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Call of Duty: Vanguard is now available with the new Zombies map Der Anfang, which serves as a prequel to Black Ops Cold War’s Dark Aether storyline. While Der Anfang is currently lacking a main story quest, you can still find plenty of intel around the map to learn more about this demonic new narrative. You just have to know where to look.
Here are the locations for all three intel types found in Der Anfang.
All Krafft Radios
Scattered around Der Anfang are seven radios told from the perspective of Professor Krafft, who is the demonologist trying to help our operators on their mission to stop the Nazi commander Oberführer Von List from raising an army of the dead to use in World War II.
1. In the Fountain Square of the Stalingrad starting hub. This radio is located on a stack of boxes in the corner closest to the Mystery Box.
2. Facing the Theater, this radio is just inside the eastern wall of the Fountain Square in the Stalingrad starting hub. You’ll find it on a table with candles and a skull.
3. Inside the Fountain Square in the Stalingrad starting hub, this radio can be found on a stack of wooden crates in the corner near the Pack-a-Punch machine.
4. This radio is found on a stack of crates inside the Fountain Square in the Stalingrad starting hub, which is located in the southeast corner opposite the Pack-a-Punch machine.
5. To get this radio you’ll need to select an objective that takes you to the Hotel section of the map. The radio is located on one of the red cafe tables in the Employee Terrace section of the hotel rooftop.
6. This radio is found upstairs in the Apartments. You’ll want to go to the far eastern room, the radio can be found on a candlelit shelf that’s opposite a piano.
7. This radio is found in the Boiler Room. At the back of the Boiler Room, turn left at the Demonic Frenzy perk fountain. The radio sits on the right between two stacks of boxes.
All Kortifex And Von List Radios
Additionally, there are six radios with dialogue from the antagonist’s perspective. Some radios give dialogue from Oberführer Von List, while others are from Kortifex, the Dark Aether entity who is granting Von List the power to reanimate the dead.
1. You’ll need to do an objective that takes you to the Windmill area of the map. You’ll find this radio between a truck bed and a stack of crates in the Paddocks section of the map.
2. This radio is located on the floor in the Apartments. Just head to the Diabolical Damage perk fountain, and then make a left and go to the end of the hall. The radio is on the floor with some bottles and cans.
3. This radio is in the back corner of the Store location, and it can be found on a table next to barrels and crates.
4. This radio is found downstairs in the Theater location. It’s sitting on the floor next to wooden crates and a gold statue.
5. To get this radio you’ll need to do an objective that takes you to Shi No Numa. The radio is downstairs, in the back of Shi No Numa’s War Room near a large board with a map.
6. This radio requires you to select an objective that takes you to the Hotel part of the map. The radio is in the Officer’s Mess section of the hotel rooftop, sitting near some wooden pallets and crates.
All Dark Aether Runes
Lastly, there are six Dark Aether runes found on Der Anfang, which are stone tablets that give dialogue from the other Dark Aether entities teaming up with the operators to help stop Von List and Kortifex.
1. This Dark Aether rune requires you to select an objective that takes you to Shi No Numa. The stone rune is located downstairs in the corner of the Excavation Room. You’ll find it sitting in a wheelbarrow.
2. Another Dark Aether rune in Shi No Numa, this rune is leaning up against wooden crates inside the Infirmary section of the map.
3. In the Back Alley section on the western side of Stalingrad, you’ll find this Dark Aether rune sitting on a snowy ledge with skulls and candles.
4. This Dark Aether rune requires you to select an objective that takes you to the Hotel. In the Occulte Terrace section of the hotel rooftop, this rune sits on a table with skulls and scrolls.
5. This Dark Aether rune requires you to select an objective that takes you to the Windmill section. At the backside of the Livestock Pens, you’ll find this rune in a wooden trough near some hanging skulls.
6. Another Dark Aether rune found in the Windmill section, this rune sits up against a broken stone wall at the Tractor Lot.
Make sure to check out our Vanguard Zombies perk guide to help you locate all of Der Anfang’s new perk fountains. And we also have a guide for the Altar of Covenant feature.
