Voyage of Despair

Voyage of Despair is the first Zombies map featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and the twenty-fifth map overall. Chronologically, it is the second map in the Chaos story. The map is set on the RMS Titanic, after an attempt to steal an ancient artifact known as the Sentinel Artifact goes wrong. This map also introduces three new enemies; the Catalyst, Stoker, and Blightfather.
==Overview==
Voyage of Despair is a large map, set mostly on the upper decks and a few lower decks aboard the RMS Titanic. When players spawn in on the ship's forecastle, the ship will be in the process of striking a large iceberg, causing the ship to eventually stop moving and begin to slightly tip forward. Players will then be able to navigate to the stern of the ship, where the Sentinel Artifact can be found. Interacting with it will summon the four Pack-a-Punch altars and open up more areas within the ship that were previously inaccessible. Areas such as the Cargo Hold and the Engine/Turbine/Boiler Rooms will be flooded with water, although the water in those areas can be drained by interacting with a valve found in the rooms.
Similarly to Shadows of Evil from Call of Duty: Black Ops III, this map includes several portals in which allow the player to warp to certain points on the map. In this case, from the bow of the ship all the way to the stern of the ship. For a brief moment while using this portal, while the scripted animation is playing, the player can choose to land on the center of the ship.
==Features==
===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 (Forecastle)
Essex Model 07 menu icon BO4.png|Essex Model 07 - 500 points (Forecastle)
RK 7 Garrison menu icon BO4.png|RK 7 Garrison - 700 points (Bridge)
Saug 9mm menu icon BO4.png|Saug 9mm - 750 points (State Rooms)
Escargot menu icon BO4.png|Escargot - 1000 points (Bridge)
MOG 12 menu icon BO4.png|MOG 12 - 1000 points (State Room)
Spitfire menu icon BO4.png|Spitfire - 1150 points (Upper Grand Staircase)
Swordfish menu icon BO4.png|SwordFish - 1200 points (Lower Grand Staircase)
MX9 menu icon BO4.png|MX9 - 1300 points (Galley)
GKS menu icon BO4.png|GKS - 1300 points (Aft Decks/Promenade Starboard Deck)
M1897 Trebuchet menu icon BO4.png|M1897 Trebuchet - 1400 points (1st Class Lounge)
Maddox RFB menu icon BO4.png|Maddox RFB - 1450 points (3rd Class Berths)
KN-57 menu icon BO4.png|KN-57 - 1450 points (Poop Deck)
ICR-7 menu icon BO4.png|ICR-7 - 1550 points (Provisions)
Vapr-XKG menu icon BO4.png|Vapr-XKG - 1550 points (Sun Deck/Mail Rooms)
Auger DMR menu icon BO4.png|Auger DMR - 1550 points (Boat Deck)
Bowie Knife menu icon BO4.png|Bowie Knife - 3000 points (1st Class Lounge/Galley)
Titan menu icon BO4.png|Titan - 3750 points (Cargo Hold)
Koshka menu icon BO4.png|Koshka - 4500 points (Engine 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
Kraken Render BO4.png|Kraken
Homonculus HUD Icon BO4.png|Homunculus
Buildables
Riot Shield HUD BO4.png|Ballistic Shield
Distillation Kit BO4.jpg|Distillation Kit
==Easter Eggs==
===Main Quest===
The main easter egg for Voyage of Despair is Abandon Ship, where you must secure and cleanse the Sentinel Artifact.
===Weaponry Easter Eggs===
*A free Kraken can be obtained by getting the Stoker's Key and filling up chests.
==Cutscenes==
===Intro Cutscene===
Transcript
The scene opens with a server holding a tray of wine glasses as jazz music plays in the background. As he passes by, a couple of people take some of the glasses one by one.
Bruno Delacroix (voice over): Lady McKendrick may be of a higher class than you are *used to* mixing with, huh?
As the server passes by with one last glass, Diego Necalli takes it while having a short conversation with a woman.
Diego Necalli (voice over): Ah Bruno, my French friend... the lady will be so lost in my eyes and enthralled in my tales, she will not even notice when I make my move.
Diego and the woman hug, with Diego reaching down into her open purse, where he takes a key unnoticed. He then performs a bow, to which he slips the key into a plant.
Stanton Shaw (voice over): T-T-T-Timing as always, is everything.
Shaw walks near the two with a stopwatch in his hand, stopping by the plant. As Diego leaves with the woman, he nods to Shaw, who nods back to him. As Shaw looks away, Bruno approaches.
Shaw (voice over): While you and... er... Lady McBlahBlah, head off to do whatever it is that you're going to do...
As Shaw nods to Bruno, he puts away his stopwatch and follows him, but not before grabbing the key Diego hid.
Bruno (voice over): Shaw will collect the key...
Shaw (voice over): Allowing us, access, to the millionaire suite.
The scene cuts to Shaw using the key to unlock a door.
Bruno (voice over): Where we will deal with any... unwanted guests.
As the two enter the room, a man turns the corner in front of them.
Diego (voice over): When you say "deal with", I have to ask... how?
Bruno brutally punches the man, causing him to fling into the side of the doorway, knocking him out cold. Another man enters the room.
Bruno (voice over): I will launch a, how you say... charm offensive.
The man attempts to punch Bruno, only for the latter to grab the man's fist with his hand. Shaw watches on as he prepares a small device containing a blue liquid within it.
Diego (voice over): Okay... I'm with you so far, but what did you call the... "pipe things" you are looking for?
Shaw places his grenade in the tube. Upon closing it, Bruno finishes knocking the man unconscious as Shaw looks at his stopwatch again.
Shaw (voice over): Ah, pneumatic tubes. Used for the conveyance of small packages throughout the vessel. They will carry our "surprise" down to the cargo room.
The device lands in the cargo room, where a guard spots it.
Shaw (voice over): It really should be quite... exciting!
As the guard approaches the device, it detonates, releasing a blue gas that knocks the man out.
Diego (voice over): Hm... and after the detonation?
Scarlett Rhodes enters the room, using her bandana as a gas mask.
Scarlett (voice over): That's where I come in.
As the gas dissipates, Scarlett lowers her bandana and looks towards a safe.
Diego (voice over): Given that the artifact will be securely locked within the safe, dare I ask how you plan to get through two inches of solid steel?
Scarlett (voice over): I've got just the thing.
Scarlett walks over to the safe, where she places a device on the door of the safe, which proceeds to crack open the safe's combination.
Scarlett (voice over): A mechanism of my own invention.
Diego (voice over): What does it do?
Scarlett (voice over): It opens things...
The scene switches over to a man wearing a hooded cloak in a small dark room, complete with lit up candles. As the camera passes by, it reveals pictures of the four characters, as well as a key around Scarlett's neck circled in red ink.
Shaw (voice over): Now, obviously your father made some enemies during his travels.
Scarlett (voice over): That's a pretty big understatement.
Diego (voice over): If I may interject, I think you were about to ask if Ms. Rhodes expected us to encounter any opposition.
As a glowing red spot on the man's forehead disappears, the man lifts off his hood, revealing his face. As he gets up, he shakes the rest of his cloak off of his shoulders.
Scarlett (voice over): It's possible. Likely even.
The man exits his room as the scene switches back to Scarlett, who has just opened the safe's door.
Bruno (voice over): What of the other valuables, are we to secure them also?
Scarlett (voice over): Just the artifact. We're not thieves.
Bruno (voice over): What are we then?
Scarlett (voice over): All that stands between humanity and the forces of evil.
As Scarlett takes the artifact from the safe and inspects it, the man suddenly appears and grabs the artifact from her hand. He then grabs the key around Scarlett's neck, with Scarlett kicking him back. However, this allows the man to rip it off from her necklace. As Scarlett looks where the key used to be on her necklace, the man attempts to escape, only to be stopped by Diego, who holds him as knifepoint. The man turns around, only for Shaw to appear from behind a stack of boxes with a Webley. As he attempts to run again, Bruno appears, effectively cornering him. With no other choice, the man inserts the key into the top of the artifact, causing a yellow energy bubble to surround the group. As the artifact breaks apart and releases dark clouds, the man laughs ominously as the clouds pass by the four characters. Suddenly, Scarlett grabs the man's shoulder and punches him in the face, causing him to pass through the energy bubble. As he lands on the ground, he slowly turns into a zombie. The dark clouds soon leave the cargo room and infects the rest of the ship, turning the people onboard into zombies.
The scene comes back with several zombies running through a hallway. The four characters then fight off the zombies throughout different parts of the ship, eventually ending up on the upper deck of the ship together. As the sound of a bell rings in the background, an iceberg appears in the distance. As the camera pans out, a personal flotation device is seen, revealing that the characters are onboard the RMS Titanic as the cutscene ends.
===Outro Cutscene===
Transcript
Zombies are seen shambling around, being transformed back to normal. The Mystery Box is also shown, turning back into people as well. A man is shown dead on the floor as Scarlett, Shaw, Bruno and Diego walk through the room. They see a glowing blue gateway. Suddenly, pipes start bursting, causing the ship to shake. Scarlett, Diego, and Bruno run while Shaw watches the gateway start to disappear. Bruno pushes Shaw towards the others as the room starts to flood. The four are shown running on the deck of the ship, along with panicking passengers. They reach a lifeboat as the screen fades to black.
The scene returns with the RMS Titanic shown sinking in the background and multiple lifeboats in the ocean. Scarlett, Shaw, Diego, and Bruno are in one of the lifeboats.
Scarlett: It all just went back...to how it was before. No one will ever know.
Shaw: That...apparition. I've seen it before, I know where it is.
Diego: Is it somewhere you've been?
Shaw: Ah, no. Only in books...but I do know its location. Uh, Greece. Delphi, to be specific.
Scarlett: Then that's where we're going next. If the bad guys are there, there's a good chance my father is too.
Bruno is shown with a red glow on his forehead. He lifts up a lantern, covering his face. The screen fades to white.
==Phonographs==
== Ciphers ==
==Achievements/Trophies==
Name 	Description 	Points	Trophy	Icon
Abandon Ship 	In Voyage of Despair, complete the Trial 	 	 	
Off the Deep End 	In Voyage of Despair, survive to round 20 without draining the water 	 	 	
A Little Pack Here, a Little Punch There	In Voyage of Despair, use the Pack-a-Punch at every possible location in a single game	 	 	
Rock, Paper, Plasma 	In Voyage of Despair, kill 9 zombies via Catalytic Detonations in a single game 	 	 	
I Know a Shortcut 	In Voyage of Despair, take every fast travel path in a single game 	 	 	
Stoking the Flames 	In Voyage of Despair, kill 3 Stokers via weak-point in a single round 	 	 	
Stowaway 	In Voyage of Despair, spend 5 consecutive rounds in the Cargo Hold 	 	 	
Swimming with the Fishes 	In Voyage of Despair, kill 50 zombies that are underwater in a single game 	 	 	
Kraken Unfettered 	In Voyage of Despair, kill 9 enemies with a single shot of the Kraken 	 	 	
Trialling Experience 	In Voyage of Despair, acquire the Sentinel Artifact 	 	 	
==Gallery==
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VoyageOfDespair Poster BO4.jpg|Poster.
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VoD Zombies Promo BO4.jpg
==Videos==
Official Call of Duty® Black Ops 4 Zombies – Voyage of Despair
Voyage of Despair ENDING CUTSCENE CINEMATIC (Black Ops 4 Zombies Ending)|Ending cutscene.
==Trivia==
*The captain of the RMS Titanic, Edward Smith, can be seen being transformed into a zombie during the intro cutscene.
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