MW4 DMZ Story Mission · NuriGO Mall
Operation Shopping Hacks Walkthrough in MW4 DMZ
Operation Shopping Hacks is a Story Mission at NuriGO Mall with 7 objectives, all listed below in order. It pays Coin Mining Den key, Night Vision Goggles and 25,000 DMZ Cash.
Last updated Game version: DMZ Early Access, day 2
Objectives
- Hack the laptop at Jang-ui's encampment, then head underground below the mall
- Open the mall security door with the code the laptop gives you (it changes every match)
- Take 4 undamaged cores from the robot dogs: shoot a dog down and grab its core before it explodes
- Power the lab door with the cores
- Hack the 5 lab computers and hold the room until they finish
- Loot the lab's vault
- Exfil from the mall rooftop
Confirmed by 3 sources: video 1 at 3:16, video 2 at 8:32, video 3 at 0:13. Checked 2026-10-21 (DMZ Early Access, day 2).
Before you go
Threat assessment Medium; recommended gear: a 2-Plate Armor Vest, a Medkit and Night Vision Goggles (you can also find a pair underground). The mission screen lists three objectives: Hack the Network, Reprogram the Protocol and Secure any Evidence; the steps above are how players' walk-throughs break them down. The guides disagree on whether the goggles reward is the goggles or their blueprint.
Rewards
- Coin Mining Den key: where it is used and what players found behind the door
- Night Vision Goggles
- 25,000 DMZ Cash
Where Operation Shopping Hacks takes place
Operation Shopping Hacks runs at NuriGO Mall, where the highest threat level listed is High. See it on the interactive Hajin map; our NuriGO Mall location guide has the threat level of each area and the keys whose doors are there.
When it unlocks
It is open from the start: it is one of the first 3 Story Missions, with Operation Critical Extraction and Operation Silent Ledger, which you can play in any order. Only one squad in a match can run a given Story Mission, but other squads can still come after you there. You can replay Story Missions.
Questions
Where is Operation Shopping Hacks in MW4 DMZ?
At NuriGO Mall, where the highest threat level listed is High.
How do you complete Operation Shopping Hacks?
Finish its 7 objectives in order: Hack the laptop at Jang-ui's encampment, then head underground below the mall; Open the mall security door with the code the laptop gives you (it changes every match); Take 4 undamaged cores from the robot dogs: shoot a dog down and grab its core before it explodes; Power the lab door with the cores; Hack the 5 lab computers and hold the room until they finish; Loot the lab's vault; Exfil from the mall rooftop.
What does Operation Shopping Hacks reward?
Coin Mining Den key, Night Vision Goggles and 25,000 DMZ Cash.
When does Operation Shopping Hacks unlock?
It is open from the start: it is one of the first 3 Story Missions, with Operation Critical Extraction and Operation Silent Ledger, which you can play in any order.
The other Story Missions
- Operation Critical Extraction (Mirae General Hospital)
- Operation Silent Ledger (Cheongun Village)
- Operation Iron Citadel (Chang-san Air Base)
- Operation Grid Assault (The Grid)
- Operation Fallen Ember (Haneul Nuclear Reactor)
Tick off every objective, and the DMZ Orders at the FOB, in the MW4 DMZ missions checklist.
Sources
- Call of Duty Blog: DMZ Deep Dive Part 2, Forward Operating Base guide (October 9, 2026): how Story Missions work
- Call of Duty Blog: Ready for Launch, Modern Warfare 4 Progression and Prestige (October 19, 2026)
Checked against the official posts on October 21, 2026. The objectives and rewards come from players' videos of the mission, linked above at the moment they show them; a mission gets its own page once two different sources agree.
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