Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players have been having a blast with the game’s Outbreak mode, as Treyarch seemingly has a lot planned for the open-world Zombies offering. However, Outbreak is not without its glitches, as one Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War discovers a new bug tied to the Escort objective.
Escort is one of the tougher objectives in Outbreak, as it sees players needing to protect a rover as it moves to three different points. After each point is hit, a random item will appear in the rover’s cage, ranging from random machines to helpful tools like crystals and power-ups. Even with the most beneficial drops, the task becomes significantly harder in higher world tiers, as mini bosses begin to spawn. As shown by Redditor Angel_0136, it seems that Mimics can be particularly dangerous on Escort.
A clip shared to Reddit by Angel_0136 begins with the Mimic mini boss grabbing the player, which is one of the enemy’s main attacks. While everything seems normal with the special animation, the Reddit user quickly finds that something has gone wrong after they are thrown back by the Dark Aether creature. Instead of landing on solid ground, they are thrown directly into the moving rover. This sees the player clipping right through the vehicle, but instead of falling out the other side, they are trapped directly in the center.
The next minute of the clip sees the player firing the RAI K-84 Wonder Weapon at groups of Zombies, and while they do successfully kill a few of their undead foes, Angel_0136 remains stuck inside the Escort rover. Moving with the vehicle as it heads to the next checkpoint, the players in the Redditor’s group seem just as confused about the moment. Eventually, the rover approaches the portal, with the player likely unsure about their fate.
Though the portal damages players that touch it, Angel_0136 does not need to worry. Once it is reached, the rover fades away, spitting the player out when it does. While this is good news, as Call of Duty Zombies fans now know the glitch will fix itself if it happens in-game, hopefully it will get an official fix sooner rather than later. Still, the post’s title and many of the comments show that fans are taking the moment well, laughing at how strange it is as opposed to venting their frustrations with Treyarch.
Considering that Treyarch has solved several Outbreak-related issues already, while also adding some new content like Sanatorium, it should not be too much longer before this bug is fixed. For now, though, gamers may want to be extra careful when facing off against Mimics during the Escort phases of an Outbreak game.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.