Ballistic Knife
Camos, unlock requirements and the full camo-challenge list for the Ballistic Knife in Black Ops 7.
Ballistic Knife at a glance
- Class
- Melee
- Released
- Season 1 (December 2025)
- Availability
- Seasonal — Season 1 content
- Fire mode
- Single-shot projectile (spring-action; fires the blade)
- Unlocked at
- Season 1 Week 1 Weekly Challenge reward
- Max weapon level
- Level 30
- Real-world basis
- Ballistic knife (spring-ejected blade device)
The Ballistic Knife is a returning Black Ops melee weapon in Black Ops 7, functioning as a spring-action knife launcher that fires retrievable blades as projectiles for ranged eliminations against unarmored targets. Fired blades can be picked up from the environment to restock, or refilled via the Scavenger perk. It takes no attachments but can be leveled up and taken into Weapon Prestige to earn universal melee Prestige Camos.
A melee weapon that can also fire its blade as a high-damage ranged projectile, eliminating unarmored enemies on contact.
How to unlock: Complete six of the Week 1 challenges across any of the supported modes (Multiplayer, Zombies, Co-op Campaign/Endgame, or Warzone) to claim it as the Week 1 Loadout reward.
Ballistic Knife camo challenges
Military camos follow a class-wide ladder; the three Special camos are unique to the Ballistic Knife. Finish all 12 in a mode and its four Mastery camos unlock in order.
Multiplayer
- Diamondback Get 15 kills shortly after switching weapons
- Raptor Get a kill without taking any damage 30 times
- Mainframe Get 30 kills on enemies affected by your tactical equipment or non-lethal Scorestreaks
- Underbrush 5 Kills
- Woodland 10 Kills
- Slate Digital 20 Kills
- Redwood 30 Kills
- Poison 40 Kills
- Toxic 50 Kills
- Mountain 60 Kills
- Stalker 70 Kills
- Ruby Snake 80 Kills
Zombies
- Mutilate Get 10 kills without taking damage 3 times
- Slither Get 300 eliminations while Pack-a-Punched
- Pathfinder Get 100 kills while a Field Upgrade is active
- Char 100 Kills
- Tundra 200 Kills
- Flood Digital 300 Kills
- Cedar 400 Kills
- Marshland 500 Kills
- Mire 600 Kills
- Ravine 700 Kills
- Skulk 800 Kills
- Emerald Snake 1000 Kills
Campaign
- Cinder Eliminate 50 Guild Tech enemies
- Caiman Get 25 kills shortly after switching weapons
- Network Get 100 eliminations at Rare rarity or higher
- Foliage 10 Kills
- Desert 25 Kills
- City Digital 50 Kills
- Pine 75 Kills
- Forest 100 Kills
- Sludge 125 Kills
- Plateau 150 Kills
- Nocturne 200 Kills
- Topaz Snake 250 Kills
Warzone
- Shimmer Get 2 eliminations while moving
- Tyrant Get 2 eliminations without taking damage
- Trace Get 2 eliminations shortly after sprinting
- Autumn 5 Eliminations
- Arctic 10 Eliminations
- Forest Digital 20 Eliminations
- Balsam 30 Eliminations
- Arid 40 Eliminations
- Oil 50 Eliminations
- Snowcap 60 Eliminations
- Hunter 80 Eliminations
- Sapphire Snake 100 Eliminations