Intro: Welcome to the Multiverse Dumpster Fire
Revelations is the chaotic mashup finale of Black Ops 3 Zombies where Primis tries to fix everything with guns, weird rituals, and a surprising amount of throwing. This guide takes the messy mystery and turns it into a (mostly) sane sequence you can actually follow without crying in a loading screen.
Step 1: Pop the Four Graves (Round 1 Okay)
Right after you spawn with your MR6, look left of spawn for four floating graves on separate islands. Shoot them in this exact order to get a lightning cue: Richtofen, Dempsey, Takeo, then Nikolai. If you did it right you’ll hear a lightning sound — which means you didn’t accidentally anger the cosmos… yet.
Step 2: Turn On Power & Free Pack‑a‑Punch
There are four Corruption Engines that need a 500‑point interaction to activate and clear the endless zombie spawns. The four are at Spawn, Mob of the Dead, Der Eisendrache, and Verruckt. After all four are running you can use the portals by each engine to go to Nacht der Untoten, trap the Apothicon Elder God at the terminal upstairs, then climb inside its mouth and shoot the three yellow bulbs on the ceiling to free Pack‑a‑Punch. Exit anytime via the fast travel stations.
Step 3: Build the Keeper Protector
You need three Summoning Altar pieces to build a Keeper Protector: the Keeper Crystal, the Keeper Head, and a Keeper Banner. Crystals tend to spawn near Der Eisendrache’s pyramid rubble, on a barrel in the Der Eisendrache Mystery Box area, or on a table by the red couch near Kino’s upper area. Heads commonly spawn on a shelf by Speed Cola in Verruckt or on the wheelchairs near the Electric Trap and Wunderfizz areas. Banners show up near Mule Kick in Mob of the Dead or around Origins by the Mystery Box and sandbags. Once you have them, assemble the station at Verruckt, Kino, or Der Eisendrache and pay 5,000 points to summon the Protector.
Step 4: Start the Keeper Protector Ritual
Find the odd rock sticking out behind one of three Jump Pads: the Verruckt jump pad to Kino, the Mob jump pad to Verruckt, or the Shangri‑La jump pad to Spawn. Activate your Keeper Protector (5,000 points) and escort him to that Jump Pad. Use the pad and hug the rock in the back until he begins chanting — the ritual can be finicky. It lasts three minutes and zombies will try to murder your minion, so babysit him. When the ritual ends he drops an audio reel; take it and play it on the radio to the left of Jugger‑Nog in Nacht der Untoten.
Step 5: Get and Upgrade the Apothicon Servant
Spin the Mystery Box until that squid‑gun — the Apothicon Servant (Estulla Astoth) — blesses you with its presence. Then upgrade it: you must shoot five blue rocks outside the map with the Apothicon Servant so they get sucked into the void. The rocks are visible above each Corruption Engine area and inside Nacht der Untoten above the Apothicon. Once all five are hit and absorbed, return to Pack‑a‑Punch and upgrade the Servant (it becomes Estoom‑oth) for 5,000 points.
Step 6: Get the Bones of SOPHIA and the Audio Reel
With the upgraded Servant in hand you’ll need to shoot a handful of out‑of‑map rocks using a Pack‑a‑Punch bullet weapon (ICR‑9 is recommended) and the upgraded Servant to trigger floating bones and a special dress‑zombie event. After shooting the rocks around Spawn, Shangri‑La, Origins, Verruckt, Der Eisendrache and Nacht der Untoten you’ll return to Nacht, shoot the pile of bones left of Jugger‑Nog upstairs, then kill the spawned dress zombie with the Apothicon Servant to receive another audio reel. Play that reel at Origins’ Mound radio.
Step 7: Lil’ Arnies Go Into the Elder God’s Nine Holes
Grab Lil’ Arnies from the Mystery Box and equip them in your tactical slot. Go inside the Apothicon’s mouth and you’ll see nine small holes around the room. Toss one Lil’ Arnie into each hole; for every third one placed, a Margwa trio will spawn. Kill the Margwas, pick up the audio reel that appears on the middle platform once you complete all nine, and play it on the radio on the right side of the Kino stage.
Step 8: Use the Corruption Engines to Summon SOPHIA
Return to each Corruption Engine and use the laser turrets to shoot the blue crystals outside the map (these are the same general blue‑orb targets you’ve been looking at). After you fire all four crystals, go upstairs in Nacht der Untoten and interact with SOPHIA. She’ll teleport to Kino der Toten’s teleporter; follow her through and you’ll be sent to Samantha’s room in the House. Grab the Kronorium on the bed and place it on the podium back in Kino to start the egg hunt for Gateworms.
Step 9: Find the 4 Gateworm Eggs and Incubate Them
Once the Kronorium is placed, four eggs will spawn around the maps. You can only carry one egg at a time. Pick up each egg and put it into one of the incubation nests in the center of the Apothicon Elder God. Egg spawns are spread across Spawn, Shangri‑La, Kino, Der Eisendrache, Origins, Mob of the Dead and Verruckt — check the obvious piles and alcoves around those maps. After an egg is placed, feed it souls by killing zombies inside the Apothicon until a Gateworm hatches.
Step 10: Find the Runes of Creation
When Gateworms hatch you carry them one at a time and follow the beeping/vibration to planting spots. Plant the Gateworm where the beeping is fastest and interact with the symbol that appears. There are multiple spawn possibilities for each rune; in short, look around the Spawn area, Mob/Origins trenches, Der Eisendrache pyramid and Shangri‑La/Stamin‑Up area, and Verruckt’s upper rooms to locate all four Runes of Creation.
Step 11: Do the Kronorium Trials and Get the Summoning Key
Memorize the four symbols shown at the bottom of the leaderboard, then head to Kino’s projector room with Widow’s Wine and enter the glowing purple circle to start the Kronorium trial. The book flips pages to show your symbol order — when a matching purple floor symbol flashes, interact with it. Complete the sequence while surviving waves of themed Margwas (void, fire, light, lightning), and you’ll earn the Summoning Key once you clear all waves.
Step 12: Throw the Summoning Key at 7 Map Objects
Now you must throw (R2/RT) the Summoning Key at seven specific objects across the combined map areas. Targets include the Kino chandelier, the Der Eisendrache clocktower, the Shangri‑La crystal orb, a tombstone near Origins’ Mound, a poster in Mob of the Dead cell block, the fountain to the right of Verruckt’s Corruption Engine, and a red barrel in Nacht der Untoten. If you miss it, pick it back up — it respawns nearby or shows a blue light in the sky if it fell far away. After all seven are hit the Key vanishes and you’re ready for the finale.
Step 13: The Boss — Shadow Man Finale
Hop into the Kino teleporter to start the boss fight. Place the Summoning Key on any glowing green altar, charge it with zombie souls until it stops taking more, then throw the charged key at SOPHIA in the center. SOPHIA will zap the Shadow Man; shoot him until he’s forced into the Apothicon’s mouth, then interact with the Kronorium beneath to finish him off. Congratulations — the final cutscene rolls and Revelations is complete. The game rewards you with a calling card, a chunk of XP, an RK5 starting pistol unlock, and some nice bonuses.
Final Notes, Tips & Cheats-ish Advice
Pack a Pack‑a‑Punch weapon, a fast‑firing bullet gun for the boss, some tactical Lil’ Arnies, and plenty of teamwork if you don’t like solo chaos. If something bugs out, check radios, revisit portals, and look for blue lights in the sky (Summoning Key). Above all, have fun — this easter egg is intentionally ridiculous, and that’s kind of the point.
