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

Escape is the 13th mission of the Modern Warfare 4 campaign. It puts you in the boots of Captain John Price as he breaks out of a North Korean prison, and it hides one optional collectible: a set of dog tags locked inside a wall safe. Opening that safe unlocks the Never Forgotten trophy. The code is written on a note early in the level, but the safe itself sits much later in the mission. If you don’t grab the note on the way through, you won’t have the code when you reach the safe.

Quick answer: After the barracks fight, take the first door on the right into the Security Room and enter 8410 on the wall safe. The dog tags drop immediately and Never Forgotten unlocks.

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Never Forgotten trophy requirements in Escape

Detail	Value
Mission	Escape (mission 13)
Trophy / Achievement	Never Forgotten (Silver, 50G)
Unlock condition	Recover the Dog Tags in ‘Escape’
Safe code	8410
Code location	Updated Code note
Safe location	Security Room after the barracks
Difficulty	Any

The trophy is the only payoff. Recovering the dog tags doesn’t grant any in-game reward or cosmetic, and nothing about the rest of the mission changes once you have them.

How to get the Dog Tags in Escape

The route runs in two halves. You first get the code during the stealth opening, then you reach the safe during the firefight with Ghost. Story spoilers for Escape follow.

Get safe code 8410 from the Updated Code note

Play through the stealth opening as Price until you reach an office with a lit help window and a lone guard posted inside. Stay crouched so he doesn’t spot you on the approach.

Tuck in beneath the window and counter, then wait. The guard eventually gets a phone call and walks out through a nearby door. You don’t need to take him down.

Slip into the empty office and read the note on the desk next to the computer. This is the Updated Code note, and it gives the safe code 8410. The safe isn’t reachable yet, so carry on with the mission.

Open the wall safe after the barracks

Keep going until you free Ghost from the interrogation room. From that point on, the two of you fight through the corridors toward the garage.

Push past the kitchen and shower areas into the barracks, the large room full of bunk beds. Clear every enemy inside. Ghost will then say, “We’re not leaving without Gaz.” That line confirms you’re in the right place.

Leave the barracks and take the first door on the right side of the hallway. It’s an unlocked door with an ID scanner next to it, and it leads into the Security Room.

Walk up to the wall safe and enter 8410 on its keypad. The door swings open, and you can pick up Gaz’s dog tags from inside.

If you’ve read both of the mission’s notes, the keypad prompt shows “Notes Found 2/2” along with the code. That’s a quick way to confirm you picked up the Updated Code note before you start typing.

How to confirm Never Forgotten unlocked

Never Forgotten pops the moment you collect the dog tags from the safe. You don’t have to finish the mission first. After that, Escape has nothing else hidden in it. You can head up to the garage control room and finish the level as normal.

If you already played past the Security Room without opening the safe, you haven’t lost the trophy. Escape can be replayed at any time, and the trophy works on any difficulty. Load the mission again, grab the Updated Code note during the stealth section, and follow the same route back to the safe.