Hilarious Black Ops 6 Zombies video proves an old superstition pays off

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Important takeaways

  • Players perform odd luck rituals in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies, such as shooting corners and spinning.
  • The thrill of mystery and storytelling in Zombies keeps players invested despite the random behavior of mystery boxes.
  • Despite being myth and superstition, it's fun to see a good luck ritual surprisingly produce positive results.



A Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 the player has shared a fun clip from the game that shows a personal superstition finally paying off. Set in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies game mode, the clip involves a player's personal “luck ritual” being performed online to affect what are supposed to be random rewards.

The usual release of new Call of Duty titles can sometimes make it easy to forget that the series has been around for decades at this point. That's long enough for entire generations of gamers to grow up with the franchise, and for it to develop its own subculture, jokes and superstitions. This is especially true of the franchise's Zombies modes, which originated as a “secret” game mode packed with easter eggs. Developer Treyarch also leaned into the phenomenon, packing Terminus Island and other locations full of Black Ops 6 Secrets of Zombies.


The Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 clip looks like something out of a horror movie

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Hilarious Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies Clip Looks Like Something Out of a Horror Movie

A fun Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies clip looks like something out of an intense horror movie as zombies swarm a player.

With that in mind, it's no surprise that players can come up with their own little tricks for luck when playing the Zombies mode. Gamer McHarzberg experienced their own “nostalgic superstition” that paid off in a clip they shared with the CODZombies Reddit community. The clip shows McHarzberg performing a good luck ritual before opening one Call of Duty Zombies mystery box.


Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies Good Luck Ritual gives incredible results

As seen in the clip, McHarzberg's luck ritual consists of shooting the corners of the mystery box, snapping the latch and spinning around twice before opening it, then jumping up and down as the box cycles through its potential rewards. The mystery box, which drops a random one Black Ops 6 Zombies weapons, doling out one of the mode's most powerful weapons, the Thrustodyne M23.


For years, Zombies players have claimed, with varying degrees of seriousness, that doing things like stabbing a mystery box or performing a series of bizarre movements when opening the box would improve results. Mystery boxes are designed to dole out random rewards, and there is no evidence to suggest that such rituals actually affect the drop rate of desirable weapons. Colleague Zombies players were amused by the happy outcome and joked that someone had finally managed to “crack the code” and perform a good luck ritual that actually works. Even McHarzberg admitted that their reception of the powerful Jetgun was likely not due to the ritual itself, calling the result “1% skill, 99% nostalgic superstition.”


While most players admit that such lucky rituals are purely a product of myth and superstition, it's still fun to see one worked out to the player's advantage. One of the most attractive parts of Call of Duty Zombies has been its embrace of mystery and long-term storytelling, keeping players invested despite setbacks caused by recent Black Ops 6 Zombies leaks.

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