How to complete Raid Episode 3 in Modern Warfare 2

Hamza Khalid
Alex in Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 Reloaded has added Episode 3 of the Atomgrad Raid, and you can complete it to get your hands on neat rewards. Here’s a breakdown of how to quickly complete Raid Episode 3 in Modern Warfare 2.

Modern Warfare 2 received a ton of brand-new content when the Season 3 Reloaded update went live, including new weapons like the GS Magna and FTAC Siege as well as a new multiplayer map for players to battle on.

Season 3 Reloaded also continues the Modern Warfare 2 campaign’s narrative with the addition of Episode 3 of the Atomgrad Raid. We’ve put together a complete walkthrough that goes through everything that you need to do.

How to prepare for Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3

You’ll need to get two friends to help you tackle Episode 3 since Raids cannot be completed in Solos. It’s important that you and your buddies get headsets or another way of communicating with each other as teamwork is vital to completing the Raid.

Before hopping into the Raid, you’ll want to pick the right Kit, and we recommend that your entire team go with the Assault Kit. This is because it provides you with armor plates and these will help you stay alive during the more challenging sections of Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3.

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Using the Assault Kit will help you survive in Raid Episode 3.

Get to the elevator

After jumping into the Raid, you’ll have to go through some tunnels while battling soldiers as you make your way toward the elevator. In this section, you’ll need to press the elevator button to bring up and then ride it down.

Here’s what you need to do:

  1. Take out all the enemies that you encounter and reach the elevator button.
  2. Press the button and wait for the elevator to come all the way up.
  3. Press the button again and jump on the elevator as it goes down.
  4. Once it stops, jump across to the platform in front of you.
  5. Defeat all the enemies that you see.
  6. Collect a buzzsaw.
  7. Use the buzz saw to open a locked door while your teammates defend you.
  8. Defeat the remaining enemies.
  9. Press the elevator button.
  10. Jump back on the elevator and let it take you all the way down.

The good news is that if you miss the elevator when jumping towards it and plummet to the ground, you’ll respawn on the elevator.

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You’ll need to press the elevator button in order to progress in Modern Warfare 2 Raid Episode 3.

Get through the tripwires

Once the elevator reaches the bottom, you’ll enter a long tunnel where you’ll encounter even more enemies to take down. While the enemies themselves won’t be too challenging, at one point, you’ll come across tripwires, and you can climb on the rocks to the left to avoid them.

Here’s how you can get this done:

  1. Get off the elevator.
  2. Go through the tunnel.
  3. Defeat every enemy that you encounter.
  4. Climb on the rocks to the left to avoid the tripwires.
  5. Crawl under the rocks to get through.
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These tripwires will deal explosive damage to anyone that walks through them.

How to solve cabinet puzzle 1 in Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3

In this next section, you’ll find a yellow cabinet that one member of your team must push toward the wall that has an opening with a closing door at the top. There is a button on the wall that one teammate will have to press in order to hold open the door while the others go through it.

Here’s how to complete this puzzle:

  1. Have one teammate interact with the cabinet to push it.
  2. Push the cabinet to the wall that has a door leading to the other side.
  3. One teammate must press the button on the wall to hold the door open.
  4. The remaining teammates must climb on the trolley to go through the opening.
  5. Take down the enemies on the other side.
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Pushing this cabinet toward the wall will allow you to access the opening that leads to the other side.

How to solve the water room puzzle in Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3

You and your teammates will find yourself in a room where the ground is flooded with water. In this room, you’ll find another puzzle to complete that requires you to press buttons on terminals in the correct order.

Here’s how to solve the water room puzzle in Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3:

  1. Take down the enemies at this location.
  2. Make your way toward the fuse box.
  3. Interact with the fuse box to turn on the power.
  4. The water on the ground will become electrified now, and you’ll have to jump across the various desks and filing cabinets around the room to get across.
  5. Go to one of the ten computer terminals scattered across the room.
  6. Read the 15-digit code.
  7. You and your teammates will have to make your way to the corresponding terminals in the correct order.
  8. Have you and your teammates take turns hitting the buttons at each terminal before time runs out.
  9. After the code has been correctly input, go back up the stairs.
  10. Press the red button to open the doors and go to the next section.
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You and your teammates will have to stay coordinated to complete the water room puzzle in Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3.

How to solve cabinet puzzle 2 in Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3

After you go through a room filled with enemies, including a juggernaut, you’ll find another section with a yellow cabinet. Here, one person will have to push it towards the door while another presses the button to open the door.

Here’s how to solve cabinet puzzle 2:

  1. Take out all the enemies and make your way to the tunnel.
  2. Have one teammate interact with the cabinet to push it.
  3. Push the cabinet to the wall with the door.
  4. One teammate must press the button on the wall to hold the door open.
  5. Have another teammate go through the crawl space to press the button on the other side.
  6. Have both teammates press the buttons at the same time
  7. Push the cabinet through the door.
  8. Climb up the cabinet to reach the area full of pipes.
  9. Run across the vents to the other side while avoiding the flames that come out of them.
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One teammate must push the cabinet while the other holds open the door.

Get through the second set of tripwires

After you exit the vents, you’ll enter a red-lit room where the floor is filled with tripwires, and falling will cause the room to blow up. You’ll need to platform across the shelves in order to reach the other side. If even one player fails to complete this section, you’ll have to restart it.

Keep platforming until you and your entire team reaches the door that leads to the other side. From here, you’ll have to make your way through a pathway and enter a vent. Go right and then left until you enter another water-filled room, and then dive down into the tunnel.

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You and your teammates must avoid falling into the tripwires in this section.

How to solve cabinet puzzle 3 in Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3

Swim through the underwater tunnel until you reach the section that has a submarine. Here, you will have to complete another puzzle that requires you to push a cabinet in order to progress through Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3.

Here’s what you need to do:

  1. Take out all the enemies and go topside.
  2. Push the button to open the room near the submarine.
  3. Push the yellow cabinet to the left side of the wall.
  4. Climb the cabinet to reach the two valves.
  5. Have one player at each valve, and the third at the control panel.
  6. Both teammates must turn the valves until both control-panel lights are green.
  7. Immediately press the interact button once both lights are green.
  8. Push the yellow cabinet to where there is a red pipe and a valve.
  9. Have one person stay with the cabinet to interact with the valve there while another goes to the yellow pipe that’s underwater on the other side of the submarine.
  10. The third person must go upstairs to the control panel.
  11. Repeat the process until you can get two green lights
  12. Activate the control panel.
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You must move the cabinet to access the opening.

How to solve the crane puzzle in Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3

Once you’ve activated the control panel, you’ll need to head to the crane controls and use them to move the crane so that one player can reach an elevated platform.

Here’s what to do:

  1. Swim over to the room with the crane controls.
  2. Hit the button.
  3. Take out all the enemies and head upstairs to the second valve control panel.
  4. Interact with the crane controls.
  5. Move the crane all the way left above the submarine.
  6. Have one teammate climb up and go to the elevated platform.
  7. Have them grab the breach charges.
  8. The player must get back on the crane.
  9. They must then plant the breach charges on the railing ahead of them to open up a path.
  10. The entire team can cross over.
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Move the crane so that your teammate can get across.

How to exit the Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3

After cutting through two more breachable doors, you will have to battle more enemies so make sure you protect the door cutter. Once that’s done, you’ll have to make your way downstairs and cut through a third door.

Defeat the two juggernauts that spawn as well as all other opponents. Once the area is clear, you can follow the objective marker to the last door. A cutscene will then trigger and Atomgrad Raid Episode 3 will be complete.

Modern Warfare 2 Atomgrad Raid Episode 3 rewards

Completing Atomgrad Raid Episode 3 unlocks Alex Keller as a new operator in both Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2. Tackling the Raid on Veteran difficulty will grant you the Galvanic Weapon Blueprint Other rewards include a Calling Card, Emblem, Loading Screen, and more.

You can repeat the Raid to get your hands on all of them. That covers everything that you need to know about how to complete Raid Episode 3 in Modern Warfare 2.

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Hamza is a Content Creator & Publisher at Charlie INTEL, who graduated from Bahria University with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration. He's spent the past few years covering news and guides for various video games, including Call of Duty and Apex Legends. He loves digital art, movies, and comic books. You can contact Hamza at [email protected].