"It's a doorway to another realm, my friends, and providence has brought you to me. We go through it together."
The Götterdämmerung was the fourth of four one-of-a-kind safes created by famous safe designer Hans Wagner, which Ludwig Dieter was obsessed with cracking. It featured a four-lock rotating randomization mechanism that made it one of the most difficult safes in the world to break open. It was the primary target of Army of the Dead and its creation was depicted in the first scene of Army of Thieves.
History[]
"But what about the next opera? The Götterdämmerung?"
"Siegfried dies and Brünnhilde throws herself on his funeral pyre."

Hans Wagner works on the Götterdämmerung.
At some point the Götterdämmerung was designed by Hans Wagner. It's the fourth of his masterpiece safes, named after the fourth opera of the Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner.

Blueprints left behind by a previous safecracking team.
Prior to the Las Vegas outbreak, Bly Tanaka used the safe to store money for his casino. When the city fell, $200 million was left behind. At some point later, a team of thieves attempted to break into the vault, but were swarmed by shamblers that came through an open access gate.[1]
Götterdämmerung heist[]
"If I can open it, it will either be destruction or renewal. Death or rebirth."

After sitting under Bly's Casino, unused for years, the Las Vengeance heist team eventually found the safe. Spending some time with it, Ludwig Dieter managed to open it, and the team gathered the $200 million that was inside. Conflict arose, and the group ended up fighting the alpha horde in the vault. Dieter pushed Vanderohe into the Götterdämmerung and locked him inside to protect him from Zeus. Vanderohe spent some time inside, until he was able to escape after the nuclear strike on the city above.[1]
Trivia[]
- A rack of film reels can be seen in the front corner of the vault during the planned events. The rightmost reel is the genuine "Snyder Cut" reel that, at the time of filming Army of the Dead, had yet to officially go into production. The reel contains the 214-minute version of the film, not the final film that would later be released. The vault does not contain this rack once opened during the real event.
- The safe is named for Götterdämmerung, the fourth and final piece in Richard Wagner's opera, Der Ring des Nibelungen.
- The English name for Götterdämmerung is Twilight of the Gods, which is the title of Zack Snyder and Jay Oliva's Norse mythology-based animated series.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shay Hatten, Zack Snyder, Joby Harold (writers) & Zack Snyder (director) (May 14, 2021). Army of the Dead.
Objects | |
Safes: | Rheingold • Valkyrie • Siegfried • Götterdämmerung • Hans Wagner's tomb |
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Vehicles: | Gwendoline's getaway vans • Sin City Tacos truck • Bly's rescue helicopter • Vanderohe's plane • UFOs |
Art and media: | Guzman of the Dead 420 • Sebastian Super Safecracker • Der Ring des Nibelungen • Ludwig Dieter |
Other objects: | Money • Medal of Freedom • Vanderohe's saw • Zombie infection • Sidearms • Rifles • Other weapons • Other equipment |