MW4 DMZ 3D Printer guide: resources, ingredients and recipes

The 3D Printer is the crafting station in your FOB. It opens at DMZ Level 2 and turns what you loot into gear: armor, backpacks, healing, tacticals and the FOB’s permanent upgrades.

Two kinds of material

1. Resources: the common stuff

Synthetics, Electronics, Chemicals and Metals. Normal loot breaks down into these automatically when you pick it up. They are common all over Hajin.

2. Ingredients: the rare parts

Ingredients stay as items in your backpack and Stash. They are rarer, depending on their rarity, and found in specific areas. The printer’s Recipe menu suggests where to look.

Ingredient	Rarity
Biomaterials	Uncommon
Electronic Sensors	Uncommon
Reactive Metals	Uncommon
Rigid Synthetics	Uncommon
Binding Catalyst	Rare
Stock Rod	Rare
Ballistic Fabric	Epic
Nylon Laminate	Epic
Military Composites	Legendary

Alloyed Plating, Control Units and Detonators are ingredients too. Their rarity isn’t confirmed yet.

How recipes unlock

• DMZ Player Level: your first recipes unlock at Level 2 with the printer.
• DMZ Orders: some Order pages reward a recipe. The Counterfeit page with Hostile Force pays a Recon Drone Recipe.
• Found in Hajin: a Recipe item unlocks its recipe when you extract with it, and pays 5,000 DMZ Cash. The physical Recipe is used up.

Pin a recipe to track its ingredients: tracked items show a pin icon when you loot them (Resource and Recipe tracking).

Every recipe cost we know

Recipe	Rarity	Unlock	Cost
Energy Drink	Common	–	10 Chemicals, 10 Metals
Bandage	Uncommon	DMZ Level 2	15 Synthetics, 15 Chemicals
Pain Killers	Uncommon	–	15 Electronics, 15 Chemicals
1-Plate Armor Vest	Uncommon	DMZ Level 2	25 Synthetics, 25 Metals
Small Backpack	Uncommon	DMZ Level 2	25 Synthetics, 25 Metals
2-Plate Armor Vest	Rare	DMZ Level 2	50 Synthetics, 5 Reactive Metals
Medium Backpack	Rare	DMZ Level 2	50 Synthetics, 5 Rigid Synthetics
Armor Box	Rare	–	1 Reactive Metals
Medkit	Epic	DMZ Level 2	30 Chemicals, 1 Binding Catalyst, 5 Biomaterials
Door Breacher Charge	Ultra	–	1 Stock Rod
Tempered Armor Vest	Ultra	–	2 Military Composites, 4 Ballistic Fabric, 10 Rigid Synthetics
Secure Scavenger Backpack	Ultra	–	2 Military Composites, 4 Nylon Laminate, 10 Reactive Metals
Bomb Glider	–	–	1 Stock Rod
Disposable Parachute	–	–	1 Rigid Synthetics

”–” means not confirmed yet. The Self-Revive Kit, Smelling Salts, Radiation Blockers, Sedative Inhaler, Recon Drone and 3-Plate Helmet Armor Vest are printable, but their costs haven’t been shown yet. See all recipes.

Where to loot materials

Material	Where to look
Resources for printing	Homes and Gas Stations
Chemicals and medical parts	Clinics and hospitals
Better loot and rare parts	Compounds
Rare ingredients	Bosses: Commanders like the Tank drop 3D Printer ingredients

Reactive Metals turn up in industrial areas and toolboxes. Nylon Laminate is found in military holdings and high-class civilian locations.

FOB upgrades are printed here

Every permanent FOB upgrade is bought from the printer’s upgrade menu, paid with DMZ Cash, ingredients and valuables, so don’t sell every valuable you find. Most upgrades take several prints to finish. The upgrades include more Stash space, a bigger Bank, cheaper MIA rescues, a Gunsmith discount, better Vendor offers and more. One tier of the Stash Item Upgrade costs 10 Electronic Sensors and 10 Rigid Synthetics, and adds 18 item slots.

What the printer can’t make (and what it can)

• No weapons. Primary, Secondary and Melee weapons come from the Gunsmith, the Vendor or loot.
• Ingredients, once upgraded. An upgraded printer makes Uncommon and Epic components like Rigid Synthetics and Alloyed Plating.
• Killstreaks. Fire Support is printable. Infinity Ward mentioned the Argonaut, a new take on the Juggernaut that is very hard to craft.

Traits for crafters

• Field Crafting (Scout): craft from Common printer resources while deployed.
• Hostile Looter (Scout): hostiles sometimes drop Uncommon ingredients, rarely Rare ones.
• Combat Scavenger (Scout or Warfighter): a small chance of an ingredient or valuable from kills.

The Stash is shared, so a loot-focused Operator can craft for your main one. Use our 3D Printer planner to total the cost of a shopping list.