MW3 Zombies: How To Get Cryo Freeze Ammo

Cryo Freeze Ammo is a rare type of ammunition, and finding it can be pretty easy since there are plenty of ways to do it. What it essentially does is that once you have it equipped, it slows down the enemies by freezing them so they are easy to kill. It’s a really rare find while looting in the zombies, which is why players are looking for more permanent solutions to find and keep it.

Make sure also to view eXputer’s video tutorial on the fastest way to get the Cryo Freeze bullets:

How Can You Get Cryo Freeze Ammo Mods?

There are essentially 5 ways through which you can find the Cryo Freeze ammo mod or craft it in MW3.

Ways to Obtain Cryo Freeze Ammo Mods	Details
Looting Aether Caches	Randomized rewards in Infested Strongholds or Aether nests. Need a gas mask.
Getting Them In Reward Rifts	Randomized loot from completing contracts and story missions.
Completing the "Take Up Arms" Challenge	Complete Act 1 Tier 1 challenge by finding a Mystery Box and using a random weapon to kill 50 zombies.
Purchasing from Elemental Pop Stations	Buy from randomized Elemental Pop Stations across the map for 2000 points.
Crafting Cryo Freeze Ammo Mods	Find schematics in Reward Rifts and Aether Caches, then craft them in the loadout.

Looting Aether Caches 

Aether Caches are these zombie loot boxes with randomized rewards inside them. Aether Caches can be found inside the Infested Strongholds or Aether nests. There are 14 or 15 unfixed spawn locations of Aether Caches.

Reward Rifts 

After completing contracts and story missions, a Reward Rift will appear and offer you randomized loot. The contracts are highlighted with blue tones and images on your tac map. 

• There are a total of 8 contracts to complete in the zombie mode map.
• The best you can choose is the Eliminate The Bounty and Raid Weapon Stash contracts.
• Once you complete these contracts, a purple-colored rift will appear, giving you some loot to kill zombies. 

Take Up Arms Challenge 

The “Take Up Arms” Challenge is an Act 1 Tier 1 challenge that requires you to find a Mystery Box and then use a random weapon to kill 50 zombies. You will need to search for a blue light shining in the sky. The blue light marks the location of the mystery box you will be searching for.

 Important: Don’t waste the Cryo freeze Ammo you get from the Take Up Arms challenge because you can only use them once, so you should save it to complete the Freezer Burn challenge.  

Elemental Pop Stations 

You will find multiple kinds of Elemental pop stations across the map of Urzikstan. These pop stations provide you with randomized abilities, loots, or perks that you can use to kill more zombies and complete objectives. 

• It will cost you around 2000 points to buy one of these Cryo-Feeze ammo mods.
• Look up these Elemental Pop Stations on the map and try out each one of them to try your luck.

Crafting Cryo Freeze Ammo Mods

The final and the most permanent way to keep getting Cryo Freeze Mods is to craft them using their schematics. These schematics are sort of blueprints that will essentially help you craft the Cryo Freeze ammo mods yourself. You can find the schematics randomly in Reward Rifts and Aether Caches at the Infested Strongholds.

• You need to exfil the schematic once you find it, head to your loadout, and open up the rucksack.
• Another way to get the schematic is by having a friend that drops it for you in the game, as suggested by an X user.

Why Do You Need Cryo Freeze Ammo Mods? 

You need Cryo Freeze ammo to complete the Act 1 Tier 3 “Freezer Burn” challenge. 

In the Freezer Burn challenge, you have to pre-equip the Cryo Freeze ammo and use it to slow down 50 zombies and kill 10 hellhounds. You must restrain yourself and slow 50 zombies by freezing them and then killing them.

 Important: Don’t use assault rifles. Use Semi-automatic weapons without attachments against the hellhound because they will provide much-needed precision and cause less damage.  

Before you go, check out our recently published guide over the Best MTZ-556 loadout written by our guide writer Huzaifa Amjad. 

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