DMZ is a game of resources. Through your adventures in the game mode, you’ll stumble upon various loot and items that can be sold for money. From wine bottles to bandages, everything has value in DMZ—whether it be monetary or via the Barter system for crafting.
The GPU fits both perfectly, and is an essential item for crafting one of the most important pieces of kit in the game: the Skeleton Key. It also sells for an absurd $16,000 meaning more cash toward a killstreak, personal exfil, or to reduce your insured weapon cooldown.
But they aren’t just anywhere in DMZ—you’ll need to head to a few key spots to find them consistently.
Where do you find a GPU in DMZ?
Randomly in the world
GPUs can drop from supply chests or from searching computers in DMZ, particularly around certain points of interest like police stations, office buildings, and main Strongholds—but they’re excruciatingly rare.
There are a decent number of buildings that qualify as one of the three, and once you’re inside, you’ll need to check the environment around each computer on the premises. GPUs have a relatively low drop rate, so you may need to hit a few buildings in different matches before stumbling upon one. And, as always, you’ll usually want to keep your guard up for enemy players when you’re rummaging around in these buildings.
There is nothing players can do to increase their chances of finding a GPU apart from splitting up with a friend who agrees to help them out. You can check different buildings, or even different locations, and save a little extra time.
From specific loot caches
Each season, there are particular buildings or loot caches that have a guaranteed chance of containing a GPU. For season five, there are two such caches on Al Mazrah and Vondel that are known. Do note, you will need the correct keys to access these. Alternatively, use a Skeleton Key to access these.
This season, you can be guaranteed to find a GPU on Vondel via the Stage Bag at C5 or E2.
Other loot caches have been known to drop GPUs, so if you’ve got any spare keys, it’s worth a shot to head to the locations and try your luck.
In our experience, we found the more soldiers guarding the loot cache, the more likely it contained a GPU.
Barter at a Buy Station
This season it is possible to Barter for a GPU at a Buy Station, but you’ll need some pretty rare pieces of equipment to do so. You can only Barter for a GPU on Ashika Island, and it will cost you two gold bars and five thumb drives.
The thumb drives are pretty easy to come across, as nearly every computer will have at least one in them for you to loot. The gold bars, however, are tougher to come by. You’ll need to clear Strongholds and larger points of interest in order to obtain these and make the trade.
It is possible to find these items on Al Mazrah or Vondel, and then exfil them out with a Secure Backpack, which will save all items in your inventory for later use. Then, drop into Ashika Island and head to a buy station to Barter for a GPU.
