MW4 DMZ Colossus: Spawn Locations and How to Kill Him

Colossus is the minigun Commander of MW4 DMZ, and he has no single spawn location. He roams Hajin, so the most useful thing we can give you is every spot we have run into him, plus the one place he shows up every time. This guide covers where Colossus spawns, how to find him, how to kill him solo or with a squad, and what he drops.

Where Colossus Spawns

Colossus is a Commander, and Commanders do not have a home area like the Lieutenants. He walks around, and we have met him all over the map. To pin down where, we went through every screenshot and recording in our own DMZ archive, looked for his icon on the minimap and tac map, and placed every sighting on the map of Hajin. These are the spots we ran into him. Only the Iron Citadel armory is a sure thing. Every other spot is a maybe, and he can turn up elsewhere too.

#	Where	Grid	What we saw
1	Chang-san Air Base Bunker	B6	Always behind the armory door in Operation Iron Citadel. We also met him in the Entrance Garage and by Admin Complex No. 2.
2	Re-Education Center, Deadtown	B7	Around the government building in Deadtown, also right after finishing the Ignition Point Dynamic Op.
3	Cheongun Village	F4	The sports ground with the running track, and around the bridge.
4	The Citadel	B3	The Armory yard and the East Wing, in the heart of the 14th Political Prison.
5	Imjin Farmland	C8	The south-west side, on the same spot in two different matches.
6	Cheonwang Peak Array	F6	Inside the stronghold. His banner names the area Daesong Ridge.
7	Netshin Tech Complex, The Grid	G6	Around Roze’s Highrise Armory.
8	South edge of The Grid	G7	Between The Grid and Wolves Stadium.
9	Wolves Stadium	G7	The north side of the stadium.
10	South of NuriGO Mall	H7	Just south of the mall.
11	Songdo Wharf	I7	By the shops on the wharf.
12	Haneul Nuclear Reactor	I4	The east side of the reactor. He is also one of the two bosses at the end of Operation Fallen Ember.

How to Find Colossus

You cannot buy intel on a Commander, and the Lieutenant Hunt Towers only point you at Lieutenants. You find Colossus by running into him. When he is close, a banner with his name and the area appears, and his icon shows up on your minimap and tac map. It is a black diamond with a gold, armored figure in it, and it disappears once he is dead. Ping him and he is marked on the tac map for your whole squad.

To fight him on purpose, run Operation Iron Citadel. Every time we opened the armory doors in the Chang-san Air Base Bunker, Colossus was there. The Season 1 patch notes fixed a bug where he could spawn at the base before the armory was open, so the armory is his set spot in that mission.

How to Kill Colossus

Colossus carries a minigun, and if you stand in its spray you go down fast. That sounds worse than it is. Once you know what you are doing, he is actually quite easy. We have taken him down 44 times.

Shoot in the Pauses

He fires in bursts. A few seconds of minigun, then a few seconds of nothing, over and over. Shoot him when he stops, and get back into cover the moment you hear the minigun spin up again. That way you deal damage without taking much yourself.

Solo: Head Glitch or Thermite

On your own you want a head glitch, a spot where only your head and gun stick out above cover, or Thermite. It takes us six or seven Thermites to kill him, so we always pack a few when we hunt him solo. Thermite sticks to him and burns. The launch patch lowered the Drill Charge damage against Colossus, but explosives still hurt him.

Both work. At The Citadel we stayed on a wall above the yard he was in and kept dropping Thermite on him, ducking back behind the edge in between. At Cheonwang Peak Array we used rocks at a gap in the stronghold wall as a head glitch and took him down with nothing but an AK.

For the gun, bring something with high damage per second. We like an LMG or an AK, and usually mix that with lethals, mostly Thermite, while staying out of his bullets.

With a Squad

With teammates it gets a lot easier. Colossus usually targets one player. That player crouches behind cover and keeps his attention, while the other two shoot him from the side without much danger.

The Iron Citadel Armory

In the armory of Operation Iron Citadel there is a console in the middle of the room that is just high enough to head glitch him over. Stand behind it and shoot in his pauses. Depending on where you meet him there are plenty more head glitch spots, so look for waist-high cover before you open fire.

Stay Out of the Air

Do not fly over Colossus in a helicopter. He sprays it right out of the sky. And like every boss, he finishes off players he has downed.

What Colossus Drops

Colossus always drops something. Every kill leaves a handful of Uncommon, Rare and Epic ingredients on the ground, and sometimes you get Experimental Compounds, Military Composites, or both on top. The one we took down at Cheonwang Peak Array dropped all of it at once, Military Composites, Experimental Compounds, Alloyed Plating and Detonators. The Military Composites are the blue folded stack next to his body.

Military Composites are the reason to hunt him. The game says they are found on Colossus, and they have no world location. You need them for Epic Ingredient Printing (five), the Secure Scavenger Backpack (two), the Tempered Armor Vest and Gunsmith Upgrade II. Experimental Compounds turn up occasionally on Commanders and go into the 3-Plate Ballistic Gel Vest, the Door Breacher Charge, Dog Tag Case Upgrade IV and Stash Item Upgrade IV. Both are Legendary and worth $3,500 each. Our ingredient locations guide lists every Commander ingredient, and the 3D Printer recipes show what each one builds.

Commanders do not drop a dog tag, so there is no bounty to extract. In Operation Fallen Ember, Colossus also carries the Boathouse Key.

Boss Board Reward and DMZ Orders

The first time you take Colossus down, the Boss Board pays $50,000. That happens once per Commander, after that the card only counts your kills.

Two DMZ Orders need him. Goliath, on the Hornet’s Nest 1/2 page, asks you to hit Colossus with a Thermite or a Drill Charge and with a Shock Stick. Unstoppable, on page 22, asks for 10 Commander kills. Colossus is the Commander we run into most, so he does most of the work there.

Is Colossus Worth It?

Yes. The first kill pays $50,000, and Colossus is the only source of Military Composites, which gate Epic Ingredient Printing and the Tempered Armor Vest. Once you know his burst rhythm he is not that dangerous, so when his icon pops up and you have Thermite or a good head glitch nearby, take the fight.

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