Your first deployment

DMZ early access began on 20 October for eligible Modern Warfare 4 digital pre-orders. The full-release date is 23 October 2026. Install the launch update and required content packs; the release date is not a live server-status indicator.

Modern Warfare 4 requires a separate purchase and is not included with Game Pass at launch. Confirm ownership on the platform you intend to use, install the required game content and check the current game menu before troubleshooting your loadout.

Begin at the Forward Operating Base. Recruit an Active Duty Operator, check their status and choose the character you want to develop. Each Operator has individual Dog Tags and Traits; your overall DMZ player level is a separate progression track.

An eliminated Operator becomes MIA. Recovery preserves Traits but costs Banked DMZ Cash, and the recovered Operator needs replacement gear. The exact recovery price depends on progression and is not calculated here.

Read your Order or selected activity before moving. Loot can support the present objective, replace missing equipment or contribute to a future 3D Printer recipe. Those purposes compete for attention and backpack space.

Keep a short priority list. Compare a new item with your next task instead of automatically taking everything of higher rarity.

If you use a Truce Flag, its cooldown is now 60 seconds, reduced from 180 in the 2 November update. Check the current in-game state before relying on another use.

Active exfil sites are selected from a pool and identified by green smoke. Call the extraction helicopter, hold the area and board when it arrives. The call attracts attention, so reaching the smoke does not finish the run.

Use the current in-game Tac-Map and timer. WDguide map markers are planning references; variable exfil availability must be confirmed during your deployment.

Read the After Action Report to see what the deployment produced. Offload supplies into the shared Stash, check your Operator and decide what to reserve for the next attempt.

Use the result to adjust one decision: route, loadout, objective or time spent looting. A browser loadout or quest tick is your own record; it does not synchronize with the game.

30 October update: Dynamic Ops award 10,000–20,000 Cash, Side Ops award 2,000 Cash, and completed mission steps award 500 Cash. These are activity rewards, not a guarantee of extraction profit.

The Possum Trait has an activation restriction: it cannot be used while the eliminating team is nearby; its activation failsafe is five minutes, and the required enemy distance is 2.5 times the previous distance. No absolute radius is published. Do not plan an immediate return to the same fight.