Black Ops 6 Camo Guide: Unlock All Military, Special & Mastery Camos

Kill enemies in a fancy way.

By Ali Usama

The same colorful and attractive camos meta continues in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. You’ll need more than quick reflexes with the shiniest, most brag-worthy camos on your guns to turn your heads in the game. Blacks Ops 6 comes with three types of camos including Military, Special, and Mastery and this guide tells how to unlock each. Let’s get into this camo grind and turn your virtual arsenal into a walking gallery of weapon art.

How to Unlock Military Camos

Black Ops 6 Granite Military Camo
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Every camo journey begins with the Military Camos, the bread and butter of your weapon’s fashion makeover. Thankfully, it is available from the start without the need to level up your weapon. There are nine Military Camos for every gun in BO6, and although the tasks to unlock them are not difficult but will take some dedication and time:

  • Multiplayer: Headshots
  • Zombies: Critical kills
  • Warzone: Eliminations

Here’s a breakdown of how you’ll start unlocking Military Camos across all game modes:

  1. Granite – 5 headshots/critical kills/eliminations.
  2. Woodland – 10 headshots/critical kills/eliminations.
  3. Savanna – 15 headshots/critical kills/eliminations.
  4. Splinter – 20 headshots/critical kills/eliminations.
  5. Moss – 30 headshots/critical kills/eliminations.
  6. Shade – 40 headshots/critical kills/eliminations.
  7. Digital – 50 headshots/critical kills/eliminations.
  8. Tide – 75 headshots/critical kills/eliminations.
  9. Red Tiger – 100 headshots/critical kills/eliminations.

Keep in mind that every weapon has its own Military Camos unlock challenges. It means if you unlock camo for one gun, it can only be equipped on it, not for any other weapon. So, if you love your AMES 85 but want to flex that camo on your sniper, you’re in for a grind on both weapons.

How to Unlock Special Camos

Special Camo Black Ops 6
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Once you’ve blasted your way through all nine Military Camos for a weapon, you unlock access to the Special Camos. These are a little trickier but way more rewarding. Each weapon has two unique Special Camos per mode, and the challenges are according to every gun’s abilities or playstyle. For example, if you have the M16, the challenge might involve getting a bunch of kills after sprinting.

What’s great about Special Camos is their flexibility—once you unlock a Special Camo for one weapon, you can slap it on another if all the Military Camo challenges tied to this gun are completed.

How to Unlock Mastery Camos

Black Ops 6 Mastery Camo
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Once you’ve unlocked all the Military and Special camos, you then can only go to take on the Mastery Camos challenges. These are mode-specific and differ slightly between Multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone. But don’t worry, the satisfaction of showing off these prestigious skins is worth the grind.

Multiplayer Mastery Camos

  1. Gold Camo – Complete all Military and Special challenges for one weapon and complete one camo objective.
  2. Diamond Camo – Complete Gold challenges for every weapon in a class (e.g., all Assault Rifles).
  3. Dark Spine Camo – Complete Diamond challenges for every weapon in the game.
  4. Dark Matter Camo – Unlock Dark Spine for every weapon, and you’ll have this dynamic, animated camo to flaunt.

Zombies Mastery Camos

  1. Mystic Gold – Complete Military and Special challenges in Zombies mode for one weapon.
  2. Opal Camo – Complete Mystic Gold challenges for every weapon in a class.
  3. Afterlife Camo – Earn Opal for all weapons, then tackle the Afterlife challenges.
  4. Nebula Camo – The ultimate animated Zombies camo, earned after finishing Afterlife for every weapon.

Warzone Mastery Camos

  1. Gold Tiger – Complete all challenges in Warzone for a weapon and then complete a specific camo challenge.
  2. King’s Ransom (Animated) – Complete Gold Tiger for every weapon in a class.
  3. Catalyst (Animated) – Grind through King’s Ransom for every weapon.
  4. Abyss (Dynamic) – The peak of Warzone weapon mastery, it’s the final Master camo challenge.

Unlocking all military, special, and mastery camos in Black Ops 6 will test your patience, reflexes, and maybe even your sanity. But with this guide, you know how to tackle every challenge the game throws at you and equip yourself with all the camos.