Ripple Tide is one of the thirteen mastery camos in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and it belongs to the DMZ set. Ripple Tide is the second-tier DMZ mastery camo in Modern Warfare 4 and the warmest finish in the game's camo line-up. We unlock it on your account by hand — no cheats, no shared tools, no lobby exploits — and you watch the progress while we do it.
How to unlock Ripple Tide in Modern Warfare 4
Camo mastery in Modern Warfare 4 is earned per weapon, not account-wide. Every weapon has a Camo Track that progresses across Multiplayer, DMZ and Warzone. To reach Ripple Tide you complete that weapon's Camo Track in DMZ, which unlocks the DMZ Mastery Camo Challenges. There are three mastery camos per mode plus the four-camo Prestige set, thirteen in total.
Activision has not published the individual challenge requirements yet. The camo names and artwork were confirmed at Call of Duty: NEXT, but the exact kill counts, headshot totals and weapon conditions behind Ripple Tide have not been. We do not list numbers we cannot verify. The moment the requirements go live, this page is updated with the real route and the final price, and we confirm your order with you before anything is charged.
DMZ camo progress is earned in an extraction sandbox rather than in six-minute matches, so it is gated by survival and exfil rather than by raw kill pace. That makes the DMZ mastery camos the slowest of the three mode sets to finish solo.
What Ripple Tide looks like
Matte black with molten amber-orange ripples pooling across the receiver and handguard, as if the metal were still cooling from a forge.
Ripple Tide sits on AK-pattern rifles better than anything else in the set — the amber flow follows the receiver line instead of fighting it.
What you get
- Ripple Tide unlocked on your account, played by hand
- PC, PlayStation or Xbox — pick your platform at checkout
- Live progress you can follow, and a written ETA before we start
- Express option if you want your booster prioritised
- No cheats, no third-party software, no account sharing beyond what the service needs
Other MW4 mastery camos
- Chiral — DMZ set
- Helio — DMZ set
- Pyroclast — Prestige set
- Pyroclast Verge — Prestige set
- Pyroclast Scatter — Prestige set
Want the lot? The MW4 mastery camo unlock bundle covers all thirteen in one order and works out far cheaper than buying them individually. Looking for a camo you can own before launch? The Gilded Ruin and Serialized camo unlock is earnable right now in Black Ops 7 and carries into Modern Warfare 4 on 23 October 2026.



