Gold Camo is the first of the main weapon completionist camos you can get your hands on in MW2. It is part of the four tiers of excellency camos which signify that you have mastered the weapon. But, thanks to this UI, it’s hard to tell what you need to do. We will guide you through how to unlock gold camos in MW2.

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We teach you how to unlock gold camo in MW2. Image via Activision

How to Unlock Gold Camo in MW2¶

To unlock gold camo in MW2, you must select a gun in the create a class screen. Once you have your chosen gun, then head to the customize section rather than the attachments menu. From there, click on camos.

You will notice a menu of camos appear. The stuff on the right is the generic skins you get from weapons, and then the ones on the left are the camos you can get for that weapon, along with the weapon mastery camos. If you’re just starting out, those four will be greyed out. To unlock gold camo, you must complete the base camos towards the left of the screen.

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You need to level up your gun and unlock the weapon challenges before completing them to unlock gold camo.

Each weapon’s challenges for base camos range from 1-4 to unlock. Take the M4, for example, it has four challenges. These challenges unlock at the weapon’s levels 2, 8, 13, and 19. Once you reach the weapon’s level, you will then be able to work out what the objective of that weapon challenge is. Once you know what it is, try to complete the objective to get the gold camo.

The same rules apply to every weapon in the game. Once your gold camo is unlocked, you can unlock the weapon mastery rank masteries. When you get gold, there are two more gold-related rewards you can unlock, which offer a gold calling card and emblem for your account. And now you know how to unlock gold camo in MW2. Remember, this is part of the process for unlocking the platinum, Polyatomic and Orion weapon mastery camos. Getting gold camos is just the start of your weapon mastery grind.