Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies brings back the GobbleGums mechanic, and it’s seen some major improvements this time around.
Longtime COD Zombies fans will be well aware of the GobbleGum system, which made its debut in Black Ops 3.
But while BO3 and its Zombies Chronicles DLC featured some of the best Zombies content of all time, GobbleGum was something of a controversial addition.
What Are GobbleGums in Black Ops 6 Zombies?
In Black Ops 6 Zombies, GobbleGums are consumable candy balls that can be purchased from the GobbleGum machine and eaten to acquire special in-game boosts.
Before starting a match of Zombies, players can customize which pack of five GobbleGum will appear in the machine. Then, purchasing a GobbleGum will result in one of the consumables being dispensed at random.
The new Mr. Peeks-themed GobbleGum machine requires a cooldown after each use, though it will also immediately reset at the start of a new round.
GobbleGum packs can also be switched out mid-match using the in-game menu, and doing so will reset the randomized order of the new pack.
How to Use GobbleGums
After purchasing GobbleGums, the items will appear in your inventory and HUD. Up to three items can be stored at any time, and they can all be used individually or all at once.
GobbleGums are consumed upon use, meaning that they are officially one-time-use items. However, it doesn’t take long to replenish your collection.
There are five different rarities of GobbleGum, each with a different strength to their effects. These are as follows:
- Rare: Examples include ‘Shields Up’ to temporarily double your armor strength or ‘Kill Joy’, which spawns an Insta-Kill Power-up.
- Epic: Examples include ‘Free Fire’, which causes weapons to consume no ammo for one minute, and ‘Soda Fountain’, which causes the next Perk purchased to come with a second, free Perk.
- Legendary: Examples include ‘Phoenix Up’ to instantly revive all teammates with their Perks, and ‘Wall-to-Wall Clearance’ to reduce Wall Buys to just 10 Essence.
- Ultra: Examples include ‘Perkaholic,’ which gives you every Perk, and ‘Wonderbar!’ which causes the next Mystery Box pull to be a Wonder Weapon.
- Whimsical: Examples include ‘Newtonian Negation’, which causes the undead to fall straight up when killed for three minutes.
Whimsical GobbleGum are the rarest of all, but their effects are often more hilarious than actually useful. When you’re going for those high-round runs, be sure to keep a few Ultras in your GobbleGum pack.
There are also three types of GobbleGum effects: Instant, Timed, and Conditional. Players should decide when to use their consumables based on their GobbleGum’s type.
Any unused GobbleGums are maintained between matches – and they’re not lost upon disconnecting from a match.
Full List of All GobbleGums in Black Ops 6
This is the full list of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies GobbleGums that we know about so far:
Rare GobbleGums
| Name | Effect | Duration |
| Anywhere But Here! | Instantly Teleports You to a Random Location. Concussive Blast Knocks Away Nearby Undead | Instant |
| Arsenal Accelerator | Charge Your Field Upgrade Faster | 5 Minutes |
| Cache Back | Spawns a Max Ammo Power Up | Instant |
| Kill Joy | Spawns an Insta-Kill Power Up | Instant |
| Power Keg | Spawns a Full Power Power-Up | Instant |
| Shields Up | Doubles Armor Strength | 3 Minutes |
| Stock Option | Ammo Taken From Stockpile Instead of Weapon Magazine | 1 Minute |
| Temporal Gift | Next Power Up Lasts Twice As Long | Conditional |
Epic GobbleGums
| Name | Effect | Duration |
| Dead Drop | Drop rates of Salvage and Equipment are greatly increased | 5 Minutes |
| Exit Strategy | Activates Immediate Exfil Vote & Reduces Zombie Spawns During Exfil | Instant |
| Free Fire | Firing a Weapon Consumes No Ammunition (Not Including Wonder Weapons) | 1 Minute |
| Nowhere But There! | Teleport to a Random Downed Player’s Location and Revives Them Instantly | Instant |
| Profit Sharing | All Nearby Players Share a Portion of the Essence They Receive | 2 Minutes |
| Respin Cycle | Re-spins the Mystery Box to an Equal or Higher Rarity Weapon | Conditional |
| Soda Fountain | Next Perk Purchased Also Provides a Free Perk | Conditional |
| Who’s Keeping Score? | Spawns a Double Points Power Up | Instant |
Legendary GobbleGums
| Name | Effect | Duration |
| Crate Power | The Next Mystery Box Weapon Comes Pack-a-Punched | Conditional |
| Idle Eyes | All Zombies Ignore All Players | 30 Seconds |
| Immolation Liquidation | Spawns a Fire Sale Power Up | Instant |
| Modified Chaos | Greatly reduce all Ammo Mod cooldowns | 2 Minutes |
| On the House | Spawns a Free Perk Power Up | Instant |
| Phoenix Up | Revives All Teammates With Their Perks | Instant |
| Wall-to-Wall Clearance | All Wall Buys Cost 10 Essence | 30 Seconds |
| Wall Power | The Next Wall Buy Comes Pack-a-Punched | Conditional |
Ultra GobbleGums
| Name | Effect | Duration |
| Hidden Power | Upgrades Your Current Weapon to Legendary Rarity | Instant |
| Near Death Experience | Revive or Be Revived Simply By Being Near Other Players. Revived Players Keep All Perks | 3 Minutes |
| Perkaholic | Gives You All Perks in the Map | Instant |
| Reign Drops | Spawns All the Core Power Ups | Instant |
| Time Out | Clears All Normal and Special Enemies & Ends the Round. Normal Spawning Will Not Resume While Active | 3 Minutes |
| Wonderbar! | Next Mystery Box Pull Will Be a Wonder Weapon | Conditional |
Whimsical GobbleGums
| Name | Effect | Duration |
| Holiday Cheer | Zombies Have Festive Decorations | Infinite |
| Indiegestion | Zombies Killed Experience Extreme Flatulence | 3 Minutes |
| Newtonian Negation | Zombies Killed Fall Straight Up | 3 Minutes |
| Quacknarok | Zombies move around in rubber ducky inner tubes | 3 Minutes |
How to Unlock All GobbleGums
Before you can begin to receive every type of GobbleGum in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies, you’ll need to hit a particular level.
These are the GobbleGums that are currently locked behind a specific level at launch:
| GobbleGum | Rarity | Level Required |
| Kill Joy | Rare | 5 |
| Stock Option | Rare | 8 |
| Who’s Keeping Score | Epic | 11 |
| Cache Back | Rare | 15 |
| Anywhere But Here | Rare | 21 |
| Exit Strategy | Epic | 23 |
| Soda Fountain | Epic | 26 |
| Profit Sharing | Epic | 29 |
| Wall to Wall Clearance | Legendary | 32 |
| Free Fire | Epic | 36 |
| On The House | Legendary | 38 |
| Nowhere But Here | Epic | 42 |
| Idle Eyes | Legendary | 45 |
| Wonderbar! | Ultra | 51 |
| Hidden Power | Ultra | 54 |
In addition, Treyarch has started adding new GobbleGums with Season 1 Reloaded that are locked behind other means:
| GobbleGum | How to Unlock |
| Power Key | GobbleGum Mania Event (Dec 5-19) |
| Time Out | GobbleGum Mania Event (Dec 5-19) |
| Holiday Cheer | GobbleGum Mania Event / During Standard Gameplay |
How to Get More GobbleGums
Players can receive new GobbleGums to use through standard gameplay, with one or more being unlocked at random every few rounds.
A reward sequence at the beginning of a new round will reveal if you’ve unlocked any new GobbleGums for use in future games.
Additionally, players can purchase GobbleGums via the Store, for some quick and easy unlocks.
The Vault Edition of Black Ops 6 also comes with a GobbleGum pack containing 12 single-use GobbleGums to use right away.
The GobbleGum Controversy Explained
The issue with GobbleGum back in Black Ops 3 is that there were once again multiple rarities of the consumables to discover: Classic, Mega, Rare Mega, and Ultra-rare Mega.
To obtain these higher rarities of GobbleGum (which were, of course, far more powerful), players had to use Liquid Divinium in Dr Monty’s Factory. This would allow them to roll for a chance at obtaining better quality GobbleGum, but the outcome was entirely random.
Liquid Divinium could be obtained at random, with a chance to acquire it when players spend points opening doors, buying wall weapons, using the Mystery Box, and more.
But the item could also be purchased via COD Points, meaning GobbleGum was quickly seen as a Pay to Win mechanic in Black Ops 3.
With the addition of the Store in Season 1, Black Ops 6 now has Pay-to-Win GobbleGums available to purchase.
So long as we can unlock them through standard gameplay however, we don’t see this as much of an issue.