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The TranZit bus, headlights on, OUT OF SERVICE on its sign in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

TranZit

TranZit (Green Run), the Black Ops II bus map: the depot hall First Room with Quick Revive, the Turbine and four dormant zombies, the bus, every location, perks, weapons, buildables, Pack-a-Punch, Tower of Babble and achievements.

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The First Room

Top-down plan of the Bus Depot First Room: the depot hall cut in two by a lava crack, with windows, doors, wall buys and spawns, traced from the game files
The First Room traced from the game files: the lava crack splits the hall in two. Click to zoom.

On ZFRR, the TranZit First Room is the bus depot hall where every game starts: the same waiting room as the Bus Depot Survival map, but with TranZit rules. Two wall buys, the M14 and the Olympia, both at 500 points, four barricaded windows, a lava crack across the floor and one door to the street for 750 points.

What Bus Depot switches off is live here. The hall holds a Quick Revive machine, 500 points in solo and 1500 in co-op, which needs power like every machine on the map. The three Turbine parts and their workbench are in the room, and a Turbine opens the two metal power doors on the garage side. The game also opens differently: four zombies stand still in the middle of the hall and only wake up when a player comes close or after a while. Outside, the bus waits a moment, then leaves without anyone who is not on board.

The records standing today, solo to four players, are shown next to this article, and the TranZit leaderboard lists every run with its video.

ZFRR presents

First Room 3D

TranZit

Built from the game's own collision data: every wall, window, door and wall buy where it really is.

Overview

TranZit, also called Green Run, is the launch map of Black Ops II Zombies and was the largest Zombies map ever made when it came out. Five bus stops, a handful of hidden spots and miles of road lost in a thick fog, all linked by a bus driven by a robot. It brought in buildables, the Bank, the Weapon Locker, Persistent Upgrades and Tombstone Soda, and it is still the most divisive map of the series.

GameBlack Ops II
Map packBase game
ReleaseXbox 360Nov 13, 2012PS3Nov 13, 2012PCNov 13, 2012Wii UNov 18, 2012
LocationNortheast of the Hanford SiteWashington, USAOct 21, 2035
ModesTranZitSurvival (Bus Depot, Farm, Town)Grief (Farm, Town)Turned (Diner)

Characters

TranZit introduces Victis, four survivors of the world Richtofen destroyed at the end of Moon. They go on to play Die Rise and Buried.

Samuel J. Stuhlinger, official portrait, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Samuel J. Stuhlinger

A former member of a cult that ate zombie flesh, and the only one who hears Richtofen, voiced by David Boat.

Abigail Misty Briarton, official portrait, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Abigail “Misty” Briarton

Who was fighting the dead in Hanford when the bus picked her up, voiced by Stephanie Lemelin.

Marlton Johnson, official portrait, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Marlton Johnson

Who fought alongside Misty in Hanford until the bus came for them both, voiced by Scott Menville.

Russman, official portrait, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Russman

The old man who stole the bus and its driver, and who cannot remember his full name, voiced by Keith Szarabajka.

Two voices give them orders: Dr. Ludvig Maxis, heard by everyone, and Edward Richtofen, heard by Samuel only. Richtofen is also the announcer.

Enemies

A zombie at a boarded window of the depot hall at the Bus Depot in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Zombies

Dressed as patients and staff of a “Hanford Sanitarium” that is nowhere on the map. Some stand dormant until you come close, and they sprint after the bus faster than a super sprinter.

A zombie on fire walking along the depot after crossing lava at the Bus Depot in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Burning zombies

Any zombie that walks through lava catches fire and explodes when killed. The blast can down you.

A Denizen, the small creature of the fog, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Denizens

Small creatures that come out of the ground as soon as you walk into the fog, jump on your head and claw at you. Five knife hits shake one off.

The Avogadro, a figure of pure electricity, standing over lava in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Avogadro

A being of pure electricity, set free the first time the power is turned on. Only melee or one EMP Grenade beats him, and he can stop the bus.

There are no Hellhounds in TranZit: they only appear on the Survival and Grief maps, and only when the host switches them on in Custom Games.

Denizens, the Avogadro and how to beat them

The bus

The bus is driven by T.E.D.D., a robot nobody controls. It runs on a timer, not on rounds, and loops forever in the same order:

  1. Bus Depot (stop): where every game starts.
  2. Tunnel: driven through without stopping.
  3. Diner (stop).
  4. Farm (stop).
  5. Cornfield: driven past without stopping.
  6. Power Station (stop).
  7. Hunter’s Cabin: driven past without stopping.
  8. Town (stop), then over the bridge back to the depot.
The B23R chalk drawing on the bus ceiling, Hold to buy B23R, Cost 1000 in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

B23R

Sold inside the bus for 1000 points.

A zombie standing on the bus roof next to the hatch in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Zombies on board

They climb on, break the windows and get in while it drives. Inside, they stumble.

Three upgrades

The ladder and the hatch reach the roof, the plow kills zombies in front of the bus. Fitting all three in one game earns Undead Man’s Party Bus.

The bus, its route and its three upgrades

Locations

Five stops are on the route, and four more spots free of fog can be reached on foot. Everything in between is fog, and the fog belongs to the Denizens.

The front of the depot with its neon Terminal sign and lava cracks in the street at the Bus Depot in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Bus Depot

The start. M14, Olympia, Quick Revive, the Turbine.

The North Highway Diner and its neon signs in the fog in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Diner

Speed Cola, the MP5, the Zombie Shield, the first Mystery Box, and the Galvaknuckles on the roof.

The farmhouse at the Farm in the dark in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Farm

Double Tap, the Remington 870 MCS, Claymores, the Turret and the Weapon Locker.

The round reactor room under the Power Station in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Power Station

The power switch, Tombstone, the AK-74u and the Electric Trap.

Town in the Town loading screen postcard, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Town

Juggernog, Stamin-Up, the Jet Gun, the Bank and the Pack-a-Punch.

Off the route

The Tunnel (M16), the Hunter’s Cabin (Bowie Knife), the Nacht der Untoten building and the Pylon, both in the cornfield.

Every location and what it holds

Perks

Quick Revive perk machine, render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Quick Revive

1500 points, 500 in solo, in the depot hall.

Speed Cola perk machine, render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Speed Cola

3000 points, in the Diner.

Double Tap Root Beer perk machine, render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Double Tap Root Beer

2000 points, upstairs in the Farm barn.

Tombstone Soda perk machine, render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Tombstone Soda

2000 points, at the Power Station. It made its debut on TranZit and is co-op only.

Juggernog perk machine, render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Juggernog

2500 points, upstairs in a building in Town.

Stamin-Up perk machine, render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Stamin-Up

2000 points, in the Town bar.

Every machine needs power: the power switch, or a Turbine set down next to it. Buying two perks before the power is on earns Happy Hour.

Weapons

Every game starts with an M1911, the knife and frag grenades.

Jet Gun, Thrustodyne Aeronautics Model 23, menu render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Jet Gun

The wonder weapon of the map, the Thrustodyne Aeronautics Model 23. A buildable that sucks zombies into its blades and breaks if you fire it too long.

The Galvaknuckles chalk drawing on the Diner roof, Hold for Galvaknuckles, Cost 6000 in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Galvaknuckles

6000 points on the Diner roof, the best melee of the map.

Mystery Box, render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Mystery Box

950 points a spin, six spots, always the Diner first. It holds the Ray Gun, the Ray Gun Mark II with Vengeance, Monkey Bombs and the EMP Grenade.

Bowie Knife

3000 points in the Hunter’s Cabin.

Wall buys

Eleven, from the 500-point M14 and Olympia in the hall to the Remington 870 MCS at 1500.

All the weapons, prices and locations

Buildables

TranZit is the map that brought buildables to Zombies: parts lie around the map, you carry them to a workbench and build. Only one item fits in the equipment slot at a time.

The Turbine buildable, fan, mannequin and tail assembled, model render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Turbine

Built in the depot hall. A portable power source that opens doors, powers perks and lamps and restarts the bus.

Zombie Shield made of a car door taped to a hand trolley, menu render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Zombie Shield

Built at the Diner.

Turret buildable, an RPD mounted on a lawn mower with an ammo bag, model render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Turret

Built at the Farm, powered by a Turbine.

The built Electric Trap on its workbench at the Power Station in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Electric Trap

Built at the Power Station, powered by a Turbine.

The built Jet Gun lying on its workbench in the Town bar in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Jet Gun

Built in the Town bar.

Power switch, Pack-a-Punch, NAV Table and bus parts

Built in place.

Every buildable and where its parts are

Power and Pack-a-Punch

The TranZit power switch panel, render, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

The power switch

It has to be built from three parts in the reactor under the Power Station, reached through an outhouse door for 750 points. Turning it on sets the Avogadro free.

The Pack-a-Punch machine built in the hallway under the bank in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Pack-a-Punch

Hidden under the bank in Town, behind three doors. Two are blown open with grenades, the third opens while a Turbine powers a lightning-bolt door back at the Power Station. The machine is then built in the hallway, and costs 5000 points a weapon.

It can be turned off

A first in Zombies, needed for Maxis’ side of the Easter egg.

Perks, the power switch and the Pack-a-Punch step by step

Easter egg: Tower of Babble

The Pylon, the big electric tower in the cornfield, at night in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

The main quest asks Victis to charge the Pylon, the electric tower in the cornfield, for one of the two voices. It is the first Zombies Easter egg with two sides, and it must be played on Original difficulty.

Maxis’ side

Power off, two Turbines under the Pylon, the Avogadro killed there with an EMP, then two Turbines at two lamp posts. At least two players. This is the canon ending.

Richtofen’s side

Power on, the Jet Gun overloaded under the Pylon, 25 explosive kills, then four EMPs on four lamp posts. Only Samuel hears the orders, and it can be done solo.

Tower of Babble step by step, both sides

Persistent upgrades and the Bank

The two deposit keys in the bank vault in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

The Bank

In the Town vault, it keeps your points between games, up to 250,000.

The Weapon Locker fridge inside the farmhouse in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

The Weapon Locker

The fridge in the farmhouse keeps one weapon for your next game.

Persistent Upgrades

Hidden bonuses earned by playing a certain way and lost the same way. They follow you from game to game, online only.

Every Persistent Upgrade, the Bank and the fridge

Secrets

The first Carrion teddy bear on a bench outside the Bus Depot in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Carrion

Three teddy bears, the first on a bench just outside the depot, play the song by Kevin Sherwood and Clark S. Nova.

The Nacht der Untoten bunker in the cornfield in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Nacht der Untoten

A path through the cornfield leads to the starting room of the very first Zombies map.

Town seen intact in a sniper scope reflection, as it was before Moon in TranZit, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Before Moon

The reflection in a sniper scope shows the area as it was before the end of the world.

All the secrets of TranZit

Achievements

Tower of Babble achievement icon, Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies

Ten achievements of the base game belong to TranZit, worth 195 Gamerscore in all. The biggest is Tower of Babble (75G, Silver); the others go from 5G to 30G, all Bronze.

The ten achievements and how to earn them

Trivia

  • The Diner sign reads North Highway Diner, but only the letters of “Now Die” light up. Underneath, “Open 24 hours” becomes “On 4 U”.
  • The bus and the station are modelled on Greyhound. The driver’s hat says BLOODHOUND.
  • The loading screen song is Lovesong for a Deadman, by Kevin Sherwood.
  • On the zombies’ work shirts, “Sanitarium” is spelled “Sanitaruim”.
  • Cornfield, Nacht der Untoten, Power Station and Tunnel were planned as separate maps. Only Bus Depot, Farm, Town and Diner shipped.
  • Any room opened with a Turbine stays open as long as a player is inside, the Pack-a-Punch hallway included.
  • For records of the depot hall in Survival, see the Bus Depot wiki.

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