By completing Weekly Challenges in Modern Warfare 3 you can earn Aftermarket Parts. Here is a guide to the system, as well as this week's active challenges and rewards.
Modern Warfare 3 has introduced a number of new unlock systems to multiplayer (one of the few changes we don't actually like). These include "Weekly Challenges", which have clearly been implemented to keep player retention up. But, love it or hate, the Weekly Challenges system is here to stay.
Here is a complete guide to Weekly Challenges in MW3, as well as this week's reward and current challenges. Good luck completing them.
MW3 Weekly Challenges Explained
Weekly Challenges are a set of Multiplayer, Battle Royale and Zombies challenges that can be completed each week in MW3. If you complete at least five of these challenges, then you will get a reward, which is normally an Aftermarket Part (a type of weapon attachment). Aftermarket Parts bring some weapons up from a C-Tier to an A-Tier, so you really should be hunting for these rewards.
The challenges are the same for every player each week, and of the seven challenges there are normally five easier ones, so getting the reward should be doable for the average player. And don't worry if you can't complete the challenges one week, you can go back and complete challenges from previous weeks as long as the season is still ongoing.
If you complete five weekly challenges every week for a season, and thus unlock every reward, you will also get a special camo.
MW3 Weekly Challenges: This Week's Challenges & Reward
Season 2 Week 2 (February 14-21)
Week 2 Battle Royale Challenges
| Challenge Type (What You Need To Do) | Challenge Requirement (How Many Times You Have To Do It) | Location (Where to complete the challenge) |
| Open Loot Caches | 20 | North-West Region of Urzikstan (Resort, Power, Seasport, Cargo) |
| Open Loot Caches | 20 | Eastern Region (Military Base, Farms) |
| Open Loot Caches | 20 | Southern Region of Urzikstan (City, Suburbs, Manor) |
| Open Loot Caches | 20 | Central Region (Old Town, Low Town) |
| Place in the top 10 | 5 | N/A |
| Complete Contracts | 15 | N/A |
| Get Operator Kills or Assissts | 40 | With a recommended weapon (any MW3 weapon) |
Week 2 Multiplayer Challenges
| Challenge Type (What You Need To Do) | Challenge Requirement (How Many Times You Have To Do It) | Challenge Weapon (What Weapon You Have To Use) |
| Get Operator Kills | 30 | With alternate ammo equipped to a recommended weapon |
| Get Operator Kills | 20 | With an underbarrel lethal equipped to a recommended weapon |
| Get Operator Kills | 10 | With the Gun-Butt of a recommended weapon |
| Get Operator Kills | 15 | With Throwing Knives |
| Get Operator Point Blank Kills | 10 | With a recommended weapon |
| Perform Finishing Moves | 10 | - |
| Get 3 Melee Operator Kills in one Life | 3 | - |
Week 2 Zombies Challenges
| Challenge Type (What You Need To Do) | Challenge Requirement (How Many Times You Have To Do It) | Challenge Weapon (What Weapon You Have To Use) |
| Get Kills | 50 | With a recommended Melee Weapon with frenzied Guard active |
| Get Kills | 10 | With a Throwing Knife |
| Get critical Kills | 500 | With a recommended Weapon |
| Get Kills | 150 | With a recommended Weapon with 4 Perks active |
| Get Kills | 250 | With a recommended Weapon with Fire Damage |
| Get Mega Abomination Kills | 1 | With a recommended Weapon |
| Get 120 Kills without being hit | 20 | With a recommended Melee Weapon |
Week 2 Reward
This week, we don't get a conversion kit or a new gun, but a new attachment: the JAK Limb Ripper. And yes, this attachment really is a small chainsaw you can attach to your gun just like a bayonet.
Season 2 Week 1 (February 7-14)
Week 1 Battle Royale Challenges
| Challenge Type (What You Need To Do) | Challenge Requirement (How Many Times You Have To Do It) | Location (Where to complete the challenge) |
| Get Operator Kills | 10 | North-West Region of Urzikstan (Resort, Power, Seasport, Cargo) |
| Get Operator Kills | 10 | Eastern Region (Military Base, Farms) |
| Get Operator Kills | 10 | Southern Region of Urzikstan (City, Suburbs, Manor) |
| Get Operator Kills | 10 | Central Region (Old Town, Low Town) |
| Place in the top 10 | 5 | N/A |
| Complete Contracts | 15 | N/A |
| Open Loot Caches | 50 | N/A |
Week 1 Multiplayer Challenges
| Challenge Type (What You Need To Do) | Challenge Requirement (How Many Times You Have To Do It) | Challenge Weapon (What Weapon You Have To Use) |
| Get Operator Kills | 30 | With a recommended suppressed Marksman Rifle |
| Get Operator 1 Shot 1 Kills | 20 | With recommended Shotgun |
| Get Operator Quickscope Kills | 15 | With a recommended Sniper |
| Get Operator Double Kills | 7 | With a recommended Battle Rifles |
| Get Operator Triple Kills | 5 | With a recommended Assault Rifle |
| Get Operator Longshot Kills | 5 | With a 8x or greater magnification scope equipped to a recommended Weapon |
| Get 3 Operator Collateral Kills | 3 | With a recommended Sniper |
Week 1 Zombies Challenges
| Challenge Type (What You Need To Do) | Challenge Requirement (How Many Times You Have To Do It) | Challenge Weapon (What Weapon You Have To Use) |
| Get Kills | 200 | With a recommended Marksman Rifle with Cryofreeze |
| Get 1 Shot Kills | 250 | With a recommended Shotgun |
| Get 5 Rapid Kills | 15 | With a recommended Battle Rifle |
| Get Kills | 100 | With a recommended Sniper |
| Get Kills | 200 | With a Pack-a-Punched recommended Assault Rifle |
| Get Mangler Kills | 5 | With a recommended Weapon |
| Get critical Mercenary Kills | 25 | With a recommended Weapon |
Week 1 Reward
The Longbow is MW3's fastest sniper with a huge magazine and great fire rate. The JAK Tyrant 762 Kit will change the caliber of the gun and increases damage as well as accuracy and ADS-speed.
How To Find The Weekly Challenges In Modern Warfare 3
Here is a section we wouldn't have to write if the current CoD UI wasn't so tragic. To find and monitor your Weekly Challenges progress in Modern Warfare 3, follow these steps:
- From the lobby, press Select/ESC to bring up the menu on the right side of the screen. In the left-most tab you will find the option for "Challenges".
Why did they make finding the MW3 Weekly Challenges so confusing? | © Activision - There are multiple types of challenges to choose from in this new "Challenges" menu, but all you need for now is to select the "Weekly" option in the top left
Besides Weekly Challenges in MW3, you also have all manner of other challenges as well. | © Activision - In the Weekly Challenges menu, you can see the seven available challenges, and the reward for that week and can switch between the "Multiplayer" and "Zombies" tab.
Your current progress is tracked in the MW3 Weekly Challenges menu. | © Activision
And voilà! You know how to find the MW3 Weekly Challenges menu, and so you won't be missing out on any important Aftermarket Parts.
That was all there is to know about Weekly Challenges. Like Armory Challenges, this new system is slightly confusing and not entirely well-implemented, but you will need to understand it. Hopefully this guide helped.