There are 11 intel collectibles in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 main campaign—one in each of its 11 missions. Here’s where to find them in mission order, including the detours that are easy to miss. This guide covers main-campaign intel only, not Endgame intel.
Minor spoilers: The directions below mention mission objectives, locations, and collectible appearances.
Exposure
In the distorted Nicaragua section, continue past the first giant machete attack and climb to the top of the slope. Check the covered well for a machete; that is the intel.
Inside
When you meet Karma at the docks, look on the ground beside the body bag behind her.
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Distortion
At the “Rescue Woods” container objective, leave the container unopened for a moment. Go behind it, look down, and grapple to the lower floating island. Turn around to find a hidden mausoleum room. The intel is a set of dog tags hanging from a knife.
Escalation
Near the end of the mission, enter the server room but do not start hacking yet. Find the smaller room with laptops on a desk. Pick up the USB flash drive lodged in a laptop.
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Disruption
After dropping through the skylight into the Guild building, search before entering the restricted area. Take the small staircase to an office and collect the hard drive from the table.
Collapse
After leaving the colosseum on the way to secure the SAM site, turn left. Search around the broken walls and pillars for the statue head.
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Fracture
After the red portal distorts the highway, fight through the enemies and follow the middle of the road to a red semi-truck. Enter its cargo area and check near the back for the American Flag pin.
Quarantine
At the start of the mission, force the elevator doors during the tower breach. When the objective sends you to search the office, turn right out of the elevator instead. Go upstairs and enter the large conference room on the right. The intel is a canister on the table.
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Suppression
After the prison section, enter David Mason’s childhood-home cabin. Go upstairs and enter the room on the right, then turn right again to find the fishing pole in the corner.
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After leaving the safe house, you’ll be directed toward Avalon’s stadium to disable Cradle shipments. Before completing those objectives, drop to the road near the bridge and inspect the open Guild cargo container for the Trigger Finger intel.
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Containment
During the G-X Strider boss fight, locate the control-room window above the white shipping containers. Climb onto the containers and move right across the adjacent container. Look down for an open container you can enter; the last intel is a canister.
Track your campaign intel
You can check your progress in the Career tab’s Campaign Intel menu. Gameranx reports that approaching an item you have already collected displays an “Already Collected” prompt. Collecting the full campaign set earns XP and a Calling Card, and contributes to the Loremaster trophy or achievement, according to GameSpot’s campaign intel guide.
Main campaign intel is separate from Endgame intel
This list is limited to the 11 main campaign mission pickups. Endgame has its own intel set; Activision describes Endgame as a replayable campaign mode that unlocks after players complete the first eleven co-op campaign missions. See Activision’s Endgame overview for that mode.
Sources: GameSpot (November 17, 2025), Gameranx (November 19, 2025), and Activision (November 10, 2025).
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