Black Ops 7 Zombies is packed with hidden mechanics, powerful strategies, and Easter egg shortcuts that many players completely miss. In this guide, we’re breaking down 20 incredible tips and tricks that can dramatically improve your gameplay — from near-infinite survivability to free Pack-a-Punch rewards and faster Easter egg progress. Chances are, even veteran players will learn something new here.

1. The Necrofluid Gauntlet Is a Hidden One-Hit Melee Weapon

If you’re using the Necrofluid Gauntlet, you might not realize that it replaces your standard melee attack. This weapon has its own dedicated melee animation and remains a one-hit kill into very high rounds. When paired with the Melee Macchiato perk — especially with the Espresso and Strength Training augments — it becomes an incredibly fast and powerful melee tool that also helps conserve ammo.

2. You Don’t Need Melee Macchiato for the Diner Easter Egg

Many players believe Melee Macchiato is required to melee the cash register during the Ashes of the Damned diner step. This is a misconception. While the perk can help, it is not required to complete this Easter egg step.

3. Free Ammo and Equipment from the Dog Killstreak

When using the dog killstreak in sentry mode, walk behind the dog and you’ll see a resupply prompt. This grants one free magazine, one lethal, and one tactical. It’s situational, but extremely useful when you’re low on resources.

4. Chompy Bin Rewards Explained

Not all items give the same salvage when fed to Chompy. Psych Grenades, Decoys, and C4 reward two green salvage, equivalent to a blue rarity weapon. Most other equipment only gives one. If a Max Ammo drops, consider feeding higher-value items first.

5–6. Two Ways to Get Free Pack-a-Punch Tools

You can earn free Pack-a-Punch crystals and Aether tools by:

Using Toxic Growth and Fumigator Sprays, especially in spawn

Destroying purple flora with Old Tessy’s laser later in the game, which has a higher chance to drop triple Pack-a-Punch crystals, tools, or even Ray Guns

7. Heal Old Tessy in the Fog

Driving over green spores in fog zones heals Tessy. Avoid yellow spores, as they explode and cause damage.

8. Spawn a Zersa Before Round 16

With the Necrofluid Gauntlet, shoot three hidden skulls around Ziosmodrome to instantly spawn a Zersa at any round. This saves a huge amount of time during Easter egg runs.

9–10. Fast Ways to Kill Zersas

Hunter Drone tacticals remove nearly two-thirds of a Zersa’s health. The Hand Cannon streak is also devastating when aiming at weak points.

11. Force the Diner Lightning to Respawn

Using Old Tessy and shooting three sparking lamp posts with the DG2 turret will instantly respawn the lightning at the diner, letting you retry the Easter egg step without waiting rounds.

12. Turn Tessy into a Mobile Sentry

Place a point turret on Tessy’s roof and drive around. The turret continues firing even when parked, making fog traversal far safer.

13. Crush Gobblegums for Free Points

Unused Gobblegums can now be crushed for points. Ultra Gobblegums reward up to 5,000 points, and this stacks with Double Points.

14. Use Tessy’s Turret for Survival

Jump into Tessy’s turret to safely clear hordes, deal massive critical damage to Zersas, and earn points with no cooldown.

15. Survive Big Falls with Combat Roll

Hold crouch mid-air to perform a combat roll, completely negating fall damage — even without Stamin-Up.

16. Wall Jump Shortcuts

Any surface can be wall-jumped. Look for flashing white footsteps to discover hidden routes and shortcuts across the map.

17. Near-Infinite Self-Revives

By stacking Equivalent Exchange, Dying Wish, crafted self-revives, and Wisp Tea’s Mask of Salvation augment, you can survive up to 12 downs in a single game — one of the strongest survivability setups ever seen in Zombies.

18. Ravager Clapping Means Loot Is Leaving

If a Ravager claps symbols, it’s about to leave with loot or a Max Ammo. Kill it fast or miss out.

19. Don’t Stun Klaus Too Early

Wait for the “update requires restart” message before stunning Klaus — otherwise, it won’t count.

20. Switch Akimbo Weapons Mid-Game

A new HUD option allows you to switch akimbo weapons back to single-fire, giving more flexibility in different situations.

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With these tips, you’ll play Black Ops 7 Zombies more efficiently, survive longer, and complete Easter eggs with far less frustration. If you learned something new, take it into your next match and see the difference for yourself.