The Reckoning Easter Egg in Black Ops 6 Zombies can be complex and challenging, but with the right strategies, every step can be made quicker and the final boss fight much easier. This guide compiles the best tips and tricks to help players breeze through the Easter Egg efficiently.

Early Game Tips: Setting Up the Bucket and Loot Bins
One of the mini-quests requires placing a fungal head into a bucket of water. The bucket must be filled with water from sprinklers that activate one at a time. To avoid awkward timing and randomness, immediately move the yellow bucket from the spawn area to a position directly under the active sprinkler and then run through the metal detectors. This instantly fills the bucket, saving time later.

Also in the spawn room, two bins can be interacted with to potentially gain free loot such as perks and upgrades. Throughout the map, especially on the way to the Executive Suite (for Pack-a-Punch access), there are eight bins total that players should search. After searching all, a hidden bin in the spawn room will glow gold, allowing interaction that grants a free scorestreak, salvage, and equipment to start the run with useful bonuses.

Streamlining the Pack-a-Punch Sequence
While progressing through the mutant research area before reaching Pack-a-Punch, pick up the syringe from a machine. This allows the blood sample collection step (using a laser) to be completed immediately after activating Pack-a-Punch, avoiding any backtracking.

When analyzing screens to decode clues for opening the biolab upstairs, use the static screens:

- The screen beside the Deadshot Daiquiri sign always shows the first letter of the periodic table word.

- The screen behind Richtofen’s family clones shows the second letter.
Not all games will require two words, but the atomic number from these clues helps unlock the biolab. If you want to practice biolab puzzles over and over, a legit CoD BO6 Bot Lobby can be a time-saver.

At this point, it is recommended to take down the Mangler Fowler mutant to collect the Mangler Fowler mutant injection. Defeating the spawning Disciple enemy close to the biolab allows constant vermin spawn, which is required to damage vermin and zombies near the cyst to fill it without multiple rounds.

Efficient Cyst Charging and Clouse Building
While charging the cyst under flowers in quantum computing, players can shoot weapons during the charge animation (as long as you don’t run out of ammo or leave the area to reload). This allows smoother combat while progressing.

Building Clouse involves collecting arms and legs dropped by Claus robots during two special rounds. A helpful trick is to leave the Forsaken Uber Claus alive for 30 to 60 seconds during its fight. It will spawn many Commando Claus robots, increasing the chance of dropping the required Clouse arm parts earlier than usual.

Additionally, the Uber Claus can activate Clouse even without parts assembled, allowing players to trigger specific steps sooner.

Gorg Effects Wonder Weapon Upgrade Insights
Though Gorg effects upgrades (via Blanchard or Panos quests) provide strong backup weapons, upgrading is optional for completing the main Easter Egg. The boss fight can be started and completed without performing these upgrades, saving time on side quests if desired.

Sprinkler Activation and Mop Bucket Reset
If the mop bucket wasn’t filled early, players can manually trigger sprinklers at mop bucket locations by tossing Molotov cocktails through nearby windows. This activates smoke alarms, turning on sprinklers and allowing the fungal head step to be completed without waiting for automatic sprinkler activation.

Quantum Vermin Step Simplification
In the quantum vermin objective, players only need to kill the four quantum vermin within the time limit to power up the orb. Despite visual effects suggesting zombies contribute, damaging or killing zombies is not required to complete this step.

Movement and Stamina Augments
The new Free Faller augment functions like a modern-day PhD Flopper, preventing fall damage. This lets players drop through holes in towers quickly, speeding up traversal. Turning off automatic parachute deployment or holding a grenade while falling prevents the parachute from opening, allowing for fast descents across the map.

Password and Code Cracking
The four-digit password and three-digit door codes are derived from collectible documents scattered across the map. One document is always found in Tower 2’s teleportation lab; the others are in the Executive Suite.
Boss Fight Strategies
SAM Boss Fight:

- Use the Ether Shroud field upgrade and augments to increase shroud duration for protection.

- SAM is vulnerable only after her laser attack and when she moves to the center spinning and spraying energy mines.

- Hide behind cover during the laser attack, then quickly approach and shoot her critical red orbs for massive damage.

- When SAM rises into the portal, inflict damage just before she disappears, and focus fire as she reappears to quickly reduce her health.

Uber Richtofen Boss Fight:

- Recommended weapon: Maelstrom Shotgun with Cryo-Freeze ammo mod to effectively handle Claus robots.

- Stay close to Richtofen to avoid his energy mine attack. Target his shoulder pads for damage, removing them to weaken him.

- Use Ether Shroud immediately when phase two starts to become invulnerable and inflict heavy damage safely.

- Bring stims to recover health quickly during the intense fight phases.

- Between phases, efficiently kill spawned zombies to recharge Ether Shroud for the next attack window.

- Move across the map’s corners to avoid the boss’s wonder shots by using walls as cover.

Additional Boss Fight Tips
- During the fight with Forsaken Mecha Clouse, exploit a free instakill area in the back window for easy damage.

- Use Uber Claus—spawned during the free Gorg effects quest—to activate and charge Clouse by guiding it to the robot assembly area.

- For faster Clouse arms collection, rely on the horde of Commando Claus robots spawned during the Forsaken Uber Claus fight.

Mastering the Reckoning Easter Egg involves smart preparation, such as pre-filling buckets and looting bins early; efficient sequencing of steps; and understanding key mechanics like vermin handling and weapon usage during charging states. Boss fights can be greatly simplified with the right loadout, use of Ether Shroud, cover, timing, and avoiding unnecessary backtracking.

By applying these tips and tricks, players can speed through the Easter Egg, reduce RNG reliance, and confidently defeat challenging bosses with ease.