When Are the Zombies Gonna Come Out Again

Every Jan 15th (or "115 Day" as it'south known to fans), we traditionally take a moment to share a preview of what'south to come in Zombies. As luck would have it, our next major update arrives this week in Call of Duty: Vanguard, then nosotros're honoring 115 Day a footling earlier than usual this yr!

Equally e'er, nosotros'd similar to thank everyone in the Zombies community for all the feedback and support over the years. Going all the way dorsum to the beginning in World at War, your passion and imagination are what bulldoze us to innovate, iterate, and have some creative risks forth the way when crafting new Zombies experiences.

Nosotros've been soaking up feedback throughout the by year of Blackness Ops Cold War and the launch of Vanguard, and the team has been hard at work on bringing new content and features to Zombies in the weeks, months, and years to come. While our latest incarnation in Vanguard takes an entirely new roguelike approach to the mode, we know our players also want the choice to fight never-ending waves of zombies and grind weapon camos with no downtime between rounds.

This week's update delivers on that feedback, plus much more. Read on below for all the details.

SURVIVAL GAMEPLAY COMES TO "SHI NO NUMA"

Starting at 4PM PT January. 11 / 12AM ET January. 12, our mid-season update brings classic survival gameplay to "Shi No Numa" in the new Void Objective, which will likewise serve every bit the introduction to the new Dark Aether entity and story quest coming in Flavor Two. Players will offset need to unlock access to Von List's Part, a previously closed-off area in Stalingrad where narrative secrets and a mysterious new portal await...

Step through to travel to the Void in "Shi No Numa," where you'll accelerate through rounds past defeating increasingly difficult endless waves of the undead, just similar in traditional Zombies from previous games. Clear the current wave of zombies, and the round goes upwardly. Upgrade your weapon at the Pack-a-Dial machine, grind those camos, and survive as long as y'all can. You lot know the drill.

Once y'all've completed three rounds in the Void, yous'll be faced with two choices: Flee or Survive. If you choose to stay and fight, y'all'll earn 5,000 bonus Essence for every iii rounds y'all survive in the Void. If you lot make information technology through 12 rounds or more than, yous'll earn a unique reward that prevents your Perks from dropping beneath Tier II whenever you go downward for the rest of the lucifer! Survive long enough, and you lot might even discover new details about where the story's heading next.

In one case the portal to the Void has been opened, it will never close during your match. When yous're fix to caput dorsum to Stalingrad to upgrade your Perks and Covenants, you can leave subsequently surviving 3 rounds and return at whatever time.

To assist you along the way, you'll earn a Sacrificial Heart each time you complete at least 3 rounds in the Void and successfully escape back to Stalingrad. Of course, if you're looking to go for high rounds, you'll also want to spend those Hearts on upgrading your Artifacts before heading dorsum in... and that's where the Tome of Rituals comes in.

LEVEL Upwardly YOUR ARTIFACTS

Yous're going to need some serious buffs for your Dark Aether powers if y'all want to survive in the Void. The new Tome of Rituals in Stalingrad can provide those upgrades, with boosted abilities waiting to be unlocked at each of the iv new tiers within its pages.

Invest your Sacrificial Hearts at the Tome of Rituals to unlock the following upgrades during a friction match:

Frost Blast

• Tier Ii – Freezes normal and Special enemies for iii seconds once they have been in the Frost Boom zone for 0.5 2nd.
• Tier 3 – Increases the Frost Boom radius past 100%.
• Tier 4 – Increases the number of charges from 1 to 3.
• Tier V – Frozen normal enemies are insta-killed when damaged.

Energy Mine

• Tier Ii – Stuns normal and Special enemies hit by Free energy Mine for 3 seconds.
• Tier Iii – Explodes 3 times in a row with a 0.75 2nd delay betwixt explosions.
• Tier 4 – Increases the number of charges from i to 3.
• Tier V – Increases the explosion radius by 66%.

Aether Shroud

• Tier Ii – Automatically reload weapons when activated.
• Tier III – Deal 500% bonus melee harm while agile.
• Tier IV – Gain 50% motion speed while active. Elapsing extended from 5 seconds to eight seconds.
• Tier 5 – Increases the number of charges from 1 to 2.

Ring of Fire

• Tier II – Normal enemies inside the band accept damage equal to 2% of their max HP every second.
• Tier 3 – Players within the ring employ ammo from stock.
• Tier Iv – Staying within the band for up to 10 seconds increases the duration from 15 seconds to 20 seconds.
• Tier V – Staying inside the ring for upwardly to 10 seconds increases your damage bonus from +50% to +75%.

Your Dark Aether powers will become indispensable at loftier rounds with these upgrades, with each Artifact playing a far more important role for your team'due south survival than before. Effort experimenting with each new set of upgrades, and you may only discover your new go-to power.

NEW PACK-A-Dial CAMOS

This update brings another archetype Zombies characteristic to Vanguard: iii new camos will now be available at the Pack-a-Punch machine.

Each time you lot upgrade your weapon of option at the Pack-a-Dial, it volition be wrapped in a unique camo to visually gear up information technology apart from the weapon's base version. Your camo volition change in appearance with each new Pack-a-Punch upgrade up to Tier III, and pre-Packed loot weapons volition besides display these new camos once y'all pick them up from the Mystery Box or defeated Sturmkreigers.

NEW Support WEAPONS

Killstreak weapons are joining the Support menu at the Crafting Table! When yous need some extra firepower against the undead or you detect yourself cornered in the Void, bring out the big guns and cause some carnage.

In one case you've collected enough Salvage, you'll exist able to build the explosive Warmachine or the devastating Deathmachine at the Crafting Table. We know players have been eagerly pending additional Back up options since launch, and we're excited to evangelize these aslope new content during Season One. Exit in that location and do some damage.

Expand YOUR ARSENAL

Nosotros're bringing some protective gear to your loadouts and the Mystery Box this week, forth with 2 more weapons unlockable through in-game challenges. Get gear up to add together the Gainsay Shield, Katana, and make-new Welgun SMG to your collection with this week'southward update!

In Zombies, the Combat Shield volition mitigate a portion of damage from the direction you're facing when it's raised, and protect your dorsum from partial rear harm when information technology's stowed as an added bonus. The shield can't break, but yous'll however take some impairment when using it, so you'll need to stay on your toes. Paired with the right Covenants, the Combat Shield only might become your new favorite weapon to help you out of some viscous situations.

You'll also be able to unlock the Katana melee weapon and the new Welgun SMG for your loadouts via ii new Zombies weapon unlock challenges in this update:

• Katana: In Zombies, become five rapid kills with a Melee weapon during 50 different Portal Objectives.
• Welgun SMG: In Zombies, get v rapid Critical Kills with an SMG during l different Portal Objectives.

DEDICATED SERVER Intermission INCOMING

Allow'due south be honest... moving Zombies to an infrastructure hosted entirely on dedicated servers for the first fourth dimension in a new engine hasn't been a seamless feel.

In the by, traditional Zombies lobbies ran on histrion-hosted servers, which were often decumbent to a myriad of issues, depending on the role player's connexion and several other factors. While the gameplay experience should now be smoother across the lath for matches of all sizes on dedicated servers in Vanguard, the process of pausing said servers for Solo and single-player Individual matches isn't as unproblematic as flipping a switch.

Similar all of you, we wanted Dedicated Server Pause for solo players to exist included sooner, and the amount of piece of work required to get it correct has frankly taken longer than we would've liked. Thanks for your patience while we wrap upward its implementation in an upcoming update.

LOOKING Ahead...

If you've been paying attention to the narrative intel and conversations between our Dark Aether entities in Season Ane, you might take an idea of where nosotros're headed in Flavour Two. In addition to a new hub map located elsewhere on the globe, we'll be taking players to multiple arenas, including the Dark Aether itself in a completely original location crafted for Vanguard Zombies.

There's plenty more than in the works for Flavor Two, including multiple Wonder Weapons, more than survival gameplay, a new story quest, the introduction of a new Dark Aether entity, a new enemy type, new Objective gameplay, and more than. We're likewise already working on hereafter Zombies content, and we're not even done updating our roster of Operators in Black Ops Cold War...

Until then, nosotros hope you bask this week'southward mid-flavour Zombies update in Vanguard, and we tin can't wait to spring into the Void with anybody!

EXTENDED DOUBLE-DOUBLE WEEKEND

In the spirit of 115 24-hour interval, nosotros're kicking off a four-day Double-Double Weekend in Black Ops Cold War starting this Friday at 10AM PT Jan. 14 through 10AM PT Tuesday, Jan. xviii! This includes Double XP and Double Weapon XP in Zombies, and will run alongside an extended 2XP weekend in Vanguard and Warzone as well.

As a reminder, you'll go along to earn player progression and Battle Pass progress across titles as you play, whether you're slaying the undead in Black Ops or Vanguard Zombies this weekend. Have fun out there, and we'll see y'all online.

- Treyarch

* GAME FEATURES DESCRIBED ABOVE ARE BASED ON CURRENT IN-Development FEATURES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON Last Evolution CHANGES AND/OR GAME TUNING OR UPDATES THAT MAY REMOVE OR Change SOME OR ALL OF THE Higher up FEATURES.

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