BO7 Wildcards: All 9 and Which to Run

A Wildcard is the lever that bends your whole Black Ops 7 loadout. Each one changes how many of a slot you carry or what your build can do, and they unlock by player level — reach Level 53 and all nine are open. This guide lists all nine with their unlock level and effect so you can pick the one that fits the job.

The loadout guide covers the eight base slots, and our Combat Specialties guide explains why Perk Greed behaves the way it does.

All nine Wildcards

Wildcard	Unlock level	Effect
Tac Expert	15	Spawn with one extra Tactical.
Overkill	20	Equip any two non-melee weapons in Primary and Secondary.
Danger Close	24	Spawn with one extra Lethal.
Gunfighter	29	Three extra attachment points on your Primary.
Perk Greed	33	Equip one extra Perk.
Prepper	38	Carry two different Field Upgrades.
Flyswatter	41	Replace your melee slot with a Launcher.
High Roller	48	Equip a fourth Scorestreak.
Specialist	53	Replace Scorestreaks with three Perks (earned at 200 / 400 / 600 score, the rest at 1,200).

Which to actually run

• Overkill is the most-used Wildcard because it removes the weak-secondary problem — pair a long-range Primary with an SMG and you cover every range.
• Gunfighter rewards players who tune one gun: three extra attachment points unlock whole recoil or handling builds. | Perk Greed adds a fourth Perk, but your Combat Specialty is still decided by the first three slots — the extra Perk is a bonus, not a way to fake a hybrid.
• High Roller only matters if your streak game is the core of your build; otherwise the slot is better spent elsewhere.
• Specialist swaps Scorestreaks for in-match Perks and, importantly, those Wildcard Perks do not count toward your Combat Specialty — so don’t build a Specialist loadout expecting a color bonus.

Re-locking on Prestige

Wildcards unlock by leveling your profile and re-lock when you take an account Prestige. You can spend a Permanent Unlock on one (the same token system tied to weapon progression in our Weapon Prestige guide) so a Wildcard you depend on stays available after Prestiging.

Related guides

• BO7 loadout slots — the eight base slots a Wildcard modifies.
• BO7 Combat Specialties — why Perk Greed doesn’t change your specialty.
• BO7 Weapon Prestige — the Permanent Unlock token that keeps a Wildcard after Prestige.