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 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
Pre-Season Week 2 (November 15-22)
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 Assists | 10 | Recommended Weapon (Any MW3 Weapon) |
| Get Kills While Moving | 25 | Recommended Weapon (Any MW3 Weapon) |
| Get Kills While Aiming Down Sights | 20 | DG-58 |
| Get Kills While Aiming Down Sights |
20 |
Recommended Assault Rifle (Any MW3 AR) |
| Get Hipfire Kills | 20 | DG-58 |
| Get Hipfire Kils | 20 | Recommended Assault Rifle (Any MW3 AR) |
| Get Collatoral Kills (two enemies with one bullet) | 3 | Recommended Weapon (Any MW3 Weapon) |
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) |
| Complete Contracts | 5 |
Any Weapon. |
| Get Hellhound Kills | 25 | Recommended Weapon (Any MW3 Weapon) |
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Get Hipfire Kills |
100 | Recommended Assault Rifle (Any MW3 AR) |
| Get Critical Kills (headshots) | 100 | Recommended Assault Rifle (Any MW3 AR) |
| Get Kills While Having At Least 4 Active Perks | 125 | Recommended Battle Rifle (Any MW3 BR) |
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Get Big Bounty HVT Kills (bounty contract targets) |
3 | Recommended Battle Rifle (Any MW3 BR) |
| Get 10 Kills Without Takin Damage | 10 | Recommended Weapon (Any MW3 Weapon) |
Week 2 Reward
This week, you can earn the Jak Nightshade Rifle Kit, an attachment that lowers the caliber of the MCW (assault rifle) for a faster rate-of-fire and better handling.
We don’t think this week’s Aftermarket Part is worth grinding for. The DG-58 LSW is one of the worst LMGs in the game, and this attachment will only make it worse.
Pre-Season Week 1 (November 8-15)
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) |
| Kill Players Who Killed You (Revenge) | 5 | Recommended Weapon (Any MW3 Weapon) |
| Get Kills | 20 | MCW |
| Get Kills | 20 | Recommended Assault Rifle (Any MW3 AR) / with silencer equipped |
| Get Kills | 15 | Recommended Assault Rifle (Any MW3 AR) / with optic equipped |
| Sliding Kills | 10 | Recommended Weapon (Any MW3 Weapon) |
| Headshot Kills | 15 | MCW |
| Triple Kill | 1 | Recommended Sniper (Any MW3 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 | 250 | Recommended Weapon |
| Get Kills | 100 | MCW |
| Get Kills | 100 | Recommended Assault Rifle (Any MW3 AR) / with silencer equipped |
| Get Kills | 150 | Recommended Assault Rifle (Any MW3 AR) / with optic equipped |
| Get Kills | 30 | PHD Flopper Explosions |
| Get Critical Kills | 150 | MCW |
| Get Kills | 200 | In Medium or High Threat Zone |
Week 1 Reward
This week, you can earn the Jak Raven Kit, an attachment that lowers the caliber of the MCW (assault rifle) and does the exact same as last week’s attachment: improves rate-of-fire and handling, but costs range, damage and recoil control.
We don’t rate this reward too highly, as the MCW isn’t even in the best AR, and this attachment doesn’t seem to improve the weapon. If you want more recoil and worse range on your AR, go for it.
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.