Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Guide | Social Distancing – Dark Ops

Here’s how you can get the Social Distancing – Dark Ops easily.

Game Guide by Joyramen on Nov 29, 2025

The Social Distancing: Dark Ops Challenge in Call of Duty Black Ops 7 can be difficult to acquire, especially when you consider that you have to avoid getting hit up until Round 20 in Ashes of the Damned.

With the right setup and strategy, it can be manageable. This guide will explain how. To make the run simple and repeatable without it being extremely tedious.

Firstly, you'll want to make sure that you have a dependable Assault Rifle or an LMG, which works best for this method, as well as Semtex grenades, which can be helpful to activate power stations. These will all pair well with the use of toxic growth.

When your run starts, you'll want to first clear every zombie from the spawn area up until round 3, where you'll want to keep only one zombie alive. This will help ease the pressure during setup.

Setup

After Round 3, you'll want to head to T.E.D.D. and take the Max Ammo perk as well as upgrade your Ol' Tessie. After which, you'll want to make your way to Blackwater.

You'll want to use the Semtex grenade to turn on the power quickly in Blackwater before zombies start appearing.

The Spot

With the power now on, you'll want to make your way to the edge of the building at Blackwater. The location acts as a pile-up spot where zombies will gather below without being able to deal damage. You'll want to stand in a position where your feet slightly hang off at the end.

After having your grenades reset from the Max ammo round, you'll need to head to Ashwood and activate the power there using the Semtex grenade.

You'll also want to pick up Double Tap, install Pack-a-Punch, and then head back to Blackwater.

Head back to the spot in Blackwater with your feet hanging off the edge and remain in the same spot until round 20.

Make sure to utilize the breaks between rounds to increase your weapon rarity. Utilize the Speed Cola and deploy Toxic Growth whenever things get too intense, as it will dramatically slow down the enemies.

Your main concern should be the bear, which you should always try to eliminate first, but it should be fairly easy with this setup.

Staying in position and getting upgrades in between will have you consistently having strong upgrades, and with this, the social distancing dark ops challenge becomes pretty easy to complete.

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