In Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, every mission hides a single collectible artifact, often referred to as intel, adding up to 11 pieces scattered across the campaign. Tracking down all of these intel items not only helps you earn the Loremaster trophies and achievements but can also grant special cosmetic rewards. In this article, you’ll find the precise locations of every intel in the game so you can finish your collection without missing anything.
Mission 1: Exposure
Intel #1: Becoming the Monster
Objective: Clear the Area / Eliminate all hostiles
Right after the cinematic scene where machetes fall from the sky, head up the nearby hill. Next to a closed well, you’ll find a machete stuck in the ground. Interact with it to collect the “Becoming the Monster” artifact.
Mission 2: Inside
Intel #2: The Truth
Objective: Reach Karma in the Grotto
Progress through the mission until you reach the point where you meet Karma after sliding down a zipline. Right behind her is a body bag on the ground to find the intel.
Mission 3: Distortion
Intel #3: Family Ties
Objective: Rescue Woods / Open the container
Near the end of the mission, you’ll reach the area where you must rescue Woods from a shipping container.
Don’t open the container yet. Instead, go behind the container and jump down on the floating platform.
From there, turn around and use your grapple hook to swing underneath the platform with the shipping container. Once you reach the other side, you’ll find a knife (intel) lodged in the wall.
Mission 4: Escalation
Intel #4: Cost of Business
Objective: Access the main terminal / Log in using the access card
Continue the mission until you reach the checkpoint where you need to access the main terminal using a keycard.
Enter the main terminal and go past the door where you can use the access card. Now, before using the access card, go into the small room on the right. On the floor, you’ll find a damaged robot you can interact with to get the intel artifact.
Mission 5: Disruption
Intel #5: Best Laid Plans
Objective: Infiltrate the Forge / Clear the hostile forces
During the rooftop section of the Disruption mission, you move across the glass ceiling and then enter inside.
Once inside, look for the corridor with a large “01” painted on the wall. Head up the nearby stairs leading to the upper level marked “8.”
Once you enter the room, go to the back-left corner, where you’ll find an intel.
Mission 6: Collapse
Intel #6: Heavy is the Head
Objective: Locate the tablet / Search the Colosseum
Shortly after the mission begins, once you reach the Colosseum, stick to the left side as you enter. Walk past the row of tents until you find the yellow tents.
Head into the building opposite to yellow tents, go up to the second level, and you’ll find a Roman statue head on the floor that you can interact with to collect the intel.
Mission 7: Fracture
Intel #7: Team Bond
Objective: Navigate the Canyon / Scramble through the bottomless freeway canyon
Shortly after the mission begins, you’ll pass through a portal and fight along a twisted highway. Continue forward until you reach the first ammo crate. After this point, the road starts warping, and you’ll eventually see a red semi-truck directly beneath a large blue digital sign that reads “FIND YOURSELF.”
Enter the semi-truck and you’ll find a small American flag sitting on a box in the corner. This is the intel artifact.
Mission 8: Quarantine
Intel #8: “Case”
Objective: Find Dr. Falkner / Search the area for the doctor
When you reach the luxurious penthouse while searching for Dr. Falconer, enter the main room with the large boardroom table. On top of the table, you’ll find a case you can interact with to collect the intel.
Mission 9: Suppression
Intel #9: Lake Time
Objective: Inspect the TV / Investigate the Masons’ memory
After you reach the cabin section of the mission, head inside and go straight up the stairs. Turn right at the top and enter the room on the right.
In the corner of the room, you’ll spot a fishing rod leaning against the wall. Interact with it to collect the intel artifact.
Mission 10: Breakpoint
Intel #10: Trigger Finger
Objective: Disable Cradle Shipments / Overheat the Cradle shipments
Continue the mission until you reach the area near the water with the Cradle Boxes and enemies nearby. Continue forward until you reach the area filled with white cargo containers. Head to the easternmost (last) container and climb into the top one.
The intel is sitting right inside between two crates.
Mission 11: Containment
Intel #11: Face the Nightmare
Objective: Destroy Kagan’s Mechs / Fight for your life
During the final mission objective, where you must destroy Kagan’s mech, look toward the glass window where she appears. From there, move to the right side toward the giant cubes. Jump onto the white outer boxes and look for a cube with the GUILD painter.
Inside, you’ll find the final intel canister.
