Zombies mode returns in Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 with the model-new Ashes of the Damned map. The roads of Ashes of the Damned are harmful, so you will need the map’s new Marvel Automobile as a way to survive. Right here we’ll information you thru the way to restore and improve Ol’ Tessie to make the truck much more highly effective. We’ll additionally embrace some useful suggestions for locating and respawning the truck.
The complete improve quest requires using the map’s distinctive Necrofluid Marvel Weapon, and you will wish to get began on these steps as quickly as doable. You’ll be able to confer with our information on the way to unlock the Necrofluid Marvel Weapon. There are additionally components for later steps that you could gather early in your match, so it is best to learn via the components wanted for Tessie’s turret improve earlier than getting began.
Finishing all upgrades for Ol’ Tessie will even unlock the Black Ops 7 trophy/achievement titled “I Heard You Like Upgrades.”
Ashes of the Damned’s Marvel Automobile defined
Ol’ Tessie is the brand new Marvel Automobile for Ashes of the Damned. This map does not characteristic a standard map format, and as a substitute, it is a large map with six essential POIs related by harmful stretches of highway.
At the beginning of a match, you are guided via making the primary two enhancements to Ol’ Tessie, together with the highly effective Pack-a-Punch improve, however then the hunt markers disappear. There are extra highly effective upgrades the sport does not inform you about, and there are some useful instruments and tips that can assist you preserve your Marvel Automobile in fine condition.
It is essential to at all times preserve shifting once you’re driving Ol’ Tessie on the connecting roads. She’s fragile in her starting state, so you don’t need her breaking down and leaving you stranded on the roads. You’ll be able to restore her with salvage or let her regenerate well being over time, however it’s actually laborious to do that and keep alive, particularly in a solo match.
There are glowing plant pods scattered all all through the roads of the map, and you will wish to swerve round and keep away from these, as they explode and deal loads of injury to your truck. Ravager enemies will even latch on and deal injury, so do not cease till you get to the subsequent POI, after which the Ravagers will disappear.
How to totally improve Ol’ Tessie
T.E.D.D. improve
The preliminary quest markers will information you to the T.E.D.D. half within the spawn space, so that you get your first improve rapidly in your match. You’re taking the half from the Fast Revive room and work together with Ol’ Tessie to put in it.
Pack-a-Punch improve
After making the primary improve, your quest marker will then information you to Ashwood. You may have to observe your goal markers to activate the ability right here, after which you possibly can entry the storage. That is the place you will add the Pack-a-Punch improve, in addition to the extra hidden upgrades talked about under.
It is also value mentioning that this Pack-a-Punch improve means you possibly can at all times improve your weapons on the go. You’ll be able to even use the machine from the truck mattress with out ever getting out.
This Pack-a-Punch improve additionally provides a lift to the truck, so you possibly can flee these pesky Ravagers and get to your location even quicker.
Abomination improve
The subsequent improve will add the monstrous mouths of the Abomination creature from Black Ops 6. To do that, you will want to go to Exit 115. A particular zombie known as “The Prepare dinner” will spawn in or across the diner. Kill this zombie and choose up the freezer key that it drops.
Go contained in the diner and use the important thing on the locked freezer. This allows you to seize the Abomination Carcass improve. Take the half again to the storage in Ashwood to put in it by way of the improve bench.
With the Abomination Heads improve, you’ll use R1/RB to shoot beams from the Abomination’s mouths. This may assist kill enemies in your path.
Turret improve
This closing improve takes time and loads of effort to gather components, and one among them will not be out there till after spherical 15. You may want the map’s Necrofluid Gauntlet Marvel Weapon and the earlier Abomination improve for Ol’ Tessie to gather serum components for this a part of the hunt.
Ravager Eyes
Accumulate Ravager eyes by killing them with the noticed blade entice at Vandorn Farm or Ashwood. You’ll be able to simply kill them in the course of the particular spherical, and one will drop the Ravager eyes half.
Human Bones
Use a throwing axe on the leg of the physique hanging from the rafters of the barn. You wish to intention for the primary physique you see hanging within the center, simply above the hay bales.
It should drop the foot half on the bottom. Throw a Molotov on this piece to get and gather the Human Bones half.
Widow’s Lantern
Go contained in the cabin at Blackwater. Decide up the Jar of Spores positioned on the shelf slightly below the kitchen sink. Then, go to Vandorn Farm and work together with the useless horse on the highway proper in entrance of the farm.
You may want to attend 3 to 4 rounds for the spores to develop on the horse, after which you possibly can gather them for the Widow’s Lantern fungus half.
Hoard Husk Chunks
Use Ol’ Tessie’s Abomination beam assault on the glowing purple flowers on the roads. Considered one of them will drop the Hoard Husk Chunks half to select up.
Powder of the Forgotten
Get the Wisp Tea perk from Zarya Cosmodrome, after which you could go to the mirror discovered within the Tailor Store in Ashwood. Stand subsequent to the mirror within the room whereas Wisp Tea is lively, after which shoot the mirror with the Necrofluid Gauntlet. This may drop the Powder of the Forgotten half.
Mysterious Limb
The final half you’ll gather requires you to kill a zombie bear with Ol’ Tessie’s Abomination beam assault. These bears do not begin spawning till after spherical 15, however take down the bear with the beam to gather the Mysterious Limb piece.
Upon getting all of the serum components, you possibly can then mix them in Yuri’s Lab for the second half of the turret improve quest.
Create serum in Yuri’s Lab
Go to Yuri’s Lab in Zarya Cosmodrome. That is discovered by opening the metallic storage room doorways which can be reverse to the door you opened for the Assist Methods space of the map, the place you commanded Klaus that can assist you get the canister for the Necrofluid Gauntlet.
First, work together with the bowl of white powder on the desk. This may trigger three traces of symbols to look, and every line decodes into one of many serum components you have collected. These elements on the desk have to be interacted with within the order they seem on the board.
Utilizing the primary image of every line will decide the half wanted:
> = Human Bones
L = Hoard Husk Chunks
C = Widow’s Lantern
C with a dot = Ravager Eyes
L with dot = Mysterious Limb
You’ll be able to see my instance within the picture above, which gave me the L with a dot, C with a dot, and the common C. This meant I wanted to work together with the Mysterious Limb, Ravager Eye, and Widow’s Lantern mushroom in that order.
For those who do it proper, pink smoke will seem and you’ll proceed with the steps. If black smoke seems, you will have to attempt once more subsequent spherical.
If the smoke is pink, you possibly can work together with the desk so as to add blood to the combo. Doing so will begin a lockdown survival step. Be ready. This can be a robust place to outlive, so be sure you have stuff that can assist you. Turret deadly tools, Insta-Kill GobbleGum, armor, and perks.
For those who fail the lockdown, you possibly can attempt once more subsequent spherical. When you survive, you possibly can proceed with the hunt, which now requires you to gather keys.
Accumulate three keys
Three glowing keys are hidden on the roads between the POIs. A number of the key spawns are simply out of attain, so that you want the Necrofluid Gauntlet that can assist you get these. Out-of-attain keys might be shot with the Necrofluid Gauntlet, and you then simply have to hit reload with the weapon to tug the merchandise to the bottom.
Every glowing key must be delivered to the diamond-formed field that is chained up in Ashwood on the west facet of the map. This appears identical to the unusual locked merchandise that appeared within the mirror step proven above.
Nightbird key (Crimson key)
The pink secret’s discovered within the Orda Graveyard, which you attain when touring from Ashwood to Exit 115, and preserve to the suitable path. You may see its pink glow from a distance.
The identified key spawns are:
- Contained in the dino cranium up on the hill
- In the back of the dino cranium on the highway
- On the highway simply previous the diner which ends up in a Venture Janus automobile. The important thing might be behind the automobile
You can not regenerate well being whereas holding the pink key, so be sure you hop in Ol’ Tessie and head straight to Ashwood to deposit it.
Bruin key (Yellow key)
This glowing secret’s discovered on the highway main from Ashwood to Zarya Cosmodrome.
The identified key spawns are:
- On prime of the fallen radio tower that hangs over the highway
- On prime of the tower with the array
- Near Ashwood highway signal as you”re heading towards the cosmodrome, excessive up on the cliffside
Holding this key forces you to modify to your devoted melee weapon, so once more, be sure you hop in Ol’ Tessie and head straight to Ashwood to deposit it.
Terrapin key (Inexperienced key)
This inexperienced glowing secret’s discovered on the Grounded Ship on the highway from Ashwood to Vandorn Farm.
Identified spawn areas:
- Simply contained in the opening of a blue delivery container positioned close to the again of the ship
- Beneath the ship in between barrels
- Contained in the window of a small room on the deck of the ship
This key slows you down by disabling your dash, so once more, be sure you hop in Ol’ Tessie and head straight to Ashwood to deposit it.
With all three keys deposited, you will get a short cutscene to get pleasure from. You’ll be able to choose up the DG-2 Turret Barrel half as soon as it is completed. Take the half again to the Ashwood storage to finish Ol’ Tessie’s closing improve.
Ideas and tips to know for locating and repairing Ol’ Tessie
Ol’ Tessie can auto-regenerate well being over time. You may know that is occurring as a result of there is a inexperienced glow across the truck. She can be repaired extra rapidly with Salvage.
Ashes of the Damned is a big map, and it is simple to get separated out of your truck, particularly in a co-op session. You should use the button on the outer wall of the Ashwood storage to respawn the truck for 1,000 factors, or you possibly can go to the teleport pad contained in the storage to pay 500 factors to teleport contained in the truck, wherever it’s on the map. This makes reuniting with teammates and finding the truck faster than working the roads.
For those who’re not in Ashwood and have to get to the storage, you need to use a bounce pad at one of many essential POIs to get again there. The bounce pads solely value 500 factors, so it is a low cost solution to bounce round POIs when wanted.