IX

IX (pronounced Nine) is the second Zombies map featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and the twenty-sixth map overall. Chronologically, it is the third map in the Chaos story. This map introduces two new special enemies: the Destroyers and the Marauders. There are also Zombified Tigers that appear randomly throughout the map. The map also introduces a new wonder weapon, the Death of Orion, as well as a new variant of the shield, the Brazen Bull.
==Overview==
IX is set in a gladiatorial arena in Egypt during the time of the Roman Empire. The map is relatively small, with players spawning in a tunnel that leads into the main arena. From there, the player can either buy the door to the Danu temple or Ra temple, with the Odin and Zeus temple gates being accessible from the inside. Each of the temples connect to a circular underground chamber, which leads into the main temple that contains the Pack-a-Punch Altar.
==Features==
IX shares similar mechanics to previous maps in the Zombies franchise. As each round progresses, difficulty gradually increases. A new element unique to this map is that in certain key areas the floors are fitted with a device that produces streams of fire. The pattern in which they go off is randomized by each round, but rotates through a few specific patterns.
===Crowd Affinity===
With the setting of a gladiatorial arena, you are measured by the crowd from how well you perform in the game. This is measured by the skeletal hand right above your character icon and points. The hand will gradually move to a thumbs up the better you do and gradually move to a thumbs down the worse you do.
To increase your affinity, you simply kill zombies. The speed in which you kill zombies matters too. The longer you take to advance between rounds might make your affinity go up slower. Killing Gladiators or Brawlers increases the affinity the most.
To lose affinity, you simply take damage. By taking damage from any zombie enemy, you have a chance of lowering the affinity. Taking damage from traps has a much higher chance to lower your affinity. Going down guarantees you lose affinity. Another way to lose affinity is by attacking the crowd by throwing a Frag Grenade, Acid Bomb, or Wraith Fires at them.
When your affinity is close to being completely good or bad, the crowd will start to give you rewards. If your affinity is good or almost good, then every round the crowd will throw a random power-up to the Arena. If your affinity is bad or almost bad, then the crowd will throw a chunk of poop to the Arena. Picking up the poop makes you lose 250 points and might cause a small amount of damage to you. If you’re in the arena while your affinity is this low, the crowd might even hurl things at you, causing a decent amount of damage.
===Trials===
Next to each entrance of the temples in the Arena, there is a banner that's held up by rope. By knifing the rope, you will start off a set of challenges, shown towards the left of your screen. Most of the challenges are random, but the rewards will be the same for each challenge number. The rewards spawn in the very center of the arena in a bowl that is in the direction of the temple depending on the banner you chose. The next challenge won’t start until the reward from the current challenge is picked up. The rewards will not disappear.
=====Rewards=====
*Challenge 1: Self-Revive
*Challenge 2: Bonus Points Power-Up
*Challenge 3: Pack-A-Punch’ed Strife
*Challenge 4: Max Ammo Power-Up
*Challenge 5: Full Power Power-Up
*Challenge 6: A random Assault or Tactical Rifle
*Challenge 7: Extra Perk Power-Up
*Challenge 8: Max Ammo Power-Up
*Challenge 9: A Pack-A-Punch’ed Hades
===Free Doors===
Upon completion of Abandon Ship or Venerated Warrior, the player will be able to open doors on any map (except Alpha Omega and Tag der Toten) for free for the remainder of the game session. This ability persists until the player closes the game. In a co-op Private Match, only the party host will gain this ability, and the ability will extend to other players as long as they are playing in the same lobby with said host.
===Weapons===
Starting Weapons
Combat Knife menu icon BO4.png|Knife
Welling menu icon BO4.png|Welling (player-determined)
Strife menu icon BO4.png|Strife (player-determined)
RK 7 Garrison menu icon BO4.png|RK 7 Garrison (player-determined)
Saug 9mm menu icon BO4.png|Saug 9mm (player-determined)
Essex Model 07 menu icon BO4.png|Essex Model 07 (player-determined)
MOG 12 menu icon BO4.png|MOG 12 (player-determined)
FragGrenadeBO4.png|Frag (player-determined)
Acid Bomb menu icon BO4.png|Acid Bomb (player-determined)
Claymore menu icon BO4.png|Claymore (player-determined)
WraithFireBO4.png|Wraith Fire (player-determined)
Sentry menu icon BO4.png|Sentry (player-determined)
Special Weapons
Chakrams of Vengeance menu icon BO4.png|Chakrams of Vengeance (player-determined)
Hammer of Valhalla menu icon BO4.png|Hammer of Valhalla (player-determined)
Scepter of Ra menu icon BO4.png|Scepter of Ra (player-determined)
Viper and Dragon menu icon BO4.png|Viper and Dragon (player-determined)
Off-Wall Weapons
Strife menu icon BO4.png|Strife - 500 points (Arena)
Essex Model 07 menu icon BO4.png|Essex Model 07 - 500 points (Arena)
RK 7 Garrison menu icon BO4.png|RK 7 Garrison - 700 points (Danu Tower: Entrance)
Saug 9mm menu icon BO4.png|Saug 9mm - 750 points (Danu Tower: Arboretum)
Escargot menu icon BO4.png|Escargot - 1000 points (Ra Tower: Entrance)
MOG 12 menu icon BO4.png|MOG 12 - 1000 points (Danu Altar Room)
Spitfire menu icon BO4.png|Spitfire - 1150 points (The Pit)
Swordfish menu icon BO4.png|SwordFish - 1200 points (Temple)
Mozu menu icon BO4.png|Mozu - 1300 points (Danu Tunnel)
MX9 menu icon BO4.png|MX9 - 1300 points (The Collapsed Tunnel)
GKS menu icon BO4.png|GKS - 1300 points (Flooded Crypt)
M1897 Trebuchet menu icon BO4.png|M1897 Trebuchet - 1400 points (Ra Altar Room)
Maddox RFB menu icon BO4.png|Maddox RFB - 1450 points (Odin Tunnel)
KN-57 menu icon BO4.png|KN-57 - 1450 points (The Crypts)
ICR-7 menu icon BO4.png|ICR-7 - 1550 points (Zeus Tower: Entrance)
Vapr-XKG menu icon BO4.png|Vapr-XKG - 1550 points (Odin Tower: Entrance)
Auger DMR menu icon BO4.png|Auger DMR - 1550 points (Odin Altar Room)
Bowie Knife menu icon BO4.png|Bowie Knife - 3000 points (Ra Tower: Burial Chamber)
Titan menu icon BO4.png|Titan - 3750 points (Zeus Altar Room)
Mystery Box
Maddox RFB menu icon BO4.png|Maddox RFB
Hitchcock M9 menu icon BO4.png|Hitchcock M9
Rampart 17 menu icon BO4.png|Rampart 17
Vapr-XKG menu icon BO4.png|Vapr-XKG
Grav menu icon BO4.png|Grav
Swat RFT menu icon BO4.png|SWAT RFT
Peacekeeper menu icon BO4.png|Peacekeeper
AN-94 menu icon BO4.png|AN-94
Echohawk Dual Bore menu icon BO4.png|DoubleCross
Escargot menu icon BO4.png|Escargot
Spitfire menu icon BO4.png|Spitfire
Cordite menu icon BO4.png|Cordite
MP-40 menu icon BO4.png|MP-40
Daemon 3XB menu icon BO4.png|Daemon 3XB
Switchblade X9 menu icon BO4.png|Switchblade X9
VMP menu icon BO4.png|VMP
MicroMG 9mm menu icon BO4.png|MicroMG 9mm
Swordfish menu icon BO4.png|SwordFish
Essex Model 07 menu icon BO4.png|Essex Model 07
ABR 223 menu icon BO4.png|ABR 223
S6 Stingray menu icon BO4.png|S6 Stingray
M16 menu icon BO4.png|M16
Hades menu icon BO4.png|Hades
VKM 750 menu icon BO4.png|VKM 750
Zweihänder menu icon BO4.png|Zweihänder
Tigershark menu icon BO4.png|Tigershark
SDM menu icon BO4.png|SDM
Paladin HB50 menu icon BO4.png|Paladin HB50
Outlaw menu icon BO4.png|Outlaw
Vendetta menu icon BO4.png|Vendetta
Locus menu icon BO4.png|Locus
Havelina AA50 menu icon BO4.png|Havelina AA50
Mozu menu icon BO4.png|Mozu
RK 7 Garrison menu icon BO4.png|RK 7 Garrison
KAP 45 menu icon BO4.png|KAP 45
SG12 menu icon BO4.png|SG12
MOG 12 menu icon BO4.png|MOG 12
Rampage menu icon BO4.png|Rampage
Argus menu icon BO4.png|Argus
Hellion Salvo menu icon BO4.png|Hellion Salvo
Ballistic Knife menu icon BO4.png|Ballistic Knife
Reaver C86 menu icon BO4.png|Reaver C86
Serket's Kiss icon Blackout BO4.png|Death of Orion
Homonculus HUD Icon BO4.png|Homunculus
Buildables
Brazen Bull health icon BO4.png|Brazen Bull
Acid Trap Cauldron icon IX BO4.png|Acid Trap
==Easter Eggs==
===Main Quest===
==Cutscenes==
===Intro Cutscene===
Transcript
The scene opens with Scarlett Rhodes, Diego Necalli, Bruno Delacroix, and Stanton Shaw in an abandoned temple in Delphi, Greece.
Oracle (voice over): You are travelers. You come seeking answers.
The four sit around a giant bowl filled with a mysterious substance. Each of them holds a smaller bowl containing the substance.
Oracle (voice over): Hear my voice. Heed my warning. The knowledge you seek was not intended for mortal man. Breathe deeply. The power of the vapors will transport you. Let yourself fall through the ages. Through time and space itself.
The four inhale the vapors from the bowl. Diego's eyes turn completely black.
Oracle (voice over): And pray for your safe return...
'The scene changes to Diego, who's eyes change to blue. He is also dressed in gladiator attire and face paint. The camera zooms out, showing the other three are also wearing new outfits. All four are in a cage, watching the High Priest of Chaos greet the crowd from the podium in the center of the arena. Prisoners are brought out by members of The Order. A member of the order kneels down and presents the Ra Sentinel Artifact to the High Priest. The High Priest raises it to the crowd, to thunderous applause. He then pulls out a headpiece, which attaches itself to the Artifact, creating a force field around the High Priest and releasing Prima Materia outside of it. The prisoners are transformed into zombies, while gladiators are released into the arena to fight them. A zombie tries to grab the four through the gate, but then decides to attack the gladiators. The gladiators are mauled to death by the zombies. Afterwards, Scarlett, Diego, Bruno, and Shaw are let into the arena. The zombies turn their attention to them and attack them, but are all killed by the group. A tied up prisoner starts screaming. A Blightfather emerges from his chest, killing him. The four face towards the Blightfather as the cutscene ends.
===Outro Cutscene===
Transcript
The scene opens with blue symbols coming together in the arena, opening up a portal before disappearing. The High Priest of Chaos walked toward it, reaching his hand inside. The portal collapses, burning the High Priest's hand and face with Prima Materia, causing him to scream in pain. He removes his mask, showing scars.
Scarlett: Novum Ignotum!
The High Priest puts his mask back on and turns to Scarlett.
Scarlett: The Novum Ignotum Proclamation dictates you must grant us clemency.
High Priest: You should not have knowledge of such texts.
The High Priest grabs Scarlett by the throat.
High Priest: You are but an ignorant slave!
Scarlett: I know more than you think! And I'm nobody's slave!
Scarlett spits in the High Priest's face. He then pushes her to the ground.
Diego: What are you talking about, Scarlett? (to members of The Order) Get your filthy hands off me!
The High Priest gestures to his men to prepare Scarlett, Diego, Bruno, and Shaw to be executed by decapitation.
Shaw: This can't be happening! We're going to die...
Bruno: Oui.
An executioner raises an axe above Scarlett's head. After he swings it downwards, the screens goes to black. The scene resumes as a first person view in the arena. The High Priest removes his mask. Diego's decapitated head is shown being held by an executioner as the High Priest walks away. The cutscene ends.
==Scrolls==
==Achievements/Trophies==
Name 	Description 	Points	Trophy	Icon
My Home is the Arena	In IX, survive to Round 20 without opening a gate 	 	 	
Venerated Warrior 	In IX, defeat the most venerated opponent 	 	 	
Skilled Adversary 	In IX have a Challenge banner with all 9 medallions 	 	 	
The Slaughterhouse 	In IX, dismember 13 limbs in a single game while in The Pit 	 	 	
Gong like the Wind 	In IX, defeat all 8 challengers summoned by a gong within 5 minutes 	 	 	
Gift of Serket 	In IX, acquire Serket's Kiss 	 	 	
Here Kitty, Kitty 	In IX, Kill a Zombie Tiger with a Brain Rotted Tiger 	 	 	
Acidic Alchemy 	In IX, Get a kill with the Acid Trap in each of its craftable locations 	 	 	
Constellation Prize 	In IX, kill 9 zombies with a single uncharged shot from the Death of Orion	 	 	
==Gallery ==
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Bruno BO4.png|Bruno glares at the vapors.
Scarlett about to inhale the vapours IX intro BO4.png|Scarlett prepares to inhale the vapors.
Diego Looking at Scarlett IX Bo4.png|Diego takes a quick look at Scarlett before embarking on the journey.
BreatheDeeply IX BO4.png|Diego inhales the vapors.
Diego Blackened Eyes Bo4.png|"And pray... for your safe return."
Chaos awake as Gladiators in Aincent Roman IX BO4.png|The crew find themselves as gladiators in a Roman colosseum 
Priest is Applauded IX BO4.png|The High Priest of Chaos revels in the applause of the crowd.
High Priest of Chaos Ra Artifact BO4.jpg|The Priest holds the Ra Artifact to show his followers.
Priest Begins Trial IX BO4.png|The Priest prepares to enter the key into the Artifact and begin the trial.
Order cheering BO4.png|The crowd cheers on.
Scarlett and the others enterting the arena in IX BO4.png
Chaos ready to fight IX intro BO4.png|Scarlett and her allies ready to fight.
Crew IX Zombies BO4.jpg
EnemyStaff IX Zombies BO4.jpg
BossZombie IX Zombies BO4.jpg
Shaw SMG IX BO4.png
Diego Throne IX BO4.png
Scarlett MadHatter Trailer BO4.png
Diego Drinkin IX BO4.png
Bruno MadHatter Trailer BO4.png
Priest Point IX BO4.png
Diego vs Tiger IX BO4.png
Scarlett Awe IX BO4.png
Bruno KN44 IX BO4.png
Blightfather Blegh IX BO4.png
Bruno Reaching for Help IX BO4.png
Shaw after Abandoning Bruno IX BO4.png
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Mauler MadHatter IX BO4.png
Mauler Stab Shaw IX.png
Diego PAP IX BO4.png
Shaw reach for Bruno IX BO4.png
Shaw holding a Drakon BO4.png
Brawler Impaled IX BO4.png
Destroyer March IX BO4.png
Bruno ViperDragon IX BO4.png
Priest and Followers IX BO4.png
Homonculus IX BO4.png
ViolenceSolvesNothing IX BO4.png
Priest Portal IX BO4.png
Priest Ending IX BO4.png
Priest Reaching IX BO4.png
Priest Reveal IX BO4.png
Priest Grabs Scarlett IX BO4.png
IKnowMoreThanYouThink IX BO4.png
Oui IX BO4.png
Order Executioner IX BO4.png
Priest Unmasked IX BO4.png
Diego Faux Death IX BO4.png
IX Layout BO4.jpg|Layout of the map.
==Videos==
Official Call of Duty® Black Ops 4 Zombies - IX
Avenged Sevenfold - ‘Mad Hatter’ – Official Black Ops 4 Zombies Music Video (IX)
BLACK OPS 4 ZOMBIES - IX ENDING CUTSCENE EASTER EGG GAMEPLAY (BLACK OPS 4 IX ENDING)-2|Ending cutscene.
==References==
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