Relics provide an exciting new way to play Black Ops 7 Zombies' Cursed Mode, and each of them has an interesting and lengthy hunt and challenge to unlock them. With 9 Relics in Ashes of the Damned, players can now find 6 Relics in Astra Malorum, each with their own unique requirements, effects, and challenge portals.
Below, you'll find our in-progress guide on how to get all Cursed Mode Relics in Astra Malorum. With 2 Grim Relics, 2 Sinister Relics, and 2 Wicked Relics, it's going to be a lengthy hunt. However, we'll do our best to guide you through every single one of them.
This guide has been updated with the Spider Fang Relic. The hunt for other Relics on Astra Malorum is still in progress, so we'll continue to update this guide as more Relics are discovered.
How to Get All Relics in Ashes of the Damned's Cursed Mode (Black Ops 7 Zombies)
Black Ops 7 Zombies features a unique Cursed Mode that holds 9 Relics for players to discover, and here's where to get them all and what they do.
How to Get All Tier 1 Relics (Grim Relics) in Astra Malorum
How to Get the Seed Relic (& Its Effect) in Black Ops 7 Zombies
- The Seed Relic disables the Mystery Box.
The Seed Relic can be acquired as early as Round 20. As soon as Round 20 hits, you'll want to avoid killing zombies, and instead hunt across the map for a gray-rarity pistol. This pistol can randomly be the Jager 45, Velox 5.7, or the Coda 9, and it will spawn within these locations:
- Observatory Dome
- The Luminarium
- Archives of Orbis
- Machina Astralis
Once you find your pistol, you should not Pack-a-Punch or upgrade its rarity with The Arsenal. Instead, you'll want to kill the same number of zombies as your Round with the gray pistol. This means if you are on Round 20, kill 20 zombies, and if you're on Round 26, kill 26 zombies. (Make sure it's not in your Mule Kick 3rd gun slot). This is easily achieved with an Instakill Power Up, acquired from a Kill Joy GobbleGum, or by shooting the floating skull at Scholar's Way (click here).
Make sure you're tracking your kills with the scoreboard. As soon as you've gotten the same kills as your Round counter, switch out to another weapon and finish the round with anything but the pistol, and you should hear a Mr. Peeks laugh.
With Mr. Peeks laugh, you'll want to go to the Observatory Dome, where you'll find a green portal when facing north. Inside the trial, you will only have a Pack-a-Punched Pistol. You cannot further Pack-a-Punch the pistol, but you can upgrade its rarity and give it ammo mods at the Arsenal.
We recommend acquiring a Disciple Injection and running around the map to kill zombies with traps, as the trial itself has 2 waves of zombies and 2 waves of HVT Shock Mimics. After all enemies are defeated, the Seed Relic is rewarded to you!
How to Get the Gong Relic (& Its Effect) in Black Ops 7 Zombies
- The Gong Relic makes it so that Field Upgrades can only be charged with a Full Power Power Up.
The Gong Relic has not been found, but we're working hard to locate it. Once we know the steps to the Gong Relic, we'll update this part of the guide.
How to Get All Tier 2 Relics (Sinister Relics) in Astra Malorum
How to Get the Spider Fang Relic (& Its Effect) in Black Ops 7 Zombies
- The Spider Fang Relic makes it so that Perks costs at machines never decrease.
To get the Spider Fang Relic, you must be on at least Tier 1 Cursed, and you must reach Round 40. On Round 40, you will need to melee kill O.S.C.A.R. With the Knife while Wisp Tea is targeting him. To make this easier, we recommend ignoring O.S.C.A.R. In the early rounds, as his health will not scale with the Round as long as he spawned in on an early Round.
We also recommend using No Major Augment for Wisp Tea, as the default Wisp Tea Perk will be able to target O.S.C.A.R. And deal insignificant damage, so that you can get the kill with your Knife. Extension and Haste are great Minor Augments that will help Wisp Tea stick around for longer, and appear faster.
Melee Macchiato, a Tier 3 Pack-a-Punch Knife with Legendary Rarity, is also recommended to help O.S.C.A.R. Die faster while Wisp Tea is still focused on him. We also recommend Aether Shroud with the Afterimage Major Augment to distract O.S.C.A.R. So you can damage him without risk of death.
Once you've defeated O.S.C.A.R. With a melee attack while Wisp Tea is also targeting him, an orange portal will spawn at the west wall of the Archive of Orbis. The trial for the Spider Fang Relic disables all Perks, and they cannot be purchased during the trial. You'll have to deal with 5 waves of zombies. The 2nd wave has you fight an HVT Uber Klaus, and the 5th wave has you fight an HVT O.S.C.A.R.
The best strategy to survive this trial is to stay on the move and use the Apogee Annihilator trap at the Stargazer's Courtyard, as this shreds enemies, as does a Pack-a-Punched Ray Gun.
How to Get the Matryoshka Doll Relic (& Its Effect) in Black Ops 7 Zombies
- The Matryoshka Doll Relic makes it so that Salvage drop rates are halved.
The Matryoshka Doll has not been found. As such, we'll update this section of the guide once it's been discovered and the steps are clear.
How to Get All Tier 3 Relics (Wicked Relics) in Astra Malorum
How to Get the Golden Spork Relic (& Its Effect) in Black Ops 7 Zombies
- The Golden Spork Relic makes it so that enemies deal double damage.
The Golden Spork Relic has not been found. Bookmark this guide, and we'll update it as soon as we find the steps needed for this Tier 3 Relic.
How to Get the Civil Protector Head Relic (& Its Effect) in Black Ops 7 Zombies
- The Civil Protector Head makes it so that every 100 kills, you will lose a Perk.
After reaching Round 60 on Tier 2 or Tier 3 Cursed, you can enter the Museum Infinitum (where Speed Cola is located), and each corner of the room will have a chandelier with a single lit candle:
- Back Left (BL) - 3 candles, with 1 lit
- Back Right (BR) - 1 candle, with 1 lit
- Front Left (FL) - 2 candles, with 1 lit
- Front Right (FR) - 2 candles, with 1 lit
The objective is to extinguish each candle, which is done through an explosive flop of PhD Flopper (wall explosion or dive explosion). After extinguishing each candle, you should hear Mr. Peeks laugh. However, the order in which you need to extinguish the candles is entirely unknown at this moment in time.
We're working tirelessly to find the right pattern for the Civil Protector Head Relic, but so far, we've had no luck. As soon as we do find the correct pattern, you can find our updated guide right here.
Until we find the correct solution to the candles step, we recommend just trying to brute force it by repeating the same path of extinguishing the candles each round until Mr. Peeks laughs. If you are able to brute force it, the trial portal can be found in the Crash Site, and it makes it so that every zombie is a super sprinter. As for the HVTs, you will have to fight an Uber Klaus and an O.S.C.A.R.
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- Released
- November 14, 2025
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- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs
- Developer(s)
- Treyarch, Raven Software
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- Activision
