Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3(2023) offers a suite of new achievements and trophies for dedicated players to earn. As with last year’s title, this CoD title places most of its achievements within the single-player campaign, although this year includes a unique Zombies game type called MWZ that offers its own list of achievements.
The good news is that nearly all of these trophies are quite easy to earn. Thanks to a more open-ended mission structure, nearly every campaign achievement can be attempted with minimal hassle. Most MWZ trophies are also fairly straightforward to earn, so all trophy hunters out there should be able to easily 100% this game.
Updated July 26, 2025, by Charles Burgar:Now that we’ve spent some time playing all of MW3’s game modes, we now have a better understanding of how to unlock every new achievement. We’ve updated this guide with helpful tips on earning every achievement in the game. Two hidden achievements for MWZ were also added to this guide.
All Achievements And Trophies In Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Modern Warfare 3 has39achievements in total—25 unlocked in the campaign with an additional 14 earned from Multiplayer and MWZ. The campaign achievements are identical to MW2, requiring you to complete a specific task on each mission or locate every type of collectible. Any achievement that mentions"MWZ" refers to MW3’s Zombies game mode.This acts as a PvE replacement forlast year’s DMZ mode. No campaign spoilers are present outside of mission names.
Excluding ‘141 Ready,’ all campaign achievements may be earned on any difficulty setting.
Unlock Requirements And Tips
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Death Row
Kill 12 enemies while descending in the panopticon in ‘Operation 627’
Floater
Parachute off a Gantry Crane onto the roof of a Harbormaster’s Building in ‘Precious Cargo’
2-Fer
Using the EBR-14, kill 2 enemies with 1 bullet 5 times in ‘Payload’ without sounding the alarm.
Back In The Field
Acquire the Major’s Keycard in ‘Deep Cover’ within 90 seconds without being detected.
Shot Blocked
Shoot the gun out of the air in ‘Flashpoint’ before an enemy catches it.
Think She’ll Notice?
Destroy all of the cars in the mansion garage in ‘Oligarch’
Hitchhiker
Defuse the bomb on the truck in ‘Gora Dam’ while it’s in motion.
Your Tax Dollars At Work
Use a missile to take out a single enemy in ‘Danger Close’
Find and use all Armaments in Open Combat Missions.
Gearhead
Collect all Weapon and Field Upgrades from Supply Boxes in Open Combat Missions.
I Call Shotgun!
Drive a vehicle with a Sentry Gun on the back and have it kill 5 enemies.
Tag, You’re It!
Use the Spotter Scope to tag 60 enemies or items in Open Combat Missions.
Hey, Catch!
Throw and hit an enemy directly with a Flammable Cannister then blow them up with it.
BASE jump and travel more than 150m with your parachute.
Multiplayer And Zombies Achievements
Gravestone
On Urzikstan, kill 100 zombies with a vehicle in a single deployment in MWZ.
Seeing Red
Complete 5 Contracts in the High Threat Zone in a single deployment in MWZ.
Kill Orcus while in a 6 person squad in MWZ.
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