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Terra Maledicta — Story Event

Terra Maledicta’s quest was never given a name or a boss — Treyarch shipped it as a Story Event, and this record keeps that honesty. Free the Decimator from the shield Kortifex cursed him into, carry the shield into the Void, and break the seal on the lost Tome of Rituals page: the text that explains how to sever an entity from its host, the knowledge every later chapter of Vanguard Zombies runs on.

Difficulty: HardSolo availableSpoilers: low
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Preparation

Before you start

Prerequisites

  • • The Decimator Shield quest line started

Walkthrough

Step by step

  1. 01

    Free the Decimator

    Complete the in-map quest that releases the cursed commander’s shield.

  2. 02

    Into the Void

    Carry the shield through the Void objective.

  3. 03

    Break the seal

    Shatter the seal on the lost Tome of Rituals page and read what Saraxis’s severing in Japan proved possible.

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.Vanguard Zombies maps — 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.