Call of Duty: MW3 - Mission: Arctic Recon (Special Ops DLC) - Overview

“Arctic Recon” is a downloadable content (DLC mission) of Special Ops Mission Mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The objective of the mission is to plant beacons on the Russian warship Kuvalda to destroy it. The mission takes place in Siberia.

This DLC mission was first made available only to “Call of Duty's Elite” premium members for Xbox360 on 19^th June 2012 and On 19^th July 2012 Arctic Recon was available to premium members for PS3. For PC mission Arctic Recon is made available via Steam from 13^th September, 2012.

Call of Duty: MW3 - Special Ops: Arctic Recon

In the beginning, you are equipped with a Five-seven semi-automatic pistol and an ACR assault rifle, but you can change those with the other lying on the ground. You can also control a recon drone, it will mark the location where you can plant the beacon.

Single-Player Walkthrough:

At the beginning of the mission, you find yourself on a dock beside the ship Kuvalda. Baseplate orders to plant some beacons on the ship so that they can guide the missiles to the ship. Bravo 3 then climbs up the ship through the stairs. Take cover in a safe place and use the recon drone. Just the time the camera switches to the drone's view, Baseplate orders Bravo 3 to use it to identify the location and he also informs that the first location will disable the engine. Bravo 3 flies the drone over the ship, just the time enemies notice the drone they start to shoot at it. Bravo 3 eliminates them using a submachine gun mounted on it. Using the drone Bravo 3 tags a location over there so he can plant the beacon. Once the process is complete Baseplate orders him to plant a beacon on the identified location. Fighting his enemies he moves forward to the position and plant the first beacon.

**The drone can engage the enemies during tagging.

Now he moves to a safe place and uses the drone again to mark another location. Flying over the right side of the ship, killing the hostiles there and the drone tag the second location. Just the time the process is complete Baseplate informs that the second and the third beacon will damage the structure of the ship. Fighting his way Bravo 3 reaches the targeted location and places the second beacon.

He moves to a safe position again and uses the drone to identify the third location. It is on the opposite side, on the left of the ship. The drone can fly through the corridor or fly over the ship. Just the time it identifies the third location, an enemy hind arrives with reinforcement. Baseplate warns him about that. Using the drone he eliminates the hostiles. Then he moved to the location and planted the third one.

**The second and the third beacons are placed in the middle of the ship. The second one is on the middle right and the third one is on the middle left of the ship.

**You cannot operate the drone for a long period, so take a break to keep it in the same place. Once it turns off automatically, the drone will move to its first position.

Just after he plants the third beacon Baseplate orders him to plant the last beacon on the bridge.

** This time I suggest you reach the bridge first then bring the drone over the bridge. Because tagging the location first will increase the resistance. Also after you tag the last location you will not be able to control your drone.

**Use the frag and the stun and your drone if necessary. And remember that you may need some frag and stun during the escape.

Fighting his enemies Bravo 3 pushes through the corridor, ascends a stair then another stair, and a lobby to reach the bridge. Then he takes control of the drone again brings it to his position and tags the last location. Just the time the drone tags the location, Baseplate informs that multiple enemy soldiers are approaching toward him.

When he plants the last beacon a countdown starts from 90 seconds (in all difficulties). Baseplate then orders to reach the helipad for exfil. Bravo 3 fights his way back to the helipad and boards on the chopper waiting for exfil. Once the chopper flew far enough, missiles struck the ship. The mission ends with the last missile hitting the ship.

You can play this mission in 3 difficulties. Playing the mission in Regular difficulty will give you a star, in Hardened you will get 2 stars and if you play in Veteran difficulty you will get 3 stars.

Gameplay of Arctic Recon:

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