Campaign mission

How to Complete Entrenched

Modern Warfare 4 campaign screenshot of a South Korean soldier in a burning forest

Entrenched is the beta’s campaign mission: a South Korean marine push through trenches to keep a nuclear power station from falling. It is linear. If you stop to farm spawns, it never ends. This is the short procedure. The longer beat-by-beat sits on the walkthrough. IGN’s 17-minute PS5 Pro capture is in the middle of this page so you can match the valve to the picture.

The route

Push the northern trench after the air strike. Do not hold the first ditch. Move with armor toward the plant. When Echo platoon is pinned, clear the vehicle that has them stuck. Take the wheel when Park is told to drive; stay with the convoy. Enter the plant, fight to the control room, start the shutdown.

Reactor 2 is the first door on the right at the end of the walkway. Drop into the reactor. When coolant tanks rupture, find the yellow pipeline — not the grey ones — and open the emergency valve to flood the core. Stay on the objective until it ticks, then extract with West. That is the mission.

Failure points

  • Camping spawn waves instead of pushing the yellow objective
  • Missing the right-hand Reactor 2 door
  • Looking at grey pipes for the valve
  • Leaving the valve early to shoot
17 minutes of Modern Warfare 4 campaign gameplay — Entrenched (IGN)

After Entrenched

The rest of the campaign is locked until October 16 (digital early access) or October 23. Story context is on story. If the mission taught you that movement feels different, go to movement before you queue 6v6.

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Field questions

Frequently asked questions

How do I start Entrenched?+

From the beta (or leftover client) main menu, open Campaign. It does not require a multiplayer level.

Where is the emergency valve?+

On the yellow pipeline that leads from the ruptured coolant tanks into the reactor.

Is Entrenched the first mission of the full campaign?+

It is an early campaign mission. The full act list is still being rolled out toward launch.

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