Die Rise

"Watch your step! Fight for survival atop the towers of doom, where dizzying heights and the relentless undead make a deadly combination."

- Map description

Die Rise, also known as Great Leap Forward, is the fourteenth Zombies map. It is included in the Call of Duty: Black Ops II downloadable content pack, Revolution. It was released on January 29, 2013 for Xbox 360 and February 28, 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and PC. The downloadable content pack costs $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points), but is also a part of the Season Pass.

Die Rise occurs in post-apocalyptic Shanghai, China; the fight against the zombies takes place on two skyscrapers. The top half of the spawn building is broken off and wedged upside-down between the two skyscrapers, bridging the gap between them while effectively acting as a third building. It is also the first map in Zombies to introduce a true element of verticality, including broken elevator shafts, upside down skyscrapers, deadly falls, and elevators which transport randomized Perk-a-Cola machines and the Pack-a-Punch Machine up and down the floors. When jumping from building to building, mattresses are scattered throughout to prevent injury from the jumps. The map contains tighter corridors and long vertical drops, unlike any other Zombies maps.

The map features a new buildable wonder weapon (similarly to TranZit), the Sliquifier. A new buildable device is also featured, the Trample Steam, which has the capability to fling players and zombies alike. Die Rise also features a new enemy, the Jumping Jack, which looks and acts similarly to Crawler Zombies. They come every five to seven rounds, and can do short teleports around the environment. There are also zombies with stronger health, identifiable by their body armor. A new Perk-a-Cola is also introduced, Who's Who, which allows the player to revive themselves by taking control of a doppleganger (with only a M1911 and Claymores if purchased) nearby who can try to revive the real character.

The musical Easter egg for Die Rise is "We All Fall Down" by Kevin Sherwood, activated by finding three teddy bears scattered across the map. The first teddy is near the SVU-AS. The 2nd teddy is near the edge of the upside down buddha room. The 3rd teddy bear is near switch on the back right corner in the power room.

Through a patch, the Weapon Locker and Bank utilities from TranZit have both been added to the map. They can be found by going to the power room from the freight elevator, and jumping over the gap. The closest fridge in that room is the Weapon Locker. The two showers in the room are the Bank utilities.

Persistent Upgrades
More Persistent Upgrades appear to have been added to the map, one of them bearing similarity to Juggernog, and another being the toybox which can be activated by hitting the box a number of times on an early round. This upgrade has a 75% chance of giving better weapons. Additionally, Persistent Upgrades gained in TranZit carry over.

Achievements/Trophies

 * High Maintenance (75 Gamerscore.png/Silver Trophy Silver Trophy PS3 icon.png) - In Die Rise, be the architect of their instruction.
 * Vertigoner (10 Gamerscore.png/Bronze Trophy Bronze Trophy PS3 icon.png) - In Die Rise, fling 10 zombies in one game.
 * Mad Without Power (30 Gamerscore.png/Bronze Trophy Bronze Trophy PS3 icon.png) - In Die Rise, reach round 10 before turning on the power.
 * Shafted (35 Gamerscore.png/Bronze Trophy Bronze Trophy PS3 icon.png) - In Die Rise, use Pack-a-Punch and all perk machines in one game.
 * Slippery When Undead (15 Gamerscore.png/Bronze Trophy Bronze Trophy PS3 icon.png) - In Die Rise, kill 5 zombies with a single shot from the Sliquifier.
 * Facing The Dragon (10 Gamerscore.png/Bronze Trophy Bronze Trophy PS3 icon.png) - In Die Rise, face the dragon head-on before reaching round 2.
 * I'm My Own Best Friend (10 Gamerscore.png/Bronze Trophy Bronze Trophy PS3 icon.png) - In Die Rise, revive yourself.

Trivia

 * Marlton was not to be seen in the teaser trailer.
 * This caused speculation that Marlton would not appear and possibly be replaced with a new character. These rumors were dismissed when the Replacer trailer revealed Marlton standing with Russman and Misty in front of a Speed Cola elevator.
 * The Pack-a-Punch camouflage in this map has a blue hue instead of Green Run's red, due to different colored lighting. The camo will change hue in Green Run if one stands near bright lights.
 * Many of the characters' quotes are reused from Green Run.
 * The mainheading of Die Rise, , is a reference to the 1960s initiative to industrialize China through mass production of steel, which failed miserably and resulted in the death of millions of people.
 * Die Rise is a pun on "."
 * PhD Flopper can be found within the map, but cannot be obtained. It is only seen in an unaccessible corridor, seen when the starting room elevator falls down to the bottom floor. Treyarch put it in as a joke to how useful it would be in the settings of this map.
 * While playing as Samuel J. Stuhlinger, the player can hear groans unheard by the other players characters. These groans can be heard by other players if they are down or dead.
 * The second half of the main building has fallen off and is upside-down. Every weapon off of the wall, including the mystery box, in that area is oriented upside-down. There are also no functioning elevators in that area.
 * In solo or local, there is an opening comic-style movie sequence, explaining how they got there and revealing that Stuhlinger has a hidden past.
 * This is the first Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies map to have an opening cinematic.
 * The Green Run Navcard can be used in the Die Rise NAV table. However the Die Rise Navcard cannot be used in the Green Run NAV table, but instead on the Buried NAV table.
 * This is the second Zombies map to feature elevators, the first being "Five". Unlike in "Five", players must ride on top of elevators, rather than going inside, as the elevators contain Perk-a-Cola machines inside.
 * Some of the zombies wear SDC uniforms, indicating that this map takes place around the year 2025.
 * These zombies have slightly more health, for example it takes two knife slashes in the first round to kill them and four headshots up until round five.
 * The comic book loading screen for Great Leap Forward depicts another page of the comic behind it, similar to Call of the Dead's loading screen.
 * On the left hand side of the comic is the Green Run loading screen, which is a postcard, not a comic page. The comic page under the postcard is the Nuketown Zombies loading screen. The comic page after the current is the Buried loading screen. It also resembles half of a man's face.
 * There are posters in the room where the PDW-57 is, and one of the posters says "since 1996", meaning that this map takes place after 1996.
 * Die Rise has the most assault rifles available off the wall, at three. It also has the most sniper rifles available, also at three.
 * This map features the highest amount of wall weapons among all other zombie maps, at 14.
 * This is the first map to allow the player to be downed more than three times on solo due to the addition of Who's Who and the Random Perk Bottle from the Jumping Jacks, the second being Mob of the Dead due to Afterlife, and the third being Buried due to the Random Perk Bottle.
 * This is the first map to include regular zombies with varying health in the same round.
 * A new part, the elevator key, can be used to call elevators to a specific floor or reset the dropping elevator in the starting room.
 * This is the first time that a part does not build something. This is also the first time that a part can be renewed after use.
 * This is the first time a part is available in a higher quantity than one.
 * The dust from the rockets has started to clear, as players can see space in the sky as well as the moon.
 * Falling off the buildings with Quick Revive on solo will cause the player to immediately respawn in the starting room with all weapons, unlike on Moon where the player will spawn downed from where they had jumped from.
 * After the end game score, the sound of heavy footsteps is heard, followed by a prison cell door closing, hinting at Mob of the Dead's Brutus, as it is the same sound as when Brutus spawns.
 * Occasionally, when taking the slide down the first Mystery Box spawn, one may fall off at the bottom and instantly die.
 * The beer bottles in Die Rise look almost exactly like Double Tap Root beer bottles, except the label is blue.
 * This is the second time that the player must open a door to buy the M14. The first being Moon (although in Moon, opening the door leads to both the Olympia and the M14).
 * Die Rise is the only map in Call of Duty: Black Ops II to have the fewest mystery box locations, at three.
 * It is also the only map that has only two buildables.