Margwa

Margwas are an enemy in Call of Duty: Black Ops III on the Zombies maps Shadows of Evil and Dead Ops Arcade 2: Cyber's Avengening.

The Margwa is a three-headed monster bearing tentacles. It will swipe at the player if close to them, similarly to the way a zombie would. This attack does the same amount of damage as a regular zombie's attack. It also has a slam attack, this attack is powerful enough to down a player in one hit without Juggernog.

In order to kill a Margwa, the player must wait until it opens one of its mouths. Once the mouth is open, the player should then open fire on the head with the open mouth. After taking sufficient damage, the head will be destroyed, and the Margwa will become angrier and move faster, as well releasing a Parasite. The player should then repeat this process with the two remaining heads in order to kill the Margwa. The first Margwa that is killed will always drop the Margwa Heart, which is required to craft the Apothicon Servant. If the heart is not picked up, it will disappear after a while, but will appear again when the next Margwa is killed.

Margwas appear prominently in the map's Easter Egg, spawning upon completing the second and fourth rituals, and seven per player while upgrading the swords (over the course of four rounds) as well as spawning each time the Shadow Man re-activates his shield during the "Kill the Shadow Man" step. Once the Shadow Man is killed, the player is put into an infinite Margwa round, where the player has the ability to become the Beast indefinitely. The only way the bar goes down during Beast mode is by taking damage, or from either Margwas or the pink circles on the ground.

The achievement/trophy Margwa Party requires the player to kill two margwas in a round.

In Dead Ops Arcade 2: Cyber's Avengening, the Margwa appears in a challenge round.