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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’sthird season brought with it an entirely new category of mastery camo for players to earn. Named weapon prestige camos, these animated skins give all player types a new way to flex their mastery over a particular weapon they enjoy using. You don’t need to complete any strange challenges or play a certain game type to earn these.
So long as you use the weapon, you will eventually unlock a weapon prestige camo for it. These camos don’t take long to earn, and they look absolutely incredible on most weapons, arguably better than the game’s mastery camos. This short guide will explain what weapon prestige camos are, how to unlock them, and showcase all the weapon prestige camos you’re able to currently earn.
Updated July 08, 2025, by Charles Burgar:The fourth and final weapon prestige camo, Constellation’s End, is finally available for players to earn. We’ve updated this guide to showcase how the camo looks and explain how to unlock it.
What Are Weapon Prestige Camos?
All Modern Warfare 3 weapons received a new camo category in Season 3: Reloaded.Weapon prestige camos are a new category of weapon camo that can be unlocked through weapon XP.As you earn XP with that weapon equipped, you will slowly progress toward unlocking a new weapon prestige camo.
Weapon prestige camos areperweapon; they aren’t global unlocks like most camos.
How To Earn Weapon Prestige Camos
Weapon Prestige Camos are tied to weapon XP.A weapon’s first weapon prestige camo requires a total of 150,000 weapons XP.Any boosters thatincrease your weapon XP earnings, such as Double Weapon XP Tokens, will apply toward unlocking prestige camos.You do not need any previous mastery camos to unlock weapon prestige camos; it’s a separate system.
The fastest way to earn weapon XP is to farm theSmall Map Playlist in Multiplayeror farm MWZ.Both activities award a ton of weapon XP if you can achieve high-kill matches. MWZ is much easier but has an effective XP cap. Multiplayer games don’t have tapering XP gains, but fighting other players can result in inconsistent matches.
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