Operation 40

Next level	Vorkuta
Game	Call of Duty: Black Ops
Character	Alex Mason
Team	Op 40
Weapons	ASP, M16, FN FAL, KS-23, RPG, RPK, Skorpion, M60
Place	Santa Maria, Cuba
Date	April 17th, 1961
Objective	Escape The Police Get off the streets Use Zipline To Infiltrate The Compound Find And Kill Castro Escape Compound Get To The Airfield Rappel Down Into The Airfield Get To The Plane Protect The Plane From Damage Use The ZPU To Clear The Runway
Enemies	Cuban Police, Cuban Army

Operation 40" is the first single player level in Call of Duty: Black Ops. This mission introduces the player to the story's main characters. The mission takes place in Santa Maria, Cuba on April 17, 1961, as the player, Woods, and Bowman attempt to assassinate the Island nation's notorious dictator: Fidel Castro as the Bay of Pigs invasion is taking place, under the orders of the United States. When you first complete the level, you gain the achievement/trophy Sacrifice. The achievment/trophy Death to Dictators is also obtained in this level after killing Castro with a headshot.

Overview

A cutscene plays showing an unknown interrogator who is asking Mason numerous questions. Mason is electrically shocked multiple of times, failing to give satisfactory answers to the questions. Mason then has a flashback leading to the start of the operation to assassinate Castro. The mission begins in a bar in the city of Santa Maria, with Woods, Mason, and Bowman wearing loose tropical civilian clothing as to not attract attention, meeting with their informant Carlos. He provides the team with intel and a map showing the planned method of attack and an extraction point at a Cuban military airfield. The meeting is interrupted with the sudden arrival of Cuban Army soldiers who enter the bar. Woods tells Bowman and Mason to stay low as the soldiers scare off the civilians from the room. An Officer notices the team and becomes suspicious, then threatens Mason when he does not respond to his questions. Woods quickly grabs the officer and impales his hand to the bar table with a knife, then smashes him in the face with a glass bottle. The team, including Mason, who pulls out an ASP pistol, eliminate the remaining enemy soldiers. Carlos takes out the team's weapons he hid in the counter and tosses Mason an M16 assault rifle.

The police are notified and quickly arrive on the scene and surrounded the bar, ordering the team to surrender. Mason and Woods then exit the bar and fend off the police in the streets while Carlos and Bowman give supporting fire. More police cars arrive and the team unites together to fight their way out. They arrive at a plaza where the police have barricaded the road, forcing the team of the street. They are fortunate to find an empty car in an alleyway. Carlos stays behind to get his men ready to assist the team after they find Castro, while the team uses the car to escape Santa Maria, Mason being at the wheel. After driving down the city streets and through police barricades, he whites out and a cutscene plays to the interrogation room where Mason, fading out of consciousness in his seat, is given an electric shock and he fades away once again into his flashback.

The mission resumes with the team overlooking Castro's building from the other side of a large ravine. They wait for the airborne forces from the US to commence the Bay of Pigs invasion which is part of the mission. A signal flare quickly spurts out and the sky comes alive with American and Cuban military aircraft along with anti-aircraft fire and air raid alarms. The team, now aware that the invasion has begun, quickly zipline across the ravine into the building, two Cuban soldiers being killed by Woods and Bowman as soon as they land. On entering the building, Woods tasks Mason to take out a soldier who is radioing for reinforcements against the air raid. Mason chokes him to death, using garrote wire. The team moves onto the building and ensue in a large close-quarters firefight with the Cuban Army inside.

After clearing out a number of rooms, the squad comes before the door leading to the room where Fidel Castro is supposedly hiding in. The team stacks up and Mason pulls out his ASP. They break open the door and Castro immediately draws a pistol, using his mistress as a human shield. Mason shoots Castro, and after a short cinematic of the bullet being followed in its flight in slow motion (only occurs with a headshot), Castro's mistress quickly picks up a gun and she is gunned down as well, much to Woods disgust.

The team then fights its way out of the building, through a courtyard, where they get pinned down by the sudden arrival of a Cuban military tank along with more enemy troops. All of a sudden, Carlos and his men arrive and destroy the tank and drive off the enemy, much in favor of the team. Carlos assures them to continue to the Cuban military airfield where a plane has been secured for a getaway and bids farewell. The squad arrives at a cliff edge overlooking the airfield. As the Cuban military is still busy dealing with the Bay of Pigs invasion, the team runs down the cliff while secured with ropes and make a break across the airfield for the hangar where the plane and the Cuban exile forces are waiting and ready to go. The team arrive at the plane and signal the pilots to go. Mason leans out the back door as he uses an M60 machine gun to fend off the enemy forces as the plane is taxiing to the runway. Then, Woods and the pilots notice a large column of vehicles set up by the Cuban Army at the very end of the runway, knowing that they'll be destroyed before making it out as the convoy begins to fire at the plane head on. Mason quickly decides to jump off the plane as it begins to speed up, and mans a nearby anti-aircraft gun. Mason fires the gun at the barricade, destroying the blockade and allowing the plane to take off and escape. Mason is left behind, much to Woods' dismay even though he still assures them to go on without him.

Suddenly, Mason is then pulled off of the anti-aircraft gun by the Russian Colonel; Lev Kravchenko and is thrown onto the ground and knocked unconscious when a Cuban soldier hits him in the face with a rifle. Mason awakens on the floor at a seaport with a large ship in the background. He sees Fidel Castro and the Russian antagonist Nikita Dragovich discussing what to do with him. It is explained that Mason and the team merely killed a double, the real Fidel Castro still alive. Castro, wanting revenge on Mason, tells Dragovich to "Make sure he suffers". The mission ends with Mason in the interrogation chair exclaiming that Dragovich really did make sure he suffered.

Weaponry

Starting Loadout

The player starts with an ASP; after the bar fight is over, Carlos throws the player his stashed M16.

Found in Level

FN FAL

Skorpion

RPK

M60

KS23

Intel Items

Intel No.1:(1/3 Intel) Located on a crate in a building after you go up a hill and pass a weapons depot. It will be straight ahead as you follow Woods and Bowman into the building.

Intel No.2:(2/3 Intel) Located on the dresser in a bedroom with a bed and TV in the area you enter after you kill Castro's double.

Intel No.3:(3/3 Intel) Located on the top of a ladder inside the first hangar you enter after you rappel down the hill to the airfield

Vorkuta

Previous level	Operation 40
Next level	U.S.D.D.
Game	Call of Duty: Black Ops
Character	Alex Mason
Weapons	Makarov, Slingshot, Death Machine, KS-23, AK-47, Model 1887
Place	Mine N1, labor camp in Vorkuta, Soviet Union
Date	0600 hours, October 6, 1963
Objective	Escape Vorkuta Step 1: Secure the keys Step 2: Ascend from darkness Step 3: Rain fire Step 4: Unleash the horde Get A Shotgun Step 5: Skewer the winged beast Get To The Armory Deactivate The Security Door Step 6: Wield a fist of iron Protect Reznov Get Minigun Step 7: Raise Hell Step 8: Freedom Jump On Truck
Enemies	Prison guards
Multiplayer map	Radiation

"Vorkuta" is the second campaign level in Call of Duty: Black Ops. Taking place on October 6th, 1963, the player controls Alex Mason as he attempts to escape the Russian labour camp, Vorkuta with Viktor Reznov and many other Russian prisoners.

Walkthrough

Mason starts off in a fight with Viktor Reznov to draw out a guard. This is a cutscene, so the player does not need to do anything here. They succeed in doing so, and a guard armed with a baton comes up to the two. After Reznov calls him svoloch (bastard), the guard starts to beat him with the baton. Mason gets up, picks up a rock and knocks the guard out with a single blow from the rock. He then helps Reznov up, and Reznov takes keys off the guard also taking a knife, completing Step One of their escape - "Secure the keys".
The band of prisoners proceed down a mine tunnel, and Mason is now armed with a unique prison knife. Reznov encourages the band of prisoners by asking what the steps to their escape are. The steps are:

Secure the keys. (Obtain the keys from the guard)
Ascend from darkness. (Take the elevator to get to the surface).
Rain fire. (Use the slingshot to destroy the guard towers).
Unleash the horde. (Rally the prisoners with the broadcast system in Vorkuta).
Skewer the winged beast. (Shoot down the helicopter).
Wield a fist of iron. (Acquire the Death Machine).
Raise Hell. (Storm the prison guards).
Freedom. (Escape the prison).

Mason fights his way down the tunnel where he encounters a brute named Sergei. Fortunately, Sergei is on their side, which Mason comments "Glad you're a friend, Sergei." At the end of the tunnel there is a lift which takes the band of prisoners out of the mine. In the lift, a prisoner questions whether Mason, an American, can be trusted or not. Reznov sticks up for him, stating he could trust him with his life.
Outside the lift, there are some unarmed prisoners surrounding a prison guard armed with a Makarov (with his back to the lift), who is shooting them as they try to take him down. Sergei exits the lift armed with an pick axe, and brutally kills the guard. The player can now pick up a Makarov to help him fight off any resistance. The prisoners then push open a large metal door which opens up into a coal truck yard, to complete step two of the escape, which has a guard tower with a machine gun turret overlooking it. This prompts Reznov, Mason and Sergei to run behind a coal truck and use it as moving cover as they push it along the track towards the tower. Mason must cover Reznov and Sergei as they push the cart by killing any resistance coming in on their sides.
The tower is then destroyed by an improvised incendiary device (possibly an ignited chunk of coal) launched from a slingshot, which is Step 3 of the escape. The band of soldiers can now enter the military compound of the gulag. Mason goes to the top of the building they enter and uses a giant Slingshot to destroy three targets. The slingshot works similarly to a grenade launcher and has the same aiming reticule. After destroying the three targets, Mason goes down and can now arm himself with a KS-23, and plenty of ammunition from an arms room which Sergei opened.
The prisoners exit the building and Mason shoots the lock to the gate. The prisoners go through this gate and engage the prison guards. The prison guards are armed with AK-47s. After proceeding to the objective, Mason picks up a harpoon-firing KS-23, and fires the harpoon at the Mi-8 Hip Helicopter which had been keeping them pinned down with door machine gun, As the end of the rope was tied to a pipe, the helicopter cannot move and spins into some tanks and is destroyed. This completes step five of the escape, Skewer the winged beast.
The prisoners now enter a large building full of guards. The player can pick up an AK-47 with Grenade Launcher to take out soldiers who are using moving cover. Once the prisoners reach a closing door, Sergei rushes in to hold the door up. However, he is shot from a floor above and killed, letting the door close, but not before Mason slides under the door and to the other side. Mason then opens the door, and the prisoners need to fight their way to a garage, where Reznov finds a blowtorch which he will use to open the armory door. Mason then needs to cover Reznov as he does this. An easy solution for this is to pick off all standard guards, then crouch in cover with the GP25 grenade launcher equipped. As the brutes rush out from their new door, the player can easily pick them off, destroying them in one hit. Once the door is open, Mason picks up a Death Machine, which is Step 6, Wield a fist of iron.
The prisoners now must fight their way to a warehouse where they can make their escape. Using the Death Machine, Mason can easily destroy incoming trucks of soldiers (Step 7, Raise Hell) Once near the warehouse, the guards will use tear gas on the band of prisoners, knocking out Mason who is dragged to safety by Reznov. Mason wakes up in the warehouse, where he and Reznov take some motorbikes in an attempt to accomplish step eight, Freedom. They then smash through a window, make a break for a train, while under fire from enemy soldiers. Mason has an auto-aiming, unlimited ammo Model 1887 which he can use to protect himself during the escape. Reznov and Mason then jump to a truck with a DShK machine gun on it, and Mason uses the machine gun to eliminate as many enemies as he can. They then come alongside the train, and Mason jumps for a ladder on the side of it. He exclaims to Reznov to jump, but Reznov replies that only freedom for Mason was intended, driving the truck away to distract the pursuing soldiers.

Weaponry

The player uses only a rock and a knife to begin; more weapons can be picked up later.

A Makarov can be taken from the guard

KS-23s are found in the arms roomKS-23s are found in the arms room

AK47

A Death Machine is found in the armory

A Model 1887 is seen at the end

The Prison Knife

DShK mounted on the back of a truck

RPG7

Intel Items

Intel No.4: (1/3)This intel is located on the second floor of the building in which you use the slingshot to destroy the towers.

Intel No.5: (2/3) This intel is located in the armory right after Sergei dies while holding up the door.

Intel No.6: (3/3) This intel is located on the bottom of the shelf in the back of the building right before you start the motorcycle chase scene.

USDD

Previous level	Vorkuta
Next level	Executive Order
Game	Call of Duty: Black Ops
Character	Alex Mason
Place	The Pentagon
Date	1700 hours, November 10, 1963
Multiplayer map	Pentagon

"U.S.D.D." is the third single-player mission in Call of Duty: Black Ops. It is similar to "The Coup" of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare because they are both mainly cinematic levels and presidents are involved, with pistols aimed at them. The mission takes place at the Pentagon on November 10, 1963 after Alex Mason escapes from Vorkuta.

Walkthrough

The newly free Alex Mason has been turned over to Jason Hudson of the CIA, and summoned to the Pentagon. After touching down, Hudson and Mason meet Robert McNamara in a limousine convoy, which brings them to Pentagon offices. McNamara informs Mason that Dragovich poses a threat to national security, which Mason immediately deduces as meaning he must kill him.
Mason, Hudson and McNamara walk through the Pentagon offices, clearing four checkpoints. Mason tells his interrogators in the present that he felt like he was being watched, receiving the chilling response that the interrogators were in the Pentagon, watching him.
After passing through the nerve center, Mason meets President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy informs Mason that he must eliminate Dragovich to protect the American way of life. You get the achievement/trophy VIP in the end of this level.

Weaponry

M1911 - In the hallucination.

M16 - (Held by Military Police and Secret Service agents)

Executive Order


Next level	S.O.G.
Game	Call of Duty: Black Ops
Character	Mason
Team	Central Intelligence Agency
Weapons	MP5K, AK47, Crossbow, PM63, Dragunov, Makarov, Valkyrie Rockets, KS-23, Python
Place	Baikonur, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Date	0700 hrs November 17, 1963
Objective	* Infiltrate Baikonur Cosmodrome Get to cover Stealth kill soldier Hide the body Clear Com building Protect Bowman and Brooks Deploy zipline Rescue Weaver Abort the launch at the auxiliary control bunker Destroy Soyuz 2 Get to the tunnels Find and kill Dragovich
Enemies	Soviet Armed Forces
Multiplayer map	Launch

"Executive Order" is the 4th single player level in Call of Duty: Black Ops, set in Baikonur, USSR. The player controls Alex Mason, whilst carrying out a mission in a missile launch facility. The mission takes place on November 17, 1963.

Walkthrough

The player starts out as Alex Mason with a MP5K with Extended Mags and a Red Dot Sight and a Python with Speed Reloader. Mason then follows Woods through a scrapyard littered with husks of rocket sections. After witnessing Weaver getting stabbed in his left eye by Kravchenko, follow Woods and sneak up on two Russians to steal their uniforms. To perform this task, the player will be armed with the unique karambit knife and will ram it into one of the Russian's head, the other being handled by Woods. After hiding the bodies, the player and Woods take the Russians' uniform and equipment and disguise themselves. The player will receive the enemy's AK 47/ w ACOG and proceed with the mission. After walking a short distance, Mason witnesses Bowman and Brooks killing two other Russians, whereupon Mason joins up with them and continue towards the launch site.
The first stop is the comm building, once Bowman and Brooks have dealt with the two guards at the door, fight your way up this three-story building to the roof - before you climb the ladder to the roof however, there's a collectible intel on the third floor. After you dispose of the three guards on the roof, Woods will introduce Mason to the Crossbow with explosive bolts, use that to clear out the guards outside the bunker where Weaver was kept. Once the guards were dealt with, aim and fire the crossbow at the bunker window to launch a zipline, which you'll use to make a smash-in to rescue Weaver.
After a cutscene, Mason now proceeds on-foot to the Soyuz 2 launch control bunker to stop the launch, with a countdown of less than five minutes underway. Fight your way to the bunker, Woods will instruct you to plant a C4 charge on the wall to make a breach-in. Notice there's another collectible intel at the far left corner of the bunker. After Weaver failed to cancel the launch and the rocket is lifting off, Woods will tell you to pick up the Valkyrie rocket launcher outside to shoot the rocket down. Launch it and steer the rocket to hit home.
Now the team proceeds into the underground facility, where stiff opposition and use of Willy Pete smoke grenades for cover is strongly recommended. There's a command center on the player's right, right after the player past through the computer room, with the third and final intel collectible for this level. Note that after the computer room, enemy waves are nonstop, but thin out considerably after the first wave, making a steady advance highly advisable.
Mason then follows the hallway with Weaver and Woods until the mission ends.

Weaponry

Starting Loadout

Although the player loses the MP5K after changing into the enemy soldier's clothing, it returns when ziplining in to rescue Weaver. The Python will also disappear when the Crossbow is given to the player (although it can be exchanged before that).

MP5K with Red Dot Sight & Extended Mag

Python with speedreloader

Found in Level

The following weapons are found with and without attachments in this level:

AK-47 with ACOG is taken from the guard

More AK-47s can be found in the level (With attachments such as Extended Mags, Dual Mags, ACOG Scope, Grenade Launcher, or no attachments.)

Crossbow with Variable Zoom and Explosive Bolts, also gains a zip line later.

Dragunov

KS-23

Valkyrie Rockets are used to destroy Soyuz 2

Intel Items

Intel No.7: (1/3) - Located on the third floor of the communications building, on the table to the right that is under 4 TVs and a golden emblem.
Intel No.8: (2/3) - Located in the far left corner of the rocket's control room, on top of a computer.
Intel No.9: (3/3) - Located in the 2nd control room in the underground hallways, on top of a radar computer below a window.

S.O.G.

Previous level	Executive Order
Next level	The Defector
Game	Call of Duty: Black Ops
Character	Alex Mason
Team	Studies and Observations Group
Weapons	M16, AK47, M60, M14, M72 LAW, Stakeout, RPK, Python, China Lake
Place	Khe Sanh, South Vietnam
Date	0900 hrs January 21, 1968
Objective	* Get Hudson to the bunker Defend Khe Sanh Clear the trenches Hold the line Destroy the T55 tanks [3 of 3 destroyed] Push back the NVA Retake the hill Save Woods Get in the Jeep Destroy the T55 Tanks [6 of 6 destroyed]
Enemies	North Vietnamese Army

S.O.G. is the 5th single player level in Call of Duty: Black Ops.

In the beginning of this mission, Jason Hudson informs the player that Woods has arrived. The player then steps outside of their tent to see many helicopters, mostly UH-1 "Hueys," CH-47 "Chinooks" and CH-46 "Sea Knights" flying overhead. As Woods approaches, they make jokes about their appearances and walk over to a Jeep. Woods then informs the player of how and when MACV-SOG was created. As they finish their conversation, bombs explode and their Jeep is overturned, causing Hudson to become disoriented. The player then carries him to a bunker and the actual gameplay begins. One section involves the player crawling along trenches with enemy flamethrowers blazing overhead. At one point a NVA soldier jumps on the player and the player must repeatedly press the use button to punch him and pull the pin of a grenade on his webbings. Use of Fougasse Mines (napalm barrels armed with explosives) to hold back the North Vietnamese Army are demonstrated by Woods, the player can then choose to use it themselves - 2 detonators can be pick up along the path, once the cue is display press the button for a well-timed detonation, frying lots of NVA troops; if you failed to execute a well-timed detonation, you will not fail the mission, just more NVA troops to plow through or shoot at you, whichever comes first. Woods will rush to the emplaced M60 in the wood pillbox at the end of the trench. Follow the path up to the defensive position and not long after 3 T-55 tanks rolls over the hill and advancing towards the line; you must pick up a M72 LAW to deal with them. One hit will finish a T-55. Continuous waves of NVA will attack, necessitating the player to repeatedly kill those nearest in order to focus on the tanks. When this part of the mission is done, follow Woods to another line under heavy assault.
The player then fights his way down a hill to a weapons bunker and then to the lower ridge to roll 2 drums of napalm into the trench at the bottom. Many players get stuck at this point, as the objective is not clearly defined. However, the conversation Woods has with a pinned down soldier when first exiting the tunnel to the top of the hill makes everything clear. The USMC troops were unable to get the barrels buried like the earlier Fougasse Mines before the assault. Towards the bottom of the hill are two barrels stood on their ends. The player must walk up behind them and press the action button, prompting a short clip where Mason stabs the barrel, scrapes his knife on the top to ignite the napalm, then rolls the barrel down the hill to prevent the NVA from continuing their attack. Until you complete this, the enemy on this front will keep coming. On lower difficulty, it is possible to run past the enemy and to the right, which skips the barrel objective and allows you to move on to the next hill.
Upon completing this, the player must climb another hill while friendly mortars rain down around you. Near the top of the hill there are a few opportunities to pick up an AK-47 with a Flamethrower. Just as they've made it to the top of the hill, the player will be knocked down and dazed from an exploding mortar and will only have a few seconds after recovering to save Woods from a NVA soldier with his Python.
The player then runs through a tunnel, to a jeep with a mounted TOW Missile launcher that works similarly to Valkyrie Rockets. The player must fight enemies with an M60 machine gun and a China Lake grenade launcher automatically given to him upon entering the jeep, using the TOW to destroy T-55 tanks when they show up. Destroying the six tanks with only six TOW rockets will reward the player with the achievement/trophy "Tough Economy".