At a glance
Black Ops 2 Trophy Guide Quick Info
Plan the cleanup
Trophies at a Glance
The complete trophy list, grouped into scan-friendly routes before the full walkthrough.
Efficient route
Black Ops 2 Trophy Guide and Platinum Roadmap
Phase 1: Recruit Campaign, intel, Strike Force, and the Good Karma route
Start on Recruit so you can learn the missions, collect all 33 intel items, and secure the choice-based trophies with minimal resistance. Starting the Campaign immediately unlocks the revised Big Leagues trophy on PS4 and PS5.
For the cleanest first route, use these decisions:
- Resist killing Kravchenko in Old Wounds for Dirty Business.
- Let DeFalco escape with Chloe at the end of Karma.
- Complete Second Chance to rescue Chloe.
- Complete FOB Spectre, Shipwreck, I.E.D., and Dispatch as they become available.
- Shoot Mason in the legs twice in Suffer With Me for Family Reunion.
- Kill Harper in Achilles' Veil so Farid survives.
- Shoot Briggs in the leg during Odysseus.
This route earns the five Strike Force trophies, Ship Shape, Good Karma, Dirty Business, Family Reunion, and the normal mission-completion trophies. Complete every Strike Force mission before Odysseus because these missions expire as the story advances.
Collect three intel items in each story mission. Finish the mission after taking the final item so the Career Record saves it. Also use a customized loadout, equip a future weapon in a past mission, protect the civilians in Time and Fate, and avoid the flame pipe in Fallen Angel.
Phase 2: Rewind the story for Showdown and choice cleanup
After Good Karma and Ship Shape are secured, use Rewind Story from Karma. Let DeFalco escape again, skip Second Chance, kill Harper in Achilles' Veil, and continue through Odysseus. Farid and DeFalco will confront each other, which unlocks Showdown.
Ultimate Sacrifice needs the opposite Achilles' Veil choice. Replay or rewind the mission and shoot Menendez instead of Harper. Dead or Alive unlocks after you actively choose either outcome for Menendez in Judgment Day. Do not let that final choice time out.
Phase 3: Complete all 11 story missions on Veteran
Run the four past missions and seven future missions on Veteran. Old Fashioned unlocks after Pyrrhic Victory, Old Wounds, Time and Fate, and Suffer With Me. Futurist covers Celerium, Fallen Angel, Karma, Achilles' Veil, Odysseus, Cordis Die, and Judgment Day. Together, those trophies also satisfy Black Ops II Master.
Use cover, let squadmates draw fire, and avoid rushing into new checkpoints. Custom loadouts make the run easier once challenge rewards have expanded your weapon and perk selection. Strike Force missions do not need Veteran difficulty.
Phase 4: Finish all 160 Campaign challenges
Each of the 16 Campaign missions has 10 challenges. That means 110 challenges across the story and 50 across Strike Force. Challenge progress stacks across mission replays, so you can isolate one or two requirements per run instead of forcing all 10 at once.
Use Recruit for cleanup and equip the Access Kit whenever a challenge involves a locked room, cache, alternate route, or special interaction. Check the Career Record after every mission. Never select New Story during this phase because it can erase Campaign challenge progress. Use Replay Mission for isolated challenges and Rewind Story only when a decision chain must change.
Ten K also checks the five Strike Force missions, so verify a score of at least 10,000 in all 16 missions before leaving Campaign.
Phase 5: Multiplayer level, Prestige, and playlist wins
Reach level 10 for Welcome to the Club, then continue to the level cap and enter Prestige for Welcome to the Penthouse. You also need 10 wins in Combat Training and 10 wins in Party Games. Work on the playlist wins early because classic playlists can rotate or temporarily disappear.
PS Plus is required for online multiplayer. PS4 and PS5 players share the same cross-generation matchmaking pool, but the game does not match with non-PlayStation platforms.
Phase 6: TranZit Zombies and Tower of Babble
Clear the simple TranZit trophies first so you learn the bus route, power station, buildable locations, streetlamps, and fog paths. Most can be handled solo, but Dance On My Grave needs another player and Tower of Babble is best treated as a dedicated co-op session.
For Tower of Babble, use a current two-player route, assign each buildable and equipment role before starting, and keep one zombie alive while setting up. Both voice paths can unlock the trophy, so consistency matters more than choosing a particular side.
Guide notes
PS4 vs PS5 and the PS3 Trophy Difference
Call of Duty: Black Ops II released on PS4 and PS5 on July 9, 2026. The platforms have separate trophy lists, and each list has its own Platinum. Treat them as two full completions because a reliable full auto-pop is not available for Campaign and Zombies progress. Shared multiplayer data may trigger some related trophies after another qualifying action, but it should not be used as the basis of a roadmap.
The original PS3 list remains unobtainable because Big Leagues required five League Play wins after that mode stopped functioning. The modern PS4 and PS5 lists replace the requirement with Start the Campaign, and the trophy is now Bronze. This change makes both modern Platinums obtainable.
The Black Ops 7 trophy guide has a different PS4 and PS5 trophy structure, so its platform rules do not apply to Black Ops II.
Guide notes
Campaign Choices, Intel, and Challenge Progress
Rewind Story and Replay Mission are not interchangeable
Replay Mission is best for intel, score, difficulty, and isolated challenge cleanup. It does not rewrite the canonical choice chain that follows a mission. Rewind Story starts from a selected point and carries new decisions forward, which is why it is required for Showdown after completing the Good Karma route.
Keep one completed route intact until Good Karma, Ship Shape, and Showdown have all unlocked. Selecting New Story is the only option you should avoid during cleanup because it can reset the Career Record that tracks challenges.
All 33 intel items
There are three intel items in each of the 11 main story missions. Strike Force missions contain no intel. Pick up all three and finish the mission before moving on. The Career Record is the final authority on whether a collectible saved.
All 160 Campaign challenges
Every story and Strike Force mission contains 10 challenges. The requirements range from weapon-specific kills and survivability to route actions, vehicle targets, intel, and Access Kit interactions. Complete one challenge for Just Gettin' Started, all 10 in one mission for Mission Complete, and all 160 for Giant Accomplishment.
A practical cleanup loop is to choose two compatible requirements, build a loadout around them, finish the mission, and confirm both in the Career Record. Challenges already completed remain credited when you replay the same mission.
Guide notes
Does Difficulty Affect Black Ops 2 Trophies?
Yes. The full set of 11 story missions must be completed on Veteran to earn Old Fashioned and Futurist. Black Ops II Master only asks for Hardened or Veteran, so the Veteran run covers all three trophies.
Campaign challenges, intel, score cleanup, and Strike Force trophies can be completed on Recruit. That makes Recruit the better setting for Giant Accomplishment, Ten K cleanup, and route-specific choices. There is no New Game Plus requirement.
Guide notes
Online and Co-op Trophy Notes
Four base trophies require public multiplayer progression or wins: Welcome to the Club, Welcome to the Penthouse, Trained Up, and Party Animal. Tower of Babble is a Zombies co-op objective, though it is not tied to public multiplayer matchmaking.
The longest online requirement is Prestige. Focus on objective modes and complete matches rather than chasing kills alone, since match score and completion bonuses keep the rank grind moving. Combat Training and Party Games have separate win counters, so record your total manually if a playlist does not display it clearly. The controlled wins and long rank grind resemble the sustained online requirements in the Rainbow Six Siege trophy guide.
Launch-period reports for the modern classic ports have included manipulated XP, negative XP, unstable lobbies, and temporary playlist changes. Leave any suspicious lobby before the match saves unexpected stat changes. Activision has already adjusted some playlists and server behavior, so availability can change after publication.
Every requirement
Full Call of Duty: Black Ops II Trophy List and DLC Trophies
The Platinum requires the 50 non-Platinum trophies in the base list. The four DLC packs add 40 more trophies but do not affect the Platinum.
The Platinum only requires the base-game list. The optional DLC groups are included below for players pursuing 100% completion.
Campaign and Strike Force trophies
Unlock every other trophy in the 51-trophy base list. DLC trophies are not required.
Complete Pyrrhic Victory and rescue Woods.
Complete Celerium and investigate the jungle facility.
Complete Old Wounds and gather the intel on Menendez.
Complete Time and Fate.
Complete Fallen Angel.
Complete Karma and locate Chloe Lynch, the Karma target.
Complete Suffer With Me and capture Manuel Noriega.
Complete Achilles' Veil.
Complete Odysseus.
Complete Cordis Die and escort the president to safety.
Complete Judgment Day.
Complete Pyrrhic Victory, Old Wounds, Time and Fate, and Suffer With Me on Veteran.
Complete all seven future-set story missions on Veteran.
Complete all 160 Campaign challenges across 11 story missions and five Strike Force missions.
Complete all 10 challenges in any one Campaign mission.
Complete one Campaign challenge.
Complete the Shipwreck Strike Force mission.
Complete the I.E.D. Strike Force mission.
Complete the FOB Spectre Strike Force mission.
Complete the Campaign on Hardened or Veteran.
Complete the Dispatch Strike Force mission.
Complete the Second Chance Strike Force mission and rescue Chloe.
Shoot Mason in the legs twice at the end of Suffer With Me.
Avoid the flame pipe during the final driving sequence in Fallen Angel so Harper is not burned.
Let DeFalco escape in Karma, skip Second Chance, kill Harper in Achilles' Veil, then continue through Odysseus.
Resist killing Kravchenko in Old Wounds, then continue to the relevant scene in Suffer With Me.
Complete the Strike Force chain and shoot Briggs in the leg during Odysseus.
Choose to capture or kill Menendez at the end of Judgment Day. Make the choice before the timer expires.
Shoot Menendez instead of Harper during the key choice in Achilles' Veil.
Rescue Chloe, complete the Strike Force route, kill Harper in Achilles' Veil, and wound Briggs in Odysseus.
Collect all 33 intel items, with three in each of the 11 story missions.
Equip a future weapon in a past mission, get a kill with it, and finish the mission.
Save the civilians being attacked by PDF soldiers in Time and Fate.
Complete any story mission with a customized loadout.
Record at least 10,000 points in all 16 Campaign missions, including every Strike Force mission.
Multiplayer trophies
Reach Sergeant, level 10, in public multiplayer.
Reach the level cap and enter Prestige once in public multiplayer.
Start the Campaign. This replaces the unobtainable League Play requirement from the PS3 list.
Win 10 multiplayer games in Combat Training playlists.
Win 10 multiplayer games in Party Game playlists.
TranZit Zombies trophies
Complete either side of the TranZit main quest. A coordinated two-player route is sufficient.
Open every TranZit door in one game without taking fire damage from lava or burning zombies.
Pacify at least 10 zombies with one EMP grenade.
Install the ladder, roof hatch, and front plow on the bus in one TranZit game.
Buy Tombstone, bleed out, return after respawning, and collect your Tombstone marker.
Build and acquire four different equippable items in one TranZit game.
Defeat the Avogadro without being hit by it. An EMP grenade is the cleanest finish.
Kill a forest denizen while it is latched onto your head.
Use a denizen to create a portal under a lit streetlamp, then teleport through it.
Buy two different perks before the main power is switched on by using the Turbine.
Revolution
Complete either side of the Die Rise main quest.
Fling 10 zombies with the Trample Steam in one game.
Reach round 10 in Die Rise before turning on the power.
Use Pack-a-Punch and every perk machine in one Die Rise game.
Kill five zombies with one shot from the Sliquifier.
Face the dragon head-on before round 2.
Revive yourself in Die Rise.
In Diner Turned, get a kill with every primary weapon in a public match.
In Diner Turned, retrieve a chained Cymbal Monkey in a public match.
In Diner Turned, kill a human while the decoy is active in a public match.
Uprising
Complete the Mob of the Dead escape plan.
Obtain Hell's Retriever.
Complete the prison-to-bridge cycle three times.
Convert the Blundergat with the Acid Gat Kit.
Have Brutus complete his full patrol by locking down the required stations.
Kill 10 zombies at once while using Electric Cherry.
Open a door without spending points by using Afterlife.
Survive a full round on the bridge from round 15 onward.
Use and upgrade every trap before round 10.
Complete the Mob of the Dead main quest and break the cycle.
Vengeance
Complete either side of the Buried main quest.
Acquire a perk for free.
Use the helper to access every required area in one game.
Use the Subsurface Resonator to kill 10 zombies.
Give candy to the helper and make the required delivery.
Pack-a-Punch a weapon on round 1 without using the bank or weapon locker.
Use the Time Bomb to rewrite a previous round.
Survive a full round in the hedge maze from round 20 onward.
Buy the LSAT from the wall, then Pack-a-Punch it.
Return to the processing area by using the helper.
Apocalypse
Complete the Origins main quest and release Samantha.
Share a weapon that was uncovered by digging.
Activate all six generators without allowing one to stop.
In one game, free yourself and another player from a Panzer Soldat claw.
Build all four elemental staffs in one game.
Ride the tank around the map without getting off.
Revive another player in four different ways in one game.
While using Zombie Blood, revive three players and activate a generator in one game.
Complete all four challenge boxes in one game.
Wield every upgraded elemental staff in one game.
Guide notes
Missable Trophies in Black Ops 2
Black Ops II has four route-sensitive trophies. None is permanently missable because Rewind Story can rebuild the decision chain, but each can add several missions of replay if a prerequisite is missed.
Dirty Business
Resist the prompts to kill Kravchenko in Old Wounds, then continue through Suffer With Me. The trophy depends on information carried forward from that earlier decision.
Good Karma
Keep Chloe alive, complete the Strike Force chain, kill Harper so Farid survives, and wound Briggs in Odysseus. Letting DeFalco escape and rescuing Chloe through Second Chance is the clearest route because it also opens the fifth Strike Force mission.
Showdown
This conflicts with the Good Karma outcome. Let DeFalco escape, do not complete Second Chance, kill Harper in Achilles' Veil, and play through Odysseus. Use Rewind Story from Karma after the Good Karma route is finished.
Ship Shape
Complete the Strike Force chain before Odysseus and shoot Briggs in the leg. This is easiest to combine with Good Karma.
Family Reunion, Hey Good Looking, Ultimate Sacrifice, and Man of the People are mission-specific rather than long route chains. Replay the relevant mission if one is missed.
Guide notes
Glitch and Server Notes
No base trophy is consistently confirmed as glitched on the modern PS4 or PS5 list. Most apparent failures come from a requirement not saving, a choice chain being replayed instead of rewound, or an online playlist changing.
Use these safeguards:
- Finish a Campaign mission after collecting intel or completing a challenge.
- Verify Campaign progress in the Career Record before starting the next cleanup run.
- Never use New Story while working on Giant Accomplishment.
- Make active final choices instead of allowing a decision timer to expire.
- Leave manipulated multiplayer lobbies before unusual XP or rank changes save.
- Treat PS4 and PS5 as separate completions rather than expecting a full auto-pop.
Focus these first
Hardest Trophies and How to Get Them
Giant Accomplishment
The difficulty comes from volume and record keeping rather than one impossible challenge. Work mission by mission, keep a checklist of all 10 requirements, and combine compatible tasks. Use Recruit, the Access Kit, and unlocked custom loadouts. Finish every run even after completing a challenge because some progress only settles at mission completion.
Tower of Babble
Use at least two coordinated players and agree on one voice path before the match. Assign one player to money and door progression while the other handles buildables and equipment. Keep a crawler or slow zombie during setup, confirm every part before moving to the next step, and avoid improvising once the quest begins.
The same role discipline appears in squad-based Platinum grinds such as the Helldivers 2 trophy guide, where coordination matters more than raw speed.
Old Fashioned and Futurist
Veteran punishes open movement and checkpoint rushing. Stay behind hard cover, clear distant enemies before advancing, and let friendly AI take attention when possible. Custom weapons and perks earned from Campaign challenges can shorten difficult encounters.
Welcome to the Penthouse
Prestige is a time commitment rather than a skill wall. Play complete objective matches, rotate away from unstable lobbies, and combine the level grind with your Combat Training and Party Game wins whenever those playlists award normal progression.
Quick answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Black Ops 2 have a Platinum trophy on PS5?
Yes. The native PS5 version has a separate 51-trophy base list with its own Platinum.
Is the Black Ops 2 Platinum obtainable in 2026?
Yes on PS4 and PS5. The revised Big Leagues trophy unlocks by starting the Campaign, so the removed League Play requirement no longer blocks the modern lists. The original PS3 Platinum remains unobtainable.
How long does it take to Platinum Black Ops 2?
Expect about 30-50 hours, depending on Veteran difficulty, Campaign challenge efficiency, multiplayer matchmaking, and TranZit coordination.
How hard is the Black Ops 2 Platinum?
It is about 7/10. Giant Accomplishment, the Veteran missions, Prestige, and Tower of Babble create most of the difficulty.
How many trophies are in Black Ops 2?
There are 51 base trophies and 91 trophies with all DLC packs. The complete list contains 78 Bronze, 10 Silver, 2 Gold, and 1 Platinum.
Are the DLC trophies required for the Platinum?
No. Revolution, Uprising, Vengeance, and Apocalypse add 40 trophies, but the Platinum only checks the 51-trophy base list.
How many online trophies are required?
Four trophies require public multiplayer. Tower of Babble also needs coordinated Zombies play, while the other TranZit trophies can mostly be completed solo or locally.
Do PS4 trophies auto-pop on PS5?
Do not expect a full auto-pop. Campaign and Zombies progress should be treated as separate, and only some shared multiplayer progress may trigger after another qualifying action.
Can Tower of Babble be completed solo?
The standard trophy route requires at least two players. Use a dedicated two-player setup rather than relying on solo methods or unofficial exploits.
Black Ops II rewards a disciplined route more than a fast one. Lock in the choice trophies first, protect the Career Record during challenge cleanup, and handle the live playlists before they rotate. The multiplayer segment is also the part most closely aligned with DamnModz's Call of Duty services, while every Campaign and Zombies trophy still follows the roadmap above.
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