Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Guide | Bus Relic

Here’s how you can acquire the Bus Relic.

Game Guide by Joyramen on Nov 28, 2025

Getting your hands on the Bus Relic in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Cursed Mode on Ashes of the Damned, can be a bit tricky as it's one of the more demanding relic trials currently in the mode.

Before even attempting the trial, you must at least reach the second tier of your relic collection, which will grant you the golden armor and enhanced weapon rarity upgrades. Without these bonuses, the challenge is significantly more difficult to manage.

Once you have the necessary setup, enter a Cursed match and work your way through the rounds until you reach round 60. This particular relic challenge can't be initiated earlier, and once you're past round 60, you'll need to play until the next ravager round.

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This Ravager round is a key moment, and you'll need to place a trap as soon as the round begins, as one of the requirements is to clear the entire Ravager round without taking a single hit or damage.

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Traps are ideally the safest way to complete this challenge. One well-timed trap activation can win, putting you over the entire round, making it far more doable than attempting to make it past the rounds with your weapon.

Once the round is completed without you taking any damage, you will hear a loud laughing audio cue, which means that you have fulfilled the requirement for the Relic Trial.

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After which, you will need to head to Blackwater and look along the side of the Boathouse where the Relic Trial is located.

This particular trial is unusual and pretty time-consuming. One of the primary rules states that only zombies can kill zombies, meaning you can't inflict damage using your own weapon.

The enemies turn friendly using effects like Brain Rot, which unlocks at level 51. Using the Plague Augment is also recommended, as it increases the chance of spreading status effects, giving brain-rotted enemies more opportunities to take each other out.

Considering that almost every kill will depend on the Brain Rot effect, it becomes one of the more tedious and longest relic trials in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

You must stay patient and keep the enemies grouped, as it greatly accelerates the process.

After the final wave of the trial is completed, you will be rewarded with a Bus Relic. When equipped, it'll give enemies in Cursed mode a slow health regen, adding significant difficulty and a unique twist.

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