In the very first campaign mission (after the intro) of Call of Duty Black Ops 6, you’ll come across seven different puzzles to solve in order to unlock a safe with some valuable rewards.
In The Rook: Arrival mission, you’ll gain access to a KGB Safehouse. While the old building certainly looks cryptic, there’s a safe waiting to be cracked open on the second floor. However, you can’t just waltz your way through and say “open” to get the contents. Instead, the building hosts seven different challenges for you to crack if you want to retrieve the materials.
How to solve the Safehouse puzzles in Call of Duty Black Ops 6
Once the introductory cutscene is complete, you’ll find yourself in the main room of the building. Use this as your base location for finding, and then solving the puzzles.
| Puzzle Name | Where to find | How to solve |
|---|---|---|
| Boiler Room | The Boiler room is located at the basement. Just go to the left from the main room, and look for a door at the right. Opening it will lead you to the basement where the boiler is located. Alternately, you can take a longer route via the Piano room, by turning right at every point till you reach a narrow corridor. | Turn the ‘Fuel’ wheel twice. Turn the ‘Boiler’ wheel twice. Turn the ‘Fuel’ wheel once. Turn the ‘Pilot’ switch on. Turn the ‘Boiler’ wheel twice. |
| Piano Puzzle | Just go to the next main room from your base location, and you’ll find the Piano. | You’ll have to use the backlight found in the room to find the Cyrillic characters. Each has a corresponding number. This puzzle doesn’t appear to be random, so press ‘5,4,2,3,4’. |
| Keypad Code Puzzle | Solving the Piano puzzle opens a door next to it. Head down till you come across a large locked door (opens only if you solve the Boiler Room puzzle). Head inside and travel forward till you come across a door that requires a 5-digit code. | Use your backlight to reveal the five buttons with the highest smudges. These are the five digits of your code. To get the correct order, make a random guess. If your digits are incorrect, they will show as red. If they’re correct, they will show as yellow (wrong place) or green (correct place). Keep trying the different patterns to guess the right code (the solution is random and changes in playthroughs). |
| Cipher Puzzle | Once you open the coded door, it will lead you to a cyber room where a computer is located. Get ready for cracking some old-fashioned cipher. | At the top of your screen, you’ll be displayed a code. To guess the word, match the letters with their corresponding digits. Example – If you’re shown 4527901, see what the corresponding letters are for those digits. From what I have found, the words are same “Open”, “Holding”, “Bunker”, and “Room”. The only difference is the arrangement of those four words. |
| Basement Key Puzzle | This isn’t much of a puzzle. Get outside the room with the computer, and turn right. Move forward, and you’ll get a door to your left. Inside you’ll find a room with a red window. | Open the door that has three different springs. This part is pretty easy – just swivel the lockpick till a spring appears to be moving. If it moves, hold the lockpick in that position till the spring shifts upwards. Do this for all three springs to unlock the door and go inside to find the key on a table. |
| Radio Puzzle | Move straight after going out from the Basement Key room, and then turn right. The door you’re looking for will show ‘weak radio’ signal. | Go inside, and you’ll find a radio (just follow the signal strength). This puzzle is easy – just match the Frequency and Amplitude to play a recorded sentence. |
| Safe code Puzzle | The final piece of jigsaw can be completed in the same room as well. Make sure to pay attention to the message being played on the radio, and turn on your backlight. | In the message, you’ll come across the mention of certain objects in the room (random). Note down the objects, and turn on the backlight to look at them. You’ll find a digit mentioned around/on them. Note these digits down. Once you’ve the full code, it’s time to crack open the safe. Make sure to check out our guide to find the code for the Safehouse safe easily. |
Get out of the basement, and go to your base location. Take the stairs to head upwards, and then turn back to approach a dark hallway. There you’ll find a corridor with two bedrooms, and head to the one on the right. You’ll find the safe next to the bed, and input the code from the last puzzle to open and get the items.
Published: Oct 25, 2024 01:55 am