Defeat All Adversaries: Black Ops Season 01 is Here!
The Story So Far
In what could be best described as a hostile takeover, General Alden Dorne completes his power grab with a definitive move against Kagan, and forces Mason along for the ride, trapping him in his own mind.
When Mason wakes from his hallucinatory hell, Dorne has “invited” Mason to the beginning of a new empire for The Guild, high atop the balcony overlooking the futuristic metropolis of Utopia.
Welcome to Project Synapse.
As tThe Guild claws its way back from the ashes of defeat at the hands of David Mason, Alden Dorne, once the trusted right hand of CEO Emma Kagan, seizes his moment. In a ruthless coup, Dorne casts Kagan aside forever, claiming the throne and reshaping tThe Guild’s destiny.
His vision is merciless: capture David Mason at all costs and unlock the secrets buried within the C-Link, the cutting-edge neural tech possessed only by JSOC’s elite.
This is more than revenge. It’s the dawn of a new era, forged in blood and ambition.
Season 01 Roadmap
Get ready for the biggest Season 01 ever, including new free and premium content when
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 Season 01 goes live on Thursday, December 4 at 9AM PT across all platforms.
Black Ops 7: Season 01 Endgame Content
ENDGAME CONTENT SUMMARY
Endgame is Open: Endgame and the vast Avalon map is now instantly accessible to all
Black Ops 7 players as of November 21!
New Word Events: Take on multiple new Endgame World Events across Avalon. Face down a giant Zombies-inspired robot, fight off hallucinations near a neurotoxin outbreak, and in the Mid-Season, engage in combat with an advanced VTOL manifested by fear.
New Skills: Power up with eight new Exotic Skills earned by completing World Events; choose to strike with a deadly melee punch, resurrect yourself, or deal devastating critical damage in a variety of ways! Then during the Mid-Season, obtain access to the all-new Phantom Skill Track.
CODMAS in Endgame: Avalon gets festive with the arrival of CODMAS in Endgame, bringing snowballs and giftwrapped Supply Boxes into play.
Endgame Intensifies: New World Events and More
With Endgame now instantly accessible and available to all
Black Ops 7 players, it’s time to team up, drop into Avalon, and explore this massive new landscape, complete objectives, increase your power, unlock unique Weapon Camos, and take on new threats! Keep pushing into escalating zones of difficulty, calling on other squads to assist if the challenges are too great. Then be sure to exfil safely to maintain your Combat Rating and live another day.
Avalon Rampage: Four Endgame World Events (Launch, In-Season, Mid-Season)
You’ll need to face down threats and build up your Operators’ Combat Rating, Skills, and Abilities, as Season 01 brings four multi-stage Events into the mix to challenge players. You’re advised to be at least Combat Rating 45, call up your squad, and bring your highest Rarity Weapons to the fight. Exotic Weapons will certainly help to turn the tide of battle!
World Event: Colossus of Avalon (Launch Window)
Recommended CR: 45 or higher
A giant mechanical contraption towers over the Avalon terrain, leaving a bloody path in its wake. Expect an emergency announcement breaking into your comms to alert all Operators within the Avalon combat zones to converge on this massive metal threat. Consult your Tac-map for the expected arrival area, and once certain criteria are met, you can watch the terrifying titan fall from the skies, visible across most of the map.
To claim the bounty of rewards on offer for defeating this behemoth, you may need reinforcements outside of your own squad. Tool up, study the giant for weaknesses, expose its core, and take it out! Fail, and the Colossus will blast off into orbit, so don’t delay in your aggression.
Operator Advice: Toppling this colossus will be tough, and smaller robotic enemies are likely to be encountered, so you may wish to think about equipping Black Hat (Minor Ability) or Abilities that assist in your evasion or movement capabilities. As always, Crash Cart (Major Ability) will be an excellent choice to keep you and your squad upright in the battle to come!
World Event: Toxic Tyrant (In-Season)
Recommended CR: 45 or higher
Initial Comms suggest a second major threat to Operators within the Avalon theater of combat: In an event codenamed “Toxic Tyrant,” the emergency alert system breaks into your usual combat chatter to warn you of a severe neurotoxin outbreak occurring in Avalon. Stemming the outbreak requires your top-tier team talent and weaponry, as the enemies spilling out of these fear-based summoning anomalies are powerful and unrelenting.
With time running out, you’ll need to focus on finding the source of this terror and try not to lose your mind entirely when facing the final, large-scale threat let loose by this hallucinatory biological weapon.
Additional World Events: Wraith Wing (Mid-Season)
Recommended CR: 45 or higher
The challenges in Endgame will only intensify as the season progresses.
In the Mid-Season, keep your eyes to the sky in search of a VTOL manifested by fear, in the Wraith Wing World Event. This advanced Guild aircraft appears to have cloning capabilities with very lethal consequences as this squadron seems hellbent on eliminating as many JSOC Operators as it can. Disable it, fire at the exposed aircraft, and down that bird.
In addition, expect a fourth World Event to truly test your skills.
Speaking of which:
New Exotic Skills and Phantom Skill Track
Unlock eight new Exotic Skills that change up gameplay in a variety of strategically viable ways and at the Mid-Season, unlock the new Phantom Skill Track.
New: Exotic Skills (Launch)
Exotic Skills are powerful additions acquired by completing World Events via a special Exotic Skill Case, which randomly awards you one of the following Exotic Skills. You can equip and upgrade one Exotic Skill. If you earn a subsequent Exotic Skill Case, you have one of two options:
· Upgrade the currently equipped Exotic Skill.
· Replace the currently equipped Exotic Skill.
With each World Event completion, you can equip and upgrade one Exotic Skill from the following:
Mega Punch: Replaces your weapon butt with a deadly punch that knocks back enemies and deals more damage.
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First Upgrade: Hits more enemies.
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Final Upgrade: Chance to trigger a Photon Round that damages enemies and drops a healing capsule.
Conjuration: Kill enough enemies to summon Toxin Butterflies that harass and damage enemies.
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First Upgrade: Further increase in damage dealt by Toxin Butterflies.
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Final Upgrade: Greater increase in damage dealt by Toxin Butterflies.
Echo Shell: Significantly reduces damage taken from behind.
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First Upgrade: Further reduction of damage taken from behind.
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Final Upgrade: Greater reduction of damage taken from behind.
Celebration: Enemies damaged or affected by Equipment have a chance to trigger Mortar Rounds that target enemies.
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First Upgrade: Further increase in chances to trigger Mortar Rounds.
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Final Upgrade: Greater increase of chances to trigger Mortar Rounds.
Frost Cloud: Enemies damaged or affected by Equipment have a chance to trigger a Frost Cloud that slows enemies.
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First Upgrade: Also damages enemies.
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Final Upgrade: Affected enemies will transfer frost to nearby enemies.
Resurrection: On fatal damage, become temporarily invulnerable instead of dying. Available once per match.
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First Upgrade: Gain full health after surviving.
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Final Upgrade: Instead of surviving fatal damage, receive a Permanent Self Revive that recharges when not downed.
Shattered Shield: Stun and damage nearby enemies when Armor Plates break.
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First Upgrade: Final break gives you temporary invulnerability.
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Final Upgrade: Final break triggers a Photon Round that deals damage and drops a healing capsule.
Graviton Reaction: Taking melee hits can spawn a Black Hole that damages and displaces enemies.
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First Upgrade: Also triggered by ranged attacks.
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Final Upgrade: Also triggers on enemies in an area around the affected enemy.
Skill Track: Phantom (Mid-Season)
Strike unseen and vanish fast, slip past danger, land critical blows from the shadows.
Ambush: Critical hits from behind on unaware enemies deal more damage.
Fast Melee: Faster Melee speed.
Trap Avoidance: Traps and Mines take longer to detect you. Undetectable when fully upgraded.
Silent Movement: Quiets movement and reduces enemy detection distance.
Elusive Target: Reduces accuracy of enemies shooting at you.
Decoy: Taking significant damage deploys an Echo Unit that distracts enemies.
CODMAS Comes to Endgame (In-Season)
With CODMAS comes extra festivities in the Endgame! Hunt down frozen projectiles and keep an eye out for holiday-themed Supply Box gifts.
Endgame Progression and Rewards Continue
The
Black Ops 7 Co-op Campaign offers a host of unique rewards to unlock, as well as Global XP and a dedicated Weapon Camo track. Here’s what you can earn throughout the Campaign:
· “Irides One” M15 MOD 0 Blueprint
· “Phantom” Shadow SK Blueprint
· “Razorfire Vertex” Ryden 45K Blueprint
· “Grounded” Mason Operator Skin
· 55,000 XP + more rewards
Challenges Accepted: Endgame Integration
Remember that your Level, Prestige, and Weapon Levels all progress across Endgame, Multiplayer, Zombies, and
Call of Duty:
Warzone™.
Additionally, Endgame is fully integrated into both Daily and Weekly Challenges, the latter of which allows you to unlock more Loadout Items including weapons and Attachments, as well as Camos. And don’t forget the major Weapon Camo progression for all 30 launch weapons as well as the seven Season 01 weapons; to unlock the Military, Special, and Mastery Camos specific to the Campaign and Endgame, including the fabled Molten Gold, Moonstone, Chroma Flux, and Genesis Camos!
Black Ops 7: Season 01 Multiplayer Content
MULTIPLAYER CONTENT SUMMARY
6+ Maps: At launch, deploy to brand-new maps Fate, Utopia, and Odysseus plus a remaster of Standoff, followed by the Sleighjacked map variant arriving just before CODMAS. In the Mid-Season, deploy to the new Yakei map in Japan and go nuclear on foes in the remastered Meltdown. Fringe joins the map lineup in-season, too, in its newest incarnation as a distillery returning from
Black Ops 6.
6+ Modes: Play fan-favorite Party Modes including Prop Hunt, Sticks & Stones, Sharpshooter, One in the Chamber, and Gun Game. Celebrate CODMAS with Holiday-themed LTMs and fight for territory in the new Takeover mode arriving in the Mid-Season.
Additional Content: Pilot the new Deadeye Drone Scorestreak, an aerial drone equipped with a sniper rifle and two new Overclock abilities to further customize its payload. Plus, get a baker’s dozen of returning Loadout items incoming from
Black Ops 6 at Mid-Season.
Multiplayer Maps
Utopia (Launch)
Brand-New, 6v6, Medium-Sized
Huge towers line the horizon of this futuristic city, a refuge for the rich courtesy of The Guild. The striking environment offers plenty of opportunities to get creative with Wall Jumping and parkour-style movements over a loose three lane design balanced between interior and exterior spaces.
Once a cutting-edge Guild research facility built for The Guild’s isolation and innovation, this site now serves as the nerve center of Project Synapse under Alden Dorne’s command. Towering structures pierce the skyline, remnants of a forgotten future now repurposed for ruthless ambition. The layout blends sleek interiors with exposed exteriors across a loose three-lane design, offering dynamic opportunities for wWall runsJumps, parkour maneuvers, and creative combat flow.
See the residence of the future in the Display Home and take a load off by the Restaurant and Garden Statue. In the center, the Showroom displays a cross section of the city, while the outer lanes border the edges of the map which drop far down below. Watch your step or risk falling away from this lap of luxury.
Fate (Launch)
Brand-New, 6v6, Small-Sized
Revisit a twisted version of Raul Menendez’s Nicaraguan compound where giant machetes slice up the sky and chunks of the environment hang suspended in the air as if time were frozen.
David is dragged back into the nightmare he’s tried to forget—: a fractured memory where fear and regret over Raul Menendez take physical form. Step into a warped vision of Menendez’s Nicaraguan compound, now twisted beyond recognition: colossal machetes carve through the sky, and shattered pieces of reality hang suspended as if time itself has splintered.
This dreamlike map features a clearly defined three-lane layout built on a floating landmass in the sky. Fight in the central Courtyard and through the Church or take to the outer lanes where the land drops down nothingness and portals provide instant access to different areas of the map; come out the other side ready to fight.
Odysseus (Launch)
Brand-New, 6v6/2v2, Small-Sized
Engage in close-quarters combat and non-stop action as you explore the Deck overlooking a runway with aircraft frozen in mid-explosion, a red mist floating in the skies above.
The team steps into a distorted hallucination aboard the scarred deck of the USS Obamaa familiar carrier, a place etched deep into David’s past. Close-quarters combat dominates as you fight across the deck overlooking a runway frozen in chaos: aircraft locked mid-explosion, debris suspended in time, and a crimson mist bleeding across the sky.
Bring the fight up close in the Barracks and jump up into the ceiling Vent to crawl over and drop down into the Brig. On the Bridge, the hallucination intensifies as the front window blasts outward, glass shards held suspended in the air.
Standoff (Launch)
Remaster, 6v6, Medium-Sized
Remastered for
Black Ops 7, Standoff returns with greater visual fidelity than ever before. Revisit your favorite spots on this classic mid-sized map from
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 that played a huge role in casual and competitive play.
Flames erupt from the central tower over the Main Road where a tank and statue mark the intersection in view of the Store, Hostel, House, and Warehouse, each with a second-story viewpoint over the street. Move in close behind the stone walls by the tower to keep out of view or swing around to toward the Gas Station and Graveyard Alley to skirt the outer edge.
Sleighjacked (In-Season)
Variant, 6v6, Small-Sized
Hijacked gets more than just a holiday makeover in this wild festive map variant. The luxury boat has taken to the skies at night, hooked up to a herd of reindeer flying over the city.
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Dubbed “Smooth Sleighing” for the holidays, this rethemed classic is lit up with garlands, lights, wreaths, and other decorations all celebrating the season of giving.
Yakei (Mid-Season)
Brand-New, 6v6/2v2, Small-Sized
The sky’s the limit. Chase enemies over the rooftops of a cluster of buildings in this Japanese cityscape, the night sky casting an eerie glow over the Ducts, Vents, and other industrial components.
High above the neon-soaked streets, the rooftops of a dense Japanese city become the stage for betrayal. Tech and lightLights pulse through the skyline as Alden Dorne closes in on David Mason. Navigate a labyrinth of ducts, vents, and industrial structures under an eerie night glow, where vertical combat and relentless pursuit turn every ledge into a fight for survival.
Use your Wall Jump to leap over gaps with sheer drops below and flank enemies through the Maintenance passage and around Electric equipment. Yakei fits plentiful tactical opportunities across its three-lane layout; make the most of them and rule the rooftops for the win.
Meltdown (Mid-Season)
Remaster, 6v6, Medium-Sized
A fan-favorite from
Black Ops 2, Meltdown returns in remastered form for the very first time with modern visuals, dynamic lighting, and molten-hot action. This mid-sized industrial map features a nearly symmetrical layout in a classic three-lane design as Operators traverse the nuclear power plant’s administrative buildings, cooling tower, and around the turbine down by the water.
There’s room for every playstyle to shine here, with multiple power positions looking down over the action and iconic flank routes like the central underpass giving close-ranged Loadouts the means to close the distance.
Fringe: Returning Black Ops 6 Map (Mid-Season)
At the Mid-Season update arriving in the new year, players will return to Fringe, first introduced in
Black Ops 3, and subsequently remastered reimagined for
Black Ops 6 in Season 04. Visit the grand opening of the Rolling Hills distillery, an idyllic locale surrounded by open roads, barns, and rustic structures that offer multiple routes for engagement, now with additional traversal options via Wall Jump. Clash along the main Road or push into the Bar for close-quarters combat. Keep an eye out for sharpshooters perched in the upper Barn and along the Bridge — and brace yourself when fighting through the tight confines of the Loading route.
In Case You Missed It: Nuketown 2025 is Here!
Nuketown 2025 (Preseason)
Remaster, 6v6, Small-Sized
Released as part of the Preseason offering shortly after launch, Nuketown 2025 is back in remastered form with stunning visuals, a redefined combat flow, and explosive action that redefines the classic map. Drop into this retro-futuristic vision of suburbia and start slaying.
More at Mid-Season: Prepare for an additional, \[CLASSIFIED] map variant added to the pool at Season 01 Reloaded!
Multiplayer Modes
Prop Hunt (Launch)
Returning Mode
Disguise yourself as a prop and evade notice from searching Operators in this fan-favorite Party Mode challenging players to notice what’s not quite right in the environment. Props whistle every 30 seconds, so be ready to move and even change shape or drop a decoy if the enemy is on to you. Teams switch roles between rounds, from hiding as props to seeking them out before the round timer is up.
One in the Chamber (Launch)
Returning Mode
Each Operator spawns with a pistol, one bullet, a Combat Knife, and three lives. The only way to earn another bullet is to eliminate another Operator. In this free for all, every shot that lands counts as an elimination, so keep your aim steady and start dancing when encountering enemy fire. When only two players remain (check this), a UAV begins to scan the area, forcing the remaining targets into a fight.
Sharpshooter (Launch)
Returning Mode
Put your skills to the test in this free-for-all match where every Operator is given the same randomly selected weapon. Every 45 seconds, the weapon changes to a new random weapon for all players, and this cycle continues throughout the match.
Sticks & Stones (Launch Window)
Returning Mode
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Armed with a Crossbow, Ballistic Knife, and Combat Axe, players battle in a free-for-all earning points for each elimination. Keep slaying to outscore the enemy but beware — those who fall victim to the Combat Axe lose all their points. Watch your back and aim your own axe to take down players with the highest scores.
Gun Game (Launch Window)
Returning Mode
Eliminate enemies and be the first to cycle through every weapon tier in this party mode where every Operator starts out with the same weapon. With each elimination, your weapon is advanced to the next tier. Eliminating enemies with a melee attack will demote them to the previous tear and vice versa, so don’t let anyone get up close!
Takeover (Mid-Season)
New Mode
Take what’s yours in this highly playable, dynamic objective mode. Two teams of six fight over three neutral territories, earning a point for each zone they control. Highest score at the end wins the game. When all three of the zones are captured, there’s a slight cooldown before all three territories move to a new set of locations within the map.
Focus your tactics on capturing a neutral zone with your squad, as the capture time shortens with multiple Operators in the territory. You can even slow down your opponents’ capture time by defending a zone, even if you’re out-gunnedoutgunned, leading to some impressive tactical plays across a match.
Holiday Havoc (In-Season)
CODMAS LTM
It’s prime time for the holidays. Drop into this festive moshpit combining your favorite modes with holiday cheer. Eliminate enemies to unlock bonuses like Quick Regen, Spring Speed, and Movement Speed, helping to patch up your wounds while propelling you into the next fight. Holiday Care Packages will also occasionally drop, with a high chance to pull some top-tier Scorestreaks!
Snowfight (In-Season)
CODMAS LTM
Arm yourself with snowballs replenished from piles scattered across the map. Eliminate enemies by hitting them with snowballs to win the round. No respawns.
Additional Loadout Content
New Scorestreak (Launch Window, Multiplayer Only)
Weekly Challenge Reward
Scorestreak: Deadeye Drone
Type: Lethal
Score: 575
Mastery Badges: Yes
Remote piloted aerial drone equipped with a small magazine sniper rifle. Unlock via Weekly Challenge.
Take to the skies remotely with the Deadeye Drone to harass and eliminate enemies with its onboard rifle. Soar over the environment and look for target indicators marking the position of enemy Operators.
Overclock Abilities
Extended Mag: Larger magazine allows for more shots.
Grenadier: Attached grenade for aerial bombing.
Expand Your Arsenal: Returning Black Ops 6 Loadout Content (Mid-Season)
Prepare to unleash havoc on your enemies with some tried and trusted ordnance as a drop of
Black Ops 6 Loadout content arrives in
Black Ops 7 at Mid-Season, including a Tactical, two Lethals, two Field Upgrades, and eight Scorestreaks! Expect the following to be added to your Loadout choices. Note that Overclock Abilities are not available for these items:
Tactical: Shock Charge
A deployable electrical trap that sticks to surfaces and releases a pulse that stuns and damages enemies.
Lethal: Impact Grenade
A precision grenade that detonates instantly upon impact for quick, controlled eliminations.
Lethal: Thermo Grenade
Deploys a volatile fuel-air mix that ignites after a brief delay, engulfing targets in a powerful blast.
Field Upgrade: Morphine Injector
Grants a temporary safeguard against fatal damage, triggering a Last Stand state. Teammates can revive you, or you can self-revive by securing an elimination.
Field Upgrade: Tactical Insertion
Marks a chosen spot as your next respawn location, ideal for maintaining pressure or rejoining the fight fast.
Scorestreak: Archangel Launcher
A shoulder-fired launcher that deploys remote-piloted rockets, allowing precise strikes from afar. Fires two per magazine.
Scorestreak: Combat Bow
A lightweight bow armed with explosive arrows that detonate on impact, leaving behind fiery zones of denial.
Scorestreak: Death Machine
A heavy minigun with extreme fire rate, deep ammo reserves, and devastating penetration power.
Scorestreak: Dreadnought
A heavily armed gunship outfitted with multiple cannons, rocket pods, and a Daisy Cutter payload for wide-area destruction.
Scorestreak: Grim Reaper
A semi-automatic rocket launcher that fires up to four rockets per cassette-style clip, with rapid reload capability for sustained fire.
Scorestreak: SAM Turret
Deploys an automated missile system that locks onto and destroys enemy aerial Scorestreaks.
Scorestreak: Strategic Bomber
A stealth aircraft that unleashes a massive carpet bombing run over a designated target zone.
Scorestreak: War Machine
A burst-fire grenade launcher that fires impact-detonated rounds from an oversized magazine for high-volume explosive firepower.
Note: All of this returning Equipment may be used to complete Daily or Weekly Challenges, and have Medals to earn, which allows you to unlock your trophies and further XP with a wider choice of arsenal.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7: Season 01 Zombies
ZOMBIES CONTENT SUMMARY
New Round-Based Zombies Map: Seek out another Shadowsmith at a mysterious observatory in Astra Malorum, the next Zombies story map exploring an evil presence festering in the Dark Aether. Face the new O.S.C.A.R. Elite robot and wield the new LGM-1 Wonder Weapon. Turn new traps to your advantage and earn new quest rewards on completion.
New Gameplay Content: Fight back the horde in the Exit 115 Survival map, get a guided Main Quest experience in Directed mode for Ashes of the Damned, and turn up the difficulty with Cursed mode in Astra Malorum. Get festive with holiday LTMs and in the Mid-Season, face the Zarya Cosmodrome Survival map and get some extra guidance in Directed Mode for Astra Malorum. Plus, earn new Pack-a-Punch Weapon Camos!
Returning Perk, More Loadout Content, and Augments: Chug Mule Kick to carry a third Primary Weapon, with added benefits gained from researching its Major and Minor Augments. An assortment of
Black Ops 6 content arrives to expand your combat options, as well, including returning Ammo Mods and Field Upgrades.
New GobbleGums, Equipment, and Support: Spice up your matches with two new GobbleGums joined by a host of Equipment and Support returning from
Black Ops 6, ready for construction at the Crafting Table in the Mid-Season.
Leaderboard Event: Compete on a 30-player Leaderboard on the new Season 01 Round-Based Map, Astra Malorum, to win Camo and GobbleGum rewards, and more!
New Map: Astra Malorum
The heroes continue their perilous journey in search of another Shadowsmith, with their path leading them to a mysterious observatory, a relic ripped from the early 20th century now drifting silently within the shimmering rings of Saturn.
Once a beacon of human curiosity and discovery, the observatory has become a ghostly monument suspended in time, its rusted domes and fractured telescopes watching endlessly over the planet’s swirling bands. Within its hollow corridors, secrets of the past, and the next step in their quest awaits.
Astra Malorum: The Stars of Evil
An insatiable hunger for knowledge of the cosmos. A powerful, evil presence within the Dark Aether. Twisted rituals that grew in intensity. In the cold depths of space, a century-old observatory guards a gateway to a dead world.
The unknown of the galactic void awaits….
Astra Malorum: New Enemy Encountered: O.S.C.A.R.
This sentinel robot — a remnant of mid-20th Century cinematic imagination — has somehow become an animated, stalking menace that roams the dark halls of the Observatory. Known as the Observation System and Carnifex Adjudicator Robot (or O.S.C.A.R. for short), this Elite entity seems to be persistent in assessing and neutralizing threats, slowly hover-patrolling areas where a disturbance has occurred.
Using a Detection Field to scan the environment in methodical sweeping motions, should a threat be determined, O.S.C.A.R. switches to Combat Mode. At this point, countermeasures are deployed:
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Drone Shield: A smaller, mobile robot tethers itself to O.S.C.A.R., keeping it immune to all incoming damage. Additional Drones should be expected should a more protracted battle occur.
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Tesla Field: An offensive electrical arc crackles out of O.S.C.A.R.’s carapace, searing damage into any nearby threats. Expect additional electrical offense when O.S.C.A.R. engages in close-quarter fighting.
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Attack Drones Hologram: A Drone Hologram is deployed from O.S.C.A.R.’s chest cavity, and travels directly towards a perceived threat. Should the hologram connect with that threat, any nearby undead entities are attracted to attack in a fiercely enraged state.
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Internal Circuitry Projectile: Should a threat become unreachable, O.S.C.A.R. produces non-critical internal parts from its interior and hefts them at a threat.
Astra Malorum: New Wonder Weapon: LGM-1
Mastery Badges Available for this Weapon
The Little Green Menace launches saucer squadrons that exterminate enemies like the lower life forms they are. Shoot for the stars!
A retro-sleek artifact with unique target acquisition and annihilation qualities, the LGM-1 shoots out partly autonomous saucer-like projectiles that swarm nearby targets with miniature (but potent) laser fire.
This small squadron of independent spacecraft prioritizes the closest targets and depends on weapon aiming. These flying discs then track and circle enemies, before returning to the LGM-1 for replenishment.
Astra Malorum: New Traps
Stellar Dissector
Cut up zombies with fatal laser beams
Cost: 1,000 Essence
A central feature of the Observatory’s Luminarium is an archaic celestial beamcaster that has been attached to a tall tesla coil. When exploring this astral pavilion, this contraption might do more than catch your eye.
Apogee Annihilator
Bomb zombies with Astronomer Rockets
Cost: 1,500 Essence
If you were to visit the Stargazor’s Courtyard once certain criteria were met, you may encounter a rusting, mechanical turret with an ornate crank and rustic rocket repository. Perhaps the rows of missiles encased in sticks of dynamite might come in handy if you and your crew find yourself in a bit of a pickle?
Astra Malorum: Main Quest, Quest Rewards, and Challenges
The Main Quest for Astra Malorum goes live when the map releases with Season 01 on December 4. Complete the Main Quest to earn the following:
· A new \[CLASSIFIED] Operator Skin for \[CLASSIFIED], Calling Card, and 10,000 XP.
· Complete Astra Malorum Mastery Challenge for another Calling Card and 5,000 XP.
· Obtain the necessary Intel — Audio Logs, Documents, and Artifacts — to earn a third Calling Card and another 10,000 XP.
· Players who complete the Main Quest before Directed Mode arrives for this map will also earn a unique Calling Card variant.
Astra Malorum also comes with six new Calling Card Challenges, with an animated Mastery Card for completing the entire set. Players can access the set from the Map select screen in the Quest Reward/Intel widget, or via the Zombies Calling Card Challenges menu in the "Maps" category. There might even be some new Dark Ops Challenges to discover!
Survival Map: Exit 115 (Launch)
Welcome to Reba’s Diner! Today’s specials are carnage stew and mayhem hash. This is one exit you don’t want to take — unless, of course, you’re looking for trouble. More information below:
Season 01 Zombies: New Gameplay Content
There are even more Modes coming to
Black Ops 7 Zombies in Season 01:
Standard
Access Round-Based Zombies with limited guidance on both Ashes of the Damned and Astra Malorum. Recommended for intermediate players.
Directed - Ashes of the Damned
Return to Ashes of the Damned with a guided Main Quest experience. Rounds advance with progression with a maximum round cap of 15. Recommended for casual or new players. Complete to obtain the following:
· The “Bushwalker” Skin for Maya, as well as a Calling Card and 5,000 XP.
· There’s also an additional Calling Card and 10,000 XP for obtaining all necessary Intel.
Directed: Astra Malorum: Expect to access Directed Mode on Astra Malorum at Mid-Season.
Survival: Exit 115
Survive as many rounds as possible in this isolated location from Ashes of the Damned with everything you need to put up a fight. The more rounds you survive, the more rewards you can earn:
· “Chef’s Special” Animated Emblem and 1,000 XP (reach Round 10)
· “Ravaged” Charm and 2,500 XP (reach Round 25)
· “Perkaholic” Ultra GobbleGum and 5,000 XP (reach Round 50)
Survival: Expect to enter Zarya Cosmodrome in Survival at mid-season!
Cursed: Astra Malorum:
No guidance. Limited HUD and loadout. Point system inspired by
Black Ops 3. Search for six new Relics to further increase difficulty after completing the map’s Main Quest. All further information, including Relics and rewards, is \[CLASSIFIED].
Holiday Modes: Jingle Hells (Astra Malorum): Take the fight to the undead in Jingle Hells, a limited-time holiday variant of Astra Malorum. This festive twist on Round-Based Zombies brings snow, ice, and holiday chaos to the battlefield. Gather snowballs, battle through freezing weather as you attempt to complete the Main Quest in these freezing conditions.
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Snowballs & Snowball Piles: Collect snowballs from piles around the map to freeze zombies. Frozen enemies are easier to eliminate and may drop holiday presents.
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Holiday Presents: Frozen zombies can drop presents whose loot quality improves as the rounds climb higher. Present loot includes weapons, equipment, support and upgrade items.
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Naughty or Nice (Power-Up): Pick up a stocking to test your luck. Nice drops multiple holiday presents, while Naughty spawns timed waves of Ravagers.
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Snowmen: DestoryDestroy them to find random loot. However, they may be hiding a zombie inside!
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Freezing Weather: While outdoors, players will begin to freeze will lower their movement speed. At round one, players move at 85% of their standard speed. As rounds progress, the map grows colder, with the slowdown capping at 50% movement speed.
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Barrel Fires: Ignite barrel fires in outdoor areas to create permanent warmth zones that cancel the freezing effect.
Additional Tuning Adjustments
Zombies have reduced health in the early rounds to help squads build momentum. All players start with bonus essence and salvage to accelerate early crafting and upgrades.
Note: These tuning adjustments do not apply to List Keeper’s Challenge.
Rewards
Completing the Main Quest earns exclusive seasonal rewards, including a Holiday Calling Card, Ultra GobbleGum, and bonus XP.
Holiday Modes: List Keeper’s Challenge (Astra Malorum)
A different storm has settled over Astra Malorum. The Main Quest is replaced by a chain of mysterious objectives delivered through the unseen hand of the List Keeper. Every task builds on the next, each demanding more control, awareness, and resolve than the last. Can you prove you have the virtues necessary to be recorded onto the List?
The List Keeper’s Challenges
Each objective brings a new test. Some are easier to tackle solo, while others benefit from teamwork. Depending on where you struggle... and you will... you may find that changing your party size makes all the difference.
Rewards
Players who impress the List Keeper earn unique seasonal rewards, including a Holiday Calling Card, Ultra GobbleGum, and bonus XP as trophies for those who answered the Keeper’s call and endured what followed.
New Pack-a-Punch Camos Confirmed!
Season 01 brings a variety of new Astra Malorum Pack-a-Punch camos to unlock, some of which are displayed above. Each has specific unlock criteria, with some being trickier to obtain than others. Note that any PAP Camo you’ve previously unlocked while exploring Ashes of the Damned can be chosen as your preferred PAP Camo here, too.
Returning Perk-a-Cola: Mule Kick
Drink to carry an extra weapon. Unlock 15 total Augments to begin this Research.
If you’re concerned about bringing too few guns to face down unruly undead hordes, take a swig of Mule Kick and increase your weapon capacity with room to carry an additional Primary Weapon, along with some additional augmentations to your ammo and Equipment carrying capacity.
Major Augments
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Pack Mule: You can carry more stock ammo. This applies to all your Primary Weapons, and the amount varies depending on the type of weapon. Includes Wonder Weapons.
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Free Throw: Chance to keep Equipment when used. Does not apply to the Combat Axe. This means when you throw non-retrievable equipment, like a Decoy or Molotov, there’s a chance your ammo count remains the same.
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Ol’ Reliable: Your third Primary Weapon is recovered when you repurchase Mule Kick. Does not apply to limited-quantity weapons (like certain Wonder Weapons). Your weapon now no longer falls to the ground and is instead stored within a realm out of your grasp… until Mule Kick is used again.
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Multi Pack: Pack-a-Punching a weapon might cause another weapon you are carrying to upgrade to the same PAP level. This includes your dedicated Melee Weapon. If the upgrade doesn’t happen, the chances of it happening in the future increase.
Minor Augments
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Fully Equipped: You can carry more Equipment. This allows you to carry one additional Tactical, and one additional Lethal.
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Plate Hunter: You can carry an extra Armor Plate. Note this adds one to your Plates in reserve, not currently worn and protecting you.
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BOGO: Crafted Equipment grants an additional Equipment up to the maximum capacity. This allows you to craft one item and get another one for free, if you have the inventory capacity.
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Kick Back: Get a discount on Perks. This applies to purchasing Perks at machines, and the discount is significant.
Returning Ammo Mod: Light Mend
Bullets deal Light damage. Each bullet has a chance to transform a Normal or Special Enemy’s health into a Healing Glyph that moves to nearby injured allies. Unlock 21 total Augments to begin this Research. Any Augment Research undertaken in Black Ops 6 is brought into Black Ops 7.
Last introduced in Season 01 Reloaded of
Black Ops 6, Light Mend offers you the chance to heal at the expense of your foes’ constitution. Ineffective against Elite enemies (unless an Augment is applied), Light Mend has a chance to activate on Normal and Special zombies, conjuring a glyph of light that moves to the nearest injured player and is absorbed, healing them.
Major Augments
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Antibiotic: The Healing Glyph damages enemies that touch it, but this also reduces its lifetime.
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Big Game: Light Mend can activate on Elite Enemies, dropping three more Healing Glyphs and doing more damage.
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Dual Action: Consuming a Healing Glyph will temporarily allow you to heal faster.
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Booster Shot: The Healing Glyph can now overcharge health.
Minor Augments
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Longer Life: The Healing Glyph lifetime is increased.
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Extra Strength: The Healing Glyph replenishes more health when consumed.
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Express Remedy: Increase the range that the Healing Glyph will move to an ally.
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Mitosis: Each activation has a chance to create an extra Healing Glyph.
Returning Ammo Mod: Shatter Blast
Bullets deal explosive damage. Each bullet that hits a Normal or Special Enemy has a chance to create an explosion that destroys armor. Unlock 21 total Augments to begin this Research. Any Augment Research undertaken in Black Ops 6 is brought into Black Ops 7.
Last introduced in Season 04 of
Black Ops 6. Shatter the armor of standard and Special undead, unleashing an area blast whether armor breaks or not. The Shatter Blast effect triggers at random with a brief cooldown, ensuing some chaotic but vicious takedown potential. While Elites resist the direct blast (unless you’re well into your Augment Research), nearby explosions can still take their toll, so group the horde close when using this Ammo Mod.
Major Augments
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Big Game: Shatter Blast can activate on Elite Enemies.
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Blast Chain: Shatter Blast has additional detonations.
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Blast Repair: When Shatter Blast destroys enemy armor, some of your armor is restored.
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Blast Shield: Damaging multiple enemies with Shatter Blast temporarily mitigates damage you receive.
Minor Augments
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Blast Zone: Increases the size of the explosion.
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Blast Boost: Increase the explosion damage.
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Blast Wave: Normal Enemies are knocked down by the explosion.
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Blast Through: Weapons with Shatter Blast deal more damage through armor.
Returning Field Upgrade: Tesla Storm
You and nearby allies will generate electric fields that stun and damage enemies. Unlock six total Augments to begin this Research. Any Augment Research undertaken in Black Ops 6 is brought into Black Ops 7.
Last introduced in Season 01 Reloaded of
Black Ops 6. Activate Tesla Storm to bathe the undead with Aether-infused electricity, chaining bolts between you and nearby teammates to stun and damage anything zombified in your path. Use it to cut a line through clustered enemies, alleviate a more desperate revive, or to turn the tide if you’re caught in a tight spot.
Major Augments
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Transformer: The field’s damage is increased by the number of allies that are connected.
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Shockwave: On activation, release an explosion that stuns and deals Electric damage to nearby enemies.
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Static Discharge: On activation, create a lethal surge of electricity around you.
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Haywire: Periodically send out electric charges that stun and damage enemies while the Tesla Storm is active.
Minor Augments
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Power Grid: increase the range that the electric tether can connect to allies.
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Overclocked: Your movement speed is increased during Tesla Storm.
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Lithium Charged: Increase Tesla Storm duration.
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Amped: Increase the Tesla Storm stun and damage radius.
Returning Field Upgrade: Frost Blast
Create a blizzard that deals lethal Frost damage on activation and slows enemies that enter it. Unlock 9 total Augments to begin this Research. Any Augment Research undertaken in Black Ops 6 is brought into Black Ops 7.
Last introduced in Season 03 Reloaded of
Black Ops 6. Encase nearby undead in a freezing shockwave, slowing their advance and leaving them brittle enough to shatter with follow-up strikes. Perfect for crowd control or clutch revives, Frost Blast can allow you to regroup and retaliate before the next round begins.
Major Augments
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Ice Slick: Enemies within the blizzard may be knocked down.
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Flash Freeze: Normal Enemies within the blizzard will be frozen solid and are killed when damaged.
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Frost Cast: The blizzard moves forward when activated.
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Stone Cold Stronghold: Incoming damage is mitigated while you’re inside the blizzard.
Minor Augments
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Extension: Significantly increase the blizzard’s duration.
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Frostbite: Increase damage to frozen enemies.
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Extra Charge: Increase Max Charges by one.
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Deep Chill: Enemies continue to be slowed after leaving the blizzard.
Returning Field Upgrade: Mister Peeks
Summon Mister Peeks to our reality. Unlock 21 total Augments to begin this Research. Any Augment Research undertaken in Black Ops 6 is carried forward into Black Ops 7.
Last introduced in Season 05 of
Black Ops 6. Deploy Mister Peeks, a devious dancing decoy that captivates and confuses the undead. Nearby Normal and Special zombies are drawn into his orbit before he detonates in a burst of energy and confetti. Use him to clear clustered hordes, quell advancing waves, or buy a moment to revive teammates. Mister Peeks brings equal parts distraction and destruction to any match.
Major Augments
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Dance Party: Mister Peeks becomes the life of the party.
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Arcane Fury: Mister Peeks becomes a master of the elements.
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Apex Hunter: Mister Peeks focuses all attacks on the strongest nearby enemy other than bosses.
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Peek Health: Heal rapidly while near Mister Peeks.
Minor Augments
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Social Butterfly: Increase Mister Peeks’ attraction radius.
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Peeks’ Favor: Mister Peeks is good to have around near Mystery Box locations.
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Party Animal: Increase Mister Peeks’ dance duration.
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V.I.B. Discount: Mister Peeks will offer an ammo discount to VIBs (Very Important Buddies).
New GobbleGums (Launch)
Crack a tooth and bring the elements to your next Zombies encounter, as well as some memorable tunes, with the following two new GobbleGums:
Elemental Exposure (New, Epic GobbleGum)
Type: Instant.
Zombies Description: \[Lasts 3 Minutes] Your weapons will always inflict damage of the target’s Elemental Weakness.
DOA 4 Description: For the next ten minutes, you are invulnerable to all hazards. Not effective in the Boss Arena.
Slaylist (New, Whimsical GobbleGum)
Type: Instant.
Zombies Description: Plays a random Zombies song.
Returning Equipment (Mid-Season)
Expect an impressive increase in your Crafting Table equipment, as well as available Tactical and Lethal projectiles, as a variety of returning
Black Ops 6 Equipment becomes available both in-game and in your Loadout.
Returning Tactical: Shock Charge
Electrical device that sticks to surfaces and electrocutes enemies, stunning them.
Accessibility: Loadout Menu, Crafting Table
Carry Capacity: 3
Salvage Required: 500
Available Criteria: Available Mid-Season.
Returning Lethal: Impact Grenade
A grenade that explodes on impact.
Accessibility: Loadout Menu, Crafting Table
Carry Capacity: 3
Salvage Required: 350
Available Criteria: Available Mid-Season.
Returning Lethal: Thermo Grenade
Creates a large fuel-air cloud that explodes after a duration.
Accessibility: Loadout Menu, Crafting Table
Carry Capacity: 4
Salvage Required: 350
Available Criteria: Available Mid-Season.
Returning Support: War Machine
Powerful burst-fire grenade launcher with grenades that explode on impact. Large magazine.
Accessibility: Crafting Table
Salvage Required: 2,250
Available Criteria: Available Mid-Season.
Returning Support: Grim Reaper
A semi-automatic rocket launcher that fires up to four rockets from a single cassette-style clip. Comes with two extra clips for rapid reloading.
Accessibility: Crafting Table
Salvage Required: 2,000
Available Criteria: Available Mid-Season.
Returning Support: Death Machine
Heavy minigun with a fast fire rate, high penetration, and a large ammunition capacity.
Accessibility: Crafting Table
Salvage Required: 1,750
Available Criteria: Available Mid-Season.
Returning Support: Combat Bow
A lightweight bow equipped with explosive arrows that detonate on impact, creating patches of flames.
Accessibility: Crafting Table
Salvage Required: 1,250
Available Criteria: Available Mid-Season.
Zombies Leaderboard Event
Season 01 brings a new Leaderboard Event to Zombies, giving players a chance to compete to earn Camos, GobbleGums, and additional rewards. At launch, brave the inky void as well as the zombie onslaught at Astra Malorum and take home more than just bragging rights.
The higher your placement in Leaderboard Event, the greater the rewards you’ll earn when the event ends including Camos and GobbleGums. Additionally, players can complete Leaderboard Challenges to unlock a Knife Blueprint and Weapon Charm
Dead Ops Arcade 4 Updates
New updates and improvements arrive in DOA 4 with Season 01, including:
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New Modes & Playlist Updates
o Full Leaderboard reset
o Hardcore Playlist added. Good Luck!
o First-Person Mode introduced to the Normal Playlist.
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Gameplay Improvements
o Improved enemy targeting for more natural proximity-based behavior.
o Adjusted enemy melee behavior.
o Crawler zombies now expire 8 seconds after dismemberment.
o Boss health rebalanced.
o Updated barrel damage values.
o Pole hazard lethality tuned.
o Fixed issue where the Abomination enemy could spawn outside the map.
o Player collision improved when boosting.
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SlayerMart & Items
o Multiple SlayerMart bug fixes.
o Various SlayerMart price adjustments.
o Added cooldowns and restrictions to select gums and store items.
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Fates & GobbleGums
o Fate of Firepower tuning updates.
o Divine Shield Fate bug fixes.
o Fate upgrades no longer apply to purchased temporary Fates.
o Various GobbleGum fixes.
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Stability & Controls
o General stability fixes.
o Improved save/load reliability.
o Some controller input issues resolved.
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