Data Wipe DMZ Mission Guide

Faction missions in Call of Duty: Warzone 2 DMZ can be frustrating at times, but they're mostly fun. After grinding the Crown Faction for a long time, you'll finally reach the conclusive Tier 5 story mission called Data Wipe. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to complete this complex mission in DMZ.

Data Wipe Mission DMZ

• Bring the Experiment Hard Drive into Building 21.
• Decrypt the hard drive at a computer in Building 21.
• Upload the decrypted hard drive at the Zaya Observatory Radio Tower.

How to get the Experiment Hard Drive

You may remember completing the Boating and Entering mission for Tier 4 Crown Faction, the story mission for the previous tier. For the final step in that mission, you extract an Experiment Hard Drive, which you acquired after going through a tedious process of flipping switches. This is the same hard drive that you require for the current mission.

Before attempting the Data Wipe mission, go to your Mission Items stash in your loadout and see if you have the Experiment Hard Drive in there. It'll be there if you had stowed it previously. If not, you'll have to go through the entire process of the Boating and Entering mission. Therefore, make sure you don't die between the tasks for this mission, or else you'll have to go back for the hard drive and redo all the steps.

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Where to decrypt the hard drive in Building 21

Deploy into Building 21 with the Experiment Hard Drive and head over to the Data Center on the first floor. This is the difficult part as you'll face several armored bots and even enemy operators, hence, process cautiously. To access the Data Center, turn right from the B1 Stairwell into the Basement Hallway. Walk down the path until you find a large wooden container. From there, enter the room on your right with bright red lights, i.e., the Data Center.

In the southeast corner of the Data Center, you'll find a large computer terminal that'll be making a loud beeping noise. Approach the device and press the interact button when you get the Use Terminal prompt. Defend the area while the upload finishes, after which you can retrieve the Decrypted Experiment Hard Drive from the computer. Extract the hard drive via an elevator exfil, which should arrive at the 7-minute mark.

Where to upload the decrypted hard drive

Finally, take the Decrypted Experiment Hard Drive into Al Mazrah and upload it from the Zaya Observatory Radio Tower (shown in the images above). You may have visited this location before for the Nowhere To Hide mission for Tier 3 White Lotus. Climb to the very top of the tower and upload the hard drive. Wait until the upload is over and you should have completed the Data Wipe mission. As a completion reward for this mission, you'll receive the Dead End blueprint for the Kastov 762 AR.

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