Key Features
Power, landers and Pack-a-Punch
- Climb from spawn to the upper power platform and flip the switch. Colour returns to the map. Buy survival perks, then locate the three lunar landers at Widow’s Wine, Stamin-Up and Speed Cola. BO1 references call Widow’s Wine “PhD Flopper”; use the same physical location in BO3.
Power Switch PhD Flopper - On the right when coming from spawn, on the way to Power Stamin Up - On the left when coming from spawn, at the back of that path Speed Cola - In the buildings past the power switch, toward the rocket - At each of the three outer stations, call the lander and ride it back to spawn. Once the launch panel shows all routes complete, press the launch button beside power. Wait for the rocket to leave, enter its launch area and use Pack-a-Punch in the side room below the pad.
control panel button beside the power switch side room, below where the rocket was
Main Quest
Casimir Mechanism: activate the first three nodes
- Prepare four players, Gersh Devices, Matryoshka Dolls, a Thundergun and a Ray Gun or Ray Gun Mark II. Pack-a-Punch the damage weapons before the finale. Throw a Gersh beside the sparking generator beyond the Widow’s Wine lander so it is sucked in. Then activate the small television under the stairs in the flooded area toward Stamin-Up; its eye lights up.
sparking generator TV - During a Space Monkey round, station one player at each button beside Jugger-Nog, Widow’s Wine, Speed Cola and Stamin-Up. On a shared countdown, press all four together. Listen for the completion cue before leaving. These buttons are a quest step, separate from defending perk machines.
Juggernog - In front of the machine PhD Flopper/Widow's Wine - Left of the machine Speed Cola - On the otherside of the doorway, to the right of the machine Stamin-Up - On the wall just to the left of the machine - All four players stand within the circular pressure plate under the rocket. Remain inside for about two minutes while the wall clock completes a full turn. You may shoot and move within the circle; stepping off interrupts the attempt. The reward/cue confirms the node is finished.
pressure plate (circular area) clock on the wall
Spell LUNA with the lander
- Choose one rider; teammates call the lander from the destination controls. Collect the floating letters with these four journeys in order: Spawn → Stamin-Up (L), Stamin-Up → Spawn (U), Spawn → Speed Cola (N), Speed Cola → Stamin-Up (A). The rider stays aboard for each letter.
- L: a teammate at Stamin-Up calls the rider from Spawn.
- U: a teammate at Spawn calls the rider back.
- N: a teammate at Speed Cola calls the rider from Spawn.
- A: a teammate at Stamin-Up calls the rider from Speed Cola.
letters - Check the crashed rocket module near Stamin-Up after the letters. All four indicators should now be lit. If one is missing, review the corresponding node before spending your finale ammunition.
crashed rocket module
Free Gersh
- Find the white light on the ground near the crashed rocket module. Throw a Gersh Device onto it, then have the team fire the upgraded Thundergun and upgraded Ray Gun/Mark II into the trapped light while detonating Matryoshka Dolls there. Coordinate the damage inside the same Gersh window.
white orb on the ground - If Gersh says he needs more power, repeat with fresh equipment. When the light rises away and his dialogue confirms freedom, the quest is complete. In Chronicles the team receives the perk reward as well as the temporary Death Machines.
Side Quests
Space Monkeys and the launch bonus
- After perks have been purchased, Space Monkey rounds can attack those machines. Defend them before the monkeys reach them. Finishing a monkey round without any machine being touched earns a random perk bottle along with the Max Ammo; merely preventing a perk loss is not enough.
- When launching the rocket for Pack-a-Punch, destroy it with sufficient weapon damage while it rises to reveal a Double Points pickup at the launch area. This is an optional launch bonus, not a required quest node.
Samantha: capture three dolls, shoot five in order
- Unlock Pack-a-Punch and obtain Gersh Devices. Use a Gersh to capture each of three distant dolls: the pipe beneath the Pack-a-Punch walkway, the railing beside Widow’s Wine, and the high beam near Stamin-Up. Use the close and wide photographs in the finder to line up the throws.
- Interact with the doll in the bush behind the Mystery Box spot in the Pack-a-Punch area. Shoot the next five dolls in the fixed order shown in the finder: Kuda debris, Wunderfizz barrel, the other Stamin-Up beam, ground in front of the rocket module, then directly above that spot.
Samantha Doll - Return to the bush doll and interact again for a Max Ammo and Samantha’s Sorrow. If a failed timer stops the sequence, restart at that doll.
Samantha captures & target order Open helper
Choose the step you are working on, narrow the locations and select any photograph to enlarge it.
Unlock Pack-a-Punch. Pull each of these three dolls into a Gersh Device. The extra wide/close views help line up the Widow’s Wine throw.
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Image sources
Gameplay: Activision / Treyarch. Screenshots and symbol references: mmmrkennedy, COD Zombies Guides, Glitching Queen and the r/CODZombies community, as applicable. Some shared-layout references show the original release. The map’s sources credit the walkthroughs and their contributors.
Abracadavre and the character dolls
- Interact with three teddy bears: upstairs in spawn by the RK5, on the wall beside the Speed Cola lander hallway, and behind the fence left of the Stamin-Up lander. The third starts Abracadavre.
Spawn Room - On the upper level, left of the Olympia/RK5 wallbuy Speed Cola Lander Station - On top of the wall, left of the hallway between the station and Speed Cola Stamin-up Lander Station - Behind the fence, left of the lander when facing the station - Interact with the four small character dolls for character dialogue. Find Takeo near Widow’s Wine, Richtofen on the desk above Jugger-Nog, Nikolai beside Speed Cola and Dempsey near the Trip Mine wall buy by Stamin-Up.
Takeo - Next to the Widow's Wine/PhD Flopper perk machine Richtofen - On a desk on the floor above Juggernog Nikolai - On the machine left of Speed Cola Dempsey - Next to the Claymore/Trip Mine wallbuy in the Stamin Up lander station area
Sources and review
Written for Black Ops III: Zombies Chronicles. Community instructions and illustrated references were cross-checked on 3 October 2026. Gameplay: Activision / Treyarch; photographs and charts: the credited community sources below. Some shared-layout references show the original release; follow the BO3 instructions in the text. Source review and website checks do not replace an in-game playthrough.
- r/CODZombies community guide ↗
- mmmrkennedy illustrated guide (2) ↗
- codzombieguides.com reference (3) ↗
Select any reference image to enlarge it. Screenshot and symbol sources are credited in the linked walkthroughs; this guide uses local copies for reliable access.