Season 3 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is live, adding a new battle pass, more maps, modes, and bundles. The update also includes five new perks to multiplayer, but first you’ll need to unlock them. Here we’ll explain how all the new perks work and how to acquire them.
Gunslinger Vest
The new Gunslinger vest is a new vest option that takes away the primary weapon slot but gives you a boost to stamina, sprinting, and reloading with the following bonuses:
- Secondary weapons only
- Refreshes stamina after a weapon or throwing knife/star kill
- Improved reload speed
- Reload while sprinting
- Increases weapon swap speed by a minimum of 40% (speed bonus differs between weapons)
- Deploy with max ammo for all pistols
How to unlock the Gunslinger Vest perk
You must select the Gunslinger Vest as an active challenge in the Armory Unlock System, and then complete eight daily challenges to unlock this perk. These new perks are not auto-selected for the new season. You must manually select the perk in the Armory Unlock menu.
Modular Assault Rig
The Modular Assault Rig is a new vest option that is geared towards supplying you with max ammo and the ability to scavenge lethal and tactical equipment from dead players with the following bonuses:
- Deploy with max ammo for all primary weapons and pistols
- Resupply lethal and tactical equipment from dead players
How to unlock the Modular Assault Rig perk
The Modular Assault Rig perk is unlocked by manually setting it as an active challenge in the Armory Unlock System, and then completing five daily challenges.
Compression Carrier
The Compression Carrier perk is a new vest that provides you with assisted healing and gas protection with the following bonuses:
- Immediate health regen after a primary, secondary, or throwing knife/star kill. Objective captures also trigger health regen
- Reduces strength of enemy stun, flash, and gas grenades
- Immunity to shock, EMP, and snapshot grenades
How to unlock the Compression Carrier perk
To unlock this new perk, you must manually select the Compression Carrier as an active challenge in the Armory Unlock System, and then complete eight daily challenges.
Reinforced Boots
Reinforced Boots is a new boot item that provides you immunity to movement-reduction effects such as the slowed movement from stuns and gas grenades.
How to unlock the Reinforced Boots perk
You must manually set Reinforced Boots as an active challenge in the Armory Unlock System, and then complete five daily challenges.
High-Gain Antenna
High-Gain Antenna is a new gear perk option that zooms out your minimap and provides more intel with the following bonuses:
- The minimap is zoomed out for you and nearby allies
- Enemies firing unsilenced weapons remain on the minimap for longer for you and nearby allies if a nearby ally has the CCT Comms Vest perk
- You and nearby allies see nearby ally radar pings from Data Jacker and compass indicators from nearby ally Signal Jammers
How to unlock the High-Gain Antenna perk
High-Gain Antenna is unlocked by manually setting the perk as an active challenge in the Armory Unlock System, and then completing five daily challenges.
These are all the new perks available to you with the new update. For more on the new content, make sure to check out all our highlights for Season 3 of Warzone, multiplayer, and Zombies.
