Step 1 Prerequisites

Before the main quest steps, you must: turn on all 6 Generators, obtain and upgrade all 4 Staffs, obtain the Thunder Fists (One Inch Punch), obtain the G-Strikes, and build the Maxis Drone.

Setup

Opening the Excavation Site

Find the Gramophone inside the Excavation Site, on the ground next to a table.

Find the Black Disc: one of three locations:

Next to a Generator near the Excavation entrance sign
Outside the entrance to Church on a wall of the Excavation Site
In a wheelbarrow at the top of the Excavation Site near Pack-A-Punch

Place the Gramophone on the table it was next to. This opens the underground section of the Excavation Site.

Build & Upgrade

The 4 Staffs

Top: Reward chest at Gen 6 after completing Gen 6.

Middle: Shoot down a red plane flying above No Man's Land. The part lands near the Soul Box next to the Excavation Site.

Bottom: Dropped by a Panzer Soldat.

Disc: one of three locations in the Church:

In between the bottom stairs and the tank
On the pews upstairs
On some boxes next to Gen 6

Go to the Fire Tunnel between Spawn and Gen 3. Place the Gramophone and enter the Portal into the Crazy Place. Grab the Fire Shard from the pedestal.

Go to the bottom of the Excavation Site and build the Fire Staff.

Upgrade. Crazy Place: Kill 30 zombies on the grates in the Fire area. When done you'll hear an audio cue, your screen will shake, and the 4 pillars will be on fire.

Upgrade. Church Symbols: Upstairs in the Church are 4 symbols: use a reference image to decode them. There will always be a number 4 among them. Downstairs are sets of torches with numbers. Shoot the torches that correspond with your symbols rapidly using the Fire Staff. The torch for 4 has a blood stain instead of a number.

Upgrade. Orb: At the bottom of the Excavation Site, turn all 4 switches so the ring in the middle is entirely red. Shoot the red orb with the Fire Staff to send it into the sky.

Upgrade. Crazy Place: Place the Fire Staff in the pedestal where you got the crystal. Get 20 kills with souls going into the staff. Pick up the upgraded Fire Staff from the pedestal.

Top: Dig at the Church while it is snowing.

Middle: Dig at No Man's Land while it is snowing.

Bottom: Dig at the Spawn side while it is snowing.

Disc: one of three locations at the Tank Station:

On a shelf near the front entrance
Next to the Mystery Box on a shelf
On a shelf near the back exit

Go to the Ice Tunnel behind the Church. Place the Gramophone and enter the Portal into the Crazy Place. Grab the Ice Shard from the pedestal.

Go to the bottom of the Excavation Site and build the Ice Staff.

Upgrade. Crazy Place Symbols: In the Crazy Place, there are symbols on the top of the Ice area and a single symbol on the right. Use a reference image to find which ceiling symbol matches the one on the right, then shoot it with the Ice Staff to flip it. Once shot, the symbol on the right changes. Keep doing this until all symbols are flipped and you hear the audio cue.

Upgrade. Graves: Freeze then shoot 3 graves around the map with a bullet weapon (Ray Gun, Ray Gun Mark II, and Boomhilda do not work):

Directly behind Juggernog at Gen 4, above the Robot foot path
Above the footprint near the Excavation Site, close to Gen 4
Behind the Tank Station, up on the tank path

Upgrade. Orb: At the bottom of the Excavation Site, turn all 4 switches so the ring is entirely blue. Shoot the blue orb with the Ice Staff to send it into the sky.

Upgrade. Crazy Place: Place the Ice Staff in the pedestal. Get 20 kills with souls going into the staff. Pick up the upgraded Ice Staff.

Top: Ride the tank from the Church toward Tank Station. Jump right onto a wooden platform a little past Gen 4.

Middle: Ride the tank from Tank Station toward the Church. Jump left onto a wooden platform connected to the Excavation Site.

Bottom: Ride the tank from Tank Station toward the Church. Jump right onto the mud path connected to the Church.

Disc: one of three locations near Gen 4:

Near the Wunderfizz
On a wooden cart
Bottom of the Wind Tunnel

Go to the Lightning Tunnel next to Gen 5. Place the Gramophone and enter the Portal into the Crazy Place. Grab the Lightning Shard from the pedestal.

Go to the bottom of the Excavation Site and build the Lightning Staff.

Upgrade. Purple Triangles: In the Crazy Place, shoot the bottom row of purple triangles in the Lightning area with the Lightning Staff in this order (left to right):

1, 3, 6
3, 5, 7
2, 4, 6

Upgrade. Electricity Panels: Turn the dials on 7 electricity panels around the map so they don't spark:

Spawn: Left
Tank Station near Back Exit: Down
Gen 4 Footprint Path near Wind Staff: Up
Gen 5: Down
Excavation Site near Church: Up
Downstairs Church: Right
Upstairs Church: Up

Upgrade. Orb: At the bottom of the Excavation Site, turn all 4 switches so the ring is entirely purple. Shoot the purple orb with the Lightning Staff to send it into the sky.

Upgrade. Crazy Place: Place the Lightning Staff in the pedestal. Get 20 kills with souls going into the staff. Pick up the upgraded Lightning Staff.

Top: Shoot the foot and get inside the Odin Robot (No Man's Land Robot).

Middle: Shoot the foot and get inside the Thor Robot (Gen 2/3 Robot).

Bottom: Shoot the foot and get inside the Freya Robot (Church Robot).

Disc: one of three locations near Gen 5:

In front of the entrance to the Lightning Staff tunnel, on some boxes
In the top Lightning Staff tunnel on a table
Near Stamin-Up

Go to the Wind Tunnel next to Gen 4. Place the Gramophone and enter the Portal into the Crazy Place. Grab the Wind Shard from the pedestal.

Go to the bottom of the Excavation Site and build the Wind Staff.

Upgrade. Crazy Place Symbols: Use the Wind Staff to shoot the symbols above the Wind area so they match the correct reference pattern.

Upgrade. Smoking Balls: Around the main map, shoot 3 Smoking Balls with the Wind Staff while facing the Mound, so the smoke redirects toward it:

Generator 4
Generator 5
Tank path between Church and Generator 5

Upgrade. Orb: At the bottom of the Excavation Site, turn all 4 switches so the ring is entirely yellow. Shoot the yellow orb with the Wind Staff to send it into the sky.

Upgrade. Crazy Place: Place the Wind Staff in the pedestal where you got the crystal. Get 20 kills with souls going into the staff. Pick up the upgraded Wind Staff.

Obtain

One Inch Punch (Thunder Fists)

Fill 4 Soul Boxes located in Robot foot paths by getting 20 kills in each. Beware. If a robot steps on one, it closes and resets the kill count:

Excavation
Gen 4
Gen 5
Church

Once all 4 are filled, pick up the One Inch Punch from the bottom reward in one of the Reward Chests in Spawn or Gen 6.

Obtain

G-Strikes

Grab a stone on a table near the back exit of the Tank Station.

Place the stone in the fountain upstairs in the Church near the Mystery Box.

Kill 20 zombies near it with melee attacks to charge it with souls.

Pick up the stone and carry it back to the table in the Tank Station: don't touch mud.

Get 20 more melee kills near it. Once done, pick up the G-Strikes from the table.

Tip

If you touch mud while carrying the stone, return it to the Church fountain to cleanse it, then retry.

Build

Maxis Drone

Collect all Maxis Drone parts:

Brain: In spawn on a table
Rotors: Next to the Gramophone Table / On scaffolding near oxygen tanks / Near the AK74u wallbuy
Body: On the tank path going from Church to Gen 4 / On the tank path going from Church to Gen 5 / In the Ice Staff Tunnel

Build the Maxis Drone at the build table.

Step 2

Place Upgraded Staffs in Pedestals

Place each upgraded staff in its corresponding robot pedestal:

Fire Staff: Excavation Site
Lightning Staff: Thor Robot (Gen 2/3)
Wind Staff: Odin Robot (No Man's Land)
Ice Staff: Freya Robot (Church)

Step 3

G-Strike the Rubble

Co-op: One player goes into any robot and presses the button. Immediately, another player throws a G-Strike at the rubble outside the map to the right of Generator 5.

Solo: Enter the Odin Robot (No Man's Land) through his first left foot entrance. Press the button as you are about to be ejected, then immediately run to the spot to the right of Generator 5 and throw a G-Strike at the rubble outside the map.

Step 4-5

Maxis Drone & the Glowing Plane

Release the Maxis Drone next to the rubble. It will fly into it and spawn 10 Panzer Soldats that you must kill.

Obtain a Zombie Blood (natural drop, or free from freezing the 3 chariots in the Excavation Site). Look above the Excavation Site and shoot down the glowing plane.

A zombie will fall out and run clockwise around the Excavation Site. You can only see it while in Zombie Blood. But you can run into it without Zombie Blood to track it. Kill it to drop the Maxis Drone, then pick it up.

Step 6

Upgrade the Thunder Fists

Every player must have the One Inch Punch and go to the bottom of the Excavation Site.

Every player melee kills 20 Templar Zombies with glowing white hands. Each player receives a tablet: pick it up to upgrade the Thunder Fists.

Final Steps

Crazy Place & Finale

Go to the Crazy Place and place all 4 staffs in their holsters. Get a total of 100 kills.

When the sky in the Crazy Place is open, release the Maxis Drone: it will fly up and create a beam. Interact with the beam to complete the Easter Egg.

Side Easter Egg

Golden Shovel & Golden Helmet

Pick up a Shovel. Guaranteed locations:

Spawn room: beside the radio, near the M14 wall-buy
Spawn: corridor toward Generator 3

Additional possible locations: Church behind the tank, Wind Tunnel near Generator 4, Lightning Tunnel near Generator 5. You only need one Shovel.

Use the Shovel to dig Dig Sites around the map. Keep digging. Around 30 successful digs is the usual requirement. Until the Golden Shovel is awarded.

Continue digging Dig Sites with the Golden Shovel. Eventually the Golden Helmet will be awarded, which protects you from being killed when a Giant Robot steps on you.

Golden Shovel Benefits

Better Dig Site rewards, a chance at the Golden Helmet, and a chance to find Empty Perk Bottles while under the effect of Zombie Blood.

Side Easter Egg

Extra Perks & Empty Perk Bottles

Required

Golden Shovel and Zombie Blood.

Activate Zombie Blood, then search the map for a glowing red/orange Dig Site. Dig it with the Golden Shovel. An Empty Perk Bottle can appear. Pick it up to gain another perk slot. Repeat this in later rounds.

Possible glowing Dig Site locations:

Between Generator 1 and Generator 2, outside the Laboratories
Between Generators 1 and 2, beside the Remington 870
Generator 2 cul-de-sac trench, beside the wheelbarrow
Behind Tank Station at Generator 2
Halfway through the Fire Tunnel
Between Generators 1 and 3, beside the B23R wall-buy
Generator 3, beside the repairable barricade
Excavation Site, Generator 4 side
Tank path toward Generator 2
Generator 4, beside Jugger-Nog
Excavation Site, Generator 5 side
Tank path toward the Church
Generator 5, in front of the Soul Chest
Generator 6, beside the Remington 870
Church tank route
Church return route

Note

You can obtain up to four Empty Perk Bottles, allowing eight normal perk slots.

Nine-Perk Method

Complete the 30,000 Points challenge, but do not claim the Double Tap reward immediately.

Obtain your Empty Perk Bottles first, then claim the Double Tap reward afterward. This can give nine perks total.

Side Easter Egg

Free Zombie Blood. Flaming Carts

Required

Ice Staff.

Find the three flaming carts around the central mound and shoot each one with the Ice Staff to extinguish it.

Once all three are extinguished, a Zombie Blood power-up appears near the top of the Excavation Site / Pack-a-Punch area. Pick it up.

Note

This can be repeated whenever the carts are active. Weather/rain can affect whether the carts are lit.

Side Easter Egg

Free Pack-a-Punched MG08/15. Magna Collider

Required

Maxis Drone.

Build the Maxis Drone

Brain: Spawn room, on a table near the stairs.

Frame: possible locations include the Ice Tunnel, Church tank route, or the Generator 5-side tank route.

Rotor: one of the possible Excavation Site locations.

Build all three parts at a workbench.

Collect the Four Yellow Discs

Spawn / Generator 2 area: in the trench with burning debris
Generator 5: on the destroyed roof
Church: on the ruined Church roof
Excavation Site: on/around the upper scaffolding

Use the Maxis Drone near each disc. It will collect them.

Reward

After all four discs are collected, go to Pack-a-Punch. A free Pack-a-Punched MG08/15, the Magna Collider, will appear.

Side Easter Egg

Rituals of the Ancients. Challenges

The challenge board / chests are around the Generator 1 and Generator 6 areas.

Challenge 1. 115 Headshots

Get 115 zombie headshots.

Reward

A random Pack-a-Punched weapon.

Challenge 2. Activate 6 Generators

Successfully activate all six Generator Stations.

Reward

Max Ammo.

Challenge 3. Spend 30,000 Points

Spend 30,000 points on purchases.

Reward

Double Tap Root Beer. If attempting the nine-perk setup, save this reward until after you've obtained your Empty Perk Bottles.

Challenge 4. Four Soul Chests

Fill four Soul Chests by killing zombies near them:

Excavation Site / Generator 4 side
Generator 5 / Stamin-Up side
Generator 4 / Jugger-Nog area
Church area

Reward

One Inch Punch.

Side Easter Egg

Origins Jumpscare

Obtain a sniper rifle and go to Pack-a-Punch.

Aim toward the Church and zoom in on the upper/burning area with your sniper scope.

Reward

A hidden skull jumpscare appears with a scream.

Side Easter Egg

Origins Ciphers

Origins contains hidden ciphers and a scrap of paper that provide additional story and lore.

Cipher 1

Located around the Workshop area. Look for the hidden writing/map. A sniper rifle can help read the text. Associated with a Vigenère cipher.

Cipher 2

A hidden environmental cipher. Requires locating the writing and decoding it rather than activating a conventional Easter egg.

Cipher 3

Another environmental cipher hidden around the map.

Cipher 4

Located around the Catacombs / Staff Room area. Use a sniper rifle to read it clearly. Associated with Samantha and the wider Origins story.

Cipher 5

Associated with the Staff Room and Fire Staff sequence. Watch the coloured panels above the Staff Room. The sequence provides the information needed to decode the cipher. The key includes "INFERNO". The decoded message references the Great War and "Liberate tute de infernis."

Scrap Paper

A hidden piece of paper containing additional Primis/Great War imagery and lore. It is an environmental collectible rather than an interactable quest.

Music Easter Egg

Archangel

Find and activate three green glowing Divinium/Element 115 pieces:

Location 1: Spawn, near the Rituals of the Ancients chest. Look around/behind the bunk bed.

Location 2: Workshop, upstairs, under a bed.

Location 3: Excavation Site, on scaffolding near the entrance.

After activating all three, the song "Archangel" by Kevin Sherwood and Elena Siegman begins playing.

Music Easter Egg

Shepherd of Fire

Activate three radios:

Radio 1: Excavation Site, on scaffolding near the possible Maxis Drone rotor area.

Radio 2: Inside the Freya Giant Robot, around the head area.

Radio 3: Crazy Place, fire area.

After activating all three, Avenged Sevenfold's "Shepherd of Fire" begins playing.

Music Easter Egg

Aether / 115

Sequence

1 → 1 → 5

Go to Generator 1 and find the large "1" symbols. Go prone on the first "1" and interact, then go prone on the second "1" and interact.

Go to Generator 5, find the large "5", and go prone to interact with it.

After completing the sequence, the song "115" by Kevin Sherwood and Elena Siegman begins playing.

Collectible

Ludvig Maxis Radios

Radio 1: To the left of the stairs leading to PhD, between two barricades.

Radio 2: Past Stamin-Up, in a crate behind a truck.

Radio 3: In the centrifuge room, to the left of the window downstairs, between a barrel and a cart.

Radio 4: In the Pack-a-Punch room, on a small pipe on the other side of the rail.

Radio 5: On top of the server directly left of Speed Cola.

Radio 6: Behind a piece of debris to the left of the window across from Stamin-Up.

ORIGINS