I was wondering if anyone had any advice on this easter egg. My brother and I have been attempting this for weeks, and we keep running into glitches with the staffs. Now we know there is a known glitch when you wield a staff, and swap it for another in the Crazy Place. It can lead to the staff disappearing completely. However, tonight we encountered a glitch where after completing the step of placing the upgraded staffs inside Thor, Odin, and Freya, and placing the upgraded Fire staff downstairs in Excavation, we were no longer able to pickup any of the staffs. All 4 staffs are all present downstairs in Excavation, but there is no interact prompt to pickup any of them. We did get the audio cue that the step was completed though, Samantha talked, and we knew it was right because the staffs obviously had moved from inside the robots to now being back downstairs in Excavation. We were very careful and particular during the upgrading process to never swap staffs and to make sure if one was picked up, that it was put back in the correct, corresponding pedestal thing.
To add to this, after the issue with the staffs, we decided to move on with doing the step with the G-strike throw. I got the audio cue, but didn’t hear Samantha. The strike hit the cracked ground, but it never broke open. I had failed two throws before that, and it clearly does the zombie laugh when you fail. But for this third throw, I heard a deep horn, and it seemed like I did it right. It’s just the ground never broke open. Was this just because I wasn’t fast enough? Or is this yet another glitch? I made sure to press X on the button when Maxis counts down to 1 second, just before I’m ejected from Odin. The other issue too was that it takes several cycles for Odin’s right foot to have the lights on again, so you can go inside and try to repeat the process. It also sucks because you have to restart the round if you mess up the G-strike step. Add to the fact that we were on Round 24, packed STGs, Galil, & Ray Gun Mark II, but unable to wield ANY of the upgraded staffs due to the interact to pickup glitch. Eventually we just died, because the zombies were taking up so much damage even with all these packed weapons. I know it’s wrong too because the upgraded staffs are really supposed to be a huge help by this point.
For reference, we are playing on Xbox 360, if that makes any difference. If anyone has any experience, advice, or comments, we’d really appreciate it. I am also hosting a session on True Achievements next weekend, 10/25 at 8:00pm EST, if there is anyone interested here who is also trying to do the Easter Egg. Thanks for your feedback in advance!
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