The Emergence Mission in *Call of Duty: Black Ops 6* marks the halfway point of the acclaimed campaign and stands out as the most significant departure from traditional *Call of Duty* gameplay. This comprehensive guide will help you navigate through this intense mission.
Finding the Security Desk in Black Ops 6 Emergence
As you begin the Emergence Mission, you'll find yourself as Case, alongside Marshall, entering the Kentucky BioTech facility, which is filled with toxic gases. Both of you will need gas masks to survive. However, the elevator you take malfunctions and crashes, breaking your gas mask and triggering hallucinations. A cutscene will play, and you won't regain control until after the chaos subsides.
Once you're back in control, explore the crash site until you reach a locked door with a red light. To unlock it, use the hatchet you find stuck in a nearby mannequin to pry the door open. Enter the new area, turn right into a hallway, and exit through an open door to ascend the stairs in the main hall, where you'll find an elevator at the center.
Interacting with the elevator will trigger mannequins to transform into zombies due to the toxic gas-induced hallucinations. Quickly take them down with your hatchet. A ringing phone at the circular desk will guide you to the biotechnology room, but you'll need four director's cards to enter: Cognitive Research Facility (Red), Administration (Green), Joint Projects (Blue), and A.C.R. (Yellow). You'll receive a map directing you to the A.C.R card (Yellow).
Finding the Yellow Card and Grappling Hook in Black Ops 6 Emergence
From the security console, turn left and follow the map to a yellow staircase on the left side of your screen. Ascend these stairs to reach the Director's office. Interact with the computer on the desk and solve the puzzle by entering "Access" and "Lift." As you enter the A.C.R room, more zombies will appear, which you must eliminate with your hatchet.
After clearing the zombies, the camera will direct you to a mannequin holding the yellow card. Approaching it will transform the mannequin into an abomination. Before confronting it, explore the area to gather armor plates, weapons, and crucially, the grappling hook needed to progress.
The abomination will spawn additional zombies. Use tactical explosives like C4 or grenades found around the A.C.R room to quickly take down both the abomination and its horde. After defeating it, retrieve the Yellow Card from its corpse.
Finding the Green Card in Black Ops 6 Emergence
To exit the A.C.R. room, equip the grappling hook, move to the center, and look up to find ledges to grapple onto, returning you to the main facility. Next, head to the Administration Facility to acquire the Green Card.
From the security desk, face the elevator and look left to find a spot to grapple up to the Administration Facility. Upon arrival, a phone will ring. After answering, move forward to discover you need to find four documents and place them in the file display area against the glass wall.
While searching for these files, mannequins will follow you, freezing in place whenever you turn around. Sprint to keep them at a distance as you locate the documents. The locations are:
- One document is on top of a desk in the corner of the room.
- Another can be found on the left side of the room near a round table.
- The third is on a small table in the center of the room, next to a noticeboard.
- The final document is in the cafe, near a sink.
After placing all files in the folders on the wall, a red mannequin will attack. Use your grappling hook to apprehend it multiple times until it transforms into a Mangler Zombie. Defeating it will reward you with the Green Card.
Finding the Blue Card in Black Ops 6 Emergence
From the balcony used to access the Administration Wing, look across to find another grappling spot leading to the Joint Projects Facility. Answer the ringing phone, then explore the area until you find camera stands surrounding a glass chamber. You'll spot the Blue Card, but attempting to interact with it will spawn a mimic that you must eliminate.
Killing the mimic is challenging as it can disappear. Lure it out by shooting moving objects in the room, forcing it to transform. After defeating it, collect the Blue Card and return to the main area for the final Red Card.
Finding the Red Card in Black Ops 6 Emergence
From the security console, head to the East Wing (marked on the initial map) and follow the red carpets to a series of stairs. You'll end up in a room with water and a console, along with a trapped Mangler. Interacting with the console will reveal the Red Card held by the Mangler.
Use your Grappling Hook to reach the top area of the room, then jump into the pool and swim through the bright red tunnel behind the Mangler. Upon exiting, climb the ladders on the left, enter the door, and clear out the spawned zombies. A locked door requires a blacklight to open, revealing a unique number for each player.
After unlocking the door, interact with the console in the opposite room to start a 25-second timer. Turn all the drain switches within this time: one in the starting room, another in the newly unlocked room, and the final one reached by grappling in the area you swam through and climbed up.
Once the water is drained, go through the tunnel again to find that the Mangler has escaped. Follow its path, fight and kill it along with the zombie horde, and claim the Red Card.
Defeating the Disciple in Black Ops 6 Emergence
Return to the security desk and insert all four collected cards into the system. This will open the elevator, where you must eliminate any pursuing zombies before entering. Upon reaching the top floor, your screen will turn black, leaving only a red phone visible.
Answering the phone triggers a cinematic that places you in the BioTech room, facing countless zombies and a Disciple. After defeating the horde and the Disciple, another cinematic reveals your character's death by zombies, only to discover it was a hallucination with Marshall and Sev trying to snap you out of it. This marks the end of the Emergence Mission in *Black Ops 6*.
And that's the full guide for the *Black Ops 6* Emergence mission. *Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.*
