(SPOILERS) How To Get The BEST ENDING Possible!

Call of Duty: Black Ops II5 · 707 ratings34k views1.4k favorites2 min readby MisterTenBel0wUpdated Oct 13, 2025View on Steam ↗

With this ending, you will:

Save Alex Mason, Frank Woods and stop Menendez's Invasion to save the world!

ALL STRIKE FORCE MISSIONS MUST BE COMPLETED!

This is very important if you want to achieve the best ending, complete any Strike Force Mission when given the chance!

Chapter 1: Pyrrhic Victory

You play and beat this chapter normally.

Chapter 2: Celerium

You play and beat this chapter normally.

Chapter 3: Old Wounds

After you hold off the Russian attack at the end of the chapter, you will start interrogating Kravchenko, and Mason will be very tempted to kill him. You will need to resist by spamming the use key in order to learn about the mole in the CIA. (This part is crucial for doing the next step in the following chapter 'Time And Fate'.

Chapter 4: Time And Fate

In Time And Fate, after entering the cocaine bunker, you will have to find the intel file which contains information about the CIA Mole, search quickly or the file will burn.

Chapter 5: Fallen Angel

Throughout Fallen Angel, you will have to record Raul Menendez, DO NOT LOOK AWAY, you need to learn as much information as possible! (3 Intel Recordings must be acquired).

Chapter 6: Karma

At the end of Karma, you have to kill DeFalco before he escapes with Karma (Having a sniper rifle is highly recommended!). If you fail at doing so, you will trigger a new Strike Force mission called 'Second Chance', in which you get the second chance to save Karma. Saving her is very important.

Chapter 7: Suffer With Me

Towards the end of this chapter, you will get to a rooftop with Noriega, and will be ordered by Hudson to kill Nexus target who's confirmed to be Menendez, it's not him, It's Mason, you will need to shoot him in the leg, when you do, Hudson will again order you to shoot him in the head, don't, shoot his leg again, and the next cutscene will trigger.

Chapter 8: Achilles Veil

Once you meet with Menendez at the Citadel, he will shoot down Harper's VTOL and capture him. You're then ordered to execute him, killing Harper is necessary, otherwise Farid's cover will be blown.

Chapter 9: Odysseus

The only thing you need to do here is to shoot Admiral Briggs in the leg, after that, he survives. With Karma on his side and the SDC, the Obama will be successfully protected from Menendez's attack.

Chapter 10: Cordis Die

You play and beat this chapter normally.

Chapter 11: Judgment Day

And finally when you get to decide Menendez's fate at the end of the final chapter, you will ultimately have to capture him.

Thank you!

Well, there you have it! The best ending for Black Ops II.
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