Top 10 Best Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombie Maps

Over the years, the zombie mode in Black Ops has grown far beyond a simple add-on. It's now a cultural staple in the gaming world, building a huge community of fans who analyze every nook and cranny of each map, seeking hidden secrets and experimenting with different survival strategies. The maps each bring their own set of strengths, from innovative power-ups and traps to elaborate, multi-step easter eggs that require both brains and brawn.
The Top Ten
1 Kino der Toten

Kino is original and easier to play. With easy access to create the helpful "train" to defeat zombies and crawlers that surround you, almost every room in Kino has some kind of obstacle in the center that is useful in creating a train.

Along with its pure originality in the enemies like the "Stinkies" or "Crawlers" that explode like a stink bomb and stun the player's vision for a while, zombies not only come out of windows but also out from multiple holes in the ceilings of the dressing room, stage, alley, and just about everywhere, showing the areas where the "Crawlers" come from as well.

Especially in a range of random levels every few waves, the hellhounds come out like a giant pack of wolves, and their intricate design adds to the great effects of the map. Kino is an excellent choice to play for an easy game if you are not able to buy the other maps.

2 Der Riese

It's a true classic, made for both zombie players who like to sit in a certain area and fight off endless waves with other players supporting them and for players who like to run repetitive circles around zombies. The map's not too big but not too small, making it easier for players to reach each other for help.

I'm pretty disappointed that Kino beat this map for first place, but it just goes to show that most of the ones who claim Kino is the best either started playing zombies when Black Ops came out or never got to play better maps because they didn't buy the DLC. This makes sense why.

3 Mob of the Dead

It's easily the best. It provides a challenge for the player and is very fun at the same time. I mean melee weapon till round 31 or something like that. The weapon acts almost exactly like monkeys. The gondola, the plane, afterlife, and many more things provide great amounts of fun. The Easter eggs really made me interested.

Plus, it actually gives a little more historical point of view in some ways. It shows details of Alcatraz, the emotions, and troubles that prisoners have in their life. I have to say, the developers did very well on this map.

4 Ascension

I miss regular simple maps, especially Ascension. I hope they bring it back for BO2. Treyarch needs to bring back simple maps that people have fun on and have the ability to reach high levels.

I'm also sick of waiting. TranZit, the bus. Die Rise, the elevators. Mob of the Dead, purgatory power. It's also the only map where you can all split up and train at different places. The only thing that could make this map better is Double Tap so guns like the HK21 could be usable.

This map is nothing but awesome. If you've never played this map, you've never played zombies. So many Easter eggs, and the rocket when it explodes... number one, no contest, except maybe Der Reise.

5 Call of the Dead

I have reached my highest round on this map - Round 46. It's so hard to get a good team of players that work well in communicating, know what they're doing, and most of all, have at least 10-18 hours of free time to play some hardcore waves of zombies.

It seems that most Call of Duty Zombie game players don't really have any dedication or devotion to putting in 110% teamwork into the zombie maps, including the many long hours of survival and never-ending waves of zombies.

The longest time I've put into a good game of zombies was almost 13 hours. It's insane that you see people's gamertags up on the leaderboards in the 100+ rounds. That's just too much! Round 46 in Call of the Dead took me 13 hours to accomplish. How in the world did those players get up to high rounds of 100+? That must have taken them so many hours and days to get that far up in those insane rounds.

So, anyway, good luck to all you zombie-killing game players out there.

6 Origins

This is the only map I can enjoy because in this map you can do lots of things like Easter eggs, build and upgrade staves, try out new strategies with different perks, and so on. People like to ask why this map is so big and wouldn't the mud be bad? The answer to that question is no because it requires more strategy than just shooting.

I suggest that if you are a starter, begin with Kino, and then when you get advanced, move on to this map. This map actually puts your skills to the test, unlike most of the other maps. For example, Buried gives you so many cheap strategies that will get you to a higher round. But on Origins, it gives you a challenge.

Other maps like Mob of the Dead get very repetitive and eventually get boring after a couple of months.

7 Five

Everyone is always complaining about the Pentagon Thief, but the concept of this boss is just great.

The map is designed in a very satisfying way with perfect characters and a decent way to unlock Pack-A-Punch. Even the Winter's Howl is quite useful, at least until round 30, after which it totally drops off and becomes just a piece of garbage.

But again, it's just a nice map.

A lot of people hate this map, and I don't know why. It is challenging. Pack-A-Punch is difficult if you don't know what you are doing. The boss level is challenging. There is a pig for some reason, and elevators! This map is awesome with randoms!

8 Moon

Moon has got to be the best zombie map yet. It crushes Origins and Kino. The Gersh Device and Hacker are awesome, and the Zap Guns and Wave Gun are really cool.

Moon is a huge map with cool Easter eggs and a really innovative zero-gravity environment. The Astronaut zombie is annoying but poses a challenge to players.

I love Moon. There are lots of Easter eggs. The Hacker is nice. Area 51 is a good place to start.

Best map with the most perks, as well as being the largest and having the best wonder weapons.

9 Shangri-La

Shangri-La is unique compared to the rest of the zombie maps. It has challenging obstacles but not too challenging like BO2 maps. I enjoy the humor in the map and never forget the monkeys.

Another thing is that the map isn't too big or too small like Moon or Kino der Toten.

Shangri-La is great because of just how different it is! This map is just so much more special and more challenging than all the other maps. All of the puzzles and Easter eggs in Shangri-La are really boss.

Most people don't like this map, but it's number one to me by being the right difficulty, always keeping me on my toes with the variety of zombies. I don't see it doing great in polls, but it holds up with its colors.

#1 Shangri-La
#2 Origins
#3 Call of the Dead
#4 Moon
#5 Mob of the Dead

10 Die Rise

This map is very original. I like the perk system and the fact that this map has many narrow pathways. I also like the fact that this map has a bank and a weapon locker.

Honestly, this map should be higher up on the list.

Just love the trample steam. Verticality and trains are great.

The Contenders
11 Nacht der Untoten

This is a great map. It's the one that started it all! In World at War, all you knew was that you were trapped and needed to kill zombies. I was so happy when they added it to Black Ops!

I think Nacht der Untoten should be in the top five because it is an awesome map. There are a lot of perks, and the mystery box is so easy to find! Nacht der Untoten was my favorite!

Classic, the first zombies map.

12 Der Eisendrache

This map is really cool and fun. There are a lot of good training spots and tight spots to keep it even. I also like how they added all the crossbows and the Ragnarok DG-4, which were great. Plus, the Easter eggs were cool too.

This map is very fun. The upgradable bows and Easter egg keep you entertained. This map is also very good for training. It's also fun to see how high of a round you can get.

Der Eisendrache is a great map. It can sometimes get boring, but there is always something to do. I love the bows, and the Easter egg is a lot like Moon!

13 Verrückt

First zombies map with perks and traps. This is what started it all for Call of Duty. The running zombies and location are super creepy as well. This should be at least number four on the list.

Best atmosphere of all the maps, and you never get far enough for it to be boring (unlike Kino). Challenging but not over-complicated like Five.

Easily a top five map. This is what progressed zombies and revolutionized it with perks and traps.

14 Buried

This map is great! You can do so much stuff in round one, it's not funny. Using Leroy is the smartest thing Treyarch did since the Pack-a-Punch machine. I had a great time playing it, and it could be my favorite. I still enjoy Mob of the Dead, though it was a bit of a toss-up.

Anyway, if you can only get one DLC, get this map because there is so much to do. The witches are so fun with some friends because everyone starts panicking! Thanks for reading my opinion.

My favorite zombies map by far. I like how you can use the Paralyzer to fly over obstacles, and I like Leroy a lot because I use him to build different things. Also, the new perk Vulture Aid is amazing in the later rounds. It's helpful to use the zombie stink to buy you some time.

I also like how there are many things to do, from the mansion to the maze, and going through crumpled old west buildings is awesome. I also think that the Remington New Model Army pistol is one of the best guns ever. It's amazing. This map should be #1.

15 Nuketown Zombies

It has perfect map design, and perks randomly spawn like mini-nukes. How creative!

16 Shadows of Evil

My favorite map. I love everything about it.

17 Shi no Numa

Shi No Numa, even though they didn't try to be, was a creepy map. It was a great idea to include the traps and always had a great place to train.

18 Gorod Krovi

A very fun map, and the ending cutscene is my favorite of all of them!

19 Dead Ops Arcade

This map doesn't get enough love. It was something different to work with, and it was lots of fun.

The only downside was the system of donating your lives to nooby players who kept dying, leaving you with zero lives despite not being downed once. All in all, if you've got a good enough team, you can have a lot of fun on this map.

20 Green Run

TranZit is such an epic map with only a few glitches like the one in town where you get on the bus and jump on the thing on the building where Pack-a-Punch is. You also get Town and Farm and a few other maps like Power Station, Diner, Bus Depot, and they brought back Nacht der Untoten with Bowie Knife.

This map introduces building stuff and new features like the new perk Tombstone and the new item called Galvaknuckles. I love the tactic by Syndicate, called Skullcrusher. If you see it on YouTube, you'll want to try it because I can't go a game without it. Oh yeah, and the bank system is good too.

21 Town

Town is the map I play most of the time on Black Ops 2. It has everything you need, up to six perks and a Pack-A-Punch that's ready when you are. Any really good player that I've met online primarily plays this map.

I like this zombies map because there is actually a Pack-A-Punch instead of just perks, wall weapons, and the mystery box. It is a very good place to train. This should be one of the top ten.

I love this map. First map I played.

22 Bus Depot
23 Tranzit

TranZit was, in the eyes of the developers, a new way to challenge zombie fans. They knew how devout their fans were in the early predecessors (World at War and Black Ops), so they decided to take it in a different direction. With the same basics applied to the map, they also added new material, such as the bus, buildables, new environments, and new characters.

However, while the fans were excited to hear that Treyarch had once again added zombies into the game, they didn't know what it would be like once they played it. Ultimately, without TranZit, the story wouldn't have continued. TranZit was the map that continued the story that the fans know today. Like Nacht Der Untoten, Kino Der Toten, and Shadows of Evil, every story has a beginning and an end.

That is why this map is so intriguing because of how different it is compared to most maps. It was the beginning of a new story. The map has mixed reviews nonetheless, but it still serves a purpose to the fans and to the story.

24 Farm
25 The Giant

Revamped Der Riese with better graphics and weapon attachments. It makes it way easier with attachments on the guns, and being able to Pack-A-Punch weapons twice for fireworks and blast furnace.

Awesome map remake of Der Riese but with Black Ops 3 features like GobbleGum and a couple of new Easter eggs that have actual rewards. You can get an extra perk sometimes when you teleport, which is very helpful and useful and is a great addition overall.

And SNOW.

This is the best remake of Der Riese by far. So much fun and a huge step up from a legendary classic.

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