Margwa

Margwas are an enemy in Call of Duty: Black Ops III on the Zombies maps Shadows of Evil, Dead Ops Arcade 2: Cyber's Avengening, and Revelations. They also appear in the intro cinematic of Alpha Omega.

The Margwa is a three-headed monster bearing tentacles. It will swipe at the player if close to them, similarly to a a normal zombie would and it deals the same amount of damage as a regular zombie's attack. It also has a slam attack, which is powerful enough to down a player in one hit without Juggernog, and powerful enough to destroy a player's Rocket Shield. The Margwa also will destroy Li'l Arnies deployed by the player.

When playing with other players, if one makes themself disappear with a GobbleGum such as "In Plain Sight" or "Anywhere But Here", the Margwa will turn its attention to the next visible player, or teleport to an area where the other players are using its purple shadow.

In order to kill a Margwa, the player must shoot and destroy all of its three heads. The heads can only be damaged when they're open and glowy. Once a single head is destroyed, the Margwa will move faster, and with each destroyed head it will release a Parasite and will reward the player 500 points, for a total of 1,500 points (The bonus points are affected by Double Points). The Margwa can also be killed by knifing it with the Pop Shocks GobbleGum, which the effect will kill the Margwa with one knife, after a slight delay. Killing a Margwa (usually) grants the player 1000 XP points, and the first killed Margwa always drops the Margwa Heart part, which is required to craft the Apothicon Servant. If the heart is not picked up, it will disappear after a while, but will appear again when the next Margwa is killed.

Margwas appear prominently in the map's Easter Egg, spawning upon completing the second and fourth rituals, and seven per player while upgrading the swords (over the course of four rounds) as well as spawning each time the Shadow Man re-activates his shield during the "Kill the Shadow Man" step. Once the Shadow Man is killed, the player is put into an infinite Margwa round, with the head of the Margwa glowing in Purple instead of Yellow. After killing a Margwa, the player can turn into the Beast indefinitely. The only way the bar goes down during Beast mode is by taking damage, or from either Margwas or the pink circles on the ground.

Players can also obtain the Margwa Head, which makes the players put the shell of a Margwa head as a hat, providing protection from the Margwa's slam attack.

In Dead Ops Arcade 2: Cyber's Avengening, the Margwa appears in a challenge round.