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Melee Macchiato

Melee Macchiato swaps the weapon butt for a punch that sends zombies flying and triples melee weapon damage, in Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7.

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Melee Macchiato is a Perk-a-Cola of Call of Duty Zombies that replaces the weapon butt with a punch that sends enemies flying. It was introduced on Terminus and Liberty Falls, the launch maps of Black Ops 6, and returns in Black Ops 7.

Overview

First appearanceTerminus and Liberty Falls, Black Ops 6, October 25, 2024

GamesBlack Ops 6, Black Ops 7

Cost2,500 to 7,500 points (Black Ops 6)2,500 to 9,000 (Black Ops 7)

EffectThe gun butt becomes a punch, and melee weapons deal three times their damage

FamilyPerk-a-Cola

MachineIts two arms punch forward when the perk is bought, killing the zombies they hit

JingleGrunge and alt-rock

In the First Room

According to the map books of the Hub, Melee Macchiato has no machine of its own in any First Room. Doors closed, it can only be bought through Der Wunderfizz, on two maps:

Map	Game	What the book says
Citadelle des Morts	Black Ops 6	Through Der Wunderfizz only: no perk machine stands in the square, but the Wunderfizz on the upper floor of the Tavern sells every perk of the map. Doors closed, the book gives it from round 25 in Standard mode; in Directed Mode it works at once.
Nuked	Black Ops 7	Through Der Wunderfizz only: it stands against the garage at the end of Trinity Ave., there from the start and kept doors closed, and it sells every perk of the game, for 2,500 to 9,000 Essence.

On every other map of the site, the books do not give Melee Macchiato in the First Room.

The rounds reached with the doors closed on each of these maps are on the ZFRR leaderboards.

Effect, game by game

The punch recalls the One Inch Punch, a bit weaker, and Fandom places the perk in the role the Bowie Knife or the Galvaknuckles had in older games. Dedicated melee weapons gain too: their damage is multiplied by three at every rarity and every Pack-a-Punch level, so a Legendary melee weapon at Pack-a-Punch level 3 keeps killing regular unarmored zombies in one hit, seemingly without limit.

	Game	Cost	What it does
	Black Ops 6	2,500 to 7,500	The punch kills in one hit through round 20, and through round 25 with the Strength Training Augment.
	Black Ops 7	2,500 to 9,000	Significantly stronger: with Strength Training, one hit for a regular zombie and two for an Armored Zombie through round 40.

Strength Training only concerns the punch: melee weapons keep the same damage with it. On Citadelle des Morts, the Bastard Swords count as melee weapons and benefit from the perk and from the Expresso and Vampiric Extraction Augments.

Upgrades

One Major and one Minor Augment at a time; Black Ops 7 adds one of each, and a second Minor slot once every Augment is unlocked.

Augment	Type	Effect	Games
Expresso	Major	All melee attacks are slightly faster.	BO6, BO7
Vampiric Extraction	Major	Melee attacks heal a small amount of health.	BO6, BO7
Triple Shot	Major	The punch can hit multiple enemies at once.	BO6, BO7
Mocha Maul	Major	The punch is replaced with the dedicated Melee Weapon.	BO7
Stick ’n Move	Minor	Backpedal speed is increased after a successful melee attack.	BO6, BO7
Strength Training	Minor	The punch one-hit kills normal enemies for more rounds.	BO6, BO7
Hidden Impact (BO6), Mugging (BO7)	Minor	Melee kills reload a portion of the held weapon.	BO6, BO7
Barista Brawl	Minor	More Essence from melee kills.	BO7

Where to find it

Black Ops 6

A machine on Terminus, Liberty Falls, Citadelle des Morts and Reckoning; Der Wunderfizz on The Tomb and Shattered Veil. It is also a Legendary reward of the S.A.M. Trials.

Black Ops 7

A machine on Ashes of the Damned, Totenreich and Kowakujo; Der Wunderfizz on Astra Malorum and Rex Infernus; on Paradox Junction the machine can spawn at any of the perk spots, and the Wunderfizz sells it when it does not.

Slappy Taffy

The melee Candy Perk of Infinite Warfare, which Fandom gives as a similar feature.

Faustblitz

The melee Blitz of WWII, the other relative Fandom names.

Trivia

The gong

A gong rings when the perk is bought, and again when the player kills a Special or an Elite zombie in melee.

The can

Its label counts 1,000 g of sugars, and lists three sugars, espresso concentrate, condensed milk, broken bones and less than 2% of blood.

The taste

Several operators say the drink is spicy, or that it feels like being punched.