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How to Unlock Mercury Camo in MW3 Season 5 Explained2 min read

Modern Warfare 3 is adding an animated Mercury reward in the form of a Prestige Mastery camo. Last season, a new prestige camo, Obsidian, was added into MW3 which allowed players to continue grinding with a weapon even after unlocking the One Trick camo. Here’s how to unlock the Modern Warfare III Mercury camo!

Prestige Camo System Explained

Following the launch of Season 3 Reloaded, Sledgehammer brought forth a new camo grind for all players. This isn’t meant to be a new completionist camo grind, but instead is a form of appreciation for a player’s favorite weapon.

One Trick Camo MW3

Prestige weapon camos can be unlocked on a per weapon basis, first requiring 150,000 weapon XP to earn players the animated “One Trick” camo“. Players can use this camo on the gun they grinded 150,000 weapon XP for, only after that weapon is max rank. An additional 200,000 weapon XP is needed to unlock the Obsidian camo before Mercury becomes available to earn.

Season 5 Mercury Camo

COD MW3 Mercury Camo

Season 5 is adding a new weapon prestige camo on launch. Beginning on July 26th, players can earn the Mercury camo if they hit 250,000 total weapon XP with a maxed out weapon that has One Trick and Obsidian. If you want to unlock it right now, check out our page for a Mercury camo unlock package!

Unlock Fast Weapon XP

Reliable strategies for earning fast Weapon XP includes popping a 2WXP token and getting as many kills as possible in long matches of Multiplayer, Warzone or Zombies. Completing contracts or weapon related challenges in any mode can also help players burn through weapon XP relatively quick.

Unlock Fast Weapon XP in COD MW3

Players have reported only spending around 90 minutes in game doing the above to earn the 150,000 weapon XP required for the One Trick camo and another 2 hours for Obsidian. NOTE: Prestige camos don’t need to be unlocked on every weapon in a certain category for the camo to be used.

How to unlock it RIGHT NOW!

Do you want to skip out on the grind and unlock the COD MW3 Mercury Camo right now? Here at MitchCactus, we offer it as a package for a limited time only!