier 1 relics.

How To Unlock The Relic System?

First, you need to know that the entire Cursed mode includes three tiers, from lowest to highest: Tier 1 Grim, Tier 2 Sinister, and Tier 3 Wicked. Each tier has three relics waiting to be found.

Next, you need to complete Ashes of the Damned main quest at least once in standard mode to begin unlocking and using the relics. Here are all the relics and their tiers:

• Tier 1: Lawyer's Pen
• Tier 1: Dragon Wings
• Tier 1: Teddy Bear
• Tier 2: Vril Sphere
• Tier 2: Pending
• Tier 2: Focusing Stone
• Tier 3: Bus
• Tier 3: Dragon
• Tier 3: Blood Vials

You must unlock all Tier 1 relics and at least two Tier 2 relics to start unlocking Tier 3 relics. To obtain Zombies mode camo, you need to unlock and use the corresponding relic to complete a Zombies mode game.

How To Find Lawyer's Pen?

After completing 20 rounds in Zombies mode in any way, you can begin searching for Tier 1 relic, Lawyer's Pen. Before you start, remember to obtain a napalm grenade or Molotov cocktail and equip it to your weapon; you will need it for the following steps.

• Step 1: Travel from Ashwood to Blackwater Lake. Lost Cabins will appear on the left side of the road.
• Step 2: Throw any item to attract the attention of nearby zombies, then enter the cabin and find the first candle on the dressing table.
• Step 3: Return to Ashwood and find the second candle behind Jugger-nog vending machine on the first floor of Rusty Rabbit bar on the west side of town.
• Step 4: Travel to Vandorn Farm and find the third candle on the nightstand in the upstairs bedroom.
• Step 5: Light all the candles, then go downstairs at Vandorn Farm to redeem a Brain Rot upgrade.
• Step 6: Find a green portal on the west side of the farm and interact with it to enter another dimension.
• Step 7: Defeat all enemies and survive four waves of attacks in Grim Trial in this dimension to unlock Lawyer's Pen.

Carrying items like Molotov cocktails is necessary because only they can hit and light the candles in this trial, while Brain Rot upgrade causes Shock Mimic zombies in Grim Trial to attack each other, reducing your combat pressure.

How To Find Dragon Wings?

The only prerequisite for unlocking this relic is to complete 20 rounds of Zombies mode, then return to Vandorn Farm, turn on the power, and from the farm, hit the following three portals in one time to travel to Janus Towers Plaza:

• 1. The central power line tower on the left side of the plaza
• 2. The center of the Janus Towers building
• 3. Near the wreckage on the right side of the plaza

Afterward, you will successfully land on the plaza. Then return to the north of Vandorn Farm to find the green portal belonging to Dragon Wings, enter it, and complete the trial to obtain the relic.

How To Find Teddy Bear?

The prerequisite for finding this relic is to complete 20 rounds of combat and unlock Aether Shroud Field Upgrade and Necrofluid Gauntlet.

Then you need to activate Aether Shroud Field Upgrade to make attacking teddy bears appear throughout the map. Equip Necrofluid Gauntlet and kill all 10 of them. You can determine their locations by their names:

• Janus Towers Teddy Bear
• Blackwater Lake Teddy Bear
• Lost Cabins Teddy Bear
• Ashwood Church Teddy Bear
• Ashwood Rabbit Alley Teddy Bear
• Grounded Ship Teddy Bear
• Vandorn Farm Teddy Bear
• Zarya Cosmodrome Teddy Bear
• Zarya Cosmodrome Support Systems Teddy Bear
• Exit 115 Teddy Bear

After completing this part of the challenge, return to Vandorn Farm again, find and enter the new green portal on the wall to the left outside the garage to unlock this trial.

This challenge also has four rounds of combat, with the first and third rounds featuring regular zombies, and the second and fourth rounds featuring respawning special enemies.

After defeating all enemies and completing the battle, you will unlock the third Tier 1 relic, Teddy Bear.

During combat, the two weapons you unlocked earlier will prioritize consuming essence when firing, before using bullets. Essence can also be used to exchange armor or ammunition.

After unlocking all three Tier 1 relics, you can activate them to begin farming for Tier 2 relics and utilize their effects to more easily handle subsequent battles.

This concludes the introduction to the relic system and how to unlock Tier 1 relics. If you haven't started collecting them yet, this guide will be helpful!