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THE COSMETIC COLLECTION

Pick the finish. Know the challenge.

Browse all 33 weapon paths, the DMZ mastery ladder, reticles and Calling Card sets. Keep historical rewards and other-mode tasks separate from your next deployment.

33 weapon paths99 Special challenge slots3 DMZ mastery tiers14 named card sets

Start with a weapon.

The 462-row tracker snapshot gives eight Military milestones, three named Special challenges and three completionist tasks per weapon. Only six Special level gates are supplied by the official examples; the other 93 stay unknown. Player-only wording is preserved where the tracker uses it.

.50 GS camo challenges

Frosted · Splatter Ops · Red Tiger

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: .50 GS

APOC-338 camo challenges

Phantom Flux · Mineral · Tiger Swipe

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: APOC-338

Axion camo challenges

Splinter Rock · Sunset Tropic · Cyan

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: Axion

FiNN LMG camo challenges

Desert Tactics · Green Tiger · Thunderhead

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: FiNN LMG

Han 86 camo challenges

Smoke · Stormwave · Red

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

Special level gates listed.

Weapon reference: Han 86

JOKR camo challenges

Thicket · Tectonic · Blue Tiger

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: JOKR

Krait P68 camo challenges

Off Grid · Urban Flamingo · Smokescreen

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: Krait P68

M4 camo challenges

Myriad · Green · Night Ops

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: M4

MAR-9 camo challenges

Mangrove · Fungal Grid · White

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: MAR-9

Oden camo challenges

Dark Moss · Shale · Hot Rod

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: Oden

Oris 8.6 camo challenges

Hibiscus · Fire Topo · Deep Space

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: Oris 8.6

PILA camo challenges

Frontier · Sandwash · Digital Fall

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: PILA

PM-40 Anvil camo challenges

Night Snow · Recursive · Urban Standard

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: PM-40 Anvil

PPSh-41 camo challenges

Blackwell · Iron · Currents

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: PPSh-41

Rezi 12 camo challenges

Struck Oil · Brushstroke · White Pine

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: Rezi 12

RPG-8 camo challenges

Digi Bark · Stone Bits · Bubblegum Ops

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: RPG-8

SANG 9mm camo challenges

Autumn · Snakeskin · Space Time

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

Special level gates listed.

Weapon reference: SANG 9mm

Signal 50 camo challenges

Anaconda · Ripplewave · Sunburn

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: Signal 50

Type 73 camo challenges

Ash Pine · Mineral · Tiger Swipe

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: Type 73

VEL 46 camo challenges

Jungle Shadow · Ghast · Gunmetal

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: VEL 46

Warlord camo challenges

Redshift · Corrupted Clay · Magma Ire

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: Warlord

X-58 Nyx camo challenges

Sniper Veil · Carbonated · Lime

8 military milestones · 3 Special · 3 completionist tasks

3 Special level gates not supplied.

Weapon reference: X-58 Nyx

Follow the prerequisite ladder.

  1. Military & Special
  2. Gold
  3. Platinum
  4. Harmonic Break
  5. Divergence
  6. Chiral
  7. Ripple Tide
  8. Helio

The ladder changes from one weapon, to a weapon class, to the full launch roster. A large total does not replace a single-match or extraction condition.

Military camos

Military camo progression

Eight military finishes unlock separately on each weapon through weapon levels.

  • Reach each weapon’s eight listed weapon-level milestones.

Before starting

  • Own access to the chosen weapon; account or DMZ level is not weapon level.

Reward: Military 1 · Military 2 · Military 3 · Military 4 · Military 5 · Military 6 · Military 7 · Military 8

Shared MW4 weapon track: Multiplayer and DMZ; Warzone begins Season 1

Details still unresolved
  • The tracker’s non-Han military milestones have no independent current-build reproduction.

Completionist

Gold camo challenge

Gold: a complete four-panel board showing the finish on a rifle and through three first-person views.
Gold weapon appearance, shown in the publisher’s complete reference board. Static imagery does not reproduce in-game animation.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗

Finish one weapon’s base camos, then achieve 100 eliminations within one DMZ match.

  • 100 eliminations in one DMZ match.

Before starting

  • Eight Military and three Special camos on that weapon.

Earlier steps: Military camo progression

Reward: Gold

MW4 DMZ

Completionist

Platinum camo challenge

Platinum: a complete four-panel board showing the finish on a rifle and through three first-person views.
Platinum weapon appearance, shown in the publisher’s complete reference board. Static imagery does not reproduce in-game animation.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗

Gold across a weapon class opens that class’s Platinum task.

  • Complete the selected weapon’s class-specific Platinum objective.
  • Han 86 example: 100 enemy headshots.

Before starting

  • Gold on every required weapon in the same class; eight Assault Rifles in the launch example.

Earlier steps: Gold camo challenge

Reward: Platinum

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Eight is the Assault Rifle example, not a universal class size.

Completionist

Harmonic Break camo challenge

Harmonic Break: a complete four-panel board showing the finish on a rifle and through three first-person views.
Harmonic Break weapon appearance, shown in the publisher’s complete reference board. Static imagery does not reproduce in-game animation.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗

Complete the 33-weapon Platinum gate, then the selected weapon’s Harmonic Break objective.

  • Complete the weapon-specific objective; Han 86 example: 50 enemy double kills.

Before starting

  • Platinum challenges completed on 33 weapons.

Earlier steps: Platinum camo challenge

Reward: Harmonic Break

MW4 DMZ

DMZ mastery

Ripple Tide DMZ mastery challenge

Ripple Tide: a complete four-panel board showing the finish on a rifle and through three first-person views.
Ripple Tide weapon appearance, shown in the publisher’s complete reference board. Static imagery does not reproduce in-game animation.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗

Extract two Lieutenant dog tags together in 50 qualifying deployments.

  • Extract at least two Lieutenant dog tags in one deployment; repeat in 50 deployments.

Before starting

  • Complete Chiral.

Earlier steps: Chiral DMZ mastery challenge

Reward: Ripple Tide

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • The named challenge does not establish a Lieutenant tag drop probability.

DMZ mastery

Helio DMZ mastery challenge

Helio: a complete four-panel board showing the finish on a rifle and through three first-person views.
Helio weapon appearance, shown in the publisher’s complete reference board. Static imagery does not reproduce in-game animation.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗

Earn 25,000 kills with Legendary weapons while using a Max Level Operator.

  • 25,000 kills using Legendary weapons on a Max Level Operator.

Before starting

  • Complete Ripple Tide.

Earlier steps: Ripple Tide DMZ mastery challenge

Reward: Helio

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • The published challenge does not define a numeric Max Level Operator threshold.
  • Whether its counter is tied to one weapon is unresolved.

Reticles follow the optic.

Reticles

Optic reticle challenge reference

Han 86 Reticle Select menu shows a grid of colored aiming marks with green Converge selected.
The official Converge reticle example on a Han 86. This preview does not establish that every shown optic or reticle is available on your current loadout.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗

Reticle progress belongs to an individual optic and follows it across compatible weapons.

  • Equip an unlocked optic; earn its listed aiming-down-sights eliminations.

Before starting

  • Unlock and equip the specific optic.

Reward: Converge (pictured example)

Shared Multiplayer and DMZ progression; Warzone begins Season 1

Details still unresolved
  • The full named reticle list, per-optic thresholds and color variants are not published here.
  • The Converge menu picture does not identify the exact optic or a valid unlock threshold.

Browse compatible optics · Choose a weapon configuration

Calling Card sets

Set names are known. A set name does not reveal an individual objective, counter or artwork association. The game’s Tracked & Near Complete menu supports nine tracked challenges.

Calling Cards

Calling Card mastery categories

Official board of eighteen DMZ Calling Card artworks arranged in three columns and six rows.
DMZ Calling Card artwork examples. Individual names and challenge mappings are not identified by this montage.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗

DMZ and Shared Mode sets organize individual challenges; full set completion awards animated mastery cards.

  • Complete every challenge in a set for its animated mastery card; broader category completion unlocks further mastery artwork.

Reward: DMZ category mastery card (name unrevealed)

MW4 DMZ and Shared Mode categories

Details still unresolved
  • The illustrated DMZ board does not map individual names, thresholds or tiers to its 18 images.
  • Multiplayer Victorious! thresholds are not DMZ objectives.

Calling Cards

DMZ Calling Cards — Combat

Combat is a named DMZ Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Combat mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

DMZ Calling Cards — Exfil

Exfil is a named DMZ Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Exfil mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

DMZ Calling Cards — Exploration

Exploration is a named DMZ Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Exploration mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

DMZ Calling Cards — FOB

FOB is a named DMZ Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: FOB mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

DMZ Calling Cards — Loot

Loot is a named DMZ Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Loot mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

DMZ Calling Cards — Mission

Mission is a named DMZ Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Mission mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

Elite DMZ Calling Cards — Exterminator

Exterminator is a named Elite DMZ Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Exterminator mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

Elite DMZ Calling Cards — Final Showdown

Final Showdown is a named Elite DMZ Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Final Showdown mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

Elite DMZ Calling Cards — High-Value Escort

High-Value Escort is a named Elite DMZ Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: High-Value Escort mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

Elite DMZ Calling Cards — King Slayer

King Slayer is a named Elite DMZ Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: King Slayer mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

Shared Mode Calling Cards — Collection

Collection is a named Shared Mode Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Collection mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 Shared Mode category; task-specific applicability unknown

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

Shared Mode Calling Cards — Combat

Combat is a named Shared Mode Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Combat mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 Shared Mode category; task-specific applicability unknown

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

Shared Mode Calling Cards — Loadout

Loadout is a named Shared Mode Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Loadout mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 Shared Mode category; task-specific applicability unknown

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Calling Cards

Shared Mode Calling Cards — Mobility Course

Mobility Course is a named Shared Mode Calling Card set; individual challenge requirements are unrevealed.

Individual requirements are not revealed.

Earlier steps: Calling Card mastery categories

Reward: Mobility Course mastery card (exact title unknown)

MW4 Shared Mode category; task-specific applicability unknown

Details still unresolved
  • Individual card names, objectives, tier thresholds and exact artwork mapping are not supplied.

Legacy and account rewards

These are historical eligibility or account unlocks. They do not put weapons into a DMZ Stash or create an active DMZ mission.

Account promotions

Gilded Ruin account camo

An eligible preorder opens a Black Ops 7 skull challenge; this is not a DMZ kill objective.

  • Eligible digital preorder; earn 5,000 skulls in supported Black Ops 7 modes.

Reward: Gilded Ruin · Serialized Gilded Ruin (first 100,000 eligible completions)

Black Ops 7 event challenge; resulting MW4 cosmetic entitlement

Details still unresolved
  • Current serialized supply and present event eligibility are unknown.

Account promotions

Moonlit Pearl account camo

A digital preorder entitlement, described for use on MW4 weapons at launch.

  • Eligible digital MW4 preorder.

Reward: Moonlit Pearl

Account promotion; earned outside DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Present purchase eligibility must be checked with the entitlement provider.

Account promotions

MW4 Beta cosmetic reward track

Eight level rewards were earned during the August–September Beta and retained for launch.

  • Beta player level 4: Through the Paces (emblem).
  • Beta player level 8: First Served (charm).
  • Beta player level 12: Meonjeo (sticker).
  • Beta player level 16: Last Charge (Calling Card).
  • Beta player level 20: Dread Tiger (Reece skin).
  • Beta player level 23: Field Tested (spray).
  • Beta player level 26: Beta Rights (loading screen).
  • Beta player level 30: Beta Forged (blueprint).

Reward: Through the Paces · First Served · Meonjeo · Last Charge · Dread Tiger · Field Tested · Beta Rights · Beta Forged

Historical MW4 Beta; not an active DMZ challenge

Details still unresolved
  • The article names Han 86 for Beta Forged in its reward table but ISO Nightshade in a later loadout section; its weapon identity remains unresolved.
  • The additional classified reward slots are not expanded into invented names.

Legacy rewards

MWII DMZ Beta reward — 50 hours

Official legacy reward board labels Beta Squad Calling Card and Beta On Record emblem, plus DMZ Beta 50 Hours Calling Card and emblem.
Legacy MWII DMZ Beta reward artwork for MW4. These are account entitlements described by the publisher, not Survival Kits or items found during deployment.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗

At least 50 hours played in the MWII DMZ Beta.

  • At least 50 hours played in the MWII DMZ Beta.
  • Use the same Activision account.

Reward: DMZ Beta 50 Hours (emblem) · DMZ Beta 50 Hours (Calling Card)

Historical MWII DMZ eligibility; reward usable in MW4

Legacy rewards

MWII DMZ Beta reward — Participation

Official legacy reward board labels Beta Squad Calling Card and Beta On Record emblem, plus DMZ Beta 50 Hours Calling Card and emblem.
Legacy MWII DMZ Beta reward artwork for MW4. These are account entitlements described by the publisher, not Survival Kits or items found during deployment.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗

Played the MWII DMZ Beta.

  • Played the MWII DMZ Beta.
  • Use the same Activision account.

Reward: Beta On Record (emblem) · Beta Squad (Calling Card)

Historical MWII DMZ eligibility; reward usable in MW4

Legacy rewards

MWII DMZ Beta reward — Serpentine

Unlocked the Serpentine weapon camo in the MWII DMZ Beta.

  • Unlocked the Serpentine weapon camo in the MWII DMZ Beta.
  • Use the same Activision account.

Reward: Beta Serpent (animated emblem) · DMZ Slither (animated Calling Card)

Historical MWII DMZ eligibility; reward usable in MW4

Details still unresolved
  • Exact individual artwork is not approved.

Blueprints

Vault Signature Weapon cosmetics

Five named Vault weapon looks are account entitlements; they do not establish a DMZ weapon acquisition or exact installed configuration.

  • Eligible MW4 Vault Edition ownership.

Reward: Voltspine — Kastov 762 · La Sombra Venenosa — ISO Nightshade · Shattered Code — Rezi 12 · Volt-Edge — Oris 8.6 · Sombra Besada — Combat Knife

MW4 Vault Edition entitlement

Details still unresolved
  • The Combat Knife marketing label is not silently equated to the canonical FSS Carbon Edge 1095.
  • Exact fitted attachment lists, DMZ inventory grants and standalone artwork are not established here.

Weapon Prestige finishes

Shared weapon levels and Weapon Prestige · Published account Prestige reward highlights

Pyroclast, Terminus, Scatter and Cascade use the existing Weapon Prestige track. Account Prestige rewards remain on the progression reference.

Pyroclast: a complete four-panel board showing the finish on a rifle and through three first-person views.
Pyroclast weapon appearance, shown in the publisher’s complete reference board. Static imagery does not reproduce in-game animation.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗
Pyroclast Terminus: a complete four-panel board showing the finish on a rifle and through three first-person views.
Pyroclast Terminus weapon appearance, shown in the publisher’s complete reference board. Static imagery does not reproduce in-game animation.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗
Pyroclast Scatter: a complete four-panel board showing the finish on a rifle and through three first-person views.
Pyroclast Scatter weapon appearance, shown in the publisher’s complete reference board. Static imagery does not reproduce in-game animation.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗
Pyroclast Cascade: a complete four-panel board showing the finish on a rifle and through three first-person views.
Pyroclast Cascade weapon appearance, shown in the publisher’s complete reference board. Static imagery does not reproduce in-game animation.Image: Activision / Call of Duty · Original image ↗

Compare progression and Prestige tracks →

Daily and event boundaries

Daily challenges

Daily challenge mode boundary

The launch daily system is described for Multiplayer, with Warzone added in Season 1; a DMZ daily list is not established.

  • Three Multiplayer dailies and an all-three XP bonus; one daily reroll.

Reward: Multiplayer XP

Other modes: Multiplayer; Warzone from Season 1

Details still unresolved
  • No DMZ daily tasks, daily reset clock or DMZ XP reward values are established.

Events

DMZ Events challenge availability

The FOB Events station exposes limited-time challenges. A source-described Boot Camp window now has a separate cross-mode challenge reference.

  • Check the Events station when an event is active.

MW4 DMZ

Details still unresolved
  • Current account availability, challenge credit and reward ownership are not independently reproduced.

This directory does not save completion. Named references describe access and requirements; unrevealed details are not treated as zero or automatically complete.