The fifth season of Call of Duty: Warzone has arrived, and you’ll want the best loot to prepare for this new season of DMZ. This guide will help you and your squadmates find the best loot on Al Mazrah, Ashika Island, and Vondel.
Quick Facts
- Season 5 offers Active Combat Zones for high-tier loot opportunities.
- Al Mazrah, Ashika Island, and Vondel have various locations for obtaining loot.
- New equipment upgrades and the powerful MRAP vehicle are available in Season 5.
Active Combat Zones
A new way to acquire plenty of high-tier loot in Season 5 is to visit one of the Active Combat Zones. These random instances occur across the main POIs on each map, featuring AI enemy factions battling each other and smoke billowing from the area. In this zone, you’ll face AI enemies, their killstreaks, and any human opponents that might compete for the loot. If you survive, you’ll be able to collect several orange boxes containing high-tier gear.
Al Mazrah
Trains
Al Mazrah features two trains circling the map, both of which have decent supply boxes to scavenge. These include orange boxes for obtaining quick items like backpacks, armor vests, killstreaks, and more.
Underground Stronghold
A Stronghold location can be found just north of Hydro on the map, but it may be challenging to locate. This underground location has multiple entrances around the Stronghold’s map icon. There is an entrance inside a building located just above the Stronghold and a nearby well with a zipline going down. However, a sneakier way to enter is to use the new tunnel access shown in the screenshot below. You’ll need a Stronghold keycard, which is fairly common, but this area offers one of the most loot-filled Strongholds in Al Mazrah.
Crypto Mining Farm
The Sawah Village Crypto Mining Farm remains an excellent source of cash and high-end items like GPUs and encrypted hard drives. However, the building’s easy access from previous seasons has been boarded up, and you’ll now need the Crypto Mining Farm key or a skeleton key to enter.
Ashika Island
Drifting Supply Bag duffle
Go to the northern point of the map, swim farther north to the Coastal Ruins, and dive down to find a locked duffle bag underwater. This is located on the tac-map in the top right portion of the D2 quadrant. You’ll need the Drifting Supply Bag key to unlock this duffle bag, but once opened, you can loot three Ashika masks. These masks can be sold for $25,000 each, making this one of the easiest ways to get the cash needed to buy expensive upgrades like the three-plate vest and large backpack.
The Drifting Supply Bag key can be looted from the map at random or scavenged from dead players.
If you have the H.M.S. Shipwreck Cache in your inventory, you can head to the Shipwreck POI first. Swim down into the flooded ship to unlock the secured cache that always contains a golden skull and the key for the Drifting Supply Bag. Then, you can swim or boat around to the top of the map to open the Drifting Supply Bag duffle.
Vondel
Aquarium
One of the best places for high-tier loot on Vondel is the Aquarium. This locked space can be accessed from the rooftop, which can be reached by mantling up on some trash cans as shown in the screenshot below. Keep mantling up the roof until you reach the elevator shaft, then descend into the aquarium and eliminate the guards. This provides two floors of high-tier loot, including several orange boxes.
Secret Townhouse
Another quick way to gear up on Vondel without a key is to access the map’s “stuck door” townhouse. This requires a Rebreather field upgrade to locate the hidden entrance, but there’s a full guide on completing this short Easter egg and gaining access to this house filled with loot. This might not have enough loot to fully equip your whole squad, but it’s a nice starting point for your team or a quiet way to get geared up as a solo player.
Cruise Terminal
Cruise Terminal is a massive POI, and if you have the Cruise Terminal key or a skeleton key, you can collect several orange boxes from this two-story building. Your whole squad should be able to gear up with better backpacks, vests, killstreaks, and more.
Season 5 of DMZ also introduces the powerful MRAP vehicle, and this guide will help you access a key to unlock it. Learn how to unlock new equipment upgrades, including more armor plates, armor box, and a self-revive for solo infil.
