Black Ops 6 Zombies Season 1 Reloaded: Citadelle des Morts map, Wonder Weapons, & Jingle Hells

Black Ops 6 brings its Season 1 Reloaded update, dropping the biggest Zombies update since launch with a brand-new map, Wonder Weapons, in-game events, and more.

New Zombies maps are coming thick and fast, with two arriving at launch and the next coming just over a month later. This is all part of the mid-season update which brings Ranked Play to Warzone’s Urzikstan, new multiplayer maps, and the CODMAS event.

If you’re looking to learn more about the Zombies Season 1 Reloaded update then you’ve come to the right place as we’re breaking down everything we know so far including the release date, what to expect from the Citadelle des Morts map, and the new Wonder Weapons.

BO6 Zombies Season 1 Reloaded release date

Black Ops 6 Zombies Season 1 Reloaded arrives on Thursday, December 5. We don’t know the exact time yet, but these updates usually arrive at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM GMT.

However, Season 1 kicked off a few hours early so keep an eye out as it might drop earlier than expected.

Citadelle des Morts map

The headline addition in Black Ops 6 Season 1 Reloaded is the brand-new Citadelle des Morts map. Meaning Citadel of the Dead in French, the new map takes the Requiem crew to an abandoned medieval castle in Avalon.

Kevin Drew, Treyarch associate design director for Zombies, explained, “We’ve broken out of Terminus and discovered that we are looking for Dr. Krafft and the foremost reason is he is an expert on the occult and has direct ties to the Sentinel Artifact we are trying to track down which will help us.” 

This map picks up the story after Terminus and Drew confirmed that all future updates will continue to follow this group and storyline.

Alongside the castle, you’ll get to explore the old-timey village while battling hordes of the undead. Plus, there’ll be a new enemy type stalking the ruined keep.

When does the Citadelle des Morts Main Quest go live?

The Citadelle des Morts Main Quest Easter egg goes live as soon as the map drops. The Terminus and Liberty Falls Main Quests went live a few hours after launch to make up for the game releasing at different times around the world, but Season 1 Reloaded drops at the same time for everyone.

With it always being a race to see who can figure it out first, the update should go live at the announced time, but you never know.

New Wonder Weapons: The Bastard Sword‘s Elemental Forms

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Here are the four new Wonder Weapons.

• Caliburn: Dragon’s Fire: Create a fiery maelstrom of burning undead flesh, setting zombies alight and summoning an immense fireball.
• Durendal: Stag of the Storms: Summon thunderous power from the skies, discharging voltaic power to stun and stagger, before an electrical beam serves up a severe searing.
• Balmung: Raven’s Shadow: Cast your rotting foes into the Aetherial abyss, warping nearby enemies with a focused liminal tear.
• Solais: Lion of Light: The warmth of Light courses through you as you send foes screaming into darkness.

Additional new content

If you complete the Main Quest successfully on Citadelle des Morts, rewards include the “Jackknife” Operator Skin for Weaver, 5,000 XP, and a unique Calling Card only available by completing the Quest before Directed Mode is released early next year.

Here is a look at the other new features.

• Power Keg GobbleGum (Spawns a Full Power)
• Time Out GobbleGum (Temporarily stops the round)
• Holiday Cheer GobbleGum (All Zombies spawn with festive gear)
• Light Mend Ammo Mod (Zombies drop health orbs)
• Vulture Aid Perk (Zombies drop ammo, Salvage, and more)
• Tesla Storm Field Upgrade (Shocks and damages surrounding zombies)
• 18 New Augments
• Hand Cannon craftable Support weapon
• Doppelghast enemy

List of every new Augment

Here are the new Augments.

Vulture Aid Major Augments

• Fetid Upgr-aid: On death, zombies have a chance to create a gas cloud that charges your Field Upgrade.
• Smell of Death: On death, zombies have a chance to create a gas cloud that conceals you while standing in it.
• Parting Gift: Vulture Aid ammo drops give more ammo to Wonder Weapons.

Vulture Aid: Minor Augments

• Condor’s Reach: Auto-pickup loot from farther away.
• Carrion Luggage: Critical kills have a chance to drop extra Salvage.
• Picky Eater: On death, zombies have a higher chance of dropping your current equipment.

Light Mend Major Augments

• Antibiotic: The healing glyph now damages enemies that touch it, but its lifetime is reduced.
• Big Game: Light Mend can activate on Elite enemies, dropping three more healing glyphs.
• Dual Action: Consuming a healing glyph will temporarily allow you to heal faster.

Light Mend Minor Augments

• Longer Life: The healing glyph’s lifetime is increased.
• Extra Strength: The healing glyph replenishes more health when consumed.
• Express Remedy: Increase the range that the glyph will move to an ally.

Tesla Storm Major Augments

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• Transformer: The field’s damage is increased by the number of allies that are connected.
• Shockwave: On activation, stun and damage all nearby enemies.
• Static Discharge: On activation, create a lethal surge of electricity around you.

Tesla Storm minor Augments

• Power Grid: Increase the range the electric tether can connect to allies.
• Overclocked: Your movement speed is increased during Tesla Storm.
• Lithium Charged: Increase Tesla Storm duration.

Season 1 Reloaded gameplay changes

Here is a list of gameplay changes coming to Zombies when Season 1 Reloaded starts.

• Mangler spawns reduced at mid-to-high rounds
• Cap on active Manglers up to Round 100
• Mangler’s arm cannon easier to shoot off
• Special Rounds will be “way shorter”

Wonder Weapons

More than one Wonder Weapon will arrive with Citadelle des Morts and Season 1 Reloaded, and leaks suggest they’ll be the Umbral Blade and Wunderwaffe DG-2.

According to data miner ‘alanthethird_90,’ the Umbral Blade will have four variants but they don’t know what they are yet. While the Wunderwaffe DG-2 has been seen in the game files, it’s hardly surprising after it appeared in the Liberty Falls trailer, but there’s no guarantee it’ll arrive with Season 1 Reloaded.

Jingle Hells

Jingle Hels was a limited-time Zombies mode in Black Ops Cold War, and Black Ops 6 marks the return of the game mode. This time, Liberty Falls gets a Christmas remake. Here is a list of some of the changes

• Enemies have new names and new skins
• Arsenal Machine is gone
• Snowballs return, which can be used to freeze and kill zombies.
• Some zombies drop presents with weapons and other items
• Special rounds where you slow down and freeze, forcing you inside to take shelter -New
• Naughty Or Nice Power-Up (“Naughty” spawns Plaguehounds for 30 seconds or “Nice” drops a Present

New weapons

• Maelstrom Shotgun
• AMR Mod 4 Sniper Rifle
• Cleaver Melee Weapon

Three new weapons arrive in Season 1 Reloaded and are unlocked through events. Expect the full-auto Maelstrom Shotgun to be a deadly choice in Citadelle Des Morts and the other maps, but perhaps the AMR Mod 4 (essentially the Barret .50 Cal) will be another strong choice.

There will be sure to be plenty of smaller Easter eggs to find throughout Citadelle des Morts so in the meantime, check out all the ones we’ve found in Liberty Falls.