Black Ops Zombies Maps, Easter Eggs
Black Ops expanded Zombies into a full mode with seven maps spanning the globe. The Aether storyline took shape as players traveled from Kino to the Pentagon, through the cosmodrome and Shangri-La, and ultimately to Moon where Richtofen enacted his grand scheme.
2010 · The Aether Story Begins
Maps
- Kino der Toten — Abandoned cinema, East Germany, 1960s
- Five — The Pentagon, Washington D.C., 1963
- Ascension — Soviet cosmodrome, 1963
- Call of the Dead — Siberian coast, 2011
- Shangri-La — Himalayan jungle temple
- Moon — Griffin Station, lunar far side
Published Easter egg walkthroughs
- Casimir Mechanism
Link the Lunar Landers, activate each Casimir node, spell LUNA from the sky, and free Gersh from the device.
- Ensemble Cast
Help Ultimis escape the locked room beneath PhD Flopper by powering the ship, repairing their fuse box, decoding the lighthouse signal, and sending the Vril Device through the vault tube.
- Time Travel Will Tell
Enter eclipse loops, help Brock and Gary through the temple mechanisms, move the crystals, and claim the Focusing Stone from the Pack-a-Punch shrine.
- Cryogenic Slumber Party / Big Bang Theory
Open Griffin Station, complete Samantha Says, move the Vril Sphere, assemble and charge the Golden Rod, swap Richtofen and Samantha, then arm the rockets that strike Earth.
Wonder weapons
- Ray Gun — Energy pistol
- Wunderwaffe DG-2 — Arc lightning cannon
- Thundergun — Concussive wave cannon
- Winter's Howl — Cryogenic sidearm
- V-R11 — Vril transformation rifle
- Scavenger — Explosive sniper rifle
- 31-79 JGb215 — Shrink ray
- Wave Gun / Zap Guns — Dual-mode energy system
Perks
- Juggernog — Raises player health and gives mistakes a little more room to breathe.
- Quick Revive — Speeds up revives, with solo self-revive behavior in several rule sets.
- Speed Cola — Cuts reload time and keeps pressure weapons from going quiet too long.
- Double Tap Root Beer — Improves rate of fire in early forms and adds extra projectile output in Double Tap II.
- Stamin-Up — Raises movement speed and extends sprint stamina.
- PhD Flopper — Protects against explosive and fall damage, with dive-triggered blast behavior in classic rules.
- Mule Kick — Adds a third weapon slot.
- Deadshot Daiquiri — Improves precision and headshot handling, with rule-set-specific aim bonuses.