Outbreak Easter Egg 1 Guide

How to get the Cold War Outbreak Easter egg

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Looking for the CoD Cold State of war Outbreak Easter egg? Outbreak but received its showtime Main Quest, and it features several steps that somewhen lead to a ferocious boss fight. Dedicated players have already braved Legion and have even managed to beat it, but if you're struggling to work out what to do I'm here to assist.

In keeping with previous Easter eggs on Firebase Z (opens in new tab) and Die Maschine (opens in new tab), yous'll be fighting to survive against waves of zombies while completing intricate missions to reach the end of this Chief Quest. What makes the latest challenge even trickier is that it tin spread across all the Outbreak maps. Here'southward how to solve the Outbreak Easter egg.

Preparation

All Cold State of war Outbreak Easter egg steps: How to complete the Main Quest

You can kickoff this Easter egg as early as round three, and you'll be able to finish it by round five. However, that doesn't hateful it's easy. The enemies in this mode move in thick and fast, and you tin die at any moment. I recommend teaming up with your pals and taking on this quest together as information technology feels near impossible solo.

To give your squad a fighting chance, spend the opening rounds preparing for the long claiming ahead by opening chests, upgrading your weapons, and completing side missions. While carrying a shotgun is usually a skilful idea in Call of Duty's Zombie modes, make sure you've got a powerful ranged weapon for the boss fight after on. Even though it feels very early, try to buff your loadout as much equally possible in rounds i and 2. If you can get your easily on a Wonder Weapon, that's even better.

Round Three

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How to find the Amplifiers in Outbreak

Listen to the radio and tune the point amplifiers

To begin the Easter egg, y'all need to notice the radio. Unfortunately, the radio location isn't marked on your map, so you lot'll need to hunt around for it. Alternatively, you can watch MrDalekJD'due south detailed walkthrough video (opens in new tab), which shows the radio and amplifier locations on every Outbreak map, every bit well as other helpful locations throughout the Primary Quest.

Once you've located the radio, press F to listen to the 'unknown signal' and a few zombies will appear effectually it. Eliminate the zombies, then walk back over to the radio. Information technology's now emitting a static noise. At that place are three amplifiers nearby that you'll now need to tune to the aforementioned frequency. Keep an eye out for more zombies, and caput to each one to tune them to match the radio static.

After all three amplifiers are tuned, walk back to the radio and collaborate with it. If you've done your job correctly it'll driblet a Buoy Listening Device and some Zombie Essence.

Activate the Beacon

Head to the Beacon, which looks similar a big metal tube with a phone icon on its screen. Access the terminal and select the icon with the telephone on it. After listening to the dialogue, the Beacon will display a white 'M' on the screen. You can now travel to the side by side map and round skip to begin round four.

Round Iv

Look for monkeys that await like this. (Image credit: Activision )

How to find the Outbreak monkey locations

Later starting round four, you'll need to find 4 monkeys (like the ane above). Merely like the radio amplifiers, in that location are four monkeys on each Outbreak map, and then it doesn't thing which one you're on currently. I've marked the Outbreak monkey locations on each map to help you out. All you need to do is shoot them (in that location will exist an One thousand scrawled on the wall next to them) and take hold of the Microfilm Slides that driblet afterward.

Find the projector

With the Microfilm Slides safely in your possession, y'all need to detect a projector and collaborate with it to examine some slides. Once again, the location varies depending on the map, so here's where the projectors can be found on each:

Duga: In the Admin Offices, on the white table.
Alpine: On the tiptop floor of the Lodge, nearly the green sofa.
Ruka: In the Wunderfizz building, on the first floor.
Sanatorium: In the meeting room at the bottom of the stairs of the Administration building.
Golova: Head to Upper Boondocks and into the Armor Station. Explore the rooms and you'll notice the projector on a trolley in the middle of one of them.

Round V

Caput to the Missile Silos

Lift the Lockdown

Brainstorm round 5 and you'll find yourself on the Ruka map. You take some time to loot the chests hither, and complete some sidequests. When you're ready, head to the Missile Silos and walk through the hole in the wall to admission the lift. Press the push on the terminal and 'Objective Started: Operatsiya Inversiya' will pop up on screen.

Expect to meet lots of zombies in the silos. Exit the elevator and acquit correct, then stitch the stairs, continuing all the way upwardly to the top floor. Look for the corridor with the star on the wall higher up it, and run through information technology, and so go past the green calculator terminals. Brand your way through the corridor across the computers, and but to the correct of the pink archway ahead is a concrete pillar with 'A' painted on information technology. Drop down through the gap in the flooring here to arrive on floor 'A-2'. At present run towards the terminals with the greenish maps on the walls. On the right side, towards the back of the room y'all tin 'Lift the Lockdown' by using the last.

How to notice the Launch Keys

Your new objective is to notice iii Launch Keys in the Missile Silos zone. You can observe these in any guild. Lots of Mimic enemies will spawn in the room that connects the silos, and they have hefty wellness confined, so accept your time and articulate as many of them as you tin before looking for the keys.

Launch Key 1

There'southward a soldier slumped against the blueish door downwards the corridor marked 'C'. They're holding an ICBM Launch Key just as soon as you attempt to take it, the soldier volition turn into a Mimic called 'Ruzarkon the Twisted'. You demand to defeat this creature to grab the Launch Key.

Launch Key ii

Next, it's time to pay Silo B a visit. On the footing floor, walk over to the scarlet box—which is actually an Aetherium Harvesting Unit of measurement—under the big scarlet star. Collaborate with the box, then explore the surrounding area and shoot the imperial crystals that announced. Collect 20 Aetherium Crystal Chunks, then return to the harvesting unit to deposit them. Caryatid yourself for another zombie encounter, and then retrieve the charged cylinder.

Run to Silo D and you'll notice that a big jellyfish with heavy Dark Aether vibes is lurking here. Caput upwardly the stairs behind it and intermission on the platform that's covered in blueish grass. Turn to face the jellyfish and employ the Aetherium Field Upgrade (the canister yous simply charged). You'll be pulled towards the creature. As you float downwards, catch the Launch Key suspended in the air.

Launch Central three

That'southward two keys downwards, so let'south become the third. Make your style to the ground floor in Silo A. Run through the tunnel with the cherry-red lights and call up the Essence Trap (its a green and yellowish bundle next to the blue barrel).

If y'all listen carefully you'll be able to hear a monkey in the vents in the main room. Scour the Silo walls for a vent that'due south glowing blue and toss the trap so information technology lands near it. Avert continuing too shut to the monkey as yous'll scare information technology and it'll run abroad. Once the trap glows blue, double tap F to lock it. The trap should at present be glowing purple instead. Walk upwards to it and grab the concluding Launch Key.

Outset the Launch Sequence

Your side by side claiming is to reach the launch consoles in Silos A, B, and D to insert the keys. On the tiptop floor, expect for a large room with two rows of grey computer terminals, and a large green map positioned on a large screen higher up.

As always, sentinel out for zombies ambling effectually these rooms, but bear in mind that y'all demand to complete this job in under xxx seconds to initiate the launch sequence. Y'all'll also demand to work out what the gild is when inserting the keys (this changes every time). Don't sweat it if y'all don't ace this office on your beginning try, the puzzle resets and you can try again shortly afterwards.

In one case y'all're ready to fight the boss, head upstairs to the Exit Door and leave the facility. You'll notice yourself in a paved expanse where Legion will spawn momentarily.

Legion dominate fight

How to defeat the Legion boss

Before we have on Legion, recollect that there will be lots of zombies in this tight space, so y'all won't be able to requite the dominate your full attention the entire time. If you find that you lot're taking too much impairment from Manglers and Mimics, take intendance of them before switching back to Legion. That said, you only have nine minutes to defeat Legion and finish the Primary Quest.

Legion is a huge entity that'll bladder above you in the loonshit. To begin with, the weak spot is in its torso, so I recommend directing all your fire power there. The boss has electrical attacks, so keep your distance every bit much as possible. After a while, the boss will move to some other corner of the map and it'll look equally though it's tethered to three electrical orbs. When these announced, concentrate on shooting them instead. Legion will alternate betwixt these phases until you take it downward.

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