In two weeks’ time, Treyarch will be launching Firebase Z, the second Zombies map for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Alongside this new location, Zombies will also be getting a new Perk with Firebase Z – ‘Tombstone Soda’.
The New Zombies Perk: Tombstone Soda
When Firebase Z launches on the 4th of February, Tombstone Soda will be the seventh Perk available in Black Ops Cold War’s Zombies mode. “When deciding on the next Perk to introduce to Zombies,” explains Activision; “the design team reviewed the full history of every Perk and ability from the past that centered around death, and ultimately rolled them into an incredibly useful Perk for Black Ops Cold War.”
Tombstone Soda first featured in the Zombies mode of Call of Duty: Black Ops II. However, the Perk has had a bit of a redesign for this new incarnation. Once you acquire this Perk, if you’re downed, then it will transform you into a strange shadow form of yourself. In this spectral form, you’ll still have weapons and be able to fight, and even revive yourself. However, if you’re killed in shadow form, then you’ll die fully. (And your allies won’t be able to revive you.)
Like other Perks in the Black Ops Cold War Zombies mode, Tombstone Soda has several upgradeable Skills. Players will be able to invest Aetherium Crystals into the Tombstone Perk Skill in order to gain up to three tiers of bonuses. At Tier 1, your shadow form will gain health regeneration. At Tier 2, your downed duration will increase to 60 seconds, giving you much longer to be revived. Finally, at Tier 3, you will drop a Tombstone Stash when you die. This stash will contain all of your weapons, resources, and equipment.
Firebase Z is due to launch on the 4th of February, on which date players will be able to find Tombstone Soda in the new map’s Tombstone Perk machine. Plus, it will also become available from Der Wunderfizz machine on the existing Die Maschine map.