The Gremlin arrived with Black Ops 7 Season 5 on July 23, and it's unlike anything else in the SMG class. Rather than a conventional submachine gun, it's a permanently dual-wielded pair, which brings excellent mobility, serious close-range firepower, and the best hipfire accuracy of any SMG in the game.
Before You Start: Two Things Worth Knowing
Unlocking it. The Gremlin sits on Page 6 of the Season 5 Battle Pass, and it's available on the free track, so you don't need to buy the premium pass to get it. Push further to Page 12 and you'll find the Static Charge blueprint as a bonus cosmetic. Its Prestige Attachment is the 9" MFS Cestus Barrel.
The catch nobody mentions. Because the Gremlin is permanently dual-wielded, you cannot aim down sights at all. Every shot is hipfire. That matters enormously for the camo grind, since the Multiplayer military track is built entirely on headshots, and landing 80 of them without an optic is a substantially different challenge than it would be on any other SMG. Plan for close quarters, high-tempo modes, and plenty of Nuketown-style lobbies.
Multiplayer Camos
Military (all headshot-based):
- Underbrush: 5 headshots
- Woodland: 10
- Slate Digital: 20
- Redwood: 30
- Poison: 40
- Toxic: 50
- Mountain: 60
- Stalker: 70
- Ruby Snake: 80
Special:
Diamondback: 50 eliminations with no attachments equipped
Raptor: Kill while or shortly after sliding, diving, or wall-jumping, 15 times
Mainframe: 2 kills without reloading, 10 times
Mastery:
Shattered Gold: all Special camos, plus 3 kills without dying 10 times
Arclight: Shattered Gold on the Gremlin and six SMGs, plus 10 double kills or better
Tempest: Arclight on the Gremlin and 30 weapons, plus 5 kills without dying three times
Singularity: Tempest on 30 weapons
Zombies Camos
Military (elimination-based):
- Char: 100 eliminations
- Tundra: 200
- Flood Digital: 300
- Cedar: 400
- Marshland: 500
- Mire: 600
- Ravine: 700
- Skulk: 800
- Emerald Snake: 1,000
Special:
- Mutilate: 75 armored zombie eliminations
- Slither: 300 eliminations while Pack-A-Punched
- Pathfinder: rapidly kill 10 distracted zombies, 20 times
Mastery:
Golden Dragon: all Zombies Specials, plus 10 rapid kills 15 times
Bloodstone: Golden Dragon on the Gremlin and six SMGs, plus 20+ consecutive kills without taking damage, five times
Doomsteel: Bloodstone on the Gremlin and 30 weapons, plus 10 elite zombie eliminations
Infestation: Doomsteel on 30 weapons
Warzone Camos
Military:
- Autumn: 5 eliminations
- Arctic: 10
- Forest Digital: 20
- Balsam: 30
- Arid: 40
- Oil: 50
- Snowcap: 60
- Hunter: 80
- Sapphire Snake: 100
Special:
- Shimmer: 5 kills while moving
- Tyrant: 5 kills shortly after sprinting
- Trace: 5 kills while or shortly after sliding
Mastery:
- Golden Damascus: all Warzone Specials, plus 3 kills in a single match five times
- Starglass: Golden Damascus on the Gremlin and six SMGs, plus 5 kills without dying five times
- Absolute Zero: Starglass on the Gremlin and 30 weapons, plus 10 eliminations while in the top 10
- Apocalypse: Absolute Zero on 30 weapons
The Warzone Special camos are by far the friendliest set here, since movement-based kills come naturally to a weapon built for aggressive rushing. Resurgence and Rebirth-style playlists suit it best.
Co-op and Endgame Camos
Military:
- Foliage: 10 eliminations
- Desert: 25
- City Digital: 50
- Pine: 75
- Forest: 100
- Sludge: 125
- Plateau: 150
- Nocturne: 200
- Topaz Snake: 250
Special:
- Cinder: 50 point blank kills
- Caiman: 100 Fear enemy eliminations
- Network: 50 kills shortly after sprinting
Mastery:
- Molten Gold: all Endgame Specials, plus 20 Special enemy eliminations
- Moonstone: Molten Gold on the Gremlin and six SMGs, plus 100 eliminations in Zone III or higher
- Chroma Flux: Moonstone on the Gremlin and 30 weapons, plus 10 Elite enemy eliminations
- Genesis: Chroma Flux on 30 weapons
Weapon Prestige Camos
- Frequency: reach max level, then enter Weapon Prestige 1
- Core: enter Weapon Prestige 1, reach max level, enter Weapon Prestige 2
- Cobalt Circuit: reach Weapon Prestige Master, then Master level 100
- Vermilion Cypher: Weapon Prestige Master level 150
- Violet Network: Weapon Prestige Master level 200
- Bath Time: Weapon Prestige Master level 250
The Efficient Route
If you're chasing the full set, Zombies is the quickest place to clear volume-based military camos given how many enemies you'll face, while Warzone's Special track rewards exactly the playstyle the Gremlin already encourages. Multiplayer is the bottleneck because of the headshot requirement combined with no ADS, so it's worth front-loading that grind while your patience holds rather than saving it for last.
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