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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’sZombies mode has brought back some fan-favorite mechanics, notably Gobblegums. These powerful consumables have been given a facelift and brought forward in the latest CoD installment, giving players a ton of control over their loadout and overall difficulty experience.
In this guide, we go over how Gobblegums work in Black Ops 6, where you can find them, and give our recommendations for the best Gobblegums to keep an eye out for. Favorites like Perkaholic and Phoenix Up make a return, but before you can start using these gums every game, you’ll first need to earn them.
Updated Jul 23, 2025, by Charles Burgar:Gobblegums received some small changes in the recent mid-season update. We’ve updated this guide to provide more information on Gobblegum packs and every new Gobblegum added during BO6’s first season.
What Are Gobblegums?
Gobblegums are one-time-use consumables that you’re able to use in Zombies, granting powerful buffs for your current run. While on any Zombies map, you’ll come across Gobblegum confectionery machines that can be interacted with for free each round or every 300 seconds, whichever happens first. This will pull a random Gobblegum from your currentGobblegum Loadout.
Once you chew on a Gobblegum, you’ll be able to activate its effects whenever you see fit. Any Gobblegums that are timed will start their timer the second you activate them.you’re able to cycle between three Gobblegums at a time.You will spawn in with your first three chosen Gobblegums. To get more, you’ll need to interact with confectionery machines around the map.
Gobblegum Effects
Since these items are one-time consumables, they are incredibly strong and can downright trivialize Zombies. They can do anything from spawn power-ups to give you every single perk in the game for free. Typically,the rarer the Gobblegum, the stronger it is.
Gobblegums come in five rarities:
Gobblegum Loadouts
Before you start a Zombies game, you’ll be given the option to modify your starting loadout. The most important part of your Create-A-Class loadout is yourGobblegum Loadout.This collection of five pre-selected Gobblegumscan spawn in confectionery stations around the map.By curating a loadout that suits your playstyle, you can greatly influence the early and mid-game of Zombies.
Beyond the rarity system, you’ll also notice that each Gobblegum has a number next to it.This number denotes how many copies of that Gobblegum you own.Chewing on a Gobblegum awarded from a confectionery stand will consume a copy. If you don’t have any copies of your chosen Gobblegum and it gets pulled from the confectionery stand, you won’t get anything. attempt to rotate your loadouts to ensure you have stocked Gobblegums for each game.
Acquiring New Gobblegums
New Gobblegums are acquired byleveling up and completing rounds in Zombies.Leveling your account will unlock new Gobblegums for use, giving you a copy of that Gobblegum when you first unlock it. Past that, you’ll need to complete rounds of BO6 Zombies. Each wave has a chance of giving you a random pool of Gobblegums. This seems to be based on playtime,noton your current round.
Gobblegums may also be purchased from the in-game store for CoD Points.
How Gobblegum Drops Work
Based on limited testing, it appears thatyou receive a random assortment of Gobblegums for every 20-30 minutes of Zombies you play.Once you hit this time threshold, the next round will award a Gobblegum pack that drops 1-3 Gobblegums. What you get is random, although drops seem weighted;higher-rarity Gobblegums have a lower drop chance.
According toYouTuber Doughnuts' findings, it appears that Gobblegum drops have the following weightings:
Drop rates were derived fromDoughnuts' Gobblegum Tracker spreadsheet. More data is required to get more accurate drop percentages. Doughnuts' sample size is based on 108 drops.
There is no way you can influence these rates.Staying for longer rounds, completing the map’s main easter egg, and completing camo challenges have zero influence on drop rates. There is a community theory that your current account level determines what types of Gobblegums can drop, but there is zero evidence to support this as of writing. If the Zombies community discovers any details about this, we’ll update this section with more accurate information.
For now, all we can definitively say isyou get Gobblegums from playing Zombies.That’s it. You’ll get a drop for every 20-30 minutes you play. Playtime doesn’t have to be consecutive either; you can play multiple five-minute games and receive a Gobblegum bundle during your fifth or sixth match.Prestige rewards sometimes include Gobblegum packs as well,although these bundles seem to work the same as the reward caches you get from Zombies matches.
Whimsical Gobblegums
Thankfully, getting Whimsical Gobblegums is more straightforward.You get Whimsical Gobblegums for successfully extracting in a Zombies match.Which Gobblegums you get are random. Standard Gobblegum reward sources donotaward Whimsical Gobblegums.
Anywhere But Here
Armor durability is doubled and applies for the entire duration.
Nowhere But There
Only works if a player is downed.
Soda Fountain
The next perk you purchase will grant a free, random perk.
Profit Sharing
All Essence you earn is also given to nearby allies and vice versa.
Generous radius and applies toallearned Essence.
Respin Cycle
Respins the Mystery Box until you get a weapon or equal or higher rarity.
Exit Strategy
Immediately triggers exfil. Reduce zombie spawns during exfil.
Marks an evac point. Zombie kill requirement is reduced by 33-50%.
Cannot be used if evac is currently available.
All zombies ignore players and stand idle.
Near Death Experience
Revive, or be revived by being near other players. Revived players keep all their perks.
Lasts 3 Minutes or 5 Revives.
Wonderbar!
The next weapon from the Mystery Box will be a Wonder Weapon.
Activates on Mystery Box usage.
Can spawn the Ray Gun, Beamsmasher (Terminus), or Jet Gun (Liberty Falls).
Power-ups spawn in front of your character.
Time Out
End the round immediately. Normal zombie rounds will not resume spawning during this time.
