How to earn a Nuke in Black Ops 7

Chasing a Nuke in Black Ops 7 is a different kind of stress. You're not hiding behind streaks, you're not farming intel, you're just trying to stack 30 clean kills without slipping up, and doing a few warm-up runs in a CoD BO7 Bot Lobby can make the whole grind feel less like a coin flip and more like a plan.

Get Your Hands Warm First

People jump straight into public lobbies and wonder why they're tense by kill five. Bots are boring, sure, but they let you iron out the dumb stuff: over-aiming, panic reloads, missed slide timings. Pick one map and loop it until you know where you naturally take fights. If you can rattle off 15–20 kills fast without "needing a miracle," you're closer than you think.

Build a Loadout That Forgives You

Your class has one job: keep you alive through messy mid-game gunfights. Run something stable you can beam with when your hands shake—an AR that doesn't bounce, or an SMG you can track with up close. A suppressor matters because being off the mini-map buys you time to reset. Perks should be boring on purpose: Ghost to stay quiet, something that helps you move while aiming, and anything that keeps you from losing a duel to slow handling.

Specialist Timing Is Everything

Don't pop Specialist stuff like you're showing off. Plan it. You want the "quality of life" boosts to kick in right when the lobby starts getting weird—when spawns flip, when people get annoyed, when someone swaps to a shotgun. Quick Reload is huge, but so is anything that helps you recover after a fight. The goal is simple: no dead time, no being caught mid-animation.

Learn Spawns Like You're the One Writing Them

Map knowledge isn't just "I've played here before." It's knowing where the next body will appear after you win a fight. On tighter maps, you can hold a lane, but you've got to move before you become predictable. On bigger layouts, rotate in small steps. Win one angle, take a breath, shift five metres, check the next doorway, repeat. That rhythm keeps you from getting pinched.

Play Calm When It Gets Loud

The hardest part is kills 24–30 because you start thinking about the streak instead of the next gunfight. Keep your equipment for moments that save you, not for highlights—clear a corner, block a push, force someone to move. Stim after every fight if you can. If you feel your pace speeding up, slow it down on purpose. One clean kill beats three reckless ones.

Finish the Streak Without Throwing It

When you're close, stop ego-challing. Take the safer route, hold the heady for half a second longer, and let impatient players run into you. You'll still get nervous, everyone does, but the difference is having a routine you can fall back on—and if you've been practising those routes and timings in BO7 Bot Lobbies, that last stretch feels playable instead of impossible.