Black Ops 7 has a Zombies Camo that most players will never get

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 can be torn apart online due to its campaign and a general desire to see Battlefield 6 win the competition this time around, but fans of its core multiplayer and Zombies mode still have a lot to appreciate. On the multiplayer front, Black Ops 7 launched with a wide variety of quality maps while toning down SBMM and recreating persistent lobbies, addressing several critics of recent contributions. On the Zombies front, Ashes of the Damned is packed with Easter eggs, bringing back small-scale survival maps for those looking for something a little simpler, while also making a number of quality-of-life improvements. Cursed mode is also a highlight, and it's through this alternate gameplay Black Ops 7s already huge camo gate gets even deeper.

While Black Ops 7's Weapon Prestige feature introduces some lengthy camo unlocking processes, such as Weaponized 115 requiring players to level up the Echo 12 Shotgun hundreds of times, there's a trio of Zombies-exclusive Pack-a-Punch camos that take a different approach. As opposed to dozens of hours leveling up a specific weapon, these unlocks will require players to complete the Ashes of the Damned main quest multiple times, with some brutal modifiers on top. At the time of writing, per Cod Zombie expert MrRoflWaffles, less than 1% of players have access to the first of these special camos. And since some relics in BO7 Zombies remain undetected, the last variant is available to literally no one right now.

Black Ops 7's Ash Pack-a-Punch Camos will push zombie players to their limits

As of now, the first of these three Pack-a-Punch camos – called Caustic Ash – is the one that players are sure how to get. Unlocking this special Zombies camo requires players to do the following:

Unlock access to Cursed Mode's relics by completing the Ashes of the Damned main quest.
Unlock and equip three different Relics to access Cursed Tier 1. This will give players access to Golden Armor to make things easier, but with the Relics' debuffs – like a limit of four perks – the difficulty balances out.
Complete the main quest again with three relics equipped.

Currently, only six of the nine Cursed Relics have been found, they are the Dragon Wings, Lawyer's Pen, Teddy Bear, Vril Sphere, Focusing Stone, and Blood Vials.

Considering how low the completion rate is for main missions as it is, and that many players complete a mission once and then never touch it again, it's no surprise that few players have earned this camouflage and even fewer will get its other variants. While it's purely speculation at the moment, it can be assumed that the red and green variants – Molten Ash and Putrid Ashe respectively – are unlocked at Tier 2 and Tier 3 of Cursed. This means players will have to beat the main quest with six relics equipped, and then again with all nine relics equipped, which will no doubt be extremely difficult. On the bright side, Treyarch has announced that the final boss of the Ashes of the Damned main quest will be nerfed in the near future, which should make things a little more manageable.

Still, there's no denying that these will be the hardest camos to get in the game, as unlocking the Relics also requires some extra effort from players. Each relic unlock requires players to complete a unique side easter egg on Ashes of the Damned that appears after round 20, and then have to go through a difficult trial, such as random drops being lethal or multiple rounds of just fighting Shock Mimics. Considering how players have to go out of their way to acquire relics in the first place, and then how they have to replay an easter egg with modifiers like rounds starting 75% faster and ammo crates being removed from the map, it's safe to assume that these three alternative Pack-a-Punch camos will be earned by a small fraction of Cod player base.

Black Ops 7's alternative Pack-a-Punch Camos are likely just the beginning

It's worth noting that the three gorgeous Ash weapon camos are never-before-seen designs. Instead, they come straight from the classic BO3 Zombie Map Gorod Krovi. It can therefore be assumed that in addition to a new PaP design with each map, players will be able to unlock three versions of a recurring camo design with each new map. While unconfirmed, this would make sense, and would be a great way to reward players for completing future main missions in Cursed mode. There are plenty of memorable Pack-a-Punch designs to revisit, as it's easy to imagine three variations of Mob of the Dead's fiery camo or Origin's blue 115 camo going down well with passionate fans and being designs they really feel like grinding for. Ultimately, the difficulty of these alternate PaP camos is what makes them so special, and it's exciting to have something new to grind for beyond mastering Camos and calling cards.