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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6brings back the iconic camo grind for its Multiplayer and Zombies offerings. Players who are willing to sink dozens of hours into either game type can unlock stunning mastery camos for Black Ops 6’s wide roster of weapons. There are dozens of camos up for grabs this year, including the return of Treyarch’s iconic Dark Matter pinnacle camo.
While the path to Dark Matter is fairly long, it’s far from painful. There aren’t many difficult camo challenges this year, and you may start the camo grind the second you unlock a new weapon—leveling guns is no longer a prerequisite. Let’s dive into how the camo grind works in Black Ops 6, then showcase every single camo challenge you’ll find in BO6’s Multiplayer offerings.
Updated May 15, 2025, by Charles Burgar:Season 3 has added a handful of new weapons to Black Ops 6, including some classic weapons from MW2019 like the HDR and Kilo 141. We’ve updated this guide to include every special camo for Season 3’s new weapons.
How Mastery Camos Work In Multiplayer
Mastery camos work much in the same way as MW2 and MW3, but the challenges you’ll need to complete this year have been significantly streamlined.Every weapon in Black Ops 6 has three distinct camo tiers:
Unlike past CoD titles, camo challenges are no longer locked behind weapon level. You can start the Military camo grind the second you pick up a new weapon.
Additionally, camo progress isnotreset when you Prestige.
Militarycamos are the starting point for every gun. Each weapon has the sameten camosto unlock, most of which are tied to headshot kills. Unlike previous CoDs, these camos areweapon-bound,notaccount-bound. If you get Red Tiger on one weapon, it won’t be unlocked for everything else.
Specialcamos are available once you complete the gun’s Military camo challenges. These are weapon specific and tend to be more specific, such as requiring 50 kills with a certain perk package active. Each weapons hastwo Special camosup for grabs, both of which can be unlock asynchronously.
Masterycamos are the bread and butter of this camo grind. They’re structured similarly to MW3, broken up into four distinct tiers that build off one another.Goldis unlocked once you acquire both Special camos for your weapon.Diamondrequires you to unlock Gold for theentireweapon archetype (assault rifles, SMG, etc.) and complete a slightly harder challenge.
If you manage to get Diamond on a whopping 33 weapons—most of BO6’s weapon roster—then you can start completingDark Spinechallenges. Get all 33 of those challenges complete, and you’ll reach the last tier of camo challenges:Dark Matter.
AMES 85
GPR 91
SWAT 5.56
LR 7.62
Get 50 kills with a 4.0x scope equipped or greater.
9mm PM
Destroy 10 Scorestreaks, equipment, or field upgrades.
Launcher Mastery Camos
Gold
Destroy 3 Scorestreaks, enemy equipment, or field upgrades in a single match 3 times.
Get 3 kills in one game 10 times.
Dark Spine
Destroy 5 Scorestreaks, enemy equipment, or field upgrades in a single match 3 times.
Sirin 9mm
