How to beat Deep Cover mission in MW3

Let’s be honest. Forced stealth sections in a game are the absolute worst. They even surpass “keep this NPC alive” and “follow this NPC who walks at an abnormal pace” in terms of frustration.

So, when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 decided to throw a stealth section in the middle of an otherwise play-as-you-will style of game, it threw me off. The Deep Cover mission tasks players with infiltrating a base as Laswell. If you’re caught, there’s no fighting your way out of it. Here’s how to get in and out.

How to clear the stealth section of Deep Cover in Modern Warfare 3

Deep Cover isn’t your traditional stealth mission. Rather than staying entirely hidden, it’s a matter of hiding in plain sight. Enemies will see you, but so long as they don’t approach you, all will be well. To accomplish this, we want to avoid drawing attention by running, jumping, or drawing our weapons. Secondly, we’re practicing safe distance again. Keep 6′ between you and everyone else.

The beginning of the mission puts us at the top of a hill. Wait for the truck to pass and the two guards to begin inspections. Hug the left side of the trail and take a left, following the truck down the road.

On the main road will be a barricade and truck on your left. To the left of that are two guards in a corner. There will be a patrol that appears from the building behind the truck and moves down the main road. Stop in front of the truck and wait for the patrol to pass. Hug the left side of the truck to get past them and stay on the left side of the road until you reach the intersection.

On the paved road will be a hangar and several guards. On the right, a patrol will be making its way toward you. Use the same trick as before and hang out by the truck on your left for a beat. With the patrol passed, go down the road and take the first left.

The same tricks will work here. Hug the left side of the path, near the building. Wait for the guard patrolling in front of the gate to get close to his companion before walking through like you own the place.

Walk a little ways past the gate and stop. There will be a Major and his entourage leaving the building on the right. Let them pass and walk past the two-story building on the left. Stop, turn around, and wait for the Major to make his way up the stairs.

Slide between the truck and the stairs to head up to the office above. You’ll need to be quick here so the soldier inside doesn’t get off a shot and alert the others. Pull out your silenced pistol and unload into the two of them to obtain both the keycard and one hell of a moral dilemma.

Head back down the stairs and walk up to the building where the Major exited from earlier. Use the card reader on the left and proceed straight, entering the door on the left side of the hallway.

After the cutscene, you need to head to the rooftop. Leave the storage closet, go to the lobby, and head right down the hallway. Take the stairs on the left once you reach the end of the hallway. Go left into the hallway at the top of the stairs and to the end of the hall. Climb the ladder inside the room on the left.

Run to the end of the hallway at the top of the ladder and take the stairs on the left. What is it with this level and everything being on the left? Bash through the door and hop in the chopper. It’s a quick, easy mission that can be knocked out in 10 minutes or less.