Citadelle des Morts Easter Egg Guide

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Recommended Loadout

Pre-Game

💊 Perks Priority

Juggernaut

Maximum HP essential — boss 1-shots at base HP

Elemental Pop

Random ammo mod on every shot — efficient for rituals

Speed Cola

Ritual steps require fast weapon swapping

Deadshot Daiquiri

Auto-aim on Count's face weakpoint in Phase 2

🧠 Gobblegums

Perkaholic

This map benefits enormously from all perks early

Reign Drops

All 4 Power-ups — major time saver on ritual steps

Crate Power

Instant PaP on any mystery box WW pull

Weapons

SVD (Sniper, PaP Tier 3)

Long range essential for castle courtyard sections

Elemental Sword (WW)

Your chosen element — craft in the armory

🔮 Ammo Mods

Cryo-Freeze

Freezing zombies is required for the Ice ritual step

Napalm Burst

Required for Fire ritual step

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Squad Strategy Critical Citadelle des Morts has steps where all 4 players must be in different map areas simultaneously. Assign roles before entering: one player per quadrant of the castle during ritual activation.

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Power the Castle

Rounds 1–5

STEP 01

Activate the Alchemist's Furnace in the Lower Dungeon

The castle's power source is an ancient furnace in the lower dungeon (beneath the Great Hall). Throw any Field Upgrade at it to ignite. The furnace powers the castle's lighting and unlocks the PaP machine in the Upper Armory. citadelle step 1

Required Unlocks PaP

STEP 02

Collect the Alchemist's Journal (Quest Trigger)

A leather-bound journal with a glowing purple rune on its cover sits on the reading stand in the Castle Library (east wing, second floor). Reading it starts the main quest and reveals the four elemental ritual locations. citadelle step 2

Triggers Quest

STEP 03

Pack-a-Punch your main weapon to at least Tier 2

The ritual steps begin spawning elite enemies at Round 8+. Tier 2 PaP is the minimum — Tier 3 recommended before beginning the Fire and Shadow rituals. citadelle step 3

Required

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Complete the 4 Alchemical Rituals

Mid-Game

Four elemental ritual sites are scattered throughout the castle. Each ritual requires a specific ammo mod and a unique challenge. Complete them in any order — all four must be done before accessing the Sword Armory.

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Fire Ritual

Location: North Tower
Ammo Mod: Napalm Burst
Challenge: Kill 25 zombies with fire damage on the ritual circle

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Ice Ritual

Location: East Courtyard
Ammo Mod: Cryo-Freeze
Challenge: Freeze and shatter 20 zombies on the ritual circle

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Shadow Ritual

Location: Lower Catacombs
Ammo Mod: Brain Rot
Challenge: Convert 10 zombies to fight each other on the circle

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Storm Ritual

Location: West Battlements
Ammo Mod: Dead Wire
Challenge: Chain stun 5 zombies simultaneously 4 times

STEP 04

Complete the Fire Ritual — North Tower

Equip Napalm Burst on your weapon. Stand inside the burning circle at the top of the North Tower and kill 25 zombies using fire damage. The circle must stay ignited — re-ignite it by shooting the brazier beside the altar every 30 seconds. citadelle step 4

Ritual 1 Timer on brazier

Climb the North Tower stairs (buy the 1000pt door near the chapel).
Interact with the stone altar at the top to activate the ritual circle.
Equip Napalm Burst ammo mod on your weapon.
Kill 25 zombies with fire damage within the circle boundary. Kills outside the circle don't count.
Every 30 seconds the circle dims — shoot the stone brazier to re-ignite it.
On completion a Fire Essence Vial appears on the altar. Collect it.

💡 Tip: Stand at the circle's centre and let zombies walk into you — less positioning needed.

STEP 05

Complete the Ice Ritual — East Courtyard

Equip Cryo-Freeze ammo mod. Freeze and shatter 20 enemies on the ice ritual circle in the East Courtyard (beside the horse stables). Freeze them with Cryo, then melee or shoot to shatter while frozen. citadelle step 5

Ritual 2 Freeze then melee

STEP 06

Complete the Shadow Ritual — Lower Catacombs

The catacombs ritual requires Brain Rot conversions. Convert 10 zombies on the shadow circle. Converted zombies must fight and kill other zombies within the circle — passive conversions outside the circle don't count. citadelle step 6

Ritual 3 Tight space

Access the Lower Catacombs via the trapdoor in the wine cellar (buy the 1500pt door).
Activate the ritual circle — it pulses with dark purple energy.
Equip Brain Rot ammo mod.
Stand just outside the circle. As zombies enter it, shoot them once with Brain Rot to convert them.
Converted zombies will automatically attack others. You need 10 conversions — they don't need to win their fight.
Collect the Shadow Essence Vial from the altar after the 10th conversion.

⚠ The catacombs corridor is narrow. Place a Proximity Mine at the far end to prevent behind-flanks.

STEP 07

Complete the Storm Ritual — West Battlements

Equip Dead Wire ammo mod. On the West Battlements, chain-stun 5 or more zombies simultaneously using Dead Wire electricity. This must happen 4 times total to complete the ritual. Requires zombie density — let them bunch up first. citadelle step 7

Ritual 4 Easier with crowd

STEP 08

Deliver all 4 Essence Vials to the Grand Altar in the Great Hall

Take the Fire, Ice, Shadow, and Storm vials to the large stone altar in the centre of the Great Hall. Place them in their corresponding coloured slots simultaneously (in squad, one player per vial; solo, interact four times in quick succession). citadelle step 8

Required Simultaneous in squad

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Forge the Elemental Sword

Mid-Game

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Each Player Gets One Element In a 4-player squad, each player can forge a different elemental variant — Fire, Ice, Shadow, or Storm. In solo, you forge whichever element you completed most recently. All variants are effective against the boss.

STEP 09

Retrieve the Sword Blank from the Upper Armory

After placing the vials on the Grand Altar, the Armory door unlocks. Each player must retrieve their own Sword Blank from the weapon racks inside, then return to the forge. citadelle step 9

Required

STEP 10

Temper the sword at the Elemental Forge

Take the Sword Blank + your chosen Essence Vial to the Elemental Forge in the castle's blacksmith room (west wing, ground floor). Insert the vial first, then place the blank on the anvil. Hold interact for 5 seconds. citadelle step 10

Wonder Weapon

STEP 11

Kill 50 enemies with the Elemental Sword to unlock alt-fire

Your elemental sword starts in basic mode. After 50 kills with it, the sword "awakens" — gaining an alternate elemental projectile attack (hold Melee button). This is critical for the boss fight.

Upgrade WW

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Activate the Blood Altar

Late Game

STEP 12

Collect the Count's Portrait from the Trophy Room

A specific portrait in the Trophy Room (north wing, third floor) hides the Blood Altar trigger. Interact with it three times — each time reveals more of the hidden text beneath the painting.

Required

STEP 13

Bleed all 4 elemental swords on the altar's rune channels

The Blood Altar is in the sub-basement of the Great Hall (revealed by the portrait sequence). Each player must perform a melee attack inside their respective rune channel (coloured channels match sword elements). Must be done simultaneously. citadelle step 12

All 4 Players Simultaneous

STEP 14

Survive the Blood Altar lockdown (3 waves)

After bleeding the swords, three waves of elite enemies (Amalgams + Warlocks) spawn in the sub-basement. You cannot leave until all three waves are cleared. Beamsmasher (from another player) or elemental swords work best here.

Survive 3 Waves No escape

STEP 15

Stock up before the Great Hall boss portal opens

You have two full rounds after the lockdown. Buy Max Ammo, re-up all perks, and ensure all players have Tier 3 PaP. This is your last chance before the boss.

Prep

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Boss Fight — The Count

End Game

STEP 16

Enter the Great Hall Boss Arena via the activated portal

All players must enter the arena before the 20-second window closes.

Required

STEP 17

Defeat The Count — 3 phases

See the boss phase guide below. The Count is immune to conventional damage except during his elemental vulnerability windows.

Boss Fight

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Count Dragoranov — The Undying

An immortal alchemist fused with the Dark Aether. Requires elemental sword damage to defeat. Immune to conventional weapons during protected phases.

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Phase 1 — Elemental Guard (100% → 70%)

The Count is surrounded by a rotating elemental shield cycling through all four elements every 10 seconds. Only the matching elemental sword damages him while that element is active. Watch the colour of his shield aura — match it to your sword element and attack during that window. Non-matching swords bounce off.

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Phase 2 — Bat Swarm (70% → 35%)

The Count summons a bat swarm that blinds all players for 8 seconds. Lie prone immediately when the swarm starts — it reduces blind duration. While blinded, shoot at the glowing red dot (his face weak point) — Deadshot Daiquiri helps aim here. The shield cycling speed doubles.

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Phase 3 — True Form (35% → 0%)

The Count reveals his true monstrous form — all elemental shields drop. Every elemental sword now damages him simultaneously. All players unload everything. He still spawns Warlock adds every 30 seconds — one dedicated player should handle add control while three focus DPS. This phase ends quickly with 4 players.

🏰 Boss Survival Tips

In Phase 1, call out the current element — colour-coded: Orange = Fire, Blue = Ice, Purple = Shadow, Yellow = Storm.
Keep moving in a wide circle around the boss — the Count's melee attacks only track in straight lines.
Revive immediately. In Phase 2, a downed player during blind is almost unrecoverable.
In Phase 3, keep one player near the portal spawn point to intercept Warlocks before they spread.
The sword alt-fire (charged projectile) does 3× normal damage in Phase 3 — use it constantly.