How & Where To Find the Scavenger & Scavenger’s Buy Station in Warzone DMZ

Warzone Season 5 brought a brand new Shadow Company Faction and, for one of its missions, players are tasked with purchasing an item from the Scavenger’s Buy Station while a Disguise is equipped. Here’s how to lure the Scavenger into your DMZ match, as well as using his Buy Station.

Scavenger’s Buy Station in Warzone DMZ

The Boss

The Scavenger is a boss who has been featured in Warzone DMZ for a while now. He is, as the name would suggest, attracted to loot and high-value items that he can take and flee with. When he comes, his Buy Station will come too.

Unfortunately, there’s not a known method of summoning the Scavenger boss in DMZ. However, there are things you can do to increase the likelihood of an appearance and in turn the chances of the Scavenger’s Buy Station showing up. These are:

• Complete Hunt Contracts – These challenge players with eliminating enemies. Upon eliminating real-life players, they’ll drop their high-tier loot and cash. This will attract the Scavenger because he is drawn to these items. Wait nearby and, if he spawns, head to him.
• Camp on eliminated enemies – As matches progress, you’ll undoubtedly receive Plea For Help notifications. These are from eliminated players who want to be revived and assimilate. Their bodies will attract the Scavenger.
• Defeat a different boss – When bosses are defeated they drop very good loot. This is attractive as hell to the Scavenger, especially if you’ve worked your way through a huge number of bots (that all drop their own loot). We found that, as we completed the Konni Secrets mission and worked to take out the Bomb Maker, doing so attracted the Scavenger and the Scavenger’s Buy Station to Tsuki Castle.
• Wait for him to appear – As DMZ games progress and exclusion zones become more populated with loot and bodies, the chances of the Scavenger arriving are much higher. We found he entered quite a few matches, it was just a case of staying alive for long enough.

Finding the Scavenger

You’ll know it’s the Scavenger when his icon appears on your minimap. This is a white skeletal face with the bottom half covered. It also tells you his exact location, so head for the icon to run into the boss himself. A warning: do not run towards him without the Disguise equipped. He’s flanked by hoards of bots who won’t take it too kindly if you make a break for their boss.

The Disguise is a new Field Upgrade that camouflages players as DMZ combatants. In short, bots won’t target you when you’re using one, mistaking you for an ally. They’re found in Duffel Bags across all exclusion zones and look like a mannequin head wearing a balaclava.

Another warning: do not try and attack the Scavenger. Not only will this break your Disguise and open you up to the bots’ bullets, it will inhibit his Buy Station from being called in.

Scavenger’s Buy Station

Head towards the Scavenger with your Disguise equipped. He will mistake you for one of his own and welcome you into his forces by summoning his Buy Station and offering you a reward.

The Scavenger’s Buy Station will spawn within the red circle the Scavenger creates on your minimap. It should be easy to spot, taking the form of a typical Deployable Buy Station. Run up to it and interact as you would a normal Buy Station. Then just purchase an item to complete the mission.

It will not let you open the Buy Station without a Disguise equipped, so make sure you still have it equipped to use it. A UI notification will confirm the objectives are done.

That’s how to find and use the Scavenger’s Buy Station in Warzone DMZ. Be sure to check out our other DMZ guides in the related content below, and look forward to it sticking around in MW3 and beyond.