How to Unlock All Characters in Call of Duty Blackout
Keep your eyes peeled for unique challenges in every match of Blackout.
Call of Duty’s new Blackout Battle Royale has a bunch of different unlockable characters in the game to customize the experience. Though the game does not do a very good job of explaining how to unlock them.
There are characters from older Black Ops games like Resnov, Mason, and Mendez. There are some default characters, like the Ranger, Frogman, Airborne, Seal, and Battle Hardened models. There are characters from the Zombies mode, and there are all of the Specialist characters from multiplayer to unlock.
Each character is going to have unique challenges associated with them to unlock. The first of which we’ve seen in the first day since Black Ops 4 has released. Not all characters have a clear unlock path, while some do.
Here are the characters that are currently unlockable and how to unlock them.
The best way to find the items required to start these missions is in supply drops, but they can be found in other places all across the map in any given match.
Blackout Characters
Ranger – Reach Level 20
Frogman – Reach Level 40
Airborne – Reach Level 60
Seal – Reach Level 80
Battle Hardened – Reach Level 80
Zombies Characters
Shadow Man – Comes with Black Ops Pass
Specialist Characters
Specialist characters are unlocked by completing different character missions during a Blackout match. This usually requires that players perform a task during a match, collect an item, and then keep that item with them through the duration of the match while placing towards the top of the leaderboard.
How to Unlock Recon
Recon can be unlocked by completing a mission and collecting the Ching Coin. The mission stipulations are the following:
- Avoid collapse damage
- Place in Top 15
- Finish the Match with 1 Ching Coin in Inventory
How to Unlock Torque
Torque can be unlocked in Blackout by completing the Note from Torque Challenge Mission. The mission stipulations are the following:
- Deploy 2 Razor Wires
- Deploy a Barricade
- Place in Top 15
- Finish the Match with the Note from Torque in your inventory
How to Unlock Ajax
Ajax can be unlocked by completing the Broken Armor Plating Challenge.
- Find three broken armor plates
- Complete the match
How to Unlock Battery
Battery can be unlocked by finding her launcher
- Get kills with the grenade launcher
- Finish in the top 15
How to Unlock Crash
Crash can be unlocked completing the Poker Chip challenge
- Finish in the top three
- Finish the match with 15 healing items
- Finish match with Poker Chip in your inventory
How to Unlock Firebreak
Firebreak can be unlocked by completing the Burned Doll mission
- Confirm Kill or Clean Up a downed player with fire
- Finish Match with Burned Doll in inventory
Special Characters
There are also some characters from the Black Ops franchise with Woods, Reznov, Menendez, and Mason. Each of these characters can be unlocked by completing specific objectives found below.
How to Unlock Woods
Woods can be unlocked by completing “Wood’s Bandana” Mission
- Get into a helicopter
- Win the match
- Have bandana in your inventory
How to Unlock Menendez
Menendez can be unlocked by completing the Locket Mission
- Kill and enemy with a shotgun
- Kill an enemy with a melee attack
- Finish the match with the Locket in your inventory
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