Ashes of the Damned Easter Egg: the Black Ops 7 Main Quest Step by Step

Ashes of the Damned is the 1st round-based Zombies map of Black Ops 7. It launched with the game on 14 November 2025. Its Main Quest is the map’s big Easter Egg.

The quest runs through the whole map. You rebuild the Ol’ Tessie truck, free Klaus, earn the Necrofluid Gauntlet and finish a task at every main location. Then you hunt souls in the fog and fight Veytharion.

1. Repair Ol’ Tessie with T.E.D.D.’s head from the Janus Tower Plaza server room.
2. Restore the power at Vandorn Farm or Blackwater Lake, then in Ashwood.
3. Mount Pack-a-Punch on Ol’ Tessie at the Ashwood garage.
4. Fit the Abomination carcass to the truck with the freezer key from Reba’s Diner at Exit 115.
5. Free Klaus. Beat Uber Klaus at Janus Tower Plaza for the Stabilizer Chip.
6. Charge the Aether Barrel and take the Necrofluid Gauntlet from the Vandorn Farm cellar.
7. Make the serum with a blood offering at Yuri’s Lab in Zarya Cosmodrome.
8. Find the 3 keys in the fog and unlock the DG-2 turret for Ol’ Tessie.
9. Finish the location trials at Zarya Cosmodrome, Exit 115 and Vandorn Farm, with Blackwater Lake last.
10. Collect 12 souls in the fog with Ol’ Tessie and defeat Veytharion.

A PRO can complete the Ashes of the Damned Main Quest on your account. See the price in the cards below.

Ol’ Tessie is the map’s Wonder Vehicle, an upgradable pickup truck driven with T.E.D.D. Several quest steps add a part to it.

1. Get T.E.D.D.’s head. Open the crate in the server room at Janus Tower Plaza. Build the head into Ol’ Tessie so the truck runs.
2. Turn on the 1st power. Drive to Vandorn Farm or Blackwater Lake. Clear the infested power pump of spores, then pull the switch. 1 of the 2 is enough.
3. Turn on the power in Ashwood. Clear that pump too and throw the switch.
4. Build Pack-a-Punch onto the truck. Use the workbench in the Ashwood garage. Your Pack-a-Punch now rides with Ol’ Tessie.
5. Add the Abomination carcass. Take the freezer key from Reba’s Diner at Exit 115, pick up the carcass and build it onto the truck in Ashwood.

1. Beat Uber Klaus. He waits at Janus Tower Plaza and drops the Stabilizer Chip.
2. Bring Klaus back. Put the chip in at the Sheriff’s Office in Ashwood. Then stun Klaus with 2 stun grenades so he joins you.
3. Fill the Aether Barrel. Klaus powers a panel at Zarya Cosmodrome, which fills the barrel.
4. Charge the barrel 3 times. Carry it to Ashwood, Blackwater Lake and Vandorn Farm.
5. Claim the Necrofluid Gauntlet. It waits in the Vandorn Farm cellar. It is the map’s Wonder Weapon, and later steps need it.

3 more tasks come before the location trials.

• The serum. Collect the ingredients, then make a blood offering at Yuri’s Lab in Zarya Cosmodrome and hold out through the lockdown.
• The 3 keys. They sit in the fog. Bring them to Ashwood to open the way to the DG-2 turret.
• The DG-2 turret. Build it onto Ol’ Tessie in the Ashwood garage.

Each location trial starts at the clock floating above the Ashwood bridge. Shoot it with the DG-2 turret, then hit a clock face with the Necrofluid Gauntlet to charge it.

Location	Trial
Zarya Cosmodrome	Launch the Cosmodrome rocket
Exit 115	Lead 3 zombies into the lightning of their color
Vandorn Farm	Place 4 ritual items and defend them until the timer ends
Blackwater Lake (last)	Shoot the film reels in the order the projector shows

Blackwater Lake opens only after the other 3 trials.

Drive Ol’ Tessie through the 4 fog areas north of Ashwood and collect 12 souls. The last soul sends the crew to the boss arena.

The final boss is Veytharion. Beat him to end the Main Quest.

The next maps have their own quests: the Paradox Junction Easter Egg and the Rex Infernus Easter Egg. The Black Ops 7 Zombies guide lists every map and mode.

Name Ashes of the Damned after checkout and a PRO plays its Main Quest on your account, Veytharion included.

The order also brings 1 Legendary or Ultra GobbleGum, 10,000 Military Rank XP and the animated calling card for the clear. Add the Round 50 Easter Egg or every side quest on the offer page.