Nuketown Zombies Easter Eggs — Solo Guide (Black Ops 2 on PS5)

Overview

Nuketown Zombies drops you into the multiplayer classic at the exact moment Moon's rockets hit the Earth — you can hear the BO1 crew's Moon dialogue in the distance at the start of a match. It's part of the Black Ops 2 PS5 port (originally a Hardened/Prestige edition bonus, now available with the DLC).

Can you do the Nuketown Zombies easter eggs solo? ✅ Yes — everything. There is no main quest here; it's a compact survival map with musical easter eggs and clever systems worth knowing.

Musical Easter Egg #1 — "Samantha's Lullaby" (3 Teddy Bear Locations)

Find and interact with the three teddy bears:

1. The bus — visible through one of the bus windows facing the truck; walk up and hold interact through the window.
2. Yellow house — upstairs, on the bed in the bedroom.
3. Green house side — near the ground floor debris/backyard area.

After the third bear, Samantha's Lullaby (the haunting Nuketown rendition) plays. All three are reachable solo with a crawler up.

Musical Easter Egg #2 — 8-Bit "Coming Home" (Mannequins)

Shoot the heads off every mannequin on the map. When the last head pops, an 8-bit chiptune version of "Coming Home" plays — a nod to the song from Moon. Do it early, while mannequin count and zombie pressure are manageable.

The Perk Machine Drops

Nuketown's perks aren't buyable from the start — perk machines drop into the map from the sky as you survive, landing randomly in the yards roughly every few rounds. The order is random, so every solo run plays differently. The population counter sign ticks down as rounds progress — pure flavor, and a countdown to when the map gets serious.

The Moon Connection (Lore)

At the very start of a match, listen carefully: you can hear Richtofen and the original crew's Moon dialogue faintly — Nuketown Zombies runs simultaneously with the Moon easter egg. When the announcer voice changes mid-game between Richtofen and Samantha's laugh, that's the body swap happening on the Moon. Marlton is also hiding in the fallout shelter — the same Marlton you meet later in TranZit's Victis crew.

FAQ

Does Nuketown Zombies have a main easter egg? No — only musical easter eggs and ambient secrets. All solo-friendly.

Where is Pack-a-Punch on Nuketown Zombies? There's no Pack-a-Punch machine; plan your loadout around the Mystery Box and wall buys.

Why do the perk machines fall from the sky? They're debris from Moon's destroyed Earth timeline — it's the same event, in real time.

Tips

• Keep a crawler when hunting the teddy bears — two are inside houses with awkward sightlines.
• Do the mannequins by round 3–4; later rounds make it a death sentence.
• Galvaknuckles on the door of the shelter triggers a Marlton voice line — a fun solo lore detour.