MW4 DMZ Cash guide: how to earn money fast and what to spend it on

DMZ Cash pays for nearly everything at the FOB: weapons, attachments, vehicle infils, intel and MIA rescues. This guide shows the best ways to earn it and how not to waste it.

How DMZ Cash works

• Cash you earn and extract goes into your Bank at the FOB.
• The Bank is shared by all your Operators.
• The Bank has a maximum. Gameplay menus show 100,000 before Bank I. Its listed 20,000-Cash upgrade sets capacity to 250,000; Bank II is reported at 50,000 for 500,000 total capacity. Check your current limit in the Bank guide.
• Your After Action Report lists the cash you earned after every run.

The best ways to earn

For a focused safe search and the separate 5,000-value extraction objective, use the safes and Robbery walkthrough. Safe contents vary; a room visit is not a guaranteed cash payout.

Source	Pays	Notes
Dynamic Operations	10,000–20,000 each	Paid straight into your Bank. Each one also calls a Supply Drop
Story Missions	Varies	Older mission briefings list 25,000; a Critical Extraction after-action report shows a 5,000 Story Mission payout. Check the current briefing and report before planning around a fixed amount. Gear and unlocks depend on the mission.
Lieutenants	10,000 Boss Board reward	Shown for Bale, Iskra, Jin-Tae, Scavenger and The Doctor. A kill pays XP and cash even if you don’t take the case
Weapon Manual	5,000	Paid when you extract it, plus the gun unlock
Recipe	5,000	Paid when you extract it, plus the recipe unlock
Valuables	Item value	A Gold bar is worth 25,000. Browse Dog Tags & valuables
UAV Towers	Cash	Activating one reveals nearby players and AI and pays cash
Bounties	The target’s bounty	Kill a Wanted player and extract their Dog Tag. Risky. See the bounty guide

Where money hides in Hajin: vaults and cash registers. Look in banks and shops as you pass.

A simple money plan

1. Deploy into a Dynamic Operation and finish as many Operations as you can in one run. The pay goes to your Bank even before you exfil.
2. Grab any Weapon Manual or Recipe you see. 5,000 each plus a permanent unlock is the best value in the game.
3. Fill spare space with valuables and extract them.
4. Complete Story Missions for their listed gear, cash and unlocks. Check each mission’s rewards before deploying.
5. Hunt Lieutenants when your squad is ready. See the bosses guide.

Traits that earn more

• Investor (Scout): slightly more cash extracted.
• Container Looter (Scout): a chance of an extra item in containers.
• LT Hunter (Warfighter): extra paid intel from Lieutenant Towers.

Plan them in the skill tree planner.

What to spend it on

Where	What it costs	Tip
Gunsmith	Weapons and attachments. The first attachment on a gun adds a 1,000 slot cost	Unlocks at DMZ Level 10. A Gunsmith Discount takes 5% off
Vendor	Rotating gear and prebuilt weapon offers; inspect the current price	Unlocks at DMZ Level 5. Stock changes every day, so check it often
Vehicle infils	Polaris Dagor A1 5,000, LTV 25,000, Heli 50,000, Cargo Plane 100,000	Walking in is free
MIA rescue	Grows with the Operator’s Trait Points	Always keep enough for one rescue
Intel	Lieutenant intel and bounty intel	Buy it when you plan to hunt
Your own bounty	Pay it down at a Bounty Station	Stops other players hunting you

Mistakes to avoid

• Don’t spend your last cash on a vehicle infil. If the run fails, you can’t rescue your Operator.
• Don’t sit at the Bank cap. Above the maximum, new income is wasted. Spend or upgrade.
• Check your equipped build before deploying. Test recoil and optics at the Firing Range.

More on buying and building guns in the Gunsmith guide.