Rules

Community maintained rulesets for Call of Duty: Zombies

Full gameplay is REQUIRED from ALL players in the game.

Tip

If you are streaming, make sure to record at the same time, to avoid missing frames due to connection issues.
#footage
Gameplay MUST BE publicly available (unlisted YouTube video is fine) at all times, and have good enough quality to be able to clearly make out all important visual aspects of the game.
#footage
Reading otherwise inaccessible information or changing the behavior of the game via patching, plugins or memory reading/writing is NOT ALLOWED unless a specific feature is widely understood as quality of life without providing significant advantage or is explicity allowed.
Editor note

This rule is very broad, but it applies whenever you cannot find an information about something specific. In some categories, you'll find rules that are essentially a duplication of this one, but for something specific, this means, the community discussed that one specific thing.

#tool
Using tools that write to game memory (like Cheat Engine) is NOT ALLOWED.
#tool
Multiple actions bound to a single key/button, otherwise known as macros, are NOT ALLOWED.
#config #gameplay #tool
Setting the sv_cheats DVAR to 1 is NOT ALLOWED.
#gameplay
Changing all settings available from unmodded game UI is ALLOWED unless there is a specific rule restricting it.
#config #system
Split screen is ALLOWED for console runs.
#gameplay #system
External automatic game and round timers are ALLOWED as long as they don't write to memory.
#tool
Changing FOV is ALLOWED.
#config #gameplay

Fast Knife exploit is ALLOWED.

Tip

Fast knifing is holding the fire button and then knifing rapidly
#gameplay #glitch
Fast ray exploit is NOT ALLOWED.
#gameplay #glitch
Duplication of weapons is NOT ALLOWED.
#gameplay #glitch

Platform Rule
PC - Steam / CD ALLOWED
PC - BGamer ALLOWED
PC - Plutonium ALLOWED
Xbox 360 / One / Series ALLOWED
PS3 ALLOWED
PS4 / PS5 ALLOWED
Wii ALLOWED
In effect since Oct 12, 2022

PC Plutonium voted in

#system
For Co-Op games, all player's POV is REQUIRED. In effect since Oct 12, 2022

Voted in:

#footage
Max FPS changes are ALLOWED up to 250. In effect since Oct 12, 2022

Voted in:

#config #gameplay
Use of any patch/mod/plugin is ALLOWED as long as you can prove they don't affect the time results.

Official song timing patch

#tool
Out of bounds (OOB) glitches are ALLOWED. In effect since Oct 12, 2022

Voted in:

#glitch
Custom camos are ALLOWED.
#aesthetics

Fixed Backspeed is ALLOWED.

Important

This rule permits modification of player_backspeedscale and player_strafespeedscale dvars to a value of 1.0

This rule also permits loading up Dead Ops Arcade before a zombies map, which will achieve the same effect.
#gameplay
Renaming or deleting vanilla fastfiles so that the game does not load them is NOT ALLOWED.
#tool
Changing Graphic Content is ALLOWED between games. Changing it mid game is NOT ALLOWED.
#gameplay
First box patch is NOT ALLOWED In effect since Oct 12, 2022

Voted in:

#tool

Timing

  • Start position: When screen fades in (player gains control).
  • End position: When radio is hit.
Tip

Timing is automated by the T5 Song Patch
#timing