How to Unlock the M34 Novaline Garand in Black Ops 7 (Season 5 Week 2 Challenges)

The M34 Novaline Garand Conversion is the weapon everyone on r/blackops7 is suddenly talking about — a Season 5 conversion kit that turns a base weapon into a top-loaded, iron-sight, semi-auto marksman rifle that players say absolutely eats, complete with a satisfying M1-Garand ping on the reload. It landed July 30, 2026 as the Week 2 Weekly Challenge Reward, which means you don't buy it and it isn't in the Battle Pass — you earn it by clearing challenges. This guide breaks down the exact unlock requirement, the fastest way to hit it, whether you've already missed your window, and what the gun actually does once it's in your locker.

Quick answer: To unlock the M34 Novaline Garand Conversion in Black Ops 7 Season 5, complete any 6 of the 24 Week 2 weekly challenges. There are 6 challenges each across four modes — Multiplayer, Zombies, Warzone, and Endgame (Co-op) — and you can mix and match freely: 2 in Multiplayer + 2 in Zombies + 2 in Warzone all count toward the same 6. Finish 6 total and the M34 Novaline unlocks account-wide for both Black Ops 7 and Warzone. You do not have to finish them during Week 2 — weekly challenges don't disappear when the week ends, so you can still grind the Week 2 set later in the season, and the weapon also rolls into the Armory once the season closes.

What is the M34 Novaline Garand Conversion?

The M34 Novaline is a Conversion Kit — a stock/receiver attachment that fundamentally changes how a base weapon behaves rather than a standalone gun. Per the official Season 05 patch notes, it's listed as a **"Weekly Challenge Reward	In-Season"** unlock, and Activision's own weapon description sums up its role:

"Converts weapon into a top-loaded semi-auto rifle with devastating firepower and accuracy complimented by a solid fire rate." — Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 05 patch notes

In practice that means a hard-hitting marksman rifle in the classic M1 Garand mold: high damage per shot, tight accuracy, and — the detail the community loves — it forces iron-sight, one-round-at-a-time gunplay and plays the iconic Garand ping on reload (there's even a chance for the animated "Garand thumb" reload). It's a fast-firing DMR that rewards aim, and the early verdict from players is that it hits well above its "free challenge reward" status.

If you want to run it competitively the moment it unlocks, remember it starts at level 1 like any other weapon — you'll want to grind its attachments fast. Our fastest XP and weapon-leveling guide for Season 5 covers the best double-XP windows to max it out.

How do you unlock the M34 Novaline in Black Ops 7?

The unlock is tied entirely to the Week 2 Weekly Challenges. Every week of Season 5 drops a fresh batch of challenges split across the four modes, and clearing a set number rewards that week's headline unlock. For Week 2, that reward is the M34 Novaline.

Here's the rule, straight from how the system works:

• You need 6 challenge completions total.
• There are 24 Week 2 challenges — 6 per mode across Multiplayer, Zombies, Warzone, and Endgame (Co-op).
• You can complete them in any mode, in any order, and mix across modes. Six from one mode works; two-two-two across three modes works exactly the same.
• Finishing 6 unlocks the M34 Novaline Garand Conversion for both Black Ops 7 and Warzone — progress is shared across the two titles.

This is the same weekly-challenge structure Season 5 has used since it went live on July 23, 2026; only the specific challenge objectives and the reward change week to week. (Week 1, for reference, rewarded the JÄGER 45 Grid/Breaker Kit.)

The 6-of-24 breakdown at a glance

Mode	Week 2 challenges available	Count toward the 6?
Multiplayer	6	✅
Zombies	6	✅
Warzone	6	✅
Endgame (Co-op)	6	✅
Total pool	24	Complete any 6

You'll find the live list in-game under Challenges → Weekly, filtered by mode. Because the objectives rotate every week, always check the in-game tab for the exact Week 2 wording before you commit to a mode — but the fastest-clear logic below holds regardless of the specific tasks.

What's the fastest way to clear 6 challenges?

The whole point of "any 6 of 24, any mode" is that you get to cherry-pick the six easiest challenges for your playstyle instead of grinding a fixed checklist. That's how one player reported clearing the set "in casual Warzone in like an hour — light work." Here's how the modes stack up:

• Casual / lower-pressure Warzone — Warzone weekly challenges are usually contract- and action-based (open contracts, get kills, activate killstreaks). In a low-lobby or Resurgence environment you can knock several out per match without SBMM grinding you down. This is the community's go-to for a fast, low-stress clear.
• Zombies — round-based hordes mean enormous kill counts, so any "get X kills / rapid kills / complete X rounds" challenge falls almost passively. If two or three of the Zombies challenges are kill-count based, this is often the single fastest mode.
• Multiplayer — best if the challenges are objective- or scorestreak-based (Domination, Kill Confirmed). Small maps + fast respawns clear "objective kill" and "revenge medal" style tasks quickly.
• Endgame (Co-op) — worth it only if you're already playing it for the Burn Run assignment; its challenges tend to be the most involved of the four.

The optimal route: open all four mode tabs, skim the 24 objectives, and pick the 6 that overlap with what you'd do anyway. Two easy Zombies kill challenges + two casual-Warzone contract challenges + two objective-based Multiplayer challenges is a common one-session clear.

If you'd rather not grind challenges at all — or you want the guaranteed clear without fighting matchmaking — that's exactly the kind of thing our team handles. See the fast-track options below.

Get the M34 Novaline (and every weekly reward) without the grind:

- CoD Calling Cards & Weekly Challenges Boost — we clear the 6-of-24 challenge set for you, so the M34 Novaline lands in your locker.

- CoD Account & Weapon Leveling — unlock the weapon and max its attachments so it's ready to run.

- CoD Warzone Bot Lobbies — easy lobbies to blitz the Warzone challenges yourself, fast.

- All Call of Duty services — camos, ranked, Zombies and more.

Did I miss it? Do the Week 2 challenges expire?

This is the biggest source of panic on the subreddit — "Can you only get this in Week 2? I won't be able to grind tomorrow." The good news: no, the challenges do not lock when the week ends.

• Weekly challenges stay available all season. Once Week 3, Week 4 and beyond drop, the Week 2 set is still completable — you can go back and finish the 6 for the M34 Novaline whenever you like during Season 5.
• The weapon is expected to move to the Armory once the season ends. In line with how past challenge-reward weapons have worked, the M34 Novaline should become obtainable through the Armory unlock system after Season 5 closes — so even players who never touched the challenges get a later path to it.
• Bottom line: you have not missed it. There's no hard Week 2 deadline the way a limited-time event has — but clearing the challenges now is the only free way to run the gun immediately instead of waiting weeks.

Is the M34 Novaline worth unlocking?

For a challenge-reward weapon, it punches surprisingly high. The appeal is threefold:

• Damage profile. As a top-loaded semi-auto marksman rifle, it lands in the high-damage DMR bracket — strong for the mid-to-long lanes on Season 5's new maps (Jubilee, the remastered Frequency and Dig).
• Feel. It forces true M1-Garand-style gunplay — iron sights, deliberate shots, and the ping reload cue that players are calling one of the best weapon-feel details in the game.
• Cost. It's free with 6 challenge clears. Compared to buying a store bundle, it's one of the best value adds of the Season 5 mid-cycle.

If you're chasing everything Season 5 has to offer, pair this with the other new-weapon unlocks — the FG42, Gremlin and Mammoth — covered in our Season 5 new weapons unlock guide.

Does completing weekly challenges earn anything else?

Yes — beyond each week's headline weapon, stacking Weekly Reward claims unlocks two brand-new animated mastery camos for Season 5:

• Murder (Animated Camo) — claim 4 Season 5 Weekly Rewards.
• Nectar (Animated Camo) — claim all Season 5 Weekly Rewards.

So the M34 Novaline grind isn't just about the gun — every weekly set you finish is a step toward those two animated camos, plus the seasonal XP bonuses each reward tier hands out. It's the most efficient "do challenges anyway" loop in Season 5.

FAQ

How do you unlock the M34 Novaline Garand in Black Ops 7? Complete any 6 of the 24 Week 2 weekly challenges. There are 6 challenges each in Multiplayer, Zombies, Warzone and Endgame; you can mix and match across modes in any order, and finishing 6 total unlocks the M34 Novaline for both Black Ops 7 and Warzone.

What is the fastest way to unlock the M34 Novaline? Cherry-pick the 6 easiest challenges across all four modes rather than grinding one fixed list. Casual/low-lobby Warzone (contract and kill challenges) and Zombies (huge round-based kill counts) are the community's fastest clears — several players report finishing all 6 in about an hour.

Did I miss the M34 Novaline if I didn't play during Week 2? No. Weekly challenges do not expire when the week ends — the Week 2 set stays completable throughout Season 5. The weapon is also expected to become available through the Armory once the season closes.

Is the M34 Novaline a good weapon? Yes — it's a top-loaded semi-auto marksman rifle with high per-shot damage and strong accuracy, per Activision's own description. Players rate it highly for mid-to-long range, and it forces satisfying M1-Garand-style iron-sight gunplay.

Is the M34 Novaline in the Battle Pass? No. Unlike the FG42 and Gremlin (Battle Pass) or the Mammoth LMG (Machine of War event), the M34 Novaline is a weekly-challenge reward, earned by completing 6 of the Week 2 challenges.

Do the M34 Novaline challenges count in both Black Ops 7 and Warzone? Yes. Weekly challenge progress and the reward are shared across both titles, so you can grind the 6 completions in whichever game you prefer and the M34 Novaline unlocks for both.