Zombies Season 1 Guide and All Content

Zombies Season 1 focuses on the Dark Aether Rift mechanic and new Schematics in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (MW3). Catch up on the latest Zombies Season 1 patch notes, new schematics and easter eggs, and Zombies S1 walkthrough guides.

All Zombies Season 1 Content

Mid-Season Content

Zombies Season 1 Mid-Season Content
Dokkaebi Warlord

Dokkaebi is a new Warlord in Season 1 Reloaded and can be found at the top of the skycraper in Zaravan City.

Dokkaebi Fortress Location

Season 1 Schematics and Acquisitions

New Schematics
Golden Armor Plate	Dog Bone
Aether Blade Schematic	The Scorcher Weapon Case Schematic
Flawless Aetherium Crystal Schematic	Legendary Aether Tool Schematic

All new Season 1 Schematics can be found in the Dark Aether Rift zone after entering via an Elder Sigil.

How to Get All Classified Schematics

Season 1 Easter Eggs and Guides

The Dark Aether Rift mechanic is the center of Zombies Season 1. The Dark Aether Rift is a new zone unlocked by the 4 keys (Locked Diary, Pill Bottle, Surveillance Camera, and Dog Collar). To enter this zone, you need to spend Sigils to activate the portal.

New Wonder Weapon

The V-R11 is the new support Wonder Weapon introduced in Season 1. It turns opponents into your allies for a temporary period before they die. You can also shoot the V-R11 at your teammates to make them temporarily invisible to zombies.

How to Get V-R11 Wonder Weapon

Prestige Challenges

Calling Card	How to Get
Bursting	Complete all Prestige 1 Zombies Challenges.
Harvesting Season	Get 10 kills in 30 seconds with Throwing Knives.
Lightning Fast	Get 200 kills shortly after reloading with Speed Cola active.
Sunset Asssault	Extract 3 Schematics in a Single Deployment.
Urban Toll	Kill 25 Manglers while using Napalm Burst.
Reaching	Complete all Prestige 2 Zombies Challenges.
Don't Breathe	Get 250 Kills while in Tac Stance.
Don't Look Back	Get 50 Kills with the Sentry Gun Killstreak.
Knock Knock	Complete 10 Big Bountry Contracts while Jugger-Nog is active.
Cave Dweller	Kill 75 Hellhounds with Cryo Freeze.
Scream Out	Complete all Prestige 3 Zombies Challenges.
Torrential Horde	Get 30 Kills while Underwater.
Unknown Voyage	Get 15 Kills with an LMG without releasing the trigger.
No Mercy	Get 150 Kills while in the Low Threat Zone with a Legendary Rarity Weapon.
Crystal Horde	Get 1000 Kills with Akimbo Pistols.
Enhanced	Complete all Prestige 4 Zombies Challenges.
Wonder Shocked	Get 1000 Kills using a weapon with an After Market Part.
Mind the Kindling	Revive 15 Teammates with Quick Revive active.
Fire and Corpses	Use 5 Acquisitions in under 30 Seconds.
So It Begins	Damage an Aether Worm with your Fists.
Screeching Creatures	Complete all Prestige 5 Zombies Challenges.
Kill-O-Watt	Trigger 300 Ammo Mods with Elemental Pop active.
Pale Surfer	Get 250 Kills in a row without taking damage.
Heavy Stuff	Get 100 Kills while Sliding.
Minion	Get 300 Kills with your Fists.

Season 1 allows you to level up past Rank 55 into Prestige Ranks that persist across seasons. Each Prestige Rank comes with 5 Zombies Calling Card challenges that you can complete.

All Prestige Challenges

Zombies Season 1 Update Patch Notes

Zombies: Maps

Urzikstan

• Various visual map fixes.

Zombies: Weapons

Wonder Weapons

• The Scorcher: The Scorcher’s launch ability will automatically fire when a player reaches their maximum charge under low ammo conditions.

Assault

• DG-58: Addressed an issue that prevented camos from applying in the customization tab in loadout menus.

Weapon Cases

• All Weapon Cases: Closed a duplication exploit.

Zombies: Missions

Hostile Takeover

• Addressed an issue that prevented some safes from progressing this Mission.
• Adjusted the description of this Mission in the Mission Select menu to state that Greene wants Players to hit “Terminus” instead of “Deadbolt.”

Hostile Takeover Walkthrough

Merc Cleanup

• Mercenaries killed from long distances inside Merc Camps will now progress this mission.

Merc Cleanup Walkthrough

Shocked

• This Mission now requires players to shock five separate Special zombies instead of shocking the same Special zombie multiple times.

Shocked Walkthrough

Storm the Castle

• The required mission item will always drop when the Warlord is killed.

How to Collect Strauss's Research: Storm the Castle Walkthrough

Zombies: Gameplay

Contracts

Acquisitions

Looting

• Various fixes for locations on the map where players could not loot items.

Exfil

General

• Ammo Caches will now always fully refill applicable player ammo reserves.
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to die instantly if they ran and slid into a Dog House.
• Players will no longer be able to hide inside a Dog House.
• Closed an out-of-bounds location that allowed players to stay alive outside the playable space.
• Addressed an issue where Player selected Operator skins would change upon entering a vehicle.

Zombies: Enemies

Zombies

Zombies: Equipment

Lethal Equipment

• Experimental Gas Grenade: Damage against Aether Worms has been reduced.

Tactical Equipment

• Decoy Grenades: Reduced the number of Decoy Grenades that can be stacked or equipped from 3 to 2. Reduced Decoy Grenade duration from 8 seconds to 6.

Zombies: Killstreaks

Juggernaut

• Addressed an issue where players could destroy an Exfil helicopter by calling in a Juggernaut suit crate on top of it.

How to Get Juggernaut

Sentry Turret

• Players can no longer kill themselves or others when placing down a Sentry Turret.

How to Get Sentry Guns

Zombies: Customization

Camos

• Borealis (MW3) and Bioluminescent (MW2): Increased the animation rate of the Borealis and Bioluminescent Completionist Camos

Zombies: UIX

• Player health and stamina are now represented by dynamic bars on the HUD.
• Addressed an issue that prevented pings on looted items in caches from disappearing automatically.
• Addressed an issue where players who attempted to equip a Mission Reward in the Gear tab would sometimes equip the wrong item.
• Addressed an issue where objective titles would occasionally not display while loading into a match.
• Addressed an issue where objective text would occasionally display outside its panel while loading into a match.
• Addressed an issue where players would be returned to the lobby screen when selecting “Activate Armory Unlock” on a locked Tactical or Lethal equipment item.

Zombies: Progression

Achievements

• The First Step: Players can now unlock “The First Step” for reaching level 55 in Modern Warfare Zombies. Previously, players would need to enter the Multiplayer menu to obtain the achievement.

Camos

• Golden Enigma (MW3) & Golden Ivory (MW2): We’ve released a fix that allows Players to complete the Golden Enigma and Golden Ivory Completionist Camos with Blueprint weapons and Custom Mods.

Zombies: Audio

Battle Chatter

• “Friendly Fire” Operator chatter will play less frequently.

Zombies: Stability

• Adjustments have been made to better ensure players keep their loadout and rucksack inventory if they do not successfully deploy into a match.
• Added various crash and stability fixes.

How Many Zombies Season 1 Missions?

Only 1 Mission

Zombies Season 1 only has 1 mission, the Act 4 story mission Bad Signal. There are no follow-up objectives or missions to do after that, but you do get access to a series of complicated secret objectives/easter eggs that will allow you to unlock and explore the Dark Aether Rift afterward.

You can do the Act 4 mission regardless of your Acts 1 to 3 progression.

Bad Signal Act 4 Mission Walkthrough

Zombies Season 1 Battle Pass

Paid Acquisitions

Zombies Battle Pass Items (Season 1)
Cryo Freeze Ammo Mod Sector A1	Refined Aetherium Crystal Sector A4	Shatter Blast Ammo Mod Sector A15
Epic Aether Tool Sector A16	Legendary Aether Tool Sector A19	-

The Season 1 Battle Pass introduces the first pay-to-win aspects for Modern Warfare Zombies. If you progress the Battle Pass, you'll be rewarded with 2 of each of the above Zombies items, which you can use once each at any point when deploying into a Zombies match.

Current Battle Pass End Dates and Rewards

Season 1 Battle Pass Weapons

The XRK Stalker (Sniper Rifle), RAM-7 (Assault Rifle), and Stormender (EMP Launcher) can be used in Zombies loadouts once unlocked via the Season 1 Battle Pass.

These are weapons that you can only obtain throughout the duration of the season.

Zombies Best Guns and Weapons Tier List

Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) Related Guides

Zombies Mode Walkthrough and Guide

All Zombies Guides