Challenges & Veteran
The completion grind. Giant Accomplishment (all challenges in the game) is the platinum's biggest task, alongside the Veteran campaign clear.
Old Fashioned
SilverFull guideCollapseComplete "Pyrrhic Victory", "Old Wounds", "Time And Fate", and "Suffer With Me" in Veteran.
Old Fashioned
SilverFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Complete the four past-era missions — Pyrrhic Victory, Old Wounds, Time and Fate and Suffer With Me — on Veteran. These Cold-War levels are lethal; use cover, throw grenades to break up groups, and let squadmates draw fire.
Tip
Checkpoints are frequent — after each death, note where the threat came from and adjust before pushing again.
Futurist
SilverFull guideCollapseComplete all future levels in veteran.
Futurist
SilverFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Complete all of the future-era (2025) missions on Veteran. Use your gadgets — hijack enemy drones and CLAWs, deploy trophy systems — and move cover-to-cover; the future levels throw heavy automated fire at you.
Giant Accomplishment
GoldFull guideCollapseComplete all challenges in Black Ops II.
Giant Accomplishment
GoldFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Complete EVERY optional challenge in the game. Each mission has its own set of challenges (listed at the mission-select screen) — extra objectives like a time limit, a no-alert stealth run, extra kills, or using a specific weapon. You must clear all of them across every mission.
Pro tips
- Work one mission at a time from select, reading its full challenge list before you replay so you clear several in one run.
- Challenges also boost mission score, so this overlaps heavily with 'Ten K'.
- This is the single longest trophy in the game — expect to replay most missions.
Mission Complete
SilverFull guideCollapseComplete all challenges in a level.
Mission Complete
SilverFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Complete all of the challenges in a single mission. Pick a shorter level, read its full challenge list, and clear them in one or two focused replays.
Tip
This unlocks naturally on the way to Giant Accomplishment — just be sure one level is fully done.
Just Gettin' Started
BronzeFull guideCollapseComplete 1 challenge in any level.
Just Gettin' Started
BronzeFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Complete a single challenge in any mission — the optional objectives listed at mission select. You'll almost certainly get one just playing normally.
Black Ops II Master
BronzeFull guideCollapseComplete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty.
Black Ops II Master
BronzeFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran. Clear every story mission on the higher difficulty with patient, cover-based play and grenades. Old Fashioned and Futurist unlock along the way.
Ten K
BronzeFull guideCollapseMinimum score 10k in every mission
Ten K
BronzeFull guideCollapseHow to earn it
Finish every mission with a score of at least 10,000. Mission score rewards accuracy, headshots, speed and completing challenges, so play cleanly and grab challenge bonuses.
Tip
Doing a mission's challenges usually pushes its score well past 10k, so this comes almost automatically alongside Giant Accomplishment.