SHADOWS OF EVIL — MargwaNetwork

4-Player Requirement

This Main Quest can only be completed with 4 players.

Step 1 — Build (Every Player)

Apothicon Sword

Complete all Rituals and open Pack-A-Punch. Every player must obtain and upgrade the Apothicon Sword.

Memorize 3 symbols by riding the train between districts:

Waterfront to Footlight — 2 symbols will be on the right side of the buildings
Footlight to Canal — 1 symbol will be on the right side of the buildings

Enter Beast Mode in the Underground Train Station and input the 3 symbols into the wall near the Mystery Box location by shocking the symbols.

After the wall opens, walk inside and grab an egg. Break open 4 boxes in Beast Mode to reveal a statue inside each one.

Place your egg on a statue and get kills near it to charge it. Once the egg stops accepting souls it will glow — pick it up and repeat for the other 3 statues (4 total):

Underground Train Station — across from the egg wall
Canal District — behind the stairs leading into the Ruby Rabbit
Waterfront District — in a room upstairs, next to the room with the perk
Footlight District — directly underneath the perk location

After fully charging the egg, return to the Underground wall and place the egg back. You can then take the Apothicon Sword.

Upgrade (Every Player)

Keeper Sword

Go to the Ritual location corresponding to your character and pick up the Arch-Ovum egg from a Keeper above the Ritual Table:

Nero — Nero's Landing / Easy Street
Jackie — Ruby Rabbit / Canal
Jessica — Burlesque / Footlight
Floyd — Boxing Gym / Waterfront

Complete 4 Rituals to charge the Arch-Ovum. Each spawns a Margwa (or more) that you must kill. Getting downed fails the ritual and forces a restart. One ritual can be done per round — except if a teammate goes down, everyone else can then do an additional ritual:

Junction — Outside Easy Street
Canal District — Outside Ruby Rabbit
Footlight District — Outside Burlesque
Waterfront District — Outside Boxing Gym

After fully charging the Arch-Ovum, return to the Keeper that gave it to you and give them your sword. You can then take the Keeper Sword.

Step 2

Nero's Book

In Nero's Ritual area, interact with the book on the floor next to the bookshelf. End the round afterward.

Step 3

Flag Defenses

Pick up the flag in the Train Junction. The player carrying it must bring it to one of the 4 districts and place it on a glowing purple spot on the ground.

Defend the flag from Insanity Elementals and the Shadow Man. When the Shadow Man appears, shoot him until he teleports away — if you don't, he will break the flag.

After the first defense, pick the flag back up and place it on the other purple spot in the same district. Repeat the defense. Each successful defense grants a Max Ammo.

After doing 2 defenses in the same district, bring the flag to that district's Ritual Room and place it at the Ritual Table. End the round.

Repeat this entire process for the remaining 3 districts (4 total, 1 per district).

Step 4

Trap the Shadow Man

Every player goes to the Pack-A-Punch room and interacts with one of the 4 Keepers — all 4 must be interacted with in total. The Keepers will remove the Shadow Man's shield.

Shoot the Shadow Man while he teleports around the room. When he moves over the Ritual Table, immediately interact with the Ritual Table to trap him in the Summoning Key.

Note

This step is timed.

Final Step

The Train & the Gateworm

Only Margwas will now spawn. Kill one near a Beast Mode Stone to activate it — your Beast Mode will now be near-infinite.

If your screen has a purple effect, stand in a white cleansing circle or you may die.

3 players enter Beast Mode and each go to a different Train Station, shocking the box on the ceiling to turn the track blue.

Once all 3 boxes are shocked, the 4th player (not in Beast Mode) rides the train.

At this point, one or more of the Beast Mode players must run to the middle and zap the 3 Keepers before the train hits the Gateworm.

Reward

Upon completing this Main Quest you will be rewarded with the Apocalypse Averted Calling Card.

Reference

Buildable Table Locations

Waterfront District — Near the top of the docks next to a Beast Mode fountain and the HVK-30.

Footlight District — At the very back of the district on the walkways near the HVK-30.

Canals District — At the back next to the staircase to the train, a Beast Mode fountain, and the M8A7.

Side Easter Egg

Rocket Shield

Collect all 3 Rocket Shield parts from around the map:

Waterfront — At the top of the stairs opened in Beast Mode, on a box or against a wall in the rooms at the top.
Footlight — At the top of the stairs opened in Beast Mode, just to the left or on a chair inside the building at the top.
Canals — At the top of the Beast Mode stairs against a wall, on the bridge, or in the other room against a wall.

Go to any Buildable Table and assemble the Rocket Shield.

Once built, the shield sits on your back and blocks zombie attacks from behind. Equip it with the down button to use it as a melee weapon, cover, or to fire rockets at zombies.

Side Easter Egg

Upgraded Zombie Shield

Build the Rocket Shield first.

Boost through 10 zombies 12 times using the rocket ability. The shield may break during this process — that is fine.

The Upgraded Shield has 4 rocket boosts instead of one and increased health (unconfirmed). Note: once the upgraded shield breaks you cannot re-equip it.

Side Easter Egg

Sword

Go to the sword chamber in the Rift and take a stone.

Place your stone in each of the 4 statues around the map and kill 11 zombies at each to fill it with energy until it glows:

In the Rift, right at the sword chamber
Canals district, at the back next to a Beast Mode fountain
Waterfront district, at the top of the Beast Mode stairs in the back room
Footlight district, at the bottom of the Beast Mode stairs

Once all 4 statues are complete, return the stone to the sword chamber, place it, and take your Sword.

Side Easter Egg

Upgraded Sword

Requirement

Requires the original Sword first.

Go to your character's ritual room and collect the Arch-Ovum (a stone specific to your character).

Place the Arch-Ovum in each of the 4 red rings around the map. Each ring spawns Margwas — only one ring can be completed per round. The first ring spawns 1 Margwa, the rest spawn 2:

Middle of the Junction, outside Easy Street
The docks, outside the Boxing Ring in the Waterfront district
Outside the Ruby Rabbit at the bottom of the stairs in the Canals district
Right outside the Burlesque in the Footlight district

After completing all 4 rings and killing all Margwas, return the Arch-Ovum to your character's ritual room and place it with the Gatekeeper to receive the Upgraded Sword.

Side Easter Egg

Wonder Weapon

Collect all 3 Wonder Weapon parts:

Margwa Heart — Drops from the first Margwa you kill. Pick it up.
Parasite Drop — Dropped by killing Parasites (Meatballs). Typically drops between rounds 9–23.
Margwa Tentacle — Obtained from interacting with the purple/pink pods around the map.

Take all 3 parts to any Buildable Table and assemble the Wonder Weapon.

Side Easter Egg

Upgraded Lil' Arnies

Obtain Lil' Arnies from the Mystery Box.

Get 100 kills with Lil' Arnies.

Throw a Lil' Arnie at each of the following 3 items:

Top Hat — In Nero's Lair, to the left of the room
Cane — In the Ruby Rabbit, to the left of the room on the bottom floor
Bow Tie — On a shelf in the back room of the Boxing Ring

Throw a Lil' Arnie at the ritual table in the Burlesque. The Upgraded Lil' Arnies will have more health, last longer, kill faster, and glow purple. A unique animation plays on the table.

Side Easter Egg

Upgraded Trip Mines

Buy Trip Mines from the docks — around the corner on the left side wall when exiting the Boxing Ring.

Kill a zombie using a Trip Mine at each of the 3 doughnut carts around the map. You'll hear Samantha's laugh when each cart is completed:

Right-hand side pathway of the Canals district, adjacent to the second gate/door
Near Stamin-Up in the Junction
At the end of the walkway in the Footlight district

The Upgraded Trip Mines function like Bouncing Betties — more damage and leave behind doughnuts.

Side Easter Egg

500 Points

Note

A visual nod to Sal DeLuca from Mob of the Dead. Rewards you with 500 Points.

Open the first door from Easy Street into the Junction (costs 500 Points).

Turn right — look at the shirts hanging at the back of the laundry room. On one shirt is a small piece of white paper.

Cook a grenade and throw it directly at the paper to make it move.

The paper will appear in front of you on a box — look down slightly and interact with it to receive 500 Points.

Side Easter Egg

Free Mega GobbleGum

Buy or obtain Widows Wine.

Go to the Canals district and up the Beast Mode stairs to the Ladies Secrets room. Throw a Widows Wine grenade into the mouth of each of the 4 lion statues in the room.

A white ball will appear in one of the lions' mouths — interact with it.

Go to the candy shop near Stamin-Up and look through the window. You'll see a plate with one small and one large white ball.

Play one full round, then return to the window. The small ball will have changed to a large ball — interact with it to receive a free Mega GobbleGum.

Side Easter Egg

Margwa Mask

Note

Equipping the Margwa Mask prevents Margwas from being able to slam down on players, stopping instant kills and red screen damage.

Shoot a certain number of Margwa hearts around the map using the train. Once all are shot, 4 sparkles will appear around the map.

Go to a sparkle and interact with it to equip your Margwa Mask. Each player in the game can obtain one.

Side Easter Egg

Civil Protector

Collect 3 fuses — one each from the Waterfront, Canals, and Footlight districts.

Bring all three fuses to the Master Switch in the Rift to activate the Civil Protector.

Side Easter Egg

Shadowman / Skipping Rounds

At the very start of the game, the Shadowman will spawn on the metal staircase above you in Easy Street.

Shoot all your bullets at him. Depending on how much you shoot, the game will jump to Round 5, 10, or 15. You will also receive bonus points.

Side Easter Egg

Noir Filter

Note

Once activated, the Noir Filter can only be turned off by restarting the game. It temporarily lifts while you are in Beast Mode.

Enter Beast Mode and go to the Waterfront district. Break open the wooden doors to access the Boxing Gym.

Look at the photos on the gym walls and shoot the picture that is slightly elevated in the middle.

Still in Beast Mode, aim at the picture immediately to the left of the one you just shot and hold interact. The screen will transition to black and white.

Music Easter Egg

Snakeskin Boots

Interact with 3 wooden clocks around the map to activate the song "Snakeskin Boots" — featured in the original Shadows of Evil trailer. Can only be activated once per game.

Canals — In the Ruby Rabbit (Ritual Room), to the left of the entrance on a table
Footlight — In the train station, in between a barrier and a GobbleGum machine on a bench
Waterfront — In the Boxing Ring (Ritual Room), on the top level on a table

Music Easter Egg

Cold Hard Cash

Collect all 3 items from around the map:

Mic Stand — In Nero's Lair (Ritual Room), against the wall on the right side of the room in the center
Mic Cable — In the Canals, near the "Only the Cursed Survive" logo on a slab under the stairs
Microphone — In the Rift, near the Waterfront rift portal next to a bench

Once you have all 3 items, go to the Burlesque in the Footlight district and hold your interact button to activate the song "Cold Hard Cash". Can only be activated once per game.