DMZ Bounty System

How the bounty system works

• Every kill has a cost: kill too many players and a bounty goes on your head. You can be the killer or the bounty hunter. (Source: Infinity Ward / Call of Duty official video, Oct 8, observed by Justin)The June Deep Dive words it as hunting other players raising your notoriety. The newer official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic leads here: killing rival Operators adds a Bounty to your Active Duty Operator's Dog Tag (below).
• Killing rival Operators adds a Bounty to your Active Duty Operator's Dog Tag. (Source: official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic, observed by Justin, 2026-10-09)
• Consecutive kills, wiping squads and killing while Wanted increase that Bounty as you rise up the Most Wanted ranks. (Source: official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic, observed by Justin, 2026-10-09)
• Hunting other players raises your notoriety and puts a price on your head, making you more visible and easier to track. (Source: MW4 DMZ Deep Dive (Call of Duty blog, June 6, 2026))
• As notoriety grows, successful hunters can become some of the most dangerous targets in Hajin. (Source: MW4 DMZ Deep Dive (Call of Duty blog, June 6, 2026))
• Every Operator you eliminate raises both the rewards and the dangers, and hunting bounty targets can lessen the target on your own back. (Source: MW4 DMZ Deep Dive (Call of Duty blog, June 6, 2026))
• Securing rival dog tags and extracting with them brings what the blog calls substantial payouts. No amount is given. (Source: MW4 DMZ Deep Dive (Call of Duty blog, June 6, 2026))The newer official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic leads here: hunters claim a Bounty by killing a Wanted player and Exfilling with their Dog Tag.
• Defeating bounty-tagged human players is one of the ways to earn DMZ Cash. (Source: MW4 DMZ Deep Dive (Call of Duty blog, June 6, 2026))

Bounty Stations and paying off your own bounty

• Bounty Stations are rugged laptops in Hajin where you review the available bounties on human Operators and can choose to hunt them down. (Source: DMZ Deep Dive, Part 1 (Call of Duty blog, Oct 5, 2026))
• During a deployment you can buy Intel at a Bounty Station to reveal a Wanted player's location, then slay them for DMZ Cash. (Source: official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic, observed by Justin, 2026-10-09)
• Higher levels of notoriety reveal more of the target's vicinity. (Source: official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic, observed by Justin, 2026-10-09)
• At a Bounty Station you can spend DMZ Cash to pay off your own bounty during a deployment. (Source: DMZ Deep Dive, Part 1 (Call of Duty blog, Oct 5, 2026))
• Most Wanted players can pay off a Bounty at the in-game Bounty Station. (Source: official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic, observed by Justin, 2026-10-09)

Claim or clear

• Hunters claim a Bounty by killing a Wanted player and Exfilling with their Dog Tag. (Source: official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic, observed by Justin, 2026-10-09)
• Killers remove their Bounties by losing their Dog Tag, dying without Exfilling, or paying off the Bounty at the in-game Bounty Station. (Source: official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic, observed by Justin, 2026-10-09)

The cost of paying off a bounty has not been published.

What the official video shows

• The video shows a Bounties station with a Your Bounty Status panel and a Wanted list with a count of wanted players. (Source: Infinity Ward / Call of Duty official video, Oct 8, observed by Justin)
• It shows purchased intel that reveals the target's position on the Tac-Map. (Source: Infinity Ward / Call of Duty official video, Oct 8, observed by Justin)
• It shows an in-match objective, Operation: Hunt Operator ("Eliminate the target Operator"), with a countdown. (Source: Infinity Ward / Call of Duty official video, Oct 8, observed by Justin)
• It also shows a bank balance, lootable bodies with a backpack grid, and a hostiles-killed counter on the HUD. (Source: Infinity Ward / Call of Duty official video, Oct 8, observed by Justin)

The video shows example dollar amounts on screen. They are example footage, not documented values, so this page does not list them. Also posted by Infinity Ward: Infinity Ward on X.

The FOB Bounty Leaderboard

• The Bounty Leaderboard station shows Hajin's weekly Top 50 Most Wanted human players (Killers, who earn notoriety by eliminating rival Operators) and Top 50 Bounty Hunters (who claim bounties). (Source: official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic, observed by Justin, 2026-10-09)
• Both lists can be viewed globally or among Friends. (Source: official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic, observed by Justin, 2026-10-09)
• The Bounty Leaderboard station is available immediately. (Source: official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic, observed by Justin, 2026-10-09)Deep Dive Part 1 listed it among the FOB stations that unlock as you progress; the newer graphic leads here.
• The Bounty Leaderboard is a FOB station that tracks the most successful PvP bounty hunters and killers across the Exclusion Zone. (Source: DMZ Deep Dive, Part 1 (Call of Duty blog, Oct 5, 2026))The June Deep Dive described it as showing the most dangerous rival players currently operating. The newer official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic leads here: weekly Top 50 lists, globally or among Friends.
• You earn a place on the Bounty leaderboard by becoming a notorious killer or a bounty hunter. (Source: MW4 DMZ Deep Dive (Call of Duty blog, June 6, 2026))

Dog tags: rival Operators vs Lieutenants

• The Dog Tag Case station at the FOB displays the Dog Tags you have taken from defeated Operators, and you can favorite the ones you do not want to lose. (Source: DMZ Deep Dive, Part 1 (Call of Duty blog, Oct 5, 2026))
• A killed Lieutenant drops a Dog Tag Case that appears on the Tac Map for every Operator. Picking it up also broadcasts your position. (Source: DMZ Deep Dive, Part 1 (Call of Duty blog, Oct 5, 2026))
• Leaving a Lieutenant's case behind still pays DMZ XP and DMZ Cash, and you need to pick it up to progress the Boss Board. (Source: DMZ Deep Dive, Part 1 (Call of Duty blog, Oct 5, 2026))

The Hunt Operators Dynamic Op

• If you accept the Hunt Operators Dynamic Op, expect to face a full squad of rival Operators. (Source: DMZ Deep Dive, Part 1 (Call of Duty blog, Oct 5, 2026))
• Dynamic Operations are started by accessing phones in Hajin. (Source: MW4 DMZ Deep Dive (Call of Duty blog, June 6, 2026))

What we know vs unconfirmed

Release timing

• DMZ Early Access begins October 20. The full launch card still says October 23. (Source: Call of Duty and Infinity Ward on X, announced Oct 9, 2026; Infinity Ward post)

30 confirmed facts are listed above with their sources. These 11 points are not yet stated by any official source:

• UNCONFIRMEDHow much a kill, a kill chain, a squad wipe or a kill while Wanted adds to a Bounty, and whether a minimum number of kills applies
• UNCONFIRMEDThe bounty sits on the Active Duty Operator's Dog Tag. Whether squadmates share it is not stated.
• UNCONFIRMEDThe three listed ways to clear a bounty do not include extracting. Whether extracting affects it is not stated.
• UNCONFIRMEDHow much it costs to pay off your own bounty
• UNCONFIRMEDHow much bounty intel costs
• UNCONFIRMEDNotoriety has levels (higher levels reveal more of the target's vicinity). How many levels exist and how they are reached is not stated.
• UNCONFIRMEDWhen bounties and notoriety reset (the leaderboard lists are weekly; nothing else about resets is stated)
• UNCONFIRMEDHow much a bounty kill or extracted rival dog tags pay
• UNCONFIRMEDWhether carrying a rival Operator's dog tags broadcasts your position, as a Lieutenant's case does
• UNCONFIRMEDWhether Operation: Hunt Operator in the video is the same as the Hunt Operators Dynamic Op in Part 1
• UNCONFIRMEDWho can play in Early Access, and on which platforms or regions

Update log

• 2026-10-09 - Added the official Bounty Leaderboard FOB Station Intel graphic: the weekly Top 50 Most Wanted and Bounty Hunters lists, how a bounty grows, the intel radius, and how a bounty is claimed or cleared.
• 2026-10-09 - Page published from the June 6 and Oct 5 Deep Dives, the Oct 8 official video and the Oct 9 Early Access announcement. Deep Dive Part 2 (the FOB guide) was not yet published.

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