Moon

Overview

Moon is the last Zombies map of Call of Duty: Black Ops, released in the Rezurrection map pack with the Black Ops versions of Nacht der Untoten, Verrückt, Shi No Numa and Der Riese. The Ultimis crew travel first to Area 51, then to Griffin Station, a Group 935 base on the Moon, where Richtofen carries out his Grand Scheme. It is the largest map of Black Ops, and it brought the Wave Gun, the Quantum Entanglement Device, the Hacker, the P.E.S., the Astronaut Zombie, the excavators and a new perk, Mule Kick.

The map started as a Paris level planned for a World at War map pack, which is why its code name is still zombie_paris.

Characters

The four Ultimis heroes are playable. In co-op, the host is always Richtofen, the second player Dempsey, the third Nikolai and the fourth Takeo; in solo, the character is drawn at random.

“Tank” Dempsey

The US Marine, voiced by Steve Blum.

Nikolai Belinski

The Soviet soldier, voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

Takeo Masaki

The Imperial Japanese soldier, voiced by Tom Kane.

Edward Richtofen

The Group 935 doctor, whose plan the map completes, voiced by Nolan North.

Samantha Maxis, voiced by Julie Nathanson, is the announcer until the main quest swaps her soul with Richtofen’s; she then plays in Richtofen’s body and he becomes the announcer. Ludvig Maxis, voiced by Fred Tatasciore, speaks through the station’s computers.

Enemies

Zombies

In Area 51 they come with round one health, then gain strength each time an alarm sounds. On the Moon, the usual rounds apply.

Astronaut Zombie

A slow undead in a space suit, with a player’s name above its head. It has four times a zombie’s health times the number of players, cannot be killed by the Wave Gun, Nukes or Insta-Kill, and explodes when it dies, killing the zombies around it.

Phasing zombies

Crawlers that teleport over short distances, only in the Laboratories.

Hellhounds

Only in Area 51, mixed with the zombies.

Perks

Stamin-Up

2000 points, in the second room of Tunnel 11.

Double Tap Root Beer

2000 points, on the first floor of the Laboratories.

Quick Revive

1500 points, 500 in solo, in the Receiving Bay.

Juggernog

2500 points, in Area 51 by the teleporter. It swaps places with Speed Cola each time the players come back to Area 51.

Speed Cola

3000 points, in Area 51, in turn with Juggernog. On Moon it also speeds up the Hacker.

Deadshot Daiquiri

1500 points (1000 on PC), on the top floor of the Laboratories.

PhD Flopper

2000 points, in the Bio-Dome. Its blast does not trigger in low gravity.

Mule Kick

4000 points, outside near the teleporter back to Area 51. The perk made its debut on Moon.

Weapons

Every game starts with the M1911, the knife and two frag grenades. The cheapest wall buys, the M14 and the Olympia, are outside the Receiving Bay, so a First Room game never reaches them.

Every wall buy, the Box and the wonder weapons

Oxygen, the Hacker and the excavators

Outdoor areas never have air or gravity. Indoor areas get both back once the power is on, and can lose them again: an excavator can breach Tunnel 6, Tunnel 11 or the Bio-Dome, and explosives can shatter the windows of the Laboratories and the Receiving Bay.

P.E.S.

The space suit, free in every airlock. It lets a player breathe without oxygen and protects from the phasing zombies’ gas.

Excavators

Pi, Omicron and Epsilon. After the power is on, one of them is announced from time to time; if its panel in the Receiving Bay is not hacked within four minutes, it breaches its area for the rest of the game.

Gravity lifts

Pads in the Bio-Dome that throw players across the dome, with power-ups and perk bottles floating above them.

The Hacker, the P.E.S. and the excavators

Easter egg: Richtofen’s Grand Scheme

The main quest has two halves. In the first, the players open the pyramid of the Power Room, the Moon Pyramid Device, with Samantha inside: Simon Says on the computers outside, hacking in the Laboratories, an excavator breach in Tunnel 6 that drops the Vril Sphere, the Wave Gun and 25 souls. That earns Cryogenic Slumber Party. In the second, Richtofen swaps souls with Samantha, then Maxis has the crew fire three rockets at the Earth: Big Bang Theory. In Black Ops, the second half needs two players or more, and one of them must have done the Easter eggs of Call of the Dead and Shangri-La.

Richtofen’s Grand Scheme step by step

Secrets

Coming Home

Three teddy bears wearing space helmets play the song by Kevin Sherwood and Elena Siegman.

Nightmare

The Avenged Sevenfold song plays when a player earns One Giant Leap.

8-bit songs and Re-Damned

Three computers play Re-Damned, an 8-bit Coming Home and an 8-bit Pareidolia, heard only close by.

The burnt Earth

After Big Bang Theory, the sky of Area 51 turns red, then shows space.

All the secrets of Moon

Achievements

Seven achievements come with Moon, worth 250 Gamerscore in all. The biggest are Big Bang Theory (100G, hidden) and Cryogenic Slumber Party (75G, Silver). None is within reach of a First Room game: the Hacker, the power, the excavators and most perks are behind the doors.

The seven achievements and how to earn them

Trivia

• The level description is a quote from John F. Kennedy’s 1961 speech about landing a man on the Moon.
• Zombies in Area 51 never drop power-ups.
• There is no game over song on Moon: only two laughs play.
• The loading screen shows Samantha’s shadow holding a teddy bear, among adverts for Zombies items such as Mule Kick, the Thundergun and the Gersh Device.
• Jumping into the trench outside the Receiving Bay downs a player at once; in solo with Quick Revive, the game puts the player back on the surface.
• The excavators carry Greek letters, and the Epsilon and Omicron symbols are swapped on their panels.
• Moon was remade for Black Ops III in the Zombies Chronicles pack, which has its own board on ZFRR; this page is about the Black Ops original.