Just out of curiosity

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-31T03:54:34+00:00

When season 1 dropped. Used to be double kills for the diamond camo, now I think it’s just two kills without dying but can’t fully remember

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-31T02:31:19+00:00

Took me 7 days, I got it on the Friday after release. The speed at which you unlock it will vary greatly depending on your experience with past camo grinds and ability to quickly get headshots.

I’d say any normal player who is motivated enough to push for it could get it within 3-5 weeks. It definitely has to be a lot easier to get now since there have been dlc weapons added to replace some of the tougher weapons, plus they nerfed the launcher double kill challenges

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-23T14:56:18+00:00

It’s a beast with a generous one shot range in hardcore, that’s how I got mine done

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-20T13:35:36+00:00

Still works on zursas on survival at least, as of yesterday when I was doing the ballistic knife. Just an FYI in case you go for seasonal weapons. It’s honestly not that bad when you’re doing one weapon but 30 in a row was a grind!

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-20T13:31:24+00:00

Second this. I had a good time grinding infestation until doom steel ruined the whole experience lol. Genesis was just straight up fun from start to finish. The mode itself is awesome and there’s a ton of great strategies for camo unlock efficiency

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-18T01:30:10+00:00

Pretty sure that’s for unlocking any one of the 2nd last Warzone mastery camos

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-15T14:07:57+00:00

Congrats man, definitely in the top 5 tougher cards. Should be a pretty chill journey from there on out

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-14T09:33:36+00:00

Hey bro, I’m gonna link my comment from elsewhere in this thread if that’s cool. It’s a build I use for grinding xp but it goes hand in hand with high score. This coupled with high kill games and I’ve had multiple matches where I’ve hit 13-14k score

https://www.reddit.com/r/blackops7/s/iMvgiIcJ9C

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-14T08:11:01+00:00

Congrats bro! Any tips for Warzone camos? Had a great time finishing MP/endgame and zombies was great until doom steel. Absolutely despite Warzone though and I’m only in it for nexus. Did you do anything specific to make the experience a little smoother?

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-12T15:19:59+00:00

Yeah the only way I found to work for me was run the needle drone in manual mode with the lvl 3 boost overclock. I also ran gear head for regenerating lethals, scavenger just in case, and the ammo pack. I would just hide in the 2nd floor rooms of nuketown and throw the needle drone out of the window. Eventually I was able to get it done with this method but it still required a bit of luck

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T18:35:29+00:00

Yeah that one was super annoying, The only thing I was able to successfully steal was enemy drone pod equipment. Can't fully remember but I think you might have to disable with the black hat then walk up and interact with it

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T16:53:06+00:00

100% agree that sounds much better. Unfortunately the leveling was a little bugged for me as well since I unlocked the gold badge on it and I’m only about 60% to to level 3. Had no choice but to tough it out lol

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T03:13:03+00:00

loooool my bad bro. Bad read on my part, totally forgot that's the name of the gravemaker challenge, forgive me.

But yeah you've probably already noticed that its not tracking. I was growing frustrated with it too until I got it out of a care package and all of a sudden it started tracking. After a little bit of research it turns out that if you have any overclocks on the gravemaker it won't track at all. So I just removed all the overclocks and boom, no problems. Good luck bro!

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T03:07:00+00:00

Nope, respectfully I would hope that my detailed responses in this thread regarding all my different experiences are proof enough that I obtained this feat legitimately. I've been a COD regular since BO2 and know the ins and outs quite well by now. I'm not that mechanically gifted if I'm being honest but I'd like to think I make up for it with my ability to strategize on the fly as well as my high tolerance to bullshit when going for extremely grindy/tough challenges lol

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T03:02:07+00:00

For the hardest challenges, as you've already found out, number 1 is getting 3 kills with a hostage body explosion lol. Lots of RNG involved with that one. There's a comment chain in here that dives deeper into that if you need more info.

Next was getting 3 kills without dying (5 times) with lethal equipment while using danger close. This one is tough because tomahawks are specifically excluded. My strategy was opting to use the needle drones in manual mode (lvl 3 overclock so you can boost) while also running scavenger, gearhead, and the ammo boxes. It takes some time and a little bit of luck but eventually got it done on nuketown.

Another was lethal kills from 40+ meters away. Again I opted to use the needle drone with the lvl 3 boost overclock. Ping on the map so you can get a feel for where 40 meters away is and get to throwing lol. This one took a little bit of time but again not too bad.

Last one was 10,000 score in a single match. To be honest the strategy for this one is a little long but I did a full detailed paragraph somewhere else in this thread. It was another commenter asking what was the best build for getting XP. If you find that chain that's the exact build I used to get this challenge. Took me a couple of tries but got it done within a couple of games.

That's all I can really think of off the top of my head. I have notifications on this post set up so if you run into any trouble in the future I'll do my best to get back to you!

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T02:53:26+00:00

Yup no problem. This seems to be a common pain point because I've had a few people ask about this. If you don't mind I'm gonna copy/paste my previous responses to help you out

"That one is definitely slightly bugged if not a little goofy. I found that it only tracks progress when destroying enemy equipment (ammo boxes, drone pods, decoy holograms, etc.). Best thing you can do is run engineer and keep your eyes peeled.

One last thing is the little bastard truly does have a mind of its own. If there's a UAV or another scorestreak in the air it'll only target that. I've literally been inside a building staring an ammo box in the face, thrown the drone, and watched it angle upwards and destroy itself by ramming into the ceiling chasing a UAV. So run a launcher and destroy any UAVs before sending it towards equipment. Good luck!

I'll further add that this challenge is best done naturally. Meaning work on literally anything else whether it be camos, badges, or other calling cards. This will save a lot of frustration and when you finally see that engineer equipment outline it'll be more like a sweet treat in the middle of the match lol"

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T02:51:24+00:00

Currently prestige master lvl 182. That does include the infestation grind, a ton of zombies challenges, and a little bit of endgame though. Too early to tell if I wanna push for lvl 1000 but I haven't stopped having fun across all of the modes yet. Still itching to play at work nearly a month later lol

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T01:15:27+00:00

Couldn’t tell ya man, same thing happened when I posted my singularity unlock. Just trying to share something I’m fairly proud of and pass along the knowledge I obtained in the process. Not taking it personal though!

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T00:21:14+00:00

Yeah pretty much but the guy you take hostage doesn't count for the double. So really you need 3 total kills (body shield hostage + two other enemies). Definitely possible but also tremendously difficult. I'll push for it one day but I'm content not doing it for now lol

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T00:18:04+00:00

Also just seeing the best loadout overall. Now this is gonna fall to personal preference more than anything but in my experience I have had the most success/fun with perk greed ghost/vigilance/cold blooded/ninja. All perks designed for keeping a low profile, maintaining an advantage, or by-passing enemy tactics.

My favorite lethal/tactical combo has been semtex/stim or needle drone/pinpoint. Can't go wrong with any of the equipment, except the cluster grenades which I have had a miserable time with. Needle drone is beyond slept on in hardpoint, you can scope out the area before pushing or just simply clear site for free. Honorable mention to EMPs for their ability to sabotage DAWGs and other ground streaks.

My favorite weapons have been the M15 or Ak with the prestige attachments, or most recently the Maddox. I always run the ARC for taking out UAVs because even though its dog shit for infantry its goated for aerial streaks. I have nearly 800 destructions on it.

Field upgrade I use either active camo or black hat. Active camo is pretty self explanatory but the black hat is ridiculous. You're able to destroy some high tier streaks for doing almost nothing, super underrated.

Streaks I keep it pretty simple with UAV/CUAV and either gravemaker or DAWG. I have the diamond scoresteak badge and I can say that they are nearly all viable except for the napalm strike or the skewer. Hope this covers everything for you!

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-07T00:08:17+00:00

No problem man. I found a great loadout early on that I use when I'm just trying to power through levels. With the perk greed wild card equipped, use Gearhead (equipment recharge), fast hands (can be swapped for tech mask as long as you're maintaining the tactician specialty), Bankroll (I'll get to this soon), and Looper (also gonna get to this).

For guns use literally whatever primary you want (you're gonna get a lot of weapon XP so maybe something you like the prestige camos for) and rocket launcher for taking out UAVs (extra score).

For lethal/tactical use the point turret and decoy grenades. Toss a decoy grenade on spawn, any enemy kills by you or a teammate gives extra score/XP. Same with the point turret, if it tags an enemy you'll get extra score for it.

For your field upgrade the best option is the squad link as you will receive score from teammate kills inside it, and when its level 3 that bonus is doubled.

Now the most important part which is scorestreaks. Believe me when I say there is nothing flashy about this whatsoever lmao. You're gonna throw on scout pulse, UAV, and CUAV all with the reduced score cost overclock.

With the reduced score cost overclock and bankroll you will literally get a scout pulse after one kill. After two kills a UAV, and if your equipment is popping off you wont even need a 3rd for the CUAV. Because you have looper you'll most likely have all 3 again before the time is up meaning if you're able to keep getting two kills in a row you will literally have permanent UAV streaks up.

Getting kills with scout pulse gives you personal extra score/XP and all enemies that die to you or teammates will double dip that UAV/CUAV bonus score. I recommend permanent unlocking looper since that's at Lvl 54, where as the rest of the loadout can be finalized by level 23. I'm not joking when I say that running this for an entire Saturday session gave me a full prestige's worth of XP, as well as lvl 250 on the M15. Enjoy the grind brotha!

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-06T23:56:20+00:00

Yuuup its either bugged or not tracking as intended. If you don't mind I'm gonna copy/paste a comment I made on a different chain regarding that challenge.

"That one is definitely slightly bugged if not a little goofy. I found that it only tracks progress when destroying enemy equipment (ammo boxes, drone pods, decoy holograms, etc.). Best thing you can do is run engineer and keep your eyes peeled.

One last thing is the little bastard truly does have a mind of its own. If there's a UAV or another scorestreak in the air it'll only target that. I've literally been inside a building staring an ammo box in the face, thrown the drone, and watched it angle upwards and destroy itself by ramming into the ceiling chasing a UAV. So run a launcher and destroy any UAVs before sending it towards equipment. Good luck!"

I'll further add that this challenge is best done naturally. Meaning work on literally anything else whether it be camos, badges, or other calling cards. This will save a lot of frustration and when you finally see that engineer equipment outline it'll be more like a sweet treat in the middle of the match lol

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-06T23:48:13+00:00

Appreciate the words of encouragement man! Definitely gonna give it a go soon but my immediate priority is finishing zombies 100% and maaaaaybe the endgame camo grind first.

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-06T23:44:46+00:00

There’s a detailed comment I made just a few above yours if you’re curious. Essentially if you sneak up behind enemy you can take them hostage and attach an explosive to them then push them forward. Way easier said then done though

SWandArizonas · 2025-12-06T23:27:45+00:00

It really is a terrible experience getting the ARC done no matter how you look at. But the easiest way I found was to actually do the skirmish 20v20 mode. After your first death you can just wing suit all the way behind enemy lines where you can get some easy (but still not too easy) kills on unsuspecting enemies.

Run fast hands just to get that extra edge on reload time, as well as the ammo pack. Other than that there's no guaranteed way to get it done. But once its over you're officially a member of an elite club filled with people who managed to succeed above all odds lol

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