The Deadeye Drone is one of the brand-new scorestreaks in Call of Duty that’s dropping with Black Ops 7 Season 1 update, and it’s perfect if you want to rain down precision fire from the above.
If picking off enemies with a flying, remote-controlled killing machine sounds like your thing, you’ll definitely want this in your scorestreak loadout.
Here’s a rundown on what the Deadeye Drone does and how to unlock it in BO7.
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What is the Deadeye Drone in Black Ops 7?
According to Activision, this Multiplayer-exclusive scorestreak is a “remote-piloted aerial drone equipped with a small-magazine sniper rifle.” Basically, you’re sniping players from the sky while staying completely out of sight, which is pretty nasty. The Season 1 trailer also shows just how badass this gadget is.
It costs 575 score, just slightly above the Skewer, but delivers way more value. While the Skewer focuses on single-target elimination, the Deadeye Drone lets you pick off multiple enemies with ease. You can also crank up its lethality using one of its Overclock abilities:
- Extended Mag (unlocked at Level 2): Larger magazine allows for more shots.
- Grenadier (unlocked at Level 3): Attached grenade for aerial bombing.
How to unlock Deadeye Drone in BO7
The Deadeye Drone is available as the Week 3 reward from Black Ops 7 Season 1’s Weekly Challenges, after the Ballistic Knife and Akita ScorchLink Akimbo.
To unlock it, just complete six of weekly challenges across BO7 Multiplayer, Zombies, Co-op Campaign, or Warzone. Each mode offers its own lineup of six tasks, so you can finish all six in one mode or mix them up.
And don’t worry if you miss the week it launches. All weekly challenges remain available for the entire duration of Season 1, so you can unlock the Deadeye Drone at any point before the season wraps up.
Here are the Week 3 challenges across each mode to unlock the Deadeye Drone:
Multiplayer Week 3 challenges
| Weekly Challenge | XP Reward |
|---|---|
| Get 3 kills without dying 5 times, | 2,500 XP |
| Get 10 Point Blank Kills with Shotguns. | 2,500 XP |
| Get 10 kills with or assisted by your Field Upgrades. | 3,500 XP |
| Call in or activate 25 Scorestreaks. | 3,500 XP |
| Finish a match with more eliminations than deaths 7 times. | 5,000 XP |
| Get 250 eliminations with SMGs. | 5,000 XP |
Zombies Week 3 challenges
| Weekly Challenges | XP Reward |
|---|---|
| Buy 10 Doors. | 2,500 XP |
| Earn 3 Slaughter Medals (5 rapid kills). | 2,500 XP |
| Get 50 Kills with Field Upgrades or while your Field Upgrade is active. | 3,500 XP |
| Get 150 zombie eliminations using Wonder Weapons from the Mystery Box. | 3,500 XP |
| Get 500 eliminations in a single match. | 5,000 XP |
| Get 500 Critical Kills with SMGs. | 5,000 XP |
Co-op and Endgame Week 3 challenges
| Weekly Challenges | XP Reward |
|---|---|
| In Endgame: Complete the Cargo Intercept or Mystery Cargo Assignment. | 2,500 |
| Use a Shotgun to Eliminate a Special enemy 3 times. | 2,500 |
| Kill an enemy while or shortly after using the Grappling Hook Ability 10 times. | 3,500 |
| In Endgame: Complete 5 Activities in a single match. | 3,500 |
| Eliminate 300 Fear enemies. | 5,000 |
| Get 250 eliminations with SMGs. | 5,000 |
Aside from the Deadeye Drone scorestreak, Week 3 also rewards three Elemental Exposure GobbleGums for BO7 Zombies.
If you want to add even more firepower to your arsenal for Season 1, check out our guides on unlocking the Kogot-7 SMG and Maddox RFB assault rifle.
