The camo grind is a big part of every Call of Duty release, and Modern Warfare 4 brings nine mastery camos for multiplayer, Warzone, and DMZ. In addition to these, MW4 also introduces prestige mastery camos that reward you for resetting your rank and climbing the progression path all over again.
Mastery camos are some of the most sought-after rewards in Call of Duty games, and Modern Warfare 4's adds a bunch of new Modern Warfare 4 weapon patterns plus some returning favorites. These are all the MW4 mastery camos, plus everything known about their unlock methods.
How to Unlock Mastery Camos in MW4
Mastery camos are tied to each main mode in Modern Warfare 4, so there's a set for multiplayer, a set for Warzone, and a set for DMZ. You can only unlock mastery camos after unlocking the Harmonic Break completionist camo for all weapons.
Acquiring Harmonic Break is the usual COD camo grind. Level up a weapon fully to get all of its military camos, then complete weapon-specific challenges to unlock the three special camo patterns for each individual weapon. Once you've done that, you can start working toward Gold, Platinum, and Harmonic Break
Gold Camo
To unlock the Gold challenge, you have to get every camo on a single weapon. Then, you'll need to get 15 eliminations in a single multiplayer match or get 100 eliminations in a DMZ match to complete the challenge.
Platinum Camo
To unlock the Platinum challenge, you need Gold on every weapon in a specific category. The Platinum challenges vary depending on the weapon class you're using.
- Assault Rifles: Headshots
- SMGs: Kills from behind
- Shotguns: Hipfire kills
- LMGs: Kills without dying
- Marksman Rifles: Kills while prone
- Sniper Rifles: Kills while prone
- Pistols: Kills from behind
- Launchers: Kills without taking damage
- Melee: Kills without dying
Harmonic Break Camo
You can only start the Harmonic Break challenges once you've gotten Platinum on every weapon in the game. Just like Platinum, the Harmonic Break challenges vary depending on your equipped weapon class.
- Assault Rifles: Double kills
- SMGs: Hipfire kills
- Shotguns: Kills without reloading
- LMGs: Kills without releasing the trigger
- Marksman Rifles: One shot kills
- Sniper Rifles: One shot kills
- Pistols: Hipfire kills
- Launchers: Kills
- Melee: Kills from behind
After completing all 33 Harmonic Break challenges, you'll unlock the special Divergence camo pattern. You'll also be able to start working on mastery camos afterward.
Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer mastery camos
There are three multiplayer mastery camos to earn in Modern Warfare 4:
- Mercurial Drift
- Polyatomic Reforged
- Orion Reforged
Mercurial Drift Polyatomic Reforged Orion Reforged
After acquiring the Divergence camo pattern, you can start the unlock process for Mercurial Drift. The challenge requires you to get 10 kills in a match 250 times.
Mercurial Drift is just the first step of the mastery camo journey. Once you've unlocked Mercurial Drift, you'll unlock the Polyatomic Reforged challenge for that weapon. Polyatomic Reforged is an updated version of the Polyatomic mastery camo from Modern Warfare 2 and 3. To get it, you have to get 3 kills without taking damage 300 times.
Polyatomic Reforged
Mercurial Drift is just the first step of the mastery camo journey. Once you've unlocked Mercurial Drift for every weapon in a class — assault rifles, snipers, etc. — you'll unlock the Polyatomic Reforged challenges for those weapons. Polyatomic Reforged is an updated version of the Polyatomic mastery camo from Modern Warfare 2 and 3.
Orion Reforged
Orion Reforged is another updated variant of an MW2/3 mastery camo. Orion Reforged is unlocked after earning Polyatomic Reforged on every single base game weapon. You'll be able to skip a few guns once Infinity Ward expands MW4's arsenal with post-launch updates, but you'll still need to hit the same overall weapon count to match the base game's arsenal size of 33.
Modern Warfare 4 Prestige Camos
Modern Warfare 4 also introduces prestige weapon camos. These can be earned by climbing the ranks of the classic prestige system instead of the regular prestige system that doesn't reset your unlocks.
- Pyroclast
- Pyroclast Verge
- Pyroclast Scatter
- Pyroclast Cascade
Pyroclast
Prestige camos are a new concept (not to be confused with Black Ops 7's weapon prestige camos), and there are four variants of the Pyroclast camo to earn in MW4.
You'll get these as you reach higher prestige levels. Pyroclast is earned after reaching weapon prestige 1 level 1.
Pyroclast Terminus
Next up is Pyroclast Terminus, which is unlocked by reaching the maximum weapon level of weapon prestige 1.
Pyroclast Scatter
When you reach max level again after prestiging your weapon, you'll enter Master Prestige. You'll continue to gain weapon levels without resetting, and there are two additional camos to work toward.
Pyroclast Scatter is the first weapon prestige master camo. Just reach weapon prestige master level 150 to unlock it.
Pyroclast Cascade
Pyroclast Cascade is the final weapon prestige camo. You can obtain it by reaching weapon prestige master level 250.
Modern Warfare 4 Warzone Mastery Camos
You can earn three mastery camos by leveling up weapons in Modern Warfare 4's iteration of Warzone.
- Parallax
- Damascus Reforged
- Empyros
Parallax
With the launch of MW4, Warzone gets a third set of mastery camos following the introduction of battle royale mastery camos with the release of Black Ops 6. Parallax is the first, unlocked after acquiring every other camo for a given weapon.
Damascus Reforged
Once you've gotten Parallax on every weapon in a single category, you'll unlock the challenge for Damascus Reforged. This is an animated remix of a classic camo from Modern Warfare 2019, but it's making the jump from multiplayer to Warzone in MW4. Thankfully, the grind won't be as bad this time around.
Empyros
Empyros is the ultimate prize for Warzone camo grinders. Empyros will be unlocked after earning Damascus Reforged for every weapon in Warzone. Like the other top-tier mastery camos, think of Empyros as a mode completion reward.
Modern Warfare 4 DMZ mastery camos
The extraction-based DMZ mode includes three additional mastery camos:
- Chiral
- Ripple Tide
- Helio
Chiral
Leaving beta after its debut in Modern Warfare 2, DMZ features a trio of mastery camos to grind for. After you get Harmonic Break on all weapons and unlock the Divergence camo pattern, you can start the challenge for Chiral camo. Get 2,500 Tier 3+ enemy kills in DMZ to unlock it.
Ripple Tide
Expanding the scope a bit further, Ripple Tide is available once you've earned Chiral camo for a weapon in DMZ. You have to exfil two lieutenant dog tags in a single DMZ deployment 50 times to unlock it.
Helio
Lastly, Helio is the ultimate DMZ mastery camo. You'll unlock the Helio challenge after getting Ripple Tide. The challenge requires you to get 25,000 kills while using legendary weapons with a max level operator in DMZ, which is quite a grind.
More information about Modern Warfare 4's camo progression and challenges will be revealed as the release date approaches. This page will be updated with specific challenge details across all three modes when additional details are available.
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