Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has added a new Dark Aether Rift into Zombies with Season 2 Reloaded. The rift also requires four key items to unlock it, including the Perforated Target relic, so here is how to get and upgrade the relic.

How to Get Perforated Target in MW3 Zombies

Players can get the Perforated Target item bycompleting an optional objective in the Countermeasures mission. TheAct 4 missionis located in the northern section of the tier 3 red zone and is labeled on the in-game map.

After spawning into the mission, head north of the map toa tall pedestal within the town of houses. It is marked where my team and I are at on the map above. Activating the pedestal will spawn waves of zombies in an enclosed circle.

MW3 Perforated Target map

Players will have tokill zombies with headshots within the circleto fill and complete the pedestal. Once the pedestal is finished, a Reward Rift with the purple Perforated Target will appear.

How to Upgrade Perforated Target in MW3 Zombies

The purple Perforated Target can be upgraded to gold status byshooting every target at the shooting rangeon the regular Zombies map. The shooting range is located at the H8 coordinates on the map above.

Have the Perforated Target in your inventory and activate it near the building where the targets are.Several purple targetsaround the area will spawn, so shoot all of them once to turn them red.

MW3 Perforated Target

There are some targets hiding around corners and behind larger objects, but a more powerful zombie will spawn once all targets have been hit. Kill the zombie for it to drop thegold Perforated Target.

For more on Modern Warfare 3 Zombies, check outhow to get the Drumwhich is necessary to open the Dark Aether Rift.

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