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The Tomb

THE TOMB

Black Ops 6
Main Quest Video Guide
Step 1-2
Pack-A-Punch & the Ice Staff Parts
Enter the Dark Aether Nexus to unlock Pack-A-Punch.
Obtain the 3 Ice Staff Parts: Monocle, Staff, and Head Piece (see below for details on each).
Monocle (must be picked up first):
  • Dropped from the first Shock Mimic killed.
Staff Part
The Staff — Tombs Area
Shoot Purple Lamps around the Tombs area to move the Purple Fire between lamps until it sits above the Bull Mural and symbols appear on the mural.
Shoot the symbols in order from 1 to 8 — they resemble Roman numerals.
After all symbols are shot, a lockdown starts.
After the lockdown completes, pick up the Staff piece.
Staff Part
The Head Piece — Neolithic Catacombs
Shoot Purple Lamps around the Neolithic Catacombs to move the Purple Fire between lamps until it sits above the Orion Mural and symbols appear on the mural.
Shoot the symbols in order from 1 to 10 — they resemble Roman numerals.
After all symbols are shot, a lockdown starts.
After the lockdown completes, pick up the Head Piece.
Step 3
Monolith Defense
Place the parts on the Monolith in the Dark Aether Nexus to start a defensive lockdown.
Defend the Staff of Ice from purple zombies trying to attack it.
After the lockdown completes, pick up the Staff of Ice from the Monolith.
Upgrade
Ull's Arrow Upgrade
Freeze 3 of the same Purple Lanterns (from the Staff or Head Piece steps) using the Staff of Ice, freezing all 3 within 10 seconds.
In the Dark Aether Nexus, shoot 3 purple symbols on floating rocks to lower them. Note these symbols down.
After shooting the 3 symbols, one of the 4 portals will close. Go to the other side of that portal in the overworld — a wall of symbols will be there.
Shoot the same 3 symbols (in the same order they were on the rocks) using the Staff of Ice to open the portal.
Go through the portal and follow the purple orb. Get kills near it to charge it. Once it enters the Monolith, interact with it to upgrade your Staff of Ice.
Tip — Multiple Players
If multiple players have a Staff of Ice, others can upgrade theirs by grabbing a Monolith Crystal Shard near the Monolith and then interacting with the Monolith using their Staff of Ice.
Tip
If you fail the lantern step, shoot the frozen lanterns to break and respawn them.
Step 4-6
The 4 Vermin Statues
Use the revive shot from the Staff of Ice on the Crystal on the Vermin Statue in the Dark Aether Nexus, then interact with it.
Interact with the Vermin Statue in the Dig Site to start a lockdown.
After the lockdown, interact with the Statue again to pick up the item, then place it back into the Vermin Statue in the Dark Aether. You can only be hit 3 times, and only one portal will be open.
Repeat this for the other 3 statues (4 total) in the Dark Aether, in the following order. Each statue has a slightly different challenge:
  1. Vermin — Dig Site: Kill the Vermin.
  2. Parasite — Shrine of Hierophants: Kill Parasites and pick up the purple orbs they drop, bringing them one by one to the statue.
  3. Doppelghast — Ossuary: Kill the Doppelghasts.
  4. Amalgam — Subterranean Temple: Kill the Elite Amalgam.
Step 7
Boss Fight Setup
After the 4th statue is completed, interact with the stone below where the giant laser is pointing to open the bridge.
Cross the bridge and interact with the Sentinel Artifact to start the boss fight.
Recommended Loadout
It's highly recommended for everyone to have a Pack-A-Punch level 3, Legendary rarity weapon for this boss fight. Explosives and the Staff of Ice will not deal damage to the boss.
Final Steps
Boss Fight
This boss fight consists of 3 main phases. The phases get more difficult as you progress, with the final one having a wipe mechanic.
The Sentinel Artifact shoots a red laser that can damage you, flies up and back down. After it returns, it flies up once more and shoots a purple laser into a statue of an enemy type.
During this, everyone shoots the Sentinel Artifact to deal enough damage and chunk its health. Repeat until you enter Phase 2.
After each chunk of damage, a Max Ammo spawns on the middle pedestal — it doesn't last forever, so pick it up.
After each chunk of damage, another Sentinel Artifact joins the fight, also shooting lasers.
Tip
You can shoot multiple Sentinel Artifacts at once and chunk health multiple times in one interaction to skip additional interactions.
A Sentinel Artifact becomes attached to a zombie (eventually a Doppelghast and an Amalgam). Kill that zombie to make it drop the Sentinel Artifact, then shoot it before it flies back to the pedestal.
Repeat until you enter Phase 3.
The Sentinel Artifact enemy deals extra damage and can down you in one hit.
After each chunk of damage, a Max Ammo spawns on the middle pedestal — it doesn't last forever, so pick it up.
The Sentinel Artifacts fire a beam at a single Sentinel Artifact up on a wall — shoot it to lower its health until it's "dead".
If you don't deal enough damage during this phase, a wipe phase begins that downs everyone — make sure you're dealing enough damage.
Once the phase ends, interact with the Sentinel Artifact at the pedestal to complete the Main Quest.
Side Easter Egg
Free PAP Crystal & Cryofreeze Mod
Go to the Dark Aether Nexus and look up — a rock with an electrical effect is floating above. Shoot the rock to cause five rocks to begin moving around in the sky.
Quickly shoot all 5 moving rocks. A Raw Aetherium Crystal and a Cryofreeze ammo mod will spawn in the ruins.
Side Easter Egg
Free Aether Tool
Note
The later the round, the higher the rarity of the Aether Tool reward.
Equip Cryofreeze or the Ice Staff.
Shoot both waterfalls in the Dark Aether Nexus to freeze them. An Aether Tool will drop.
Side Easter Egg
Free Perk Power-Up
Equip Napalm Burst or a Molotov.
Go to the Ossuary (near Speed Cola) and light all 6 lamps in the room using Napalm Burst shots or Molotovs.
When all 6 lamps are lit, a random Perk power-up will appear.
Side Easter Egg
Free Ray Gun (& Points)
Equip Death Perception and find a shovel from around the map.
Dig at dig spots around the map until you find 3 green orbs (gems). Listen for the buzzing of flies to locate dig spots. Death Perception makes the orbs visible.
Bring all 3 orbs to the statue next to the Bull Mural in the Tombs and interact with it. Two DoppelGhasts will spawn.
Kill both — the last one will drop a Ray Gun and 1,000 points.
Side Easter Egg
Gold Armor Vest
Warning — Blood Sacrifice
During the lockdown, every player is reduced to 1 Health Point and killstreaks are disabled.
Go to the Dark Aether Nexus and melee two wooden boxes — one near Juggernog, the other near the green teleporter. Each drops a human head statue.
Bring both heads to the temple at the Dig Site and place them on the two statues. Touching one statue triggers a Blood Sacrifice lockdown.
Survive the first wave — three HVT DoppelGhasts spawn.
Survive the second wave — three HVT Shock Mimics spawn.
Once defeated, a $0 Gold Armor Vest wallbuy appears on the wall by the Golden Bulls Statue in spawn. The Gold Armor Vest slowly regenerates (approximately 21 seconds for a three-plate vest).
Side Easter Egg
Free Light Mend & Self-Revive
Find and shoot all 10 vases around the map:
  • Dig Site / Spawn (3) — above the rampage inducer, above an entrance, and on a ledge near a statue
  • Tomb (1) — on a ledge near an opening
  • Shrine of the Hierophants (1) — near the dome ceiling
  • Subterranean Temple (2) — at the light opening of the cave, and one above the red teleporter
  • Deep Excavation (1) — in the back between rectangular rocks/pillars
  • Ossuary (1) — above a doorway
  • Neolithic Catacombs (1) — behind a Mystery Box spawn
After shooting all 10, a Light Mend ammo mod and a Self-Revive will be awarded.
Side Easter Egg
Free Full Power (& Points)
Equip Dead Wire on a weapon.
At the Dig Site, shoot two generators — one by the stairs and one by the armor wallbuy.
A Full Power power-up along with essence canisters and armor plates will appear on the fallen column at the center of the area.
Side Easter Egg
Free Brain Rot & Loot
Go to the Tombs area and shoot the fallen statue on the floor.
Play Simon Says — the statues on the walls will light up in a sequence. Shoot them in that exact order.
Once complete, a Brain Rot ammo mod, essence, and salvage will be awarded.
Side Easter Egg
Mini Power-Up Statues
Tiny power-up statues are hidden across the map. Shoot each one to receive that power-up instantly.
  • Double Points — Dark Aether Nexus, on top of a rock crevice/shelf
  • Bonus Points — Dark Aether Nexus, in the zombie spawn left of the blue portal
  • Insta-Kill — Deep Excavation, in the back near the rock pillars
  • Full Power — Shrine of the Hierophants, in a zombie spawn cave
  • Max Ammo — Subterranean Temple, on the ceiling (hard to see without a scope)
  • Max Armor — Ossuary, cave entrance in the wall
  • Nuke — Neolithic Catacombs, deep in the outside cave near the Mystery Box
  • Fire Sale — Dig Site, only appears after all other power-up statues have been shot. On top of a wall between the rampage inducer and PhD Flopper
Music Easter Egg
Music
First headset — Shrine of the Hierophants, under a statue.
Second headset — Ossuary, right of the green portal along the wall.
Third headset — Dark Aether Nexus, along the edge of the wall between the red and yellow portals.
After interacting with all three, the song "Dig" by Matt Heafy will begin playing.
Intel
Audio Logs
Retirement Plan — Dig Site — on crates and blue scaffolding
The Infamous Mr. Rhodes — Dig Site — on boxes at the western side
Look at All the Bodies — Roman Mausoleum — on boxes upstairs from the Dig Site
Grave Robbers — Immediately to the right after opening into the Tomb, on the left side
A Fabrication — Neolithic Catacombs — north of Deadshot Daiquiri, beside a skeleton and some pots
Making a Monocle — Ossuary — next to a stone brazier
The Knaves — Subterranean Temple — at the bottom of a flight of stairs
Deep Trouble — Deep Excavation — behind a pillar, east of the Subterranean Temple
Against a Wall — Shrine of the Hierophants — in an alcove next to the door leading to the Subterranean Temple
Spring Time — Shrine of the Hierophants — to the west of the Stamin-Up machine
Tortured Artist — Dark Aether Nexus — on the destroyed walls of some ruins in the western part
Intel
Documents
Potts and Pains Pt. 1 — In the vase near Quick Revive
Potts and Pains Pt. 2 — In the vase above the portal to the Dark Aether
Potts and Pains Pt. 3 — In the vase above Stamin-Up
Potts and Pains Pt. 4 — Equip Brain Rot on your gun and head to the Ossuary. There will be 4 skulls with an X engraved on their foreheads. Shoot all 4 skulls with Brain Rot in order, starting with the skull closest to spawn, as fast as possible
Potts and Pains Pt. 5 — Equip Death Perception, obtain three ancient gems and give them to the statue in the Tombs, then defeat the two HVT DoppelGhasts
Intel
Artifacts
Aetheric Lantern — Obtained through main quest progression
Sentinel Artifact — Obtained through main quest progression
Monolith Crystal Shard — Obtained through main quest progression
Ice Staff — Obtained through main quest progression
Sir Archibald's Monocle — Obtained through main quest progression
Alas, Poor Bernard — Dark Aether Nexus — on the podium in the center, interact with the skeleton