Complete story quests with guidance and a maximum round cap of 15.In-game description
Directed Mode is a Zombies game mode featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. In Black Ops 6, it was added on November 14th, 2024 as part of the Season One update and in Black Ops 7, it was added on December 4th, 2025 as part of the Season One update.
Directed Mode is a guided mode specifically designed around aiding new or casual players in completing the Main Quests in the Zombies maps to allow players to follow the story.
Overview
Due to the focus on the Main Quests, Directed Mode introduces a variety of tweaks to the gameplay structure:
- All quest steps are now displayed via a UI widget, specifically instructing players what to do.
- Quest steps are also given in a specific order, though players can still complete some out of the intended order and the UI widget will skip over that step.
- A Round cap has been introduced, starting at Round 3 and increasing with the more steps completed, maxing out at Round 15.
- Completion of a capped round will have a delay before the round effectively restarts with the exact same health values and enemy amount.
- If it is a Max Ammo wave however, completion of the round will function as normal and proceed into a standard wave, rather than repeating the singular enemy type wave.
- The majority of Easter Eggs are visually removed or cannot be activated.
- This does not include the buildable Wonder Weapons, which have become part of the Main Quests.
- The Rampage Inducer is removed from all maps.
- The Der Wunderfizz machine is active at the start of the match, rather than spawning in at Round 25.
- The ability to Exfil from the map is removed from all maps.
- Following an update, an Exfil will be forced if a match in Directed Mode reaches a maximum duration of 6 hours.
- The ability to continue after the completion of the Main Quest is removed.
- The completion rewards offer a "Directed" version of the quest completion calling card, XP bonus and a weapon charm (which is also rewarded with completion of the quests in Standard mode).
- Additional dialogues are included to help aid direction.
- New outlines are added to Main Quest critical items to help visual aid.
- S.A.M. Trials are entirely disabled, except for the step in Reckoning which requires a S.A.M. Trial completion for Maintenance Uber Klaus to progress.
Maps Release Dates to Directed Mode
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
(November 14th, 2024)
(January 3rd, 2025)
(September 4th, 2025)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
(December 4th, 2025)
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