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Shields Up is a Rare item in three games. As an Elixir of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Zombies it gives the player a new shield; as a GobbleGum of Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 it refills the player’s armor and makes it twice as strong for three minutes.

Overview

First appearanceBlack Ops 4, released October 12, 2018

GamesBlack Ops 4Black Ops 6Black Ops 7

Type / RarityBlack Ops 4Elixir, RareBlack Ops 6GobbleGum, RareBlack Ops 7GobbleGum, Rare

ActivationBlack Ops 4instantBlack Ops 6 and 7on use, then timed

DurationBlack Ops 6 and 73 minutes

EffectBlack Ops 4a new shieldBlack Ops 6 and 7armor refilled and twice as strong

The Shields Up gum, a plain blue ball showing a shield, Shields Up, Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Zombies

The gum

In Black Ops 6, blue marks a Rare gum and a plain background a timed one. Fandom shows the same icon on its Black Ops 7 list.

Effect, game by game

Game	Rarity	Duration	Effect
Black Ops 4	Rare Elixir	Instant	Gives a new shield.
Black Ops 6	Rare GobbleGum	3 minutes	Refills armor on use. Armor is twice as strong.
Black Ops 7	Rare GobbleGum	3 minutes	Same effect as in Black Ops 6. In Black Ops 7, a gum can also be crushed instead of used: a Rare gum gives 500 Essence.

The name stays, the effect follows each game: Black Ops 4 hands out a shield, while Black Ops 6 and 7, where the player wears armor, refill and strengthen it instead.

How to get it

Black Ops 4: a Rare Elixir, a consumable that Fandom says is bought with Nebulium Plasma; each drink uses up a bottle.
Black Ops 6: in the Bite Chews pack of Prestige 6, Level 20, and two Shields Up gums in each of the Battle Passes of Seasons One, Three and Four.
Black Ops 7: the gum stock is shared with Black Ops 6, and Fandom notes that every Black Ops 6 gum is available in Black Ops 7.

Suit Up: an Epic Elixir of Black Ops 4 that gives full Armor to the drinker and nearby players.
Armor Gettin’: the Black Ops 7 gum that gives a 3-Plate Armor Vest and full plates.
Blood Debt: a Rare Elixir that protects health a different way, by taking points instead.
Talkin’ Bout Regeneration: the Rare Elixir that keeps health regenerating while the player moves.

Trivia

The Black Ops 6 calling card “Phalanx” asks for 25 melee weapon kills with Shields Up and the Frenzy Guard Field Upgrade both active.
Dead Ops Arcade 4, the arcade mode of Black Ops 7, has its own Shields Up gum with a different effect: a Barrel and Sawblade item for five minutes.

Overview

The gum

Effect, game by game

How to get it

Related GobbleGums

Trivia

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