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Vulture Aid

Vulture Aid makes zombies drop extra ammo and points or Essence for its owner, from Buried in Black Ops II to its reworked return in Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7.

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Vulture Aid, in full Vulture Aid Elixir, is a Perk-a-Cola of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7. It makes zombies drop small pickups for its owner: ammo and points on Buried, where it made its debut, then Essence vials and ammo in the Dark Aether games.

Overview

First appearanceBuried, Black Ops II, July 2, 2013

GamesBlack Ops IIBlack Ops 6Black Ops 7

Cost3000 points (Black Ops II)2500 to 7500 (Black Ops 6)2500 to 9000 (Black Ops 7)

EffectZombies drop extra ammo and points or Essence for the owner of the perk

FamilyPerk-a-Cola

JingleDirge

The icon

A vulture. On Black Ops II it is a skeletal vulture, and the colour of the perk is red.

The Vulture Aid Elixir bottle, an orange drink under a red and white label, Vulture Aid, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

The drink

Orange, in the bottle of Black Ops II.

In the First Room

No map book of the Hub places a Vulture Aid machine in a First Room. Two of them say that Der Wunderfizz, which sells every perk, can be used doors closed, so the perk is there through Der Wunderfizz:

Citadelle des Morts

Black Ops 6: through Der Wunderfizz, on the upper floor of the Tavern, from round 25 in Standard mode; in Directed Mode it works at once. The book says it sells every perk of the map.

Nuked

Black Ops 7: through Der Wunderfizz, against the garage at the end of Trinity Ave., there from the start. The book says it sells every perk of the game, for 2,500 to 9,000 Essence.

The runs are on the ZFRR leaderboards.

Effect, game by game

Black Ops II

3000 points. Zombies sometimes drop a small packet of ammo, about 10% of a magazine, or of points, from 5 to 20; both only count for the weapon in hand. Perk machines, wall weapons, chalk spots, the Pack-a-Punch and the Mystery Box show through walls over a short distance, and glow brighter, like the eyes of the zombies. Some zombies leave a cloud of green gas when they die: a player standing in it is ignored by the other zombies, for as long as the perk icon glows.

The redesigned Vulture Aid machine, a yellow cabinet under a mechanical vulture skull with red eyes and metal wings, Vulture Aid, Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Zombies

Black Ops 6

2500 to 7500. The perk was reworked: zombies drop Essence vials and ammo that only the owner of the perk sees and collects. The gas cloud that hides the player is now one of its Augments, Smell of Death. The machine is new too, yellow, under a mechanical vulture skull with metal wings.

Black Ops 7

2500 to 9000. The same perk, with two more Augments and a second Minor slot once every Augment is unlocked.

Upgrades

In Black Ops 6, one Major and one Minor Augment can be equipped, out of six:

Augment	Type	Effect
Fetid Upgr-aid	Major	On death, zombies have a chance to create a gas cloud that charges your Field Upgrade.
Smell of Death	Major	On death, zombies have a chance to create a gas cloud that conceals you while standing in it.
Parting Gift	Major	Vulture Aid ammo drops give more ammo to Wonder Weapons.
Condor’s Reach	Minor	Auto-pickup loot from farther away.
Carrion Luggage	Minor	Critical kills have a chance to drop extra salvage.
Picky Eater	Minor	On death, zombies have a higher chance of dropping your current equipment.

Black Ops 7 keeps those six and adds two. After every Augment is unlocked, a final one, Extra Slot, lets the player equip a second Minor Augment.

Augment	Type	Effect
Armor-matic	Major	Picking up an Armor Plate automatically applies it to your vest.
Extra Serving	Minor	Special and Elite Enemies you kill have a chance to drop a Large Essence Vial.

Where to find it

Black Ops II: Buried.
Black Ops 6: a machine on Citadelle des Morts and Reckoning; from Der Wunderfizz on Terminus, Liberty Falls, The Tomb and Shattered Veil.
Black Ops 7: Ashes of the Damned, Astra Malorum (Der Wunderfizz), Paradox Junction, Totenreich, Kowakujo and Rex Infernus, and the Survival maps Vandorn Farm, Exit 115, Zarya Cosmodrome, Ashwood, Mars, Nuked and Eidskallen Lighthouse.

Trivia

The name plays on the “-ade” ending of soft drinks, turned into “Aid”.
On Buried, Arthur stops in a cloud of green gas, pinches his nose and fans the air.
In Black Ops 6, the vulture skull of the machine pecks after a purchase, and that peck can kill zombies.
The can of Black Ops 6 lists lamp oil, powdered egg, grave dirt and divining rod chunks among its ingredients. Maya calls it a “top contender for worst flavor”.