Ashes of the Damned: Secrets

Side Easter eggs

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Beyond the main quest, Ashes of the Damned hides a long list of secrets. Most need the whole map; a few start in the Janus Towers Plaza.

Turn to Ashes

The song of the map, started by three headsets in the colors of Mister Peeks: on the servers of the Server Room nearest Quick Revive, above the VS Recon in the Double Tap area of Ashwood, and in a jeep north-west of the gas station of Exit 115.

Chompy

A trash can that opens like a black hole when hit with a melee attack. It swallows weapons and equipment and gives back loot of the same worth, and ten Monkey Bombs buy a Ray Gun. One stands along the outer wall of the Security Room of the Plaza; others are at Vandorn Farm, the Zarya Cosmodrome and Exit 115.

The vending machines

One behind the spawn of the Plaza, one at the gas station of Exit 115. Punched while crouching, once per round, they give anything from a snack to Essence, a free perk or a Ray Gun. With Melee Macchiato the punch breaks the machine for a pile of rewards, free perks and Wonder Weapons among them, and it never works again.

Mixologist

Ingredients picked up across the map are mixed at the soda machine of Reba’s Diner for a free Quick Revive, Stamin-Up, Speed Cola or Juggernog. The Juggernog recipe starts with a weed growing on the pavement of the Plaza, and the Quick Revive one with a toilet cleaner in the Server Room.

Good Soldiers

Playing as Dempsey, his dog tags at the Crashed Rocket, on the road from Ashwood to the Zarya Cosmodrome, open a flashback of a temple in Vietnam where Veytharion turns him into a Disciple.

Ghost Twins

Once the power of Vandorn Farm is on, the static TV of the farmhouse shows two girls. Following them through the house ends with a guaranteed Wisp Tea and, every other round, more loot.

ARC-XD race

An ARC-XD controller in a hut on the road from Blackwater Lake to Ashwood sends every player to race through the Zarya Cosmodrome, with Mister Peeks handing out trophies at the finish.

Jump Pad travelling

Once every Power Pump is on and every wooden gate broken, visit each place by Jump Pad, follow the blinks of a skylight over the spawn, and fly into a purple orb for a rain of loot.

Claw Talisman

With Death Perception, golden Zursa footprints near the gate from Ashwood to the Cosmodrome lead to a melee-only fight against a Zursa; the reward doubles the points of melee kills for good.

Combat Axe challenge

The trophy of Dean Roth, the film director who lived in the cabin of Blackwater Lake, gives a Combat Axe to throw at a floating target, once per game.

Mini Power-Ups

Eight tiny Power-Ups are hidden around the map, the Max Ammo in a ceiling tile next to Quick Revive in the Server Room. The Fire Sale only appears once the seven others are taken.

T.E.D.D. snaps back

Shoot T.E.D.D. from a passenger seat and he answers with red eyes, then an electric shock, like on the Bus of TranZit.