Die Rise:
Persistent Upgrades

The Persistent Upgrades of Die Rise, why the Ray Gun wall-buy and the Juggernog upgrade matter on the First Room board, the shower Bank and the Who's Who trick, and the Weapon Locker.

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updated 2026-10-05

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Persistent Upgrades

Die Rise is the second of the three maps with Persistent Upgrades, the hidden bonuses that began on TranZit; the ones earned there carry over. They are earned by playing a certain way, lost the same way, follow you from game to game, and only work online. A green flash and a line from your character tell you when one is gained; a faint eerie sound tells you when one is lost.

Upgrade	Effect	How to get it	How to lose it
Quick Revive	Revive teammates twice as fast	17 revives in one game	Fail a revive you started
Juggernog	+90 health	Die fully, without Quick Revive, three times before round 3	Reach round 15
Headshot Damage	Double headshot damage	Kill two zombies with one headshot bullet, five times	25 kills without a headshot
Tombstone	Keep all perks but the last one after a revive	Buy a fourth perk by round 6 in three separate games	Buy a perk on the round you got it or joined
Steel Barriers	Steel boards when you repair	Rebuild 74 boards from round 10, without Carpenter	Pass a round without repairing
Steel Carpenter	Carpenter puts up steel boards	Kill a zombie in a window while a Carpenter rebuilds it	Fail to do so during a Carpenter
Insta-Kill Pro	Kill zombies by touching them early in an Insta-Kill	Kill nothing during two Insta-Kills in a row	Get hit during an Insta-Kill
Cash Back	1000 points back on every perk	Buy 50 perks, then go prone right after 15 more	Miss the prone after a perk
Sniper Points	+300 points per sniper kill	Five long-range sniper kills in one round	Miss three sniper shots in a row
Pistol Points	Double points from pistol bullets	Kill with 25% accuracy or less after 8 kills	Kill with more than 25% accuracy
Ray Gun wall-buy	The Olympia wall buy sells a Ray Gun	Five kills in a row, no headshot, melee or repair, never past round 10	Reach round 10
Better Box	Better weapons from the Mystery Box	Take five Box weapons in a row before round 10	Reach round 10

Two more, Flopper and Half-Off, only exist on Buried. On Die Rise, the Better Box pool holds the Ballistic Knife, Monkey Bombs, Galil, HAMR, Ray Gun, Executioner, RPD and the Python, where TranZit has the EMP Grenade instead.

On the First Room board

Ray Gun wall-buy

The Olympia is the spawn room’s only wall buy, so this upgrade would put a Ray Gun in the First Room for 500 points. It is banned, and B2’s 2023 vote kept it banned. On Die Rise it also works offline, for one game, if you meet its conditions.

Juggernog

It is lost at round 15, but its 90 extra health stays until your next down. Reconnecting to keep it past round 14 is not allowed.

Other upgrades

B2 allows a patch that awards upgrades at the start of the game, as long as they are not banned or out of reach at that point.

The Bank

On Die Rise the Bank is a pair of showers next to the power room: one to deposit, one to withdraw. They were added by a patch after release. The balance is the same as on TranZit and Buried, up to 250,000 points, in steps of 1000. Each withdrawal takes 1000 from the account and gives you 900: the other 100 is the fee.

Die Rise has its own way to double your money with Who’s Who: go down next to the showers, have your double deposit your points, then revive yourself. Your points come back, and the deposit stays.

The fridge

The Weapon Locker was added by the same patch, in the same room as the showers: ride the freight elevator down from the spawn room and jump across the gap. It is the fridge closest to you in that room. It keeps one weapon from game to game and from map to map, attachments, ammo and Pack-a-Punch included, but not the M1911, the Ballistic Knife or a wonder weapon.

PDW-57

Taken out on TranZit, it becomes a Chicom CQB.

AN-94

Becomes a Galil on TranZit.

SVU-AS

Becomes a FAL on TranZit.

Python

Stored here and taken out on Buried, it becomes a Remington New Model Army, and back again.