How To Unlock MW2 Mastery Camos

You will need to learn how to unlock the MW2 mastery camos in multiplayer if you want to show off proficiency with the game's many weapons. The Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer is set to drop on October 28 with the full release of the game, finally letting players jump into the brand-new multiplayer and duke it out. Like previous entries, you can customise your loadouts and weapons with cosmetics to help stand out from the crowd. So if you want to stand out by showing you're a master of weapons, check out how to unlock the MW2 mastery camos. 

• Make sure to also check out the MW2 multiplayer release time to see when you can begin your journey to unlocking the mastery camos. 

How To Unlock MW2 Mastery Camos

There are four MW2 mastery camos that can be unlocked, allowing you to kit out your weapon of choice in multiple ways to show off your ability. Each of the mastery camos require different criteria to be met before you can unlock the skins and use them on your guns. As the multiplayer isn't officially out yet, we don't have a full understanding of how to get these weapons, but we do know the four camos and what the unlock description may be. They are:

• Gold camo - Complete all camo challenges for a weapon. 
• Platinum camo - Complete all camo challenges in a weapon category.
• Polyatomic/Element camo - Unlock Diamond camo for all weapon categories. 
• Orion camo - Unlock all camos for all weapons in the game. 

Unlocking the Gold and Platinum camos is fairly self-explanatory, although it will take a while to complete the associated challenges. For the Polyatomic/Element camo, we're not sure how to get Diamond camo yet, so we don't have an exact idea of how to earn these camos. Lastly, the Orion camo is also simple enough, though again, it will take a while due to the criteria you need to meet. 

The camo challenges that are needed for both the Gold and Platinum camos have also been leaked by a Twitter user (their name is too explicit for us to reference) who has been highlighting many of the mastery skins on their timeline. We'll show all of the challenges based on weapon category below. 

Assault Rifle Camo Challenges 

• 800 Kills
• 125 Headshots
• 160 Crouch Kills
• 75 Hipfire Kills
• 100 Longshots
• 100 Mounted Kills
• 180 Full Attachment Kills
• 50 Reload Kills
• 110 No Attachment Kills
• 35 Streaks (three kills)

SMG Camo Challenges

• 500 Kills
• 100 Headshots
• 110 Crouch Kills
• 100 Hipfire Kills
• 50 Longshots
• 50 Mounted Kills
• 250 Full Attachment Kills
• 40 Reload Kills
• 75 No Attachment Kills
• 25 Streaks (three kills)

LMG Camo Challenges

• 525 Kills
• 75 Headshots
• 65 Crouch Kills
• 45 Hipfire Kills
• 45 Longshots
• 45 Mounted Kills
• 180 Full Attachment Kills
• 30 Double Kills
• 75 No Attachment Kills
• 25 Streaks (three kills)

Sniper, Battle Rifle, and Marksman Rifle Camo Challenges

• 450 Kills
• 60 Headshots
• 50 Crouch Kills
• 50 One Shot Kills
• 50 Longshots
• 50 Holding Breath Kills
• 150 Full Attachment Kills
• 25 Double Kills
• 75 No Attachment Kills
• 25 Streaks (three kills)

Shotgun Camo Challenges

• 400 Kills
• 75 Crouch Kills
• 75 Hipfire Kills
• 50 Pointblank kills
• 50 Headshots
• 100 Full Attachment Kills
• 30 Reload Kills
• 110 No Attachment Kills
• 30 Streaks (three kills)

Pistol Camo Challenges

• 250 Kills
• 50 Headshots
• 40 Crouch Kills
• 30 Hipfire Kills
• 30 Longshots
• 25 Reload Kills
• 110 Full Attachment Kills
• 25 Double Kills
• 75 No Attachment Kills
• 25 Streaks (three kills)

Launchers Camo Challenges

• 125 Kills
• 40 Attacker Kills
• 40 Defender Kills
• 75 Aerial Kills
• 75 Ground Streak Kills
• 50 "Spotter" Kills
• 50 Support Kills
• 50 "Warhead" kills
• 50 Vehicle Kills

Knife Camo Challenges

• 50 Injured Kills
• 50 Backstabs
• 30 Deadsilence Kills
• 50 Crouch Kills
• 25 Double Kills
• 25 Kills in Smoke
• 10 Buzzkills
• 25 Executions
• 10 Streaks (three kills)

Riot Shield Camo Challenges

• 200 Kills
• 50 Injured Kills
• 50 Kills from Behind
• 30 Dead Silence Kills
• 50 Crouch Kills
• 25 Kills in Smoke
• 10 Buzzkills
• 25 Executions
• 25 Streaks (three kills)

That's all for our primer on how to unlock the MW2 mastery camos, and now you know what the four mastery camos are, and what camo challenges are for each weapon category. We'll make sure to update this once the game's multiplayer has released to rectify any out-of-date information.

You may also want to know how to get the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 campaign rewards for multiplayer.