How do you unlock all BO7 Relics? Cursed is brand-new game mode in Black Ops 7, unveiling a fresh way to appease old-time fans of the zombie mode who have been clamoring for a tougher challenge. Cursed certainly isn't for the faint of heart, so be warned that you're going to need to be a Zombies master to get through it.
This challenging Black Ops 7 mode only gives you a pistol to start off, forcing you to get by without access to the minimap as you uncover nine secret Relics by completing tough trials. With these BO7 Relics unlocked, and provided you've completed the Ashes of the Damned main quest, you can equip them to make Cursed even harder, adding special zombies and other hurdles to the existing mode.
Ashes of the Damned Cursed Mode Relics
Here are all nine of the Black Ops 7 Cursed Mode Relics found in the Ashes of the Damned map:
- Dragon Wings - Grim Relic
- Lawyer's Pen - Grim Relic
- Teddy Bear - Grim Relic
- VRIL Sphere - Sinister Relic
- Focusing Stone - Sinister Relic
- Samantha's Drawing - Sinister Relic
- Bus - Wicked Relic
- Blood Vials - Wicked Relic
- Dragon - Wicked Relic
Dragon Wings Relic
Here's how to unlock the Dragon Wings Grim Relic:
- Pack-A-Punch a weapon.
- Survive until Round 20.
- Use the Jump Pad between Vandorn Farm and Janus Towers Plaza.
- While you're jumping between the two areas, shoot three purple glowing orbs.
- If you shoot all three in time, a portal will open up on the right-hand outside wall of the main Vandorn Farm barn.
- Prepare yourself for the trial, then interact with the portal to be taken to a Grim trial, where all power-ups deal damage when touched.
- Survive four waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Dragon Wings Relic.
Lawyer's Pen Relic
Here's how to unlock the Lawyer's Pen Grim Relic:
- Survive until Round 20.
- Locate the red candle next to the wardrobe in the cabin, situated on the road between Ashwood and Blackwater Lake.
- Light it using a Molotov or by shooting it with a gun equipped with the Napalm Burst ammo mod.
- Find and light another red candle in Ashwood, on a shelf to the right of the Jugger-Nog machine.
- Finally, find and light the red candle in the bedroom of the Vandorn family farmhouse.
- Next, prepare yourself for the trial, then interact with the portal on the right-hand outside wall of the main Vandorn Farm barn to be taken to a Grim trial, during which all zombies are Shock Mimics.
- Survive four waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Lawyer's Pen Relic.
Teddy Bear
Here's how to unlock the Teddy Bear Grim Relic:
- Equip Aether Shroud as your Field Upgrade.
- Obtain the Necrofluid Gauntlet, either by completing the main quest or using a Wonderbar! Gobblegum.
- Triggering Aether Shroud reveals teddy bears in the following locations that are otherwise invisible:
- On the side of the Vandorn Farm silo.
- On top of the arch over the northern Blackwater Lake entrance.
- In the toilet inside the cabin.
- In the broken wall of the side of the church in Ashwood.
- In Rabbit Alley in Ashwood, inside the ceiling of a burning room in the house in the southwest corner.
- On top of a utility pole in Zarya Cosmodrome.
- Underneath the Grounded Ship, above the stairs to the east.
- On the roof of the log storage in Lost Cabins.
- After Round 20, go to the roof of the Exit 115 diner, and a teddy bear can be seen on the highway gantry to the east.
- With Aether Shroud active so you can see where you're aiming, use the Gauntlet's spears to retrieve the teddy bears.
- Prepare yourself for the trial, then interact with the portal on the side of the Mystery Box barn in Vandorn Farm to be taken to a Grim trial, during which each shot costs 100 Essence. You can still shoot without Essence, but you won't earn any more. Lethal items spawn more regularly, so the devastating combat axe is a great choice here, as are Molotovs.
- Survive four waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Teddy Bear Relic.
VRIL Sphere
Here's how to unlock the VRIL Sphere Sinister Relic:
- Equip all Grim Relics.
- Reach Level 40.
- Lure a Doppelghast to a jump pad and activate it to kill the elite zombie, if done correctly.
- Prepare yourself for the trial, then interact with the portal underneath the rocket in Zarya Cosmodrome to be taken to a Sinister trial, during which you cannot buy anything, including ammo, weapons, and perks. Some BO7 Gobblegums can come in really handy here.
- Survive five waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the VRIL Sphere Relic.
Focusing Stone
Here's how to unlock the Focusing Stone Sinister Relic:
- Equip all Grim Relics.
- Reach Level 40.
- Kill a Zursa with a melee attack. You can use a gun and other weapons to lower its health; only the last hit must be melee. We recommend using the Melee Machiatto perk and ensuring your armor and health are full before going in for the kill.
- Pick up the wine bottle that drops from the Zursa if done correctly.
- Activate a T.E.D.D Task and complete it at the Legendary level. Pick up the wine bottle that spawns in front of the reward box if done correctly.
- Take the wine bottles to the cabin in Blackwater Lake and interact with the bar to place them. Five bottles will now explode in a specific order and respawn. You must shoot them in the same order.
- Prepare yourself for the trial, then interact with the portal in the Flame Trench in Zarya Cosmodrome to be taken to a Sinister trial, during which you have no Essence, nor can you earn any. Essentially, you cannot buy anything, including ammo, weapons, and perks.
- Survive five waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Focusing Stone Relic.
Samantha's Drawing
Here's how to unlock the Samantha's Drawing Sinister Relic:
- Equip all Grim Relics.
- Place weapons in order of increasing rarity (common, uncommon, rare, epic, legendary) into Chompy, the bin in Janus Towers Plaza.
- Reach Level 40, if you haven't already.
- Feed Chompy a Ray Gun or Ray Gun Mk II.
- Prepare for the trial, then interact with the portal in Zarya Cosmodrome to be taken to a Sinister trial, during which ammo caches and max ammo drops have been disabled.
- Survive five waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Samantha's Drawing Relic.
Bus
Here's how to unlock the Bus Wicked Relic:
- Equip at least two Grim Relics and two Sinister Relics.
- Reach Round 60.
- Survive one full Round without taking damage. You cannot use the Time Out Gobblegum or Saw Traps, as this has been patched out. The best method now seems to be using Ol' Tessie on a Ravager Round.
- Prepare yourself for the trial, including equipping the Brain Rot ammo mod. Then, interact with the portal on the outside of the boathouse in Blackwater Lake to be taken to a Wicked trial, during which the only kills that count are those carried out by zombies affected by Brain Rot.
- Survive six waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Bus Relic.
Blood Vials
Here's how to unlock the Blood Vials Wicked Relic:
- Equip at least two Grim Relics and two Sinister Relics.
- Reach Round 20.
- During this round, listen out for a telephone that can spawn at any of the main POIs. If you end the Round, the telephone will not spawn again until every 10th Round.
- You must do this five times in total to trigger the trial portal. You can use the Round Off Gobblegum to trigger a telephone Round twice, meaning you can avoid reaching too high a Round.
- Once completed successfully, the portal will open inside the main cabin at Blackwater Lake.
- Prepare for the trial, then interact with the portal to be taken to a Wicked trial, during which your weapons only deal half damage.
- Survive six waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Blood Vials Relic.
Dragon
Here's how to unlock the Dragon Wicked Relic:
- Equip at least two Grim Relics and two Sinister Relics.
- Reach Round 60.
- Defeat the main quest boss.
- Continue your game, and interact with the portal on the outside of the main house at Blackwater Lake to be taken to a Wicked trial, during which only explosive damage affects zombies, so prepare accordingly before entering.
- Survive six waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Dragon Relic.
Astra Malorum Cursed Mode Relics
Here are all six of the Black Ops 7 Cursed Mode Relics found in the Astra Malorum map:
- Seed - Grim Relic
- Gong - Grim Relic
- Spider Fang - Sinister
- Matryoshka Doll - Sinister
- Golden Spork - Wicked
- Civil Protector Head - Wicked
Seed
Here's how to unlock the Seed Grim Relic:
- Survive until Round 20.
- Locate an uncommon gun that will now have spawned in The Luminarium, Machina Astralis, or the Observatory Dome.
- Try and find the gun immediately after Round 20 starts, as it can be consumed by Ravagers. This also helps with the next step.
- Get 20 kills with the weapon. This number increases with the Round on which you pick up the gun. For example, if you pick up the pistol on Round 22, you must instead get 22 kills with it. These kills must all have taken place during one Round. You can increase this weapon's rarity and use the Pack-A-Punch machine.
- Once done correctly, the portal will open up. Prepare yourself for the trial, then interact with the portal in the Observatory Dome to be taken to the Grim trial, where you can only use a Packed pistol.
- Survive four waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Seed Relic.
Gong
The Gong Relic still hasn't been found. We'll update this guide as soon as it has.
Spider Fang
Here's how to unlock the Spider Fang Sinister Relic:
- Equip all Grim Relics.
- Equip the Aether Shroud Field upgrade.
- Equip the Wisp Tea Perk-A-Cola.
- Reach Round 40.
- Defeat OSCAR with a melee attack while he is also being attacked by a Wisp Tea wisp. To do this, reduce OSCAR's health, kill zombies nearby until the wisp appears, trigger Aether Shroud, and then melee attack OSCAR until he dies, checking the wisp is on him and not a zombie.
- Prepare yourself for the trial, then interact with the portal in the Archive of Orbis to be taken to the Sinister trial, where you will have no access to Perks. However, you do keep permanent perks, so check out our guide on how to get them as you work towards Round 40.
- Survive five waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Spider Fang Relic.
Matryoshka Doll
The Golden Spork Relic still hasn't been found. We'll update this guide as soon as it has.
Golden Spork
The Golden Spork Relic still hasn't been found. We'll update this guide as soon as it has.
Civil Protector Head
Here's how to unlock the Civil Protector Head Wicked Relic:
Unfortunately, this process still hasn't been fully figured out, so it might be best to wait until we know the full method. Trying it right now could take a long time.
- Equip at least two Grim Relics and two Sinister Relics.
- Survive until Round 60.
- Extinguish chandelier candles in Museum Infinitum using PHD Flopper beneath them. This is the unknown step. The flames must be extinguished in a certain order, and we don't currently know how to decipher said order. You can guess, trying again in each new Round, but this could take a long time.
- Prepare yourself for the trial, then interact with the portal in the Crash Site to be taken to the Wicked trial, where all zombies are sprinters.
- Survive six waves, and you'll find yourself back in the main game, having now unlocked the Civil Protector Head Relic.
How does BO7 Cursed Mode work?
Black Ops 7 Cursed Mode was unlocked globally when the first team completed the main Ashes of the Damned easter egg. Now, anyone can see and play this mode just by launching into Zombies, but there are some restrictions.
Before you have completed any main quest yourself, you can play Cursed to find and unlock the Relics below. However, to equip these Relics, you must first complete the main quest at least once. New Relics are then being released with each new BO7 Zombies map, and they must be found and unlocked in that map, once you have completed that map's main quest.
Unlocking and using the Relics isn't all bad, though. By collecting them all, you can unlock Golden Armor, Tier IV Pack-A-Punch, and Ultra weapon rarity.
We'll add more BO7 Zombies Cursed Mode Relics to this guide as they're discovered. In the meantime, use your time in the zombie game to research the best BO7 Augments, and be sure to level up your Jager, your default Cursed Mode starting weapon.