How to Unlock All Artifacts in Astra Malorum (BO7 Zombies)

Artifacts offer exciting new ways to play black ops 7 zombies' Cursed modes, and each of them has interesting and lengthy hunts and challenges to unlock. With nine relics in Ashes of the Damned, players can now find six relics in Astra Malorum, each with their own requirements, effects, and challenge portals.

Below you can find our ongoing guide on how to obtain all of the Curse Mod artifacts in Astra Malorum. 2 Grim Artifacts, 2 Sinister Artifacts, and 2 Sinister Artifacts will prolong the hunt. However, we will do our best to guide you through each item.

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How to Get All Artifacts in Ashes of the Damned's Curse Mode (Black Ops 7 Zombies)

Black Ops 7 Zombies features a unique Curse mode that has nine relics for players to discover, here's where to get them all and what to do.

Updated January 25, 2026, by Jake Fillery: The ball artifact of Astra Malorum has been discovered.Players can obtain all Tier 1 Grim Relics for Black Ops 7 Zombies. The hunt continues as essential discoveries remain for the solutions to the Matryoshka Doll Relic, Golden Spore Relic, and Citizen Guardian Head Relic. While the community continues the hunt, at least you can get the new ball relics added to this guide now.

How to get all Tier 1 Artifacts (Gloomy Artifacts) in Astra Malorum.

How to get seed relics (and their effects) in Black Ops 7 Zombies.

The Seed Relic disables the Mystery Box.

Seed Relic can be obtained as early as round 20. As soon as you reach round 20, you'll want to avoid killing zombies and instead hunt for the gray rare pistol across the map. This pistol can randomly be a Jager 45, Velox 5.7, or Coda 9 and spawns in the following locations:

observatory dome
luminarium
Archives of Orbis
Machina Astralis

Once you find the pistol, you should not use Pack-a-Punch or upgrade its rarity through The Arsenal. Instead, you'll want to kill a number of zombies equal to the number of rounds with the gray pistol.. So, if it's round 20, kill 20 zombies, if it's round 26, kill 26 zombies. (Make sure the Mule Kick is not in the 3rd gun slot). This can be easily achieved by using the Instakill Power Up obtained from Kill Joy GobbleGum or by shooting the floating skulls in Scholar's Way (click here).

Make sure you're tracking your kills with a scoreboard. As soon as you get a number of kills equal to the round counter, switch to another weapon and finish the round with any weapon except the pistol, and Mr. You can hear Peeks laughing.

Mr. If you look north as Peeks smiles, you'll want to go to the Observatory Dome, where you'll find a green portal. In the trial version, you only get the Pack-a-Punched Pistol. You can no longer pack-a-punch pistols, but you can upgrade their rarity and provide ammo mods in your arsenal.

The trial itself has 2 waves of Zombies and 2 waves of HVT Shock Mimics, so it's a good idea to get the Disciple Infusion and run around the map killing zombies with traps. After defeating all enemies, you will be rewarded with a Seed Artifact!

How to get the ball relic (and its effects) in Black Ops 7 Zombies.

Ball relics make field upgrades only chargeable to full power boost.

Ball relics can be obtained starting from round 20, but first You'll need to get the Tesla Storm Field upgrade and the Dead Wire ammo mod.. We recommend not using Enhancement on either of these items. This is because the augmentation is simply a trigger needed for the artifact and you don't want it to be lethal to the zombies. Let me explain how.

In round 20 A zombie with a lightning rod sticking out of its body will spawn on the map.. Although this is very difficult to see among the crowd, stick zombies (called Rodneys) never go away. Therefore, after training the zombies in the observatory dome, we recommend using the teleporter to return to the spawn area. This will kill all the zombies present, and when you return to the observatory dome, there should be some zombies left with sticks sticking out of them.

Once you find the Lord Zombie, here's what you need to do: You need to take it to a specific doorway, shoot it with Dead Wire, and activate Tesla Storm while stunning it with Dead Wire.. When you do this, you will see a surge of electricity leave the zombie and enter the light bulb above the door frame. This must be repeated over 3 rounds as only 1 Lord Zombie is spawned per round. Here's where you can find the bulbs you need to charge the Lord Zombie, Deadwire, and Tesla Storm combo:

Observatory Dome – Above the east-facing gate of the Veilwalk.
Orbis Archives – Above the southern gate to Machinas Astralis
The Luminarium – Above the east-facing door in the Stargazer's Courtyard.

Once all three bulbs are lit, you will find a green portal that begins the test at the Observatory Dome entrance next to the destroyed pillar to the northeast. The Ordeal of the Ball Artifact is designed to only damage enemies with electrical damage. This means: To use the trial version, you must have Dead Wire installed.Nothing else works. The M34 Novaline is suitable for this test. Because you have to kill one zombie wave, then a Core Uber Klauses wave, then another zombie wave, and finally the HVT Uber Klaus.

How to get all Tier 2 Artifacts (Ominous Artifacts) in Astra Malorum.

How to Get the Spider Fang Artifact (and Its Effects) in Black Ops 7 Zombies.

Spider Fang Relic ensures that your machine's Perks cost never decreases.

To obtain the Spiderfang artifact, you must be at least Tier 1 Cursed and have reached Round 40. In round 40, you must melee kill OSCAR with a sword while Wisp Tea is targeting OSCAR.. To make this easier, consider ignoring OSCAR in the early rounds. This is because as long as he spawns in the early rounds, his health does not scale from round to round.

It is also recommended to use no major reinforcements on the wisp tea. This is because the default Wispcart perk targets OSCAR and deals minor damage, allowing you to kill enemies with your sword. Expansion and Acceleration are great secondary enhancements that will help Wisp Tea stay longer and appear faster.

Melee Macchiato, a Tier 3 Pack-a-Punch Knife of legendary rarity, is a good idea as it helps OSCAR die faster while Wisp Tea is still focused on OSCAR. I also recommend using Aether Shroud with Afterimage Major Augment to distract OSCAR so you can deal damage without risking death.

After defeating OSCAR with melee attacks while Wisp Tea is targeting OSCAR, an orange portal will spawn on the western wall of the Orbis Archives. The Spider Fang Artifact Trial will disable all perks.and cannot be purchased during the trial period. You have to deal with 5 hordes of zombies. In the second wave you will fight HVT Uber Klaus, and in the fifth wave you will fight HVT OSCAR.

The best strategy to survive this test is to keep moving and use the Apogee Annihilator trap located in the Stargazer's Courtyard. This trap tears enemies apart like a Pack-a-Punched Ray Gun.

How to get the Matryoshka doll artifact (and its effects) in Black Ops 7 Zombies.

The Matryoshka Doll artifact reduces Salvage drop rates by half.

No matryoshka dolls were found. Therefore, we will update this section of the guide once we find it and the steps become clearer.

How to get all Tier 3 Artifacts (Evil Artifacts) in Astra Malorum.

How to get the Golden Spoke artifact (and its effects) in Black Ops 7 Zombies.

The Golden Spore artifact causes enemies to take double damage.

No Golden Spoke artifacts have been found. Bookmark this guide and we'll update it as soon as we find the steps required for this Tier 3 relic.

How to Get the Citizen Guardian Head Relic (and Its Effects) in Black Ops 7 Zombies

Civil Protector Head makes you lose a perk for every 100 kills.

When you reach round 60 in Tier 2 or Tier 3 Cursed, you can enter the Museum Infinitum (where Speed Cola is located), and each corner of the room has a chandelier lit by a single candle.

Back left (BL) – 3 candles, 1 lit.
Back Right (BR) – 1 candle, 1 lit.
Front Left (FL) – 2 candles, 1 lit.
Front Right (FR) – 2 candles, 1 lit.

The goal is to extinguish each candle, which is done via explosive flops from the PhD Flopper (wall blast or dive blast). After blowing out the candles, Mr. You should hear Peeks laugh. However, the order in which the candles should be extinguished is currently completely unknown.

We are constantly trying to find a suitable pattern for the Citizen Guardian Head Relic, but so far we have had no luck. Once you've found the right pattern, you'll find an updated guide right here.

Until you find the right solution for the candle steps, Mr. It's a good idea to try brute force by repeating the same route of blowing out the candles each round until Peeks laughs. If you're capable of brute force, you can find a trial portal at the Crash Site that will make all zombies become super sprinters. For HVT you have to fight Uber Klaus and OSCAR.

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