Lt. Chol-Min’s Stash Room is a key room in MW4 DMZ in X01, the Season 1 black site. It sits in the Motor Pool on the Main Warehouse floor, grid E7, on an upper level above the hall where Lieutenant Chol-Min holds out, and the only way up we know is a rope inside a barred cage in his room. Below is where the door is, how to get past the gate, the route up and what we found inside.
- The stash room is in the X01 Motor Pool (E7, Main Warehouse floor), on the upper level above Lieutenant Chol-Min’s room.
- The way up is a rope inside a barred cage at the northwest corner of the Motor Pool. If the gates will not open, kill Chol-Min first, because the way up is blocked off while he is there.
- The key drops from Lieutenant Chol-Min, so the fight that opens the gates can also get you the key.
- Up the rope, through the room with the control panels and south along the catwalk to the blue door at the end.
- 5 containers with at least $29,300 in loot in our opening, including an LT crate with a Legendary Swaegolja LMG ($8,000).
- Worth it if you have the key and you are in X01. Put it in your secure backpack slot first, the area is dangerous with tanks and the Lieutenant.
Where the Stash Room Door Is
The Motor Pool is the block in the south of X01 on the Main Warehouse floor, around grid E7 on the tac map. Lieutenant Chol-Min holds the lower hall, and the stash room is one level up, at the end of a catwalk that you reach with the rope in his room. On the tac map the door sits in the southwest part of the Motor Pool block, grid E7.
The door is a plain blue door with a small window at the end of the catwalk, with a card reader on the wall to its left and a red no-entry sign on the wall to its right. The unlock prompt reads Lt. Chol-Min’s Stash Room. The door is also on our interactive MW4 DMZ map under the X01 keys layer.
Click to enlarge The stash room door with the card reader on its left and the unlock prompt (brightened). 
How to Get the Key
The key drops from Lieutenant Chol-Min, one of the X01 Lieutenants on the Boss Board, whose room is right below the stash room. That ties in with the way up. If the gates of the cage in his room will not open, you have to kill Chol-Min first anyway, and he is the one who drops the key, so the same fight can get you the key and the way up. The tooltip with its rarity and value is not in our footage, so we cannot list those yet.
To get into X01 you can pick it straight from the FOB deploy menu, as its own location with Free Roam, and you spawn inside the facility. Our X01 entrance guide covers the ways in, and every key on Hajin is in our MW4 DMZ keys guide.
The Route: Gate, Rope and Catwalk
- Go to Chol-Min’s room in the Motor Pool. The rope hangs inside a barred cage with double gates at the northwest corner of the Motor Pool block, on the edge of the hall where Lieutenant Chol-Min sits.
- Kill the Lieutenant if the gates stay shut. If you cannot open the gates to go up, kill Chol-Min in the room first. While he is there, the way up is blocked off.
- Open the gates and rappel up. Once the Lieutenant is dead, or if he is not there, open the gates, step into the cage and use the rope to go up.
- Follow the catwalk to the door. At the top, walk through the room with the control panels, turn right onto the catwalk with the railings and follow it south across the hall. The stash room is the blue door at the end.
Click to enlarge The cage in Chol-Min's room with both gates open and the rope inside (brightened). 
Click to enlarge Inside the cage, ready to go up the rope (brightened). 
The rope works both ways, so you can also slide down it from the top to reach Chol-Min’s room.
Click to enlarge The catwalk across the hall, heading south to the stash room. 
What Is Inside the Stash Room
Behind the door is an office with a wooden counter, metal shelves full of binders and a desk by the entrance. The containers are two green weapons lockers, a footlocker (the MINA MS41 crate under the counter), a jacket on the coat hooks and a black and gold LT crate in front of the desk. A few loose items lie on the shelves along the back wall.
Containers
- 2× Weapons Locker
- 1× Footlocker
- 1× Jacket
- 1× LT Crate
The containers decide the loot. Tap one to see what it can drop in our loot data.
Loot
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Swaegolja Legendary $8,000 LT Crate -
Cipher Code Ledger Epic $5,000 LT Crate -
Medium Scavenger Backpack Recipe Rare $5,000 LT Crate -
Rezi 12 ×2 Rare $1,100 each Weapons Locker -
Combat Drone Epic $1,000 LT Crate -
2-Plate Armor Vest Rare $1,000 Weapons Locker -
Medium Backpack Rare $1,000 Weapons Locker -
APOC-338 Uncommon $1,000 LT Crate -
Ballistic Flight Logs Uncommon $1,000 Loose in the room -
Regional Combat Notes ×2 Uncommon $1,000 each LT Crate, Jacket -
Warlord Uncommon $500 Weapons Locker -
Biomaterials Uncommon $200 Loose in the room -
Detonators ×2 Uncommon $200 each Weapons Locker -
Reactive Metals Uncommon $200 Loose in the room -
Rigid Synthetics Uncommon $200 Weapons Locker -
Haksan School Armory key Rare $100 Jacket -
Trip Wire Uncommon $100 Weapons Locker -
Bandage Common $100 Footlocker -
C4 Common $50 Loose in the room -
Flash Common $50 Loose in the room -
Frag Grenade Common $50 Weapons Locker -
Screamer Mine Common $50 Weapons Locker -
Smoke Grenade ×2 Common $50 each LT Crate -
Armor Plate ×2 Common Footlocker -
Synthetics ×15 Jacket, Footlocker
From one opening in our own run. Loot is random, so your room can roll differently, and we add every new run of this key. Values are per item, from the in-game tooltips. The loot value adds up every item with a known value and the cash, so it is a lower bound: crafting resources and items without a value are not in it.
The LT crate was the best container by far. Ours held a Legendary Swaegolja LMG worth $8,000, a Cipher Code Ledger ($5,000), a Medium Scavenger Backpack recipe ($5,000), a Combat Drone, an APOC-338, Regional Combat Notes and two Smoke Grenades, more than $21,000 on its own. The two weapons lockers gave two Rare Rezi 12 shotguns, a Medium Backpack, a Warlord, a 2-Plate Armor Vest and some lethals and crafting parts. The jacket had another set of Regional Combat Notes and a Haksan School Armory key for Hajin (keys roll randomly). The shelves held Ballistic Flight Logs ($1,000) and a few crafting parts. That adds up to at least $29,300 in the room.
Click to enlarge The office behind the door (brightened). 
Click to enlarge The LT crate with the Legendary Swaegolja ($8,000) (brightened). 
Is the Lt. Chol-Min’s Stash Room Key Worth It?
Yes. If you have the key and you are in X01, it is worth looting. The LT crate alone held more than $21,000 in our opening, with a Legendary LMG on top, and the room has five containers in total.
It is dangerous there, though, because of the tanks and the Lieutenant who can spawn. Put this key in your secure backpack slot before you deploy, so you do not lose it if things go wrong on the way in. If Chol-Min is alive, you have to deal with him before the gates open.
Our other X01 key pages cover Deep Vault 106, Deep Vault 301, Deep Vault 406, the Executive Room, the Audit Room, the Small Test Chamber, the Maintenance Room and the Superintendent’s Office, each with its route and loot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Lt. Chol-Min's Stash Room in MW4 DMZ?
In the X01 Motor Pool on the Main Warehouse floor, grid E7, on the upper level above the hall where Lieutenant Chol-Min sits. Climb the rope inside the barred cage at the northwest corner of the Motor Pool block, walk through the room with the control panels and follow the catwalk south across the hall. The stash room is the blue door at the end, with the card reader on the wall to its left.
How do you get the Lt. Chol-Min's Stash Room key?
It drops from Lieutenant Chol-Min, the X01 Lieutenant whose room is right below the stash room in the Motor Pool. If the gates of the cage in his room will not open, you have to kill him first anyway to get up, so the same fight can get you the key and the way up.
How do you get up to Lt. Chol-Min's Stash Room?
With the rope inside the barred cage in Chol-Min's room. If you cannot open the gates of the cage, kill Lieutenant Chol-Min in the room first, because the way up is blocked off while he is there. Once he is dead, or if he is not there, open the gates, step into the cage and rappel up the rope.
What is inside Lt. Chol-Min's Stash Room?
Five containers. Two weapons lockers, a footlocker, a jacket and a black and gold LT crate, plus loose items on the shelves. Our opening held at least $29,300 in loot, and the LT crate alone gave a Legendary Swaegolja LMG ($8,000), a Cipher Code Ledger ($5,000) and a Medium Scavenger Backpack recipe ($5,000).
Is the Lt. Chol-Min's Stash Room key worth it?
Yes. If you have the key and you are in X01, it is worth looting. It is dangerous there because of the tanks and the Lieutenant who can spawn, so put the key in your secure backpack slot before you deploy. The LT crate alone held more than $21,000 in our opening, with a Legendary LMG on top.
