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The '''Power Switch''' is a utility found in most [[Zombies (mode)|Zombies]] maps. It is not seen in [[Nacht der Untoten]], [[Shi No Numa]], [[Dead Ops Arcade]], [[Nuketown Zombies]], [[Bus Depot]], [[Diner]], [[Farm]], [[Town]], [[Mob of the Dead]], or [[Origins]]. It turns on the power, which in turn is used to use the [[Pack-a-Punch Machine]], [[Perk-a-Cola]] machines and other [[Utility|utilities]], such as [[Electro-Shock Defenses]]. Power switches also appear in [[Exo Zombies]].
 
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|games = ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]''<br>''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''<br>''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''<br>''[[Call of Duty Online]]''<br>''[[Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare]]''<br>''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops III]]''<br>''[[Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare]]''<br>''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 4]]''
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|maps = '''Zombies''' <br/> [[Verruckt]] <br> [[Der Riese]] <br> [[The Giant]] <br> [[Kino der Toten]] <br> [[Five]] <br> [[Ascension]] <br> [[Call of the Dead]] <br> [[Shangri-La]] <br> [[Moon]] <br> [[Green Run]] <br> [[Buried]] <br> [[Der Eisendrache]] <br> [[Zetsubou No Shima]] <br> [[Gorod Krovi]] <br> '''Exo Zombies''' <br/> [[Outbreak]] <br> [[Infection]] <br> [[Carrier (Exo Zombies)|Carrier]] <br> [[Descent (Exo Zombies)|Descent]] <br> '''Infinite Warfare Zombies''' <br>[[Zombies in Spaceland]]<br>[[Rave in the Redwoods]]<br>[[Shaolin Shuffle]]<br>[[Attack of the Radioactive Thing]]<br>[[The Beast from Beyond]]<br>[[Blood of the Dead]]<br>[[Classified]]
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The '''Power Switch''' is a utility found in most [[Zombies (mode)|Zombies]] maps. It is not seen in [[Nacht der Untoten]], [[Shi No Numa]], [[Dead Ops Arcade]], [[Nuketown Zombies]], [[Bus Depot]], [[Diner]], [[Farm]], [[Town]], [[Mob of the Dead]], [[Origins]], [[Shadows of Evil]] and [[Revelations (Map)|Revelations]]. It turns on the power, which in turn is used to use the [[Pack-a-Punch Machine]], [[Perk-a-Cola]] machines and other [[Utility|utilities]], such as [[Electro-Shock Defenses]]. Power switches also appear in [[Exo Zombies]] and [[Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare|''Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare'']] [[Zombies (Infinite Warfare)|Zombies]] mode, labelled as a '''Generator'''.
   
==Locationss==
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==Locations==
 
Information in the descriptions refers to other actions using the power switch does other than those stated above.
 
Information in the descriptions refers to other actions using the power switch does other than those stated above.
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=== [[Verrückt]] ===
 
=== [[Verrückt]] ===
 
The first map with a power switch. It is located on the complete opposite side of the map. The switch is on the opposite side of the room of the [[Mystery Box]]. Using it opens the door dividing the two starting rooms. [[File:Verruct Power Switch.jpg|thumb|The power switch in [[Verrückt]]. The hand can be seen holding the power switch.]]
 
The first map with a power switch. It is located on the complete opposite side of the map. The switch is on the opposite side of the room of the [[Mystery Box]]. Using it opens the door dividing the two starting rooms. [[File:Verruct Power Switch.jpg|thumb|The power switch in [[Verrückt]]. The hand can be seen holding the power switch.]]
   
=== [[Der Riese]] ===
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=== [[Der Riese]] and [[The Giant (Black Ops III)|The Giant]] ===
The switch can be found in the courtyard attached to a giant generator. Using it lowers a bridge that connects the second floor of the two sides and also opens two doors, letting players move from the courtyard to this area directly instead of going through whichever side they unlocked. It also lets the players use the [[teleporter]]s.
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The switch can be found in the courtyard attached to a giant generator. Using it lowers a bridge that connects the second floor of the two sides and also opens two doors, letting players move from the courtyard to this area directly instead of going through whichever side they unlocked. It also lets the players use the [[MDT|teleporters]].
   
 
=== [[Kino der Toten]] ===
 
=== [[Kino der Toten]] ===
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=== [[Ascension]] ===
 
=== [[Ascension]] ===
Located on the top floor of the main building. Using it activates the [[Lunar Lander]]s and changes the game from black and white to color.
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Located on the top floor of the main building. Using it activates the [[Lunar Lander]]s and changes the game from black and white to color. It also allows Space Monkeys to spawn.
   
 
===[[Call of the Dead]]===
 
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The power switch is located in the center of the map by the pyramid and [[Stakeout]]. In addition to its basic functions, it restores oxygen and gravity to certain areas of the map and allows the [[Excavators]] to start breaching the base.
 
The power switch is located in the center of the map by the pyramid and [[Stakeout]]. In addition to its basic functions, it restores oxygen and gravity to certain areas of the map and allows the [[Excavators]] to start breaching the base.
   
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===[[Green Run|Green Run (Tranzit)]]===
 
The separate maps do not require a power switch, but [[Tranzit]] does. It is located at the [[Power Plant]] and needs to be built from three parts: a power board, a lever, and a zombie hand. They can be randomly found:
 
The separate maps do not require a power switch, but [[Tranzit]] does. It is located at the [[Power Plant]] and needs to be built from three parts: a power board, a lever, and a zombie hand. They can be randomly found:
 
*In the first hallway upon buying the door to the reactor, against a wall or lying on the floor, opposite the zombie barrier.
 
*In the first hallway upon buying the door to the reactor, against a wall or lying on the floor, opposite the zombie barrier.
 
*Scattered around the reactor, varying from lying near a railing, the pipes, or either set of stairs, to laying near boxes at the bottom of the stairs or the one-way ramp.
 
*Scattered around the reactor, varying from lying near a railing, the pipes, or either set of stairs, to laying near boxes at the bottom of the stairs or the one-way ramp.
 
*In the same room as the workbench, on the computers to the left and right of the workbench, or in a corner to the right of the zombie barrier.
 
*In the same room as the workbench, on the computers to the left and right of the workbench, or in a corner to the right of the zombie barrier.
Turning on the power will set the [[Avogadro]] free and it will roam the map from then on as a thunderstorm. The power will turn on green streetlights scattered at or between the bus stops that can be used to make portals from the [[Denizen]]s. It will also open the exit door to [[Tombstone Soda]], the workbench for the [[Electric Trap]], and the spool-and-wires piece for the [[Thrustodyne Aeronautics Model 23|Jet Gun]]. For the first time in Zombies, the power has the option to be turned off after it has been turned on. This option is required to go forward with [[Ludvig Maxis|Maxis]]' path in the [[Tower of Babble]] Easter egg.
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Turning on the power will set the [[Avogadro]] free and it will roam the map from then on as a thunderstorm. The power will turn on green streetlights scattered at or between the bus stops that can be used to make portals from the [[Denizen]]s. It will also open the exit door to [[Tombstone Soda]], the workbench for the [[Electric Trap]], and the spool-and-wires piece for the [[Thrustodyne Aeronautics Model 23|Jet Gun]]. For the first time in Zombies, the power can be turned off after it has been turned on. This option is required to go forward with [[Ludvig Maxis|Maxis]]' path in the [[Tower of Babble]] Easter egg.
   
 
There is a rare glitch making the zombie hand impossible to pick up thus making it impossible to turn on the power.
 
There is a rare glitch making the zombie hand impossible to pick up thus making it impossible to turn on the power.
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===[[Buried]]===
 
===[[Buried]]===
It is located on the second floor of the Candy Shop. And it can also be turned on by round 1.
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It is located on the second floor of the Candy Shop, and it can also be turned on by round 1.
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=== [[Der Eisendrache]] ===
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The Power Switch can be found in the Armory next to a bunch of generators.
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===[[Zetsubou No Shima]]===
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Turning on the power in Zetsubou No Shima is more complicated than previous maps. Before the player can access the actual power switch, they must first pick up a bucket which is randomly placed in the map, fill it with water from one of the ponds infected with [[Element 115]], and then use it to fill the two water-based power switches. This must be done twice, once for each switch. After this is done, there is a bunker door which the player can open for free by holding the "use" button on it when the prompt to do so shows up. Opening this bunker will reveal several zombies and a [[Thrasher]]. The player must kill the zombies (or ignore them) and enter the bunker.
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After the player enters the bunker, there will be an area with a regular Power Switch that can be accessed through a door that costs 1500 points; three out of four of the lights above the switch should be green, the other two should be red. This is because the player must clean off webs that are on one of the pipes in the underwater section near said switch. Going up to the Power Switch will bring up a prompt regarding this step. Once the player has cleaned the pipe off, the entrance to the underwater section will close off for a few minutes and the player must fight off hoards of zombies that do not count towards the normal zombies, and do not give the player points. The player must also occasionally get more air by going up to the top at the areas where water does not reach the ceiling, and by shooting the underwater spores, which will give the player more air. After a few minutes, the entrance to this area will reopen, and the player can then proceed to turn on the Power Switch as they normally would in another map.
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=== [[Gorod Krovi]] ===
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Going back to simpler power methods, in Gorod Krovi, the power switch is located past the entrance of the Dragon Command Center.
   
 
==[[Exo Zombies]]==
 
==[[Exo Zombies]]==
[[File:Power switch Courtyard Outbreak AW.png|200px|right|A Power Switch in Outbreak]]
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[[File:Power Station model AW.png|300px|right]]
 
In Exo Zombies, power switches function much differently. There are multiple power switches spread throughout the map, and each one, when activated, will give the player access to certain features requiring power to be accessed. A power switch will give 100 credits to the player who activated it.
 
In Exo Zombies, power switches function much differently. There are multiple power switches spread throughout the map, and each one, when activated, will give the player access to certain features requiring power to be accessed. A power switch will give 100 credits to the player who activated it.
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== Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies ==
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In ''Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare'' Zombies, power switches are labelled as '''Generators''' and only power certain sections of the map, or in the case of [[Rave in the Redwoods]] and [[Attack of the Radioactive Thing]], they power the entire map.
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[[File:Power Switch On IW.png|thumb|right]]
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=== [[Zombies in Spaceland]] ===
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* The Power Switch for the starting area is located in the room to the right of the [[Lost and Found|Lost &amp; Found]].
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* The Power Switch for the Journey into Space area is located in the small corridor between the [[Star Mission]] trap and the [[Bumper Cars]].
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* The Power Switch for the [[Arcade|Astrocade]] is located next to a barrier to the left of the [[Teleporter|Portal]].
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* The Power Switch for the Polar Peak area is located next to the [[Magic Wheel]] outside the [[Roller Coaster]] utility.
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* The Power Switch for the Keplar System area is located next to a [[Magic Wheel]] spawn, in the Moonlight Cafe area.
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=== [[Rave in the Redwoods]] ===
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Located underneath the spawn cabin, accessible via the mines. The power switch will open up access to several [[Zipline|ziplines]], [[Tuff 'Nuff]], [[Mule Munchies]], a boat part and the rest of the top floor of the cabin, as well as an entrance from the mines to the main cabin.
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=== [[Shaolin Shuffle]] ===
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* The Power Switch for the spawn area is located on a supporting column in the same area the player spawns.
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* The Power Switch for the rooftops is located in the small square park area near [[Deadeye Dewdrops]] and a [[Volk (weapon)|Volk]] wallbuy.
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* The Power Switch for the disco is located on the roof of the disco, next to [[Quickies]].
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* The Power Switch for the second subway station is located on the platform opposite [[Bang Bangs]], near the power door.
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Once the player has turned on all the power switches, they will gain access to the Chi abilities as well as Tuff 'Nuff and the Rat King's lair.
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=== [[Attack of the Radioactive Thing]] ===
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To turn on the power, the player must first obtain the power switch handle located on the beach by the [[OSA]] wallbuy, being held by a zombie arm. The power switch is located at the respective power station to the right of the spawn location, behind the market.
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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Power Switch Five BO.png|In "Five"
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Power Switch Buried BOII.png|In Buried
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Power_Switch_BO3.png|The Power Switch in [[The Giant (Black Ops III)]]
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Power Swtich Chronicles Drawing BO3.png|A drawing of a Power Switch as seen in the Zombies Chronicles timeline poster.
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
*In [["Five"]], [[Ascension]], [[Call of the Dead]], [[Shangri-La]], and [[Moon]], below the power switch there is text in German that says "''Hochspannung Vorsicht! Lebensgefahr!''" ("''Danger! High Voltage!''").
 
*In [["Five"]], [[Ascension]], [[Call of the Dead]], [[Shangri-La]], and [[Moon]], below the power switch there is text in German that says "''Hochspannung Vorsicht! Lebensgefahr!''" ("''Danger! High Voltage!''").
 
*There is an unusable power switch found in the building near the ice cave in [[Discovery]].
 
*There is an unusable power switch found in the building near the ice cave in [[Discovery]].
*There is a left hand on the power switch in [[Verrückt]] and [[Der Riese]], as well as in [[TranZit]].
 
 
*Even though there is no power switch in [[Shi No Numa]], a sign on the zipline next to the starting area says "Switch on power to activate", indicating that electricity was originally going to appear.
 
*Even though there is no power switch in [[Shi No Numa]], a sign on the zipline next to the starting area says "Switch on power to activate", indicating that electricity was originally going to appear.
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*The hand on the power switch is a theme that some maps follow and some ignore. The hand is thought to belong to [[Peter McCain]].
   
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Revision as of 15:19, 14 November 2019

The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: World at War. The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops. The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 The subject of this article appeared in Zombies mode The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies

The Power Switch is a utility found in most Zombies maps. It is not seen in Nacht der Untoten, Shi No Numa, Dead Ops Arcade, Nuketown Zombies, Bus Depot, Diner, Farm, Town, Mob of the Dead, Origins, Shadows of Evil and Revelations. It turns on the power, which in turn is used to use the Pack-a-Punch Machine, Perk-a-Cola machines and other utilities, such as Electro-Shock Defenses. Power switches also appear in Exo Zombies and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies mode, labelled as a Generator.

Locations

Information in the descriptions refers to other actions using the power switch does other than those stated above.

Verrückt

The first map with a power switch. It is located on the complete opposite side of the map. The switch is on the opposite side of the room of the Mystery Box. Using it opens the door dividing the two starting rooms.

Verruct Power Switch

The power switch in Verrückt. The hand can be seen holding the power switch.

Der Riese and The Giant

The switch can be found in the courtyard attached to a giant generator. Using it lowers a bridge that connects the second floor of the two sides and also opens two doors, letting players move from the courtyard to this area directly instead of going through whichever side they unlocked. It also lets the players use the teleporters.

Kino der Toten

The switch is backstage, next to the M16. Using it draws back the curtain, opens the door in the lobby and activates the projector. It also lets Crawler Zombies spawn from then on. It then allows the player(s) to link and use the teleporter.

"Five"

It is found in the central room in the basement. Using it unlocks the teleporters and the DEFCON Switches. It also lets the Pentagon Thief and the Nova Crawlers spawn.

Ascension

Located on the top floor of the main building. Using it activates the Lunar Landers and changes the game from black and white to color. It also allows Space Monkeys to spawn.

Call of the Dead

It is located in the uppermost part of the ship. It lets the players use the Flinger and start the Original Characters Trapped Easter egg. It also allows Pack-A-Punch to begin spawning.

Shangri-La

Two power switches are located underground near the Bowie Knife where the water falls from the ceiling to turn the turbines. These power switches activate the water (each switch activating each side) and the power won't turn on until both switches are pulled. Because the switches are associated with water flow, the Water Slide can't be used without them pulled. Turning on the power also lets the player(s) use the Mine Cart.

Moon

The power switch is located in the center of the map by the pyramid and Stakeout. In addition to its basic functions, it restores oxygen and gravity to certain areas of the map and allows the Excavators to start breaching the base.

Green Run (Tranzit)

The separate maps do not require a power switch, but Tranzit does. It is located at the Power Plant and needs to be built from three parts: a power board, a lever, and a zombie hand. They can be randomly found:

  • In the first hallway upon buying the door to the reactor, against a wall or lying on the floor, opposite the zombie barrier.
  • Scattered around the reactor, varying from lying near a railing, the pipes, or either set of stairs, to laying near boxes at the bottom of the stairs or the one-way ramp.
  • In the same room as the workbench, on the computers to the left and right of the workbench, or in a corner to the right of the zombie barrier.

Turning on the power will set the Avogadro free and it will roam the map from then on as a thunderstorm. The power will turn on green streetlights scattered at or between the bus stops that can be used to make portals from the Denizens. It will also open the exit door to Tombstone Soda, the workbench for the Electric Trap, and the spool-and-wires piece for the Jet Gun. For the first time in Zombies, the power can be turned off after it has been turned on. This option is required to go forward with Maxis' path in the Tower of Babble Easter egg.

There is a rare glitch making the zombie hand impossible to pick up thus making it impossible to turn on the power.

Die Rise

It is located on the second floor of the second building in a sewing room. Using it will activate the Elevators which contain the Perk-a-Cola machines and the Pack-a-Punch Machine inside them and can help the players go up and down floors.

Buried

It is located on the second floor of the Candy Shop, and it can also be turned on by round 1.

Der Eisendrache

The Power Switch can be found in the Armory next to a bunch of generators.

Zetsubou No Shima

Turning on the power in Zetsubou No Shima is more complicated than previous maps. Before the player can access the actual power switch, they must first pick up a bucket which is randomly placed in the map, fill it with water from one of the ponds infected with Element 115, and then use it to fill the two water-based power switches. This must be done twice, once for each switch. After this is done, there is a bunker door which the player can open for free by holding the "use" button on it when the prompt to do so shows up. Opening this bunker will reveal several zombies and a Thrasher. The player must kill the zombies (or ignore them) and enter the bunker.

After the player enters the bunker, there will be an area with a regular Power Switch that can be accessed through a door that costs 1500 points; three out of four of the lights above the switch should be green, the other two should be red. This is because the player must clean off webs that are on one of the pipes in the underwater section near said switch. Going up to the Power Switch will bring up a prompt regarding this step. Once the player has cleaned the pipe off, the entrance to the underwater section will close off for a few minutes and the player must fight off hoards of zombies that do not count towards the normal zombies, and do not give the player points. The player must also occasionally get more air by going up to the top at the areas where water does not reach the ceiling, and by shooting the underwater spores, which will give the player more air. After a few minutes, the entrance to this area will reopen, and the player can then proceed to turn on the Power Switch as they normally would in another map.

Gorod Krovi

Going back to simpler power methods, in Gorod Krovi, the power switch is located past the entrance of the Dragon Command Center.

Exo Zombies

Power Station model AW

In Exo Zombies, power switches function much differently. There are multiple power switches spread throughout the map, and each one, when activated, will give the player access to certain features requiring power to be accessed. A power switch will give 100 credits to the player who activated it.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies

In Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies, power switches are labelled as Generators and only power certain sections of the map, or in the case of Rave in the Redwoods and Attack of the Radioactive Thing, they power the entire map.

Power Switch On IW

Zombies in Spaceland

  • The Power Switch for the starting area is located in the room to the right of the Lost & Found.
  • The Power Switch for the Journey into Space area is located in the small corridor between the Star Mission trap and the Bumper Cars.
  • The Power Switch for the Astrocade is located next to a barrier to the left of the Portal.
  • The Power Switch for the Polar Peak area is located next to the Magic Wheel outside the Roller Coaster utility.
  • The Power Switch for the Keplar System area is located next to a Magic Wheel spawn, in the Moonlight Cafe area.

Rave in the Redwoods

Located underneath the spawn cabin, accessible via the mines. The power switch will open up access to several ziplines, Tuff 'Nuff, Mule Munchies, a boat part and the rest of the top floor of the cabin, as well as an entrance from the mines to the main cabin.

Shaolin Shuffle

  • The Power Switch for the spawn area is located on a supporting column in the same area the player spawns.
  • The Power Switch for the rooftops is located in the small square park area near Deadeye Dewdrops and a Volk wallbuy.
  • The Power Switch for the disco is located on the roof of the disco, next to Quickies.
  • The Power Switch for the second subway station is located on the platform opposite Bang Bangs, near the power door.

Once the player has turned on all the power switches, they will gain access to the Chi abilities as well as Tuff 'Nuff and the Rat King's lair.

Attack of the Radioactive Thing

To turn on the power, the player must first obtain the power switch handle located on the beach by the OSA wallbuy, being held by a zombie arm. The power switch is located at the respective power station to the right of the spawn location, behind the market.

Gallery


Trivia

  • In "Five", Ascension, Call of the Dead, Shangri-La, and Moon, below the power switch there is text in German that says "Hochspannung Vorsicht! Lebensgefahr!" ("Danger! High Voltage!").
  • There is an unusable power switch found in the building near the ice cave in Discovery.
  • Even though there is no power switch in Shi No Numa, a sign on the zipline next to the starting area says "Switch on power to activate", indicating that electricity was originally going to appear.
  • The hand on the power switch is a theme that some maps follow and some ignore. The hand is thought to belong to Peter McCain.