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Aethereal Haste is one of the five Demonic Fountains of Call of Duty: Vanguard Zombies, the fountains of the Dark Aether that take the place of the Perk-a-Cola machines. It makes the player move faster, and it was introduced on Der Anfang with the four others.

Overview

In Vanguard, perks are not bought from machines: they are drunk at Demonic Fountains. A fountain needs no power and can be used as soon as it is found. Each one has four tiers: the first drink is free, and every following tier is paid, at a rising price. A player who goes down keeps the perk but loses one tier.

First appearanceDer Anfang, Call of DutyVanguard, November 5, 2021

GamesVanguard

CostTier 1freeTier 22,500 pointsTier 35,000 pointsTier 47,500 points

EffectFaster movement

FamilyDemonic Fountains of Vanguard Zombies

TiersFour; one tier lost when the player goes down

PowerNone needed

In the First Room

Aethereal Haste is in no First Room of the site. The Hub has a book for two Vanguard maps, the two round-based ones, and both place every fountain outside the starting room. Der Anfang and Terra Maledicta have no book and no board here.

Map	Game	What the book of the map says
Shi No Numa	Vanguard	No Demonic Fountain in the Storage Vault. Fiendish Fortitude, the only fountain that never moves, stands on the balcony stairs above the Flogger Courtyard, and the four others are drawn among the outer huts.
The Archon	Vanguard	None of the five Demonic Fountains is in the Temple: they stand in the Debris Field, the Spike, the Bazaar, the Derailment and the Tents.

The records of both maps are on the ZFRR leaderboards.

Effect, game by game

The Aethereal Haste fountain, a horned skull pouring a glowing orange liquid into a cracked stone basin marked with its icon, Aethereal Haste, Call of Duty Vanguard Zombies

The fountain

Similarly to Stamin-Up, it increases the movement speed of the player. The first drink costs nothing.

The effect

Faster movement. Call of Duty Fandom gives no figure for the bonus of each tier.

Upgrades

Aethereal Haste is upgraded by drinking again at the same fountain. The price is paid in Essence, the points of Vanguard Zombies.

Tier	Cost
Tier 1	Free
Tier 2	2,500 points
Tier 3	5,000 points
Tier 4	7,500 points

Going down costs one tier, not the perk itself. On Der Anfang and Terra Maledicta, a player who has stayed twelve rounds in all in the Void objective no longer drops below Tier II for the rest of the game.

Where to find it

Call of Duty: Vanguard: Der Anfang, Terra Maledicta, Shi No Numa and The Archon. The books of Shi No Numa and The Archon say where the fountain stands.

Call of Duty Fandom compares Aethereal Haste to Stamin-Up: both raise the movement speed of the player. The four other Demonic Fountains are Fiendish Fortitude, Diabolical Damage, Venomous Vigor and Demonic Frenzy.

Trivia

The Demonic Fountains need no power: Call of Duty Fandom notes that a fountain can be drunk from as soon as it is found.
Aethereal Haste counts for the Thirst Quencher achievement of Vanguard, earned by drinking from all five Demonic Fountains in a single session.