Dark Ops challenges are secret and difficult to complete, so here's how to finish all of them in Black Ops 6.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 features a wide variety of challenges and calling cards in both multiplayer and Zombies. From prestige challenges to the 100% calling cards, players will have their hands full this year. If you truly want to unlock some unique content in Black Ops 6, though, you’ll need to complete the Dark Ops challenges.
Last seen in Black Ops Cold War, Dark Ops challenges are tasks that are completely hidden from the player until they complete them. This means you have zero idea what you need to do to unlock the reward associated with each challenge. The reward for completing a Dark Ops challenge is a special calling card that can’t be unlocked anywhere else.
There are Dark Ops challenges for multiplayer, Zombies, and campaign in Black Ops 6, so let’s see how to unlock all of them.
All Dark Ops challenges in Black Ops 6
As the Dark Ops challenges are a total secret to all players, it will take some time for us to figure out what each one is across all three modes.
However, there have been leaks going around that showcase all the Dark Ops challenges for multiplayer specifically. The leaks come from data miners who dug into the game files to find what each Dark Ops challenge is in multiplayer.
We don’t have complete lists for Zombies or the campaign yet, but we should learn about those challenges in the near future. To see every Dark Ops challenge in Black Ops 6, look at the individual lists below:
Multiplayer Dark Ops Challenges
| Dark Ops Challenge | How to unlock |
| Frenzy Killer | Earn a Frenzy Kill Medal (5 rapid kills) |
| Mega Killer | Earn a Mega Kill Medal (6 rapid kills) |
| Ultra Killer | Earn a Ultra Kill Medal (7 rapid kills) |
| Chain Killer | Earn an Ultra Kill Medal (7 rapid kills) |
| Relentless Killer | Earn a Relentless Medal (20 kills without dying) |
| Brutal Killer | Earn a Brutal Medal (25 kills without dying) |
| Nuclear Killer | Earn a Nuke (30 kills without dying) |
| Nuked Out | Earn a Nuke in Free-For-All without using Scorestreaks |
| Very Nuclear | Earn a Nuke with 25 different weapons (All kills toward each Nuke must come from a single weapon) |
| 2 Birds 1 Stone | Earn a Collateral Kill Medal (Killed multiple uninjured enemies with the same shot) outside of Hardcore |
| Accidentally on Purpose | Kill an enemy with an environmental hazard |
| Return to Sender | Kill an enemy by throwing back the Frag Grenade they threw at you |
| Circus Act | Earn a Bankshot Medal (Killed an enemy by banking the Combat Axe off a surface) |
| Buzzsaw | Earn 10 Triple Kill Medals (3 Rapid Kills) or better in Hardcore |
| Ace! | Earn 4 Ace Medals (killed each enemy in a round of Search and Destroy, minimum 4 enemies) |
| Hit Job | Get 1 Finishing Moves |
| 100k | Get 100,000 eliminations |
| Go Loooong! | Get a long-range Combat Axe kill, Semtex stick, or Drill Charge stick |
| Too Hardcore for Hardcore | Get 10 kills without dying 1 time in Hardcore |
| Dark Indeed | Earned Dark Matter on 33 weapons in Multiplayer |
| Double Trouble | Kill both enemies in Gunfight with a single shot or explosion |
| Hard Breakup | Perform 7 Finishing Moves in a single match |
| Blunt Trauma | Kill an enemy with the direct impact of a Smoke |
As you can see, it will take hours and hours of grinding to complete some of these Dark Ops challenges in multiplayer. Getting 100,000 eliminations, earning Dark Matter, and getting a Nuke with 25 different weapons are all arguably the toughest challenges on the list and they’ll take some serious dedication. Some of the challenges, though, will take sheer luck to complete.
Zombies Dark Ops Challenges
These have not been discovered yet, but we will update this guide when they become known.
Campaign Dark Ops Challenges
These have not been discovered yet, but we will update this guide when they become known.
Dark Ops challenges are certainly a bragging right if you can complete them in Black Ops 6. The same goes for earning Mastery Badges, which is an entirely new system this year that offers more ways to showcase your grind.