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Survivors is the ninth of Modern Warfare 4's 16 campaign missions, a short stealth mission in which Park's squad survives a downed transport in North Korea, hides from searching patrols and a spotlight, carries the wounded Cho and shelters in a house. It has no collectibles and no trophy of its own, and finishing it gives a Double XP Token.
Spoilers for Mission 9 follow.
Survivors is mission 9 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's campaign: a short stealth mission behind enemy lines in North Korea where you follow your team, stay out of sight of soldiers and a spotlight, pick up the wounded Cho and reach a house, in six objectives as TheGamer lists them. It comes after Mission 8: Assassins and leads straight into the open mission Mission 10: Stranded. Finishing it gives a Double XP Token, one of Activision's 16 completion rewards. The clip is MrRoflWaffles' playthrough as trucks arrive, the squad drops flat and a helicopter's spotlight sweeps for them.
Quick facts
| Mission | 9 of 16 |
| Previous | Mission 8: Assassins |
| Next | Mission 10: Stranded |
| Setting | North Korea, behind enemy lines |
| Played as | Pvt. Park, per KeenGamer |
| Style | Stealth and survival |
| Collectibles | None |
| Trophies | None tied to the mission |
| Reward | Double XP Token |
Sources: Call of Duty, Oct 16, 2026; TheGamer, Oct 25, 2026; KeenGamer, Oct 17, 2026; PowerPyx, Oct 21, 2026.
Setting
Survivors moves the campaign back to Park's squad, Sierra-1 (Windows Central, Oct 17, 2026), and puts them inside North Korea. KeenGamer's walkthrough describes the plan as a HALO drop into North Korea that goes wrong when anti-aircraft fire tears through the transport, Eagle-3, and names the squad's leader as Captain Kwon Hae-soo, callsign "Kal." PC Gamer sums up where the next mission starts: with the squad "crash landing behind enemy lines." The clip shows the squad aboard the transport as it enters North Korean airspace, until it is hit and goes down in flames.
The mission is the quiet before Stranded. There is no base to build and no big battle: you move in the dark and cold with a wounded squad, and the enemy is hunting for you.
Objectives in order
TheGamer's objectives list gives the mission in six steps:
- Follow Your Team
- Hide From Soldiers
- Hide From the Spotlight
- Pick Up Cho
- Continue Onwards
- Go Into the House
Walkthrough
Follow your team. The mission opens after the crash. Stay with the squad and let them set the pace; running ahead is the quickest way to be seen. KeenGamer's walkthrough describes the route as a freezing river and the snowy bank above it.
Hide from soldiers. North Korean trucks search the area. KeenGamer advises going prone in the snow when the trucks' searchlights sweep the bank, and TheGamer gives the same rule for the whole mission: stay low when patrols appear. Wait for the light to pass before you move again.
Hide from the spotlight. A search helicopter's spotlight follows next, per KeenGamer. Keep to cover, stay down while the beam is near you, and move only when it has turned away.
Pick up Cho. Cho, one of Park's squadmates, is wounded, and the objective has you carry him. KeenGamer notes that the dialogue prompts while you carry him do not change the outcome, so pick whichever you like. Carrying him slows you down, so choose cover before you set off across open ground. The clip opens on the dialogue prompts while Park carries Cho.
Continue onwards and go into the house. Push on with the squad to the shelter, a house where the group can hide. Going inside ends the mission, which leads directly into Stranded.
Story
KeenGamer says that during the mission Ko Jin-Hyuk, the North Korean lieutenant from Mission 8: Assassins, offers to defect and marks three sabotage targets on a map, and that Kal lets him go. Those three targets are the main objectives of Stranded: the Jamming Station, the SAM Site and the bunker (TheGamer). Insider Gaming's plot walkthrough sums up Ko's turn as defecting to help South Korea. For the whole plot, see Story. In the clip Ko gives his name, marks the explosives bunker and the jamming station on a map, and asks to be let go.
Choices, collectibles and trophies
Survivors has no choice that changes the story: KeenGamer says the dialogue options with Cho do not change the outcome. It has no collectibles, since PowerPyx's collectibles guide puts all of them in Missions 3, 10 and 13, and none of the 18 trophies in PowerPyx's trophy guide is tied to it. It still counts toward Hold the Line (finish the campaign on any difficulty) and Was it Worth It? (finish it on Realism), as Insider Gaming's trophy list describes them. See Trophies and Achievements.
Reward
Finishing Survivors gives a Double XP Token, the second of the three Double XP Tokens in Activision's reward list (after Mission 3 and before Mission 15). Campaign rewards became usable in Multiplayer and DMZ at full launch on Oct 23, and they are the same on any difficulty (Game Rant, Oct 19, 2026). For when to spend the token, see How to Level Up Fast and Campaign Rewards and Difficulty.
Frequently asked questions
What is the ninth mission in Modern Warfare 4? Survivors is MW4's ninth campaign mission, between Assassins and Stranded. It is a short stealth mission in which Park's squad hides from North Korean patrols and a spotlight and carries the wounded Cho to a house.
What do you get for finishing Survivors in MW4? Survivors gives a Double XP Token, per Activision's list of campaign completion rewards. The reward is the same on every difficulty.
Are there collectibles in Survivors? No. MW4's campaign collectibles are only in Missions 3 (Following Orders), 10 (Stranded) and 13 (Escape).
How do you avoid the spotlight in Survivors? Stay low and in cover, and move only when the light has passed. Guides for MW4 advise going prone in the snow when searchlights sweep the riverbank.
Do the dialogue choices with Cho matter in MW4? No. KeenGamer's walkthrough says the prompts while you carry Cho in Survivors do not change the outcome.
Who do you play as in Survivors? KeenGamer's walkthrough of MW4 says you play Pvt. Park, part of Strike Team Sierra-1.
Sources
- Modern Warfare 4: Campaign Early Access Now Live, Call of Duty, Oct 16, 2026
- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, All Campaign Missions And Objectives, TheGamer, Oct 25, 2026
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Campaign Walkthrough - All 16 Missions in Order, KeenGamer, Oct 17, 2026
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review-in-progress, PC Gamer, Oct 16, 2026
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 campaign review (no spoilers), Windows Central, Oct 17, 2026
- Modern Warfare 4 Campaign Plot Walkthrough, Ending & Post-Credits Scene, Explained, Insider Gaming, Oct 20, 2026
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 (2026) Collectibles Guide, PowerPyx, Oct 21, 2026
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (2026) Trophy Guide & Roadmap, PowerPyx, Oct 18, 2026
- Complete Modern Warfare 4 Trophy List, Insider Gaming, Oct 19, 2026
- All Campaign Rewards in Modern Warfare 4, Game Rant, Oct 19, 2026
- Modern Warfare 4: Full Campaign Playthrough (All Cutscenes, No Commentary), MrRoflWaffles, Oct 18, 2026 (video)
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Modern Warfare 4: Full Campaign Playthrough (All Cutscenes, No Commentary)
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- Survivors is mission 9 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's campaign: a short stealth mission behind enemy lines in…
- Survivors moves the campaign back to Park's squad, Sierra-1 (Windows Central, Oct 17, 2026), and puts them inside…
- Follow your team. The mission opens after the crash. Stay with the squad and let them set the pace; running ahead is…
- Hide from soldiers. North Korean trucks search the area. KeenGamer advises going prone in the snow when the trucks'…
- Hide from the spotlight. A search helicopter's spotlight follows next, per KeenGamer. Keep to cover, stay down while…
- Pick up Cho. Cho, one of Park's squadmates, is wounded, and the objective has you carry him. KeenGamer notes that the…
- Continue onwards and go into the house. Push on with the squad to the shelter, a house where the group can hide. Going…
- KeenGamer says that during the mission Ko Jin-Hyuk, the North Korean lieutenant from Mission 8: Assassins, offers to…
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See also
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Mission 8: AssassinsAssassins is the eighth mission of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, a stealth escape through a library, kitchens and gardens to a bunker, with the door codes 5523, 7632 and 9103; it holds the Pacifist trophy (one kill) and the Revenge trophy, and unlocks the "Oh-Ji" Base Operator.
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Mission 10: StrandedStranded is Modern Warfare 4's tenth mission and its only open mission: Park's squad, stuck in snowy North Korea, takes out a Jamming Station, a SAM Site and a bunker in any order, gathering supplies from 26 Yellow Supply Crates to repair gear at Base Camp. It holds 58 of the game's 64 notes and four trophies, and finishing it gives the "Kal" Base Operator.
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Trophies and AchievementsModern Warfare 4 has 18 trophies and achievements, all in the campaign (8 Gold and 10 Silver on PlayStation, with no Platinum). None is missable, Multiplayer and DMZ have none, and PowerPyx puts the full set at 15 or more hours over at least two playthroughs, one of them on Realism difficulty.
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How to Level Up FastTo level up fast in Modern Warfare 4, finish the campaign for three Double XP and two Double Weapon XP Tokens, play objective modes (Hardpoint, Domination, Kill Confirmed) on small maps, do and reroll your three Daily Challenges, focus one or two weapons, and count DMZ, whose XP also raises your Player Level.
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Campaign Rewards and DifficultyEach of Modern Warfare 4's 16 missions gives one reward for Multiplayer and DMZ: 8 Base Operators, 3 Double XP Tokens, 2 Double Weapon XP Tokens, a Calling Card, a Loading Screen and an Emblem. Rewards are the same on any of the six difficulties (Recruit, Regular, Hardened, Veteran, Realism, YOLO); only beating YOLO adds the "YOLO Completer" Calling Card.