The Giant: Easter Egg

Paradoxical Prologue

Rather than a long main quest, The Giant has a revised version of the Fly Trap, the Easter egg of Der Riese. It is called Paradoxical Prologue: the players light a beacon so that Ludvig Maxis can find the Primis crew. Maxis now speaks in place of Samantha, and the three hidden objects are in new places. It can be done in solo.

It needs the power on and the Pack-a-Punch open, so the three teleporters linked, plus a Pack-a-Punched weapon. A weapon that can shoot far, such as an assault rifle, a sniper rifle or a light machine gun, makes the first step easier.

Step by step

Shoot the control panel: from the barrier just outside the Animal Testing Lab, look out at the ring of stone pillars of the Fly Trap and shoot the panel on one of them with a Pack-a-Punched weapon. Only an upgraded weapon triggers it. Maxis speaks, toys rise from the ground, form a green ring and fly off across the map.
Find the three toys: shoot each of them, in any order, with any weapon. Maxis speaks after each one.
Pick up the Annihilator: go to the back of the Automobile Garage, where the furnaces are. The Annihilator floats in the open furnace on the left. In co-op, every player must use the furnace to get the reward.

The three toys

The Fly Trap teddy bear on a balcony railing, The Giant, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

The teddy bear on the balcony

Standing in the middle of the bridge, look to the right of the power switch, at the top of the tallest balcony of the building outside the map. The bear still holds an M1911, the starting pistol of Der Riese.

The Fly Trap teddy bear inside a vat by Teleporter B, The Giant, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

The teddy bear in the vat

In the room of Teleporter B, in the left one of the two vats of boiling liquid as you enter. Standing on its left side and jumping helps to see it.

The Cymbal Monkey

In an incinerator under Teleporter A. The model is the Monkey Bomb of Black Ops and Black Ops II, not the new one of Black Ops III.

Once the last toy is shot, Maxis says: “I see it, the beacon is lit! I know where and when you are!… Sooner or later, I will find you. Together we will ensure a better future for the children.”

The reward

Annihilator revolver, menu render, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

The Annihilator

A high-caliber revolver in the special weapon slot, 18 shots in all. It kills a zombie with one headshot up to round 24, or 33 with Double Tap, and a zombie it hits disintegrates. Its melee is a pistol-whip, weaker than the knife.

The picture of The Giant in the map menu with its Gateworm icon, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

The Gateworm

A Gateworm icon appears on the picture of The Giant in the map selection menu, as for the main quests of Der Eisendrache, Zetsubou No Shima, Gorod Krovi and Revelations.

1000 XP

Added by a later update, picking up the Annihilator gives 1000 XP under the name “Paradoxical Prologue”.

In the First Room

The Fly Trap cannot be done doors closed. The panel is shot from outside the Animal Testing Lab, the toys are spread around the factory, and the whole quest needs the power and a Pack-a-Punched weapon. The GobbleGums that can trigger it without the Pack-a-Punch are of no use on the ZFRR board, which allows no gum.