Call Of Duty: Blackout - 10 Essential Tips & Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You

8. Specific Weapons DO Drop In Specific Places

Though all the loot and drops in Blackout are supposed to be completely random, it wouldn't make sense for anything long-ranged to spawn inside a city, and Treyarch have employed some basic rulesets when governing what's available where.

For sniper rifles, you'll tend to find them at the top of towers, be they in Construction Site, the Cargo Docks area or even atop farmyard silos across the centre of the map. Likewise, med packs appear to spawn more frequently in medicinally "themed" areas like clinics and bathrooms, or the offices inside the Hydro Dam, Asylum or Turbine facilities.

There's not a whole lot that can be done once the storm starts encroaching, but for that all-important initial drop?

Have a weapon type or pickup in mind, choose carefully, and you'll likely get it.