Modern Warfare 4: How to Get the Dog Tags in Escape

In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Escape is mission number 13. You control Captain John Price as he breaks out of a North Korean prison, and there’s one optional collectible hidden in the level. Gaz’s dog tags are locked inside a wall safe; retrieving them awards Never Forgotten. A note found near the start gives the safe’s code, though the safe doesn’t appear until much later. If you miss the note, you’ll get to the keypad without knowing the combination. Story spoilers for Escape follow.

Quick answer: Once you and Ghost have cleared the barracks, use the first right-hand door, enter 8410 on the wall safe’s keypad, and take Gaz’s dog tags. Never Forgotten unlocks immediately.

Never Forgotten requirements

Detail	Value
Mission	Escape (mission 13)
Unlock condition	Recover the Dog Tags in ‘Escape’
Trophy / Achievement	Silver trophy, 50G
Safe code	8410
Code location	Updated Code note, Security Office
Safe location	First door on the right after the barracks
Difficulty	Any

The trophy is all you get. Gaz’s dog tags don’t grant an in-game reward or cosmetic, and grabbing them doesn’t change anything else in the mission.

Escape route to Gaz’s dog tags and the 8410 safe

Escape has two notes, and together they make up the code half of the trophy. Only the second one actually lists the number. The first is worth grabbing anyway, because the safe’s keypad prompt tracks how many notes you’ve read.

Collect both notes during the stealth opening

At the mission’s start, take out the nearby guard, then enter the room to the hallway’s left, marked 40. Read the desk note titled Confiscation Protocol Reminder. It says that confiscated prisoner belongings are placed in a holding safe and that the security office has the new code.

First Note in Hallway Room — The Confiscation Protocol Reminder is the first of Escape's two notes and points you toward the Security Office. Shown at 00:14 in Perfect Score’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Stay on the main route until you arrive at the Security Office, identifiable by its lit help window and the lone guard inside. Crouch on your way in and keep beneath the window and counter to avoid being spotted.

Wait for the guard to take a phone call and walk out through a nearby door. You don’t need to take him down. Once he’s gone down the hall, the office is empty.

Enter and check the logbook on the desk beside the computer. This Updated Code note gives the safe combination: 8410. You can’t reach the safe yet, so carry on.

Second Note in Security Office — The Updated Code note in the Security Office gives the safe code 8410. Shown at 00:40 in Perfect Score’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Open the safe after the barracks fight

Progress through the story until you get Ghost out of the interrogation room. Then the two of you battle along the corridors in the direction of the garage.

Move through the kitchen and shower sections to reach the barracks, a large space lined with bunk beds. Eliminate every enemy in the room. Once it’s clear, Ghost says, “We’re not leaving without Gaz,” confirming you’ve found the right spot.

At the barracks exit, turn into the first doorway on your right in the hallway. The door is unlocked, an ID scanner sits beside it, and a Korean sign reads 사무실 (office). The wall safe is in that room.

Clearing Barracks & Reaching Safe Room — The room right after the barracks holds the wall safe and its keypad. Shown at 01:00 in Perfect Score’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Interact with the keypad beside the safe and enter 8410. The door swings open.

After finding both notes, look at the keypad display. It shows the code alongside “Notes Found 2/2”, verifying that you collected the Updated Code note before you enter the numbers.

Pick up Gaz’s Dogtags from inside the safe.

Entering Safe Code & Unlocking Achievement — Grabbing Gaz's dogtags from the open safe triggers Never Forgotten. Shown at 01:10 in Perfect Score’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Confirming the Never Forgotten unlock

Never Forgotten pops the moment the dog tags are in your hands, with the description “Recover the Dog Tags in ‘Escape’.” You don’t need to finish the mission for it to count. Escape has no other hidden objectives after this, so head up to the garage control room and wrap up the level as usual.

If you left the safe unopened, you can still earn the trophy. Replay Escape whenever you like, on any difficulty. During the stealth section, read the Updated Code note, then retrace your route to the room beyond the barracks.