
Rifle: SVT-40 (Infantry Division Prestige Weapon). Gaining division prestige unlocks the Divisional Commander achievement and nabs you one of these unique and special weapons: If you play a lot and quickly level up a gun that won't be a big deal, but for the more casual player, prestiging a weapon might not actually be worth the effort.Īdding Clan Tag With Prestige Level 1 CoD WW2 Division Prestige Weapon Listīeyond prestiging an individual weapon, you can also earn special prestige weapons by gaining division prestige at Headquarters when you hit level 5 for your division. Since you have to gain weapon prestige twice to get to the kill counter, this means those attachments will be reset both times. Any attachments you earned along the way? Gone, and permanently (until you unlock them again). Those are some cool perks, but there's actually a pretty big downside to adding prestige: gaining weapon prestige resets that weapon. You also again earn XP awards for each weapon level after adding prestige at either rank 1 or rank 2. Usually you can see it best while zooming in. The player kill counter shows up physically on a section of the gun during a match (kudos for this being something to unlock and not a pre-order exclusive!), and it varies in location from weapon to weapon. They aren't exactly game changing features, but if you want to unlock everything, weapon prestige is worth working towards.Īccessing Prestige Weapons Through The Gunsmith So what does weapon prestige even do? Basically, it lets you add a clan tag the first time you prestige the weapon at level 1, then put on a kill counter the second time you gain weapon prestige for level 2. You can prestige your individual weapons in two locations - either at the gunsmith in Headquarters, or on the main soldier screen when you are picking your loadoutt. Prestige is added by leveling up that particular element (character, division, or weapon) to the maximum rank.
You can gain prestige for your personal character, for your specific division, and even for your individual weapons.
What keeps people coming back for match after match of run and gun action? Besides the frantic trench warfare and ability to unlock awesome streak kill weapons, its the ability to level up and gain prestige. If fighting waves of Nazi zombies in co-op aren't your thing, there's the player versus player mode to dive into.