Der Riese

"The Giant is rising. Face the might of the Nazi Zombies in their heartland. This is where it all began. This is where the master plan took shape. Is this where it all ends?"

- Der Riese level description

Der Riese (German for "The Giant" pronounced Dehr Rees-uh), also known as Zombie Factory, is the fourth map in the Nazi Zombies game mode, featured in Call of Duty: World at War. It is set in a secret Nazi facility in Breslau, Germany, and features teleportation and a Pack-A-Punch machine, which can upgrade players weapons. It was released in Map Pack 3, along with three multiplayer maps. The Map Pack was released on August 6th, 2009. It was then released on the iPhone OS September 30th, 2010. It is the facility Dr. Ludvig Maxis and his daughter, Samantha, were killed by Fluffy.

Starting Room/Mainframe
This is the room where player starts, in the mainframe. In this room the player can find : The Mainframe, Pack a Punch and speed cola, also there are Doors to access the Right factory room, and the Left Factory Room. Zombies Often Come from Behind the Mainframe. There are windows In the Stairs of the starting room ( Where the Radio easter egg is Located at, Just right below the Right factory stairs). Zombies Also come from where the Teddy Bear Shadow Is.

Right Factory Room
After opening the door on the right there is a door to the right hallway. There is a railing above in which Zombies can jump down from after the power is activated. There are also two barricades in which Zombies can break through. There is also a door that will open when the electricity is turned on, connecting this room to the Mystery box spawning room. There is a locked door leading to the right hallway.

In this room:

Double-Barreled Shotgun - 1200 points

Right Hallway (Hangar)
After opening the door in the right factory room, players come in here. In here there is a staircase leading to a box barricade. Two barricades are in here.

In this room:


 * Thompson - 1200 points
 * Mystery Box Spawns at the far wall adjacent to the furnace
 * Monkey bombs - in the furnace, only there after Fly Trap is activated.
 * Hidden note - Right near the bottom of the Thompson which can sink down when the "use" button is pressed

Left Factory Room
After opening the door on the left, there are two barricades and a door leading to the left hallway. There is also a door that will open when the electricity is turned on, connecting this room to the mystery box spawning room.

In this room:


 * Fly Traps
 * Teddy Bear - In a window up high, only there if the fly trap is activated.
 * M1 Carbine - 600 Points

Left Hallway (Animal Testing Lab)
After opening the door in the left factory room, the player will come to this hallway. It contains the trench gun and three barricades. There is a staircase leading to a box barricade and another locked door leading to Teleporter A.

In this room:


 * Trench Guns - 1500 points
 * Mystery Box Spawns across from Trench Gun
 * Teddy Bear with Juggernog and C-3000 b1at-ch35, in a cage near to the right of the Trench Gun. This only occurs when the fly trap is activated
 * Spinal cord - two of them are sitting across from each other on a desk and on top of some shelves
 * Radio - Above door to the right of the mystery box spawn

Teleporter A Room (Generator room)
In the Left Hallway is a locked door, this door leads to this room. It contains the first of three teleporters. There is also two barricades and a radio in here. Also, across the teleporter, there are two blood splatters, one big, one small. If the player(s) look closely, they can see arms, 2 heads, and for the small blood splatter, a face. This is most likely the room where Dr. Maxis and his daughter met their death by Samantha's dog

In this room:


 * Mystery Box Spawns in front of the power
 * Radio - On the lower level in the furnace near the right staircase
 * MP40 right of the teleporter

Teleporter B Room (Chemical testing room)
After opening the locked door in the Right Balcony, the player(s) will enter a room containing yet another Teleporter. It contains two barricades which zombies can access.

In this room:


 * Type 100 - 1000 points
 * Mystery Box spawns in the doorway to the left if facing teleporter
 * Spinal Cord - on a desk beside the barricade in the side room
 * Radio - Activated by hitting the "Use" button when aiming at one of the ladders of the container with a body floating in it

Mystery Box Spawning Room/Courtyard
After opening either box barricade in either hallway, the player appears on a balcony and a section just outside the factory. If the player jumps off the roof, they will come across the mystery box, sitting next to the power generator. There are doors leading to Teleporter Room C and Teleporter Room B. When the power is turned on, a bridge folds down connecting the two balconies and the room connects with the left and right factory rooms. There are many barricades in this area.

In this room:


 * Left Balcony:
 * Jugger-Nog - 2500 points
 * Bouncing Betties - 1000 points
 * Right Balcony:
 * Double Tap Root Beer - 2000 points
 * Radio - On a tipped filing cabinet left of the door to Z-B
 * Main Courtyard:
 * Power Switch is behind the Generator
 * Mystery Box spawns in front of Generator
 * Outer area (Outside Factory):
 * FG42 - 1500 points
 * Speed Cola - 3000 points

Teleporter C Room (Main factory area)
After opening the door in the Mystery Box spawn room, it leads to a building in the factory. Inside the building, the final Teleporter lies. There is also a set of stairs where a barricade is blocking Zombies approaching from a cave. There is a balcony outside and is used to fire down on Zombies approaching the building. The balcony is also a good spot to hold out at, as all zombies can come in from one direction and the height offers the players a good view on how many zombies are moving in.

In this room:


 * Quick Revive - 1500 points
 * STG-44 - 1200 points
 * Bowie Knife - 3000 points
 * Stielhandgranate - 250 points
 * Mystery Box spawns at the end of the catwalk with above Bowie Knife
 * Radio - two of them are in here, one on a shelf in front of the staircase and another one above the hole into the underground alleyway by the Quick Revive Machine, but is accessible from the back of the underground alleyway

Electricity
This is the third map using electricity, but the second which requires it to be switched on. It is necessary to switch on the electricity so that the teleporters can be linked so that the Pack-A-Punch Machine can be used. It is also necessary for opening the doors in the right and left factory rooms, lowering the bridge connecting the right and left hallways, and powering the Perks-a-Cola machines.

Teleporters
Linking the teleporters requires the player to approach it and hold the action button. After doing this a timer will appear, starting at 25 seconds, counting down. Within this time the player must return to the original room (spawn room) and link it to the mainframe. Only by linking all three teleporters to the mainframe can the Pack-A-Punch machine be used. Every time a teleporter is linked, the door opens a little more. It costs 1500 to teleport, and teleporting can only be accomplished by going from one node to the mainframe, never vice versa or to another node. Sometimes, the Samantha will say "uh-oh" or "no treat for you!", following without a power-up being dropped. It is then possible for a Hellhound to appear after the teleporter is used. After heavy use of the teleporters, groups of up to eight Hellhounds can appear at once after each teleport, either along with or replacing a power-up drop. This becomes more likely as the rounds progress, and can even happen while the teleporters are being linked. If the player goes outside of the map, a large black rectangular box can be seen. If reaching the inside, the same swirl that appears when the player teleports appears. It is here that the player is sent instead of directly to the mainframe. There are four of these rooms, one for each player. If someone went inside of these boxes, and someone were to teleport, the person teleporting would see the person inside the box. It is also quite possible the player is sent here in with collision off (so the player will not fall), as the weapon is put away.

Hellhounds
Hellhounds walk about the map, loping or in a wolf hunting fashion until they spot players, at which point they ignite and attack. The Monkey Bomb does not work on Hellhounds. After round 15, Hellhounds will spawn with the zombies. After heavy use of the teleporters, Hellhounds appear and attack. At first, one Hellhound may appear instead of a power-up. Then, clusters of up to eight Hellhounds begin to appear, and will continue to appear after every subsequent teleport. It is possible for both a power-up and a quartet of hounds to spawn after a teleport. When the dogs are walking, they are invulnerable to all weapons, excluding the Wunderwaffe, or the electro-shock barriers. Hitting a dog with anything else will cause it to start sprinting. A dog's health will not increase after round 20 or so. They will always be killed by two Bowie Knife hits (one on the first 2 waves), or a single magazine of a non upgraded Thompson. Hellhounds can be killed in a maximum chain of 4. The Hellhounds of Der Riese are somewhat easier than the Hellhounds of Shi No Numa since they start out limping so that the players can get a good shot on them before they start charging.

Pickups
All the original pick-ups appear in this map, along with a new one, Carpenter. Insta-Kill and Double Points both last for 30 seconds.
 * Max Ammo (An Ammunition Box) - Gives all players full ammo for all guns. This will not refill the player's current magazine. It is a good idea for every player to reload before retrieving this pickup, to get the most ammo from it, particularly with LMGs.
 * Nuke (A nuclear bomb) Kills all of the zombies in a vicinity. (Also gives 400 points to each player) Note that there is a delay between getting the Nuke, and the zombies dying.
 * Insta-Kill (A skull) - Makes all of the zombies a one hit kill with any weapon. The player will receive 110 points per kill (100 and 10, separately). Knife kills obtain 130 points.
 * Double Points (A "2X") - Doubles all points given to all players when damaging/killing a zombie or rebuilding a barrier. This will not double points given by Carpenter or the Nuke (excluding Black Ops maps)
 * Carpenter (A hammer) - Rebuilds all barricades in the map. (Also gives 200 points to each player, if any barricades were fixed)

After teleporting a random pick-up is sometimes dropped, or 1-4 Hellhounds are spawned (as the round number increases, the likelihood of nothing, or dogs spawning becomes greater).

Achievements/Trophies

 * Elevate Your Senses - Activate the Fly Trap.
 * Locksmith - Open all the doors in the map in one game.
 * 40 Knives - Kill 40 zombies using the Bowie Knife in one game. The Bowie Knife is bought off the wall for 3000 points.
 * Der Electrician - Link all of the teleport pads before Round 7.
 * Frequent Flier - Use a Teleporter 8 times in one game.
 * Wacker Packer - Upgrade any weapon using the Pack-A-Punch Machine.
 * The Might of the Monkey - Use the Monkey Bomb.
 * Perkaholics Anonymous - Survive until Round 20 without buying a single perk.
 * Acquire Waffle Weapons - Obtain the Ray Gun, Wunderwaffe DG-2 and the Monkey Bomb at the same time.
 * Pack Addict - Upgrade 5 weapons at the Pack-a-Punch Machine in one game.

Easter Eggs





 * At teleporter C the stairs that go down underneath the room with Quick Revive if one looks through the stairs, you can see a bloodied pawprint on the wall.
 * To find the musical easter egg the player needs to press the action Der Riese Notes 1 Translated.pngn on the 3 green glowing jars that appear to have spines in them. 2 of the jars are in the animal testing lab, and the third one is near Teleporter B, in a side room. The song is Beauty of Annihilation. There is no specific order in which these need to be done. If done in iOS, you need to knife each of them in sucession, the same sound is heard as though hitting the use button on them in the console versions.
 * Near teleporter B going onto the balcony, in the destroyed building across the street; legs of a hanging person can be seen (similar to hanging people on previous two maps). If shot, feathers seem to come out.
 * There is a readable message inside an air conditioning unit on the lower side of the bridge that lowers with the power. It is viewable by looking through a break in the unit with a PTRS-41's scope. It reads: "In the event of any critical failure, the player is instructed to take his cyanide tablet that's included in his field operations kit. In the event that the player has misplaced his, there are several methods that will accomplish the same task. For example, the best..." This could mean that the pills mentioned in the radio recording of the man, perhaps being Dr. Maxis, were in fact cyanide tablets.
 * Another book can be seen outside of the map. It appears to have the page prior to this page. It reads: "It is the responsibility of absolute secrecy. No one is to know what you do, where you work, our research has uncovered, or what our purpose will be. You will have no further contact with your governments, or with your families. Your decision to fully dedicate your lives to Group 935 is absolute. Attached is your field operations manual which will direct you should our mission get compromised. We cannot afford to let this power fall into the wrong hands, and therefore the field operations manual should be considered your bible. Make your preparations. A new dawn is beginning for mankind. Dr. L. Maxis"
 * In addition to this message, there are several messages written on the walls that can be clearly seen.
 * In the alley on the right (facing away from the Pack-a-Punch machine) there is a distinct shadow of an upright teddy bear on the wall.
 * In the starting area if looking down, one of the drains to the left of the stairs, a note with random symbols on it can be found. Those symbols say "Edward, it's time to kill Maxis".
 * Throwing a Monkey Bomb into the furnace will make it scream. After it explodes, Samantha says "Why are you so cruel to Mr. Monkey? Mr. Monkey just wanted to PLAY!"
 * Opening the door to the right from where the player spawns, by the Double-Barreled Shotgun, looking down, the player should see some wood panels. A few panels will be broken and inside there is a note. (Best read when playing solo mission and/or with a crawler.) The message reads: "...is produced by bombarding an Americium-243 nucleus with a Calcium 48 nucleus. It then decays (writing is blurred)... after further decay a meta-stable isotope is formed. This leads us to believe that transference of matter is indeed possible, and even the re-animation of b... (faded, but it is presumed to be beings)" Element 115, Ununpentium, is made by combining Americium and Calcium together, then letting it decay.
 * Written near the doors leading to the teleporters on the walls is a message reading "RETURN THROUGH ÆTHER". "Aether" is Greek for "heaven". Alternately, Aether is also often associated with light. This may be referencing the light a player is bathed in when entering the teleporter.
 * The room with the Quick Revive has a sign at the entrance that says "L. Maxis, MD Office" showing that that room was Dr. Maxis' office and he was the head scientist.
 * On the roofs of some buildings, the words "help" and "SOS" are visible. They seem to be formed from sand bags and planks.HELP ON ROOF.png
 * If a player goes up to a perk machine and goes prone in front if it they will receive a free 25 points, possible from change underneath the machine, this can only be done once per player, per machine.
 * In the underground tunnel near Teleporter Z-C, there is a gold plaque behind the staircase reading "Ludvig Maxis"SOS ON ROOF.png
 * In the Thompson Room, there is a brick that will sink into the ground, revealing a note while pressing and holding the use button when looking at it. (It's a small, differently colored brick at the end of the big pile of rubble underneath the Thompson).
 * In the Z-C teleporter room under the platform of the teleporter there is a broken piece of wood which reads ENG. Near teleporter Z-B there is a similar sign reading GER. Lastly there is another sign by teleporter Z-A reading FRA. It may be that these stand for England, Germany and France. This perhaps indicates where each teleporter was intended to transport the user to, if not to the mainframe this explains how the group arrived at Kino der Toten.
 * In the Z-B teleporter room there is a torn note which translates "The bees disappeared from Ludvig's village." This is interesting, as the bees must be a reference to the zombies, as both travel in large groups. Ludvig's village is obviously Der Riese, because Ludvig is Dr. Ludvig Maxis, and Der Riese was his operation. This means that the zombies disappeared from Der Riese, and went out into the world causing havoc. This explains how the zombies got away from Der Riese, their place of origin, and ended up in places such as Wittenau Sanatorium (Verruckt) and Shi No Numa.
 * At the Juggernog machine, there is a sign that reads: "Unsupervised Children will be instantly sold to the circus!" This sign is also found in Verruckt.
 * At the Mystery Box location near the Trench Gun there is a sign which has 3 bullet points. The first one reads "Did not resist in Paris". It is unknown what the other two say. This may be connected with the Paris photo noted below.
 * Behind the Mystery Box spawn near the Trench Gun, is a board with lots of torn notes and pictures. There is a picture of a Zombie in front of the Eiffel Tower in France. There is also a picture of a Hellhound. Another picture shows a horde of zombies, presumably escaping from Der Riese.
 * All the chalkboards have the words "Experiment 935 was a success" written in English. It also reads things such as "HYENA, Edward I know it was you, why won't it work any more."
 * In the Z-C teleporter room there is a board with "die glocke ist jetzt Malaile" (translation: the bell is now mobile) pinned on the upper left, and "folgen Sie dem Gesamtplan" (translation: follow the entire plan) pinned on the bottom right.
 * In the Trench Gun hallway, there is a door with a danger sign and a Hellhound's head on it. There is also a lot of blood on the floor here, and as such this is thought to be the room where Dr. Maxis and his daughter Samantha were killed by the first Hellhound, previously Samantha's pet dog Fluffy.
 * One of Richtofen's quotes; "Blondi?, is that you?", is a reference to Blondi, Hitler's dog.
 * At the bottom of the cave in the starting area there are codes that read 'living dead'.
 * There are also several locations of books around the map (the field manual).
 * The Zombies sometimes will say "Sam" when they attack.

Codes Illuminati The Illuminati Codes are codes can be found in various areas in Der Riese, all written on wooden boards. There are 4 Illuminati Codes.


 * Board 1 - Living Dead


 * Board 2 - Edward is Alive


 * Board 3 - Treyarch


 * Board 4 - To community, the fans, and our families. Thank You. We Shall Return.

Features

 * The Monkey bomb is a new weapon in Der Riese. It is a Cymbal-Banging Monkey Toy that has whatCallofduty monkey bomb.jpg appears to be dynamite attached to its back. It is used by pressing the secondary grenade button. When thrown, the distraction causes the zombies to crowd around it until it explodes, very similar to the Pipe Bomb in the Left 4 Dead series.
 * Perk-a-cola machines and Electro-Shock Defenses return in this map.
 * The Pack-a-Punch machine, which can upgrade the players weapons, is featured in the map. When upgraded, the weapons have a new platinum-esque finish with what seem to be engravings on it and are upgraded to make them more effective.
 * The Bowie Knife is another new weapon. When bought, it takes the place of the normal knife. It is a one-hit-kill weapon, up to, approximately, Round 12, and costs 3000 points to purchase. Also, when the player bleeds out of revive time and respawns in a new round, the player will still have the bowie knife.
 * Teleporters have been added too. In order to activate them, a player must go to one teleporter, activate it, then quickly link it to the mainframe. The players have a stopwatch at the top left corner of the screen that indicates how much time the players have left to link it to the mainframe. If the players succeed, the players can teleport from activated pads to the mainframe.
 * The map uses some environmental elements from Nightfire.
 * The FG42 is now a weapon that can now be bought off the wall for 1500 points.
 * To use the Perk-a-Cola machines, the power must once again be re-activated, like in Verruckt.
 * Turning on the power also has the side effect of lowering the bridge and opening two doors that link the left and right areas.
 * On the pause screen, a map of the level will appear, unlike the previous maps.
 * Zombies can now climb certain ledges and fences.
 * The Mystery Box is once again pointed at by a trail of light from the sky. This time, however, the light is blue and comparatively harder to spot, let alone tell where the box is. Also due to the higher buildings and close box respawn areas the box may be hard to pin-point to unseasoned players. The iPod version (which does not include the "light trail" indicator) features a map at all mystery box locations that indicates the box's current location with a green light.
 * There is a solar eclipse occurring in the map when playing in a full-screen game mode, but when playing Split-screen two player, it's around Midnight.

Strategies
See: Der Riese/Strategies.

Radio Messages
Main Article: Der Riese/Radio Messages

Trivia
See: Der Riese/Trivia.

Glitches

 * Occasionally during a Co-op game if a player leaves the game the characters quotes will become mixed up with the players that left, such as Takeo saying "Someone is not sharing their ammo..." if Nikolai were to leave, and Takeo ran out of ammunition for his weapon afterward.
 * Multi-Weapon Glitch 1: There needs to be two players and both head to any mystery box. Then one person downs himself on the left side of the mystery box. The other player then opens the mystery box from the right side. When able to pick up the weapon he/she needs to start reviving the downed teammate. When almost done reviving him, double tap the "X" or "Square" button to pick up the gun and then the player should have three guns.
 * Multi-Weapon Glitch 2: For this, the player will need 5200 points (or more), one or more Betties, a non upgraded gun and the pack-a-punch to be open. First, put the weapon into the pack a punch. While it is upgrading, run down and buy the Kar98k off the wall (also works with the Gewehr 43, but is more expensive). Then, run back to the pack a punch. As the player gets the Betty out, take the gun from the pack a punch. This must be done just as soon as the Betty comes out. Too late, and the option to swap disappears. This can only be used to achieve three guns.
 * Round skipping glitch: First open the right side of the factory and go into teleporter room B with one zombie left and at the teleporter, go prone while jumping into it. Then turn slowly around, careful not move the character, kill the zombie and then the rounds should skip but dog rounds take longer and zombies nor dogs will spawn as long as the player does not move(only works on solo or with two people). This can only done by deleting patches as it is now fixed.
 * Dog Glitch: Sometimes, although incredibly rare, if a Hellhound is killed over a corpse of another dog, it will not be "dead" and continue to run even though it is dead. It disappears eventually but it is also the best way to look at a hellhound up close and moving, rather than dead and on the floor.
 * Also when someone leaves a private match sometimes the other players might hear the song when the game ends, while certain players might hear things like "Max Ammo" when the box is opened.
 * Can't Touch This Glitch: One player must stand to the extreme left of the door opening to the Double-Barreled Shotgun. Another player must run to the other side of the same door and stand to the left of it, tucked in the corner. DO NOT open this door, otherwise this glitch will NOT work. When the round begins, zombies will run up to the main frame and look confused then run over towards opposite door. They will not touch the player(s). The only con while attempting this glitch is, is the player standing behind the door, closest to the Double-Barreled Shotgun, is vulnerable to zombies that come through the window directly in front of him/her. This glitch works best when both players have a Pack-a-Punched gun, Bouncing Betties, and some perks such as Juggernog and Speed Cola. NOTE: Hellhounds are NOT affected by this glitch.
 * When a player is downed at the same time a "Max Ammo" is acquired, the downed player will be able to use fragmentation grenades.
 * Sometimes when another player receives the Monkey Bombs, Nikolai will say, "Use it wisely Tank." This can happen when Tank did not receive the Monkey Bombs.
 * Occasionally, a zombie will be stuck behind a barrier, and will behave as if it were already through it. It will run towards the player, and repeatedly swing. This can also happen with Hellhounds but it is more rare, possibly because of the larger number of zombies in comparison.
 * In the room of teleporter A, the staircase closest to the mainframe, the handrail can be jumped onto and will provide a way of avoiding zombies. This works because the handrail curves out to the opposite direction of the mainframe and hangs over the lower section. If done correctly the zombies will pile up underneath the player and cannot attack. (Note: does not always work for Hellhounds as the look like they go underneath and suddenly turn around and charge up the stairs and then attack the player. Also, when there are too many zombies underneath and the crowd reaches the stairwell on the players side, the zombies will run up the stairs and attack. Do not use Monkey Bombs or the Awful Lawton as the zombies have a high chance of coming up the stairs and attacking). Confirmed on the PS3 that this does not work with the World at War game. This glitch has been patched.
 * On the iPhone/iPod Touch version of Der Riese, there is a simple glitch that allows the player to go outside the map. To do this the player must look at the Speed Cola perk machine and run slightly to the left of it. The Player will be running into the wall but if the player moves to the right a bit, he/she will go into a gray area. The player's gun will disappear and the crosshairs of the weapon will go weird but if the player keeps walking for a while (there is not a specific time) their gun will appear and the crosshairs will return to normal. The player will be outside the map. It is possible to go into the teleporter room in this state and see the Zombies spawn. Note: Since the Zombies don't attack you (they just stand there and shake their heads and die after a short while) you can skip a few levels. However, on Hellhound rounds on solo no Hellhounds appear and the round stays the same. It is preferable to do this on co-op because when the players in the map get downed, the rounds ends when the zombies automaticlly die and they are able to respawn. The players within the map must not get downed on Hellhound rounds because no Hellhounds will appear when they are downed. (Note: this glitch is not 100% effective. The player may just pass through the Speed Cola wall and end up in the Hangar. The time of walking to get outside the map varies from a few minutes to a few hours so the player must be patient.)
 * On extremely rare occasions, Tank will say "It just disappeared!" when a zombie corpse, glitched and standing, disappears.

Call of Duty: Black Ops
Der Riese makes its return in Black Ops, with improved graphics and the ability to use Black Ops weapons from the mystery box only. Players are also now able to dive to prone and to Pack-a-Punch these new weapons.

Many parts of the map has had the graphics heavily updated while the maps fog and decal effects have only been updated in a few areas.

Video
9-nCLCyr2X8 Video:Der riese easter eggs: What people missed|Video showing some easter eggs.

Video:Der riese wonder weapons montage|Some Pack-A-Punch weapons in action

Video:Call of Duty World at War Der Riese Pack a Punch upgrades

Video:Cod waw Nazi zombies Der Riese telemap Easter egg|possibly telemap egg

Trailer Notes

 * If the player look closely in the trailer during the explosion where Dempsey supposedly dies, the player can see that he did not die but is merely knifing the air.
 * At around 1:07, when Tank's firing at the zombies, his M1 Carbine sounds like an MP40.
 * In the trailer at 0:27, the player can see the HELP easter egg on the roof.
 * In the trailer at 2:07, Takeo is firing the Type 100 while using Double Tap.
 * The Axis Powers (Richtofen and Takeo) are the surviving two.
 * When Richtofen and Takeo get swarmed all the zombies attack Richtofen instead of Takeo.
 * If the player repeatedly hits pause and play in the trailer around 2:47 the player can see Dempsey firing at a zombie facing the Double Barreled shotgun door. The player needs a good eye and right timing to catch this.
 * At 2:04 - 2:05 Nikolai is shown running by the Mystery box in its original spawn zone.
 * Near the end of the trailer when Richtofen and Takeo are at the mainframe killing zombies for some reason if the player repeatedly hits pause and play then the player can see zombies dying by the mystery box spawn.
 * This trailer is more grim than the previous two, clearly showing Nikolai dying, Tank supposedly exploding, and ending with Takeo and Richtofen being swarmed. However, this was probably done for dramatic effect, to show that splitting up is a bad idea or to show that the vast size of the map causes separation and this is not the end for the four as they all appear in black ops and Ascension.
 * In the trailer, at 0:33, a Max Ammo drop can be seen.
 * In the trailer, near the end when it says Der Riese, the player can see "935" in the background.
 * In the trailer, Nikolai does not die because at the end he says "Good, that song was driving me nuts." However, this could be a humorous thing put in by the developers.
 * Starting at 1:38, one of the zombies was saying "Sam, SAM!"
 * Before Nikolai gets swarmed by zombies, he is seen opening the door to the teleporter room. This is incorrect, since Dempsey has opened this door to get to the Bowie knife.
 * In the trailer, between 2:14-2:24 the PPSh-41 Nikolai is firing sounds exactly like a FG42.
 * Sometimes Tank can be seen talking with his mouth closed.
 * From 1:38 to 1:42, the clock seen from the room the players spawn in is moving normally. However, in the actual game, the second hand of the clock is stuck near the seven.
 * You can notice that everyone is firing a weapon from their country before they show the Pack-a-Punch machine in action. Dempsey was firing an M1 Carbine, Nikolai a PPSh-41, Richtofen an MP40 and Takeo a Type 100.

Patch
With the latest patch, some things in Der Riese were changed: This patch, however, has been reversed. The player can tell because the Hangar sign has gone back to saying Automobile Garage. It is unknown why the patch was reversed.
 * The sign for the hangar says Hangar instead of Automobile Garage.
 * Thunder can now be heard.