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Guide To Unlocking Characters in Blackout in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Updated)
Mission item locations and unlock requirements for every Blackout character in Black Ops 4
With dozens of unique character skins, ranging from Ajax to Woods, keeping track of all their unlock requirements and unique mission items is tough. To help with that, here’s a handy guide to keep track of it all. The latest batch of Characters have been labeled with NEW.
Blackout Icons
Reznov
Mission Item: Ushanka Hat
How to Acquire Item: There are three main locations for this item.
- The fountain between Raid and Stronghold in Estates.
- In the inner and outer rings surround the red monument in Raid (left side of Estates)
- Southwest fountain by Asylum
Unlock Requirements:
- Get 1 “Extreme Range” kill (200m or more)
- Place Top 2 in Squads, Top 3 in Duos, or Top 5 in Solos with Ushanka Hat in Inventory
Hudson
Unlock Requirements:
- Unlocked from Contraband in Black Market (Tier 199) in Operation: First Strike.
Vacation Hudson
Unlock Requirements:
- Unlocked from Black Market Reserves
Mason
Mission Item: Stained White T-Shirt
How to acquire item:
- Supply Stash found around the map
Unlock requirements:
- Wake the Sleeper Agent (Activate the Emergency Broadcast located in Array)
- Place top 4 in Quads, Top 8 in Duos, or Top 15 in Solos with Stained White T-Shirt in Inventory
Woods
Mission Item: Woods’ Bandanna
How to acquire item:
- Located north of Firing Range. Shown here:
Unlock requirements:
- Ride in a Helicopter for at least a minute
- Win the match (while being alive) with Woods’ Bandana in Inventory
Uncle Frank (NEW)
Unlock requirements:
- Purchase Black Ops Pass
Menendez
Mission Item: Locket
How to acquire item:
- Supply Drop from care packages
Unlock requirements:
- Kill or Clean Up 2 enemies with a shotgun
- Finish the match with Locket in Inventory
The Replacer
Unlock requirements:
- Unlocked from Blackjack’s Shop in the Replacer Bundle for 1100 COD Points
Sarah Hall (NEW)
Unlock Requirements:
- Unlocked from Black Market Reserves.
Blackjack (NEW)
Unlock Requirements:
- Unlocked from Black Market Reserves.
Ranger
Unlock requirements:
- Reach Echelon (Rank) 20
Frogman
Unlock requirements:
- Reach Echelon (Rank) 40
Airborne
Unlock requirements:
- Reach Echelon (Rank) 60
Seal
Unlock requirements:
- Reach Echelon (Rank) 80
Battle Hardened
Unlock requirements:
- Reach Echelon (Rank) 80 (With Maximum XP)
Zombies Characters
Shadowman
Unlock requirements:
- Purchase Black Ops Pass
Dempsey
Mission item: Juggernog Bottle
How to acquire item:
- Inside Nuketown Bunker
- Mystery Box
- Blightfather Event
Unlock requirements:
- Kill an enemy with any grenade.
- Finish the match with Juggernog Bottle in Inventory
Nikolai
Mission item: Russian Tanker Hat
How to acquire item:
- Inside Graveyard there is a locked mausoleum, throw a cymbal monkey at the door to open it revealing the item
- Blightfather Event
Unlock requirements:
- Place Top 3 in Squads, Top 5 in Duos, or Top 10 in Solos with Russian Tanker Hat in Inventory
Richtofen
Mission item: Blood Vials
How to acquire item:
- Blightfather event
- Have the Russian Tanker Hat or Letter To The Emperor in your Inventory and then interact with the Blood Fountain in Asylum and the item will turn into the Blood Vials
Unlock requirements:
- Place Top 2 in Squads, Top 3 in Duos, or Top 5 in Solos with Blood Vials in Inventory.
Takeo
Mission item: Emperor’s Note
How to acquire item:
- Blightfather event
- On top of the Lighthouse
- In the Asylum by interacting with a typewriter
Unlock requirements:
- Do not use ANY equipment (Grenades, Barricades, Sensor Darts, etc.)
- Place Top 3 in Squads, Top 8 in Duos, or Top 15 in Solos with Emperor’s Note in Inventory.
Bruno
Mission Item: Mug Shot
How to acquire item:
- Supply Drop
- Blightfather Event
Unlock requirements:
- Down an enemy with a melee attack
- Finish the match with Mug Shot in Inventory
Diego
Mission Item: Pulp Magazine
How to acquire item:
- Killing Zombies
- Blightfather Event
Unlock requirements:
- Down 1 enemy with a headshot
- Finish the match with Pulp Magazine in Inventory
Scarlett
Mission Item: Racing Goggles & Scarf
How to acquire item:
- Killing Zombies
- Blightfather Event
Unlock requirements:
- Kill an enemy by driving into them with a vehicle
- Finish the match with Racing Goggles & Scarf in Inventory
Shaw
Mission Item: Alchemical Set
How to acquire item:
- Mystery Box
- Blightfather Event
Unlock requirements:
- Kill and Clean Up 2 enemies with either a Wraith Fire or Acid Bomb (There will be 2 of each in the Mystery Box/Blightfather Loot alongside the Alchemical Set)
- Finish the match with Alchemical Set in Inventory
Ultimis Dempsey
Unlock requirements:
- Unlocked from Contraband in Black Market (Tier 95) in Operation: Absolute Zero.
Ultimis Nikolai
Unlock requirements:
- Unlocked from Contraband in Black Market (Tier 45) in Operation: Absolute Zero.
Ultimis Richtofen
Unlock Requirements
- Unlocked from Black Market: Special Orders [Richtofen] for 600 COD Points
Ultimis Takeo
Unlock Requirements
- Unlocked from Black Market for 800 COD Points
IX Bruno
Mission Item: Lion Pauldron
How to acquire item:
- Mystery Box
Unlock requirements:
- Down an enemy with a Combat Axe and then clean them up
- Finish the match with Lion Pauldron in Inventory
IX Diego
Mission Item: Mayan Crest
How to acquire item:
- Equipment Stash
Unlock requirements:
- Kill or Clean Up and enemy with a Bowie Knife
- Finish match with the Mayan Crest in your Inventory
IX Scarlett
Mission Item: Steel Bracer
How to acquire item:
- Killing Zombies
Unlock requirements:
- Open a Supply Drop
- Finish Match with Steel Bracer in Inventory
IX Shaw
Mission Item: Ritual Bowl
How to acquire item:
- Killing Zombies
Unlock requirements:
- Use 5 Perks
- Place in Top 7 in Quads, Top 15 in Duos, or Top 30 in Solos with Ritual Bowl in Inventory
Cosmic Silverback
Unlock Requirements:
- Purchase the Black Ops Pass
Warden
Unlock Requirements:
- Unlocked from Contraband in Black Market (Tier 45) in Operation: Grand Heist.
Misty (NEW)
Unlock Requirements:
- Unlocked from Black Market: Special Orders [Misty] for 600 COD Points
John Doe
Unlock Requirements:
- Unlocked from Black Market Reserves.
Jane Doe
Unlock Requirements:
- Unlocked from Black Market Reserves.
Multiplayer Specialists (The Numbers Outfit Unlock)
Battery
Mission Item: War Machine
How to acquire item:
- Supply Drop
Unlock requirements:
- Kill 2 enemies with the War Machine
- Finish the match with War Machine in Inventory
Firebreak
Mission Item: Burned Doll
How to acquire item:
- Supply Stash
Unlock requirements:
- Kill or Clean Up a downed enemy with a Molotov
- Finish the match with Burned Doll in Inventory
Nomad
Mission Item: Juneau’s Tags
How to acquire item:
- Supply Stash
Unlock requirements:
- Kill 2 enemies without them dealing any damage to you
- Finish the match with Juneau’s Tags in Inventory
Prophet
Mission Item: Ocular Prosthetic
How to acquire item:
- Supply Drop
Unlock requirements:
- Win the match while you have 3 perks active and have the Ocular Prosthetic in Inventory
Ruin
Mission Item: Punching Mitts
How to acquire item: Spawns in 4 possible locations:
- Asylum Roof
- Construction Site on top of a Red Crane
- Top outer rim of the Lighthouse
- On yellow rafters in Hangar 2 at Turbine
Unlock requirements:
- Kill an enemy in close quarters
- Finish the match with Punching Mitts in Inventory
Seraph
Mission Item: Annihilator
How to acquire item:
- Go to the building with green tarp in Firing Range.
- Shoot this target in Firing Range with a pistol (it won’t be there every match.)
- If done successfully the green box to the left should open up with the Annihilator inside.
Unlock requirements:
- Kill 1 enemy with the Annihilator
- Place in Top 4 in Quads, Top 8 in Duos, or Top 15 in Solos with the Annihilator in Inventory
Ajax
Mission Item: Destroyed Armored Plating
How to acquire item:
- Destroy an enemies armor and kill them.
- Once you scavenge their body there should be a piece of Destroyed Armored Plating.
Unlock requirements:
- Scavenge 3 pieces of Destroyed Armored Plating
- Finish the match with 3 pieces of Destroyed Armored Plating in Inventory
Crash
Mission item: Poker Chips
How to acquire item:
- Medical Stash
Unlock requirements:
- Place in Top 3 in Quads, Top 7 in Duos, or Top 15 in Solos
- Have 15 Healing Items and Poker Chips in Inventory
Recon
Mission item: I Ching Coins
How to acquire item:
- Supply Stash
Unlock requirements:
- Do not take any Collapse damage
- Place in Top 7 in Quads, Top 15 in Duos, or Top 30 in Solos with I Ching Coins in Inventory
Torque
Mission item: Torque’s Note
How to acquire item:
- Supply Drop
Unlock requirements:
- Place down a Barricade and 2 Razor Wires (There will be a Barricade and 2 sets of Razor Wire in a box with Torque’s Note in it)
- Place in Top 7 in Quads, Top 15 in Duos, or Top 30 in Solos with Torque’s Note in Inventory
Reaper
Unlock requirements:
- Purchase the Black Ops Pass
Zero
Character Unlock requirements:
- Unlocked from Contraband in Black Market (Tier 1) in Operation: Absolute Zero.
Mission Item (Outfit Unlock): Alien Charm
How to acquire item:
- In the server building in Array on a table
- Office buildings near Hydro Dam
Unlock Requirements:
- Destroy 50 enemy Equipment Lifetime (This means destroy 50 across ALL of your Blackout matches. It will tell you how many you have when you pick up the Alien Charm)
- Finish the match with Alien Charm in Inventory.
Outrider
Character Unlock Requirements:
- Unlocked from Contraband in Black Market (Tier 1) in Operation: Grant Heist
Mission Item (Outfit Unlock): Tactical Cap
How to Acquire Item:
- West of Fracking Tower (D6) on a table at the top of the wooden lookout tower.
- Highest level of Construction Site on the floor
Unlock Requirements:
- Kill 25 enemies from high ground Lifetime (This means 25 high ground kills across ALL of your Blackout matches. It will tell you how many you have when you pick up the Tactical Cap)
- Finish the match with Tactical Cap in Inventory.
Spectre (NEW)
Character Unlock Requirements:
- Unlocked from Contraband in Black Market (Tier 1) in Operation: Spectre Rising
Mission Item (Outfit Unlock): Voice Modulator
How to Acquire Item:
- Inside any RV (Mobile Home) around the map.
Unlock Requirements:
- Kill 20 enemies with suppressed weapons with the Dead Silence perk active Lifetime (This means 20 kills across ALL of your Blackout matches. It will tell you how many you have when you pick up the Tactical Cap)
- Finish the match with Tactical Cap in Inventory.
Keep this post bookmarked as we will be updating it as more characters become available.
Let us know which characters you have unlocked, or are trying to unlock, in the comments down below!
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Ranking the 10 best Call of Duty maps ever
In nearly 20 years of Call of Duty games, which maps do we consider to be the absolute best? Find out as we rank the top 10 CoD maps ever.
After playing Call of Duty games for so many years, it’s often crossed our mind, which is the best CoD map of all time? So we’ve gone through them all, and come up with what we believe to be the 10 best ever, and ranked them.
Between Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, and Raven Software, the franchise’s main developers have created some astonishingly good maps over the years. Some have stood the test of time, with some becoming recurring features in multiple CoD games.
We decided to take the unenviable task of going through every single Call of Duty online multiplayer map and trying to pick the top 10 ever. Some CoD games don’t feature at all, and that doesn’t necessarily mean they were bad games, it’s just that some did it better.
Here is our official ranking of Call of Duty’s 10 best maps ever.
10. The Pines
Black Ops Cold War probably won’t go down in the annals as an all-time great, but it’s had plenty of highspots, including The Pines.
A throwback to a certain, classic 1980s film, The Pines has a great environment to explore with frantic battles in shops, lots of verticality, several perch-type spots, and the middle of the map is very accessible thanks to walls and its fountain.
Also, see where it ranked on our list of the best Black Ops Cold War maps!
9. Highrise
Modern Warfare 2 gave birth to the craziness of 360 no-scoping, quickscoping, and various other ridiculous sniping tricks that would become permanently etched in the early days of YouTube.
Lots of players we know now got their start using Highrise to climb to fame, and that’s also because it’s a great map. You can always use either building to become engaged in heated battles and use them for range before inevitably flying down to the rooftop below for even more conflict.
8. Bloc
On the other hand, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s Bloc is probably the finest example of a sniping map in the series’ storied history.
Its predominant feature is the two opposing, war-torn apartment blocs that are quite literally set up for a battle of Sniper Rifles. It’s always great fun moving from window to window and changing floors to vary your attack. If that wasn’t your thing, then Bloc has plenty of avenues to storm both buildings and move around the edges of the map to ambush.
7. Rust
Before “1v1 me in the Gulag“, there was Rust. Taking the idea of a small map from CoD4’s Shipment, Rust still manages to create a small playground but added so many possibilities.
From its stairs-esque shaft to the ladder taking you to the top, there are so many ways you could get the jump on your opponent. Rust also has a myriad of crevices to move around in, making this tiny map feel massive.
6. Rammaza
Rammaza is not only a bright spot in an otherwise divisive 2019 Modern Warfare reboot, it’s also just a classic Call of Duty map.
With three different levels of fighting possible, a multitude of different ladders and stairs to allow fluid traversal, Rammaza is just big enough and has all its obstacles in the right place. It’s a great map on any game mode and one that we’d definitely like to see return.
5. Strike
There isn’t a wasted space in quite a sizable Strike map. The spawn points are well-hidden and it doesn’t feel bare in any parts.
It has several key spots such as the iconic middle building, the kitchen area, the houses near each spawn, and there are genuinely so many different ways to play it. Search & Destroy was a particular delight to play on Strike, and it’s aged very well.
4. Raid
Raid might be the most scenic and stunning map on this list with this luxurious hollywood home boasting incredible architecture, mega-expensive sports cars, and even its own basketball court.
The map just feels unique and underlines this by allowing you to swim under its pool. It’s well-connected by the middle’s garden area and again, firefights can literally take place anywhere on the map. It was one of Black Ops Cold War’s first classic maps to be added to the game, and that’s because it’s still incredibly popular to do this day.
3. Firing Range
Another smaller map that manages to cram so much into it that it’s hard not to love. The concept is great as we’ve found ourselves on these practice ranges in multiple CoD games, so now actually trying to kill people on it feels apt.
Firing Range is a hotbed for high-scoring games, but unlike a map such as Nuketown, Firing Range feels fair and doesn’t feel like you’ll be spawn-trapped for multiple deaths in a row. It’s definitely the best “small” map in Call of Duty history and we’re sure we’ll be seeing it for multiple games to come.
2. Terminal
To many, the top spot is always going to boil down between one of two maps, and our number two spot goes to Terminal. If the action had perhaps been locked down to only the outside or inside, then Terminal wouldn’t fair so well.
But thankfully it doesn’t, and it leads to lots of crazy matches with close-range combat, long-range sniping, and everything in-between. Terminal perfectly manages to capture the balance of gameplay, whilst providing a cool backdrop at the same time.
1. Crash
The best map honor goes to Crash. If the sight of that destroyed helicopter doesn’t make you feel nostalgic then you probably never played Call of Duty 4. Infinity Ward’s take on modern warfare changed first-person shooters forever, and Crash is symbolic of this.
Gone were the days of the arena shooter, Crash represented a new era of detailed, intricate, multi-channeled maps with new ways to play each time. Whether you stayed at the top of the street to snipe down a lane, or headed to the bottom to ascend the three-story building, Crash had everything and more to make a map you wanted to play time and time again.
Which is why we believe it’s the best map in Call of Duty history.
Also, check out our 5 best Call of Duty games ever ranked: Full tier list too.
Do you disagree with any of our selections? Be sure to let us know on our Charlie INTEL Facebook Page and Charlie INTEL Twitter Page!
Image credits: Activision / Infinity Ward / Treyarch / Sledgehammer Games
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CoD leaker claims Modern Warfare 3 Campaign Remastered coming in 2021
Call of Duty fans could be set for huge nostalgia in 2021 with a remaster of the Modern Warfare 3 campaign expected to drop.
Modern Warfare 3 looks set to follow in the footsteps of Modern Warfare 2 by releasing a remastered version of its campaign component. A leak has suggested that the Call of Duty content is scheduled for 2021.
There’s absolutely no doubting the impact that the Modern Warfare games have had on the video game industry. At the time, CoD’s 2011 launch made Modern Warfare 3 the most successful entertainment launch of all-time by grossing over $400 million in 24 hours.
The continued exploits of Captain Price, Soap, and the gang were massively sought after and people flocked to it in droves. Now, players will apparently get to revisit this classic campaign in 2021 with a leak hinting that Modern Warfare 3 Remastered is on the way.
According to the MW2Ghost, “I was told that MW3 Campaign Remastered is definitely coming this year, and should be coming Q2 which is the original plan, one month exclusive to PlayStation.”
- Read More: 8 things we want to see in Call of Duty 2021
If true, this would follow a similar model to other previous Call of Duty content by declaring PlayStation to be its exclusive home for a while.
Black Ops Cold War has been an example of this with PlayStation users being treated exclusively to the game’s Onslaught mode. Modern Warfare 2 Remastered also released first on PlayStation.
MW2Ghost also followed this message up by saying, “Worded this a bit weird, so, it was originally set for Q2 of this year under a deal with PlayStation, but not sure if that’s still the case (date). Apparently, it’s definitely still coming at some point this year.”
Modern Warfare 2 remastered proved to be a financial victory for Activision, as people clamored for the epic campaign that helped to kickstart a generation.
With the extraordinary success of Warzone potentially affecting Call of Duty 2021, a remastered version of the Modern Warfare 3 campaign may have to keep fans ticking over until Call of Duty 2021 is announced.
Image credits: Activision
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How to play Rebirth Island in private matches
Season 3 of Black Ops Cold War has arrived in Warzone, and it has delivered the ability to play Rebirth Island in private matches.
Season 3 has officially arrived in Call of Duty: Warzone. It has brought plenty of changes, with one of the most notable is the ability to play private matches on Rebirth Island.
The first season of Black Ops Cold War content for Warzone saw Rebirth Island become the second map that players could battle on in the popular Call of Duty battle royale. The much smaller map and lower player count resulted in players being able to have quicker and even more intense matches than Verdansk.
While the community has been able to play private matches on Verdansk for some time now, the same has not been true for Rebirth Island, until now thanks to the Season 3 update for Warzone.
How to Play Rebirth Island in Private Matches
Players looking to customize their experience on the smaller Warzone map and host their own exclusive matches now can, thanks to the addition of private matches to the Black Ops Cold War map for Warzone.
Individuals who would like to set up these kinds of games on this particular map will need to head into Warzone and click on the tab at the very bottom of the Warzone playlist where you find all of the different game modes that you can play currently.
You will then need to select which game mode you would like to play. Once you have selected the game mode, you will be sent to the lobby screen, where you will be able to go to the bottom of the screen and switch the map from Verdansk to Rebirth Island.
Make sure you have enough players in the lobby to start a match, and then press start match.
There is no doubt that the addition of this feature to Verdansk was a hit amongst the community and will likely be used a great deal by players throughout Season 3 who prefer to get their victories and highlights on the smaller Warzone map instead of its larger predecessor.
The addition of this feature is just one of the many changes that have arrived in Warzone by way of the Season 3 update. From new weapons like the PPSH and Swiss K31 to the Hunt for Adler event, community members will have plenty to enjoy for the foreseeable future.
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