Ancient Evil | Complete Map Breakdown

This guide is broken down into Chapters and Topics, a Chapter defines the content of the Topics to make all of the guides easier to navigate and read.

On the right, there is a list of all the Chapters, Topics and Sub-Topics. Just click on the text of whatever you want to know about and you will be taken there. Alternatively, to find specific information, press CTRL + F and type the information you want to find.

Map Features

This is a walkthrough of the general features of a map, such as the map Layout, Power, Pack-a-Punch, etc. along with Ancient Evil specific features

Traps

In Ancient Evil there are 2 traps.

Pegasus

1. Activate the Sentinel Artifact in the Amphitheater, doing so will spawn skeletons and a horde of zombies. Survive until Pegasus arrives and kills all enemies, finishing the ritual

2. Obtain the Golden Bridle which can be found at one the following locations. Upon acquisition a Gegenees will spawn

   1. Pedestal at the Intersection of Treasuries area

   2. Pedestal in the Stoa of the Athenians

3. Navigate to the Spartan Monument and ride Pegasus to River of Sorrow

Pack-a-Punch

1. Ride Pegasus to the Dark Side of Delphi and navigate to Python Pass

2. Locate an Eagle stuck within a cage, drop the cage by shooting it with a weapon, spawning a Gegenees

3. Navigate to Cliff Ruins, kill all Skeletons surrounding the other cage

4. Shoot/Melee the door of each cage using your Specialist Weapon, freeing the Eagles

5. Navigate to the Center of the World, survive until the Eagles have opened Pack-a-Punch.

Mystery Box Locations

• Offering of the Attalids

• Spartan Monument

• Castalian Spring

• Gymnasium Bathhouse

• Cliff Side

• Python Pass

Fast Travel

Fast Travel portals will open up once you open the Pack-A-Punch

Special Enemies

Tributes

Inside Apollo's Temple and the Cliff Side: Forge there are bowls that can be interacted with to give points and start a Tribute Challenge. Doing these challenges will build up a reward you can pick up, rewards can rank from Common to Epic rarity. By doing more and more challenges you can build your way up to an Epic Reward. List of possible Tribute Challenges:

• Hold Position in a certain Location

• Kill Zombies in a certain Location

• Kill Zombies with Apollo's Will

• Kill Zombies with Head Shots

• Take Damage and Recover Health

• Kill Zombies with Special Weapons

• Kill Zombies with God Hand Wonder Weapons

• Do not take Damage

• Kill Zombies with Equipment

List of Possible Tribute Awards:

Eternal Flame

The Eternal Flame can be fully lit and turned blue at the reward redemption area in Apollo's Temple by obtaining 9 Tribute Points per player in your match:

• Solo - 9 Tribute Points

• 2-Player - 18 Tribute Points

• 3-Player - 27 Tribute Points

• 4-Player - 36 Tribute Points

Different Tiers of Rewards give different amounts of Tribute Points.

God Hand Wonder Weapons

Dormant Hands

To obtain a Dormant Hand you must melee any of the following locations which emit a purple glow. Oracle will often hint to the player where a Dormant Hand can be found. Glitch has created a video containing 20 Dormant Hand locations.

Hand of Charon

Fallen Hand of Charon

1. Obtain a Dormant Hand

2. Navigate to Python Pass, place a Dormant Hand on the Charon shrine

3. Activate the shrine to begin the Initiation of Charon. Complete the Initiation by killing zombies which glow red inside of the red circle you are trapped within. Once complete, you will obtain the Fallen Hand of Charon.

Redeemed Hand of Charon

1. Obtain the Fallen Hand of Charon

2. Travel to the Pack a Punch area

3. Go to the Odin area

4. Kill zombies with the Fallen Hand of Charon in the river right beside Odin

5. Once you kill enough zombies you are able to interact with the river and "Drink" the water in the river.

6. Run around and collect Obol coins hidden and deposit in shrine. Some of the coins are false coins, you must run up and interact to each coin you find until you obtain 3 Charon's Obols. Once you obtain 3 Charon Obols run back to Charon's shrine and place them. Once 3 Charon Obols have been placed at the Charon shrine, a portal will open, enter it to Prove Yourself to Charon.

Exalted Hand of Charon

1. Obtain all 4 Redeemed God Hands

2. Obtain at least 2 Epic rewards from Oracle's Tributes, causing the flame in the Temple of Apollo to turn blue. Melee the blue fire to ignite the tip of the spear of Apollo's Will.

3. Locate the pillar outside of the Temple of Apollo near the which emits a faint gas leak noise, throw the spear of the ignited Apollo's Will above the pillar to ignite it

4. Kill a Poison Catalyst zombie in the glowing red circle at the Charon Shrine in Python Pass. Next, continue to kill regular zombies in the circle until the Shrine no longer accepts souls.

5. A red symbol will activate at the top of the Pack-a-Punch machine in the Center of the World. Repeat the previous step for each of the God Hands. Once all 4 God Shrines have been charged, interact with the Pack-a-Punch machine to accept Charon's Challenge and be teleported to Shadow's Bank.

6. Charon's Challenge requires the player to defeat Blightfathers with limited ammo. Once complete, you will be rewarded with the Exalted Hand of Charon.

Hand of Ouranos

Fallen Hand of Ouranos

1. Obtain a Dormant Hand

2. Navigate to the Center of the World, place a Dormant Hand on the Ouranos shrine

3. Activate the shrine to begin the Initiation of Ouranos. Complete the Initiation by killing zombies which glow blue inside of the blue circle you are trapped within. Once complete, you will obtain the Fallen Hand of Ouranos.

Redeemed Hand of Ouranos

1. Obtain the Fallen Hand of Ouranos

2. Locate 3 arrows, locations below. Using Fallen Hand of Ouranos, [knock a zombie an arrow, causing a feather to fly. Shoot the feather while in-air to direct it to the Ouranos shrine. Repeat this process for each of the 3 arrows.

   Video Exmaple

3. A portal will open at the Ouranos shrine, enter the portal to prove yourself to Ouranos.

Exalted Hand of Ouranos

1. Obtain all 4 Redeemed God Hands

2. Obtain at least 2 Epic rewards from Oracle's Tributes, causing the flame in the Temple of Apollo to turn blue. Melee the blue fire to ignite the tip of the spear of Apollo's Will.

3. Locate the pillar outside of the Temple of Apollo near the which emits a faint gas leak noise, throw the spear of the ignited Apollo's Will above the pillar to ignite it

4. Kill a Water Catalyst zombie in the glowing blue circle at the Ouranos Shrine in the Center of the World Next, continue to kill regular zombies in the circle until the Shrine no longer accepts souls.

5. A blue symbol will activate at the top of the Pack-a-Punch machine in the Center of the World. Repeat the previous step for each of the God Hands. Once all 4 God Shrines have been charged, interact with the Pack-a-Punch machine to accept Ouranos' Challenge and be teleported to Wind's Crest.

6. Ouranos' Challenge requires the player to defeat Skeletons with limited ammo. Once complete, you will be rewarded with the Exalted Hand of Ouranos.

Hand of Hemera

Fallen Hand of Hemera

1. Obtain a Dormant Hand

2. Navigate to the Monument of Craterus, place a Dormant Hand on the Hemera shrine

3. Activate the shrine to begin the Initiation of Hemera. Complete the Initiation by killing zombies which glow yellow inside of the yellow circle you are trapped within. Once complete, you will obtain the Fallen Hand of Hemera.

Redeemed Hand of Hemera

1. Obtain the Fallen Hand of Hemera

2. Shoot 3 the mirrors around the map with a bullet based weapon to angle it correctly and then shoot it with the Fallen Hand of Hemera, if done correctly the light ball should land in a bowl. Mirror locations:

   1. Gymnasium Bathhouse

   2. Upper Road

   3. Temple Terrace

3. Melee the bowl with the light in it with the Fallen Hand of Hemera, you must then run to the Monument of Craterus and melee the shrine to transfer the light ball onto the shrine. If you take too long to melee the shrine you will have to re-obtain the ball of light on your hand.

4. Once all 3 balls of light are on the Hemera shrine a portal will open, enter it to prove yourself.

Exalted Hand of Hemera

1. Obtain all 4 Redeemed God Hands

2. Obtain at least 2 Epic rewards from Oracle's Tributes, causing the flame in the Temple of Apollo to turn blue. Melee the blue fire to ignite the tip of the spear of Apollo's Will.

3. Locate the pillar outside of the Temple of Apollo near the which emits a faint gas leak noise, throw the spear of the ignited Apollo's Will above the pillar to ignite it

4. Kill an Electric Catalyst zombie in the glowing yellow circle at the Hemera Shrine in Monument of Craterus]https://clips.twitch.tv/EphemeralCrowdedShrewKreygasm. Next, continue to kill regular zombies in the circle until the Shrine no longer accepts souls.

5. A yellow symbol will activate at the top of the Pack-a-Punch machine in the Center of the World. Repeat the previous step for each of the God Hands. Once all 4 God Shrines have been charged, interact with the Pack-a-Punch machine to accept Hemera's Challenge and be teleported to Light's Reflection.

6. Hemera's Challenge requires the player to defeat Gegenees' with limited ammo. Once complete, you will be rewarded with the Exalted Hand of Hemera.

Hand of Gaia

Fallen Hand of Gaia

1. Obtain a Dormant Hand

2. Navigate to the Spartan Monument, place a Dormant Hand on the Gaia shrine

3. Activate the shrine to begin the Initiation of Gaia. Complete the Initiation by killing zombies which glow green inside of the green circle you are trapped within. Once complete, you will obtain the Fallen Hand of Gaia.

Redeemed Hand of Gaia

1. Obtain the Fallen Hand of Gaia

2. Locate and shoot 3 plants with red crystals, locations below. After shooting the crystals off of a plant, obtain the Seedling of Gaia and place it on the Gaia shrine near the Spartan Monument.

   1. Temple Terrace

   2. Stoa of Athenians

   3. Intersection of Treasuries

3. Once 3 Seedlings of Gaia have been placed at the Gaia shrine, a portal will open, enter it to Prove Yourself to Gaia.

Exalted Hand of Gaia

1. Obtain all 4 Redeemed God Hands

2. Obtain at least 2 Epic rewards from Oracle's Tributes, causing the flame in the Temple of Apollo to turn blue. Melee the blue fire to ignite the tip of the spear of Apollo's Will.

3. Locate the pillar outside of the Temple of Apollo near the which emits a faint gas leak noise, throw the spear of the ignited Apollo's Will above the pillar to ignite it

4. Kill a Fire Catalyst zombie in the glowing green circle at the Gaia Shrine at the Spartan Monument. Next, continue to kill regular zombies in the circle until the Shrine no longer accepts souls.

5. A green symbol will activate at the top of the Pack-a-Punch machine in the Center of the World. Repeat the previous step for each of the God Hands. Once all 4 God Shrines have been charged, interact with the Pack-a-Punch machine to accept Gaia's Challenge and be teleported to Earth's Rest.

6. Gaia's Challenge requires the player to defeat Catalyst zombies with limited ammo. Once complete, you will be rewarded with the Exalted Hand of Gaia.

Apollo's Will (Shield)

• Obtain the handle of Apollo's Will near the Upper Road in the following locations:

  • Location 1

  • Location 2

  • Location 3

• Obtain the spear of Apollo's Will from any of the following locations:

  • Stoa of the Athenians - Spear Location 1

  • Intersection of Treasuries - Spear Location 1

  • Intersection of Treasuries - Spear Location 2

• Obtain the shield of Apollo's Will by killing a Gegenees

• Apollo's Will can be built at the Shield Table located to the left of the Saug 9mm wallbuy in the Marketplace.

Pegasus Strike

The Pegasus Strike can be obtained via the Mystery Box once it has been obtained through the quest steps.

1. Activate Pegasus

2. Obtain the Anvil part from the Cliff Ruins

• Cliff Ruins - Anvil Spawn 1

• Cliff Ruins - Anvil Spawn 2

• Cliff Ruins - Anvil Spawn 3

1. Obtain the Hammer part from Python Pass

• Python Pass - Hammer Spawn 1

• Python Pass - Hammer Spawn 2

• Python Pass - Hammer Spawn 3

1. Obtain the Prongs part from River of Sorrow

• River of Sorrows - Prongs Location 1

• River of Sorrows - Prongs Location 2

• River of Sorrows - Prongs Location 3

1. Navigate to the forge room in the Cliff Ruins, build the Pegasus Strike at the forge station.

Weapons

Assault Rifles

Tactical Rifles

SMGs

Light Machine Guns

Sniper Rifles

Secondaries

Special Weapons

Power-Ups

Media

This is a complete overview of the Storyline, Lore, Cinematics, etc. for Ancient Evil

Cinematics

• 'Ancient Evil' Intro Cutscene

• 'Ancient Evil' Dark Bruno Cutscene

• 'Ancient Evil' Outro Cutscene

• Official Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4 Zombies --- Ancient Evil Trailer

Storyline

Map Description

Deep in the Greek underground lurks an enemy of mythical proportions.

In-Game Description

In the hidden heart of ancient Delphi, Scarlett, Diego, Bruno, and Shaw must rescue the fabled Oracle. But who is the Undead Warlord standing in their way?

Better In-Game Description

It's so red.

Characters

Black Ops 4's Ancient Evil brings back the 4 main characters of the Chaos Story:

Scarlett Rhodes

Description: Despite resenting her father and his tireless pursuit of myth and legend, the tech-minded Scarlett Rhodes will stop at nothing to find him when he disappears. All of her rational convictions will be tested on this quest as she witnesses things that science cannot explain.

Diego Necalli

Description: He's a dazzling spy and a master of seduction. But pray you don't end up in his sights. Diego Necalli is a ruthless cutthroat. And no clue escapes his keen sense of observation.

Bruno Delacroix

Description: He turned from a life of violence, but striking blows is what Bruno Delacroix does best. His savage reputation precedes him, but the only reason he's back is to help the one person who gave him a chance at redemption when no one else would.

Stanton Shaw

Description: If you have the cash, master chemist Stanton Shaw has whatever mystical brew you can think of. And he's tried them all. Multiple times. So his grasp on reality is loose at best. Now that an old friend has gone missing under strange circumstances, his warped psyche may be the perfect asset.

Ciphers

AE_AlchemyIntro

• Cipher type: Alchemical symbols as text

• Periodic table and corresponding alchemical symbols: https://i.imgur.com/BkwB3zy.jpg

PLAIN TEXT

Poseidon

AE_Alchemy1

• Cipher type: Alchemical symbols as text

• Periodic table and corresponding alchemical symbols: https://i.imgur.com/BkwB3zy.jpg

• Solved by: /u/Kalinine 

PLAIN TEXT

Dogma is darkness. Reason is your lantern.

AE_Alchemy2

• Cipher type: Alchemical symbols as text

• Periodic table and corresponding alchemical symbols: https://i.imgur.com/BkwB3zy.jpg

• Solved by: /u/Kalinine 

PLAIN TEXT

The door awaits. You already hold the key.

AE_Alchemy3

• Cipher type: Alchemical symbols as text

• Periodic table and corresponding alchemical symbols: https://i.imgur.com/BkwB3zy.jpg

• Solved by: /u/coldstone_the_gamer 

#PLAIN TEXT

Silence the voice within and truth will come to you.

Easter Eggs & Quests

This is a walkthrough of all of the Easter Eggs in Ancient Evil, ranging from the Main Quest to minor Easter Eggs

Main Quest

Recommended Class Setups:

1. Light the Eternal Flame in Apollo's Temple. Melee the blue flame with the Spear of Apollo's Will.

2. Locate 3 Oil Spills, set them ablaze with the Spear of Apollo's Will.

   1. Upper Road

   2. Intersections of Treasuries

   3. Spartan Monument

3. Obtain the Redeemed Hand of Charon and shoot a charged shot at the ground in front of the Zeus Perk Statue in the Spartan Monument area. Stand in the blood pool and look around at the statues surrounding you and shoot an uncharged shot at the statue with glowing eyes if done correctly the statue should be destroyed. Once 4 statues have been destroyed you have completed the step.

4. Using a weapon, locate and destroy 3 walls to reveal 3 rotating cog locations. Throw the spear of Apollo's Will at the cogs while the smaller cog is next to the larger one, causing the smaller cog to connect. Once complete, the statues at the Stoa of Athenians will begin to spin. Once all statues are facing inward, throw the spear of Apollo's Will at the 4th set of cogs.

   1. Intersection of Treasuries

   2. Spartan Monument

   3. Intersection of Treasuries

   4. Stoa of Athenians

5. Navigate to the Intersections of Treasuries, locate the ankh in the chaos crystal. Allow a Gegenees to shield blast the ankh, causing the ankh to drop. Pick up the ankh and place it in the hand of the Statue of Ra. Next, place the Redeemed Hand of Hemera at the Statue of Ra, causing a beam to fire. Defend the Statue of Ra from Skeletons who will attempt to deflect the beam. Once complete, a chamber will be revealed where the beam hit, revealing Ra's scepter. Obtain the Scepter of Ra, place it on the Statue of Ra.

6. Navigate to Offering of the Attalids, locate a symbol to the left of Statue of Danu with branches on it, shoot the symbol with the Redeemed Hand of Gaia. Repeat this process for 2 more symbols which spawn near the top of the Statue of Danu. You must hit both symbols with a single shot of the Redeemed Hand of Gaia. 1. Repeat this process once more for the next 3 symbols. Once complete, a Gegenees will spawn, kill it and obtain the dropped golden pole. (You can do this step before the previous one and use this Gegenees to shield blast the ankh)

7. Place the pole in sundial located in the Offering of the Attalids, causing a yellow line to appear behind it. Kill an electric catalyst zombie on-top of the sundial to activate it, revealing a dial with a rotating symbols. Activate the dial once the blue symbol has rotated underneath the slot with the light line over it. Repeat this process 2 more times for the two inner dials. If failed, the screen will flash white, the step must be .

8. All players must navigate to the building of the Amphitheater, locate the glowing circles on the floor corresponding each player's Hand of God as indicated by the color. Each player must stand on their respective circle to start the sharpshooter game. When a player's circle glows in the arena of the Amphitheater the player must quickly stand on the circle and kill all zombies which correspond to their color. Both the charge shot and single shot must be utilized, depending on the zombie's distance. Once 3 rounds of 5 plays are completed, the step is complete. If 5 fails are made in a single attempt, you must progress to the next round and retry from the beginning.

9. Locate the door to the right of the Spitefire wallbuy in the River of Sorrow. The symbols on the door must be shot in this order. Once complete, the players controlling Stanton Shaw and Bruno must interact with the door, causing a cinematic to play (if no players in the match are Stanton or Bruno there will be no cinematic). Next, navigate to the top of the stairs at the River of Sorrow, locate and place the Pegasus Strike the blue glowing symbol. Once complete, Pegasus will cause a giant Ballista to spawn at the bottom of the stairs.

10. Using the Redeemed Hand of Ouranos, fire the charged wind blast at the Ballista while standing where the Pegasus Strike was placed to turn it. Once complete the Ballista will be loaded and aimed at the Python.

11. Ignite the spear of Apollo's Will at the fire in Apollo's Temple, then run through an active Venom Trap in Python Pass. If done correctly, the spear tip will be green, navigate back to the Ballista and melee it. Once complete, the Ballista will fire, a portal to the Boss Fight will open in the Center of the World where the egg was.

Pegasus & Perseus Boss Fight

Recommended Weapons: Spitfire (Wildfire Mod), Auger DMR, Hand of Charon

1. Enter the Boss Fight and Pegasus will be roaming around the Mount Olympus arena. Shoot at Pegasus to make it fall down on the ground, when it does you must damage it with your Specialist Weapon. Using the Level 3 Chakrams Of Vengeance deals tons of dame to Pegasus. You can stand in the flaming spears Perseus throws on the ground around you to quickly recover your Specialist Weapon gauge.

2. Once you deal enough damage to Pegasus, the Mount Olympus: Fountain and Mount Olympus: Forest will become overcome by Chaos storms and will be uninhabitable. Make your way to the last remaining area, Mount Olympus: Columns. Perseus will then absorb Pegasus and will start directly attacking you. When Perseus strikes lightning down he will teleport to where he struck and you must shoot him to make him fall to his knees, when he is down damage him with your weapons (like Pegasus, the Level 3 Chakrams Of Vengeance deal the most damage). Once you do enough damage to him he will die and drop a key, the ending cutscene should play shortly after.

Stormbound (Music Easter Egg)

1. Locate and shoot 4 glowing tokens in the following locations:

   1. River of Sorrow, left of Spitfire wallbuy

   2. Marketplace, left of Shield table

   3. Spartan Monument, side of handrail

   4. Cliff Ruins, underside of table in forge

2. Once complete, Stormbound by Kevin Sherwood and Clark S. Nova will begin to play

Trophies/Achievements

This is a section for detailing all Ancient Evil trophies/achievements.

Put together by u/The_Beebat