If you're trying to speedrun the Naughty & Nice event for the animated Snowfall camo (plus the free blueprints and cosmetics), the trick is simple: do most objectives in Zombies where progress is predictable, then switch to Multiplayer for the one challenge that's RNG-heavy in Zombies.

I cleared the full set in roughly an hour to an hour and a half depending on drops and team coordination. Below is the exact route I'd run again—optimized for time, low stress, and minimal why isn't this tracking? moments.

• The Fastest Route (High-Level Game Plan)
• Challenge-by-Challenge Cheat Sheet (Do This, Not That)
• 60–90 Minute Execution Path (Step-by-Step)
• 1) Load into Holiday Zombies and grab snowballs early
• 2) Stack Insta-Kill kills with a reliable power-up spawn
• 3) Do fire damage kills in Zombies with Molotovs
• 4) Door buys + essence: treat them as between objectives
• 5) Present boxes: snowballs increase your odds
• 6) Switch to Multiplayer for the scorestreak eliminations (the big time save)
• 7) Two objectives that are easiest with teammates (squad fill is enough)
• Recommended Loadouts & Settings (What I Actually Run)
• FAQ
• 1) Can I do everything in Zombies?
• 2) Mystery Box melee drop for teammate isn't tracking—why?
• 3) Present boxes aren't spawning much for me. What should I change?
• 4) The fire damage challenge feels slow. How do I speed it up?
• 5) How long does the full event take if I'm average skill?
• Closing

↖ The Fastest Route (High-Level Game Plan)

Here's the core idea: stack challenges that can be completed simultaneously, and avoid modes where a specific objective becomes a dice roll.

1. Start in Holiday Zombies (Jingle Hells / holiday playlist)

• Knock out: zombie eliminations, freezing zombies with snowballs, fire kills, doors, essence, present boxes.

2. Switch to Multiplayer (Holiday Havoc / holiday MP playlist)

• Knock out: get eliminations with a scorestreak from presents/care packages style objective quickly.

3. Queue one match with teammates (squad fill works)

• Knock out: drop a Mystery Box item for a teammate by meleeing it and the revive/heal objective.

This route works because Zombies gives you controlled repetition, while Multiplayer gives you faster access to kill-producing streaks when the Zombies drop rate is stingy.

↖ Challenge-by-Challenge Cheat Sheet (Do This, Not That)

Use this table like a checklist. I'm labeling each task by what it wants you to do, since exact wording can vary slightly by event page.

↖ 60–90 Minute Execution Path (Step-by-Step)

This is the order that minimizes backtracking.

↖ 1) Load into Holiday Zombies and grab snowballs early

I start in Jingle Hells / holiday Zombies and immediately route past snowball piles.

• I throw snowballs at zombies until the freeze objective completes.
• While doing that, I'm also progressing:
  • total zombie eliminations
  • essence accumulation
  • present box spawns (more on that below)

Why this works: early rounds are quick, zombies are fragile, and snowballs can feel like a cheat code up through the first chunk of rounds.

If you notice your freeze progress feels slow, then you're probably not in the holiday mode playlist (double-check that first).

↖ 2) Stack Insta-Kill kills with a reliable power-up spawn

For the get a lot of kills while Insta-Kill is active objective, I don't wait around hoping the game hands me the power-up.

• I equip Killjoy (the consumable that spawns a power-up like Insta-Kill).
• I train a medium pack of zombies.
• I pop Killjoy and delete the train fast.

What this means in practice: you turn a long, RNG-flavored grind into a repeatable loop.

Time expectation (my experience):

Usually 1–2 matches depending on how aggressively you chain spawns and how clean your trains are.

If you find rounds feel sluggish, then use a faster round pacing option (when available) so zombies keep coming and you spend less time waiting.

↖ 3) Do fire damage kills in Zombies with Molotovs

I finished the fire objective in Zombies because it's consistent and doesn't rely on enemy players cooperating with your burn ticks.

• Bring Molotovs in your kit.
• Craft more at the crafting table when possible.
• Throw into dense groups; let the burn do the work.

Optimization tip:

If you can overlap this with an Insta-Kill window, you can burn through both objectives faster—because the burn tick converts into kills immediately when damage thresholds are lowered.

Don't do this:

Don't wait until ultra-high rounds to start chasing fire kills; enemy health scaling makes it slower.

↖ 4) Door buys + essence: treat them as between objectives

Door contributions and essence targets are the definition of don't aim at it too hard.

• Open doors as you naturally route through the map.
• If your run hits a point where doors are mostly open and you're still short, then back out and restart—because forcing the remainder can be slower than a fresh early-game sprint.

In my runs, I averaged ~6–8 doors per match depending on map flow, so I needed multiple quick runs to finish door contributions efficiently.

↖ 5) Present boxes: snowballs increase your odds

For opening holiday present boxes, I stay in holiday Zombies and keep using snowballs during the period I'm fishing for boxes.

• Snowballs → more holiday-flavored drops → more chances at present boxes.
• When a box appears, open it immediately and move on.

If you notice boxes basically stop appearing, then go back to snowballing packs for a bit instead of only using an AR/SMG. It's not magic, but across multiple runs it was consistently better for me.

↖ 6) Switch to Multiplayer for the scorestreak eliminations (the big time save)

One challenge is simply faster in Multiplayer: getting eliminations via a scorestreak obtained from holiday presents/care packages.

Here's what I do:

• Queue into the holiday Multiplayer playlist (e.g., Holiday Havoc).
• Grab the free/rapid care packages that appear around the map.
• The moment you land a kill-producing streak (e.g., VTOL-style), farm the eliminations in one go.

Why I don't do this in Zombies:

The get a streak from presents path can be rare and inconsistent, which turns your session into a slot machine.

If you keep getting utility streaks (Counter UAV-style) and not kill streaks, then keep grabbing packages aggressively; the objective is about converting one good roll into all required eliminations.

↖ 7) Two objectives that are easiest with teammates (squad fill is enough)

There are two tasks I treat as party-required, even if the game doesn't loudly say so.

A) Melee a Mystery Box item to drop it for a teammate

• Load into Zombies with squad fill or a friend.
• Spin the Mystery Box.
• As the item appears, melee it to drop/share for a teammate.

Important: when I tried solo, it didn't reliably count.

If you're not progressing, then you need an actual teammate present in the match.

B) Revive/heal 5 times

This is much faster in co-op because downs happen naturally.

• Revive teammates when they go down.
• If the mode allows self-revive/heal counts, those can help—but co-op is still the smoothest route.

↖ Recommended Loadouts & Settings (What I Actually Run)

This table is the no drama setup that aligns with the objectives.

↖ FAQ

↖ 1) Can I do everything in Zombies?

You can, but it's not the fastest. The scorestreak-from-presents objective can be wildly inconsistent in Zombies. Switching to holiday Multiplayer usually saves the most time.

↖ 2) Mystery Box melee drop for teammate isn't tracking—why?

In my experience, it often won't count solo. If you're stuck at 0, queue with squad fill or a friend, then melee the box item as it appears.

↖ 3) Present boxes aren't spawning much for me. What should I change?

If your box rate feels dead, then lean back into snowball kills for a while. I saw noticeably better results doing that than pure gun kills during my farming stretch.

↖ 4) The fire damage challenge feels slow. How do I speed it up?

Use Molotovs on dense packs early-to-mid rounds. If you can overlap it with an Insta-Kill window, it accelerates because damage converts to kills immediately.

↖ 5) How long does the full event take if I'm average skill?

With this route, most players land around 60–90 minutes depending on: care package luck in MP, how quickly you chain Insta-Kill windows, and whether you have teammates for the two co-op-leaning tasks.

↖ Closing

This event is much easier once you treat it like a routing problem: Zombies for consistent stacking progress, Multiplayer for the streak eliminations, and one co-op session to clean up the teammate-dependent objectives. If you follow the sequence above, you'll avoid the biggest time traps and get to the animated Snowfall camo without turning your evening into a second job.