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MW4 Stranded codes: all 8 keypad solutions

Grid readings are from launch-week guide tables and differ by up to 8 units between sources. The code is the part that matters; if the keypad is not exactly on the reading, look for the yellow note on the container.

How to enter a Stranded code

1. Walk up to the keypad. The clue note is stuck next to the container or bunker door; you can skip reading it if you already have the code.
2. Type all four digits. Keep the leading zeros: 0008, 0024, 0078 and 0330 are four-digit entries, not 8, 24, 78 or 330.
3. Confirm the entry. The door opens and the Yellow Supply Crate or the bunker supplies are inside.

What each note is telling you

The notes are not random: the three guides listed at the bottom of this page give the same eight numbers, and each note gives a fixed sequence. Every Stranded keypad uses one of three patterns, so if a code ever stops working, the note is what the keypad is still testing.

1. Step pattern: add or subtract the same number

• Base Camp (0024): 0006, 0012, 0018. Each code is 6 higher, so the next is 0024.
• East Village (0078): 0012, 0034, 0056. Each code is 22 higher, so the next is 0078.
• South of Jamming Station (8609): 5903, 6805, 7707. Each code is 902 higher, so the next is 8609.
• Base Camp cliff (0600): 9300, 6400, 3500. Each code is 2,900 lower, so the next is 0600.
• Small Island (6789): 3456, 4567, 5678. Every digit goes up by one, which is the same as adding 1,111, so the next is 6789.

2. Fill-in pattern: one more digit each time

• Big Sign (1234): 1000, 1200, 1230. Each old code locks in the next digit (1, then 2, then 3), so the next is 1234.

3. Outpost sums: add the numbers on the map

• Farm Field hidden bunker (0330): Logistics Stations #200, #100, #20 and #10 add up to 330, entered as 0330.
• NW Island hidden bunker (0008): Infantry Checkpoints #1, #2 and #5 add up to 8, entered as 0008.

The two bunkers are the tricky ones: the note gives you a sum rather than a sequence. Add the numbers first, then pad the result to four digits with leading zeros.

What is behind the keypads

Each of the six containers holds a Yellow Supply Crate; the NW Island bunker also has one, and both bunkers hold supplies. Rewards are random, so the same crate can give a different item on another run. Prima Games' reward list includes rifles and LMGs with attachments, armour plates and stacks of supplies, which is why the detour is worth it mid-mission: a crate can hand you a better gun for the rest of Stranded.

Prima counted 26 Yellow Supply Crates in the mission. Seven of them sit behind a keypad door (the six containers and the NW Island bunker), so the codes skip the search for those seven rather than the whole collectible hunt. Supplies from the crates and bunkers repair the Base Camp and count toward the Scavenger trophy, while opening every Yellow Supply Crate in Stranded earns Time to Crate.

Missed a keypad, or a code will not take?

• You can go back. Prima Games reports that you can return to the mission at any time for crates you missed, so nothing here is a one-shot.
• Check the zeroes. A rejected 330 or 8 usually means the keypad wants 0330 or 0008.
• Check which door you are at. Base Camp and the Base Camp cliff both sit near the radio tower and have different codes (0024 and 0600).
• Re-read the note. If a listed code still fails, the note's pattern is the fallback: apply the step, ladder or sum yourself.

Where Stranded sits in the campaign

Stranded is the campaign's most open mission, with several objectives and optional collectibles rather than a single corridor. It holds eight of the campaign's 13 key codes; the other five are in Following Orders, Assassins and Escape. Activision's launch post lists the campaign missions that unlock Operators for Multiplayer and DMZ, which is the main reason to finish the story before settling into the extraction mode. If you are playing the campaign out of order, the MW4 campaign overview lists the setting and the unlock missions, and the Operators page shows what each mission gives you.

Heading into DMZ afterwards? Start with the DMZ guide and the starter loadouts.