Ancient Evil
Intel Brief
Apollo's sacred sanctuary becomes a deadly arena. The Chaos crew navigates ancient Greek mythology and traps to claim the Sentinel Artifact.
Setup Guide
Power
- Open city-side lanes into the underworld and activate Pegasus travel as soon as possible.
- Use shrine access and tribute loops to stabilize economy before long gauntlet steps.
- Prioritize Center of the World control because all major quest branches route through it.
Pack-a-Punch Location
Center of the World after freeing both eagles and surviving the opening defense.
Accessing Pack-a-Punch
- Ride Pegasus to the dark side and free the two eagle cages (Python Pass and Cliff Ruins flows).
- Use specialist melee/shots to finish eagle cage interactions, then go Center of the World.
- Defend until the eagles complete the unlock and Pack-a-Punch activates.
Apollo's Will (Shield)
Core defensive item and required for multiple high-value objectives.
Upper Road handle spawn 1. 
Upper Road handle spawn 2. 
Stoa of the Athenians spear spawn. 
Intersection of Treasuries spear spawn. 
Dropped by Gegenees enemy. 
Build table near Marketplace Saug wall-buy. Pegasus Strike
High-impact specialist support equipment useful in boss transition phases.
Cliff Ruins anvil spawn. 
Python Pass hammer spawn. 
River of Sorrows prongs spawn. Ancient Evil
PARTIAL SOLOAncient Evil is a long gauntlet-and-trial quest: upgrade god hands, solve multi-location challenge logic, then defeat Pegasus and Perseus phases.
Unlock city and underworld routes, activate Pegasus transit, and open Pack-a-Punch.
Acquire dormant hands, complete each initiation, then finish redeem portals for Charon, Ouranos, Hemera, and Gaia.
Ignite Apollo flow, solve blood/ankh/cog/sundial style steps, and complete Amphitheater team challenge logic.
Defeat Pegasus phase first, then burn Perseus in Mount Olympus rotations and close with focused damage windows.
Field Strategies
- Assign each player one god hand path early so upgrades do not overlap and waste rounds.
- Save specialist charge for challenge portals and Olympus damage windows, not mid-round cleanup.
- Use Pegasus travel to chain objectives in single trips and cut failed attempt downtime.
- Catalyst kills should be intentional around hand-specific circles; random kills can delay progress.
Special Enemies
A massive six-armed titan boss that appears periodically. It has an enormous health pool and sweeping attacks that cover wide arcs. It targets the nearest player.
TIP Circle the arena away from its arm sweeps. All players should focus fire simultaneously. It drops major power-ups on death, so coordinate the kill for maximum team benefit.
Fire, Poison, and Electric variants present throughout the map. Cave and crypt areas make their death effects especially hazardous.
TIP The tight cave passages amplify Catalyst death effects significantly. Maintain extra distance before delivering killing shots in enclosed areas.
Gauntlet Progression
Oracle hint lines map to fixed dormant hand spots around Delphi.
Angle mirrors then route the light to Hemera shrine quickly before decay timer resets.
Apollo and Trial Steps
Blue flame ignition and pillar throw gate all exalted-hand challenge entries.
Level 3 specialist damage windows are the most consistent way to close Pegasus and Perseus phases.
Wiki Intel
https://www.reddit.com/r/CODZombies/wiki/ancient-evil/
Gauntlet progression and underworld traversal drive both setup and quest tempo.