What are Barebones Kills in MW3?

Modern Warfare 3 keeps players coming back each week and season with new challenges and content, including ones that require a specific type of weapon to use.

A lot of the fun in MW3 or any Call of Duty game is customizing your weapons to your playstyle. If you like to run and gun, fight from afar, or a combo of both, there’s usually a set of attachments you can use to suit how you want to play.

But sometimes, challenges pop up with this in mind, like specific weapon unlock challenges or even challenges to unlock new camos. It can sound confusing, but it’s definitely way simpler than the game makes it out to be.

Here’s everything there is to know about Barebones Kills in MW3.

What are Barebones Kills in MW3?

In MW3, Barebones Kills are kills you get on enemy players in multiplayer with a weapon that has no attachments equipped to it.

To mitigate the difficulty of the challenge of getting the necessary number of kills without attachments, we suggest playing in small map playlists or even the Hardcore playlist since enemies will die in just one or two bullets. This is like an easy mode for a challenge such as this one.

The Haymaker shotgun was just one weapon that must be used without attachments for this specific Operator Barebones Kills challenge. In future weeks, it may require different weapons or any weapon at all. The Barebones challenge popped up again in season four as a camo challenge for the new Kar98k marksman rifle and continues to be one that shows up from time to time.

Just remember, whenever a challenge like this pops up in the game, Barebones simply means the weapon you’re using must have zero attachments equipped. And for Operator kills, “Operator” only means another player in multiplayer. This term is used to differentiate from AI enemies or bots found in modes like Invasion.

How to get Barebones Kills in MW3

I had a very easy time with this challenge by playing Small Map Moshpit in Hardcore, or any other kind of small map available any given week. Check the playlists and find the playlist with maps like Shipment, Meat, Rust, or Stash House, and just go in and wreak havoc.

In Hardcore, you won’t have to worry about any attachments, either. This is easily done once you know what Barebones means, so use this knowledge and take it into multiplayer to get some challenges done very quickly.