The Dancing Arnie is a Sinister Relic found in the Totenreich, and we think it's a must for your Cursed Mode runs. With Dancing Arnie, you get random perks from machines, which means if you buy Jugger-Nog, you might not get what you paid for.
To get the Dancing Arnie Relic, you need to get some ingredients and cook them. Below we'll share the locations of each ingredient, where you can find the Relic Portal, and some tips to ensure your quest during the trial is successful.
You must acquire three parts before starting the quest to unlock the Jotunn star, otherwise you will softlock yourself from getting the Dancing Arnie Relic. Also, make sure you are level 1 Cursed Mode or higher!
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How to get the Dancing Arnie Relic in Totenreich
Place for metal pot
The first thing you need to do is head towards Skallen Market, where Mule Kick is located. You can find a metal pot behind Mule Kick in the Skull Marketwhich you can pick up by lying down by the stall as we have shown in the picture above. With the cauldron acquired, place it on the hearth in Blodheim Hall (where Vulture Aid is).
Tankard Mode
After the pot is put down, you can find two more items. The first is the tankard. The tankard can be found on a wooden barrel in Eidskallen's square, specifically in the southwest corner near the zipline that leads to Fishery Island. With the tankard, you have to place it in the pot.
Chilly Chunk's Mode
The last part (for now) is the Chilly Chunks that you would normally use for the Jotunn Star. Go to the Storm Bridge and behind the truck to the right of the Deadshot Daiquiri you can find Chilly Chunks. With the Chilly Chunks obtained, place them in the pot.
With the items placed in the pot, you can return to the truck on the Storm Bridge and shoot an explosive in the back, which will drop a second Chilly Chunks. You can use this item to get Jotunn Star.
Boiled lobster mode
Your next part requires the Flammenfalle trap and the Necropincer. You must activate the Flame Trap's flamethrower by interacting with the electrical panel on the wall. You need have Flammenfalle kill the Necropincer so it drops the lobster item. This can be done by weakening the Necropincer or simply engulfing him in the flames.
Red fish place
You can get the red fish by fishing from round 39+, but only on Frozen Zombie rounds. Since you have quite a long wait before round 39, we recommend that you fish around the map so that you can find Olaf, the Cranker of Cod, who drops the Golden Tide Helm, which can be used to increase your fishing loot.
We managed to catch the red fish while fishing Fishery Island on a Frozen Zombie round (Round 39), but if you haven't been lucky, you can consult our fishing location map here.
Activate the Dancing Arnie Relic Portal
Now that you have the lobster and the fish you can return to the cauldron in Blodheim Hall and place the ingredients inside. This will instantly spawn Mr. Peeks, who will dance on the fireplace. You need kill 100 zombies with the Jotunn star around mr. Peeks to feed him their souls.
After 100 zombies have been killed with the Jotunn Star, the Trial of the Dancing Arnie Relic The portal will spawn at the wall above the Pack-a-Punch on Fishery Island.
The Dancing Arnie Trial makes it so enemies only take melee damage. We will demonstrate how we managed to complete the trial with ease below!
How to complete the Dancing Arnie Relic trial in Black Ops 7 Zombies
Before entering the Dancing Arnie Relic Trial, make sure you have Melee Macchiato and a Tier 4 Pack-a-Punch Jotunn Star. This trial is melee damage only, so you'll want to use the Jotunn Star to hit zombies hard and fast, which is why we recommend Expresso and Stick 'n Move as Major and Minor Augments for Melee Macchiato.
Once you're in the trial, just train the zombies as usual. We continued to practice every wave at Fishery Islandbecause we thought the space it provides is comfortable enough to stay alive, turn around and hit some zombies, then go back to running around in a loop.
Be warned, there are Frost Zombies and Acid Zombies under the waves, but they won't be much of a threat thanks to the distance to the Jotunn Star's range. Wave 2 and Wave 5 also have HVTs, with Necropincers and a Zursaso get ready to back pedal and swing the Jotunn Star wildly.
Our thoughts on the dancing Arnie relic in Black Ops 7 Zombies
We definitely recommend using the Dancing Arnie Relic. As a Siniste Relic, you'll be one step closer to unlocking Tier 3 rewards for Pack-a-Punch IV, and Dancing Arnie is a must-have that won't really affect your gameplay negatively.
The perks you buy will be randomized, and this isn't a big deal at all since you can buy every perk without a limit of four benefits like the classic days. The only downside is that you might try to get Jugger-Nog, but instead you get Death Perception, so you have to keep buying perks until you get what you want.
Regardless, it's still not a big enough drawback, and we're definitely using Dancing Arnie Relic in our rotation for Cursed Mode, especially since it's far superior to Vril Sphere, making it so you can only have a total of 4 perks.
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November 14, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs
