DMZ Barter Cheat Sheet – Recipes Explained

In the midst of all of the chaos between supply runs, chasing down the lobby rats, and completing back-to-back Faction Missions, the peace away from the fighting is brought through the Barter System. Accessible on any DMZ Map, the ability to barter offers players a wide range of choices to improve their survivability out on the field. Prior to Season 3, players had no way of bringing resources into the next games without holding out for a Keycard or risking their goods being turned into XP when they returned to the Lobby.

Being able to barter grants players with game-changing equipment such as Secure Backpacks to keep the goods you find on your deployment with you for the next run, or that all-important Skeleton Key to make life on famine lands a little easier. This is Vincent’s guide on all recipes for the Barter Cheat Sheet in Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 DMZ.

DMZ Barter System – All Recipes and Buy Stations

Now that you have the opportunity to barter in DMZ this should never be overlooked when you are deploying into the game. Similarly to the Crafting System in Apex Legends, or Trading with well, Traders in Escape from Tarkov, switching out old gear or random items for something better than before can massively aid you in your deployment. No longer will you have to collect seemingly meaningless items for general Faction Mission and completion sake. Instead, finding specific items as part of these Recipes listed below with allow you to trade them out for ridiculously helpful equipment in DMZ.

Some of the Recipes, of course, are more useful than others, such as the 3-Plate Vests, Skeleton Key, and Secure Backpack. Others you may need to trade for to complete specific Faction Missions. For now, these are all of the Recipes in DMZ. You need to find the Recipe Ingredients to then go to a Buy Station designated to the Map we have outlined below, and trade to obtain the equipment you are aiming to get in the deployment. Keep in mind that any equipment you pick up will be turned into XP unless you have a Secure Backpack on you.

Where to Find Recipe Ingredients in DMZ?

The best place to search for the majority of these items is in Al Mazrah. You should search residential homes and Medical Centers for chemicals and healing items. Others are obtained in more mysterious ways such as finding the Drifiting Supply Bag or scouring the Ashika Island Map in its entirety for that random spawn of the Dog Bank and Cat Statue.

Common ingredients can be found across the Maps however we recommend the search to take place on Al Mazrah. When looking for other, more demanding items such as Server Tape and Keycards, the Alpha Cluster inside Koschei Complex is your best bet.

More common items such as tools – Oil, Blowtorch, and Wrench, can be found inside Toolboxes. Others such as Gas Masks, Comic Books, and Launcher Ammo can be found in Common to Rare (Orange) Supply Crates.

You should note that some are best purchased via the Buy Station itself such as the Gold-Fish where other Barter Recipes call for equipment changes in the Lobby before your deployment for Tactical and Lethal Equipment (C4, Smoke Grenade, and Claymore). There are ways to get around the Barter System but if you are looking to get yourself regular items for your deployment, it is best to invest in the Secure Backpack first and work from there.

For more DMZ content, be sure to see the latest coverage from Keys such as Townhouse Apartment, Faction Mission guides like Unknown Shipping, to defeating Bosses with ease such as the Pyro Commander. If you want more from Gamer Journalist, be sure to follow our Facebook. Thank you for reading this guide.