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Reckoning — Main Quest

The Black Ops 6 finale builds to the mode’s rarest mechanic: a choice. The quest fights through Janus Towers — a Mangler-mutated scientist, S.A.M.’s file codes, the Forsaken destroyed for good and fused into the Gorgofex, a Franken-Klaus assembled from the factory floor — to the one-way breach into Tower 3, where the attuned Sentinel Artifact asks the crew to side with Richtofen or with S.A.M. The rooftop boss is whichever one they refuse. Both endings drop Weaver, Grey, Carver and Maya into the Dark Aether, where four familiar voices welcome them to the party. Soloable; hardcore versions wait at round 100.

Difficulty: ExpertSolo availableSpoilers: high
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Spoiler warning

This walkthrough reveals the map's finale. Continue only if you want to know how it ends.

Preparation

Before you start

Prerequisites

  • • Pack-a-Punch freed via the particle accelerator
  • • The Gorgofex, built or drawn from the box

Walkthrough

Step by step

  1. 01

    The DNA and the lab

    Recover the DNA vial, open the Teleportation Lab through the Fowler Mangler fight, and take his Mutant Injection.

  2. 02

    S.A.M.’s files

    Pull the four-digit code from Samantha’s belongings and charge the Gorgofex to breach the Tower 3 portal.

  3. 03

    Franken-Klaus

    Cleanse the fungal head, assemble and activate Franken-Klaus, and gather the vacuum-seal devices through the lockdown levers.

  4. 04

    Into Tower 3

    Cross the breach. There is no way back.

    Warning: Tower 3 is the point of no return.

  5. 05

    The choice

    Attune the Sentinel Artifact in the lift and choose: Richtofen’s family, or S.A.M.’s rebirth.

  6. 06

    The rooftop

    Fight the side you refused — S.A.M. as a flying orb of vents and trials, or Richtofen in an Uber Klaus mech with the DG-2 — and take the artifact’s strike that ends the story in the Dark Aether.

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References

  1. 1.Season 05 — Reckoning Announcement (Official) — Call of Duty (Activision / Treyarch). callofduty.com · Jul 29, 2025 · accessed Jul 22, 2026Official
  2. 2.Reckoning — Call of Duty Wiki — Call of Duty Wiki (Fandom). callofduty.fandom.com · accessed Jul 22, 2026Community-verifiedcorroborate

Last reviewed Jul 15, 2026. Spotted an error? Suggest a correction.