How to Get the Golden Armor Plate Schematic in MW3 Zombies
Modern Warfare 3 Zombies has brought a long list of newly introduced content to the game. In addition to different missions and objectives, there are enticing rewards, such as Perks, Aetherium Crystals, and Schematics. The last one works as a blueprint to craft some of the best weapons and equipment in the game. If you have been grinding through MW3 Zombies, you must have heard about the most powerful equipment schematics of the game – Classified Schematics, and the Golden Armor Plate Schematic. If you are curious about how to get the Golden Armor Plate Schematic in MW3 Zombies, this guide will give you a complete walkthrough.
If you are looking for the Golden Armor Plate Schematic, the first thing you should know is that it can’t be found randomly by completing quests. Instead, only completing quests in Dark Aether will give you the schematic you are looking for. So, the first and the most tricky step is to enter Dark Aether.
How to Enter Dark Aether in MW3 Zombies?
The process of entering the Dark Aether is one of the most complicated tasks to complete. First, players need to complete activities and gather four items that can be placed on the four pedestals. The first item you need is the Locked Diary. This can be found by completing the Act 4 mission – Bad Signal. After you beat the giant worm boss Gorm’gant, you will receive the Locked Diary from the reward rift.
Next, you need a Surveillance Camera. To acquire this item, players must eliminate a Harvest Orb while equipping the Dead Wire ammo mod. The Pill Bottle acquiring process is also kind of the same. In this case, players must shoot a yellow cyst while equipping Brain Rot Ammo Mod. This can be found in the Aether Nests.
Finally, to get a Dog Collar, find a Dog House and place a meat chuck and a Molotov to summon a Hell Hound. Once it blows away, you will get the collar. After all these are done, use Aether Tear to upgrade them to gold-rarity. Remember, this upgrading process is compulsory to activate the Dark Aether rift.
Once you get all the keys, place them on the pedestal and complete missions in the high-alert zones to get the sigil to open the rift. Now if you receive enough votes in the following voting process, you will enter Dark Aether. This is a long process and full of dangers.
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Once you are inside the Dark Aether, the next thing to do is to complete certain missions to get the Golden Armor Plate Schematic.
Golden Armor Plate Schematic Location in MW3 Zombies
Completing Outlast contracts in the Dark Aether is much more challenging to do than sounds. All the zombies in the Dark Aether are level 3 zombies that you can’t easily defeat. The Dark Aether will give you three contracts that will reward you with three classified item schematics, including the Golden Armor Plate Schematic. Unfortunately, the process is random. To be precise, completing these contracts will certainly give you a Classified Schematic, but none can tell you which contract will give you what. This means, that if you are lucky, you will get the Golden Armor Plate Schematic by completing the first contract; otherwise, you have to complete the remaining two. It is indeed tough to complete three contracts in one go, but if you do, you will get all three Classified Schematics together.
Once you get the Golden Armor Plate Schematic in MW3, make sure to exfil with it. The process to add it to your inventory permanently is the same. Find an exfil location and leave the map using the chopper. But the criterion is that players can’t die in this entire process.
The exfil process is challenging in the regular MW3 Zombies map, and inside the Dark Aether, the challenges only incline. There are only two Exfil portals located in the Dark Aether. The first one is located under the central fortress and the second one can be found at the top of the fortress. If you can leave the Dark Aether successfully, only then the schematic will be added to your inventory. Otherwise, you must repeat the entire process. There’s no alternative.
How to Craft Golden Armor Plate in MW3 Zombies?
Once you successfully exfil with the schematic, you will eventually, find it inside your Classified section of inventory. Go to the Schematic Crafting tab and you can use the Golden Armor Plate Schematic to craft a Golden Armor Plate. The crafting process is indeed easy, but what players should know is like the Wonder Weapons, the Classified equipment also has a cooldown time set for each.
So, this means, that once you craft the Golden Armor Plate, you can’t craft another Classified item for 48 hours. There must be a 48-hour cooldown time. Therefore, you must wisely select the Classified item you want to get first.
Why is Golden Armor Plate Special?
Armor Plates are one of the best ways to protect players from damage. However, veteran players know that armor plates also take damage while protecting players. This gradually reduces their protecting power. So, players need to find recharge plates to restore the power. But in the case of Golden Armor Plate, it has the self-repairing ability. When you are not fighting and taking damage, the Golden Armor Plate will automatically repair itself. This ability is something that makes it different and one of the most demanded items of MW3 Zombies.
That’s all you need to know about how to get Golden Armor Plate Schematic in MW3 Zombies. Though nothing is impossible for a solo player in this mode, still it is better to have a squad when you are going inside the Dark Aether. Having a team makes things a lot easier and fun. They will help you deal with the zombies and exfil with the schematic. Even in that scenario, this may take more than one attempt to get Golden Armor Plate Schematic. So, we recommend having at least one teammate if you are going inside Dark Aether.
