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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3is celebrating the Lunar New Year with a limited-time event. The Year of the Dragon gives players a chance to earn some exclusive cosmetics by playing any MW3 activity, including Multiplayer, Warzone, and MWZ.
Earn XP by completing matches, and you’ll earn a bundle of XP Boosters and cosmetics for your account, including an exclusive weapon camo for dedicated players. This short guide will explain what the Year of the Dragon event is, how it works, and showcase how much XP you’ll need to acquire every booster and cosmetic reward from this limited-time event.
What Is The Year Of The Dragon Event?
Year of the Dragon is an in-game celebration of the Lunar New Year, awarding players with themed cosmetics by simply playing Modern Warfare 3.This event runs from February 9 to February 14.You can view your event rewards at any time by opening the “Challenges” tab in the main dropdown menu.
This event follows anXP progression system.All XP you earn throughout the duration of this event will contribute towards a separate event reward track,similar to a Battle Pass.XP earned in Multiplayer, Warzone, and MWZ is tracked, so feel free to play your favorite game type. This is also a great time to use any spare XP Boosters you have.
The Year of the Dragon event has11 rewards in total, including an exclusive weapon camo.You will need to earn a total of 573,500 XP to unlock every reward, about half as much as theWar’s Domain eventthat ran last month.
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Completing matches with the Emperor (Jabber) skin equipped will award an additional 1,000 XP. This bonus works in all game types, but the XP amount is static and doesn’t change with match length.
The Emperor skin for Jabber is tied to the Dragon Soul: Lunar Near Year bundle in the MW3 cash shop. This bundle costs 3,000 CoD Points.
Year Of The Dragon Rewards
Year of the Dragon has11 rewardsup for grabs, including eight exclusive cosmetic items and three boosters. The notable reward from this event isDragon Scales, a weapon camo that is unlocked after earning 573,500 XP. This is astatic camothat covers your weapon in orange scales with a jade accent color. All earnable rewards and their XP requirements may be found below.
10,000 XP
23,600 XP
42,100 XP
67,250 XP
101,460 XP
148,000 XP
211,300 XP
297,350 XP
414,350 XP
348,900 XP
452,550 XP
573,500 XP
