Leveling up your weapons in Black Ops Cold War Zombies can be one of the most painful processes in the entire game. However, there are several different methods that you can utilize to level up not just your weapons , but also your overall rank.

If you have played high rounds of Zombies and are not seeing any results in terms of weapon XP, then that's because as you reach higher rounds, the weapon XP bonus gets slower and slower. As you progress through to the high rounds, the overall XP is divided amongst all the zombies.

For example, let's say you are on round 1 and the max XP that you can get from round 1 is 1,000 XP. If six zombies spawn on round 1, that 1,000 XP will be divided among those six zombies, netting you around 167 XP per zombie killed. Compare that to reaching round 50 and having 100+ zombies spawning with a total of 1,000 XP divided among those 100+ zombies, you would get 10 XP or less per zombie killed.

Therefore, in Black Ops Cold War Zombies, reaching higher rounds does not benefit you when earning weapon XP. So how do you earn weapon XP fast in Zombies? The answer is simple: play only 5 rounds. That's right. You only need to play 5 rounds of Zombies, getting kills with the weapon you wish to rank up.

As mentioned above, you get XP faster as there are less number of Zombies, but more XP per kill. If you are ranking up your weapon from scratch (level 1), set it as your loadout weapon and spawn into Zombies with it. Play till round 5 using only the weapon you want to rank up and then exit the game. Start another game and repeat the process.

Here is our experience with a level 1 Bullfrog.