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Call of Duty Zombies Solvers & Interactive Tools

The hardest Zombies Easter egg steps are the puzzle steps — mahjong towers, ciphers, murder deductions, symbol sequences and codes. These 41 free interactive solvers do the working-out for you, live in your own match, with nothing to download. Each one is built into its map's full walkthrough, so opening a tool also drops you into the steps around it.

Black Ops 2 2012

Mahjong Tower Order Solver

Colour links a Wind tile (a corner) to a number tile (its position).

In-game: Die Rise — radio tower

Open on Die Rise →

Pigpen Cipher Decoder

These all use the classic pigpen (tic-tac-toe) alphabet.

In-game: Ashes rocket launch / Yuri's Lab / Buried mine signs

Open on Buried →Open on Ashes of the Damned →

Black Ops 3 2015

Gorod Krovi Valve Route Planner

Both the green-lit start valve and the whistling valve holding the pink code cylinder are randomised each match.

In-game: Gorod Krovi — six valve chambers

Open on Gorod Krovi →

Infinite Warfare 2016

Morse Code Decoder

Tap in the dots and dashes you hear, using ▮ between letters — it decodes live.

In-game: Shaolin phone · Beast Venom consoles · Shadowed Throne Nazi Axe

Open on Shaolin Shuffle →Open on The Beast from Beyond →Open on The Shadowed Throne →

Rooftop Cipher Key

The Disco Inferno rooftop wall paints six glyphs from a fixed A–Z cipher; you spell one map-themed word by shooting them in order.

In-game: Shaolin Shuffle — Disco Inferno roof

Open on Shaolin Shuffle →

Chemical Formula Calculator

Do Elvira's colour step first so you're reading the right boards.

In-game: Radioactive Thing — Gas Station

Open on Attack of the Radioactive Thing →

Black Ops 4 2018

Apothicon Riddle Decoder

The Apothicon Blood asks for three offerings and states each as a phrase like “Where lungs close”.

In-game: Tag der Toten — the three offerings, after the Artifact Storage dials

Open on Tag der Toten →

Black Ops Cold War 2020

D.I.E. element → port colour

Fire each upgraded D.I.E. variant into the matching coloured corner of the hanging chamber above Speed Cola; the fuse flips up when you hit the right one. Fire is RED — the corner ne…

In-game: Medical Bay test chamber (charge the four ports)

Open on Die Maschine →

Firebase Z Dartboard — shot planner

The Weapon Lab computer flashes a wheel whose lit segment stops in three positions; those positions map onto the standard dartboard in the Village.

In-game: Weapon Lab computer → Village dartboard

Open on Firebase Z →

Aetherium canister — smoke check

When you dig the Open Lot canister, identical-looking decoys spawn all around it.

In-game: Open Lot dig (RAI K-84 build)

Open on Firebase Z →

Satellite target — pick the “?”

On the satellite screen the decoy satellites carry a US or USSR flag — never select those.

In-game: Planning Office computer (before Orda)

Open on Firebase Z →

Missile silo launch order

Each launch console (Silos A, B, D) shows a row of three lights — two red, one green.

In-game: Ruka silo control rooms (Legion finale)

Open on Outbreak →

Valentina — attacks & counters

Valentina carries a blue shield over red health: break the shield before any health damage counts, and it comes back at each health checkpoint or if you stop shooting.

In-game: Tin Man Heart boss fight

Open on Mauer der Toten →

The Forsaken — armour order & cannons

It only takes health damage once its armour is stripped.

In-game: Containment Zone boss fight

Open on Forsaken →

Black Ops 6 2024

Terminus Code Solver

The three-part code is different in every game, and the usual advice is to give Dr.

In-game: Research Office — the computer with the X, Y and Z sticky notes

Open on Terminus →

Raven Rune Wheel

After forging the Raven Bastard Sword, exactly one animal-bone trophy spawns in the Alchemical Lab.

In-game: Tavern Cellar — rune wheel

Open on Citadelle des Morts →

Shattered Veil Protocol Code Solver

Type the four-letter protocol the fax printed (CRAB / WORM / MOTH / YETI) and the six chalkboard letter-groups.

In-game: Shattered Veil — Nursery chalkboard

Open on Shattered Veil →

Folder Chronology Code

Four dated folders spawn from a random pool.

In-game: Teleportation Lab computer

Open on Reckoning →

Element Atomic-Number Code

The two static screens flash a word each; take the first letter of each to form a chemical element's symbol (one screen may give only one letter).

In-game: T1 Mutant Research — vat keypad

Open on Reckoning →

Black Ops 7 2025

Serum Symbol Matcher

Interact with the Powder of the Forgotten (5th bowl) and three pigpen words appear on the chalkboard — top, middle and bottom, a different set each game.

In-game: Yuri's Lab — Zarya Cosmodrome

Open on Ashes of the Damned →

Necrofluid Gauntlet Symbols

On the jump-pad flight over Vandorn Farm, three red symbols appear on the rooftops — one for each cube face.

In-game: Aether Barrel cube — red eye

Open on Ashes of the Damned →

Planet Code Calculator

Thurston's recording names three planets. Pick them in the order spoken — each converts to its order from the Sun (Mercury 1 … Neptune 8) and the code updates live (each number is 2…

In-game: Observatory Dome keypad

Open on Astra Malorum →

Mars Symbols Order Tracker

The five symbols appear one way on the Observatory Oculus (the gold discs you tap here) and a different way on the Mars pillars (the line versions shown in the result).

In-game: Observatory Oculus → Mars pillars

Open on Astra Malorum →

Planet Directions Summary

Set the compass direction shown for each planet in-game — they collect here so you can read all three at a glance instead of flicking between them.

In-game: Mars — compass step

Open on Astra Malorum →

O.S.C.A.R. Audio-Log Stopwatch

The trailing audio log plays for roughly 90–120 seconds.

In-game: Elimination Twenty challenge

Open on Astra Malorum →

Statue / Book Puzzle Solver

Dr. Thurston's reading list flashes some book titles. Tick the ones that appeared — each book belongs to a fixed statue, so the solver counts them and tells you how many times to tur…

In-game: Archive of Orbis

Open on Astra Malorum →

Mars Declination Code

Point the telescope at Mars and read the DEC value bottom-left (degrees and arcminutes).

In-game: Telescope → Machina Astralis

Open on Astra Malorum →

Piano Melody Trainer

The notes are the same every match, so the difficulty is not knowing them — it is playing them cleanly while a horde closes in, because a fumble resets the whole thing.

In-game: Green House piano — Clean Nuketown

Open on Paradox Junction →

Genetic Lab Jar Solver

In the south corridor, two of the five numbered doors (1–5) have a radiation symbol.

In-game: Group 935 Genetic Lab — Fishery Island

Open on Totenreich →

Console Tuning Helper

Count how many times the lights blink inside Tyr's head.

In-game: Tyr's Head → consoles

Open on Totenreich →

Flak Gun Crate Helper

The Cargo Manifest in the War Factory Admin Room marks which crate holds the PZGR .39 (the Flak Gun Round).

In-game: War Factory manifest → 4 crates

Open on Totenreich →

Claw Machine / Atomkraft Core — how it works

This step is a randomised circuit puzzle, so there's no fixed answer to look up — but the rule is simple once you see it.

In-game: Machine Workshop

Open on Totenreich →

Fireplace Rune Order Tracker

When the rune circle rises, arrows point to specific runes.

In-game: Rune circle

Open on Totenreich →

Scroll Puzzle Solver (3×3)

Toggle each scroll between out and in — hitting one flips it and its up/down/left/right neighbours.

In-game: Storage Rooms — south wall

Open on Kowakujō →

Clock & Flag Combination Solver

Enter the four clock numbers in order and how many banners of each symbol-count you have.

In-game: Storage Rooms clock → Staging Area flags

Open on Kowakujō →

Murder Case Solver

Pick the clues from the ghost Rifleman, the Court Doctor's Record, and the fourth painting — the item for each painting and the zodiac dial setting update live below.

In-game: Meditation Room

Open on Kowakujō →

Her House Piano Trainer

Paradox Junction's melody with one extra note on the end.

In-game: Her House — the piano, before you answer the phone

Open on Rex Infernus →

Dravakar Pillar Riddle Solver

Melee the blue writing in Dravakar Sanctuary to hear your riddle, then pick the line you heard.

In-game: Dravakar Sanctuary — the four rotating pillars

Open on Rex Infernus →

Cube Wall — guided move sequencer

The transfer is a river-crossing puzzle, and the working sequence is the same in every game — what people lose is their place in it, halfway through, with no way to tell what they ha…

In-game: Veytharion — the four-cube wall (a required quest stage)

Open on Rex Infernus →

House Symbol Order Tracker

The four symbols appear on Her House one per round, in a random place each match — there is no fixed list to look up.

In-game: Her House — the four blue symbols (Part C)

Open on Rex Infernus →

Monolith Crank Sequencer

The three rings are randomised per match, so there is no fixed answer to copy.

In-game: Nexus Forge — the three rotating pillars

Open on Rex Infernus →

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