SOLO — Stand-In

You’re helping the original Zombies crew—Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo, and Richtofen—who are trapped behind the vault door underneath the lighthouse.

1. Turn on the power. Go to the ship and flip the power switch.
2. Find the trapped crew. Go to the vault door underneath the lighthouse. Knife the door and listen to the characters. They’ll tell you they need help.
3. Get the fuse. Go upstairs into the room directly above them. Find the fuse sitting somewhere in that room, pick it up, return downstairs, and place it into the fuse box beside the vault door.
4. Destroy the generators. After talking to the crew again, four red-glowing generators around the map need to be destroyed. Explosives such as grenades can damage them. Some are positioned out in the water, so look for the red glow.
5. Get the vodka bottle. Return to the crew. They’ll ask for vodka. Around the map you’ll find a vodka bottle frozen inside a block of ice attached to a railing. Knife the ice so the bottle falls, but make sure you’re positioned underneath it to catch it. Take the vodka back and put it into the tube beside the vault door.
6. Find the Golden Rod. The crew will now ask for the Golden Rod. On Solo, the steps are shortened compared with Co-op. You’ll need the V-R11 from the Mystery Box.
7. Go to the lighthouse. Shoot a zombie with the V-R11 to turn him into a human. The transformed human will run into the lighthouse and begin traveling upward through its green beam.
8. Kill the transformed human. Damage him while he’s inside the lighthouse beam. Once you’ve dealt enough damage, he’ll disappear upward and leave the Golden Rod at the bottom of the lighthouse.
9. Give them the Golden Rod. Pick it up and take it back to the crew. Insert it into the tube beside the vault.
10. Finish the Easter Egg. After the dialogue and machinery finish, knife the fuse box again. The crew will teleport away.

You’ll receive the Wunderwaffe DG-2 as your reward and unlock the Stand-In achievement/trophy.

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👥 CO-OP — Ensemble Cast

Co-op starts similarly, but has additional puzzle steps.

Steps 1–5

Do the same beginning:

Power → Vault Door → Fuse → Generators → Vodka

After giving them the vodka, the Co-op-specific portion begins.

6. Set the lighthouse dials

Inside the lighthouse are four colored dials on different floors:

Yellow, Orange, Blue, Purple

You have to manipulate them until the numbers are:

Yellow = 2
Orange = 7
Blue = 4
Purple = 6

The catch is that turning one dial can affect another dial, so you have to work them into the correct combination.

7. Radios

Next, activate four radios around the map in the correct order.

The radios are located around areas including the ship and lighthouse/map structures. You’ll hear Morse-code/audio cues when you’re doing it correctly.

8. Ship controls

Go to the ship’s bridge.

You’ll need to interact with the steering wheel and levers in the correct configuration. When done correctly, the ship’s horn will sound.

9. Fog horns

There are four fog horns around the lighthouse area.

Activate them in the correct sequence. When successful, you’ll see the green lighthouse beam.

10. Get the V-R11

Now someone needs the V-R11 from the Mystery Box.

Bring a zombie to the bottom of the lighthouse and shoot it with the V-R11.

It transforms into a human and runs into the lighthouse’s green beam.

11. Kill him in the beam

Everyone should unload on the transformed human while he’s floating upward.

Once enough damage is dealt, he’ll disappear and the Golden Rod will drop at the bottom of the lighthouse.

Pick it up.

12. Give the Golden Rod to Richtofen

Return to the vault door and insert the Golden Rod into the tube.

Wait for the dialogue/process to finish and then knife the fuse box.

The original crew teleports away and Ensemble Cast is completed.