Shadows of Evil Easter Egg Guide

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Recommended Loadout

Pre-Game

💊Perks Priority

Jugger-Nog

Mandatory — this map's tight alleyways punish low HP

Mule Kick

3 weapons = carry Apothicon Servant + 2 backup guns

Speed Cola

Reloading mid-horde in alleyways is lethal without it

Widows Wine

Slow down grabbing Margwas — essential in shadow realm

Weapons

HVK-30 or L-CAR 9 (PaP Tier 2)

Best sustained DPS for ritual steps; HVK-30 is meta

Apothicon Servant (WW)

Tenacious black hole suction — best non-upgraded WW in BO3

🧠Gobblegums (BO3)

Perkaholic

All perks — vital on this map's perk positions

Slaughter Slide

Kills while sliding — useful during shadow realm escape sequences

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Choose Your Character Each of the 4 characters (Magician, Cop, Fighter, Femme Fatale) has a different symbol required for the pack-a-punch ritual. Your symbol is shown on the GobbleGum machine near spawn. Note it down before doing anything else.

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Unlock Pack-a-Punch

Rounds 1–5

Unlike other maps, PaP here is locked behind a ritual. Each player must complete their own ritual in the shadow realm to unlock the PaP machine for everyone.

STEP 01

Identify your character's unique symbol at spawn

Near the spawn GobbleGum machine, look at the circular icon above your character's portrait. This symbol corresponds to your ritual table location. You'll need it in the shadow realm.

Required First

STEP 02

Collect a Sword of Ra from the shadow realm

Enter the shadow realm by interacting with a glowing rift (watch for purple crackling portals at street level). Inside, locate a Sword of Ra on its altar and carry it back through the rift to the real world. Do not die — dropping the sword resets it.

Shadow Realm

STEP 03

Complete your character's ritual with the sword

Take the Sword of Ra to the ritual table matching your character symbol. Perform the ritual — this takes 60 seconds of standing near the table while defending against zombie waves. Each player must perform their own ritual.

All 4 Players

Magician's Table: In the underground club (enter from the jazz bar alleyway)
Cop's Table: In the police station holding area (second floor)
Fighter's Table: In the boxing gym (south-east district)
Femme Fatale's Table: In the burlesque backstage room (theatre district)

💡 All 4 rituals can be completed simultaneously in a squad — much faster.

STEP 04

Use all 4 completed swords (in the shadow realm) to unlock PaP

After all 4 rituals are done, enter the shadow realm together. All 4 players place their completed swords on the central altar simultaneously. The Pack-a-Punch machine then unlocks in the real world (appears in the canal plaza area).

Unlock PaP All 4 Simultaneously

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Complete the 4 Character Rituals

Mid-Game

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The Magician

Location: Underground Jazz Club
Objective: Kill 10 Parasites while standing in the ritual circle

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The Cop

Location: Police Station 2F
Objective: Kill 10 zombies with your pistol (Iron Sights only)

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The Fighter

Location: Boxing Gym Ring
Objective: Melee 20 zombies while standing in the ring boundary

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Femme Fatale

Location: Theatre Backstage
Objective: Kill 20 zombies with explosive damage in the ritual area

STEP 05

Complete the Magician's Ritual — Underground Jazz Club

Kill 10 Parasites (flying skull enemies) while standing inside the glowing circle. Parasites only spawn in the shadow realm in this area — enter via the rift in the alley outside the club.

Ritual 1

STEP 06

Complete the Cop's Ritual — Police Station

Kill 10 zombies with your pistol in iron-sights mode while in the police station ritual area. You cannot ADS with any other weapon — only iron sights counts. A basic pistol works fine unupgraded.

Ritual 2

STEP 07

Complete the Fighter's Ritual — Boxing Gym

Melee-kill 20 zombies while standing in the boxing ring boundary. Only melee inside the ring counts — kills outside the ropes don't register. The ring accommodates all 4 players if needed.

Ritual 3

STEP 08

Complete the Femme Fatale's Ritual — Theatre Backstage

Explosively kill 20 zombies in the backstage area. Grenades, RC-XDs, grenade launcher attachments, and explosive weapons all count. The Apothicon Servant's void detonations also count as explosive kills.

Ritual 4

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Craft: Apothicon Servant

Wonder Weapon

STEP 09

Find Apothicon Servant Part 1 — Mouth Piece (shadow realm)

Enter the shadow realm and look for a glowing purple organic part floating near the central plaza fountain. It cycles between 3 spawn positions inside the shadow realm — check all three if it's not at the first.

WW Part 1

STEP 10

Find Apothicon Servant Part 2 — Parasite Body

Kill the special glowing Parasites (their colour is brighter than normal Parasites) in the shadow realm. One of them randomly drops the Parasite Body part. They can spawn in any shadow realm zone.

WW Part 2

STEP 11

Find Apothicon Servant Part 3 — Eye from the Margwa

Kill a Margwa (3-headed tall creature) with a melee kill to its open mouths. The Margwa drops the Eye component. Margwas spawn every 4–5 rounds in the main game world — be ready to melee-finish one when it spawns.

WW Part 3

When a Margwa spawns, immediately equip a melee weapon (knife).
When one of the three socket mouths opens and glows, sprint up and melee it directly.
After hitting all three, the Margwa staggers. Hit the main weak point on its body with your gun.
For the Eye drop: make the final kill via melee — not with a gun. A melee-finish is required.

⚠ Do NOT use the Apothicon Servant on a Margwa — it instantly kills it but may prevent the Eye drop.

STEP 12

Build the Apothicon Servant at the workbench

Three workbenches are on the map (canal plaza, theatre, police station). Take all 3 parts to any workbench and hold interact to assemble the Apothicon Servant Wonder Weapon.

Build WW

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Shadow Realm Steps

Late Game

STEP 13

Locate all 3 Gateworm spawn positions in the shadow realm

Inside the shadow realm there are 3 sealed "egg pods" on walls. Use the Apothicon Servant's alt-fire (hold fire button) to shoot each pod — this extracts a Gateworm from it. Collect all 3.

Required

Pod 1: Shadow realm, on the wall directly above the canal plaza bench (look up).
Pod 2: Shadow realm, inside the boxing gym's shadow version — on the south wall.
Pod 3: Shadow realm, in the theatre district — on the wall near the exit rift.

💡 The Apothicon Servant must be charged (at least 3 ammo) to open each pod.

STEP 14

Place the 3 Gateworms in the Summoning Key altar (underwater canal)

The Summoning Key altar is underwater in the canal (accessed via the submerged street entrance). Dive in and place all 3 worms on the altar. This is briefly underwater — hold your breath. The altar glows gold when all 3 are placed.

Required

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Final Steps

Late Game

STEP 15

Retrieve the Summoning Key from the altar

After placing the worms, the altar empowers the Summoning Key. Re-enter the underwater canal and collect the Key from the altar. You now hold the Summoning Key as a special item.

Required

STEP 16

Lure the Shadowman to consume the Key trap

The Shadowman (giant shadowy entity) periodically appears in the sky above the city. When he appears, use the Summoning Key (throw it like a grenade toward him) while he hovers in position. This stuns him and initiates the boss sequence.

Boss Trigger Time window ~10 sec

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Boss Fight — The Shadowman

End Game

STEP 17

Enter the boss arena via the rift portal

When the Shadowman is stunned, a giant rift portal opens in the plaza. All players must enter it within 30 seconds.

Required

[Boss]

The Shadowman — Keeper of Darkness

A corrupted Keeper empowered by the Apothicons. The boss fight takes place in a dark alternate dimension. The Shadowman cannot be killed by conventional weapons — he must be sealed using the Summoning Key.

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Phase 1 — Destroy the 3 Margwa Shields

Three Margwas appear simultaneously and protect the Shadowman's orb with their energy. All 4 players must each focus on one Margwa simultaneously — if Margwas are killed too far apart in time, they respawn. Kill all 3 Margwas within a 5-second window by coordinating attacks.

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Phase 2 — Strike the Shadowman's Core

When all 3 Margwas die simultaneously, the Shadowman's glowing core is exposed briefly. All players immediately unload their Apothicon Servants and PaP'd weapons at the core. This window lasts only 8 seconds before the Shadowman re-shields. The cycle repeats 3 times total.

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Phase 3 — Use the Summoning Key

On the 3rd cycle, after the final Apothicon Servant volley, a prompt appears to use the Summoning Key. The Key holder throws it at the descending Shadowman. All other players must keep him stationary by shooting his legs. The Key seals him, triggering the victory cutscene.

🌆 Boss Survival Tips

Margwa sync is everything — call out "hitting now" and count down from 3 before the final shot on your Margwa.
All 4 players should hold full Apothicon Servant ammo when entering Phase 2 damage windows.
During Margwa fighting, stay mobile — the Shadowman fires shadow bolts that 1-hit DBNO at full health.
The Key holder should not engage Margwas — conserve Widows Wine for Phase 3 grab prevention.
If a player is downed in Phase 3, a teammate can revive quickly — the Key prompt waits until the holder activates it.