Shadows of Evil has the most complicated process of unlocking the Pack-A-Punch Machine out of all maps. Here’s how to unlock Pack A Punch in Black Ops 3 Zombies: Shadows of Evil.
To unlock this Pack-A-Punch you will need to complete four rituals in any order and then use Gateworms to complete the final ritual. We’ll cover each step in detail down below
Ritual Site One – Easy Street
The first ritual site is right above the spawn room, in the magician’s room and it requires a Summoning Key and the Writer’s Pen.
Open the metal gate at the end of the spawn room alley, and use the glowing Beast Fountain in the spawn room to temporarily transform into The Beast.
As soon as you enter a Beast mode in the spawn room, run down the alley and smash the box on the back of the truck on your way.
Leave the alley and enter the large area in front of it, then look towards the crane in the center to see a glowing electrical box that you can zap to spawn the Writer’s Pen.
If you still have some time left in Beast mode, turn around and look up to see a grapple point. Take the grapple up and follow the path through until you reach another electrical generator at its end.
If you can’t complete all of these actions in one go, you can complete them in the next round once the Beast Fountain replenishes.
Once you’re out of Beast Mode, you can walk over to the truck that held the box to pick up the Summoning Key.
Next, walk out to the area with the crane to find the Writer’s Pen on the ground.
Once you have these two items and you’ve hit the generator in the high grapple area, take the newly-opened steps at the back of the spawn room and follow the path up until you reach the magician’s room.
Interact with the stone altar in the middle of the room to start a ritual and spawn in a wave of special enemies, the Keepers.
Simply survive in this room for around 30 seconds and the ritual will end. You do not have to kill any Keepers to complete the ritual, so conserve your ammo if you can.
With the ritual completed, pick up the Gateworm from the altar to complete this section of the Black Ops 3 Zombies Pack a Punch quest.
Ritual Site Two – Footlight District
The second ritual site can be found in the burlesque club at the back of the Footlight District and will require the Hairpiece ritual item to activate. You can find your way to the club by looking for the sign with the district’s name in the area with the crane.
Open up the map until you reach the abandoned road at the edge of the district, then use the Beast Fountain found under the monorail station.
Once in Beast Mode, look towards the burlesque club to see a grapple point high up above the “Black Lace Burlesque” sign. Grapple to it and turn around to see an electrical generator that will open the club once zapped.
After zapping the generator, look to the left and across the highway to see another grapple point.
Quickly grapple over to it and immediately head down the nearby set of stairs. Once at the bottom, run up the wooden panels ahead and use them to jump towards a nearby ledge.
On the left side of this ledge is a box. Hit it to send it flying to the ground, then return to your human form.
Walk over to where the box landed to pick up the Hair Piece. Take the Hair Piece to the burlesque club and interact with the stone altar in the center of the room to start a ritual.
The ritual will be almost identical to the first, with the addition of a boss zombie, the Margwa, spawning once the ritual is complete. Kill the Margwa and pick up the Gateworm to move to ritual site three.
Ritual Site Three – The Canal District
The third Ritual Site for this pack a punch quest in Black Ops 3 Zombies is found in the Canal District and will require the Detective’s Badge ritual item to activate.
Enter the Canal District and head to the very end to find a Beast Fountain. Enter Beast mode and drop down into the canal below. In the canal, you’ll find a large set of metal doors that can be smashed open to reveal a portal we’ll need later.
Next to the doors, there’ll be a small grate that can be smashed to open a door in another section of the canal. With the everything smashed open, turn around and run to the opposite side of the canal to find a newly-opened compartment that leads to a secret electrical generator that you need to zap.
After completing all of those tasks you’ll be back in human form. From the Beast Fountain you just used, turn slightly right to see a second Fountain ahead.
Use the second Fountain, then turn around and look directly up to see a grapple point that leads into the third ritual site.
After taking the grapple, navigate through the club until you reach an electrical generator on the bottom floor. Zap it to unlock the ritual site.
With the Beast mode actions completed, jump into the canal as a human and head to the grate you smashed open to pick up the Detective’s Badge.
Take it to the newly-opened club and interact with the stone altar to start the ritual. Pick up the Gateworm at its end to move onto the final ritual site.
Ritual Site Four – The Waterfront District
The final ritual site can be found at the back of the Waterfront District and will require the Championship Belt ritual item to activate.
Progress through this area until you find a Beast Fountain on a small platform. Transform into the Beast, use the nearby grapple hook, and smash down the box next to it.
If you’ve still got time in your Beast form, run down to the end of the Waterfront District path and smash open the double doors that lead to the building by the water. If you don’t make it, there’s a second Beast Fountain further down the path that you can use.
Back in human form, pick up the Championship Belt ritual item, then enter the building at the end of the path to find the final ritual site. Interact with the stone altar here to start the final ritual. Survive the waves of enemies and collect the final Gateworm once the ritual is completed.
Unlocking The Pack-a-Punch Machine
With all four rituals completed, you can now open up the hidden Pack a Punch room in the underground subway area of this Black Ops 3 Zombies map. To get there, you’ll need to take one of the inter-dimensional rifts around the map.
The easiest one to find is the one that you’ve already opened up, behind the metal doors you smashed in the Canal District.
Walk into the portal to enter the subway room. Once inside, you can find a brick wall with five glowing alien symbols on it. Walk up to the door to see it dissolve, revealing a hidden room behind it.
Head inside, then look for the colorless Beast Fountains in each front-corner of the room. These Fountains won’t transform you into the Beast, instead you need to insert the Gateworms in them.
Once you’ve placed a Gateworm in a Fountain, the wall in front of it will assemble into a wall-running surface. Use your wall-run to get to the other side of the room. There you’ll find the final two Gateworm receptacles at the end of the broken pathway.
Once you’ve placed every Gateworm, head to the altar at the entrance of the room to start a final ritual. This ritual acts just like the first four, so survive for a short period of time to complete it. A small scene will play in the room once the ritual is complete.
You can now use the portal at the back of the room to Pack-a-Punch your weapons for 5000 points.
With the Pack a Punch machine up and running, you’re set up for success in Black Ops 3: Zombies. If you want to get even stronger, consider building the Lightning Sword specialist weapon next.
