L'Étranger

"Bonjour, fans of slaying undead! In this electrifying addition to Zombies, expect more twists and turns as we say au reviour to one of our favourite characters!"

- Level description

L'Étranger (French: The Stranger), is the thirteenth map in the Zombie's installment, set one day after Abenddämmerung. It is set in and around the Eiffel Tower in Paris, where the Zombies have overrun for decades. L'Étranger introduces the first enemy that has a ranged attack, which comes in the form of the French Quarantine Officials. It was released on December 1st 2011, and was the most highly featured DLC map out of all of Black Ops maps in the F U MW3 blogs online, mostly due to the fact it was released after Modern Warfare 3's release. It has all twelve Wonder Weapons in it, aswell as a new one, the Zeit-Beschleuniger, which causes the Zombie's age to rapidly increase, disintegrating them.

Overview
L'Étranger is a moderatly sized map, being compared to Shi No Numa's size. In the starting room, the Olympia has been replaced by the KS-23 in the starting room, and Quick Revive is no longer in the starting room. The Olympia has been modified (stat-wise) and placed in the Mystery Box. Quick Revive has been moved to the foot of the Eiffel Tower, so Solo players must rely on their own wits to obtain it. There are a total of 9 rooms in L'Étranger, which are mostly outside, two of which are in the Eiffel Tower.

A new enemy, the French Quarantine Officials, appears in their own special round. They are the first enemy in the Zombies series to have a ranged attack, firing their guns at the players. The gun's strength, however, is the equivilant of 'Normal' difficulty in Campaign. The Quarantine Officials only receive a health increase as rounds progress, and will stop gaining health completely after round 25.

The Thief also returns, with a completely new model. He now appears to be covered in a fantasy wizard style robe to conceal his wounds which he has received in Abenddämmerung and "Five". The Thief has grown his hair back aswell, as visible by noclipping. He has also received a health increase at the cost of 5% of his speed. In the same fashion as Abenddämmerung, it is randomly decided to whether the special round will feature the Thief or the Quarantine Officials. It is a running argument online as to whether which is more deadly to the game's progress. Music once again plays during the rounds. For the Quarantine Officials, Abracadavre's instrumental version plays, for the Thief, Pareidolia's instrumental version plays.

All twelve Wonder Weapons (Ray Gun, Wunderwaffe DG-2, Monkey Bomb, Thundergun, Gersch Device, Winter's Howl, Matryoshka Dolls, V-R11, 31-79 JGb215, Tsunami Cannon, 97 Typhoon Cannon, Earthquaker DG-4) appear in this map, along with a new Wonder Weapon, the Zeit-Beschleuniger. The Zeit creates a aqua portal to explode, causing all Zombies in the area to stop and stumble around, halting other Zombie's advance. Eventually, the Zombies will age too much, and begin to waste away before exploding into a pile of dust and bones.

The Pack-A-Punch is located at the top of the Eiffel Tower, and is only availible for 90 seconds. It is simple to reach, with the players only having to activate a lift at the third floor of the tower and be brought up. When the 90 seconds ends, the rope will snap, bringing the lift back down to the third floor. After this happens, it takes five minutes for a machine to bring new rope to the lift. In the ascension to the Pack-A-Punch machine, and the descent to the ground, it becomes blatantly obvious that the Eiffel Tower was a storage building for Element 115.

The Perk-A-Punch Machine is located in the starting room, only requiring the power to be turned on to use. The Wonder Punch machine is encountered during the Major Easter Egg, and can be revisited after completing it.

L'Étranger features the return of the Major Easter Egg. The Major Easter Egg for L'Étranger is Catacomb Rot, which focuses on Richtofen gaining control over the local deceased, as well as the living, with his Green Wunderwaffe. The reward for completing the Easter Egg is:
 * All 9 perks Perk-A-Punched through death
 * WWII weapons for the Mystery Box
 * The Grim Reaper from the Box
 * The ability to pick up dead allies weapons
 * The ability to swap weapons, should both players press the "use" button next to eachover
 * Unlocking the catacombs as part of the map

Starting Weapons

 * M1911
 * M67 Grenades (x2)
 * Knife

Offwall Weapons

 * M14
 * Olympia
 * MPL
 * AK-74u
 * M16
 * MP5K
 * PM63
 * Claymores
 * M67 Grenades
 * Semtex

Mystery Box

 * Wunderwaffe DG-2
 * Thundergun
 * Ray Gun
 * Winter's Howl
 * Matryoshka Dolls
 * Monkey Bomb
 * Tsunami Cannon
 * 97 Typhoon Cannon
 * Earthquaker DG-4
 * Zeit-Beschleuniger
 * 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
 * Olympia

Only obtainable after completing the Major Easter Egg
 * Kar98k
 * Gewehr 43
 * Thompson
 * Type 100
 * MP40
 * PPSH-41
 * STG-44
 * Bouncing Betty
 * Steilhandgrenade
 * Molotov Cocktail
 * PPSH-41
 * MG42
 * Kar98k
 * Browning M1919
 * BAR (with Bipod)
 * Type 100
 * Type 99
 * Arisaka
 * Trench Gun
 * MP40
 * Double Barreled Shotgun
 * Nambu
 * STG-44
 * Sawed Off Double Barreled Shotgun
 * Sten gun
 * DP-28
 * Grim Reaper

Trivia

 * The Grim Reaper can, oddly, be Wonder-Punched.
 * There is a picture of a Zombie infront of the Eiffel Tower in Der Riese.