Generation

"In the bowels of Antartica lies the largest Element 115 mine on Earth, and the Zombies have overran it. In this icy installment of Zombies, strap in for the thrill ride as you discover more secrets of Group 935"

- Mission description

Generation, fully known as Generation of Undeath, is the eleventh map in the Zombies series. It is set underneath Antartica in a large Group 935 facility. It features a new major easter egg which allows the players to return to multiple times. Both Cold War and World War II weapons appear in the map. It is the first map to feature 7 playable characters, although they can't be united until the power is turned on. It was released alongside the fourth DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops on August 17th 2011. Two new power-ups, Ice Storm (which replaces the Nuke) and Lava Sale, which makes the Mystery Box cost 2500 points, but makes it give random Pack-A-Punched weapons. All of the 9 previous Wonder Weapons appear, as well as two new ones, the Tsunami Cannon and the 97 Typhoon Cannon.

Overview
Generation is the largest Zombies map to date, with the original map being the same size as Call of the Dead, and several previous maps appearing. The players playing as the original characters start in a Teleporter, with Quick Revive, the M14 and the Olympia availible. Only one door is in the first room, which leads into a large cavern where a rappel hook or a lift will bring the players down the ground (the lift, however, is vulnerable to Zombie attack). One more door is required to be open, to the left of lift to reach the power. Once the power is activated, the Demonic Announcer will scream and call out "Time has been disrupted!" as the facility comes to life. The Marines will have the lightning effect appear on their screen and all the Zombies in Nacht der Untoten will die. From there, the seven characters can open up various doors. The Marines spawn in an updated, WWII version of Nacht der Untoten, with Quick Revive, the Kar98k and the M1A1 Carbine availible.

A new enemy is introduced, called The "Demon". It only appears after the group time travel and he appears randomly during a Zombie round. It bares a resemblance to 'The Smoker' from the Left4Dead series. It quickly follows the cast and gets quicker as it takes damage and does more damage. Originally, it does minimal damage, but increases to the power of BRAINS... at 50% health, double the strength of BRAINS... at 25% and at 10%, it can one-shot a player with Juggernog.

All Wonder Weapons appear in this map (The Ray Gun, Monkey Bombs, Wunderwaffe DG-2, Thundergun, Winter's Howl, Matryoshka Dolls, Gersch Device, V-R11 and 31-79 JGb215). They are accompanied by two new Wonder Weapons, the Tsunami Cannon, which shoots a small blob which explodes becoming a wave and killing all Zombies unfortunate enough to be in the way of the wave, and the 97 Typhoon Cannon, which causes a vortex at a specific spot, electrocuting all Zombies in the specific room. Treyarch stated that the fictional sniper, the Scavenger, wouldn't make an appearence.

The Claymores are replaced by the Bouncing Bettys, and vice versa.

The Major Easter Egg for this map is Generation, which mostly involves time travelling to previous maps, although they are updated. It focuses on Richtofen utilizing the Focusing Stone, the Golden Rod and the Wunderwaffe to kill Doctor Maxis before he invented the Hellhound and finally control the Zombies to take over the world. The reward for completing the Easter Egg is the receival of all seven perks through death, unlimited ammo, and a new perk called Enigma. Enigma causes the player to become invisible at will temporarily (pressing the "Use" button when not next to something else that requires it) and be ignored by Zombies. It also unlocked a 'Perk Pack-A-Punch', which upgrades perks. This is the list of upgrades.

Original Characters

 * M1911 (Black Ops version)
 * M67 Grenade
 * Knife

Marines

 * M1911 (World at War version)
 * Steilhandgrenade
 * Knife

Off wall weapons

 * M14, next to the Teleporter
 * Olympia, opposite of the Teleporter
 * AK-74u, next to the lift's bottom entrance
 * M16, on the right side of the Power room
 * MPL, on the right side of the Lift
 * MP5K, on the left side of the Lift
 * PM63, next to the Power Room door
 * Claymore, in Ascension (same location)
 * Bouncing Betty, in Der Riese (same location)
 * MP40, in Verruckt (same location)
 * Thompson, in Nacht der Untoten (starting room, next to Help door)
 * STG-44, in Der Riese (same location)
 * Arisaka, Shi No Numa (same location)
 * Bowie Knife, in Kino der Toten (same location)

Mystery Box

 * 31-79 JGb215
 * Thundergun
 * Wunderwaffe DG-2
 * Ray Gun
 * Winter's Howl
 * V-R11
 * Matryoshka Dolls
 * Gersch Device
 * Monkey Bomb
 * Tsunami Cannon
 * 97 Typhoon Cannon
 * PPSH-41
 * MG42
 * Kar98k
 * Browning M1919
 * BAR (with Bipod)
 * Type 100
 * Type 99
 * Arisaka
 * Trench Gun
 * MP40
 * Double Barreled Shotgun
 * Nambu
 * STG-44
 * AUG
 * Ballistic Knife
 * China Lake
 * Commando
 * CZ75 (with or without Dual Wield)
 * Dragunov
 * Famas
 * FN FAL
 * G11 (with Low Power Scope)
 * Galil
 * HK21
 * L96A1
 * M72 LAW
 * Python
 * RPK
 * SPAS-12
 * Spectre

Pack-A-Perks
After completing the major easter egg, a Pack-A-Perk machine will appear. It gives certain upgrades to the 8 perks.


 * Juggernog: Doubles the effect, making the player able to take 8 hits before being downed.
 * Speed Cola: Same effect as Sleight of Hand pro and switch weapons faster.
 * Double Tap: Becomes triple tap, increases ammo of the guns the player equips.
 * Quick Revive: Effects of the Solo version of Quick Revive but can only happen once a round.
 * PhD Flopper: The explosion does infinite damage, but with a shorter radius. Increases explosive damage (including Ray Gun splash damage)
 * Stamin-Up: Sprint forever, increases bullet damage by 20%
 * Deadshot Daiquiri: Now effects snipers, increases damage to the head by 100%
 * Enigma: Invisiblity lasts longer, play equips a Ghillie Suit, can now equip three weapons.

Trivia

 * All of the previous maps lack most of their wall weapons.
 * Nacht der Untoten now has perks.
 * This is the first map in which World at War and Black Ops non Wonder Weapon guns can be obtained in the Mystery Box.