Call of the Dead

Call of the Dead is the ninth Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies map. Treyarch called it "a unique Zombies experience" and is "a very special creation for all Zombie fans". The level is the first to feature actual celebrities fighting off zombies and features George A. Romero as one of the zombies. Call of the Dead occurs in an abandoned Group 935 Siberian outpost, which features a shipwrecked freighter, a vibrant lighthouse, and a sparse coast.
== Overview==
Call of the Dead is the sixth largest Zombies map behind Mob of the Dead, Moon, Green Run, Die Rise, and Origins. Players spawn on the shore with up to three other teammates with George A. Romero spawning out of a lightning bolt in a nearby pool of water. There are two chalk weapon outlines there, as with the last three Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies maps, the Olympia and the M14. Players can choose to open one of two different boats to clear, both costing 750 points. One leads to the lighthouse, and the other leads to the broken ship. The Power Switch is located at the top of the ship, which has the Flinger on the side of the second floor.
A new perk, Deadshot Daiquiri, is located at the very top of the lighthouse, with a price of 1500 points. The Matryoshka Dolls returns from Ascension, alongside a new Wonder Weapon, the V-R11 makes its debut in this map, with the ability to transform Zombies back into humans, with them then running away in fear and committing suicide by throwing themselves in the icy water (or killed by the player), along with the ability to calm George (temporary) and to make teammates do infinite damage and not be harmed by zombies. The subject who was shot by the V-R11 can also cause a distraction among the zombies and George Romero, thus the subject can be killed by the horde or George Romero. Another new wonder weapon is the Scavenger; a bolt-action sniper rifle that shoots explosive bolts dealing very high damage. When Pack-a-punched, the Scavenger becomes the Hyena Infra-Dead, dealing even more damage, including a higher radius of splash damage. The Hyena Infra-Dead also has a thermal scope.
When George A. Romero appears at the first round he appears in a "calm state", slowly walking towards the player while shouting threats. He also appears to have an extremely high amount of health, 250,000 per player in the game (i.e. he has 250,000 health in solo, 500,000 with two players etc.). Damaging him or allowing him to hit a player triggers his "Berserk Mode", causing him to first shout and then chase the nearest player wildly attacking and spontaneously roaring and growling. He calms down if he is lured back into water. The player gets 10 points for shooting him when he is calm and out of the water. However, doing so will anger him. Contrary to popular belief, the V-R11 does not turn George A. Romero back into a human, only managing to turn him back into his "Calm State" for a period of time. Using the Pack-a-Punched V-R11 on him while he is mad will turn him back into his Calm State until he is provoked again in the water which makes him disappear for a limited amount of time, after which he comes back. The players can kill George, though doing so will take time and effort. One of the best ways to kill George is with the Hyena Infra-Dead or a players weapon of choice. After defeat, the players are rewarded with a Random Perk Bottle and a Death Machine (or a Lightning Bolt in certain circumstances), and George will go back into water for the current and the following round. He then comes back in a random pool with full health.
The map also features the "Stand-in" and "Ensemble Cast" easter eggs. The easter egg consists of the original characters trapped in a small dark room, after Richtofen apparently influenced the Casimir Mechanism to teleport all of them to this Siberian outpost. Richtofen exclaims that they were sent too far into the future during the easter egg. Freeing the original characters serves as the map's major easter egg and gives the Lightning Bolt Power-up, granting the player a Wunderwaffe DG-2. Having no further need for it, Richtofen leaves it for the celebrities.
Zombies can also become electrified, causing a slight blue aura around them and an electric pulse to encircle them. These special types appear once George hits his spotlight on the ground or yells (which causes sprinters as well). If the player is attacked by an electrified zombie, their movement will be momentarily slowed and an electric shock will go across the screen (much like being hit by George's spotlight or going through an electric trap).
===Mobile Version===
The map was released via an update for Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies on July 19, 2012 where it is called "Call of the Dead: Director's Cut". Instead of featuring the celebrities that are on the original map, it features Tank Dempsey, Nikolai Belinski, Takeo Masaki, and Edward Richtofen, because of this, the Stand-in Easter Egg has been removed. The map has also been changed slightly.
*The Window on top of the boat's exterior now has sandbags in front of it.
*The Rock that filled up the gap in the Bridge that is in the spawn is gone.
*The rails on top of the ship's exterior are not solid. One can walk through them and fall off.
*Some of the rocks are incomplete, leaving some parts of the rocks floating in the air.
*The Scavenger is currently not present in this version.
*George A. Romero has short black hair.
==Features==
===New Features===
*Double Tap Root Beer returns after its absence in Ascension.
* The MP40 returns after its absence on 'Five' and Ascension
*Scavenger, a new sniper rifle that shoots extremely powerful explosive bolts.
* This is the first Zombies map to only have one window in the spawn room (though the zombies do spawn from the ground).
*It has two Ziplines: one goes from the ship to the coast and the other goes from the lighthouse to the ship.
*A new Zombie type: Electrified Zombies, who are created via George's electric stage light.
*George A. Romero guest stars as a special zombie but instead of having his own round, he will appear at Round 1 and will follow the player until he is dealt with.
*All of the original Perk-a-Cola machines and a new one called Deadshot Daiquiri are available on this map.
*The Flinger flings players off the ship and onto the bottom of the lighthouse.
*A new Wonder Weapon called the V-R11 turns a zombie back to its human state.
* Water on the map will cause frost to accumulate on the player's screen, blinding and eventually freezing the player. It also over time will act on Zombies much in the same way as the Winter's Howl freezing them in blocks of ice allowing them to be easily shattered. When encased in ice a hit from a player or zombie will free them from the ice.
*The Lighthouse's beam will showcase where the Pack-A-Punch Machine is on the map once the power is turned on. This is because it moves around the map.
*The weather occasionally changes from snowing hard with a fog, to a light flurry with easy visibility. Whenever the weather changes, the player's character will make a comment on it.
*A large lightning cluster will happen when the Pack-A-Punch Machine is leaving or entering a location.
*The Wunderwaffe DG-2 is available as a power-up, it's earned by killing George A. Romero after the main Easter egg has been completed by a player or after completing the main easter egg in a match.
* An Ice Slide that leads to the Sickle and Speed Cola.
===Weapons===
Starting Weapons
Menu mp weapons colt.png|M1911
KnifeBlackOpsMultiplayer.png|Knife
Frag Grenade menu icon BO.png|M67 Grenade
Off-Wall Weapons
Olympia menu icon BO.png|Olympia - 500 points; on the bridge in the Spawn Area. 
M14 menu icon BO.png|M14 - 500 points; On the bridge in the Spawn Area.
PM63 menu icon BO.png|PM63 - 1000 point; On the wall leading to the bottom entrance to Juggernog.
MPL menu icon BO.png|MPL - 1000 points; On the first level on the boat, right next to the first barrier leading to the Power Room.
MP5K menu icon.png|MP5k - 1000 points; On a wooden board on the way to the Lighthouse from the spawn, right before the first staircase.
Menu mp weapons ak74u.png|AK74u - 1200 points; Near the lighthouse entrance on the bottom floor, across from the door that leads to the Ice Slide.
MP40 Third Person BO.png|MP40 - 1000 points; Near the stairs down to Juggernog on the side of a cargo container, just after the player jumps off the boat from the Power Room.
M16 menu icon BO.png|M16 - 1200 points; On the wall right where the Flinger is.
Stakeout menu icon BO.png|Stakeout - 1500 points; Behind the Lighthouse near Stamin-Up.
Sickle-Ascension.png|Sickle - 3000 points; On the wall at the bottom of the Ice Slide, across from Speed Cola.
Claymore menu icon BO.png|Claymore - 1000 points; At the stern of the ship, in the room near Double Tap Root Beer.
Semtex menu icon BO.png|Semtex - 250 points; Near the bow of the ship on a cargo crate, next to the top entrance to Juggernog.
Mystery Box
CZ75 menu icon BO.png|CZ75 (with or without Dual Wield)
Python menu icon BO.png|Python
Spectre Menu Icon Black Ops.png|Spectre
FAL Menu BO.png|FN FAL
G11 menu icon BO.png|G11 (with Low Power Scope)
Famas menu icon BO.png|FAMAS
AUG menu icon BO.png|AUG (with Swarovski Scope)
Commando menu icon BO.png|Commando
Galil menu icon BO.png|Galil
HS10 menu icon BO.png|HS-10
SPAS-12 menu_icon_BO.png|SPAS-12
Dragunov Menu Icon Black Ops.png|Dragunov
Menu mp weapons l96a1.png|L96A1
RPK menu icon BO.png|RPK
HK21 Menu Icon BO.png|HK21
Ballistic Knife menu icon BO.png|Ballistic Knife
Crossbow menu icon BO.png|Crossbow
China Lake menu icon BO.png|China Lake
M72 LAW menu icon BO.png|M72 LAW
Ray Gun 3rd person view WaW.png|Ray Gun
V-R11 Drop Shadow.png|V-R11
Scavenger Weapon.png|Scavenger
Matryoshka Dolls 3rd Person BO.png|Matryoshka Dolls
Power-Up Weapons
Death Machine menu icon BO.png|Death Machine
Wunderwaffe DG-2 3rd Person WaW.png|Wunderwaffe DG-2
Other
Sawed-Off Shotgun Grip model WaW.png|Sawed-Off Double-Barreled Shotgun with Dual Wield (Cutscene)
Machete model BOII.png|Dual Wield Machetes (Cutscene)
AK-47 menu icon BO.png|AK47 (Poster)
===Perks===
Perk-a-Cola Machines
Juggernog Machine Render.png|Juggernog - 2500 points
Quick Revive Machine Render.png|Quick Revive - 1500 points (500 points on Solo)
Speed Cola Machine Render.png|Speed Cola - 3000 points
Double Tap Root Beer Machine Render.png|Double Tap Root Beer - 2000 points
PhD Flopper Machine Render.png|PhD Flopper - 2000 points
Stamin-Up Machine Render.png|Stamin-Up - 2000 points
Deadshot Daiquiri Machine Render.png|Deadshot Daiquiri - 1500 points (1000 points on PC version)
Mule Kick Machine Render.png|Mule Kick - 4000 points (via update)
====New Perk====
Deadshot Daiquiri is a perk introduced in Call of the Dead and later featured in Shangri-La, Moon, Mob of the Dead, Origins, The Giant, Der Eisendrache, Zetsubou No Shima, Gorod Krovi, and Revelations. The perk's icon consists of a black background color with the foreground being a head in front of a set of cross-hairs. The perk works in three different ways: it makes the cross-hairs smaller identically as Steady Aim, making sniper rifles have no idle sway and it works as improved aim assist; when the player would aim down the sights while looking near the zombie, it would lock to the head of the zombie, instead of chest. In PC, it only increases hip-fire accuracy similar to Steady Aim.
 Deadshot Daiquiri Theme 
==Easter Eggs==
=== Main Quest ===
The Main Quest in Call of the Dead involves collecting and delivring the Vril Device to Edward Richtofen. Stand-in is the version of the quest which can be completed on solo while Ensemble Cast must be completed with several players.
===Musical Easter Egg===
To activate Not Ready to Die, the player need to interact with three hidden rocks around the map:
*The 1st rock can be found in the spawn on a barrel near the boat leading to the lighthouse.
*The second rock can be found in the ship in the Diner.
*The third rock can be found in the PhD Flopper room below a small table.
===Poster of Avenged Sevenfold===
The poster of A7X dressed in what looks like Soviet uniforms can be found behind the generator on the small section of wall in the room where the door is located for the Stand-in Easter Egg, from left to right they are: M. Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, Synyster Gates, Johnny Christ and deceased drummer The Rev.https://deathbatnews.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/nightmare-on-sale-at-best-buy-dbn-contest-win-coda7x-poster/
==Transcripts==
===Opening Cutscene===
Transcript
The screen is black and George A. Romero can be heard speaking.
Romero: "Well, I've always liked the 'monster within' idea. I like the zombies being us. It's like zombies are the blue-collar monsters."
The lighthouse appears on the screen with a flash of lightning behind it. Zombies start to attack Danny Trejo and Robert Englund and both of them try to fight them off.
Trejo: "We're completely surrounded!"
Englund: "We're completely fucked!"
Englund is stabbing a zombie with his pitchfork and Michael Rooker is then seen killing zombies with two Sawed-Off Shotguns.
Rooker: "Are you girls kidding me? I've been praying for this shit! Come on!"
A door to the lighthouse opens behind Rooker, and Sarah Michelle Gellar kicks a zombie corpse down the stairs that lead to the door.
Gellar: "Boys... let's get to work."
Action music starts playing and all four characters continue killing zombies. A zombie comes to attack Rooker from behind. Rooker turns around and attempts to hit the zombie on the shoulder but misses. The zombie stops attacking, looks at the camera, and starts talking.
Fake Zombie: "For God's sakes, he missed me again!"
Romero: "Cut! Are you blind, man?"
Romero takes one of Rooker's shotguns and goes to Englund to demonstrate how Rooker was supposed to knock out the zombie for the movie.
Romero: "Like this."
Romero hits Englund in the face with the butt of the shotgun.
Englund: "OOOWWWW!"
Romero: "See?"
Trejo: "No jefe, I do it like this."
Trejo bunts the bottom of his machete on top of Englund's head.
Englund: "Danny!"
Gellar: "I do it like this."
Gellar roundhouse kicks Englund in the chest, knocking him on his back. A real zombie then comes out of a window prop.
Romero: "Get back to hair and make-up. You don't look dead enough!"
A fake zombie attempts to take the real zombie by the shoulder to escort it to hair and make-up.
Fake Zombie: "Come on, let's go."
The real zombie throws the fake one to the ground, picks up Romero and runs away with him.
Rooker: "That ain't in the script."
Trejo: "We're writing a new one! It's called 'Maggot! Sack! Massacre!'"
Englund: "This is a real nightmare!"
Englund stabs an approaching zombie with his pitchfork
Sarah stabs a zombie in the back with a sickle
Gellar: "Let's slay some stiffs!"
Trejo slashes two zombies' necks, runs another zombie through and slits its neck. Gellar kicks an undead in the mouth as Englund stabs a zombie with his pitchfork and throws it onto the ground, stabbing it again to kill it. Rooker kills some zombies with his shotguns, and shoots towards the camera as the film ends.
===Ending Cutscene===
Transcript
Images of zombies and the lighthouse flashes as George Romero begins to speak in a dark room.
Romero: "Years ago I did research for a World War II movie. I came across some old Nazi documents. I couldn't believe what I was reading." 
Several images showing the logo of Group 935, and the lab hallways from "Five" are seen
Romero:"Element 115, necromancers, raising the dead, real creepy stuff."
Flashes to the four celebrities fighting against the zombies are seen. 
Trejo (flashback): We're completely surrounded!
Rooker (flashback): Come on!
Back to the dark room with Romero.
Romero: "The coolest thing? Some of that crazy shit happened right here."
Flashes of the celebrities are seen once more.
==Quotes ==
==Radios==
==Gallery==
Call of the Dead poster BO.jpg|A poster for Call of the Dead.
Call of the Dead ad.jpg|Caption from the promo poster.
Call of the Dead Loading Screen BO.png|The Call of the Dead loading screen. Notice the Ascension loading screen visible in the upper left, The Shangri-La loading screen (a very early version of it) is also in the upper right corner.
Lighthouse CotD BO.png|Opening scene of the Call of the Dead intro.
V-R11 CotD BO.jpg|The V-R11.
Scavenger explosion.png|The Scavenger and its explosion.
Call of the Dead.jpg|A picture of the map itself.
call of the dead screenie 1.jpg |Two diver zombies.
call of the dead screenie 4.jpg |Combat in the lighthouse.
call of the dead screenie 7.jpg |Carnage on the Ship.
call of the dead screenie 8.jpg |Trejo and Rooker fighting zombies.
Power Box Call of the Dead BO.jpg|The power box in the Stand-in Easter Egg.
Submarine Call of the Dead BO.jpg|The submarine activated by the lighthouse's green light.
Call of the Dead Map.jpg |The map.
File:Cotd_zombie_der_riese.jpeg|Call of the Dead photo in Der Riese.
Call of the Dead level selection.PNG|Call of the Dead level selection.
Lighthouse Call of the Dead BO.jpg|The Lighthouse.
Avenged Sevenfold easter egg CotD BO.png|The hidden Avenged Sevenfold poster.
Hyena Infra-dead explosion BO.png|An explosion caused from the Hyena Infra-dead.
==Videos==
Call of the Dead Intro and Outro|The intro and outro.
CoD Black Ops Call of The Dead Gameplay Solo|Gameplay.
== Trivia==
*The name of this map is a reference to both the title of the Call of Duty series and George A. Romero's "The Dead" series of horror films.
*The location of this map takes place near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, which is a where a meteor struck in 1908 known as the Tunguska Event.
*On one of the notice boards in Der Riese, there is a picture of a crashed ship by a lighthouse.
*Call of the Dead has no specific initial Mystery Box spawn point, so it spawns randomly every game. It will never, however, spawn in the starting room initially.
*None of the weapons except for the Sickle in the beginning transcript can be used during gameplay.
*According to radios, this is a former Group 935 facility where Richtofen tested on the original characters.
*In the intro when Michael Rooker is shooting sawed-off double barreled shotguns at the zombies, he fires three shots from one gun without reloading.
* In the loading screen, players can see the Ascension and the Shangri-La loading screens.
*The tagline on the movie poster is similar to the "There's a soldier in all of us" in various Black Ops commercials.
*On the "There's a zombie killer in all of us" poster, Michael Rooker is seen with an AK-47, however the weapon is not obtainable in the map.
*Unlike the consoles, which have the hands disappear from view completely when ziplining, the mobile version of this game has one arm hanging onto the line, whilst the other is invisible.
*In Revelations, a radio can be found located in the Shangri-La section of the map which states that the Call of the Dead cast and crew have been missing for six weeks in Siberia.
== References==
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies Maps