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New Call Of Duty Black Ops 7 Patch Addresses Stability Issues, Reduces Grind For Select Zombies Camo Challenges

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Activision has rolled out a new Call of Duty Black Ops 7 patch that addresses a number of key issues with the military shooter. Chief among the improvements made include ironing out a bug that prevented Daily Challenges from resetting when entering a new Prestige, plus a major Zombies fix for Mastery Como Challenges requirements being three times larger than intended, reducing the grind significantly. There’s also a range of stability improvements added such as the removal of numbers crash bugs. You can read full details below.

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Call Of Duty Black Ops 7 was released for PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One on November 14, 2025. According to journalist Christopher Dring, the game’s UK boxed launch was smaller than that of competing shooter Battlefield 6, while its launch sales were down over 60% in comparison to its predecessor.

GLOBAL

Daily Challenges

  • Addressed an issue that prevented Daily Challenges from resetting when entering a new Prestige.
    • This was originally noted on November 14, but the issue continued to persist. This is now resolved.

MULTIPLAYER

Challenges

  • Camo Challenges
    • XR-3 ION
      • All XR-3 ION Military Camos have been updated to require Headshots instead of One Shot Kills.
        • This change was made due to the burst nature of the XR-3 ION making it difficult to achieve a One Shot kill.

Maps

  • Addressed some locations where players could get to unintended locations in the playspace on the following maps:
    • Scar
    • Flagship
    • Colossus
    • Hijacked
    • Toshin

UI

  • Addressed an issue where some Overclocks were listed in the wrong order.
  • Addressed an issue where some Operators were listed as inactive.

Stability

  • Various crash and stability updates.

ZOMBIES

Gameplay

  • Addressed an issue that prevented progress from being registered during a Jump Pad- related T.E.D.D. Task.
  • Addressed an issue that could cause players to receive the Action Hero Calling Card before it was earned.

UI

  • Addressed a timing-specific issue that caused players to become stuck in the lobby after the party host navigated to certain menus before loading a match.
  • Addressed an issue that caused specific Blueprints to revert to the base weapon when used in a loadout.
  • Addressed an issue that caused menu overlap for vehicle controls after having opened the Tac-Map.

Challenges

  • Addressed an issue where some Mastery Camo Challenge requirements were three times larger than intended.
  • Addressed an issue that prevented progress for the Mutilate Camo challenge.

Dead Ops Arcade

  • Aligned damage for all Ray Gun tiers.
  • Addressed an issue where the Death Machine could deal more damage than intended.

Stability

  • Various crash and stability updates.

CO-OP CAMPAIGN

General Updates

  • Addressed an issue where exfilling with players outside of your squad while missing teammates could remove the remaining players in the squad from the match.
  • Addressed an issue that could prevent players from picking up a keycard during the Escalation mission

Stability

  • Various crash and stability updates.

[Source – Call Of Duty Black Ops 7 Patch Notes]