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Tombstone Soda

Tombstone Soda gives a downed player a way back: a tombstone holding perks and guns in Black Ops II, a self-reviving shadow form in Black Ops Cold War.

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Tombstone Soda is a Perk-a-Cola of Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Black Ops Cold War. On Black Ops II, where it made its debut on TranZit, a downed player can leave a tombstone behind and pick up their perks and guns on their next life. Black Ops Cold War kept the name and changed the effect: the downed player becomes a shadow in the Dark Aether that can revive itself.

Overview

First appearanceTranZit, Black Ops II, November 13, 2012

GamesBlack Ops IIBlack Ops Cold War

Cost2000 points (Black Ops II)2500 to 7500 (Black Ops Cold War)

EffectBlack Ops IIdrop a tombstone when downed, and get perks and guns back on the next lifeBlack Ops Cold Warbecome a shadow in the Dark Aether and revive yourself

FamilyPerk-a-Cola

SoloNot available in solo on Black Ops II

JingleBlue Grass

The icon

A gravestone with “R.I.P.” written on it. The wiki also gives the perk the nickname RIP.

The Tombstone Soda bottle, dark purple glass with a grey RIP label, Tombstone Soda, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

The drink

Dark purple. Black Ops II serves it in a glass bottle; in Black Ops Cold War the machine hands out a can, like every perk machine of that game.

In the First Room

Two map books of the Hub place Tombstone in a First Room, doors closed:

Town

Black Ops II: three perks stand in the street, Stamin-Up, Double Tap Root Beer and, in co-op only, Tombstone Soda.

Mauer der Toten

Black Ops Cold War: in the kitchen of Apartment 503, the only perk machine reachable doors closed. Like every perk of the game, it costs 2500 Essence as a first perk.

Every run on those maps, and on all the others, is on the ZFRR leaderboards.

Effect, game by game

Black Ops II

2000 points, co-op only

. A downed player who holds the use button drops a Tombstone power-up and dies at once, without any chance of a revive. After respawning on the next round, they get back the guns and the perks they had, except Tombstone Soda itself, by picking the power-up up.

The limits

The tombstone disappears about 90 seconds after the respawn, and only the player who dropped it can take it. A player who is revived by a teammate instead keeps their weapons but loses every perk, Tombstone Soda included.

Black Ops Cold War

2500 to 7500, solo or co-op

. Tombstone came back with Firebase Z, in the Season One Reloaded update of February 4, 2021, and was added to Der Wunderfizz on Die Maschine at the same time. A downed player turns into a shadow in the Dark Aether, still armed with their weapons, and can revive themselves, much like Who’s Who did on Black Ops II.

The machine

Redesigned with a winged skull, red details and gold swirls. The dispenser moved to the right and the drinks are displayed on the left.

Upgrades

In Black Ops Cold War, the perk has five tiers bought with Aetherium Crystals:

Tier	Effect
I	Shadow form can regenerate health.
II	Increase downed duration to 60 seconds.
III	On death, drop a Tombstone stash that saves your weapons, equipment, and resources.
IV	Respawn near the end of the round instead of the beginning of the next. Respawn timers are reduced by 50%.
V	Prevent perk decay while downed. Tombstone Soda is always lost when downed.

Where to find it

Black Ops II: TranZit and Town, in games of two players or more.
Black Ops Cold War: Die Maschine (Der Wunderfizz only), Firebase Z, Outbreak (Der Wunderfizz or a Random Perk power-up), Mauer der Toten and Forsaken.

Who’s Who: the Black Ops II perk whose self-revive was merged into the Cold War version of Tombstone.
Quick Revive: the other way back from a down. On Black Ops II, a lone player who buys both sees the tombstone vanish when Quick Revive picks them up.

Trivia

The jingle is sung over a stock track called “Goldrush”.
The tombstone dropped on Black Ops II reads “In memory of Serozh Sarkisyan”, the name of an environment artist at Infinity Ward.
On Black Ops II, an EMP Grenade thrown at the machine stops the player from getting their tombstone.
The “Who’s Who?” challenge of Black Ops Cold War, ten self-revives with Tombstone Soda equipped, is a nod to the merge of the two perks.
A Tombstone bottle sits in a fridge of the Black Ops III multiplayer map Metro, as an Easter egg, and the perk also appears in Modern Warfare III Zombies, where the stash is kept for the next match.