Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ Bosses — Where Lieutenants Spawn and What They Drop

DMZ in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 splits its Hajin bosses into two tiers. Lieutenants are named mini-bosses who hold a point of interest. Commanders are heavier bosses who roam the map. Each Lieutenant you kill leaves a legendary dog tag and a signature weapon, and the Boss Board back at the Forward Operating Base (F.O.B.) tracks which ones you have hunted.

Quick answer: The Scavenger spawns in an Injin Farmland warehouse and Bale spawns in the Tank Depot bunker. Each drops a LEGENDARY dog tag named after them, and Bale also drops the DREADNOUGHT LMG.

DMZ boss tiers in Hajin: Lieutenants vs. Commanders

The two tiers play very differently. Lieutenants are named enemy officers, and each one carries a personal loadout. Commanders are world bosses built to absorb far more punishment than regular enemies, and a coordinated squad stands a much better chance against them than a solo operator.

Tier	Names on the board	Behavior
Lieutenants	Lieutenants include JIN-TAE, THE DOCTOR, BALE, ISKRA, plus SCAVENGER.	Hold a point of interest
Commanders	Colossus and Deathstalker, along with Main NK Battle Tank, are the commanders.	Roam the map

Treat neither list as a final roster. The Lieutenant row on the Boss Board scrolls sideways, with an arrow on the left edge, so more cards can sit beyond the five in view.

Lieutenant spawn locations and drops

Three Lieutenant spawns have known drops. The point-of-interest names below match what the game shows on screen.

Lieutenant	Spawn	Drops
The Scavenger	Warehouse, Injin Farmland	LEGENDARY dog tag
Bale	Bunker, Tank Depot	LEGENDARY dog tag, DREADNOUGHT LMG
Unnamed Lieutenant	DBN Headquarters	LEGENDARY dog tag, THE KRAKEN sniper rifle

Killing a Lieutenant triggers a “SIDE OP COMPLETE” banner. The dog tag lands on the floor next to the body, and you grab it with the BACKPACK prompt.

The Scavenger at Injin Farmland

The Scavenger holes up inside a warehouse at Injin Farmland and fights back with a rifle. His side op reads “KILL THE SCAVENGER”. Pushing into the building and shooting from cover inside works well here. Once he goes down, look for the LEGENDARY “scavenger’s dog tag” on the floor.

Scavenger killed at Injin Farmland — The Kill the Scavenger banner confirms the Lieutenant is dead, so his dog tag is ready to pick up. Shown at 11:10 in MrDalekJD’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Bale at Tank Depot

At Tank Depot, Bale is stationed in the bunker amid dense yellow-green smoke, carrying a Dreadnought LMG. Send a squad inside and take him down at close range with assault rifles. If you purchased his intel, your objective list labels the hunt “Paid Intel: Kill Bale”. He drops the LEGENDARY “bale’s dog tag” and his LMG.

Bale's dog tag, Tank Depot — Bale's dog tag sits on the floor at Tank Depot after the kill, waiting to be picked up. Shown at 37:15 in MrDalekJD’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

The DREADNOUGHT comes fully kitted out when it drops:

SA Sentinel 38.4″ Barrel
SZ Helios Holo Optic
Assault-LS Grip (rear grip)
ST V.1 Woodgrain Stock
100 Round Box Mag

The Lieutenant at DBN Headquarters

A Lieutenant also spawns at DBN Headquarters, close to a Lieutenant Hunt tower. This boss drops a LEGENDARY dog tag and THE KRAKEN, a signature sniper rifle.

The Kraken at DBN Headquarters — The Kraken sniper rifle is ready to pick up after the Lieutenant at DBN Headquarters falls. Shown at 12:17 in MrDalekJD’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Jin-Tae, The Doctor and Iskra appear on the Boss Board with “Found in: HAJIN”, the same as the other Lieutenants.

How to track down a Lieutenant

There are two ways to find a Lieutenant. You can work a Lieutenant Hunt tower during the match, or buy intel on the Boss Board at the F.O.B.

Lieutenant Hunt tower

Head to a Lieutenant Hunt location in Hajin. Each one has a radio tower.

Climb the radio tower to the top.

Use the laptop terminal at the top of the tower. The tower is a side op of its own, so completing it pops a “SIDE OP COMPLETE / CLIMB THE LIEUTENANT HUNT TOWER” banner.

Paid intel from the Boss Board

Each Lieutenant card has an INTEL button, and it stays locked at first. Bale’s card, when selected, explains the unlock condition: “Complete the Underground, Counterfeit, and Human Intel Chapters to Access Intel”. Those three chapters are part of DMZ Orders. Finish them, and you can buy intel from the card. The hunt then appears in your in-match objective list as a paid side op, such as “Paid Intel: Kill Bale”.

Boss Board at the F.O.B.: Cards and dog tag challenges

The Forward Operating Base has a Boss Board with two tabs: LIEUTENANTS and COMMANDERS. Every Lieutenant card lists the same details: “Found in: HAJIN”, “REWARD 10,000”, and an INTEL button that is locked initially.

Boss Board Lieutenant cards — The Lieutenant cards on the Boss Board show each boss's reward and whether its intel is unlocked yet. Shown at 11:37 in MrDalekJD’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Below the cards are three challenges, and a REWARD is listed beside them:

KILL CHALLENGE: “Kill All Hajin Lieutenants Once.”
DOG TAG CHALLENGE: The requirement is “Extract Dog Tags From All Hajin Lieutenants 2 Times.”
DOG TAG CHALLENGE 2: The requirement is “Extract Dog Tags From All Hajin Lieutenants 5 Times.”

The dog tag challenges count extracted tags. A Lieutenant’s tag only counts toward the board if you make it out of the match with it, so dying before exfil means that tag does not count.