Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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Carpe D.I.E.M.

Carpe D.I.E.M.

In Die Maschine, free the lost Decompressive Isotopic Estrangement Machine.

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How to unlock the Carpe D.I.E.M. achievement in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - Definitive Guide

Just adding a text walkthrough in case anybody prefers those or doesn’t have time/patience to sit through KriSpy CharMZ’s video that he posted.

What you’ll want to do is open power and activate pack a punch to spawn the Megaton (big radioactive dude). When you kill him, he will split into two smaller radioactive enemies. When you kill the second one, pay attention to where he died because he will drop a keycard. Pick up the keycard and run down to the Weapons Lab (underground in a room to go through to get to pack a punch).
Insert the keycard into the slot, and a drawer will open in the cabinet. Pick up the machine, and run back to the start of the map and interact with the barred room inside of the Nacht building. Go over to the hole in the wall and hold X to activate the trap. This will insert the machine into the trap, which activates it.

The next part isn’t necessarily trick, it can just be a bit of a pain. What you’ll want to do now is train zombies (I did it in the yard cause it was right there) until you bring them back into the building and activate the trap. This will begin killing zombies and sucking their souls through the eyehole at the top of the door. IT WONT KILL EVERY ZOMBIE, SO BE CAREFUL.

You’ll know once this is done when the speaker comes on and says something along the lines of “machine full, please discharge.” At this point, you’ll want to walk back up to the trap and hold X to discharge the energy and it’ll blast the door off.

Walk inside the room and hold X to pick up the weapon that the skeleton was holding, and you’ll get the achievement!

I know it’s a long guide, but I wanted to make sure it was easy to follow/understand. If you downvote, please say why so I can fix it! Happy hunting!

EDIT: As Maka91 and CelticCorpse has stated in the comments, only one person can acquire the weapon, but the achievement unlocks for everyone in the lobby. (This was also my case.)
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13 Nov 2020 20:41

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I’ve been in 2 lobbies where the weapon has been acquired and I haven’t got the achievement
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By IxAfr0sAmura1xI on 22 Jan 2021 05:51
@afro has the weapon been obtained from the box? Or the quest? It has to be obtained from the quest for it to count. If that doesn’t work, try doing it solo so you’re for sure in the lobby before the game starts.
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By Divine Fear on 22 Jan 2021 14:00
Worth noting it will pop for everyone in game...+1
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By CelticCorpse on 14 Nov 2020 00:14
You are free to attach a video to your solution if you think some will benefit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OJHT6VaxWw

Also, the achievement unlocks for the entire group which is nice, but can only be picked up by one person.
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By Maka91 on 14 Nov 2020 20:37
Thanks for the permssion, Maka! Also updated the solution to reflect your comments!
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By Divine Fear on 14 Nov 2020 22:48
For whatever reason I can’t upvote this but I created an account in this site just to say... I appreciate your text guide it was easy to follow and straight to the point
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By SmileUponDeath on 24 Nov 2020 00:00
Be careful - for whatever reason, I was able to somehow grab the D.I.E. weapon through the door without it actually being open(!). I didn't get the achievement until I actually opened the door and walked into the room with the skeleton, despite already holding the weapon.
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By Dread Reaver on 02 Mar 2021 04:17
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All you have to do is the first part of the video where you get the wonder weapon. Follow the guide through the first two minutes of the video and your achievement will pop.

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13 Nov 2020 17:24

heya guys

i made a video on how to get 2 birds 1 stone & carpe diem at the same time because i used the wonder weapon to kill the split green zombies with 1 shot

there is a few steps so instead of listing them all i will just link the video below :) enjoy

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02 Dec 2020 19:59

After returning from the Dark Aether (follow the mission objectives), the Megaton enemy will spawn. Killing it will cause it to split into two. Upon killing both of the split Megaton's, the last one to be killed will drop a keycard. Pick this up, then head into the bunker using the initial entrance. Take the path to the right, and in the far right corner of the room that path leads to will be a cabinet. Interact with it to open it and retrieve the "D.I.E Remote". Head back to the starting area.

Use the door on the left side of the building to enter it. The "D.I.E Machine" will be on the opposite side of the building from the door, and can be seen through a hole in the wall by moving the the right side of the building. Interacting with the machine will cause it to suck nearby zombies into it for a short period of time, before needing to recharge. If enough zombies are pulled into the machine during this period, the remote will indicate that it is ready to fire, at which point interacting with the door in front of the machine will allow you to pick up the D.I.E.M.
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