Scavenger (weapon)


 * For the perk of the same name, see Scavenger (perk).

The Scavenger is the first and so far only explosive sniper rifle in the whole Call of Duty series. It is seen in the Zombies map, Call of the Dead. It is one of the most powerful guns in Call of the Dead and is extremely useful when cut off on all sides assuming the player has PhD Flopper. If received from the Mystery Box one should look after how it is used, as ammo is very limited and, like the Thundergun and Wunderwaffe DG-2, even a single missed shot is a serious waste of potential. When Pack-a-Punched, it is renamed the Hyena Infra-Dead and gains a Variable Zoom with an Infrared Scope, larger magazine, and more damage to zombies. After the player shoots, it takes two seconds for the bullet to explode and has a fairly large radius and high damage, enough to usually kill large clustered groups. It can and will down players if they are close enough to the bullet when it explodes if they do not have Juggernog or PhD Flopper.

It assumes the role of the Thundergun from Ascension and Kino der Toten. Though trading more ammo for less damage, it is much more effective than its counterpart the V-R11 as it can kill multiple Zombies and has a very long range. Though as the rounds go higher and the zombies get stronger and by round 50 it will take an entire magazine to kill a bunch of zombies.

Tips

 * It is advised to buy PhD Flopper as soon as possible upon its acquisition, due to the weapon using explosive rounds which can hurt and stun the player if they're within range.
 * Like other Wonder Weapons (except the Ray Gun), it's advised not to waste it on one zombie due to the fact it's not worth the ammo.
 * After the V-R11 and Death Machine, this weapon is arguably the best one to kill George A. Romero with due to its high damage. However, even when upgraded this process takes all of the player's ammo despite this is it often the most used weapon to kill George.
 * It is advised to wait until there are 24 zombies (the maximum amount of zombies at once) on the map at once, stack them up and kill them with one shot. This will minimize the usage of ammo. A good place to do this is at the base of the lighthouse.
 * One should be careful when using the Scavenger close to George A. Romero, due to its high explosion radius, a careless shot could trigger his berserk mode.
 * The player should be careful if stuck in a corner as there is a delay before the shot and the actual explosion.

Trivia

 * The appearance of the rounds of the Scavenger are distinctly similar to those of rifle grenades.
 * The Hyena Infra-Dead is the only weapon in Black Ops to have two types of scopes at the same time, being the Infrared Scope and Variable Scope.
 * The Hyena Infra-Dead's scope uses a chevron-shaped reticule, similar to the Dragunov.
 * The Scavenger reuses Intervention's animations from Modern Warfare 2.
 * Explosions from the Scavenger's rounds are yellow whilst explosions from its Pack-a-Punched variant are purple.
 * When reloading it is possible to see the Group 935 logo on the side of the rifle, suggesting that it was created by Group 935.
 * The Scavenger shares the same HUD icon with the crossbow.
 * Infra-Dead is a play on the word Infrared, since the gun has an Infrared Scope when Pack-a-Punched.
 * Is is possible that it was created by Harvey Yena as the upgraded version it Hyena.
 * When upgraded any zombies killed in the massive explosion will disspear simliar the a Gersch Device.