Black Ops 7 Zombies Guide: How to Get All Totenreich Relics

Totenreich, the Black Ops 7 Zombies map added in Season 3 Reloaded, has 6 Relics tied to its Cursed Mode. Some require you to survive 40+ rounds without touching a single Perk-a-Cola. Others demand you complete side easter eggs or reach Round 60 before you can even think about starting the trial. These are not quick unlocks, and most players hit a wall because the pre-conditions are buried behind obscure steps the game never explains. This guide covers every Relic, every condition, and the best strategies to clear each trial.

What are Relics and why do they matter?

Relics are modifiers you unlock for Cursed Mode on each Zombies map. On Totenreich, there are 6 total, split across three tiers: Grim (2 Relics), Sinister (2 Relics), and Wicked (2 Relics). Each Relic permanently changes how a Cursed Mode run plays out once equipped, ranging from randomizing your wall buys every round to forcing zombies to only take critical hits.

Several of these Relics are considered strong picks for Cursed Mode meta builds, which makes the grind to unlock them worth it.

Relic Trial portal location

How to get the Stuffed Elephant Relic (Sinister Relic #1)

This is the Relic that filters out casual players fast. You need to reach Round 40 without picking up a single Perk-a-Cola from any source. That means no Perk machines, no GobbleGums that grant Perks, no T.E.D.D. Trials, and no Mr. Peeks Eggs. Zero Perks across 40 full rounds.

Once Round 40 hits and you have stayed Perk-free, the Stuffed Elephant Relic Portal spawns in Fishery Island, behind the building with Jugger-Nog. At that point you can buy all the Perks you want before jumping in.

Recommended survival setup for the perk-free climb:

• Buy Tier 4 Armor as your primary defense layer
• Use the Jotunn Star wonder weapon for damage output
• Camp at the Beacon Island Flammenfalle trap or the Lighthouse second floor with Toxic Growth

You will go down in a few hits without Perks, so positioning is everything.

How does the Stuffed Elephant trial work?

Once you enter the portal, you have 3 minutes to find 4 hidden Mr. Peeks eggs across the map. Shooting each egg spawns an HVT enemy, and defeating that HVT rewards you with an extra 3 minutes. All 4 egg locations are fixed:

• Egg 1 (Skallen Market): On the windowsill of a white house to the east. Spawns a Necropincer HVT.
• Egg 2 (Storm Bridge): Look opposite Deadshot Daiquiri and find the egg on Tyr's knee. Spawns a Doppelghast HVT.
• Egg 3 (Dry Dock): Inside the warehouse where the Mystery Box can spawn, on the steel beam in the southwest corner. Spawns an Amalgam HVT.
• Egg 4 (Beacon Island): Face southwest from the Flammenfalle trap and look up at the lighthouse ledge. Spawns a Zursa Bear HVT.

How to get the Dancing Arnie Relic (Sinister Relic #2)

This one involves cooking. Seriously. You need to build a stew by collecting a metal pot and four ingredients, then feed souls to Mr. Peeks. The prep work requires the Jotunn Star, so make sure you have it before starting.

Step 1: Collect the metal pot and ingredients

Metal Pot: Head to the Skallen Market and find the stall behind Mule Kick. Go prone next to the wooden bucket and pick up the metal pot underneath it. Carry it to Blodheim Hall and place it on the fire pit opposite Vulture Aid.

Ale Tankard: Travel to Eidskallen Square, southwest of the antique store past the boat. Find the barrel near the water under the deck of the south building and pick up the tankard sitting on it. Place it in the pot.

Chilly Chunks: On Storm Bridge, right of Deadshot Daiquiri, pick up the Chilly Chunks from the crate behind the truck. Add it to the pot.

Red Lobster: Weaken a Necropincer and let the Flammenfalle trap deal the killing blow. A red lobster drops on the ground. Pick it up and add it to the pot.

Red Fish: Grab a fishing rod from wooden barrels around the map. During a Special Round on Round 39 or higher, fish on Fishery Island to catch the red fish with orange fins. You also need the Golden Tide Helmet from fishing at any of the 11 fishing spots on the map before this step. Add the fish to the pot.

Step 2: Feed souls to Mr. Peeks

After all five ingredients go into the pot, Mr. Peeks appears and starts dancing nearby. Get approximately 75 melee kills with the Jotunn Star in his vicinity to feed him souls. Once satisfied, he leaves the area.

Step 3: Enter the Relic Trial

The portal appears above Pack-a-Punch on Fishery Island. Before entering, equip a Pack-a-Punch IV Jotunn Star and buy Melee Macchiato. Zombies take only melee damage during this trial. Keep your distance, spam melee attacks, and watch for HVTs on Rounds 2 and 5.

For more on the Jotunn Star itself, check out the full Jotunn Star Wonder Weapon guide.

How to get the Agarthan Device Relic (Wicked Relic #1)

This Relic has a hard character requirement: one player on your team must be playing as Richtofen. If nobody has Richtofen selected, the Relic will not trigger. You also need to be on Tier 2+ and Round 15+.

The unlock requires collecting three items and completing the Richtofen Side Easter Egg. Two of the items are only accessible through random teleports inside Tyr's Head, so you need to keep entering Tyr's Shoulder and Tyr's Foot each round and hoping for the right destination.

Collecting the three items

Walkie-Talkie: This comes from inside the Group 935 Genetic Lab, which you access by sending an ARC-XD Scorestreak through a vent in the northeast wall of the Core Foundry. Shoot the vent, drive the ARC-XD through, ride the ramp to the secret room, and detonate at the back wall to open the lab. Inside, read the 5 numbers on the south corridor wall, identify the two with radiation warnings, translate them to letters, find the matching jar heads, place them on the machine, use the purple gas on the north wall creature to get the Necrospike, then lockpick the cell by rotating the Right Stick. Go prone inside the cell and pick up the walkie-talkie from the bottom left of the bench.

Helmet: Teleport out of Tyr's Head until you land in the room with the Requiem crew bodies. Rush to the south wall, crouch at the bottom shelf, and pick up the helmet.

Mr. Peeks: Teleport out of Tyr's Head until you land in the Liberty Falls hotel room. Go prone on the right side of the bed and pick up Mr. Peeks leaning against the shelf.

Completing the Richtofen Side Easter Egg

With all three items collected, equip Melee Macchiato and the Jotunn Star. Melee the barrel in the south area of the Core Foundry and interact with the open lid to pick up a medal. After speaking with Von List, interact with the throne to place Mr. Peeks, then complete the Richtofen Side Easter Egg normally.

Agarthan Device trial location and strategy

The portal spawns in Dry Dock, east of PhD Flopper. Zombies only take damage when you are indoors. Head to the second floor of the Lighthouse, plant Toxic Growth, and melee everything that comes up. This strategy handles even the HVTs on waves 3 and 6 without much trouble.

How to get the Music Box Relic (Wicked Relic #2)

The Music Box Relic has the highest round requirement of the six: Round 60, Tier 2+. Once you hit that threshold, the unlock is surprisingly straightforward compared to the Agarthan Device.

You need to get 5 headshot kills with a Sniper Rifle from inside Tyr's Head in a single visit. Pick up the Shadow SK from the wall buy in Tyr's Shoulder, then eat a Temporal Gift GobbleGum and a Kill Joy GobbleGum before you go in. Combined, they give you a 60-second Insta-Kill window. Look toward Skallen Market from inside Tyr's Head and shoot 5 zombies in the head. All 5 kills must happen before you leave.

Sniper kills from Tyr's Head

Music Box trial location and strategy

The portal appears on the southwest wall of the building opposite Melee Macchiato in the Dry Dock. The trial sends you to a series of holdout zones marked by purple light columns in the sky. You have around 25 seconds to reach each zone and interact with Mr. Peeks to begin. Each holdout area gets smaller as the trial progresses.

Holdout order (as documented by GameRant): Fishery Island > Tyr's Foot > Dry Dock > Beacon Island > Eidskallen Square > Skallen Market

There are no HVTs in this trial, only zombies and Necropincers. Kazimirs and the Jotunn Star handle both cleanly.

For a broader look at everything Totenreich has to offer, the Black Ops 7 Zombies strategy guides collection covers the full easter egg walkthrough, intel locations, and more.