DMZ Deep Dive, Part 2: How to Play – Forward Operating Base (FOB) Full Intel Guide

The Forward Operating Base (FOB) is your home between DMZ deployments. This navigable encampment allows you to offload your loot, gear up, receive your next Orders, before you head back into Hajin. The FOB is also home to DMZ’s permanent progression, including customizing your Active Duty Operators.

As you conduct further deployments into the Exclusion Zone, the FOB unlocks and upgrades into a fully established base.

Throughout the FOB, there are various stations, and they can be critical to your survival when deployed in the Exclusion Zone. Some stations are unlocked through playing DMZ and can then be upgraded using the 3D Printer station. These stations allow you to track down dangerous Lieutenants, build out your perfect weapon, swap out your Active Duty Operator, craft powerful gear, and more. 

Continue your successful deployments across Hajin, and you’re soon able to expand your FOB, and unlock additional stations:

• 3D Printer (Unlocks at DMZ Player Level 2): This uses a mix of Printer Resources and 3D Printer Ingredients to craft a variety of gear. The 3D Printer is also used to upgrade various stations in the FOB provided you have the required loot items.
• Boss Board (Unlocks after you complete your second DMZ Order): Purchase intel on Lieutenants, then locate and prepare to hunt down Hajin’s most powerful adversaries. Additional information is also available for Commanders.
• Vendor (Unlocks at DMZ Player Level 5): The Vendor has a variety of weapons and other items for sale using DMZ Cash. The vendor’s wares rotate day to day so get this gear while it’s available!
• Gunsmith (Unlocks at DMZ Player Level 10): Use in-game DMZ Cash to purchase attachments for looted weapons and to build brand new weapons from scratch. The attachments you can build are related to the level of the weapon and the shared attachments unlocked for that weapon. To increase the weapons you can build in Gunsmith you need to find and extract Weapon Manuals.
• Dog Tag Case (Unlocks at DMZ Player Level 20): Display Dog Tags collected from defeated Operators and favorite the ones you don’t want to lose.

The last stations are immediately available, and detail your full DMZ Player Progression, as well as confirming your deployment into Hajin:

• DMZ Progression: DMZ has its own dedicated Progression Track which awards key Printer Recipes, Unlocks FOB stations, and awards various other content all the way up to level 70!
• Deploy: A threshold of razor wire leading to a heavy-lift military transport helicopter where you’ll begin each DMZ deployment.

Operators Station: Active Duty

Available Immediately / Accessed within the FOB, or the left side blade menu.

These are accessed from the quick navigation left-blade menu for your currently equipped Operator and is also accessible via the Operator menu. Any Trait Tree Points you earn after successfully earning a Dog Tag level up after an exfil as that Operator are accessible here. You can have multiple Operators active (as many as you have slots) with each individually earning Trait Points. Spend Trait Points to acquire Traits from one of three Trees:

• Warfighter
• Scout
• Survivalist

There are 66 Traits available in DMZ, spread equally across the three Trees. Not all of them can be accessed by your Operator, as you can only have a maximum of 18 Trait Points before you fully level up your Operator and reach Onyx III Dog Tag status. Here’s how this works:

• Every successful exfil awards you DMZ XP, and the level of your Dog Tag is affected by this. Acquire enough and you level up your Dog Tag, earning one Trait Point each time. If you’ve done particularly well during a deployment, you may level up your Dog Tag more than once.
• When you’ve acquired your first Trait Point, study the three Trait Trees closely. Each Tree has a total of 22 different Traits you can access.
• Each Trait Tree consists of the following:
  • Seven Major Traits (always visible, arranged in groups of two aside from the initial Trait pick).
  • 15 Minor Traits (randomized, only visible if you’ve unlocked the previous Main Trait below the Minor group and arranged in groups of three). 
• Plan ahead to pick your preferred Main Trait, and then the available Minor Traits that complement your overall goals or playstyle along the way. Choose to unlock more Traits from an existing Trait Tree, or Traits from a different tree.
• Spend your first Trait point on the initial Major Trait for that tree. The remaining Traits are in branches of two (Major) and three (Minor). 
• Unlock one of the Traits from a previous branch to reach the next branch. Then choose a single Trait from that branch.
• Continue until you’ve either completed unlocking a Tree (unlocking a maximum of nine Traits, one per branch) or unlocked a variety of branches from multiple Trees, as shown in the adjacent Trait menu screenshot.
• Once you pick a Trait, it is locked in and can’t be substituted.
• Therefore, with 18 Trait Points before you maximize your Operator level (and no more Trait Points are awarded), you can elect to max out two of the three Trait Trees or open all three to varying degrees of completion.
• Remember: The more Traits you have, the more expensive your Operator is to rescue if they are downed during a deployment.

Example Traits

There’s a great deal of variety of Traits to uncover as you progress your Operator, especially as these can (eventually) become permanently unlocked if you decide to Prestige in DMZ. Here are examples of the seven Main (visible) Traits for each of the three Trait Trees:

Main Warfighter Traits

• Adrenaline Burst: Killing an enemy resets tactical sprint.
• Equipment Professional: Slowly recharges equipped Lethals and Tacticals after use.
• Combat Resistance: Reduces damage from explosives and the effects of enemy Tacticals.
• Viper Sense: Conceals you from thermal optics and AI targeting systems.
• Quick Fix: Reduces health regeneration delay when an enemy operator or hostile is killed.
• Possum: Allows a Self Revive into Last Stand from death, restoring health to maximum, once per match.
• Adaptive Restock: Enemy hostile drop one additional item.

Main Scout Traits

• Investor: Slightly increases cash amount extracted.
• Hostile Looter: Enemy hostiles sometimes drop an Uncommon printer ingredient, with a very small chance for a Rare printer ingredient.
• Container Looter: Chance to get extra piece of loot in containers.
• Thermal Padding: Hides from UAVs and downgrades Advanced UAVs to UAV detection.
• UAV Upgrade: Increases the range and duration of UAVs. Also upgrades them to Advanced UAVs.
• Overwatch: UAV towers you activate never expire.
• Field Crafting: Allows crafting items directly out of Common printer resources while deployed.

Main Survivalist Traits

• Air Superiority: Extends the duration of UAV towers and SAM sites.
• Faster Revive: Increases Revive speeds.
• Consumable Duration: Increases the duration of consumables.
• Impact Smokes: Releases smoke when downed.
• Free Revive: Automatically repairs your first Wound.
• Numb the Pain: Applies Painkillers and Smelling Salts effects on revives.
• Die Hard: Approaching an exfil while in Last Stand calls the exfil automatically. Also grants infinite bleed out time while in Last Stand.

Operators Station: DMZ Operator Prestige

Available after an Active Duty Operator earns 18 Trait Points / Accessed at the Operators station or Traits side menu

Once an Active Duty Operator earns 18 Trait Points, you can Prestige the Operator as long as they aren’t MIA and require rescuing. DMZ Operator Prestige is separate from the standard Level 1–55 Player Progression, the 1-70 DMZ Player Progression and other MW4 Prestige systems. It is tied to a specific Operator.

DMZ Operator Prestige is optional, the requirements to Prestige can be a challenge, but the reward is worth it: With each Operator Prestige, a special random Prestige Trait is equipped permanently to that Operator. Operators can earn up to three Prestige Traits.

Here are the requirements for your Operator to Prestige for the first time:

• Requirement 1: Maximum Operator Level: You must have earned a total of 18 Trait Points with the Operator. The Trait Points don’t need to be spent, though it is recommended you do so.
• Requirement 2: Equip Gear of Specific Rarity: Acquire and equip high Rarity Loadout equipment to the Operator’s Loadout and Backpack. For the first Prestige, you need:
  • Two Weapons (Rare Rarity or higher, each with three Attachment slots)
  • Plate Carrier (Rare Rarity or higher)
  • Backpack (Rare Rarity or higher)
  • Printer Ingredients (4 total, Rare Rarity or higher)
• Remember to remove any items you don’t want to sacrifice from your Backpack or Loadout too; these are lost when you Prestige.
• Requirement 3: Required Cash: You must have sufficient DMZ Cash funds, deducted from your in-game DMZ Cash Bank.

Meet all three requirements, and once you place your Gear in your Loadout and select Prestige in DMZ, all the required Gear is removed, the payment of in-game Funds occurs, and your Operator’s Traits are removed and reset.

Then, a random, Permanent Prestige Trait is granted to your Operator.

The Loadout is the equipment your Operator carries and actively uses in a deployment and returns with after a successful exfil. 

Keep these Stash and Loadout basics in mind:

• Build your Loadout: Select weapons and items from your Stash to equip your Operator before deploying.
• Store items and weapons: Remove any unwanted Loadout items and place them in the Stash. Any 3D printed items are also stored in the Stash. Your Stash initially holds up to 40 items and 12 weapons, with weapons counted separately from general items. In DMZ you can save Weapons, Gear, Consumables, 3D Printer Ingredients, Keys, and even valuables you don’t want to sell.
• Manage your inventory: Successful deployments can quickly fill your Backpack, so it’s wise to offload your loot into the Stash. Review what you want to keep, sell, discard (in the rare event you run out of Stash room and your Bank is capped at maximum saved funds), or use for crafting. The Stash always shows items by Type, then Rarity. There are options to sort by Rarity and then Type, or you can Merge loot stacks to keep your Stash organized.
• Crafting Resources: There are four types of Resources — Synthetics, Electronics, Chemicals, and Metals — that you automatically break down during looting. The totals of these materials are shown in the bottom left corner of the Stash Menu, and don’t take up Stash slots. Use them at the 3D Printer station.
• 3D Printer Ingredients: Other items collected during a deployment that don’t automatically break down are known as 3D Printer Ingredients and are stored in your Backpack during a deployment. After a successful exfil, move these to your Stash to free up Backpack space, and use the 3D Printer Ingredients to craft new gear, and to upgrade stations in the FOB in the 3D Printer Upgrade menu. Use them wisely.

TIP: All DMZ Cash, Resources, 3D Printer Ingredients, and other content you acquire in DMZ, is shared by all your Active Duty Operators. Think about gathering loot using an Operator skilled in finding valuable items thanks to their Traits and bring these back for other Operators you are utilizing.

Initial Deployment: Basic Pack and Loadout

Basic Pack

Without a proper Backpack equipped, you begin with the Basic Pack, with eight available slots. Each item has a defined stack size, meaning you can carry multiples of smaller items in a single slot. All backpacks include a specific pouch for Resources to collect; this way you don’t have to manage your Chemicals, Electronics, Metals, or Synthetics (all of which are automatically broken down from items you loot during a deployment and used along with 3D Printer Ingredients to craft items at the 3D Printer). Additional types of Backpacks add to the number and type of item slots. 

Loadout

This details the weapons and gear you have immediate access to and are carrying with you into Hajin.

• DMZ Cash: This is always empty prior to deployment as it shows the available funds found during a deployment. These are added to your Bank after a successful exfil.
• Armor: This is always empty prior to deployment. Once you infil, your Armor Slot is automatically filled with plates. The only way to bring in more Armor Plates is by choosing Traits that expand the Armor Slot capacity, and/or by bringing in the Armor Box Field Upgrade.
• Dog Tag: Your Dog Tag, Bounty, and Operator Kills ratings.
• Headgear: Items worn on the head, such as Gas Masks or NVGs.
• Self-Revive: A specific slot for Self-Revive Kits.
• Weapons Slot 1: Your main Primary or Secondary Weapon.
• Plate Carrier: Your equipped Armor Vest.
• Weapons Slot 2: Your additional Primary or Secondary Weapon.
• Tactical, Lethal, Backpack, Field Upgrade, Fire Support (Killstreak): Instantly accessible equipment goes here. Store extra in your Backpack.
• Mission Item: This is always empty prior to deployment. When focused on a Story Mission or Dynamic Op, any important items are automatically added to this slot. This way you and your squad don’t have to make room for critical mission items.
• Parachute: Whether you have a parachute equipped.
• Melee Weapon: Allows you to equip melee weapon variants, such as the “Sombra Besada” Combat Knife Blueprint from the Vault Edition’s Signature Weapons Collection.

FOB Firing Range

Available Immediately / Accessed within the FOB

Bring any ranged weapon in your Loadout to the Firing Range, a wooded grove nestled between the Gunsmith and Vendor Stations and test out your build. 

• The Firing Range offers multiple walls to crouch or drop into a prone stance, as well as to mount to.
• Targets (both circular and bottle-shaped) are available at multiple ranges, from less than 10 meters to over 100. 

Survival Kits Station

Available Immediately / Accessed within the FOB

Survival Kits contains a selection of supplies for use during deployments. Kits focused on medical support, armor, equipment, restocking, or general preparation.

Interact with a Survival Kit to unpack it and add all the contents to your Stash. Unopened kits remain stored within the Survival Kits station menu, where they can stack indefinitely until you are ready to use them.

There are several types of Survival Kits, each with a variety of contents. Examples include: Deployment Kits (essential supplies), Triage Kits (medical), Armor Kits (protective items), Equipment Kits, and SERE Kits for high-risk recoveries.

• Acquire Survival Kits as rewards for DMZ Player Leveling, by completing DMZ Orders and Missions, and as Event rewards.

Survival Kit Example: Deployment Kit

Vault Edition Reward: Players with the Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition will gain access to the Vault Edition Deployment Kit containing:

• Weapon Insurance Contracts (x2)
• Operator Rescue Beacons (x2)
• Fulton Drop Marker (x2)
• Medium Backpacks (x2)
• 2-Plate Carriers (x2)

Bounty Leaderboard: PvP Hunters and Killers

Available Immediately / Accessed at a physical Station within the FOB

Once you’ve learned the basics about surviving in the Hajin Exclusion Zone, you can focus on your continued Operator progress. During deployments, you may find yourself in a situation where a rival Operator presents a clear and present danger to your ongoing activities. You can elect to engage and be as active or as passive when engaging other human Operators as you wish.

Killers: Operators who hunt down and kill rival players will eventually earn a Bounty, and are unofficially known as “Killers”. A Killer player’s Bounty (valued in DMZ Cash) continues to increase as more rival Operators are slain. Take down four Operators across deployments, and you become Wanted. 

Note: When a Wanted Operator comes within proximity, nearby Operators are automatically alerted to their presence.

Hunters: Another optional role is that of “Hunter”, allowing you to track down and remove notorious Killers within Hajin. During Deployment, visit a Bounty Station, and use funds from your FOB Bank to locate Wanted Operators in your deployment. Then hunt them down for considerable DMZ Cash rewards. To collect the reward, you must kill the Operator and extract with their Dog Tag.

Within the FOB is the Bounty Leaderboard Station, showing the Top 50 Most Wanted Operators, and the Top 50 Bounty Hunters:

• The Top 50 Most Wanted Players: Updated weekly, this shows a player’s status (Wanted or Eliminated) and the Bounty on their heads. 
• The Top 50 Bounty Hunters shows their status (Bounties claimed, and DMZ Cash earned for Killer player takedowns). 
• You can view players Globally, or those on your Friends list.

PvP Killer: Most Wanted System

Here’s how the Wanted System operates:

• When an Operator kills another player, they immediately earn a Bounty, listed on their own Dog Tag, visible within your Loadout. The number of human Operators you’ve slain is tracked on your Dog Tag.
• As the Operator continues to slay other human Operators, the Killer’s Bounty level rises. When four players are slain, as described above, the Operator becomes Wanted. 
• There are various Bounty thresholds that increase the value in slaying the killer; the “Wanted” state.
• There are multiple “Wanted” states as the killer increases their takedowns.
• The biggest Bounties are known as “Most Wanted”. Most Wanted players are severe threats, and displayed on the Bounty Leaderboards station in the FOB.
• If an Operator dies, their Bounty and Wanted status is lost.

PvP Killer: Earning a Bounty

• Engage in PvP activities, and your Bounty level increases. This is a long-term system that tracks players across multiple deployments. Various factors are tracked into increasing your Bounty level, including who fired first, if you were outnumbered, and other factors. Keep taking down rival Operators, and you’ll start to appear on the Wanted Board. To increase your Wanted rating, you need to gain notoriety, and continue to engage other players.  

PvP Killer: Losing a Bounty

Once your Operator has a Bounty, your notoriety is difficult to expunge. Try the following:

Exfil from a deployment without your Dog Tag, losing it to another player taking and extracting with it (after slaying you, whether you are subsequently revived or not).

• You are killed during a deployment, and fail to Exfil.
• Use DMZ Cash funds to pay your own Bounty off at a Bounty Station within Hajin.

PvP Hunter: Claiming a Bounty

There is DMZ Cash for extracting with a bountied player’s Dog Tag.

• The amount received is relative to the Bounty Level of the target Operator. If a Bounty is at maximum Wanted level, expect an additional increase in the reward.
• The more players a Bounty target eliminates, the larger the DMZ Cash reward. Slay a Bounty target, and your cut of the Bounty in DMZ Cash will be added to your Bank after exfil.

PvP Hunter and Killer Gameplay: Hunting Down Bounties

During a deployment, you can open your Tac Map and locate a Bounty Station within Hajin, and use DMZ Cash to Buy Intel helping to pinpoint any Wanted players on the map. The higher the Killer’s Wanted Level, the more DMZ Cash you need to pay for this intel. 

Note: This is in addition to a list of Wanted Operators on the current deployment, which is freely available once you access the Bounty Station, whether you pay for specific Bounty Intel or not.

Killer Visibility

With intel gained, the Bounty target’s whereabouts is indicated on your Tac-Map: 

• Expect a circle on the Tac Map around the general area where the Wanted player is. This shrinks and updates more rapidly, the more Wanted the player is.
• At the highest Wanted level, a Killer’s general vicinity is likely visible to all Operatives within Hajin, not just those who have bought Bounty Station intel.

3D Printer

Unlocks at DMZ Level 2 / Accessed within the FOB, or the left side blade menu.

The 3D Printer is used to craft Gear and special 3D Printer Ingredients, and is also used to upgrade other stations within the FOB, using items found across the Exclusion Zone.

Note: As soon as the 3D Printer unlocks, you can start to craft different items and upgrades. Most require a Recipe, some are single-use items (like medical supplies) while others remain on you until removed or upgraded (like Backpacks and Armor Vests), or used (like Tacticals and Field Upgrades).

Resources and 3D Printer Ingredients: With a few new Recipes available, highlight the item you want to craft in the 3D Printer menu to see all the Resources and 3D Printer Ingredients required to craft it. 

Resources are the four basic elements you can find: Synthetics, Electronics, Chemicals, and Metals. When you loot throughout Hajin, resources you find are immediately broken down into these four types, and shown in the bottom-left corner of the 3D Printer menu.

3D Printer Ingredients are items found in specific areas of the map and are extracted intact. All are valuable as an ingredient to make a new Item. Examples of 3D Printer Ingredients include Binding Catalyst, Biomaterials, Detonators, and Control Units.

Resources and 3D Printer Ingredients: Collectively, these two sets of items are used in DMZ crafting. 

• Track your Stash: The 3D Printer shows how many of each ingredient you already have. The number changes to green when you have enough to craft a highlighted item.
• Craft multiple items: If you have enough resources and ingredients, select how many copies of the item you want to craft at once.
• Choose where crafted items go: Send completed items to your Stash for later or equip them directly to your Operator.
• With Upgrades to the 3D Printer, you can craft 3D Printer Ingredients (from Resources and other 3D Printer Ingredients) as well as regular items like Plate Carriers and Backpacks, providing you have the Recipes.

As you progress through DMZ, the 3D Printer becomes increasingly important. Upgrade your printer to continue unlocking more types of gear to craft.

Initial Unlocks: Your First Crafting Session

After unlocking the 3D Printer at DMZ Player Level 2, immediately familiarize yourself with the items you can print, and why they are helpful. 

Medkit

2-Plate Armor Vest

Here’s what you can build, and why:

• Upgrades: Use DMZ Cash, Ingredients, and Valuables once you’ve progressed enough to unlock extra Dog Tag Case storage, Gunsmith discounts, and additional Vendor purchase options. You can also upgrade your 3D Printer resources to craft Uncommon or Epic rarity Components, such as Rigid Synthetics and Alloyed Plating.
• Consumables: Craft single-use items to heal, boost performance, survive radiation, and breach secured doors.
• Plate Carriers: Increase your armor capacity and protection in the field. Note that some Plate Carriers (Vests) have additional Plate capacity, are more durable and protect from one-shots, or use enhanced plates for extra tempered protection.
• Backpacks: Expand your carrying capacity for weapons, gear, and supplies both in the field, and in the Stash/Loadout Menu. Note that some Backpacks have slots for additional weapons and secure slots that protect the items in them from being lost if you fail to exfil.
• Tacticals: Deploy utility equipment to disrupt enemies, heal, and gain an advantage.
• Lethals: Craft offensive equipment to eliminate threats and clear positions.
• Field Upgrades: Deploy tactical equipment that supports ongoing utility during an operation.
• Fire Support: Call in powerful Killstreaks to help turn the tide of an engagement.
• Gear: Craft facial gear to mitigate gas or darkness, as well as parachutes.
• Ingredients: Craft specific ingredients which previously had to be looted and extracted.

Note: Tracked Items: Any Recipes or Ingredients you have a particular interest in can be tagged and are tracked, so you can quickly check which Recipes you’re particularly in need of finding.

TIP: Most of the items you store in your Stash and/or use in the 3D Printer have category icons shown in the bottom-left corner of their slot image. This quickly allows you to understand which items are which, and how they are best used. These icons mostly correspond with the category menu icons along the left side of the Stash/Loadout screen, except for valuables (indicated by a gem icon) that can be immediately sold for DMZ Cash, but are also used for FOB Upgrades at the 3D Printer.

Boss Board: Lieutenants and Commanders

Unlocks after you complete your second DMZ Order / Accessed at a physical Station within the FOB

Commanders are present across Hajin, and you must be situationally aware of them. These are heavily armored and dangerous foes.

• Commanders are marked on your Tac Map when they are close by. Your Team Leader also warns you of their proximity, so pay attention.
• Expect a DMZ Cash reward the first time you take down a specific Commander, as well as valuable 3D Printer Ingredients for killing a Commander and extracting.
• Expect additional [CLASSIFIED] rewards for slaying multiple Commanders.

Commanders include the following:

• Colossus: A seven-foot tall, heavily armored soldier built for the conditions in Hajin, equipped with a Minigun firing depleted uranium rounds.
• Deathstalker: There are four types of enemy drones active in Hajin. This is a helicopter-sized Autonomous drone adversary mounted with dual machinegun turrets.
• Tank: A North Korean battle tank on high alert, patrolling Hajin.

Vendor

Unlocks at DMZ Level 5 / Accessed within the FOB, or the left side blade menu.

Where can weapons be located and used by your Operator? Here’s a quick run-down:

• From the Free Loadout when you deploy.
• Weapons located in your Stash.
• Weapons purchased and built within the Gunsmith.
• Via Weapon Manuals you must loot and extract with. These are the key to unlocking more weapons to purchase within the Gunsmith.
• From the FOB Vendor.
• Collected from enemies or Lieutenants during a deployment.
• Looted from slain players.
• Looted from military containers across Hajin, located in Police Stations, Compounds.
• From Weapon Blueprints.
• And more!

Access the Progression menu to view the leveling path for any weapon. This is a global system, so any Progression you achieve across Multiplayer and DMZ is counted. Here’s how this works:

• The number of levels — in the case of the example M4, that would be 72 — are shown along with any Attachment unlocks and Weapon Camos available at each level. 
• Each Attachment available across all compatible weapons – known as a “Shared Attachment” – is only unlocked once, meaning there is no redundant grinding. If a weapon level would award an Attachment you already own, you skip that level with a Bonus Level Up.
• The Apex Attachment(s) for the Weapon is also available once you complete all of the weapon’s levels. 
• Weapon Prestige is also available for each weapon.

Tip: Experienced players can build weapons for their squadmates, as well as utilizing Weapon Backpacks that allow an additional weapon slot, and drop that weapon for a squadmate once deployment is under way in Hajin.

Tip: Players can only carry two weapons in and out of a deployment. To maximize growing your arsenal, it is recommended you find or 3D Print one of the Weapon Backpacks, so you can always bring out an additional one or two extra weapons (one in your Secondary Loadout slot, and a third in your Backpack).

Tip: More impressive and rare weapons may be looted from player Operators you’ve taken down, as well as from the bodies of slain Lieutenants. If a Lieutenant doesn’t drop their weapon, inspect the corpse for a Lieutenant’s key to a named loot room where their weapon can usually be found.

Dog Tag Case

Unlocks at DMZ Level 20 / Accessed at a physical Station within the FOB

As your DMZ Level increases, you unlock new FOB stations, upgrades, and rewards that expand your access to the Forward Operating Base and help you prepare for future deployments. 

The types of rewards are as follows:

• FOB Station Unlocks: Gain access to new stations
• FOB Station Upgrades: Gain additional benefits to your FOB stations as you level up, such as the following upgrades:
  • 3D Printer Upgrades: Ability to print new Equipment types
  • Active Duty Upgrade: Additional Operator Slot
  • Bank Upgrades: Additional DMZ Cash Capacity
  • Gunsmith Upgrades: Discounts to weapon purchases
  • Stash Slots: Additional Slots for your Stash/Loadout equipment
  • Weapon Stash Slots: Additional Slots for your Weapons
  • Dog Tag Case: Bounty Reward Payout Increases
  • FOB Vendor: Additional Weapon Offers and Item Slots
  • Recipes: Unlock new items you can craft at the FOB’s 3D Printer.
  • Operators and Skins: Customize an Operator’s appearance with new Operators and cosmetic outfits earned through DMZ progression.
  • Consumables: Earn 3D Printer Ingredients, like Rigid Synthetics that are used to craft functional inventory items.
  • Survival Kits: Obtained from the Survival Kit station in the FOB, containing bundles of equipment to use during deployments.
  • Fire Support: Access powerful Killstreak

The DMZ Level Unlocks provide a progression path that gradually unlocks and improves the mode’s core systems.

Events

Available Immediately / Accessed within the FOB, or the left side blade menu.

Check this station when an Event is active in Modern Warfare 4. Challenges, or other unlocks are currently available, many of which may be only available for a limited time.

Deploy

Available Immediately / Accessed via the Deploy menu or the Deploy area (razor wire and helicopter access).

When you and your squad are ready to drop into Hajin, access the Deploy menu, and choose one of three deployment options:

• Story Missions: There is a power vacuum in Hajin. Follow orders, unmask the new threat, and destroy their operations across the DMZ.
• Dynamic Operations: Deploy directly into a Dynamic Op to earn DMZ Cash and Experience. Every completed Operation provides a Supply Drop of increasing rarity for your squad.
• Free Roam: Deploy without a mission and explore Hajin City.

Dynamic Operations and Free Roam Deployment: Preparation.

Select “Dynamic Operations” or “Free Roam” to access your infil options (some requiring funds or progression to unlock):

• Ground (Free): The deployment begins in a random part of Hajin, with you and your squad on foot.
• Polaris Dagor A1 (5,000 DMZ Cash): Your team appears in a random part of Hajin, with a lightly armored vehicle air-dropped into your location. The vehicle provides a rapid response.
• LTV (25,000 DMZ Cash): Your team appears in a random part of Hajin, with this heavily armored vehicle air-dropped into your location. 
• Helicopter (50,000 DMZ Cash): Your squad embarks from the FOB in a helicopter, before appearing over a random part of Hajin, with one of you piloting a helicopter and the others in passenger seats. 
• Cargo Plane (100,000 DMZ Cash): Your team drops from a large cargo plane. This allows you to pinpoint an exact location within Hajin to drop into and explore. 
• Selecting Free Roam is an excellent decision if you’re focusing on looting for 3D Printer Ingredients, hunting down Wanted Operators, and most importantly; it is excellent for working on completing your 

Ready Up: Once your method of infil is chosen, you enter the Ready Up Menu.