Customizing your loadout is the main hook in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. However, if you’re just starting out in MW3, you’ll realize that you can’t customize your loadout just yet. Here is how to unlock custom loadouts in MW3.

Related:How to fix ‘Can’t play on PS5’ error in MW3

How to unlock custom loadouts in MW3

The only way to unlock custom loadouts in MW3 is toget to level four. At level four, you’ll unlock custom loadouts which is where you’ll be able to select your gun, perks, and more.

It’s nice that right out of the gate, youget killstreaks(although you’ll need to level up to unlock all eight killstreak options) andaccess to Operators. If you pre-ordered the MW3 Vault Edition, you’ll even be able to equip Price, Ghost, Warden, or Makarov right from the start.

It took me one game of Hardpoint to get to level three in MW3, so on average, I’d say it takesabout one to two games to reach level fourin MW3. In the meantime, you’ll need to use one of the five premade loadouts, which aren’t too bad.

Once you reach level four in MW3, return to the lobby and tab over to the weapons section. Here, you canselect custom loadoutsand get right to making the best loadout in MW3.

But your leveling up grind has just begun. To get even more guns and perks, you need tocontinue leveling up. This is the main draw of MW3 and it’s a lot of fun just because the game itself is a lot of fun.

In the first week of the MW3 beta, you can only reach level 20. In the second week, you can climb to level 40. When MW3 fully releases,the level cap will be 65, but you can continue even higher once you prestige.

Noah Nelson

From his early days of blog-style music, movie, and game reviews to working as the Esports Writer at Coastline Community College, Noah Nelson now works fulltime as a Staff Writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion. He has been helping gamers everywhere with Destiny 2 god rolls, Warzone 2 DMZ missions, and collectibles in any indie game for over a year and a half. His Bachelor’s Degree in English Rhetoric and Composition with a minor in Journalism from CSULB has shaped him to be a strong writer and editor. His fondest gaming memory is playing Sly Cooper 2 after begging his mom (for hours) to play it before his birthday and he still cries myself to sleep remembering the time he accidentally saved over his 99% completion save file in Kingdom Hearts 2.