Points (Zombies)

For points found in multiplayer, see XP.

"Wait, we are keeping score?"

Points are the currency used in Zombies. Points are on all of the maps and are awarded for shooting/killing Zombies, boarding up windows, reviving a downed teammate and successfully hacking some things. Points are spent on a variety of things, including buying new weapons, Perk-a-Colas and opening doors or clearing debris.

Zombies

Ways to earn points

Points are gained by doing the following:

Note that points gained by hitting or killing enemies applies to Zombies, Gas Zombies, Hellhounds, the Pentagon Thief, and Space Monkeys. It is also worth noting that all gains are doubled if the Double Points power-up is in play.

Non-lethal hit: 10 points
Lethal torso hit: 60 points
Lethal limb hit: 50 points
Lethal explosive hit: 50 points
Lethal neck hit: 70 points
Lethal headshot: 100 points
Lethal melee: 130 points
Repair a barrier: 10 points per board or segment of wall, (most) windows maximum 60 points (6 boards) each
- The number of points is capped at 40. This increases by 50 every round to a maximum of 490.
- Hacking a window gives 100 points, but only for the first two times.
Revive a teammate: 5% of downed player's total points
Collect a Carpenter power-up: 200 points to all non-downed players
Collect a Nuke power-up: 400 points to all non-downed players
Go prone in front of a Perk-a-Cola machine in Der Riese & Origins: 25 points (only works once, the amount is visually seen as 20 or 30 in Call of Duty: World at War, Mule Kick does not award points)
Go prone in front of a Perk-a-Cola machine after purchasing it, with the Refund on Perks Persistent Upgrade, in TranZit, Die Rise & Buried: 1000 points
Kill a Zombie Monkey: 500 points if it hasn't attacked the player, 10 points if it has attacked
Kill a Napalm Zombie: 300 points & however the player killed it (neck, head, torso, limb, etc.)
Hack an Excavator: 1000 points
Hack the Pack-a-Punch Machine: 1000 points once per game
Get a Bonus Points power-up: Between 100 and 50,000 points (random on Moon)
- 1000 points per time points were added on TranZit, Die Rise & Buried
Withdraw from the bank in TranZit, Die Rise & Buried: 900 points
Shooting Brutus' helmet off: 250 points
Killing Brutus: 750 points to the player who killed him, 500 to all other non-downed players in-game
Throwing a grenade in Mob of the Dead lava: 20 points
Getting a kill with Electric Cherry: 40 points
Destroy a debris with The Giant: 0 to 2400 points
Drawing a weapon on a wall location with chalk in Buried: 1000 points, 2000 for the last one
Kill a zombie with a Sniper Rifle, with the Extra Sniping Points Persistent Upgrade: 300 points
Kill a Crusader Zombie attacking a 115 Generator: 10 points, only for the first ten killed per player, per 115 Generator powered or attacked
Activate a 115 Generator: 100 points

Point costs

Points are lost by doing the following, prices are halved if the player has the Half-off Persistent Upgrade:

Buy a weapon off the wall: 200, 250, 500, 600, 1000, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2000, 2500, 3000 or 6000 points (depending on the weapon)
- Buying ammo for each weapon is half of that weapon's original price, with the exception of Scoped Kar98k where ammo is 380, and the M1927 where ammo is 800.
- Buying ammo for the Pack-a-Punched version of the weapon: 4500 points
Get downed: 5% of current points (if revived, the player who revived gets the 5%; if not revived, all players lose 10% of their points)
Open a door or clear debris: 500, 750, 1000, 1250, 1500, 2000, 2500 or 3000 points
Hack a door: 200 points
Use the Mystery Box: 950 points (10 if a Fire Sale is active, 1900 if red fire sale in moon is acquired)
Use the Pack-a-Punch Machine: 5000 points (1000 if a Bonfire Sale is active)
- 2000 points when Pack-a-Punching a Pack-a-Punched weapon again
Use an Electro-Shock Defense: 1000 points
Use the Flogger: 750 points
Use an Automatic turret: 1500 points
Use the MDT: 1500 points
Activate the Gondola: 750 points, free if it was called
Activate the Mark IV Tank: 500 points, free if it was called
Buy Juggernog: 2500 points
Buy Speed Cola: 3000 points
Buy Double Tap Root Beer: 2000 points
Buy Quick Revive: 1500 points, 500 in solo except in World at War
Buy PhD Flopper: 2000 points
Buy Stamin-Up: 2000 points
Buy Deadshot Daiquiri 1500 points (1000 in PC version)
Buy Mule Kick: 4000 points
Buy Tombstone Soda: 2000 points
Buy Who's Who: 2000 points
Buy Electric Cherry: 2000 points
Buy Vulture Aid: 3000 points
Use the Der Wunderfizz machine: 1500 points
Hack another player: 500 points, but transfers them to the hacked player
Hack the mystery box location: 1200; allows the player to buy the box at any location (once per location)
Hack the weapon in a Mystery Box: 600; re-rolls the Mystery Box. If used a second consecutive time, the hacker re-gains 950 points and the weapon can be picked up by any player (including the hacker).
Hack weapon on wall: 3000 points; switches the prices of ammo and Pack-a-Punched ammo (e.g. M16 will still cost 1200 points, however ammo now costs 4500 points and upgraded ammo costs 600 points).
Hack a power-up: 5000 points; turns it into Max Ammo. If a Max Ammo was hacked, it becomes a Fire Sale.
Deposit in the bank in TranZit, Die Rise, or Buried: 1000 points
Unlocking a utility Brutus locked: 2000 points first time, 2000 more for every subsequent lock on the same utility in one round.
Buy extra Candy or Booze on Buried: 1000 points
Make contact with the Ghost in Buried: 2000 points, less if the player has less than 2000 points (if the player has no points, they will take damage)

Point gain modifiers

Double Points: Doubles the amount of points gains (does not affect Nuke and Carpenter in Call of Duty: World at War)
Insta-Kill: 110 points per kill, 130 points per knife kill (in Call of Duty: World at War only if the knife would have killed the zombie without Insta-Kill)

Point cost modifiers

Fire Sale: Reduces Mystery Box cost to 10. Also spawns the Mystery Box in all locations
Bonfire Sale: ("Five" only) Reduces Pack-a-Punch Machine cost to 1000. All teleporters lead to Pack-a-Punch room
If the player has the Half-off Persistent Upgrade: Reduces all prices by half

Point counters

The amount of points the players have is shown at the bottom right of the screen. The player's points are enlarged to distinguish their points from their teammates' (in Call of Duty: World at War). All players' point counters are shown in a color that represents what character they play as, except on Moon and all Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies maps, where they are randomized.

White: Tank Dempsey, John F. Kennedy, Sarah Michelle Gellar
Blue: Nikolai Belinski, Robert McNamara, Robert Englund
Yellow: Takeo Masaki, Richard Nixon, Danny Trejo
Green: Edward Richtofen, Fidel Castro, Michael Rooker