Map Overview: Ascension

Ascension is the first map pack zombies for Call of Duty Black Ops. the map is placed in an abandoned cosmodrome (a rocket launching facility). There is a new enemy in the form of a monkey who steals perks from players by attacking the perk machines. As for the new weapons, Ascension features something called the Gersch Device, a ‘Black Hole Bomb’, and Matryoshka Dolls. There are also 2 new perks, these are the ‘PhD Flopper’ and the ‘Stamin-Up’ perks. The PhD Flopper takes away falling damage, and anytime you prone dive from a height it creates an explosion around you. It also reduces explosive damage to you. Stamin Up is lightweight and marathon perks from online combined.

Map Overview: Dead Ops Arcade

Dead Ops Arcade is a top view shooter where the player uses the left stick to move and the right stick to shoot. It has rounds just like every other zombie map, but the scene changes every round. As you progress you can go to different locations entirely. The boss in this is the Cosmic Silverback, a gorilla that does not attack you, but is hard to kill.

Map Overview: Five

Five is the first zombie map since Shi No Numa not to feature the characters Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo, and Richtofen. Instead it features John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Robert McNamara, and Richard Nixon.

It is the first map with elevators, and the first to have multiple teleporters that send the player randomly all over the map.

It also has its own boss, the Pentagon Thief. He steals weapons and runs away, but if killed you get your weapon back, max ammo and a fire sale.

This map tends to be known as a harder map for most players.

It is also features a DEFCON system. After the power is turned on you can activate switches, highering the DEFCON level until it is at DEFCON Five, turning all teleporters to teleport players to a room where the Pack-A-Punch machine is held.

It also features a new weapon, the Winter's Howl, that shoots ice, and the Death Machine drop.

First Floor

Second Floor (War Room)

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Third Floor

Pack-A-Punch Room

Map Overview: Kino Der Toten (Theater of the Damned)

Kino Der Toten is the fifth zombies map, and the first map in Black Ops. It is set when the characters from Der Riese teleport forward in time to Germany. It is the second map to use the telepoter, although it works differently, teleporting players to a room out of reach of the zombies that also contains the Pack-A-Punch, and then to a random room which they can find film reels and occaisionaly power ups. It is the only map with a fire pit trap and sentry gun traps. It is also the first map with gas zombies, crawling zombies that explode into green NOVA 6 gas when killed. These zombies only spawn after the power is turned on however.

Map Overview: Der Riese (The Giant)

Der Riese is the fourth zombies map and the last in WAW. It is set in a secret Nazi facility. It is the first map to feature the Pack-A-Punch machine and teleporters. It also features monkey bombs, a bomb that zombies run to until it blows up. It is the second map to require players to turn on the power, and they have to link teleporters to the mainframe to unlock the pack-a-punch machine. It is the first map with the carpenter drop. It is known to have the most easter eggs in it, and the most rumors about it.

Map Overview: Shi No Numa (Swamp Of Death)

Shi No Numa is the third zombies map and takes place in a swamp. It is the only zombies map with Japanese zombies. It is the first map for the WunderWaffle DG-2, the zipline, and random perk-a-cola and mystery box spawns. No other map allows players to go outside without glitches. Players can go where the zombies spawn without hacking. It also has a unique trap known as the flogger, which is a spinning spike barrier.
This is the first map to feature the characters, Tank Dempsey, Nikolai Belinski, Takeo Masaki and Edward Richtofen.

Map Overview: Verrückt (Zombie Asylum)

Verrückt is the second zombie map and was released in the first DLC for WAW. It is also the first map to feature the power switch, perk-a-cola's, electrical barriers, and a musical easter egg. It is also the only map that has players spawn on opposite sides of the map, requiring them to reach the power switch to meet up. It is also the first map to have a mystery box that can change places.

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Map Overview: Nacht Der Untoten (Night of the Undead)

Nacht Der Untoten is the first zombie map ever made and is also the simplest. There are three rooms, two downstairs and one upstairs.

The Mystery Box spawns in the downstairs room that isn't the starting point. There are five windows in the beginning room, three in the mystery box room, and four upstairs. There is also a sniper box which gives the player a random sniper for 1500 points.