Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Achievement Guide: 100% Roadmap

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 packs 98 achievements across its Campaign, Multiplayer, and famously deep Zombies mode, and Steam’s own unlock-rate data confirms the Zombies content is where this list gets genuinely demanding. Campaign and early progression achievements clear 25-40%, but the moment achievements require completing full Easter Egg quests across six separate Zombies maps, often needing a full four-player squad, the numbers drop into single digits. This is one of the most content-dense Call of Duty achievement lists ever assembled.

Quick Stats

Total Achievements: 98 (includes Zombies Chronicles remastered maps and DLC content)
Estimated Completion Time: 80-120 hours for full 100% completion, driven almost entirely by Zombies Easter Egg quests
Difficulty: Hard overall, with the Shadows of Evil Easter Egg requiring a full four-player squad and A Better Tomorrow demanding all five other map Easter Eggs completed first
Online Required: Yes for Multiplayer achievements and most efficiently for Zombies co-op Easter Eggs
Missable Achievements: No true missables. Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies content can all be replayed indefinitely, though several Zombies achievements require careful multi-step setup within a single game session

Achievement List by Category

Campaign Progression

Disavowed
A Second Chance
High Tide
Belly of the Beast
Into the Abyss
Blood for Blood
Friends and Foes
Understanding Madness
Fly, Swim, Shoot
200 Stories of Sheer Adventure!
Full Circle
Another Side of the Story
No One Will Believe You

Campaign Combat Challenges

Can’t Hide
Decimator
Foe To Friend
Sting like a Talon
Crackshot
Doing Camo Right
Inertial Distance
In Their Sleep
Lock, Stock, And Then Some
Gun Game
Biff! Bap! KaPow!
Rolling Heavy
Maximum Firepower
Throwing Flak
Unlocked Potential
For real this time
Curator
Walking Encyclopedia

Multiplayer Progression

Welcome to the Club
Battle Tested
Deadly Specialist
Tactical Specialist
Hold Still!
Personal Decorator

Dead Ops Arcade

Silverback In Black

Shadows of Evil

From the Shadows
The Beginning of the End
Margwa Party
Not out of Gobblegum!
The Spider and the Fly
Parasite-Seeing
Beat CoP
Sorry, we’re DEAD
Strike!

Der Eisendrache

Take a Bow
That’s a lot of Jigawatts!
Death From Above
Der Meisterbogenschuetze
Fling Me to the Moon
Not Big Enough
Quick Off Your Feet
None Left Standing
Time to Slam
My Brother’s Keeper

Zetsubou No Shima

The Ultimate Sacrifice
Sanguine Serum
In the Belly of the Beast
Crop Duster
Herbal Remedy
One Too Many
Assault With Battery
Iron Lung
Web of Defeat
Seeds of Doubt

Gorod Krovi

Taking Flight
Not One Inch
Wield a Fist of Iron
Fire Mission
Blown Away
Viktorious Revenge
Vaporeyezed
Zombiepult
Time Attack
Love And War

Revelations

Pack-A-Punch-ectomy
Controlled Chaos
The Grand Tour
Wardrobe Change
Wonderful
Death Ray
Keep Close
For The Good Of All
A Better Tomorrow

Zombies Chronicles Classic Maps

The Eagle has Landers
Chimp on the Barbie
I’ve seen some things…
I said we’re CLOSED!
Acted Alone
It’s a Trap!
Time Travel Will Tell
Small Consolation
Cryogenic Slumber Party
Ground Control
Little Lost Girl
Overachiever

Achievements by Category

Achievement names, unlock rates, and rarity below come directly from Steam’s own achievement data. Unlock requirements below are based on our own testing and verified trophy data.

Campaign Progression

Disavowed

Unlock Rate: 16.0% (Rare)

Requirement: Complete Black Ops on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the Black Ops campaign mission on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: Stick to cover and pick off enemies carefully rather than rushing, especially on Realistic where most hits can kill you instantly.

A Second Chance

Unlock Rate: 13.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete New World on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the New World campaign mission on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: This mission introduces the Talon control ability, so take advantage of it to thin out enemy numbers before engaging directly.

High Tide

Unlock Rate: 11.5% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete In Darkness on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the In Darkness campaign mission on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: Use cover consistently on higher difficulties, since enemy damage output increases substantially compared to Standard.

Belly of the Beast

Unlock Rate: 10.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Provocation on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the Provocation campaign mission on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: This mission features the Unstoppable Force ability against grouped robotic enemies, so use it to clear tough sections efficiently.

Into the Abyss

Unlock Rate: 9.7% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Hypocenter on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the Hypocenter campaign mission on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: Take advantage of cybernetic abilities to control the pace of encounters rather than rushing through checkpoints.

Blood for Blood

Unlock Rate: 9.5% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Vengeance on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the Vengeance campaign mission on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: Save your Specialist Ability for the mission’s toughest encounters rather than using it early.

Friends and Foes

Unlock Rate: 9.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Rise and Fall on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the Rise and Fall campaign mission on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: This mission has several vehicle and Talon-based sections, so use the Control ability whenever available.

Understanding Madness

Unlock Rate: 9.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Demon Within on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the Demon Within campaign mission on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: Expect a more disorienting, hallucinatory mission structure here, so stay patient rather than assuming visual cues are always reliable.

Fly, Swim, Shoot

Unlock Rate: 8.8% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Sand Castle on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the Sand Castle campaign mission on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: This mission mixes traversal types, so make full use of swimming and flying sections to bypass unnecessary firefights.

200 Stories of Sheer Adventure!

Unlock Rate: 8.6% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Lotus Towers on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the Lotus Towers campaign mission on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: Vertical combat is a big part of this mission, so use wall-running to reposition rather than staying static.

Full Circle

Unlock Rate: 8.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Campaign on Hardened, Veteran, or Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the entire campaign on Hardened difficulty or above.

Tips: This is the cumulative achievement for finishing every mission at Hardened or higher, so it unlocks alongside your final mission clear.

Another Side of the Story

Unlock Rate: 12.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete the Campaign on any difficulty.

How to Unlock: Finish the full campaign on any difficulty setting, including Standard.

Tips: This is a much more forgiving companion achievement to Full Circle, since any difficulty level counts here.

No One Will Believe You

Unlock Rate: 6.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete the Campaign on Realistic.

How to Unlock: Finish the entire campaign specifically on Realistic difficulty, the hardest available setting.

Tips: Realistic is best attempted in co-op, since reviving a downed partner is far more forgiving than a solo one-hit-kill run. Play at a high Campaign level so your full ability and weapon arsenal is unlocked beforehand.

Campaign Combat Challenges

Can’t Hide

Unlock Rate: 37.0% (Uncommon)

Requirement: In Campaign, kill an enemy through a wall or obstruction.

How to Unlock: Fire through a wall or piece of cover to kill an enemy hiding behind it.

Tips: Many campaign weapons can penetrate thin walls, so this often happens naturally during firefights in urban missions.

Decimator

Unlock Rate: 27.7% (Rare)

Requirement: In Campaign, kill 10 enemies in under 3 seconds.

How to Unlock: During the Black Ops mission, while controlling a 48 Dredge vehicle with infinite ammo near the secondary extraction point, unload on the ambush of robots that appears after crashing into the fenced generator area.

Tips: This specific vehicle section is the most reliable spot to rack up 10 kills quickly, since the robots swarm in a tight group.

Foe To Friend

Unlock Rate: 27.2% (Rare)

Requirement: Use an enemy combat robot to kill 10 enemies.

How to Unlock: Hack an enemy combat robot using the Control ability, then use it to kill 10 enemies.

Tips: Look for opportunities where hacking a heavier enemy robot lets you turn the tide of a firefight rather than fighting it directly.

Sting like a Talon

Unlock Rate: 14.1% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Campaign, kill 20 enemies while flying the same Talon.

How to Unlock: During the New World mission, at the objective to locate the generator, hack an enemy Talon using the Control ability and kill 20 enemies without switching aircraft.

Tips: Stay airborne and pick off ground and air targets steadily rather than landing, since switching Talons resets your kill count for this specific achievement.

Crackshot

Unlock Rate: 13.8% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Campaign, kill 5 enemies from over 100m away.

How to Unlock: Use a long-range weapon to kill 5 enemies from beyond 100 meters during any campaign mission.

Tips: Missions with open, outdoor environments give you the clearest sightlines to attempt this safely.

Doing Camo Right

Unlock Rate: 11.7% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Campaign, unlock all camos for any weapon.

How to Unlock: Level up a single weapon through kills until every camo option for it is unlocked.

Tips: Pick one weapon you enjoy using early and stick with it consistently to level it up faster than switching between multiple guns.

Inertial Distance

Unlock Rate: 7.9% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Campaign, wall run over 250 meters.

How to Unlock: Chain wall-running movement across campaign environments until you’ve covered a cumulative 250 meters.

Tips: Missions with dense vertical architecture, like Lotus Towers, offer the best wall-running opportunities to build toward this total.

In Their Sleep

Unlock Rate: 7.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Campaign, kill 5 stunned enemies in under 3 seconds.

How to Unlock: Throw a Flashbang Grenade to stun a group of enemies, then kill 5 of them within 3 seconds while they’re stunned.

Tips: Look for tightly clustered enemy groups before throwing the flashbang to maximize how many you can hit within the time window.

Lock, Stock, And Then Some

Unlock Rate: 16.6% (Rare)

Requirement: In Campaign, unlock all attachments for any weapon.

How to Unlock: Level up a single weapon through kills until every attachment for it is unlocked.

Tips: Pistols have fewer attachments and level up faster than primary weapons, making them a quicker route to this achievement if you’re not committed to a specific main weapon.

Gun Game

Unlock Rate: 6.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Campaign, kill 5 enemies with 5 different guns in under 30 seconds.

How to Unlock: Within a single 30-second window, kill one enemy each using 5 different weapons.

Tips: Missions where you can pick up multiple weapon types from fallen enemies work best, since you can swap quickly between your loadout and battlefield pickups.

Biff! Bap! KaPow!

Unlock Rate: 7.1% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Kill three enemies in a melee combo.

How to Unlock: Chain three consecutive melee kills together in a single combo without breaking the sequence.

Tips: This works in both Campaign and Zombies, so a crowded Zombies round can be an easier place to practice landing the combo.

Rolling Heavy

Unlock Rate: 6.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Kill 5 enemies using one burst of Unstoppable Force.

How to Unlock: During the Provocation mission, near the objective to get to Cloud Mountain, line up 5 robotic enemies on either side of a group of freight containers, then activate Unstoppable Force to hit all of them at once.

Tips: Positioning matters more than timing here, so take a moment to line up the enemies properly before activating the ability.

Maximum Firepower

Unlock Rate: 7.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Take control of an ASP.

How to Unlock: Use the Control ability on an enemy ASP unit during any mission where one appears.

Tips: ASPs are heavier combat units, so hacking one gives you a significant firepower advantage in whatever encounter you’re facing.

Throwing Flak

Unlock Rate: 6.6% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Kill 3 Talons with a single mid-air grenade detonation.

How to Unlock: Time a grenade throw to detonate in mid-air among a cluster of 3 enemy Talons simultaneously.

Tips: Wait for multiple Talons to fly close together before throwing, since a grounded or scattered group won’t trigger this achievement.

Unlocked Potential

Unlock Rate: 8.8% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Fully upgrade a Cybernetics Core.

How to Unlock: Spend enough Cybernetics Core resources to fully upgrade one core to its maximum level.

Tips: Cybernetics Cores are tied to campaign ability progression, so focus your upgrade resources on one core rather than spreading them across several.

For real this time

Unlock Rate: 6.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Earn a Gold Rating in the training simulator.

How to Unlock: Complete the in-game training simulator with a Gold Rating result.

Tips: The training simulator can be replayed as many times as needed, so keep attempting it until your performance clears the Gold threshold.

Curator

Unlock Rate: 6.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Discover all of the collectibles in the Campaign.

How to Unlock: Find and collect all 56 collectibles scattered across every campaign mission.

Tips: With 56 total collectibles needed across the whole campaign, a dedicated collectible location guide is the most efficient way to avoid missing any during your playthrough.

Walking Encyclopedia

Unlock Rate: 8.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Discover all of the collectibles in any Mission.

How to Unlock: Find every collectible within a single campaign mission.

Tips: This is a smaller, per-mission version of Curator, so completing any one mission’s full collectible set satisfies this on its own.

Multiplayer Progression

Welcome to the Club

Unlock Rate: 26.1% (Rare)

Requirement: Reach Sergeant (Level 10) in Multiplayer while playing online.

How to Unlock: Play online Multiplayer matches until you reach character Level 10.

Tips: This comes naturally through normal online play across any game mode.

Battle Tested

Unlock Rate: 12.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Reach Commander (Level 55) in Multiplayer while playing online.

How to Unlock: Continue playing online Multiplayer matches until you reach the Level 55 cap.

Tips: This requires significant time investment in Multiplayer specifically, so treat it as a long-term goal alongside your Zombies and Campaign progress.

Deadly Specialist

Unlock Rate: 25.3% (Rare)

Requirement: Get a Specialist-based medal that requires 3 or more rapid kills while using any Specialist Weapon.

How to Unlock: Use any Specialist Weapon to earn a medal requiring 3 or more rapid kills in a single Multiplayer match.

Tips: The Firebreak’s flamethrower and the Spectre’s Ripper are particularly effective for landing multiple rapid kills against grouped enemies.

Tactical Specialist

Unlock Rate: 9.8% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Get 5 Medals based on a Specialist Ability in a single game.

How to Unlock: Earn 5 separate medals tied to your Specialist Ability within one Multiplayer match.

Tips: Leveling up the Overclock perk lets you earn your Specialist Ability faster, giving you more opportunities per match to rack up these medals.

Hold Still!

Unlock Rate: 11.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Kill 6 enemies affected by one Blinding Swarm or Firefly Swarm.

How to Unlock: Use a Blinding Swarm or Firefly Swarm ability that catches 6 enemies, then kill all of them while affected.

Tips: Objective-based modes like Domination or Safeguard, where players cluster around objectives, give you the best chance at catching enough enemies in one swarm.

Personal Decorator

Unlock Rate: 6.1% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Earn all Decorations.

How to Unlock: Complete every Decoration challenge available across Multiplayer.

Tips: Decorations are broader, longer-term Multiplayer challenges, so this is best treated as an ongoing goal across many matches rather than something to farm quickly.

Dead Ops Arcade

Silverback In Black

Unlock Rate: 14.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Hack the Data Vault and brace yourself for Cyber’s Avengening in Dead Ops Arcade 2.

How to Unlock: After completing Mission 2, New World, in the campaign, enter your safehouse and interact with the data terminal. Press the hidden button in the terminal’s top left corner to start Dead Ops Arcade 2.

Tips: The achievement pops automatically after watching the intro sequence, so simply starting the mode is enough to trigger it.

Shadows of Evil

From the Shadows

Unlock Rate: 26.7% (Rare)

Requirement: In Shadows of Evil, spot the Shadowman fives times in one game.

How to Unlock: Look around the map during the start of the game, while exploring new areas, and while completing rituals to spot the Shadowman 5 times.

Tips: The Shadowman appears briefly and randomly at various points, so simply playing naturally and staying observant should net this over the course of a game.

The Beginning of the End

Unlock Rate: 26.3% (Rare)

Requirement: In Shadows of Evil, complete all Rituals.

How to Unlock: Complete every ritual required to open the Rift area behind the map’s altar rooms.

Tips: You’ll likely complete this naturally while working toward opening the Pack-a-Punch machine, since the rituals are part of that same process.

Margwa Party

Unlock Rate: 17.5% (Rare)

Requirement: In Shadows of Evil, kill 2 Margwas in a single round.

How to Unlock: Defeat 2 Margwa enemies within the same round.

Tips: Margwas typically spawn during specific ritual-related events, so save stronger weapons for when multiples appear together.

Not out of Gobblegum!

Unlock Rate: 17.3% (Rare)

Requirement: In Shadows of Evil, purchase and chew every type of GobbleGum in your Pack.

How to Unlock: Purchase and consume every unique GobbleGum flavor currently in your active pack during a single game.

Tips: Using your default starting set of 5 GobbleGums, rather than swapping in rarer Mega GobbleGums, is usually sufficient to complete this.

The Spider and the Fly

Unlock Rate: 16.9% (Rare)

Requirement: In Shadows of Evil, kill 10 zombies ensnared by a Widow’s Wine grenade.

How to Unlock: Throw a Widow’s Wine grenade to ensnare zombies in webbing, then kill 10 of them while trapped.

Tips: Wait for a larger horde to cluster together before throwing the grenade to maximize how many ensnared zombies you can kill at once.

Parasite-Seeing

Unlock Rate: 8.6% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Shadows of Evil, kill 5 Parasites while riding on the train.

How to Unlock: While riding the map’s train, kill 5 Parasite enemies during the ride.

Tips: Parasites tend to appear during specific train sections, so stay alert and ready to fire the moment they show up.

Beat CoP

Unlock Rate: 6.9% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Shadows of Evil, summon the Civil Protector in every district in a single game.

How to Unlock: Summon a Civil Protector ally in each of the map’s districts within the same game.

Tips: This requires enough points to summon multiple Civil Protectors across a single run, so plan your point spending accordingly.

Sorry, we’re DEAD

Unlock Rate: 6.7% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Shadows of Evil, kill 10 zombies that are inside of a store in one game.

How to Unlock: Kill 10 zombies while they’re inside any of the 4 stores in the Junction District starting area, across a single game.

Tips: The kills don’t need to come from the same store, so combine kills across all 4 stores to reach the total more easily. Repair barricades regularly to give zombies more time inside the stores before they leave.

Strike!

Unlock Rate: 7.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Shadows of Evil, use the rocket shield attack to kill at least 10 zombies in one burst.

How to Unlock: Use the rocket shield’s attack to hit and kill 10 or more zombies in a single burst.

Tips: Wait for zombies to funnel into a tight corridor or doorway before triggering the attack to maximize the number caught in the blast.

Der Eisendrache

Take a Bow

Unlock Rate: 15.4% (Rare)

Requirement: In Der Eisendrache, upgrade the Wrath of the Ancients.

How to Unlock: Complete the upgrade process for the Wrath of the Ancients bow.

Tips: This ties into the map’s main quest, so pursuing the bow upgrade naturally as you work toward the full Easter Egg will net this achievement.

That’s a lot of Jigawatts!

Unlock Rate: 12.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Der Eisendrache, electrocute 121 zombies.

How to Unlock: Use the Storm Bow’s charged shot to electrocute a cumulative total of 121 zombies.

Tips: If you use the Storm Bow regularly throughout your games on this map, this will likely unlock naturally without dedicated farming.

Death From Above

Unlock Rate: 11.6% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Der Eisendrache, kill a zombie while being flung by a Wundersphere.

How to Unlock: Use a Wundersphere to fling yourself into the air, then kill a zombie with the Storm Bow’s charged shot while airborne.

Tips: Combining the Wundersphere launch with a ready Storm Bow charged shot is the most reliable way to line this up.

Der Meisterbogenschuetze

Unlock Rate: 10.6% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Der Eisendrache, obtain all of the ancient bows.

How to Unlock: Collect and build all of the map’s ancient bow variants in a single game.

Tips: This is a natural byproduct of progressing through the map’s main Easter Egg quest, since acquiring the bows is a core part of that questline.

Fling Me to the Moon

Unlock Rate: 8.9% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Der Eisendrache, use every Wundersphere twice.

How to Unlock: Use each Wundersphere launcher on the map at least twice within a single game.

Tips: Make a mental note of each Wundersphere location as you explore, then circle back to use each one a second time before the game ends.

Not Big Enough

Unlock Rate: 7.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Der Eisendrache, trap and kill a Panzer Soldat using the Ragnarok DG-4.

How to Unlock: Use the Ragnarok DG-4 to trap a Panzer Soldat, then kill it while trapped.

Tips: This is a tanky enemy type, so make sure the Ragnarok DG-4 trap is fully set before engaging to avoid wasting the setup.

Quick Off Your Feet

Unlock Rate: 7.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Der Eisendrache, wallbuy the BRM.

How to Unlock: Activate anti-gravity by wall-running over the blue panels near the top-left Keeper statue, then purchase the BRM from its wallbuy location.

Tips: You’ll need to use the anti-gravity mechanic and wall-run to reach the wallbuy spot, so make sure enough panels are pressed down before attempting the purchase.

None Left Standing

Unlock Rate: 6.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Der Eisendrache, kill every type of zombie using a minigun.

How to Unlock: Use a minigun weapon to kill every distinct zombie enemy type found on the map.

Tips: Since this requires encountering every zombie variant, playing to higher rounds increases your chances of running into rarer enemy types.

Time to Slam

Unlock Rate: 6.5% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Der Eisendrache, revive two players protected by the Ragnarok DG-4.

How to Unlock: While a Ragnarok DG-4 shield is active protecting the area, revive 2 downed players.

Tips: Coordinate with your team so downed players stay within the DG-4’s protective radius, giving you a safer window to revive them.

My Brother’s Keeper

Unlock Rate: 10.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete the main Easter Egg quest on Der Eisendrache.

How to Unlock: Follow the full multi-step Der Eisendrache Easter Egg quest, culminating in defeating the Keeper boss across its multiple phases, then complete the final steps involving the Summoning Key and clocktower computer.

Tips: This is one of the longer Easter Egg quests in the game, so budget significant time and consider following a full step-by-step walkthrough given how many stages are involved.

Zetsubou No Shima

The Ultimate Sacrifice

Unlock Rate: 9.7% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Zetsubou No Shima, retrieve the Skull of Nan Sapwe.

How to Unlock: Complete the steps required to retrieve the Skull of Nan Sapwe, part of the map’s main quest progression.

Tips: This ties into the broader Zetsubou No Shima Easter Egg, so working toward Seeds of Doubt will likely net this along the way.

Sanguine Serum

Unlock Rate: 8.5% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Zetsubou No Shima, drink fresh Widow’s Wine.

How to Unlock: Consume freshly made Widow’s Wine as part of the map’s crafting and quest systems.

Tips: This is tied to the map’s Widow’s Wine perk mechanic, so brewing and drinking a fresh batch during normal play should unlock this.

In the Belly of the Beast

Unlock Rate: 8.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Zetsubou No Shima, survive getting consumed.

How to Unlock: Allow yourself to be consumed by one of the map’s large enemy types and survive the encounter.

Tips: This is a specific enemy interaction tied to one of the map’s larger creatures, so don’t panic if you get grabbed, since surviving it is the actual goal here.

Crop Duster

Unlock Rate: 7.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Zetsubou No Shima, kill 10 zombies with a single shot of the KT-4.

How to Unlock: Fire the KT-4 weapon into a group of zombies, killing 10 of them with a single shot.

Tips: Wait for zombies to cluster tightly together before firing to maximize the number caught in one shot.

Herbal Remedy

Unlock Rate: 7.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Zetsubou No Shima, use a plant to return to life.

How to Unlock: Use one of the map’s plant-based revival mechanics to bring yourself back after going down.

Tips: Keep an eye out for the map’s unique plant life mechanics as you explore, since this ties directly into that system.

One Too Many

Unlock Rate: 7.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Zetsubou No Shima, throw up.

How to Unlock: Trigger the map’s specific vomiting mechanic, tied to one of its environmental hazards or perks.

Tips: This is a joke achievement tied to a specific gross-out interaction on the map, so it should occur naturally if you experiment with the map’s unique mechanics.

Assault With Battery

Unlock Rate: 6.7% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Zetsubou No Shima, electrocute a zombie with a shield.

How to Unlock: Use an electrified shield weapon to electrocute and kill a zombie.

Tips: Build or acquire the map’s shield weapon first, then use its electrical attack directly on a zombie.

Iron Lung

Unlock Rate: 6.5% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Zetsubou No Shima, stay underwater for one minute.

How to Unlock: Remain submerged underwater on the map for a full continuous minute.

Tips: Find one of the map’s underwater areas and simply hold your position there while timing a full minute.

Web of Defeat

Unlock Rate: 6.1% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Zetsubou No Shima, remove webs in every possible way in one game.

How to Unlock: Clear spider webs using every available removal method on the map within a single game.

Tips: Experiment with different tools and weapons against webbing obstacles as you encounter them to make sure you’ve covered every method.

Seeds of Doubt

Unlock Rate: 8.6% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete the main Easter Egg quest on Zetsubou No Shima.

How to Unlock: Follow the full multi-step Zetsubou No Shima Easter Egg quest to its conclusion.

Tips: This achievement, along with The Ultimate Sacrifice and Sanguine Serum, typically unlocks together as you progress through the map’s main quest, so treat this as your primary goal for a Zetsubou No Shima session.

Gorod Krovi

Taking Flight

Unlock Rate: 10.8% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Gorod Krovi, ride a Dragon.

How to Unlock: Mount and ride one of the map’s Dragon enemies.

Tips: Dragons appear at specific points tied to the map’s story and mechanics, so this should occur naturally as you progress through a game.

Not One Inch

Unlock Rate: 10.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Gorod Krovi, complete a Lockdown Event.

How to Unlock: Successfully complete one of the map’s Lockdown defensive events.

Tips: Lockdown Events task your team with holding a position, so coordinate roles among your squad to survive the full event.

Wield a Fist of Iron

Unlock Rate: 9.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Gorod Krovi, wield the Gauntlet of Siegfried.

How to Unlock: Build and equip the Gauntlet of Siegfried melee weapon.

Tips: This weapon is tied to the map’s crafting and quest systems, so building it as part of your normal progression will unlock this.

Fire Mission

Unlock Rate: 8.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Gorod Krovi, kill 8 zombies with a single Dragon Strike.

How to Unlock: Call in a Dragon Strike that kills 8 zombies at once.

Tips: Wait for a larger horde to gather in one area before calling in the strike to maximize the kill count.

Blown Away

Unlock Rate: 7.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Gorod Krovi, kill 10 zombies at once with the Guard of Fafnir.

How to Unlock: Use the Guard of Fafnir weapon to kill 10 zombies simultaneously.

Tips: Lure a large group into a tight formation before firing to land this achievement efficiently.

Viktorious Revenge

Unlock Rate: 6.8% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Gorod Krovi, complete all solo Trials in one Zombies game.

How to Unlock: Complete every solo Trial challenge available on the map within a single game.

Tips: These trials are individual challenges for each player, so coordinate with your team to make sure everyone completes their own trial in the same session.

Vaporeyezed

Unlock Rate: 6.5% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Gorod Krovi, use the Gigant Beam to kill 20 Zombies in one activation.

How to Unlock: Activate the Gigant Beam weapon and kill 20 zombies in a single use.

Tips: Position yourself so the beam sweeps through a dense cluster of zombies to maximize kills per activation.

Zombiepult

Unlock Rate: 6.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Gorod Krovi, launch 10 zombies into the air at the same time.

How to Unlock: Use one of the map’s launch mechanics to send 10 zombies airborne simultaneously.

Tips: Group zombies tightly together near the launch mechanism before triggering it for the best chance at hitting all 10 at once.

Time Attack

Unlock Rate: 6.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Gorod Krovi, complete Time Attack: Round 20.

How to Unlock: Complete the map’s Time Attack challenge mode, reaching Round 20 within the mode’s structure.

Tips: This is a dedicated challenge mode separate from normal survival play, so treat it as its own focused session rather than trying to combine it with other achievements.

Love And War

Unlock Rate: 7.9% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete the main Easter Egg quest on Gorod Krovi.

How to Unlock: Follow the full multi-step Gorod Krovi Easter Egg quest to its conclusion, involving the map’s Dragon and Panzer Soldat storyline.

Tips: This is one of the required Easter Eggs feeding into A Better Tomorrow, so treat completing this as a milestone toward that larger goal.

Revelations

Pack-A-Punch-ectomy

Unlock Rate: 10.9% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Revelations, recover the Pack-a-Punch machine from its abductor.

How to Unlock: Activate and complete all Corruption Turrets, then capture the large Apothicon at Nacht Der Untoten using the Tesla Ray. Enter the Apothicon’s mouth and shoot the 3 large yellow sac-like pods to make the Pack-a-Punch machine drop out.

Tips: This requires completing the Corruption Turret objectives first, so make sure those are finished before attempting the Apothicon capture sequence.

Controlled Chaos

Unlock Rate: 9.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Revelations, override all of the Corruption Engines before round 6.

How to Unlock: Complete every Corruption Engine override on the map before reaching Round 6.

Tips: This demands an efficient early-game route, so plan your path between engines carefully rather than exploring randomly.

The Grand Tour

Unlock Rate: 8.1% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Revelations, visit every unique location within 2 minutes.

How to Unlock: Travel to every distinct area of the map within a single 2-minute window.

Tips: This likely requires the map’s teleportation mechanics to move quickly enough between distant locations, so plan your route in advance.

Wardrobe Change

Unlock Rate: 6.6% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Revelations, wear three different hats.

How to Unlock: Find and equip 3 different hat cosmetic items available on the map.

Tips: This is a lighthearted collectible-style achievement, so keep an eye out for hat pickups as you explore.

Wonderful

Unlock Rate: 7.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Revelations, kill 10 enemies in one shot with each wonder weapon.

How to Unlock: Using each wonder weapon available on the map, land a single shot that kills 10 enemies at once.

Tips: This requires repeating the feat across multiple different wonder weapons, so tackle one weapon at a time against a suitably large horde.

Death Ray

Unlock Rate: 6.1% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Revelations, kill 40 enemies with a single activation of a Corruption Turret.

How to Unlock: Activate a Corruption Turret and kill 40 enemies during that single activation.

Tips: Let a large horde build up around the turret before activating it to maximize the kill count in one go.

Keep Close

Unlock Rate: 6.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Revelations, assist a Keeper in defeating every type of enemy.

How to Unlock: Summon a Keeper at the Keeper Shrine, then let it assist in defeating every enemy type on the map, including Corrupted Keeper, Fury, and both Margwa variants.

Tips: You can summon multiple Keepers across a game for 5,000 points each, and their kills count cumulatively, so don’t worry about doing this with just one Keeper.

For The Good Of All

Unlock Rate: 7.5% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete the main Easter Egg quest on Revelations.

How to Unlock: Follow the full Revelations Easter Egg quest to its conclusion.

Tips: If you’re chasing A Better Tomorrow as well, make sure you’ve completed all five other map Easter Eggs first, since completing this one early means you’ll need to do it again afterward.

A Better Tomorrow

Unlock Rate: 7.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete every main Easter Egg in the game, culminating in Revelations.

How to Unlock: Complete the main Easter Egg quests on Shadows of Evil, Der Eisendrache, Zetsubou No Shima, and Gorod Krovi first. Once all four show a completed icon on the map select screen, complete the Revelations Easter Egg, For The Good Of All, to finish the full cycle.

Tips: In co-op, the game checks whichever player has completed the most Easter Eggs, so you can play with a teammate who has already finished the others rather than needing to have done them all yourself. Completing Revelations early without the prerequisites means you’ll need to complete it again afterward to earn this.

Zombies Chronicles Classic Maps

The Eagle has Landers

Unlock Rate: 15.1% (Rare)

Requirement: In Ascension, escape on all three lunar landers.

How to Unlock: Successfully escape using all three lunar lander points on the Ascension map within a single game.

Tips: Coordinate with your team to make sure each lander escape is used rather than only relying on one.

Chimp on the Barbie

Unlock Rate: 6.8% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Ascension, kill a space monkey with a fire trap.

How to Unlock: Lure a space monkey enemy into a fire trap and kill it there.

Tips: Space monkeys tend to path toward specific areas of the map, so position yourself near a fire trap and wait for one to wander close.

I’ve seen some things…

Unlock Rate: 8.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Kino Der Toten, visit every location the teleporter can take you to.

How to Unlock: Use the map’s teleporter to visit every possible destination it can send you to.

Tips: The teleporter has multiple randomized or rotating destinations, so you may need several uses across one or more games to visit them all.

I said we’re CLOSED!

Unlock Rate: 8.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Nacht Der Untoten, do not let any zombies enter the building during the first 3 rounds.

How to Unlock: Defend the building perimeter on Nacht Der Untoten so no zombies breach it during Rounds 1 through 3.

Tips: Prioritize repairing barricades quickly and covering multiple entry points with your team during the opening rounds.

Acted Alone

Unlock Rate: 6.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Verrückt, headshot 20 zombies in the courtyard from the second floor of the Asylum.

How to Unlock: From the second floor of the Asylum building, headshot 20 zombies located in the courtyard below.

Tips: This requires a solo positioning approach with a clear angle down into the courtyard, so find a stable vantage point before starting your count.

It’s a Trap!

Unlock Rate: 6.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Shi No Numa, kill at least one zombie with three different traps in a single round.

How to Unlock: Within a single round, use three different trap types on Shi No Numa, each killing at least one zombie.

Tips: Lure zombies toward each trap type deliberately rather than relying on random pathing to trigger all three in the same round.

Time Travel Will Tell

Unlock Rate: 6.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Shangri-La, acquire the Focusing Stone.

How to Unlock: Complete the steps required to obtain the Focusing Stone item on the Shangri-La map.

Tips: This ties into the map’s time-travel mechanics and broader Easter Egg progression, so follow a step-by-step guide if you’re unfamiliar with the map’s puzzle sequence.

Small Consolation

Unlock Rate: 6.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Shangri-La, use the 31-79 JGb215 on each type of zombie.

How to Unlock: Use the map’s 31-79 JGb215 wonder weapon on every distinct zombie type found on Shangri-La.

Tips: Playing to higher rounds increases your chances of encountering every zombie variant needed to complete this.

Cryogenic Slumber Party

Unlock Rate: 8.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Moon, complete Richtofen’s Grand Scheme.

How to Unlock: Complete the full Richtofen’s Grand Scheme Easter Egg quest on the Moon map.

Tips: This requires prerequisite items from earlier maps, so make sure you understand the map’s full quest chain before attempting it.

Ground Control

Unlock Rate: 6.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Moon, prevent each excavator from breaching the base in one game.

How to Unlock: Defend against every excavator attack on the Moon map, preventing any from breaching the base within a single game.

Tips: Assign team roles in advance so each excavator threat can be addressed quickly as they appear.

Little Lost Girl

Unlock Rate: 9.5% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Origins, release Samantha.

How to Unlock: Complete the steps on the Origins map required to release Samantha.

Tips: This ties into the map’s central story quest, so following the main Easter Egg progression will naturally lead you here.

Overachiever

Unlock Rate: 8.3% (Very Rare)

Requirement: In Origins, complete all 4 Challenges in one game.

How to Unlock: Complete all four of the Origins map’s Challenge objectives within a single game.

Tips: Coordinate with your team to tackle each Challenge in sequence rather than attempting them all simultaneously.

5-Phase 100% Completion Roadmap

Phase 1: Campaign Playthrough Play through the full campaign on Hardened difficulty or above to pick up Another Side of the Story, Disavowed, and the individual mission-completion achievements, along with common combat achievements like Can’t Hide and Doing Camo Right.

P2: Campaign Challenge and Realistic Cleanup Return for a dedicated Realistic difficulty run, ideally in co-op, for No One Will Believe You and Full Circle, while mopping up harder combat challenges like Gun Game, Sting like a Talon, and Curator.

P3: Multiplayer Progression Play online Multiplayer consistently to reach Level 55 for Battle Tested, picking up Specialist-based medal achievements and Personal Decorator along the way.

P4: Individual Zombies Map Easter Eggs Work through the main Easter Egg quest on each of the five core maps, Shadows of Evil, Der Eisendrache, Zetsubou No Shima, Gorod Krovi, and their associated map-specific achievements, ideally with a coordinated squad, since Shadows of Evil specifically requires four players.

P5: Revelations and A Better Tomorrow Once all five prior Easter Eggs are confirmed complete on the map select screen, take on the Revelations Easter Egg for For The Good Of All and the culminating A Better Tomorrow achievement, then finish any remaining Zombies Chronicles classic map achievements at your own pace.

Conclusion

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’s 98 achievements represent one of the most content-dense lists in the franchise, with Campaign and Multiplayer providing a manageable foundation before Zombies mode takes over as the true test of patience and coordination. A Better Tomorrow stands out as the structural centerpiece of the whole list, requiring five separate Easter Egg completions before the sixth can properly count. Budget 80-120 hours for full completion, prioritize finding a consistent four-player squad for the Zombies Easter Eggs, and treat Shadows of Evil’s four-player requirement as your first major coordination hurdle.