Dead Silence

For the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops equivalent, see Ninja.

"Make less sound when you move."

— Perk description

Dead Silence is a Tier Three perk featured in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified, Call of Duty: Strike Team, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare , Call of Duty Online and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, and a stealth perk in Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare & Modern Warfare Remastered

Dead Silence
Category	t3mw
Unlocked at	Level 44
Console codename	quieter

Dead Silence reduces a player's footstep noise significantly, allowing players to walk, sprint, and jump 60% silently. This perk is mainly used by players wishing to be stealthy; it lowers footstep sound so that it is 60% silent - however it can still be heard, usually only picked up by high quality sound systems. It allows players to clearly hear other players' footsteps who are not using the perk. However, crouch-walking, going prone, or moving while aiming down sight completely cancels noise created by movement. Dead Silence does not have an effect on weapon switching sounds, however. Even with the perk, falling from any height makes at least a slightly audible sound, and especially so from large heights where the loud cracking noise is still made. Rustling through bushes/grass also still creates noise.

Dead Silence was also awarded to the prop team in the Weekend Warfare game mode, Prop Hunt.

Gallery

The model of the perk in Create-a-Class.

Call of Duty: World at War

Dead Silence
Category	t3waw
Unlocked at	52

This perk is unlocked in at level 52.

Dead Silence is identical to its Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare counterpart; however, due to the ability to adjust sound settings and thus remove ambient noises and announcer voices, this perk can prove more useful than what it did in the previous installment.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Dead Silence
Category	t3mw
Unlocked at	55
Pro unlocked at	50 close range kills

Dead Silence appears again in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It silences the player's footsteps and reduces the effect of the Recon perk, from 12 seconds to six seconds. To unlock Dead Silence Pro, the player needs to earn 50 close range kills, similar to Ninja and Scrambler from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Dead Silence can be canceled out by Sitrep Pro within close proximity. Dead Silence Pro negates falling damage, similar to Commando Pro from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Lightweight Pro from Call of Duty: Black Ops. This does not give the player the ability to survive kill zones disguised as long drops, including the well in Seatown and falling off Overwatch.

Gallery

Concept art for a stealth based character model; the upper torso is displayed.

Concept art for a stealth based character model; the back is displayed.

Concept art for a stealth based character model; the front and back are displayed.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Dead Silence
Category	t3mw
Unlocked at	Level 38

"Move silently."

— Create-A-Class Description.

Dead Silence returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It allows the player to move without making any sounds. It also stops audible call outs from a player using the perk. 

This class is more effectively paired up with other stealth based perks such as Blind Eye and Cold-Blooded, or with high mobility perks such as Extreme Conditioning and Lightweight. Suppressors are extremely common with users of Dead Silence, to facilitate a stealth-based class. 

Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified

"Move quietly."

— In-game description.

Dead Silence returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified.

Call of Duty: Strike Team

Dead Silence
Unlocked at	Level 5

Dead Silence returns in Call of Duty: Strike Team. It allows players to reduce their audio signature. The Pro version allows the player to greatly reduce their audio signature. It is unlocked after completing the Europa Fall mission.

Call of Duty: Ghosts

Dead Silence
Points	2

Dead Silence returns in Call of Duty: Ghosts as a stealth perk. It quiets the users' footsteps (to where it is barely audible; it seems to decrease movement noise by 90%). This effects on enemies could be countered by Amplify, but not entirely (Dead Silence users' footsteps heard by Amplify are slightly less audible than regular footsteps heard without Amplify, but still distinguishable. One note is that it decreases the volume of footsteps, not the range which they can be heard.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III

Dead Silence
Category	t3mw
Unlocked at	Level 50

"Move silently."

— Create-A-Class Description.

Dead Silence returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops III as a Tier 3 perk, allowing the player to move without making any footstep sounds.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Dead Silence
Category	t3mw
Unlocked at	Level 43

"Footsteps and jump packs are silenced."

— Create-A-Class Description.

Dead Silence returns in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare as a Tier 3 perk, letting the user's footsteps and jump packs be silenced. It is unlocked at Level 43.

This perk is countered by the Tracker perk, allowing Dead Silence users' footsteps to be shown.

Dead Silence perk model in Create-a-Class.

Dead Silence being unlocked in multiplayer.

Trivia

• Melee kills count towards Dead Silence Pro.
• Dead Silence was originally going to be an ability of one of the four planned multiplayer character abilities. However, the character models were scrapped and it was added as the Pro ability of Ninja.
• Dead Silence Pro doesn't completely negate falling damage. A player can still die if playing on hardcore and by jumping from a great height several times.
• In Modern Warfare 3, the Pro version of Sitrep did not counteract Dead Silence until an update.