Gameplay is noticeably more arcade-like in Survival Mode when compared to the campaign the player is more accurate when firing while moving or firing from the hip, being shot does not cause their view to be thrown off as badly, and enemy soldiers can survive more damage than in campaign or Special Ops. In this game mode, friendly fire is enabled. The waves are semi-random with certain waves predetermined, while others contain increasingly large and powerful contingents of forces such that in the later stages of the game, players can expect to face multiple Juggernauts, Dogs strapped with C4 and enemy air support simultaneously. Overlord will be heard in all of the maps as he helps out the player/s and gives them waves during the missions. In Survival Mode, players must fend off waves of A.I controlled enemies on various multiplayer maps. Survival Mode appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as a game type within Special Ops mode. All of the weapons have a large amount of spare ammunition, and, in the M249's case, it has a 200-round mag, where it would be found in other modes to have a 100-round mag.Ĭall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 " In Survival mode you will fight off waves of increasingly difficult enemies as you earn XP and unlock several types of armories to expand your arsenal and load-out customization along the way." - Description of Survival Mode in the Survival Mode trailer The weapons are replaced every 60 seconds. At the beginning of every game, the player starts out with a USP and three Frag Grenades, but there are three randomly generated weapons that spawn on the ground, and eight seconds are given for the player to gather these weapons, and/or to find cover. To unlock a map, the player must survive at least three minutes in the previous map. When the player first unlocks the mode, they will begin with Withstand only, and other maps are progressively unlocked. Endure, the final map, is in a war-torn Middle-Eastern town.Fallen pillars, gates, and a car are all available for the player's cover. Outlast is in a small courtyard in South America.There are several large supply cases for the player to take cover. Persistence is in a military aircraft hangar somewhere in South America.There is debris all around the apartment for the player to take cover behind. Withstand is in a bombed-out apartment building in Russia.Doing the former only temporarily unlocks it, while doing the latter unlocks it permanently. It is only unlocked if the player either uses a cheat code, or beats the campaign on Hardened difficulty. 1 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized.