The Shadow Hunter event is an in-game event in Call of Duty Black Ops 6 which began on February 13, 2025, and will run for a week. Players can complete challenges in Warzone, Multiplayer, or Zombies to earn rewards. They can also compete in all six challenges and unlock the TR2 marksman rifle, which is ideal for fast-moving sharpshooters seeking to combine mobility with precision and power. Even if you aren’t particularly committed to one mode, these challenges make sure everyone can engage. There are nine rewards in total, but the TR2 Marksman Rifle is the free Mastery reward.
Call of Duty Black Ops 6: Shadow Hunter Event date, time, schedule, challenges and rewards
The Shadow Hunt event continues the trend established in Modern Warfare 3 (2023), which offers themed challenges with free cosmetic rewards to keep players hooked.
Shadow Hunt's challenges are divided into three categories, one for each game mode. It’s important to note that players have to complete one challenge per reward to unlock it and don't need to complete all three. BlackCell subscribers who complete all challenges will receive the additional exclusive Black Diamond Operator Skin. Completing the required objective in one of the three modes will unlock its reward, which will offer flexibility in how players approach the event without being locked into a single mode.
The Unburied Hatchet mode can be earned with with 50,000 Score by completing 30 rounds of zombies and for Multiplayer needs 100 eliminations using a weapon with a Suppressor equipped. The Stealth Hunter Emblem Multiplayer needs 100 eliminations to unlock, that too using a weapon with Suppressor equipped and for Multiplayer you need to win 5 matches.
For the Wolfhound weapon’s Zombie mode, you need to successfully exfill 30 times and get a kill without getting damaged 30 times for multiplayer. For Double XP Token players need to get 30 kills in a row without taking damage 10 times and for multiplayer they need to get five kills with melee weapons. For the multiplayer streak, Slipstream players need to get 200 Kills using Melee weapons.
For Double Weapon XP Token you need 200 zombie kills using Melee weapons and for multiplayer players need to kill 10 enemies revealed by your Spy Cam or Prox Alarm. For the TR2 Marksman Rifle players need to complete all six Shadow Hunt Event Challenges and for the Black Diamond Bayan Operator Skin players need to complete all six Shadow Hunt Event Challenges and upgrade to BlackCell Premium Season 2 Battle Pass.