Golden Spork

"Mysterious weapon from another time and place."

— Blackout description

The Golden Spork is a melee wonder weapon in the Zombies maps Mob of the Dead and Blood of the Dead. It is the one of the powerful melee weapons in the entirety of Zombies, and was one of the first Wonder Weapons that could be obtained through a series of steps rather than purchased or built. In Blood of the Dead it can be upgraded even further into the Golden Spork Knife.

Overview

Initially the Golden Spork is acquired as a Silver Spoon. The Silver Spoon is found in a maintenance corridor behind some of the cells of Alcatraz, and through the use of Afterlife and the Hell's Retriever can be obtained from the Mess Hall. The Silver Spoon greatly increases players melee damage being roughly as strong as Galvaknuckles. However, it's more a prop in the quest for the Golden Spork than a utility itself, as the next step of the quest removes the Silver Spoon from the players inventory.

The Silver Spoon is exchanged for the Golden Spork itself through a ritualistic quest. The Golden Spork can kill a zombie with a single melee attack until round 34, justifying in many ways the effort it takes to acquire it.

Both the Silver Spoon and Golden Spork are found in both Mob of the Dead and Blood of the Dead, though the steps to acquire them differ between the maps.

How to Obtain

Mob of the Dead

• Prerequisites
  • Visit the Golden Gate Bridge at least once.
  • Must be playing on Original difficulty.
  • Requires Hell's Retriever (Or Hell's Redeemer)
  • Requires Acid Gat

1. Find the jail cell with a blue and green movie poster named "Escape from the Tomb" hanging on the wall near the Warden's Office. Throwing the Hell's Retriever at the poster will remove it, revealing a hole in the wall.
2. Enter Afterlife Mode. There is a portal entrance at the end of the row of cells near the Warden's Office. Enter the portal and zap a spoon lying on the floor to the right of a large crack with a skull in it. When performed correctly, the player will hear the Demonic Announcer laugh.
3. Enter the cafeteria and proceed to the barrier at the back of the room. There is a table against the left wall inside the barrier, and the spoon will now be lying on top if it. In order to pick up the spoon, the player will need to throw the Hell's Retriever at it. If done correctly, the player will hear Brutus.
   • This step must be completed for each player who wishes to obtain the Golden Spork.
   • Between this and the next step, the player is given the Silver Spoon as a melee weapon.
4. Enter the infirmary and locate the lone bathtub filled with blood opposite a Mystery Box spawn. Hold the action button when next to the bathtub. The silver spoon will appear and stir the blood.
   • This step must be completed individually by every player hoping to obtain the Golden Spork
5. Enter the underground showers and kill zombies using the Acid Gat or Vitriolic Withering. When the correct amount of zombies have been killed (about 50-70 kills), the Demonic Announcer's laugh will be heard once again.
6. Re-enter the infirmary and return to the lone bathtub filled with blood. Hold the action button and a zombified hand will raise out of the blood grasping the Golden Spork. Press the action button to take the Spork, and it will be removed from the hand.
   • This step must be completed for each player who wishes to obtain the Golden Spork.

If a player bleeds out and respawns after obtaining the Golden Spork, they must re-complete steps 3 and 4. The Golden Spork will again rise into the zombified hand, and the player can retake it.

Blood of the Dead

• Prerequisites
  • Power must be restored to the West Block.
  • Must be playing on Normal or higher difficulty.
  • Spectral Shield built and equipped.
  • Hell's Retriever obtained and equipped.
  • The Acidgat or Magmagat

1. Within the Warden's Office, there are three pillars which whilst viewed through the Spectral Shield's aim, have three randomized numbers on them. The pillar closest to the Tonic Perk-a-Cola machine being the start of the sequence.
2. At the bottom of the Citadel Tunnels, There is a set of Voltmeters with oversized Nixie tubes attached to them, locked behind a padlocked grate. Blasting them with a spirit blast from the Spectral Shield will turn them on, setting them to 000. Interact with them to change the number. Input the numbers seen in the Warden's Office. If done correctly, The nearby lift will drop down. If done incorrectly, the nixie tubes will turn off and require another spirit blast.
3. At the docks, a non-destroyed voltmeter by one of the Mystery Box locations can be activated to cause the nearby crane to fish something out of the sea, if the prior steps are done correctly, the skeleton that was in the lift in the Citadel Tunnels is fished out. Throw the Hell's Retriever at his arm to sever it and the Spoon can now be picked up from his arm. If the steps were done incorrectly or the voltmeter at the docks was activated prior to the steps being done, a broken piece of the Mule Kick Perk-a-Cola machine is fished up.
4. Place the Spoon in the empty bathtub in the Infirmary, near the KN-57 wallbuy. Retrieve a Blundergat and upgrade it to the Acidgat or Magmagat. Getting kills on the Roof with these weapons will cause blood to drip from the ceiling into the bathtub. After enough kills have been obtained, blood will stop dripping from the ceiling and the bathtub will be full of blood. Interact with the bathtub and drain the blood.
5. Return to the Catwalk section of the map, there is a large water tower slightly outside the map. Shoot the cardboard supports off of the water tower's legs. After knocking off all of the supports, a character quote will play and the tower will collapse. The Golden Spork will now be resting on a branch almost directly in front of the player.
6. Go to the middle of the Catwalk, there will be an opening that allows you to see the base of the water tower. Throw the Hell's Retriever at the branch, and it will pick up the Golden Spork. A character quote and animation will play, and the Spork will be automatically equipped as your melee weapon.

Note: Only one player has to complete most of these steps to unlock the Golden Spork for everyone. However, each individual player must pick up the Silver Spoon from the docks, place it in the tub, and throw the Hell's Retriever at the Tree Branch on their own.

Silver Spoon vs Golden Spork

	Silver Spoon	Golden Spork
Damage	1100	10000
Fire mode	Melee	Melee
Extras		Much higher damage

Gallery

Using the Golden Spork.

The Golden Spork in the bloody bathtub.

Using the Silver Spoon during step 3.

Videos

Trivia

• The Golden Spork is the first Melee Wonder Weapon introduced in the series.
  • It is arguably also the first Wonder Weapon "hidden" from players behind a quest. All three of Mob of the Dead's Wonder Weapons have quests associated with them, but the Blundergat can be obtained from the Mystery Box and the Hell's Retriever's quest is very heavily telegraphed to the player. The Golden Sporks quest is the only one that is not particularly hinted at, and it's steps to acquire are numerous and obscure.
• The Golden Spork appears in the loading screen for Mob of the Dead.
• The first step in Mob of the Dead is a reference to the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption.