Call of Duty – Black Ops 2: How to Unlock Weapons

In Call of Duty: Black Ops, unlocking weapons is just a matter of leveling up.

As you level up, you’ll slowly unlock different weapons. Also, you don’t lose your unlocked weapons when you Prestige this time either, so you don’t have to worry about unlocking your favorite weapon over and over.

The majority of your starting weapons will come from getting to level 4, which comes pretty fast.

Here are all of the weapons in the game, and what level they unlock at.

Black Ops 2 Unlockable Weapons

Level 4
MTAR (Assault Rifle)
SWAT-556 (Assault Rifle)
Type 25 (Assault Rifle)
FHJ-18 AA (Launcher)
SMAW (Launcher)
MK48 (Light Machine Gun)
QBB LMG (Light Machine Gun)
Five-Seven (Pistol)
TAC-45 (Pistol)
R870 MCS (Shotgun)
Saiga 12 (Shotgun)
DSR-50 (Sniper Rifle)
SVU-AS (Sniper Rifle)
MP7 (Submachine Gun)
PDW-57 (Submachine Gun)

Level 13
LSAT (Light Machine Gun)

Level 16
Vector (Submachine Gun)

Level 19
B23R (Pistol)

Level 22
FAL (Assault Rifle)

Level 25
Crossbow (Special)

Level 28
MSMC (Submachine Gun)

Level 31
M27 (Assault Rifle)

Level 34
KSG (Shotgun)
Assault Shield (Special)

Level 37
HAMR (Light Machine Gun)
Chicom CQB (Submachine Gun)

Level 40
SCAR (Assault Rifle)
RPG-7 (Launcher)

Level 43
KAP-40 (Pistol)
Ballista (Sniper Rifle)

Level 46
SMR (Assault Rifle)
Skorpion EVO II (Submachine Gun)

Level 49
M8A1 (Assault Rifle)
Ballistic Knife (Special)

Level 52
M1216 (Shotgun)
XPR-50 (Sniper Rifle)

Level 55
AN-94 (Assault Rifle)