All challenges and rewards in BO7 Escalation Directive event

Eight new camos and a new shotgun await Call of Duty gamers in Black Ops 7’s latest event.

Escalation Directive is one of the best events CoD has had in years, given how many rewards await those who wish to tackle it. Make no mistake, though, it won’t be easy and it will take some time, especially if you want to unlock every camo for every weapon type in the game.

Here’s everything there is to know about BO7’s Escalation Directive event, beginning on Feb. 12.

BO7 Escalation Directive challenges and rewards

Using every weapon type in all of BO7’s modes is how to unlock all of the camos on offer. Completing each individual weapon class challenge will unlock a camo for that class, and if you complete all nine challenges, you unlock an animated Mastery camo to use on all guns.

Multiplayer

Completing each weapon type’s challenge will unlock the Decay Heat camo. Completing all nine unlocks the Radioactive animated Mastery camo.

Weapon type	Challenge
Assault Rifles	Get 150 kills while aiming down sights with assault rifles
SMGs	Earn 20 Double Kill medals or better with SMGs
Shotguns	Get 25 Point Blank kills with shotguns
LMGs	Get 3 kills with LMGs without reloading 10 times
Marksman Rifles	With a 4.0x or higher magnification scope equipped, get 50 eliminations with marksman rifles
Sniper Rifles	Get 25 One Shot kills with sniper rifles
Pistols	Get 25 eliminations with pistols
Launchers & Specials	Get 25 kills or Scorestreak destructions with launchers or special weapons
Melee	Get 25 kills with melee weapons

Co-op and Endgame

Completing each weapon type’s challenge will unlock the Synthesis camo. Completing all nine unlocks the Cell Fusion animated Mastery camo.

Weapon type	Challenge
Assault Rifles	Use ARs to eliminate 50 Special or Elite enemies
SMGs	Get 3 kills rapidly 30 times with SMGs
Shotguns	Get 150 eliminations with shotguns while at Combat Rating 30 or higher
LMGs	Use LMGs to eliminate 300 human or Guild Bot enemies
Marksman Rifles	Get 150 eliminations with marksman rifles at Rare rarity or higher
Sniper Rifles	In Endgame, use sniper rifles to eliminate 100 enemies in Zone 3 or higher
Pistols	Use pistols to kill 25 enemies affected by your equipment or ability
Launchers & Specials	Get a kill or destroy Guild equipment or VTOLs 50 times with launchers or special weapons
Melee	Get a kill with a melee weapon while or shortly after sliding, diving, or wall-jumping 50 times

Zombies

Completing each weapon type’s challenge will unlock the Prismatic camo. Completing all nine unlocks the Rive animated Mastery camo.

Weapon type	Challenge
Assault Rifles	Earn 25 Massacre medals (10 rapid kills) with assault rifles
SMGs	Get 1,000 eliminations with SMGs at Rare rarity or higher
Shotguns	Get 500 eliminations with shotguns while they are Pack-a-Punched
LMGs	Use LMGs to kill 150 enemies while the Insta-Kill power-up is active
Marksman Rifles	Get 100 kills with marksman rifles while a T.E.D.D. Task is active
Sniper Rifles	Get 300 critical kills with sniper rifles
Pistols	Get 10 consecutive kills without taking damage 10 times with pistols
Launchers & Specials	Use launchers or special weapons to eliminate 100 armored zombies
Melee	Get 300 eliminations with melee weapons with Tier 2 or higher armor equipped

Warzone

Completing each weapon type’s challenge will unlock the Phased camo. Completing all nine unlocks the Ionize animated Mastery camo.

Weapon type	Challenge
Assault Rifles	Get 30 eliminations with Loadout assault rifles
SMGs	Get 10 kills while moving with SMGs
Shotguns	Get 5 kills while aiming down sights with shotguns
LMGs	Get 2 kills with LMGs in a single match 3 times
Marksman Rifles	Get 3 kills with marksman rifles in a single life
Sniper Rifles	Get 5 Long Shot kills with sniper rifles
Pistols	Get 3 eliminations with pistols
Launchers & Specials	Get 3 kills or vehicle destructions with launchers or special weapons
Melee	Get 3 kills with melee weapons

The final Mastery reward, obtained by completing challenges for any nine weapon types, is the new SG-12 shotgun, complete with its own set of Weapon Prestige camos:

• Semi-auto shotgun. Well-rounded for mid-range performance.

“Unleash on enemy operators with the SG-12, offering a much higher fire rate compared to the other currently available semi-auto shotguns in addition to providing the longest effective damage range in its class,” Activision explained. “With eight rounds in the magazine, you can pepper foes with rapid successive shots, balanced by a lower overall damage output compared to the other shotguns.”

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Ready to toe the line between good and evil? Warlocks are invading Diablo for its 30th anniversary, beginning today, and leading to BlizzCon later this year.

As part of today’s 30th anniversary spotlight, Blizzard revealed that Diablo 2: Reign of the Warlock is a new expansion for Diablo 2: Resurrected, and it’s available right now. But it doesn’t end there, because the Warlock class is also coming to Diablo Immortal later this year. And of course, it will be the second new class in Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred in April, joining the already-available Paladin.

The update for the Diablo 2 remaster is packed with quality of life updates, as is Immortal’s (coming in June), but Diablo 4’s big upcoming expansion is where the bulk of the eyes are. And Blizzard says the new DLC has been built on what it’s learned over the past few years since D4 launched, including the new class.

Diablo 4’s Warlock is “fully unleashed,” with powers of metal chains and flames, and Blizzard called it “a heavy metal album come to life” during the stream. The dev team will deep dive on the new class on March 5, detailing its abilities, powers, and gear.

Lord of Hatred’s new zone, Skovos (the birthplace of humanity), was revealed during the stream, and it’s heavily inspired by Mediterranean landscapes, featuring “more monster variety than ever,” and a big change from the last DLC’s swampy region.

Blizzard also said Lord of Hatred’s system updates will change the game, including a “completely overhauled, massively expanded” skill tree, offering more customization from the beginning. They said that “meaningful choices,” including customization options are coming, and they’re coming to all classes regardless of whether players own the DLC or not.

Other changes coming to Lord of Hatred are loot filters, a new Talisman system, and more to be revealed. Needless to say, it sounds like the Diablo team is cooking up some fun stuff for the franchise’s big birthday this year.

You can check out the full showcase on YouTube above, including all of the details about Reign of the Warlock, Diablo 2: Resurrected’s new DLC.

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