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How do I get Epic and Legendary crafting materials in DMZ?

Applies to
Modern Warfare 4 (2026) DMZ on Hajin, Season 1. Not the 2022 DMZ on Al Mazrah.
Last checked
Nov 7, 2026
How sure
Recipes and unlock costs match across several guides. Drop rates come from one community loot sample taken before Season 1, so treat them as rough.

Short answer

Loot your first Epics where they drop best, kill Colossus for the Military Composites that unlock Epic Ingredient Printing, then print the rest from 100 base resources plus 3 Rares. Since Season 1, the X01 printer turns Epics into the four Legendaries.

The order that works

  1. Loot your first Epics. You can't print them yet, and Uncommon Ingredient Printing alone needs 5 Comms Modules.
  2. Kill Colossus and extract. He's the only Commander that drops Military Composites, and Epic Ingredient Printing needs 5 of them.
  3. Unlock Epic Ingredient Printing at the FOB 3D Printer.
  4. Print the Epics you're short on. Every Epic recipe is 100 of a base resource plus 3 of one Rare.
  5. Go after Legendaries from Commanders, or print them in-raid at the X01 printer.

Let the game point you there first

At the FOB 3D Printer, open any recipe and pick Ingredient Locations. That's the game's own hint. It shows search areas, not fixed spawns. Track (pin) the recipe too. DMZ Codex says tracked items then show a pin icon when you loot them.

Higher threat isn't clearly better. In COD Central's loot data, Extreme areas gave Epic-or-better items about 19% more often and Low areas about 19% less often, and the authors say the Extreme gap could be chance.

Where each Epic is easiest

Rates are from COD Central's loot data: 10,442 containers from 49 players, Oct 20 to Nov 3, before Season 1. They're what players saw, not official numbers.

ItemBest spotsBest containerPrint it from
Comms ModuleCheonwang Peak Array Data Farm (F6), Deadtown computer rooms (B7), Netshin server rooms (G6)Gaming Computer, about 1 in 44100 Electronics + 3 CPU
Power RegulatorHaneul Nuclear Reactor, Mechanic's Shack (key), substationsGaming Computer, about 1 in 22100 Electronics + 3 Printed Circuit Board
Alloyed PlatingChang-san Air Base hangars, Bubun YardTool Chest, about 1 in 74100 Metals + 3 Structural Alloy
Turned ComponentsImjin Farmland Rice Mill, Hajin City construction zoneTool Chest, about 1 in 53100 Metals + 3 Stock Rod
Stabilized ReagentsMirae General Hospital, medical tentsChemical Storage, about 1 in 30100 Chemicals + 3 Binding Catalyst
Volatile ExplosivesNuriGO Mall DRC lab, Citadel Prison Yard, Imjin storage tentsNone reliable (8 finds total)100 Chemicals + 3 Nitro Compounds
Ballistic FabricChang-san Air Base armory, La Grande Vie rooftopWeapons Locker, about 1 in 10100 Synthetics + 3 High-Tenacity Fibers
Nylon LaminateCitadel main building, Deadtown holding area, Mujin NightclubDresser, about 1 in 40100 Synthetics + 3 Nylon Cloth

Ballistic Fabric in Weapons Lockers (about 1 in 10) is the best container rate in the data, and Turned Components at the Rice Mill (about 1 in 22 containers there) is the best location rate. Volatile Explosives is the worst: print it.

Unlock Epic printing

Epic Ingredient Printing costs $100,000, 10 Binding Catalyst, 10 Printed Circuit Boards and 5 Military Composites. Four guides agree on that cost. COD Central notes that $100,000 is all a fresh Bank holds, so Bank Upgrade I first helps.

You don't need Uncommon Ingredient Printing first: COD Central and Fanboy Destroy list both printing upgrades as available from the start, and no guide we checked lists a prerequisite.

Keep every Rare you find. No guide lists a print recipe for CPUs, Printed Circuit Boards, Binding Catalyst, Stock Rods, Structural Alloy, Nitro Compounds or Nylon Cloth, and each Epic print eats 3. Binding Catalyst and Printed Circuit Boards also go into the unlock itself.

The Legendaries

All four are Commander drops. Drops aren't guaranteed, and they only count once you extract.

LegendaryCommanderX01 print (Season 1)
Military CompositesColossus2 Nylon Laminate + 5 Nylon Cloth
Prototype RF ModuleDeathstalker (its wreck)2 Power Regulator + 5 CPU
Nano-Structured AlloyMain NK Battle Tank2 Turned Components + 5 Structural Alloy
Experimental CompoundsAny Commander, now and then2 Volatile Explosives + 5 Binding Catalyst

The X01 recipes are from Game Rant, COD Central, DMZMap and DMZ Codex. COD Central found no recipe for Military Composites and hadn't opened the Prototype RF Module one, so those two rest on fewer guides.

The X01 printer. Season 1 (Nov 5–6) added the X01 facility. Per DMZMap, its entrance is an abandoned elevator in square B0, straight north of the Political Prison, no key needed, and X01 runs a toxic gas timer of about 20 minutes, then a 5-minute shutdown. Per Game Rant, the printer is on the lower floors: from Production Assembly in the center, take the ladder on its west side to the stairs, then head to the north area. It prints from what's in your backpack.

Game Rant and DMZ Codex list a Military Composites recipe at X01; COD Central says it found none. If it holds, it's a way to unlock Epic printing without fighting Colossus. Five Composites would take 10 Nylon Laminate and 25 Nylon Cloth (our arithmetic from that recipe).

The Bosses page has where each Commander spawns and how to take it down.

Traits that help

  • Container Looter: extra loot from containers.
  • Mini Tracker: a radar pulse when you're near fresh containers.
  • Hostile Looter, Combat Scavenger, Adaptive Restock: enemies drop extra items or ingredients.
  • Objective Oriented: op crates roll one rarity higher, up to Rare.
  • Supplied Drops: since Season 1, a 50% chance of an extra container, now including Dynamic Ops crates.

See every trait in the trait atlas.

Keep what you find

  • Secure slots first. What's in a backpack's Secure slots survives a failed exfil (the official guide names the Medium Backpack). Put Commander drops and Epics there.
  • Exfil is where runs die. Exfil sites draw ambushes, and flares can be seen from a distance. Killing extra AI can bring a Hunt Squad.
  • Go quiet in Season 1. Thermal Padding and the Sedative Inhaler now hide you from upgraded UAVs (the Advanced UAV still sees you), and the Nov 2 update spawns 40% fewer UAV towers.

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