MW4 DMZ for new players
What is DMZ?
DMZ is the extraction mode of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. You drop into Hajin, a radioactive exclusion zone, loot, complete objectives, fight AI soldiers and other players, and try to get out alive with what you found.
- 60keys
- 18bosses
- 202items
- 13locations
- ModeExtraction: loot and get out
- MapsHajin and X01 Black Site
- PlayersSolo or with a squad
- GoalExfil with your loot
How a raid works
- 01
Gear up at the FOB
The Forward Operating Base is your home between raids: Stash, loadouts, the 3D Printer, Bounties and upgrades. Your first raids can use the Free Loadout, so you risk nothing you paid for.
- 02
Choose how to deploy
Story Missions follow the DMZ story, Dynamic Operations drop you straight into an Op that pays DMZ Cash and XP, and Free Roam lets you explore Hajin without a mission.
- 03
Infil
A ground infil is free and puts you on foot at a random spot. A vehicle costs 5,000 DMZ Cash; the Cargo Plane costs 100,000 and lets you pick where you land.
- 04
Loot, fight, complete
Search containers, open locked rooms with keys, finish DMZ Orders, hunt bosses and watch for other squads. Too many AI kills bring a Hunt Squad after you.
- 05
Exfil
Reach an exfil and leave on the helicopter: what you carry out is yours. Die or miss the exfil and you lose what you brought in, except the item in your Secure Slot.
The maps
HajinThe main map: a large exclusion zone around the Haneul Nuclear Reactor with a prison, an air base, towns, a mall, farmland and a radioactive core.
X01 Black SiteNew in Season 1: an underground GRANIT Arms black site reached through Hajin, on two floors with its own bosses, key rooms and the Deep Vault. UAVs do not work there.
What can kill you
AI soldiers guard every location; the harder the area, the better armed they are.
Lieutenants keep to one area, Commanders such as Colossus roam the map.
Other players are after the same loot, solo or in squads.
Radiation zones, like the Reactor core, need protective gear.
What you work towards
- DMZ Orders teach the systems and tell the story; finishing them levels you up.
- FOB upgrades grow your Bank, Stash and stations; they need cash and rare items from raids.
- The 3D Printer builds gear from materials you bring back.
- Operator Traits let you shape your playstyle with points you earn.
Quick answers
Do I lose my gear when I die?
Yes, what you brought in is lost, except the item in your Secure Slot. If you fail to exfil, the Scavenger Bonus still pays some DMZ Cash for what you looted (not in Story Missions).
Can I play alone?
Yes. Squad Fill is on by default; turn it off before you deploy to go in solo.
Where do I start?
Take the Free Loadout, deploy into a quiet area of Hajin and do the first DMZ Orders. The first raid guide walks you through it.
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Sources: Call of Duty - DMZ Deep Dive, Part 1, Call of Duty - DMZ Deep Dive, Part 2, Call of Duty - Season 1 patch notes. Checked 2026-11-11.