How To Unlock Mastery Badges In CoD Black Ops 6

Want to show off your Call of Duty Black Ops 6 achievements? This guide will help you unlock Mastery Badges.

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 has finally been released, and it’s packed with extensive content for players to explore. One standout feature is the all-new Mastery Badges system to challenge Black Ops 6 players.

This guide will introduce you to Mastery Badges and how to unlock them in the game.

Mastery Badges in Black Ops 6: What Is It?

Mastery Badges is a new progression feature in Black Ops 6. It’s awarded to players to showcase their skillful, and dedicated use of their gear in Multiplayer and Zombies modes.

Think of it as a badge of proficiency that’s earned by mastering each weapon, equipment, field upgrade, and scorestreak in your loadout through completing specific objectives. This feature adds a fresh challenge to grind for and lets players showcase their skills with pride through the badges.

How to Unlock Mastery Badges in Black Ops 6

In Black Ops 6, you can unlock Mastery Badges by progressing with each piece of gear and completing three Badge Tiers as follows:

Badge I (Bronze design)
Badge II (Silver design)
Mastery Badge (Gold design + Stat Tracker)

In other words, you can earn these badges for any gear in your loadout by completing specific Mastery Badge challenges. This applies separately to both Multiplayer and Zombies modes, allowing you to unlock badges for equipment unique to each mode in Black Ops 6.

Most importantly, progressing through the tiers requires skill and proficiency with your chosen gear. According to the Call of Duty Black Ops 6 progression blog, here are ways to progress through the badge tiers and unlock Mastery Badges in Multiplayer:

Weapons: Get Eliminations with the Weapon
Frag Lethal Equipment: Get Frag Kills
Prox Alarm Tactical Equipment: Kill enemies detected by your Prox Alarms
Trophy System: Intercept enemy Projectiles with your Trophy System
RC-XD: Get RC-XD Kills

How to Get Diamond Mastery Badge in Black Ops 6

To unlock the Diamond Mastery Badge in Black Ops 6, you’ll need to achieve Mastery Badges for a set number of items in each category. This includes weapons, equipment, field upgrades, and scorestreaks.

Once unlocked, the Diamond Mastery Badge automatically applies to all gear with Mastery Badges in that category, and you’ll be given an XP Bonus.

For instance, in multiplayer, you can earn the Diamond Badge for the Scorestreak category by achieving Gold Mastery Badges with all 18 scorestreaks available at launch.

Conclusion

In Black Ops 6, when you unlock Mastery Badges, your top three automatically display in the Social Menu, but you can customize them. These badges also appear in the Winner’s Circle after Multiplayer matches and in the KillCam, showcasing your proficiency with weapons, equipment, field upgrades, and scorestreaks.