With Warzone Season 5 now implemented and shaking up large parts of DMZ, players are still eager to get their hands on the Stage Bag Key, knowing it can lead to high-value loot and GPUs. Here’s how to get it and where to use it in DMZ Season 5.
How To Get the Stage Bag Key in DMZ
Like other keys, there’s more than one way to get the Stage Bag Key in Season 5. Some are less reliable than others though, with only a few guaranteed acquisition methods known. We’ll run through every way of getting it below.
Looting
The key can be acquired via looting. As you’d imagine, this isn’t a great or particularly reliable way to get hold of it. It’s not easily found in crates, chests or bags and the number of keys in Vondel mean you’re just as likely to pull another key rather than the specific one you’re searching for.
It’s worth searching around as you complete other missions and objectives though. Since Season 4 Reloaded, keys have turned up with higher frequency in the pockets of clothes hung up in residential buildings.
Final Countdown Mission
A guaranteed way of getting the key is to complete the Final Countdown Mission, a Tier 5 mission in the Phalanx Faction. Not only will you earn the Stage Bag Key, you’ll get a whopping 20,000 XP and Reputation.
Unfortunately, as a Tier 5 quest, it’s difficult to complete and will require a lot of effort, time and skill. Your objectives are:
- Solo Infil.
- Extract with the final exfil with 3 weapons dropped by enemy operators in the same deployment.
The difficulty of the Final Countdown Mission is why our recommended method is to work your way through the key chain.
Mayor’s Briefcase
Previously, the Stage Bag Key was guaranteed in the Barista’s Bag. It’s now guaranteed in the Mayor’s Briefcase after Season 4 Reloaded changed the Vondel key chain.
This is still be the case in Season 5, which doesn’t seem to have adjusted the key chain. The Mayor’s Briefcase is located to the east of Vondel’s University and to the west of City Hall, in map grid G3.
There’s a small metallic briefcase on one of the benches at the front of the Hall. Typically, these areas are patrolled by a lot of AI, so your best bet is to approach from the road at the north. This lets you avoid most of the bots and open the Briefcase with minimal fuss.
Assuming you have the key you need, you can unlock it and enjoy the goodies inside. For us, this was top tier loot including a Gold Bar and a Tempered Plate Carrier (alongside the key we wanted).
Stow the keys and loot and head for the exfil or, if you’re brave enough, onto your next objective.
Where To Use Stage Bag Key
It’s now a matter of finding the Stage Bag that can be opened with the key. Both sit at the back of stages fit for musical bands. Luckily, these locations haven’t changed in Season 5. The first is at the University, the second is by the Fire Department.
University Stage Bag
The first Stage Bag location is just northwest of University, in map grid E2. The image on the left below shows you its approximate location on Vondel, with the image on the right showing you precisely where to head within the University POI.
As you approach, you’ll see a modest stage that looks like it’d host a college band. On the stage at the back, there’s a duffel bag that requires a key to unlock. It looks like all the other Duffel Bags in Warzone, but it is the Stage Bag and the Stage Bag Key is what you need to open it.
Inside the bag is the Buoyant House Key, alongside a GPU and some other loot. All are worth stowing and exfiling with.
North Fire Department Stage Bag
The second Stage Bag location is north of the Fire Department, south of the Castle’s POI. Specifically, it’s in map grid C5. The images below show you it’s location in west Vondel and then more closely.
Again, you’re after a duffel bag pushed up against the back of a small stage. This one is patrolled by more AI, with plenty also in the residential areas south and west. It’s easy to become overrun so ensure you’ve got plenty of armor when you head over there.
Just head over to the Duffel Bag and interact with it to open. Like the one at University, it’ll grant you the Buoyant House Key and a GPU.
It means the Stage Bag Key is perfect to ascertain two GPUs in one deployment – provided the key you’re using can be used twice. A worn key will only offer one use. If you’ve acquired it via the Mayor’s Briefcase, you’re guaranteed a fresh one with 3 uses.
That’s everything to say about how to get and where to use the Stage Bag Key in Warzone DMZ. For everything else DMZ, including the best Season 5 loadouts, stay with us at Twinfinite.
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