Black Ops 6 Adds Excellent Perks To The Single-Player Campaign

Upgrade Station: Training Area

Vitality Surge increases your health by 15 percent at Rank 1 and 25 percent at Rank 2.

This is probably the overall best perk you can purchase in the Black Ops 6 campaign, because core survivability is such an important part of the experience. And if you’re playing on one of the higher difficulties, this becomes downright invaluable—you die so quickly in battle that any little boost helps.

Upgrade Station: Training Area

Survivor increases how quickly you begin to regenerate health after taking damage.

This perk is immensely helpful at keeping you in the fight, rather than ducked behind cover. It begins replenishing your health after only a few moments, rather than the relatively long wait it takes otherwise.

Upgrade Station: Training Area

Last Stand gives you a boost to health and speed when you’re on the verge of death.

This is a perk you’ll want to have for those concerning moments when you’ve been shot up and find yourself nearly dead. The extra speed can help you avoid incoming fire, and get to cover where you can regenerate health safely (hopefully with the help of the Survivor perk mentioned above).

Upgrade Station: Gear Station

Heavy Duty increases total armor slots to two at Rank 1 and three at Rank 2. It also increases your armor reserve capacity to a max of four at Rank 1 and to six at Rank 2.

You will want to snag this perk as soon as you can. Armor plates are scattered throughout the Black Ops 6 campaign, and they’re extremely helpful at absorbing damage that would otherwise be dealt to your health bar. Keep as many of them on you at a time as possible, and don’t forget to equip new ones when they’ve been depleted.

Upgrade Station: Gear Station

Tempered allows you to fully refill all three of your armor slots using only two armor plates.

You should pick up this perk after purchasing the second rank of Heavy Duty. With this perk unlocked, you’ll definitely improve your overall survivability, since you’ll reach max protection faster and with fewer armor plates used. You’ll also have a nice stock of them for when you really need them.

Upgrade Station: Gear Station

Magnetic allows you to pick up nearby armor plates automatically.

It can be tough to pick up items while evading an onslaught of bullets from every angle, so having this perk can be a godsend. If you get close enough to an armor plate, it’ll be automatically added to your reserves and be available for you to use when you’re ready.

Upgrade Station: Weapons Bench

Extra Mags grants you one additional magazine at rank 1 and two additional magazines at rank 2.

More ammo means more bang-bang, so it’s pretty obvious why you’d want to have this perk unlocked. Get it early and keep blasting.

Upgrade Station: Weapons Bench

Quick Hands improves your reload time by 15 percent at Rank 1 and 25 percent at Rank 2.

Some of Black Ops 6's weapons have some fairly lengthy reload times. You’ll be very happy to have this perk when you’re surrounded by foes and realize you’ve emptied your magazine. Get back in the action, soldier!

Upgrade Station: Weapons Bench

Armor Shredder increases the damage you do to armored enemies by 15 percent at Rank 1 and 25 percent at Rank 2.

You’ll mow through a seemingly endless supply of basic foes in Black Ops 6, but you’ll also face off against some armored enemies who will take quite a few more bullets to take down. By having this perk in your arsenal, you’ll make quicker work of them, and save your precious ammo.

For more on Black Ops 6, check out how to use loot keys in its action-packed Zombies mode.

Correction: 10/29/2024, 10:05 a.m. ET: The headline has been changed to correct a mistake (by the editor!) saying this was the first single-player campaign to feature Perks.