PS4 / PS5
Before starting Modern Warfare III, check the application and trophy list you are using. Standalone PS4 and PS5 versions have a platinum; the legacy PS5 group inside Call of Duty HQ is an additional set without one. Tasks are divided between the campaign, Open Combat Missions and MWZ. This roadmap organises those three blocks and specifically plans the squad required for Orcus. Finishing the campaign alone is not the end of the hunt: online Zombies challenges form a substantial part of the route.
Roadmap for 2023’s MWIII: standalone PS4/PS5 platinum and the earlier COD HQ trophy group.
- Required difficulty: The campaign must be completed on Veteran for 141 Ready.
- Missable trophies: Campaign missions can be replayed; watch MWZ conditions that must fit one deployment.
- Online: MWZ trophies require online services and particular squad conditions.
Choose the standalone list or COD HQ group
Open trophies before planning your run and check for A Soldier’s Purpose. The standalone list differs from the legacy PS5 add-on group in Call of Duty HQ. Do not delete a version expecting a universal transfer: check what you already earned on the correct list and treat any synchronisation function separately from completing the actions themselves.
- Verify that the launched application’s list actually contains the platinum.
Dedicate the campaign to Veteran
Complete the story on Veteran using cover and short movements rather than pursuing every challenge simultaneously. If a specific condition makes a section too risky, record it for mission select. Timed trophies such as Back in the Field and Elevator Out of Order benefit from separate attempts: learn the route, then target the time without mixing survival and speed objectives.
- Finish Veteran and record missions with unfinished challenges.
Organise Open Combat Mission collections
Gearhead, Bulletproof and No Such Thing as Too Many are different counters. One concerns weapons and upgrades in supply boxes, another plate-carrier upgrades and the third using armaments. On each map, compare the menu with your remaining list and distinguish items merely collected from items actually used. Owning a weapon does not automatically complete a usage challenge.
- Track supply boxes, plate carriers and used armaments separately.
Build your MWZ route around successful exfils
Use early deployments to learn contracts, exfils and equipment management. Hired Gun asks for completed contracts; Write Off needs kills with an insured weapon. Choosing a specific objective before entering reduces wasted deployments. Check supplies and plan an exit before risking equipment for a secondary challenge: cumulative trophies do not require repeatedly failing an overly difficult sortie.
- Enter with a defined MWZ objective and complete a safe exfil.
Prepare single-deployment conditions
Seeing Red requires five High Threat Zone contracts within one deployment; Gravestone needs one hundred vehicle kills in a single sortie. Progress spread across matches does not satisfy those conditions. For Perkaholic, verify all nine perks are active simultaneously. Combine these objectives only after preparing the vehicle, resources and team for the expected risk.
- Distinguish cumulative counters from conditions requiring one deployment.
Organise Orcus before the final attempt
One Against All requires killing Orcus while in a six-person squad: simply finishing Act III is not the same task. Agree who starts the activity, check squad size and prepare before fighting. Slaughterhouse is instead a long cumulative counter: keep advancing it during other necessary MWZ activities rather than treating it as a single-match challenge.
- Face Orcus with the required six-person squad and separately verify Act III completion.
Trophies to watch
141 Ready
Complete the campaign on Veteran
The condition concerns the whole campaign on Veteran, not one mission at that difficulty.
One Against All
Kill Orcus while in a 6 person squad in MWZ
Check for a six-person squad before starting the Orcus fight.
Seeing Red
Complete 5 Contracts in the High Threat Zone in a single deployment in MWZ
All five required contracts must fit within the same deployment.
Gearhead
Collect all Weapons and Field Upgrades from Supply Boxes in Open Combat Missions
Check every Open Combat Mission’s boxes and distinguish weapons from upgrades.
Frequently asked questions
Does Modern Warfare III on PS5 have a platinum?
The standalone PS5 list does. The legacy Call of Duty HQ add-on group does not: check the application and list before starting.
Is finishing the Veteran campaign enough?
No. Open Combat Missions and MWZ remain, including squad conditions and cumulative objectives.
Can I revisit mission-specific trophies?
Yes. Mission select supports further attempts. Use focused sessions for timed requirements and actions postponed during Veteran.
Sources
Trophy lists
Buying the game
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