In general, it;s just a simple grind. However, there are a few tricks and tips to speed this up.
EDIT - You need to hit level 55 and max it out. After that, you'll be prompted to go to the General in the HQ area and prestige. You can find the entrance to the area with the General in just near the Division Prestige section
1) Play War Mode.
You'll find you get significantly more kills during playing this mode, and easy points from building or demolishing locations in the game. Matches can take anywhere from 4 minutes to 8 minutes realistically, and during this time it's pretty easy to get a significant amount of points. Just remember to build anything you see, or demolish anything that's already been built. Get to know the maps, and what scores you points. Being near the tank in Operation Griffin when it crosses the line in the first phase, for example, will net you a sweet 500 points.
2) Complete challenges.
Weapon challenges are pretty easy to snag, so make sure you're keeping an eye on them swapping out your load regularly to keep them coming. You might be an absolute beast with the Enfield rifle, but if you've already completed the challenges you're doing yourself out of some nice bonus points. Plus, if you're playing War Mode, it's easier to get those kills and level up the weapons you might not be that great with.
3) Contracts, orders etc.
Keep an eye on these, and always pick up the contracts that award bonus Exp. Normally, they are pretty simple ( 100 kills in 40 mins etc. ). War Mode makes these super simple.
45 Comments
Level 55. Updated the solution
By NaggingGnat on 06 Nov 2017 09:27
@Xander RO You only needed to say "What level do you need to be." Their was no reason for you to even add level 15,148. Remember people can miss the simplest of things in their solutions. I know since I write solutions myself occasionally. Gonna take a guess here, you haven't even once written a solution when you knew what to do. Be respectful the guy toke time out of his day to write a solution of what he found to be the fastest way.
By KriSpy CharMZ on 06 Nov 2017 14:07
I don't know what's up with the negative votes.
People want sh*t handed to them on a silver platter that's why.
By DaChiefOfOwnage on 07 Nov 2017 10:58
Is this not unlockable by entering prestige 1 on zombie mode?
By ZH Sic on 08 Jan 2018 00:33
Are you happy now Krispy?
By Xander RO on 07 Nov 2017 15:43
Achievement never popped when I prestiged. Not sure what I should try to get it to unlock, I've already gone up a few levels too
By Pig Bimping on 07 Nov 2017 18:50
Stupid question maybe but how do I activate boost cards?
By FireRaiser1985 on 09 Nov 2017 15:29
Hi FireRaiser, the boosts activate automatically :)
By NaggingGnat on 10 Nov 2017 09:40
Wow you are childish @Xander RO.
By KriSpy CharMZ on 10 Nov 2017 11:56
Roughly how long does this take? As in game play hours, because seriously, FUCK this multiplayer. By far the worst yet, and that's saying a lot considering the last 4 games....
By Fiction0713 on 11 Nov 2017 02:40
Anywhere between 16-24 hrs depending on skill and game mode
By DaChiefOfOwnage on 11 Nov 2017 03:27
There is 2x xp this weekend. So play it now to save some time. :)
By UplandParasite8 on 11 Nov 2017 09:05
Best COD MP since Black Ops.
By FireRaiser1985 on 11 Nov 2017 09:26
Didn't unlock right away. Unlocked when I pushed start and went to go into another match...
By chuckles MG33 on 12 Nov 2017 15:13
Yes, screw this game indeed. It's basically every other cod with a ww2 skin. So many times I round a corner, put fifteen bullets in a guy and he one shots me, yet in the killcam I fired off no bullets. Great job letting us down again.
By Fiction0713 on 12 Nov 2017 23:16
ImaginaryRuins, im with you on this one. I seriously don't feel like playing the multiplayer. There really shouldn't even be a solution for this achievement since you just do the same thing like any other Call of Duty. Dont worry NaggingGnat, I didn't thumbs down your solution.
By Guile132 on 04 Dec 2017 14:33
prestiged, played a few games after and this has still not unlocked for me.
Does anyone know if this works on zombies?
By chuckles37v3 on 22 Apr 2018 10:44
100% does not work with zombies. I've just prestiged there.
By iainator on 31 Jul 2018 12:19
Shipment is much much better and faster than anything. Just have a hand to play :)
By AsiK HaYaLeT on 06 May 2020 12:08
By CosmicMegaphone on 14 May 2020 13:52
Shipment is definitely the way to go. Went from 45 to 55 in about 6 hours.
By THE DEADLY DOG on 03 Oct 2020 14:33
They got Double XP going on currently I’m not sure if it’s permanent or just for this month but good time to take advantage
By xTCx on 26 May 2021 03:23
there is permanent 2xp in the game forever or at least until the next sledgehammer cod comes out
By xXFAT DOG156 on 21 Jun 2021 03:37
bugged Achievement, won't even unlock even after entering Prestige 2 by now, 10/10.
By iDracaryy on 11 Mar 2023 23:19
iDracaryy, if you're playing on the Series S/X but still own XBox One Original or XBox One X, try to enter the Prestige there. Divisional Commander has glitched on me 2 times on the Series X but as soon as I go for it on the One X, its popped. I haven't risked on the General of the Army, I played all the way on Series X until maxing the Level 55, then switching to One X and prestige there. It worked with no issues.
By VladZelenyak on 22 Jun 2023 15:37
Didn’t pop for me👎 series X
By Sliceeyy on 29 Jul 2023 15:12
Prestiges on SERIES S and it didn’t give me any sign until 20 mins later when it unlocked. Ta time stamp and activity feed gave me the time of prestiging other than 20mins later when it popped.
I deleted my ww2 data from console not from everywhere and hard reset my Xbox before it did unlock
By reyycist on 09 Aug 2023 10:48
By OBlockMafia on 29 Oct 2023 18:53
@Xander RO You only needed to say "What level do you need to be." Their was no reason for you to even add level 15,148. Remember people can miss the simplest of things in their solutions. I know since I write solutions myself occasionally. Gonna take a guess here, you haven't even once written a solution when you knew what to do. Be respectful the guy toke time out of his day to write a solution of what he found to be the fastest way.
Posted by KriSpy CharMZ yesterday at 15:07
By Xander RO on 07 Nov 2017 15:42
Nothing beats Blops 1 and Blops 2 MP for me, but at least it's better than Blops 3, Advanced Warfare, Infinite Warfare, Walljump Warfare, Jetpack Warfare and all that crap. Though Core is as bullshit as ever when you get 3 AR hitmarkers or 4 SMG hitmarkers. Happily staying on Hardcore TDM / SnD. Some maps like USS Texas and Aachen makes you wonder if the devs even played their own game, and some of these spawns... and these terrible (NOT DEDICATED SERVERS) p2p connections... I'll take back what I said. Screw this game.
By Sera Di Siah on 11 Nov 2017 19:05
I'm so sick of multiplayer. Does anyone know how to get notified of 2XP if you don't play every day?
By AgentOfAbyss on 17 Apr 2018 13:24
Carentan is double xp for now and has been for a little. Although all people do is sit in corners or camp in some obscure building in the back of the map half the time
By Seitzz on 08 Dec 2018 02:22
I was able to unlock mine successfully by playing on my older OneX instead of current-get Series X, just to be safe.
After maxing out rank 55, I closed out of the game, made sure I was on a wired connection, and fully shut down my console. I then turned it back on, entered the game, and let all menus load fully, so there were no choppy animations. Went right in to the HQ, which was populated by randoms, and made my way over to the general. I took my time reading the consequences of prestiging, and then hit A (twice) to confirm that I wanted to prestige. The achievement unlocked while an animation played once again listing all the consequences of prestige (level reset, etc.).
And I'm sure this made no difference, but I set my Xbox status as appearing Online. I often set myself to appear offline, but I went Online for this, just to be safe (?!)
By spxyu02 on 08 Mar 2024 15:07
Finally finished this. I can't say it was enjoyable. Took me a total of 20 hours, 51 minutes. And that's with a jaw droppingly good k/d of 0.96. I went for a lot of the challenges to speed up things, leveled up every division which gives you 5000 co each time. The amount of time it takes really depends on whether you get stuck in what I call 0 and 30 lobbies or 30 and 0 lobbies. If you manage to get in the latter stay in it for as long as you can. Painful, extremely painful. Seriously, fuck call of duty. This was my first cod purchase since bo3, and in finishing this statement I will say this, NEVER AGAIN will I buy another cod.
By Fiction0713 on 25 Nov 2017 23:34
First cod purchase since blops3 lol so you just skipped one game.. Not a big deal like you're making it out to be...
I’m actually really enjoying playing towards this. Best COD for quite a few games.
By TheSWFC on 30 Nov 2017 19:38
If they hadn’t had this achievement I wouldnt even have played multiplayer esp that of a first person shooter. Yeah many would tell me to get good but to hell with that. Nearly every War game is plagued by players using sniper rifles and they are like they don’t have to aim at all but can hit me from super-long distance. This is no fun at all
Yeah the servers (*cough* p2p connections, seriously WHY are there no dedicated servers for an AAA game like this...) are really bad. Constantly being kicked out games, not getting progress to wins as when the game ends it says 'lost connection to host', more error codes than Destiny, shooting at least 2 or 3 bullets around a corner and then the killcam shows you just standing there... such a broken mess. Had such high hopes for a good old MP again. Screw Sledgehammer and Infinity Ward. The only little hope I have left for a good CoD MP experience is if TreyArch goes back to its roots.
By Sera Di Siah on 12 Nov 2017 23:33
By Star1ord89 on 13 Nov 2017 13:49
Step 1 in this guide should be "take 6 shots of wild turkey", then so on.
By Fiction0713 on 16 Nov 2017 04:28
This unlocked for me more than a week after prestiging. Possibly a rare bug from the lousy servers
By Pig Bimping on 17 Nov 2017 05:48
Good guide but War games are an awful lot longer than 8 minutes if all the objectives are met.
By Whats a Chundy on 20 Nov 2017 04:43
i just got this done and all i can say is the game is beautifull but the matchmaking is awefull, every lobby you go into you are put up against a team of players that are prestiged and all these players seem to do is sponge bullets and camp with sniper rifles especially in war mode!!!!.
By RENEGADE1934 on 23 Nov 2017 17:22