How to level up weapons fast in Modern Warfare 3: Best modes & tricks for max rank

Grinding weapon’s experience points in Modern Warfare 3 can be a bit monotonous, especially when dealing with less popular weapons that may not be as powerful as others. So, what’s the most efficient method for quickly leveling up weapons in MW3?

The importance of leveling up your weapons in Modern Warfare 3 is two-fold — firstly, you want to have the best attachments available to you so any gun has a chance to compete. Secondly, when the new Warzone experience launches in December, you don’t want to be behind on the meta and risk losing gunfights you should be winning.

Fortunately, there are tried and true methods that can help you level up your guns faster than aimlessly grinding out Team Deathmatch and Domination in pubs.

Here are our recommendations to level your weapons quicker.

Play big-map modes

Our first suggestion for leveling up weapons fast in Modern Warfare 3 – if you want to stay in multiplayer – is to try out big-map modes like War and Ground War.

With so many more opponents on the map, it speaks for itself that you would be able to get more kills and more objective kills to start racking up that weapon XP.

Combine this with the popular Decoy Grenade trick from previous COD titles, launching them at enemies to distract them, and you’ll get those passive XP points that you want to earn.

Level up in Zombies

Zombies is also a great mode for leveling up guns in Modern Warfare 3. The best way to do so is by picking the weapon you want to rank up in your insurance slot and simply playing, slaying as many zombies as possible while also completing contracts – similar to the old Plunder method in Warzone.

We also suggest using the Energy Mine field upgrade, allowing you to hastily wipe out bigger hordes of Zombies and stay in the game. Or after calling an Exfil in, a massive wave of zombies attack, providing a perfect opportunity to quickly level up guns. Ultimately, the longer you’re playing, the more kills you can get, contracts you can do, and XP you can earn.

If you prefer to stick to regular multiplayer, the best option is to pick modes that are objective-based, such as Hardpoint and Domination, and slay out around the objective to earn OBJ kills.

Of course, it goes without saying, you should also make sure to stack up your Double XP and Double Weapon XP tokens, which have also carried over from Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone, to really get the most out of your time spent playing.

That’s all you need to know about leveling up weapons in Modern Warfare 3. Be sure to check out some of our other MW3 guides:

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