Black Ops 2 Endings Guide

Learn how to unlock and experience all the major endings in Call of Duty Black Ops 2 as the franchise goes down an RPG-esque route

Black Ops 2 changes up the formula for the Call of Duty games a bit by introducing alternate endings. Similar to games like Bioshock 2, there are several key events that need to happen in a certain way in order to get a particular ending. If you are interested in experiencing all these Black Ops 2 Endings, we have prepared a guide for you below.

Black Ops 2 Endings

The total number of endings in the game varies due to slight changes, but in general, there are about four main ones. This guide will instruct you on what steps to take in order to get the one you want.

As a note, we’ve already covered the ‘Best’ ending, so see our guide here. As a result this guide covers the other 3.

Ending number #2
The biggest requirements for this conclusion are that Woods lives, Karma dies, and Menendez lives. There are some smaller requirements and they are as follows:

  • Rescue Woods in the Pyrrhic Victory mission
  • Recover the worm in the Celerium mission
  • Kill Kravchenko in the Old Wounds mission
  • Find all the intel to know everything about the CIA mole in the Time and Fate mission
  • Fail to protect Harper and find the intel about Zhao’s secret meeting in the Fallen Angel mission
  • Let Karma die in the Karma mission
  • Let Woods succumb to Menendez’s influence and let him die in the Suffer with Me mission
  • Try to shoot Menendez and let Farid Die in Achilles’ Veil
  • There are a number of objectives in the Odysseus mission; kill Admiral Briggs and let the USS Obama be destroyed due to no defenses.
  • Save the President in Cordis Die
  • Finally, capture Menendez in Judgment Day

Ending number #3
The biggest requirements for this conclusion are that Woods lives, Karma dies, and Menendez dies. The smaller requirements are the same as in the previous ending except you kill Menendez:

  • Rescue Woods in the Pyrrhic Victory mission
  • Recover the worm in the Celerium mission
  • Kill Kravchenko in the Old Wounds mission
  • Find all the intel to know everything about the CIA mole in the Time and Fate mission
  • Fail to protect Harper and find the intel about Zhao’s secret meeting in the Fallen Angel mission
  • Let Karma die in the Karma mission
  • Let Woods succumb to Menendez’s influence and let him die in the Suffer with Me mission
  • Try to shoot Menendez and let Farid Die in Achilles’ Veil
  • There are a number of objectives in the Odysseus mission; kill Admiral Briggs and let the USS Obama be destroyed due to no defenses.
  • Save the President in Cordis Die
  • Finally, kill Menendez in Judgment Day

Ending number #4
The biggest requirements for this conclusion are that Woods dies, Karma dies, and Menendez dies. There are some smaller requirements and they are as follows:

  • Fail to rescue Woods in the Pyrrhic Victory mission
  • Recover the worm in the Celerium mission
  • Kill Kravchenko in the Old Wounds mission
  • Don’t find the intel in the Time and Fate mission
  • Fail to protect Harper and find the intel about Zhao’s secret meeting in the Fallen Angel mission
  • Let Karma die in the Karma mission
  • Let Woods succumb to Menendez’s influence and let him die in the Suffer with Me mission
  • Try to shoot Menendez and let Farid Die in Achilles’ Veil
  • There are a number of objectives in the Odysseus mission; kill Admiral Briggs and let the USS Obama be destroyed due to no defenses.
  • Save the President in Cordis Die
  • Finally, kill Menendez in Judgment Day

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