Call of Duty: Black Ops III

Call of Duty: Black Ops III

MURDER MYSTERY
JBird632  [developer] 14 Sep, 2024 @ 9:19pm
Official Map Guide
Official Map Guide

Easter Egg

This easter egg is based on the boardgame Clue. Players must figure out who the "Murderer", "Murder Weapon", and "Room" that the murder took place in. Once they solve this then they can enter the Boss Fight.

Note that each step contains randomization so the Murderer, Weapon, and Room will be different each game, along with other mechanics being random (like the clock times, and symbols).

Step 1: Turn on the Power
Open up the Cellar and turn on the power switch

Step 2: Obtain Mansion Key
In the Library next to the PM63 wall buy is a statue of a head. Interact with the statue to open the head, then interact with it again (requires power to be enabled) to open the secret bookshelf door.

https://imgur.com/a/2WyZHmS
https://imgur.com/a/EI43fT6

After entering the secret bookshelf, grab the key hanging from the ceiling.
https://imgur.com/a/jTRwQNs

The Mansion Key can be used to open:
- the chainlink gate in the cellar (does not need to be opened, but provides another path into the cellar)
- chests (these contain ritual room cards)
- the study in the upstairs hallway

Step 3: Open Pack-a-Punch
Once power is enabled, players can interact with 4 globes around the map. Once all 4 globes are interacted with, the pack-a-punch will raise from the floor in the Hall.

The globe locations are:
Hall on the table near spawn.
https://imgur.com/a/TkCnibM

Library on the table by PM63.
https://imgur.com/a/teZK6YV

Dining Room on the table by the MP5k.
https://imgur.com/a/mOhJztE

Upstairs Hallway on the table by the Stakeout.
https://imgur.com/a/8zMrzAL.png

Steps 4-6 can all be done in parallel

Step 4: Murderer Clues
There are 4 spawn locations for Knight zombies around the map. After a Knight zombie awakens, the wood stand that the suit of armor was on will have 1 of 4 potential murderer clue cards.

The Hall:
https://imgur.com/a/vIG1zWt

The Library:
https://imgur.com/a/4Z9soVv

The Hallway:
https://imgur.com/a/6rVdZEB

The Upstairs Hallway:
https://imgur.com/a/dOxHBih

You must find all 4 potential murderer clue cards in order to continue.

Step 5: Weapon Clues
Each room will contain dressers/cabinets that the player can interact with. There is no text on the screen to indicate that it can be interacted. Opening the drawers/cabinets can reveal 1 of 5 Murder Weapons. A room can only contain at most 1 potential murder weapon.

Example:
https://imgur.com/a/SuEcMrn

You must find all 5 potential murder weapons in order to continue.

Step 6: Room Clues (Rituals)
Each room in the mansion is a potential location that the murder could have taken place in. Players must complete a "Ritual" in each room to collect the room clues.

When interacting with a Ritual Circle, all players must be standing on the Ritual Circle to activate it. This require players to fend off zombies for a duration (this duration increases with the number of players in the match).

After completing a ritual, you can pickup the Room Clue card.

Hall
Open pack-a-punch before continuing.
Parkour from the balcony on top of the of the pack-a-punch lift. (This jump can be a bit tricky, its easiest with Stamin-Up and jumping late).
https://imgur.com/a/o0TjHod
Melee the glowing card on the chandelier, the card will fall behind the pack-a-punch machine.
https://imgur.com/a/CK48fau

Library
Ensure power is on before continuing.
Interact with the mechanism by the bookshelves in the middle of the library to lower the chandelier.
https://i.imgur.com/SVDH8I9
Open the debris in the library's upper balcony and parkour across the bookshelves. The player will have to mantle onto the ledge above the fireplace as the last obstacle. The clue card is in the Bore's mouth and can be melee'd to knock it down to the couch.
https://imgur.com/a/9furwcV

Ballroom
Ensure power is on before continuing.
After power is enabled, the power door in the upstairs hallway will be opened, giving you access to the ballroom balcony. Interact with the button to open the stage curtain, then return to the ballroom stage to do the ritual.
https://imgur.com/a/ftivQEG

Lounge
Open the debris blocking the stairs in the lounge, doing so will also reveal a path along the ledge above the fireplace. Parkour onto the bookshelf and then mantle up onto the ledge. Melee the clue card and it will fall onto the couch to do the ritual.
https://imgur.com/a/ORq9zlE

Obtain the Mansion Key before continuing with the next few room cards.

Dining Room
Open the chest in the Dining Room to reveal the clue card.
https://imgur.com/a/VGBNmHd

Cellar
Open the chest in the Cellar to reveal the clue card.
https://imgur.com/a/HkeIKO5

Billiards Room
Open the chest in the Billiards Room to reveal the clue card.
https://imgur.com/a/A7shhLH

Study
Open the Study's locked doors with the Mansion Key. You can then open the drawers of the desk to reveal the clue card.
https://imgur.com/a/FNVsmeL

Step 7: Time Travel
With the clue cards collected you can go to the stage in the Ballroom to place the cards on the podium. This is where you will input the solution to the murder quest. To figure out the solution we must travel back in time to find hints.

The Fireplaces are lit around the map showing a symbol in the mirror and a time in the fire. The symbol will match a symbol on the swinging pendulum a grandfather clock around the map where you will enter the time. Pulling the lever on the side of the clock will input the time.

Fireplaces are located in the Ballroom, Lounge, and Upstairs Hallway.
Grandfather clocks are located in the Hall, Dining Room, and Lounge.

Once you have found the correct Grandfather Clock with the symbol, you can enter the time by interacting with the hands on the clock face. Interacting on the right side of the clock face will progress time forward, and the left will turn the time backwards. Once the time is set, pull the handle on the side of the clock. If correct, all players will be sent back into the past in the room to look for a hint.

https://imgur.com/a/dnR6SPW

Character Hint clock in the Lounge
There is a gramophone on the table in the middle of the room. Interact with it and listen for the name of the murderer.

Weapon Hint clock in the Dining Room
There are a few spawn locations on tables around the room. Look for the murder weapon that is placed somewhere.
https://imgur.com/a/9d3qwrs

Room Hint clock in the Hall
(Don't miss the free perk powerup on the balcony)
There are many pictures around the room, find the one that has a picture of one of the potential mansion murder rooms. Once returning to the present set this card on the podium in the ballroom
https://imgur.com/a/Maqtj9W

Step 8: Boss Fight
Prepare yourself for the boss fight as you can now input the solution into the podium. This will reveal one last ritual circle and interacting with it will enter the players into the boss fight.

Recommendations:
- Gersch
- Mustang & Sally
- Full Auto Weapons (RPK, HK21, Commando, Galil)
- Upgraded Mace (can help clear zombies of players)

Train zombies in the enclosed space while shooting at the murderer on the ballroom balcony.
The boss will get weapons randomly from the mystery box to attack players.
After damaging the boss enough, Knight zombies will spawn to also make things more challenging.

Side Easter Egg(s)
Free Mace
Players can find a free mace melee weapon in the study upstairs. This mace uses a weapon slot, so be aware of that and consider using it as your mule kick weapon.

Mace Upgrade
To upgrade the mace you must first find the Crowbar in the Cellar. There are 3 locations it can spawn. On one of 2 barrels or on the shelving by Deadshot.

Once you have the crowbar you can interact (takes multiple interacts) on crates around the map to open them, revealing a skull artifact. These are soul boxes that require kills exclusively from the mace.

Once the souls are filled, if you have the mace still equipped you can gather the souls into the mace by interacting with the skull.

Crate Locations:
Lounge beside Double Tap

Library on the bookshelf by jumping from the balcony

Stairwell in the nook on the lower floor of the stairwell

When all 3 souls are collected from crates the mace will be upgraded.
Meleeing a zombie with the upgraded mace will do a similar effect as the Wonderwaffe, where it will chain their soul death to other zombies near it. This can be very useful for clearing lots of zombies fast.

Additional Tip
You don't need to have the mace as your current weapon. Since BO3's melee system switches your knife with any equipped melee weapons, the mace can be used as your knife. Acting like a knife wonder weapon!

Music Easter Egg
3 Teddybear Locations can be found around the map to trigger the song "Alone" by Kevin Sherwood (the music from Cold War's Die Machine)

Teddy Locations:
Ballroom on the chair behind the MPL wallbuy

Lounge on a chair on the stairs

Stairwell on a chair on the upstairs of the stairwell
Last edited by JBird632; 26 Sep, 2024 @ 6:23pm
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Mini Totem 17 Sep, 2024 @ 8:56am 
Los caballeros se buguean de cojones :steamfacepalm:
Ch3sm0829 17 Sep, 2024 @ 11:25am 
was able to do it in 11 rounds:steamthumbsup:
mc12345 29 Sep, 2024 @ 3:06pm 
Finished it on round 1 with the all around enhancement mod. Really fun
snuggle 4 Oct, 2024 @ 10:36pm 
a night was glitched ;(
Not François 4 Dec, 2024 @ 8:21pm 
map is wack
Good map but the ammo box in the boss fight needs its hitbox to press it changing as I could not pres it unless i stood still which got me killed
the card in the lions mouth above fireplace would not let me grab it tried so many times.
great map tho really difficult in higher rounds while doing steps for ee
Steve 5 Feb @ 11:59am 
Originally posted by wmk1441:
the card in the lions mouth above fireplace would not let me grab it tried so many times.
great map tho really difficult in higher rounds while doing steps for ee
You have to hit it with the mace to get it out im pretty sure?
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