After completing five base missions for Tier 5 Redacted in Call of Duty DMZ, you’ll unlock the Red Smoke final story mission for the faction. This is a pretty straightforward mission, unlikeInfraredfrom Tier 4. In this guide, I’ve detailed how you can complete this mission and unlock the free weapon blueprint for the Fennec 45 SMG.

Red Smoke DMZ Mission

Where to get the Flare Sticks from in Ashika Island

To get the Flare Sticks required for this mission, you have to deploy into the Ashika Island map. Visit theTown Center Dead Droplocated next to the Science Center building and the gas station in the west part of the map (see first image for exact location). Open the dumpster and stow the Flare Sticks into your backpack.

Although it appears as a single Flare Stick in the Dead Drop, it’ll automatically convert to four once you pick it up. Therefore, make sure you have four empty slots in your backpack. Because the Flare Sticks are mission items, you will not need a Secure Backpack to carry them between matches.

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Where to light up the Flare Sticks in Koschei Complex

After you extract the Flare Sticks from Ashika Island, deploy into Al Mazrah and then into theKoschei Complexvia your preferredentrance. Let’s say you take theAl Mazrah City Parking airlockinto the bunker map. Take out the bots in the Information Extraction section and reach theChemical Plantdoor, which you can unlock by placing a Car Battery and Jumper Cables into the circuit box.

Once you open the bunker door to the Chemical Plant and enter the area, you’ll get thePlace Flare Stickprompt on your screen (see image above). Light the first Flare Stick and move either in the left or right direction hugging the wall. This will eventually lead you to all theentrances to the Chemical Plant. You only need to plant the Flare Sticks at any three more bunker doors to complete the mission.

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Red Smoke Redacted Tier 5 Story Mission Reward in DMZ

Upon completing the Red Smoke DMZ mission, you’ll receive theBlackhailweapon blueprint for the Fennec 45 Submachine Gun. It’s a decent, mobile weapon build, but I’d suggest you put a bigger magazine on it to make it more efficient.

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