MW4 DMZ Hajin Map: All 13 POIs and Threat Levels

Hajin has 13 major points of interest and more than 60 named locations. Every one of them carries a threat level from Low to Extreme, shown under the compass when you enter. Two things about that number are worth knowing before you plan a route, and most map guides skip both.

The two rules that make the threat levels make sense

1. The level belongs to the district, not to every building in it. This is why guides seem to contradict each other. The 14th Political Prison reads High, but the Citadel inside it is Critical. Cheongun Village is Low, and the Heavenly Luck Casino in the middle of it is High. Both readings are right. They are describing different things.

2. Threat is not fixed. It rises as you fight tougher enemies and as calls for reinforcements go out, and going loud in any way escalates the response. It also falls again: break contact, get to cover, stop shooting, and move towards open or rural ground, and the meter drops back down. An Extreme area is not permanently Extreme. It is Extreme while you are being noisy in it.

All 13 POIs and their threat levels

POI	District	The hot spot inside it
Songdo Wharf	Low	Turtle Island and Shoreline Station also Low
Mirae General Hospital	Low	none, the whole site is Low
Deadtown	Low	Re-Education Center, Medium
Imjin Farmland	Low	Rice Mill, Medium
Cheongun Village	Low	Heavenly Luck Casino, High
Cheonwang Peak Array	Medium	none
Wolves Stadium	Medium	open-air theatre, also Medium
Hajin River Heights	Medium	South Island and Jinseo Park Towers, also Medium
NuriGO Mall	Medium east, High west	the west half is the step up
Haneul Nuclear Reactor	High	the reactor itself, with radiation
14th Political Prison	High	the Citadel, Critical
Chang-san Air Base	Critical	the underground bunker, Extreme
The Grid	Critical	Nenshin Tech Complex, Extreme

So the two hardest rooms in Hajin are the Chang-san bunker and the Nenshin Tech Complex inside The Grid. Everything else tops out at Critical.

Threat and the Hunt Squad are two different systems

This catches people out. The threat level tracks the area. The Hostiles kill count tracks you. Fill it and the faction sends a Hunt Squad after you and marks you for elimination until you leave or die, and that happens whether the district around you reads Low or Extreme.

Human players are not on the threat meter at all. A Low area with three squads in it is still a Low area as far as the game is concerned, which is exactly how people die at Songdo Wharf.

How to move through a high-threat area without lighting it up

Melee, throwing knives and suppressed weapons get you through without raising the level. The moment you fire something unsuppressed, the area starts responding and keeps responding until you give it a reason to stop. If the meter is already up and you want it down, the fix is not more kills. It is distance, cover and silence.

A first route that does not get you killed

1. Start Low. Songdo Wharf, Mirae General Hospital or the Deadtown exterior. Loot a backpack, plates and a weapon you can actually use before you go anywhere interesting.
2. Take one Medium next. Imjin Farmland or Hajin River Heights. Both have real loot without a permanent firefight attached.
3. Pick one named building, not a whole district. The Rice Mill at Imjin or the Re-Education Center at Deadtown are Medium pockets inside Low areas. That is the cheapest way to get a step up in loot quality.
4. Leave the Critical pair alone until you have a kit. The Grid and Chang-san are not a progression gate, they are a loot tier. Going there with scavenged gear is how you end up MIA and paying to get an operator back.
5. Plan the exfil before you need it. Green smoke marks the site and the twin-heli lands, with a Fulton balloon or a flare as alternates. The flare is loud and visible a long way off, so treat it as the option you take when the heli is not realistic.

What is in the places worth going

The Grid is the dense urban core: DBN Headquarters, Hanex Bank, Minsok Art School and a construction zone, all Critical, with the Nenshin Tech Complex at Extreme in the middle of it. Chang-san Air Base is Critical on the surface and Extreme underground. The 14th Political Prison is a fortress with the Citadel at its centre. Haneul Nuclear Reactor adds radiation on top of a High threat level, which is a different problem from being shot at.

The Russian border area is sealed at launch and arrives in a later season, so the fog wall there is not a bug.

Where the bosses are

Lieutenants are hired foreign fighters with their own weapons and dog tags, and Commanders are the heavy ones, including the Colossus. Intel on which Lieutenant is up comes from a Hunt Tower in the field or from the Boss Board at your FOB. The full roster and what each one drops is in our MW4 DMZ bosses guide.

If you would rather have the map learned for you

The honest version: Hajin takes a few deployments before the route planning stops being guesswork, and the expensive mistakes happen in that window. If you want the Boss Board cleared without that learning curve, that is Lieutenant boss hunts. If an operator is already MIA and the Wallet is empty, MIA rescue and DMZ cash cover it. For how the FOB, traits and Dog Tags fit together, start with MW4 DMZ explained.

Sources

• POI list, threat levels and the threat mechanics: mw4.gg Hajin tour and codcentral's Hajin deep dive, cross-checked against each other. Where they differ, the difference is district against named building, which is what the table above separates.
• Threat system, Hunt Squad and exfil behaviour: Activision, DMZ Deep Dive, Part 2: Forward Operating Base Full Intel Guide, October 9, 2026.

Last updated: October 21, 2026, the day after DMZ Early Access opened.