Die Rise
High Maintenance
The main quest for Die Rise is called High Maintenance. The goal in this main quest for the Victus crew is to "be the architect of their instruction" by charging another Pylon similar to the one in Tranzit.
Requirements
This main quest requires four players to complete. The only other requirements to begin this main quest is to build the Nav Card Table fully and turn on the power. Once built, you can begin this main quest, halfway through the main quest you will need to pick to follow either the Richotfen or Maxis side of this quest, again similar to Tranzit.
The Maxis side is confirmed to be the canon ending for the Call of Duty: Zombies Timeline.
You'll need to acquire some items/weapons to complete this main quest fully:
Trample Steam (Both Sides)
The Sliquifer (Richtofen Side)
Ballistic Knife (Maxis Side)
Galvaknuckles (Both Sides)
The first four steps of this main quest are the same no matter the side you are choosing. Also, be sure to not purchase the Bowie Knife or Galvaknuckles melee weapons until you reach the step that requires them as it will conflict with an earlier step on the Maxis side of this quest.
Elevator Symbols
Four players must step on the four golden symbols on top of four elevators. The Golden Symbol locations are:
Once completed, all symbols will stay illuminated and you'll receive a quote from Richtofen and Maxis.
The elevators can kill players if they are on top of the elevator as it is reaching the top floor.
Floor Symbols
You will now need to step on four golden symbols on the floor identical to the ones on the elevators in sequential order. This order changes every game so you will have to go through trial and error to complete this step. If the symbol you step on stays illuminated after stepping off, it is the correct symbol in that order.
The locations of the four symbols are as follows:
Once completed, all symbols will stay illuminated and you'll receive a quote from Richtofen and Maxis.
Sniper Step
One player must now acquire a Sniper Rifle, look into both the dragon's mouth on top of the Power building's roof, and shoot two balls, one in each mouth.
Once completed, this is where you will need to pick which side of the main quest you want to complete as the steps beyond this point will be for a certain path. However, both sides have the same Final Step.
You can buy the SVU Sniper Rifle off the wall in the Department Store for 1000 Points.
Maxis Side
Buddha Room Kills
You must now kill 15 zombies continuously on the ground floor of the Buddha room, any kills outside this room during this step will reset the progress. Once completed, you'll hear Maxis say: "Reincarnation will reveal the way forward"
Ballistic Knife Step
One player who has not yet purchased the Bowie Knife or Galvaknuckles must now acquire the Ballistic Knife and Pack-a-Punch it. Afterward, head to the Buddha Room and fire it. If this does not work, wait for a zombie to enter the room and shoot it at the zombie. Once completed, you will hear a quote from Maxis.
This step can also bug out if the player who has the Ballistic knife has previously bled out.
Powering the Pylon (Maxis Side)
You will now need to place a Trample Steam down at each of the four lion symbols around the map in the direction the lion's head is facing (toward the Pylon). The four locations of these symbols are:
If placed correctly, the Trample Steams should lock into place and not be able to be picked up.
Two players must now head to the spawn room and pick up a ball from the lion statues by the door leading out of the spawn room. One ball must be placed on the spawn room Trample Steam, the other must be placed on the Trample Steam at the bottom of the escalators.
This will cause the balls to be flung between the two buildings causing orange wisps to be shot into the top of the Pylon atop the Power building. You'll know this step is completed if the bottom of the Pylon is glowing orange.
This step completes the Maxis path progression to the Final Step, which is the same for both sides.
Richtofen Side
Sliquifer Step
Using the Sliquifer, a player must continuously shoot the balls under the lion statue's paws in the spawn room until they begin to spin. This should take about 20 shots per ball of the Sliquifer.
Once completed, Richtofen should tell the player to make a "Blood Sacrifice".
Powering the Pylon (Richtofen Side)
You will now need to place a Trample Steam down at each of the four Golden Zombie symbols around the map in the direction the zombie's head is facing (toward the Pylon). The four locations of these symbols are:
You now have to activate any of the Trample Steams either by having zombies activate it or by using it yourself until the Pylon becomes powered. You'll know this step is completed if the bottom of the Pylon is glowing blue.
This step completes the Richtofen path progression to the Final Step, which is the same for both sides.
Final Step (Both Sides)
Finally, you will now have to find 8 tiles that can spawn in 11 locations and take note of the color of each tile. The four colors these tiles can be are Red, Green, Blue, and Black. Tiles containing the same color are paired and correspond to which side of the Pylon atop the Power building you must melee with Galvaknuckles as well as in what order that side should be meleed.
Below you'll find an image showing which tiles correspond with a number, and which tiles correspond with a direction:
Using this image as a reference, say the tile for the number 1 (the bird) is blue, and the tile for the direction south (above the S in the image) is also blue, this would mean that the first side of the Pylon that you must melee is the south side. The tiles with images refer to the order, while the Mahjong tiles refer to a direction (North, East, West, or South).
The north side of the Pylon is always where the Pylon tile spawn is (see image below) or facing away from the Power Building. If you are facing the tile like in the image below, West will be on your right, East will be on your left and South will be on the opposite side of the tile
Below are all 11 of the possible tile spawns:
Once you have found all eight tiles and have the correct order, melee each side of the Pylon in the correct order. Once completed, you will receive all perks, and the entire Pylon will have a surge of electricity surrounding it (Blue for Richotfen's Path or Orange for Maxis' Path).
If you fail this step, you will have to wait another round to try the order again. You can only attempt this once per round.
Congratulations! You've completed the Die Rise main quest: High Maintenance.
Video Guides
Maxis Side Guide by MZC
Richtofen Side Guide by DIG_DUG27
Credits
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