How To Unlock The Skal Crusher Melee Weapon In CoD: Warzone And Vanguard

gamespot.com:

Call of Duty Season 3 is officially live in Vanguard, bringing a new battle pass, multiplayer map, operators, and new weapons to unlock. The big update also adds a surprisingly fancy melee weapon as a free weapon unlock. Here's how you can unlock Season 3's Skal Crusher.

Season 3's Skal Crusher is a Norse-themed axe with Nordic runes engraved into the wooden handle and a glowing blue pattern on the blade. The weapon works much like Season 2 Reloaded's Ice Axe, as the weapon can be swung like a traditional melee weapon, or it can be thrown and and retrieved.

This weapon can be unlocked for free through in-game challenges. Normally, new weapons arrive as a plain base model, and weapon blueprints can be purchased as an additional way to unlock the weapon. However, the Skal Crusher seems to be uniquely designed like a weapon blueprint, and it's uncertain if other variants of the axe will become available in store bundles.

To unlock the Skal Crusher by playing Warzone, you must get five kills with a melee weapon in a single match 15 times. This might be best completed in a respawn playlist like Caldera Clash, which is more of a large-scale Team Deathmatch mode in Warzone. Rebirth Resurgence is another good playlist choice with respawn.

Note: Warzone's weapon unlocks require you to complete the matches to get credit towards your challenge progression.

Vanguard's multiplayer unlock is the same as Warzone's challenge, you must get five kills with a melee weapon in a single match 15 times. This is a pretty straightforward challenge for multiplayer, but it might be best attempted on small maps like Shipment that offer frequent engagements.

Note: Vanguard's multiplayer weapon unlocks require you to complete the matches to get