Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (2023) Trophy Guide & Roadmap

If the trophy doesn’t pop after reaching Level 55 in Zombies, simply open Multiplayer Mode and play a match and it should pop.

Now use such a weapon to kill a total of 500 zombies. You can pack-a-punch it to make it stronger.

1. Deadshot Daiquiri
2. Stamin-Up
3. Death Perception
4. Elemental Pop
5. Jugger-Nog
6. Phd Flopper
7. Quick Revive
8. Speed Cola
9. Tombstone Soda

You must have all 9 equipped at the same time. There are a couple of ways to do this. The easiest approach would be to stockpile one of each type of randomly dropped Perk-a-Cola. Exfil with them in your Rucksack (purple items), then go to MWZ Menu > Gear > Rucksack > Unequip the Perk-a-Cola to put it in the stash. The Stash can hold up to 10 items total so it will be able to fit 9 different Perk-a-Colas. Additionally, you may get lucky and get Crafting Schematics from Contract Rewards. If you get a Crafting Schematic for a Perk-a-Cola, you can craft it for free by going to Gear Menu > Ruckstack > click ‘Add Item’ > Schematic Crafting > R1 to select Perk-a-Colas. The crafting schematics simply have a 3 hour cooldown but can be crafted repeatedly.

You can also buy perks during matches from perk-a-cola machines, and can get random perk pickups. The perk-a-cola machines are marked on the map, open the map with Touchpad and zoom in with R1 to see their icons. This costs money during a match and buying all 9 during a single match takes a lot of money and you’d need to be quick before the time runs out. Hence, it is easier to stockpile 1 of each Perk-a-Cola in the stash. The small Rucksack only lets you carry 5 items into a match but if you find bigger Rucksacks you can carry more (you can randomly find bigger Rucksacks from loot chests or from Contract Rewards). Take your stockpiled Perk-a-Colas into the match, then simply buy the remaining Perk-a-Colas during the match. Make sure you see your missing Perk-a-Colas on the map and buy them first before consuming your one-time Perk-a-Colas from the Rucksack.

Sometimes you will also see “Plea for Help” icons (white first icon), if you see it go there, it will be a downed player you can revive. These icons appear when downed players hold to call other squads for a revive.

There is some randomness to this trophy: first, the drop chance of Chunks of Flesh is random. Also not all friendly hellhounds work for this. Some will have the interaction prompt and some won’t. In some cases it might not spawn a hellhound at all, if this happens try at a different Doghouse or deliver 2 Chunks of Flesh together (1 is generally enough but if it doesn’t work try delivering 2 to the Doghouse).

There are reports that approaching the hellhound without having a weapon equipped (only fists) and crouching in front of it can help to get the interaction prompt to appear. This is normally not required but in some cases the interaction prompt is buggy and this can help to trigger it. Try crouching and quickly swap weapons, while swapping there’s a short moment where you don’t have either weapon equipped and the hellhound can be petted.

A method to farm for Chunks of Flesh is to call the Exfil helicopter, defeat all zombies, let the helicopter fly away and repeat. Sometimes you get lots of Chunks of Flesh and sometimes you might farm for an entire match and not get a single one, it’s just random luck. If a zombie drops it, the item will be on the floor where the zombie died. It’s worth noting that the Chunks of Flesh do not carry over into the next match, they are lost when you exfil the mission. So use them before exfiltrating.

An easy exploit to get this is to let yourself get killed in the red Tier 3 zone (bleed out and stay dead), then have another squad member finish 5 contracts in the Tier 1 zone (the easiest zone). The trophy will then unlocked for the downed player who died in the Tier 3 zone. It won’t unlock for the squadmate who is alive and does the contracts in the Tier 1 zone, only for the one who died in the Tier 3 zone. You can even get this with random players, just drive into the Tier 3 zone at the start of the match and stay in the game until the other players finished 5 Contracts. A friend can also carry you, get yourself killed and have your squadmate do Delivery Contracts in Tier 1 zone, which are the easiest ones as they don’t require defeating enemies.

In case this exploit gets patched or you want to do it legit, the best approach is to focus on the Vehicle Delivery Missions in the Tier 3 zone, they are the easiest type and respawn once completed.

In preparation you can do Contracts in Tier 1 until you have 5,000 points, then drive to the Tier 3 zone to purchase a legendary wallbuy weapon. Legendary weapons do a lot more damage than your starting weapons (comparable to a Pack-a-Punch level 2 weapon). Now grind the ‘Eliminate Target’ contracts in Tier 2, they are quick to do, do this until you can afford Pack-a-Punch Level 2 with your Legendary Weapon. Then proceed to doing 5 contracts in the Tier 3 region. With a Legendary Level 2 Pack-a-Punch the enemies go down relatively fast. Having an armor vest with 3 plates, a quick-revive, and a killstreak item (purchased from buy/sell stations) is also advantageous. It also helps to bring items into the match like Aether Tools to instantly reach Pack-a-Punch level 1/2 without using the machine, some Perk-a-Colas, and an ammo modifier. If you already unlocked the crafting recipes in previous matches that will make it easier as you can craft what you need. You can also buy a Medium Rucksack from a buy/sell station in a previous match to carry more items with you. Playing in a good team of 3 players will make it easier, solo it’s quite challenging. Also merge with other squads, this can be done by holding and selecting the Invite/Request to Join option on the right. The other squad must accept your invite/request in that same menu (not all players know this exists so your request might get ignored). This allows you to increase your squad size to up to 6 players, which would make the contracts vastly easier than with 3 players.

Complete all Missions to unlock a crucial Story Mission at the end of each Act. You only gain progress towards the actively selected mission. If you complete a mission during a match, it will automatically start the next mission. This allows you to do multiple missions per match but you can only work on one at a time.

This trophy also unlocks if you are being invited to the Orcus boss fight by someone else who already unlocked him. You don’t have to finish all 3 Acts yourself to get this trophy. Defeating Orcus will unlock the trophy for finishing Act 3 for all joining players, even if they haven’t finished any story acts themselves.

How to boost Act 3 + Orcus boss trophies: The easiest option is to play in a party of 6 players, make squads of 3 players each. One of you must have unlocked the final Act 3 mission to spawn Orcus. Both squads must search for a match at the same time, if the match ‘beep’ sound countdown starts for one squad but not the other it means you aren’t being put in the same match, quit the search before the match starts, search again. Keep searching until the match starts for both squads at the same time (coordinate this via voice chat). Then you should end up in the same match, if not exfil to not lose your gear and search again. Check the map where the Aether storm spawned, if it’s at the same location for both squads you’re in the same match. Then meet up, send a squad invite with to create a 6 player squad, the other squad must accept by holding and choosing to join. Then have the player who finished Act 3 initiate the Orcus boss, defeat him in a 6 player squad, the trophies for finishing Act 3 + Orcus will unlock for all joining players. This is a huge time-saver as you can skip all MWZ acts and makes the Platinum much easier.

The best farming method is to start “OUTLAST” contracts, it will spawn zombies infinitely. Don’t finish the objective and just farm the zombies. This way you can get around 1200 kills every 45 minute match. This works out to 27 kills per minute / 1620 kills per hour. So to farm 50,000 kills it would take around 30 hours. But since you will already have about half the kills done from finishing all 3 Acts, you will only need to farm around 25,000 kills or 15 hours.

Another method is to call the exfil helicopter, this spawns a bunch of zombies. Defeat them all, let the helicopter leave, call it again after the cooldown. Rinse and repeat. However, this has been nerfed since the game’s launch and fewer zombies spawn now, making this less efficient.

You can keep track of your total kills in by going to the MWZ Start Menu > press Options > Stats > Zombies > Kills (stats take around 2 minutes to update after each match).

1. Obtain a Mercenary Stronghold Keycard – either from looting the chest in a “Mercenary Camp” (marked on the map, open map with touchpad and zoom in with R1) or by buying it from a Buy Station for 2000 points, or from defeating a Mercenary Convoy (armored vehicles driving around) and getting it as a drop. The quickest option is to get it from the chest in Mercenary Camp.
2. Now go to any Mercenary Stronghold (marked on the map, open map with Touchpad and zoom in with R1). Unlock the door using the keycard.
3. Defeat all enemies in the Stronghold, find the safe and interact with it. This will put a drill on the safe, defend it until it opens the safe. From inside the safe loot the item called “Fortress Keycard – Legacy” (purple item)
4. Find the Legacy Fortress on the map (tends to spawn in the north-west of the Tier II zone). Defeat all enemies around the Fortress. You should have at least Pack-a-Punch level 2 from the Tier II region to stand a chance here. Perks are also helpful. There are lots of human enemies that will shoot at you so be careful. It’s highly recommended doing this with a team, solo it is too difficult.
5. After clearing out the enemies, use the Fortress Keycard on the door to open it. Clear out all enemies inside. The last enemy will be called “Legacy”. Defeating him unlocks the trophy. You must at least land a hit on this enemy to get an assist for the trophy to unlock. You don’t necessarily need to land the killing shot but make sure everyone in your squad lands a few hits to earn the trophy. There are many traps inside the fortress and strong human enemies with riot shields so be careful.

Alternatively, you can also sort of do it solo by camping at the Legacy Fortress, wait for other teams to arrive and do all the work for you, then just rush into the building after them and land a hit on the Legacy boss before the other squad kills him, this will still unlock the trophy. Or just check the map frequently to see if there are blue player arrows at the fort, then rush there before they kill the boss. You can also hold and select ‘Request to Join Nearby Squad’.

This trophy also unlocks if you are being invited to the Orcus boss fight by someone else who already unlocked him. You don’t have to finish all 3 Acts yourself to get this trophy. Defeating Orcus will also unlock the trophy for finishing Act 3 for all joining players, even if they haven’t finished any story acts themselves.

How to boost Act 3 + Orcus boss trophies: The easiest option is to play in a party of 6 players, make squads of 3 players each. One of you must have unlocked the final Act 3 mission to spawn Orcus. Both squads must search for a match at the same time, if the match ‘beep’ sound countdown starts for one squad but not the other it means you aren’t being put in the same match, quit the search before the match starts, search again. Keep searching until the match starts for both squads at the same time (coordinate this via voice chat). Then you should end up in the same match, if not exfil to not lose your gear and search again. Check the map where the Aether storm spawned, if it’s at the same location for both squads you’re in the same match. Then meet up, send a squad invite with to create a 6 player squad, the other squad must accept by holding and choosing to join. Then have the player who finished Act 3 initiate the Orcus boss, defeat him in a 6 player squad, the trophies for finishing Act 3 + Orcus will unlock for all joining players. This is a huge time-saver as you can skip all MWZ acts and makes the Platinum much easier.

• Mission 2: Precious Cargo (Open Combat)
• Mission 3: Reactor (Open Combat)
• Mission 7: Crash Site (Open Combat)
• Mission 9: Oligarch (Open Combat)
• Mission 10: Highrise (Open Combat)
• Mission 12: Gora Dam (Open Combat)

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• Mission 3: Reactor

First you must pick up a Sentry Gun armament (Killstreak). It can be found here in Mission 3: Reactor (the door of the building is blocked, must aim through the window to shoot the wooden chair behind the door):

Then find any vehicle, they are marked on the map with a car icon. Press to pull out the sentry gun and place it on the back of the vehicle. Enter the vehicle and drive near enemies, let the sentry gun kill 5 enemies to pop the trophy.

• Mission 2: Precious Cargo (Open Combat)
• Mission 3: Reactor (Open Combat)
• Mission 7: Crash Site (Open Combat)
• Mission 9: Oligarch (Open Combat)
• Mission 10: Highrise (Open Combat)
• Mission 12: Gora Dam (Open Combat)

• Mission 3: Reactor

In Mission 3: Reactor, pick up a shock stick, found here:

Then throw it at the sentry turret found here:

• Mission 3: Reactor

First, destroy all 3 grounded helicopters (main objectives) to trigger a checkpoint. A flying helicopter spawns after destroying 2/3 main objectives but you want to destroy all 3 objectives to get a new checkpoint (makes it easier if you need to retry). It’s best to destroy the furthest helicopters first and keep the one closest to the mission start for the last to get a checkpoint closer to the Mortar pickup.

Now pick up the Mortar Strike armament, found here (north-west of map in a yard near the mission start):

Press to pull out the Mortar tool, aim it at the flying helicopter, press to call the Mortar Strike when the helicopter is hovering still in the air.

It’s a bit tricky and random because the helicopter will constantly move around and it has to be hit directly by a mortar shell. If the helicopter moves away, restart the checkpoint and retry (that’s why it’s important you destroy all 3 main objectives, to get the checkpoint). If you kept the objective near the mission start for last you will spawn next to the mortar and don’t need to run so far. Note that if you picked up the Mortar earlier in the mission, it will disappear from your inventory when restarting the checkpoint.

Mission 3: Reactor

At the start of Mission 3: Reactor, land at the first helicopter (main objective) straight in front of where you spawn. There are 2 red flammable canisters in the building to the right of the helicopter:

Pick up a flammable canister, fuse it with , throw it with and hit an enemy DIRECTLY (must hit the body of the enemy, don’t miss the enemy), then the fused canister will explode and blow up the enemy to unlock the trophy. If the enemy moves away and doesn’t get killed by the explosion you can grab another canister or restart checkpoint. The important part here is that when throwing the canister it hits the body of the enemy directly and when the canister explodes it must kill that same enemy.

Mission 12: Gora Dam

At the very start of main campaign Mission 12: Gora Dam, you spawn on a “Base” to jump off of. Jump and immediately open the parachute with , push the left stick up and glide as far as possible. If you get out of bounds, circle around to land in the mission area.

This can easily be farmed in Mission 3: Reactor. At the start of the mission, land on the roof on the right, next to the first helicopter (main objective). There’s a zipline between two roofs over the first helicopter. On this roof you also find the “Ascender” which you must collect to use the ziplines:

Now keep going back and forth and this zipline and kill enemies while using the zipline. It counts 10 kills total across multiple zipline uses (doesn’t need to be in 1 zipline ride). It keeps counting even if you die / restart checkpoint / restart mission, so this can be farmed too. If you run out of ammo simply collect the weapons from dead enemies or use an ammo refill box.

On Veteran the enemies are much more accurate, throw more grenades, and you die much faster. Just stay in cover, quickly peak out of cover to take out one enemy and repeat. Use Armor Plates with in missions that have them available, they offer extra damage protection.

If you platinumed previous Call of Duty games, then you shouldn’t have much trouble on Veteran. If you find it too difficult, do a run on Recruit first, then you’ll already know the map layouts and enemy spawns and Veteran will feel easier.

If you previously finished the game on a lower difficulty it’s fine to use Mission Select, this will still unlock the trophy in the end (no need to choose the “New Game” option). In mission select it shows the highest difficulty you’ve finished each mission on. If you previously finished the Open Combat missions on a lower difficulty you can use already unlocked weapons to make it easier (starting a completely new game resets all unlocks). Generally a silenced long range weapon and a silenced shotgun work great. Take out the enemies from a distance with a silenced rifle or sniper rifle. If you are spotted, camp behind a wall with the shotgun to take out approaching enemies.

• Mission 1: Operation 627
• Objective: Locate Prisoner 627

After defeating the first big group of enemies in a courtyard, you will go inside a building and then must rappel down a prison, called “Panopticon”. While rappeling you must kill 12 enemy soldiers to unlock the trophy. Just take your time on each floor to clear out all enemies before going to the next floor. Some prisoners will also attack and hold soldiers, you can shoot the soldiers who are being grabbed by prisoners. This trophy should come pretty naturally.

• Mission 2: Precious Cargo
• Objective: Acquire GPS Trackers from the Ship / Retrieve Manifest from Harbor Tower Building

At the very start of the mission, open the container in front of where you spawn, inside the container is the Parachute. Pick it up!

Now go to the last crane on the right side (south-east on map). Wait for the crane to move close to the roof with a control tower on it and parachute over. Press X/A in midair to open the parachute.

• Mission 3: Reactor
• Objective: Destroy the Konni Helicopters

At the very start of the mission your first objective is to destroy 3 parked helicopters (marked by white icons on map and HUD). They are parked on the ground (not flying), making them easy targets. It’s important you destroy all 3 with killstreaks in a single attempt of the mission. Killstreaks are found around the map, once found they get a blue marker on the map.

Here are 3 easy ones:

#1 – Mortar Strike: From where you spawn, land slightly to the left to find this in a yard, use it on the first helicopter on the right.

#2 – Precision Airstrike: Conveniently placed to the left of the helicopter in the south-east of the map. Use it to destroy the helicopter next to it.

#3 – Cruise Missile: Found before the last helicopter, where a supply drop (parachute) landed. When you aim the Cruise Missile, look out for the brown smoke that marks the helicopter main objective (don’t hit the flying helicopter that’s defending the area). Should you miss this shot, you can look for other killstreaks, for example there’s a Stealth Bomber on the rooftop directly south of the last helicopter.

• Mission 4: Payload
• Objective: Search the POIs for the Base Commander

This can be done at the very start of Mission 4: Payload. You automatically start this mission with the “EBR-14” rifle. You must do 5 double-kills (kill at least 2 enemies with 1 bullet) without causing an alarm (don’t be spotted and don’t let the kill be seen by enemies).

From the mission start, take the path on the left. There are multiple isolated pairs of enemies along this route. Be patient and wait for them to move around until they stand close together. Stay crouched in the tall grass to avoid detection. Ideally, you should do a double kill on each enemy pair until reaching the main base courtyard, there you can do the 5th double-kill. If you miss a chance or get spotted, immediately reload the checkpoint to retry the last section. See the video guide for the best route.

• Mission 5: Deep Cover
• Objective: Enter the Admin Building

At the very start of Mission 5: Deep Cover, your first objective is to go to the Admin Building. Once you reach it, a Major will walk out the door (looks different than other enemies), then he goes upstairs. You must do a stealth-takedown on him as soon as he is upstairs (before he enters the room upstairs) and quickly loot his keycard. You must remain in stealth and do all of it in 90 seconds or less.

At the start, skip the cutscene (not sure if that matters but that’s what I did). Holster your weapon with . Run down the slope on the left then run behind the truck until you encounter enemies patrolling the road, stop running here. If you run close to enemies they will detect you. Just walk at normal speed for the rest. When there’s a turn in the road, go through the open building instead of following the road (shortcut). Enter the parking lot to the Admin Building by walking behind the last patrolling guard. Now wait for the Major to come out, follow him upstairs, as soon as he reaches the top of the staircase (BEFORE he enters the room), press to do a Takedown. If he enters the room, the woman inside will notice when you take him down and you will also run past the 90 seconds limit. Loot the keycard that he drops on the floor to pop the trophy. If it doesn’t unlock restart the mission and retry. There’s a checkpoint right before he goes upstairs so if you did everything else perfectly, try reloading the checkpoint and kill him a bit earlier.

• Mission 8: Flashpoint
• Objective: Kill the Fake Paramedics

This takes place a couple minutes into the mission, when you reach the room with the terrorists pretending to be paramedics. Do not interact with the guy on the right asking for help (he holds a gun behind his back and will kill you). Also don’t approach the fake paramedics or they will open fire on you.

After entering the room just wait for Price to question the fake paramedics. After 25 seconds, the guy standing in the back right will throw an assault rifle to the guy on the left, you must shoot this out of the air. Aim slightly above the door handles, stand still and wait for him to throw the rifle, shoot it out of the air with one shot. There’s a very short time window for this. You can reload the checkpoint to keep retrying. It will likely take a few tries, once you know exactly when and where the rifle gets thrown you will know where to aim and when to shoot.

• Mission 9: Oligarch
• Objective: Retrieve HVI’s FOB-Key

In Mission 9: Oligarch, next to the big mansion in the north of the map, there’s a garage to the left of the mansion’s front entrance. Inside the garage are 6 cars, blow them up to unlock the trophy. You can either shoot them until they explode or throw explosives at them. There’s an ammo box in the garage in case you run out of ammo. You can go there right away from the start of the mission (no need to do any objectives). Here’s the location:

• Mission 10: Highrise

First, you must find the “Ascender” tool, this allows you to use the ropes as shortcuts. The Ascender is found on the 11th floor (Gaz will say “Moving to the 11th Floor” when reaching this floor). At the end of the floor by the stairwell is a box that contains the Ascender.

After you got the Ascender, restart the mission from the pause menu. You will now start the mission with this tool equipped and can use the ropes as shortcuts.

From the start of the mission you must reach the roof where you meet Price within 45 seconds. Use the rope in the first elevator shaft, in the next corridor defeat the two enemies, at the end of the same corridor go up the rope. Then turn left to climb out of window and use the zipline, then a second zipline. The trophy pops after that (in same cases you may also need to climb the next ladder to pop it). Have the pistol equipped to run faster. With this you can easily do it in 35 seconds with 10 seconds to spare. Without the Ascender it’s not possible.

• Mission 11: Frozen Tundra
• Objective: Escort Shepherd to the Transport

In Mission 11: Frozen Tundra, you will automatically come to a point where you get attacked by a Sniper in the snowy woods. This is the first sniper in the mission. Defeating him is mandatory so you can’t miss him. For this trophy you have to do a melee takedown by holding  . This only works when the “Takedown” button prompt appears near the top of the screen, when you are within melee distance to the sniper.

The easiest option is to throw flashbangs at the sniper to stun him, then melee him until the prompt appears and do the takedown. Or just rush in and keep meleeing him until it appears. You can also shoot at him until his armor breaks which will stun him.

The takedown prompt won’t always appear so it may take a few tries. If the Sniper dies from other attacks, immediately restart the checkpoint before it saves. Then you can quickly retry as often as needed.

• Mission 12: Gora Dam

At the very start of the mission, parachute to the back of the moving truck that spawns on the right side of the map (main objective, has white map marker). On the back of the truck is a bomb, disarm it by holding . You have to land on the truck unseen and while parachuting so you don’t alert the enemies. If you alert the enemies they will stop driving. By parachuting to the back of the truck you will land silently and they won’t notice. Crouch with after landing so enemies don’t see you.

• Mission 13: Danger Close
• Objective: Clear Threats in Boneyard

At the very start of the mission, you will control a gunship. Look at the laser your enemies are waving at you, then they mark some enemies in the boneyard. Switch weapons with to “Missile”, shoot the missile at an enemy to pop the trophy.