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Official image of the Workshop page: the WESTLAND logo over a construction site and its scaffolding, between two flames, Westland, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

Westland

Westland, the Black Ops III custom map by Planet: the Condemned Site First Room and the hole, the ZFRR rules, the perks, the Dark Aether Pack-a-Punch, the NX-1 Disruptor, the main quest and its two boss fights.

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The First Room

The Condemned Site, the spawn of the map, with the Welling revolver in hand: metal walkways and scaffolding, the yellow Condemned Site sign and the red Keep Out banner, Westland, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

A game of Westland starts in the open air, on a construction site in the desert closed off as a Condemned Site: metal walkways, scaffolding and banners around a large hole in the ground. The players appear with the Welling revolver. There is no way out of the site but down: the hole drops them into the tunnels below, and from there the rest of the map, the Broken Arrow base on one side and the western town the guides call the Buried part on the other, is closed by doors.

On ZFRR, the First Room of Westland is this site and the tunnels at the bottom of the hole. The record footage of the leaderboard shows the game played in the lantern-lit mine tunnels under the site, with the Titan light machine gun, the Saug 9mm and the Quick Revive of the tunnels. No source gives the price of the doors that lead out of them.

The mine tunnels under the site: plank walls, lanterns, a purple crystal on the left and the blue Quick Revive machine in a wooden alcove, Westland, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

The tunnels under the site

Where the first wall weapons are, and where the four spots of the shovel are, toward the exit to the Buried part. In the walkthrough of Pankake101, the players go right after the slide toward the Broken Arrow base and the power, and later come back to the spawn through a door from the Buried part; no source counts the doors of the tunnels.

The Condemned Site

The spawn, on the surface. Several parts lie around it: one of the three batteries of the telepads, on a trash can, on crates or on a low wall, two of the six possible spots of the supercharged crystals of the main quest, and the first of the three perk bottles of a free perk.

The hole

In the middle of the site, under the Condemned Site sign. Players slide down it to reach the tunnels; it cannot be climbed back.

Quick Revive

In a wooden alcove of the tunnels, the perk machine of the First Room. One of the three teddy bears of the song sits in the room on its left, according to Flapix’s guide.

The glowing outline of the Saug 9mm on a plank wall of the mine tunnels under the spawn, Westland, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

Saug 9mm

A submachine gun on a plank wall of the tunnels, the first wall weapon the guides buy after the slide. In the footage of the world record, buying it takes the points from 1390 to 640, that is 750 points.

Welling

The starting revolver.

Titan

A light machine gun on a wall of the tunnels, to the right after the slide, according to Pankake101.

The Westland leaderboard keeps a single category, with a board for solo and one for co-op. The rules of the board:

Doors closed

“Reach the highest round you can without opening any doors or barriers.”

Full rounds

“Every round must be played in full.”

The hole

“Players are ALLOWED to jump down the hole.”

The RK5

“Spawning with the RK5 after completing the Black Ops III Super Easter Egg is ALLOWED.”

No glitch

“Glitches or Exploits are NOT ALLOWED.”

Video

“Full gameplay is required.”

Where to post it

“Twitch: Make sure your footage is highlighted as past broadcasts will not be accepted.” “YouTube: Make sure your video is public or unlisted.”

The solo world record is round 37, set by Bitum on August 1, 2023; in co-op, the 2-player record is round 36, by Bitum and DeMan_YK, on July 29, 2023.

Overview

Westland is a custom Zombies map for Call of Duty: Black Ops III on PC, made by Planet and posted on the Steam Workshop on September 24, 2022. The Workshop page sets the scene: “Our familiar crew finds themselves ripped from their universe and placed in an unfamiliar dimension with no way to go but down.” They go down into the depths to find their way back to their own timeline. The page announces a main quest, side content and secrets, a custom wonder weapon and special weapons.

GameBlack Ops III (PC, Steam Workshop)
CreatorPlanet
Workshop releaseSeptember 24, 2022Last update on December 20, 2022
Steam WorkshopWESTLAND
Subscribers95,110 current, 245,995 in all (November 14, 2026)
Based onAn original map. Its underground western town recalls Buried (Black Ops II), and the guides call that part of the map Buried
LocationA desert construction site, the Broken Arrow base, a buried western town and its mines
PerksLimit of 4, raised by two free perk quests
Pack-a-PunchIn the Dark Aether, through a portal of the power room
Wonder weaponNX-1 Disruptor (buildable)
Boss fightsTwo, chosen at the end of the main quest: Theta and Gamma
Players1 to 4
Size11.35 GB
On the siteCustom maps

Below the site, the map has three parts. The Broken Arrow side is a military base, with the decontamination room, the Elemental Pop room, the power room and the room of the Double Tap machine and its teleporter. The Buried side is a western town under the rock, with its General Store, its bank, its saloon, its fountain and a meteor. The mines link them. The video guides compare the map to Buried; Flapix calls it a mix of Buried and Alpha Omega, with the Dark Aether of Black Ops Cold War.

The loading screen of the map: an open notebook with sketches and photos of the map, a purple orb in its middle and the words They're fighting for control, Westland, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

The loading screen

The official loading screen of the map, credited on the Workshop to Glitch: a notebook and photos of the map under a purple orb, and the words “They’re fighting for control”.

Official image of the Workshop page: the WESTLAND logo over a construction site and its scaffolding, between two flames, Westland, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

The Workshop image

The official image of the map on the Steam Workshop, with its logo.

A street of the buried western town with the Undertaker's Parlor sign, wooden fronts and crates under a rock ceiling, Westland, Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies

The Buried part

A street of the western town under the rock, with the Undertaker’s Parlor. Official image of the Workshop page.

Characters

The Workshop page speaks only of “our familiar crew”, four heroes torn from their universe, without naming them, and no guide names them either. The voice that guides them is Alex, heard through the whole quest with subtitles: Alex speaks when the power is turned on, explains how to open the Pack-a-Punch, and comes back at round 15 to start the main quest.

Credits

The Workshop page thanks MikeyRay (“Big Chad”), Glitch for the loading screen and general art, NonSpecific, Maze, Sir.Doggo, Nanikos and Derp as playtesters, Skye, Koentje and Madgaz for the weapons, Scobalula for the tools, and Kunjora and TheMazerikk for their live streams and feedback.

Enemies

Zombies

The common enemy, through the whole map.

Brutus

The warden of Mob of the Dead. Two per player come with the keycard terminal of the NX-1 Disruptor, others attack the purifiers of the main quest and stop the escort of its orb.

The figures of the fire orbs

In the main quest, a figure floats out of each fire orb, surrounded by small orbs that shoot at the players.

Theta

The Hive, the boss of the right-hand path: an Ancestor, as in the Extinction mode of Ghosts, behind a shield.

Gamma

The Mutation, the boss of the left-hand path, which Flapix compares to Oz of Descent; it is hurt only once a death ray has hit it.

Perks

The perk limit of Westland is 4. Two side quests each give a free perk and one more slot. The guides show Quick Revive, Juggernog, Double Tap, Speed Cola, Stamin-Up, Elemental Pop, Mule Kick, Vulture-Aid and Deadshot on the map. Quick Revive is in the First Room.

The power, the Pack-a-Punch and the perks

Weapons

The weapons of the map come from several Call of Duty games, the work of Skye, Koentje and Madgaz according to the Workshop page. The game starts with the Welling. The Saug 9mm, the Titan and the Thompson M1927 are on the walls; the M1 Garand is free once a side quest is done, the One Inch Punch comes after 350 kills, and the NX-1 Disruptor is built.

NX-1 Disruptor

The wonder weapon, built from a part given by a computer and a part dug out of the ground. It fires a ball that crosses long corridors, and is much better once upgraded.

Every weapon of Westland

Buildables

Three things are built on Westland: the shield, in the General Store; the telepads, two pads that make a shortcut across the map; and the NX-1 Disruptor, in the power room. An IDM can also be called from a terminal for a free power-up.

Where the parts are and where to build them

Easter egg

The main quest starts at round 15, once the power is on and the Pack-a-Punch open. It ends in one of two boss fights, chosen by the players. In short:

  1. Shoot four valves until they turn green, then fit the power handle on the switch next to the IDM terminal.
  2. Find the two supercharged crystals, protect each one in a purifier, and fill the two soul boxes of the power room.
  3. Shoot the three fire orbs of the Buried part, kill their figures and build the beacon in the power room. The Pack-a-Punch closes for good.
  4. Choose Gamma or Theta, escort the orb to the Pack-a-Punch portal and win the fight.

The main quest, step by step

Secrets

Two free perks

Three perk bottles to break with the knife, and a coin thrown into the fountain of the Buried part.

The free M1 Garand

A badge, a soul box, a skeleton hand and a key open a cabinet with the rifle.

Two songs

Three teddy bears, and three toys.

The ghost train

A jumpscare in the mines.

The free perks, the songs and the other secrets

Updates

Planet updated the map ten times between September 25 and December 20, 2022. The change notes of the Workshop page:

DateChanges
September 25, 2022The wonder weapon can no longer be pack-a-punched twice. Later that day: quieter sounds for the death of Brutus and the Pack-a-Punch teleporter, the Hive no longer picks up downed players, less screen shake during the purifier steps, a stronger NX-1 Disruptor, localization.
September 28, 2022The damage of shotguns against the Hive fixed, debris moved so that the out-of-bounds protection no longer kills players, all weapon stats reworked, pathing fixes, a clipping issue on the main slide.
September 29, 2022The Mutation no longer dies from a single shot of the Rampage.
October 2, 2022Spanish localization, then a general localization update.
October 13 and 14, 2022The Vulture-Aid icon of Mule Kick no longer shows in the wrong place; general bug fixes.
October 31, 2022Bank bug fixes.
December 20, 2022“No longer possible to cheese the Bossfight”.

Trivia

  • The teleporter that ends the game, in the room of Double Tap, looks like the teleporter of Firebase Z, as Watchful Wolf points out in a guide.
  • The boss fights of the map borrow from other modes: Theta is an Ancestor of the Extinction mode of Ghosts, and Flapix compares Gamma to Oz of Descent, from the Exo Zombies of Advanced Warfare.
  • Pankake101 compares the NX-1 Disruptor to the BFG of Doom.