There are 12 Mastery Camos in Modern Warfare 3 for players to grind for this year. Each varies in difficulty and what aspects of the game the challenges focus on, but the final camos are worth it in the end. This guide will give you all the information needed to progress through each completionist camo in the game.
Eight of the twelve mastery camos are for the new weapons in Modern Warfare 3, while the remaining four are for the Modern Warfare 2 weapons carried over into the new title. Starting with the MW3 weapons, four are based on the multiplayer gameplay and four are based around aspects of the zombie's gameplay. The four camos for the MW2 weapons are all around the zombies' gameplay as well.
To unlock these camos players must work through challenges that can span across multiple weapons. It requires players to change their playstyles to focus on different portions of the gameplay. There are three separate completionist trees that players must work through to unlock the next camo. Below are each of the 12 Mastery Camos and how to unlock them in Modern Warfare 3.
Modern Warfare 3 Mastery Camos
Multiplayer Camos for the new Modern Warfare 3 Weapons
Gilded
The first mastery camo players have to start with is Gilded. To achieve this camo, players have to complete 4 base challenges, level up the weapon to a certain amount, and complete the Gilded Challenge. While getting it for one specific weapon is easy, players will have to unlock the Camo for every single weapon if they want to progress to the other camos.
Here is how to unlock the Gilded Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
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Forged
The Forged Camo is one of the Multiplayer Mastery Camos for only the Modern Warfare 3 weapons. It is one of the harder camos to obtain but worth the grind. To unlock the Forged Camo for ARs, players will have to unlock the Gilded Camo for all weapons in the weapon category. Players will also have to complete 1 extra challenge per weapon, in which the detailed list is linked below.
Here is how to unlock the Forged Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
Priceless
The Priceless Camo is one of the Multiplayer Mastery Camos for only the Modern Warfare 3 weapons. After both Gilded and Forged are unlocked, we can now get to the Priceless Camo. It is very similar to the Forged challenges, in that Forged needs to be unlocked, and then an additional challenge for each of the 36 Modern Warfare 3 weapons. Below is a detailed explanation on on to complete the challenges.
Here is how to unlock the Priceless Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
Interstellar
The final camo in the Multiplayer completionist line is the Interstellar camo. To unlock this camo, players have to unlock Priceless for every single one of the new Modern Warfare 3 weapons. Below is the detailed path players must take to get Interstellar, which is one of the hardest camos to unlock in Modern Warfare 3.
Here is how to unlock the Interstellar Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
Zombies Camos for the new Modern Warfare 3 Weapons
Golden Enigma
The first mastery camo players have to start in Zombies is Golden Enigma. To achieve this camo, players have to complete 4 base challenges, level up the weapon to a certain amount, and complete the Golden Enigma Challenge. While getting it for one specific weapon is easy, players will have to unlock the Camo for every single weapon if they want to progress to the other camos.
Here is how to unlock the Golden Enigma Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
Zircon Scale
To unlock the Zircon Scale camo, players will first have to unlock the Golden Enigma Camo for every weapon in the set classes. For example, if you are trying to unlock the Zircon Scale for the Longbow, you'll have to have Golden Enigma for every single sniper. It is a lot of work but worth the grind in order to acquire Borealis.
Here is how to unlock the Zircon Scale Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
Serpentinite
The Serpentinite Camo is one of the Multiplayer Mastery Camos for only the Modern Warfare 3 weapons in Zombies. After both Golden Enigma and Zircon Scale are unlocked, we can now get to the Serpentinite Camo. It is very similar to the Zircon Scale challenges, in that the previous camo needs to be unlocked, and then an additional challenge for each of the 36 Modern Warfare 3 weapons. Below is a detailed explanation on on to complete the challenges.
Here is how to unlock the Serpentinite Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
Borealis
The final camo in the Zombies completionist line is the Borealis camo. To unlock this camo, players have to unlock Serpentinite for every single one of the new Modern Warfare 3 weapons. Below is the detailed path players must take to get Borealis, which is one of the hardest camos to unlock in Modern Warfare 3.
Here is how to unlock the Borealis Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
Zombies Camos for the returning Modern Warfare 2 Weapons
Golden Ivory
The first Zombies Mastery camo for the Modern Warfare 2 weapons is the Golden Ivory Camo. To obtain this camo players must complete four base challenges, level up the weapon to a certain amount, and complete the final Golden Ivory Challenge. The final challenge is to get 100 kills in a game and successfully extract from the map. Below is a breakdown of the path to unlocking the Golden Ivory Camo.
Here is how to unlock the Golden Ivory Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
Spinel Husk
To obtain this camo players must have unlocked Golden Ivory Camo for a specific number of weapons in each weapon category. For example, players need to have unlocked Golden Ivory for 8 out of the 15 MW2 Assault Rifles to be able to unlock Spinal Husk. Below are the requirements for unlocking the Spinel Husk Camo.
Here is how to unlock the Spinel Husk Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
Arachnida
To unlock this camo players will first have to unlock the Spinel Husk Camo for 51 of the Modern Warfare 2 weapons that were carried over. There are a total of 77 MW2 carry-over weapons, so players can pick the easier weapons to unlock Spinel Husk while dodging the harder weapon categories such as Launchers and Melee.
Here is how to unlock the Arachnida Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
Bioluminescent
The final camo in the Zombies completionist line is the Bioluminescent camo for the Modern Warfare 2 weapons. To unlock this camo, players have to unlock Arachnida for every single one of the new Modern Warfare 3 weapons. Below is the detailed path players must take to get Bioluminescent, which is one of the hardest camos to unlock in Modern Warfare 3.
Here is how to unlock the Bioluminescent Camo in Modern Warfare 3.
