Raven[]
The Raven Bastard Sword is a Melee Weapon that appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies in the map Citadelle des Morts. It is the weapon used by the bastard son and enforcer of Guy de Saint-Michel, known as The Raven.
Much like the other Bastard Swords, the Dragon Bastard Sword is obtained at Common rarity and lacks the ability to be upgraded at the Armory nor can be given Ammo Mods. This is countered in that the Bastard Swords have much higher base damage, starting at 1,500 damage without the aid of Melee Macchiato. In addition, all Bastard Swords are able to be automatically swung as long as the fire button is held.
They have access to a parry, which affects a near 180° cone in front of the player. During this, strikes done by zombies will have their damage negated and the zombie will recoil away and be temporarily stunned. Higher tiered zombies such as the Doppelghast and Amalgam, however do not get stunned by the parry but still have their attacks negated, including that of the Amalgam's grab attack. Projectile attacks done by Parasites and Vermin are also parryable and will reflect the to the attacker and damages them instead if it hits. Much like the primary melee attack, the parry function also can be automatically triggered as long as the relevant button is held.
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Balmung[]
- "Own the night and consign evildoers to eternal darkness with the Raven's shadowy sword."
- — In-game description
The Raven Bastard Sword can be upgraded into Balmung, gaining shadow elemental damage and increased melee damage. It also is raised to Wonder Weapon tier of rarity. Balmung was left for The Raven under orders from Guy de Saint-Michel, however The Raven never claimed it from its resting place in the darkness.
After being upgraded, it gains an increased damage and an innate shadow damage with Shadow Rift effects as long as it is charged. It also retains the ability to parry, however it also gains a charged attack. This charge attacks tears a hole in reality and causes a massive explosive force, before the hole forcibly collapses and destroys itself. After the use of this power, it temporarily loses the shadow damage and Shadow Rift until it is recharged. It regains charge by killing zombies.
It can be returned to its respective statue if not needed or if it is left on the ground for too long, it will return there automatically.
Obtaining[]
Within the Alchemy Lab, one of five different antiquities can spawn within the Lab, these being.
- A two-headed raven skull.
- A fossilized fish.
- A fossilized scorpion.
- The jaw of a lion.
- The horn of a ram.
This alongside the Raven Bastard Sword needs to be taken to the device within the Tavern Cellar. Interacting with it will place the antiquity into the center of the device. With a second inserting the Bastard Sword and the third allowing control of the device. The outer circle of Alchemical symbols and inner circle of Zodiac symbols need to be aligned to match whatever the antiquity is in the device. With the correct set being at the arrow at the bottom of the device. Failing a combination simply resets the circles and allows interaction right away.
| Two headed raven skull | Gemini |
Air |
| Fish fossil | Pisces |
Water |
| Scorpion fossil | Scorpio |
Water |
| Lion jaw | Leo |
Fire |
| Ram horn | Aries |
Fire |
With the correct combination, a portal will open up and the machine will start to produce balls of dark energy. These balls explode on contact with a player, if shot and after enough time has passed, dealing high damage. The player needs to kite three of the balls into the portal, which when in range, the balls will fall into. When three balls have been taken into the portal, the portal will move further into the Tavern and the process needs to be repeated again. This needs to be done a total of three times. If the player wanders out of the Tavern far enough, the Raven Bastard Sword will eject itself from the wall and the entire process will need to be restarted from the beginning.
Upon finishing the three portals, the portal orb itself will return to the device and pool underneath it. Interacting with the machine will cause the Raven Bastard Sword to eject and the portal itself will grab it, swallowing it and then producing Balmung. Which then can be obtained for use.
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