The Tortured Path — World War II Zombies Easter Egg Guide

On every stage, charge the three batteries (they activate on Waves 1, 4 and 7 only — don't hunt the next one early) by killing ~10 zombies beside each until its green top light goes out. Übersprengen (Pack-a-Punch) comes online once the third battery is full on Wave 7; upgrade the boss weapon before Wave 10.

Collect 6 zombie parts (2 arms, 2 legs, torso, head) from randomised spots — under wooden stairs, the wine cellar, the fireplace, etc.

Shoot the first rope off the tree behind the windmill (Wave 1); on Wave 2, hold-interact the submerged branch at the river left of Double Tap and take the second rope once it rises. Two rods come from the drop pod by the dead cow left of Quick Revive (Wave 3). Keep two Wüstlings alive: line them up with the victim in front, shoot the rear one so its charge kills the front one, and take the dropped arm-club. Jam the club into the windmill gears only when the longest blade points straight down, then load the torso, head, two arms, two legs, both ropes and two rods onto the blade.

Retrieve the club so the windmill turns, then stop it with the body blade at the top (~20s later). Lightning strikes the corpse and knocks it down: on Wave 6 kill zombies beside it to charge it, on Wave 7 escort the revived zombie as it walks to the broken-house fireplace (Wüstlings ignore Frontline and attack it directly), and on Wave 8 kill zombies near it until the battery it carries glows green. Only then let it die, take the battery and slot it into the Wine Cellar generator — the hidden door opens for the Hilt (all Blitz perks this chapter). If the friendly zombie dies before the battery is green, restart the chapter.

Around Wave 10 the Raketenbrenner arrives behind a gravity shield, so normal fire is wasted. Lead him into the large red airstrike circle and stay near its lighter edge; the bombing strips his shield and staggers him. Throw a Jack away from the team, pop Freefire/Frontline and burst his head, then repeat the cycle until he dies. Extract on Wave 11 and return to the same lobby.

In the back-left Barracks, melee the battery on a box — every player must interact to enter electrical vision (the view widens and some zombies turn invisible). Then shoot all nine spectral fish around the ship while vision is active (re-enter at the Barracks battery if it fades) and end the round by the lower-deck Jeep.

Follow the airborne Red Herring fish, which drops three charging stations in turn (red-floor room → Barracks → bottom of the Cafeteria stairs). At each, buy the active battery wallbuy for 3,000 Jolts and kill ~8-10 zombies beside the station; fill the third no later than Wave 8. The team teleports into the island gauntlet — clear the Final Reich island (Straub + Wüstling), the Darkest Shore island (Meuchler) and the Shadowed Throne island (Sizzler) — then win the cup game: watch the fish enter a cup and shoot it after the shuffle stops, three rounds. Take the Pommel from the table crate (all perks + it becomes your tactical).

Don't stand on the boss's landing point — it can instantly down you. This Stadtjäger has less health than the Shadowed Throne version and isn't gated by the Zeppelin phases, but it charges and throws electrical sticky projectiles. Open with a Jack, pop Freefire and focus the chest/head while circling the outer deck; break line of sight when stickies build up, and never back into the narrow PaP room with it behind you.

In the Forge Room, melee the vision battery three times until it breaks — a broken battery grants rune vision every two waves. Sweep the fourteen rune positions for the glowing symbol, record it, and enter the full sequence at the Rune Room wall. A wrong input is cleared by interacting with any rune until all symbols depress and return. On Wave 3, take the Hilt from the ceiling supply crate and place it in the glowing Forge bowl.

Note: the rune shapes and sequences are randomised each match — read the live symbols, don't rely on a fixed key.

Take the flares (they replace your tactical, carried two at a time) from the stairs between spawn and the Forge. Throw one into each of the four stone bowls below the Forge face statues, then into a fifth bowl that appears on the ground near Stamin-Up. The wall left of Stamin-Up opens — mount the revealed rune on the Rune Room wall, re-enter vision and solve the second code (excluding runes already used).

Place the Pommel (from the next supply crate) in the Forge bowl, then find the four sacrifice pads: every player must stand on an active pad simultaneously and rack up kills without stepping off (listen for the completion cue — there's almost no progress display). Take the rune from the Forge blood pool, solve the third code, then place the Blade from the final crate and interact with the Forge to assemble the Sword of Barbarossa.

Start near spawn so the Guardian runs into the open. Damage it while circling; when it retreats to the centre and heals from the red-glowing overhead pillars, destroy every lit pillar (an explosive upgraded pistol or the Hurricane Tesla is ideal) to interrupt the heal and knock it down ~10s — then Jack, Freefire and unload on its head. Later heals light more pillars at once, so split targets in co-op. Kill it, then hold the Wave 11 extraction circle to escape.