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Main Quest · Voyage of Despair

Abandon Ship

The Titanic’s trial runs from lever ciphers on the bridge through four elemental teleporter challenges, the Pack-a-Punching of the Sentinel Artifact itself, and a solar-system puzzle solved by shooting the planets out of the night sky — Neptune waits in the water. Placing the Artifact inside the iceberg opens a five-phase boss fight against the Eye of Malice and Despair across half the ship. Completing it reverses the outbreak and saves the passengers’ souls; the ship still sinks, and the crew rows away toward Delphi. Soloable.

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

  • • The Sentinel Artifact activated and all four Pack-a-Punch pedestals touched
  • • The Kraken, upgraded to its poison variant for the flooding step
  • • The Scepter of Ra for the ice time-trial

Walkthrough

Step by step

  1. 01

    Clocks and levers

    Solve the clock and symbol cipher across the Bridge, Poop Deck and Engine Room levers.

  2. 02

    The four elements

    Kill matching Catalysts at the four elemental outlets, then ride each teleporter — poison, water, electric, fire — through its challenge for the White Sentinel Artifact.

  3. 03

    Upgrade the Artifact

    Flood the Turbine Room with nine poison-Kraken shots at the steam pipes, then Pack-a-Punch the Sentinel Artifact itself.

  4. 04

    Shoot the sky

    Light the nine alchemical symbols, memorise the Cargo Hold solar model’s sequence, and shoot the planets in the night sky in that order — Neptune is in the sea.

  5. 05

    The ice run

    Melt the path with the Scepter of Ra under the timer and carry the Artifact to the Poop Deck — then place it inside the iceberg.

    Warning: The iceberg is the point of no return.

  6. 06

    The Eye

    Fight the Eye of Malice and Despair through five phases across the ship; the final phase carries a team-wipe attack that must be interrupted.

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.Voyage of Despair — Call of Duty Wiki — Call of Duty Wiki (Fandom). callofduty.fandom.com · accessed Jul 22, 2026Community-verifiedcorroborate

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