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Main Quest · Revelations

For The Good Of All

For The Good Of All is the longest quest in Black Ops III, running nine phases from shooting four graves in a specific order to a final fight with the Shadowman. Completing the same steps having already finished every previous Easter egg awards A Better Tomorrow instead, which is the true send-off for the saga.

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

  • • All four Corruption Engines active
  • • Pack-a-Punch access via the trapped Apothicon
  • • Apothicon Servant, ideally upgraded
  • • A stock of Li’l Arnies for the Summoning Key arena

Walkthrough

Step by step

  1. 01

    Shoot the four graves in order

    Outside spawn, shoot them in the order the Ultimis crew died: Richtofen, Dempsey, Takeo, Nikolai.

  2. 02

    Collect and play the audio reels

    Gather the reels and insert them into their playback devices in a fixed order.

  3. 03

    Materialise S.O.P.H.I.A.

    Use the Corruption Engine turrets to shoot four floating blue 115 rocks — 8000 points in total.

  4. 04

    Retrieve the Kronorium

    The team teleports to Samantha’s bedroom; take the book and place it on the podium on the Kino stage.

  5. 05

    Find four Apothicon Eggs

    Four eggs across sixteen possible spawns — one player can carry only one at a time.

  6. 06

    Locate the Runes of Creation

    Carry a Gateworm and listen for the beep; three possible rune spots per island, and they are invisible until you are close.

  7. 07

    Recover the Summoning Key

    A symbol-reading arena sequence with Furies and zombies spawning without pause.

    Tip: This is the phase the Apothicon Servant and Li’l Arnies exist for. Attempting it with ordinary weapons is where most runs end.

  8. 08

    Gather the objects

    Throw the Summoning Key at the items representing each previous Easter egg; it returns to you each time.

  9. 09

    Defeat the Shadowman

    He sits behind a shield over the Kronorium while every enemy type spawns and the round is frozen.

    A Max Ammo respawns continuously through the fight, so ammunition is not the constraint — space is.

Following along in-game? Switch to Guided Mode for one step at a time on a screen you can read at arm's length.

References

  1. 1.Call of Duty Wiki — Fandom. callofduty.fandom.com · accessed Jul 15, 2026Community-verifiedcorroborate
  2. 2.In-game verification — CODZombie editorial. codzombie.com · accessed Jul 15, 2026In-game verified

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