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Astra Malorum Zombies Map Goes Live With Season 1, Guides Detail Mars Portal Quest

Players must secure the LGM-1 and solve planet-based puzzles while managing O.S.C.A.R.'s interference.

Overview

  • Treyarch’s Astra Malorum launched with Black Ops 7 Season 1 on December 4, bringing a Dark Aether planet built around an observatory, museum and planetarium.
  • Access to the Pack-A-Punch requires assembling two parts and placing them in the Harmonic Oculus in the Observatory Dome, then defending it for about 40 seconds.
  • Progression to Mars begins by following O.S.C.A.R. until a recording lists three planets, converting their solar order into a numeric code, and entering it at a terminal to call a lift and obtain a key.
  • Players then saw a brain from a cryopod, perform a brain swap with a 60‑second defense, record Thurston’s reading list, and set Mars coordinates via the telescope and a Machina terminal.
  • Finishing steps include interacting with Archive busts per the reading list, placing a Neptune model, aligning three planets per found notes, and defending the portal as O.S.C.A.R.’s flying discs can reset its charge, with reaching Mars tied to an Avenged Sevenfold musical unlock.