Despite Treyarch receiving some mild backlash, its decision to replace a single-player campaign with a battle royale mode has been met with immediate success. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is already one of the most-viewed games on Twitch, with Blackout hoarding the majority of the game's viewers. This is due to it being welcoming of new players, while also maintaining its core fans through fluid gameplay and nostalgic elements pulled from previous Black Ops installments. Blackout's map features older, fan-favorite maps, as well as many playable zombies characters, some in which appeared in previous Black Ops games.

Players can now unlock eight of the nine zombies characters by completing challenges in the right order - Shadowman can only be obtained by purchasing Black Ops 4's season pass. While almost every character's corresponding challenge is very similar, there is a key difference with each that can directly affect the outcome of the player's attempt to unlock a character.

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Similar to unlocking Dempsey, Richtofen requires players to successfully execute three steps in the correct order. Players must first choose a landing spot that is or is near a zombies spawn. Zombies spawn in five different locations: Asylum, Graveyard, Lighthouse, Anvil Boxing Gym, and at the small building northwest of Array and hovering over Nuketown Island.

Landing at the building northwest of Array or at Anvil Boxing Gym - the building halfway between Fracking Tower and Turbine - can be perfect for this challenge as the player most likely will not encounter opponents right off the bat. However, if up to the task, an extremely worthwhile loot-pile awaits players who can kill Blightfather in Graveyard.

Nonetheless, after landing, players need to find and collect the Ray Gun, which can be dropped by zombies. Once obtained, players must use the Ray Gun to kill even more zombies. At this point, the circle has most-likely closed in quite a bit, and all players have to do is finish in the top ten.

To finish the challenge in as few tries as possible, it is recommended to hug the outside of the circle for as long as the player can. Shaking off the temptation to fire at other players could mean the difference between one and fifteen attempts to unlock Richtofen, but it's up to each player how risky they want to be.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.