Full Barter System Recipe List For DMZ [Season 5 Reloaded]

DMZ Season 3 brought in the Barter System, and since then, it’s been a popular addition for fans. When players are not fighting for survival, they can collect non-lethal items such as bandages and liquor to trade at the Barter System. Let’s take a closer look at how this system works in DMZ in Season 5.

What is the Barter System in DMZ?

So, what exactly is the Barter System in DMZ? It’s a novel way to trade in collectibles for useful equipment like Plate Carriers, Backpacks, and Keys.

However, players must know the recipe or combination of items to get what they want. Standing around at a buy station is never a good idea, so we created this quick reference guide so you know what you need before you get there.

Where is the Barter System?

You can access the Barter System at any Buy Station. Every Buy Station on Al Mazrah, Ashika Island, Building 21, Vondel, and Koschei has a new tab dedicated to Barter. Here, you can exchange items for equipment, such as 3-Plate vest and the new Skeleton Key.

AL MAZRAH BARTER SYSTEM DMZ
3 Plate Vests
3-Plate Communication Vest	1 x Encrypted Hard Drive	2 x Battery	1 x Soothing Hand Cream
3-Plate Medical Vest	3 x Bandage	1 x Liquor	1 x Watch
3-Plate Stealth Vest	1 x Encrypted USB Stick	1 x Comic Book	1 x Game Console
Backpacks
Scavenger Backpack	1 x Battery	1 x Canned Foods	2 x Gun Cleaning Oil
Secure Backpack	2 x Electric Drill	2 x Gas Can	1 x Gold Skull
Field Upgrades
Armor Box	1 x Electric Tape	1 x Screwdriver	1 x C4
Tactical Camera	1 x Car Battery
Revive Pistol	1 x Bandage	1 x Soothing Hand Cream
Night Vision Goggles	1 x Aged Wine	2 x Emergency Rations
Rebreather	1 x Hard Drive	1 x Imported Tea
Radiation Protection
Radiation Blocker	1 x Blowtorch
Keys
Skeleton Key	1 x GPU	2 x Gold Bar
Crane Control Room Key	6 x Stronghold Key Cards
Sattiq Farmer House Key	3 x Radiation Blockers
Miscellaneous
Console Devkit	3 x Game Console	1 x Gold Skull of Al Bagra	2 x Nuclear Fuel
RGL-80	2 x Vintage Wine	3 x Launcher Ammo	$5000

Ashika Island has a slightly different list of items available for barter, and some recipes are a little different, for example, the skeleton key. Here is a full list.

ASHIKA ISLAND BARTER SYSTEM DMZ
3 Plate Vests
3-Plate Communication Vest	1 x Encrypted Hard Drive	2 x Battery	1 x Soothing Hand Cream
3-Plate Medical Vest	3 x Bandage	1 x Liquor	1 x Watch
Tempered Plate Carrier	1 x Classified Documents	1 x Sensitive Documents	2 x Documents
Backpacks
Scavenger Backpack	1 x Battery	1 x Canned Foods	2 x Gun Cleaning Oil
Secure Backpack	2 x Electric Drill	2 x Gas Can	1 x Gold Skull
Field Upgrades
Munitions Box	1 x Imported Tea
Armor Box	1 x Electric Tape	1 x Screwdriver	1 x C4
Revive Pistol	1 x Bandage	1 x Soothing Hand Cream
Radiation Protection
Durable Gas Mask	2 x Toothpaste	1 x Lighter
Keys
Skeleton Key – Worn	1 x Videocassette Record	2 x Gold Bar	1 x Vintage Wine
	1 x Encrypted Hard Drive
Lost Room 403 Key – Worn	4 x Nuclear Fuel
Miscellaneous
MCPR-300	1 x Al-Qatala Train Cargo
GPU	2 x Gold Bar	5 x Thumb Drive
Gold-Fish	1 x Ashika Kitsune Original	1 x Dog Bank	1 x Cat Statue
Bombmaker’s Blend	1 x Ancient Gun Oil	1 x Bombmaker’s Screwdriver	1 x GPU
	$200,000

Again, Building 21 has one buy station with a slightly different barter system. Specifically, Skeleton Keys here are traded for 3 Encrypted Hard Drives.

BUILDING 21 BARTER SYSTEM DMZ
3 Plate Vests
3-Plate Communication Vest	1 x Encrypted Hard Drive	2 x Battery	1 x Soothing Hand Cream
3-Plate Medical Vest	3 x Bandage	1 x Liquor	1 x Watch
Tempered Plate Carrier	1 x Classified Documents	1 x Sensitive Documents	2 x Documents
Backpacks
Scavenger Backpack	1 x Battery	1 x Canned Foods	2 x Gun Cleaning Oil
Secure Backpack	2 x Electric Drill	2 x Gas Can	1 x Gold Skull
Field Upgrades
Munitions Box	1 x Imported Tea
Armor Box	1 x Electric Tape	1 x Screwdriver	1 x C4
Revive Pistol	1 x Bandage	1 x Soothing Hand Cream
Radiation Protection
Durable Gas Mask	2 x Toothpaste	1 x Lighter
Keys
Skeleton Key – Used	3 x Encrypted Hard Drive	2 x Gold Bar
Research Center Key	4 x Electric Components	2 x Jumper Cables
Bunker 11 Keycard	1 x Red Access Card	1 x Blue Access Card	1 x Black Access Card
	1 x Green Access Card

There are two different buy stations in Koschei Complex, both run by a mysterious missing operator called the Shopkeeper. The normal buy station is open regardless, and the second is secured and can only be opened by trading items from his list.

SHOPKEEPER’S BUY STATION
Gear
3-Plate Communication Vest	1 x Server Tape – Orange	1 x Formaldehyde
3-Plate Medical Vest	1 x Tattered Lab Notes	2 x Delta Board
3-Plate Stealth Vest	1 x Chlorine	1 x Server Tape – Black
Tempered Plate Carrier	1 x Acetic Acid
Scavenger Backpack	2 x Server Tape – Black	2 x Canned Goods
Secure Backpack	2 x Delta Board	1 x Gold Bar
Keys
Skeleton Key	1 x Alpha Board	1 x Server Tape – Silver	1 x Lab Code Book
	2 x Gold Bar
L2 Restricted Zone Key	4 x Wrench	2 x Scientist’s Notes
Miscellaneous
Ancient Gun Oil	1 x Diamond Bit Drill	3 x AQ Laptop	1 x Chlorine
	1 x Damascus Dog Tag

The items required to trade and open the secure buy station change each time you go in. 

Possible combinations seen so far include:

• Sulfuric Acid and Scientist’s Notebook
• Tattered Notebook, Black Server Tape, and Delta Board
• Formaldehyde, Chloric Acid, and Black Server Tape

SHOPKEEPER’S SECURE BUY STATION
Permanent Unlocks
Valuable Gunscreen	1 x Gold-Fish	1 x Bunker 11 Keycard	1 x Console Devkit
Cash Bag Emblem	1 x Employee Handbook	1 x Server Tape – Silver	1 x Delta Board
	1 x Acetic Acid
Reigning Glory Calling Card	1 x Scientist’s Notes	1 x Server Tape – Red	1 x Alpha Board
	1 x Liquid Nitrogen
Gear
Crossbow	1 x Server Tape – Silver
RGL-80	1 x Lab Code Book	2 x Sulfuric Acid	2 x Server Tape – Red
Riot Shield	1 x Liquid Nitrogen	2 x Delta Board
FTAC Recon	2 x Alpha Board
Dual Kodachis	2 x Toy Knife	2 x Gun Cleaning Oil
Cluster Mine	1 x Claymore	1 x Proximity Mine
Bomb Drone	1 x Recon Drone	1 x C4
Advanced UAV	1 x Portable Radar	2 x Electrical Component
Miscellaneous
Blackcell Hand Cream	1 x Premium Liquor	1 x 3-Plate Stealth Vest	1 x 3-Plate Comms Vest
	1 x 3-Plate Medic Vest

The new map Vondel also has a barter station.

VONDEL BARTER SYSTEM DMZ
3 Plate Vests
3-Plate Communication Vest	1 x Encrypted Hard Drive	2 x Battery	1 x Soothing Hand Cream
3-Plate Medical Vest	3 x Bandage	1 x Liquor	1 x Watch
Backpacks
Scavenger Backpack	1 x Battery	1 x Canned Foods	2 x Gun Cleaning Oil
Secure Backpack	2 x Electric Drill	2 x Gas Can	1 x Gold Skull
Field Upgrades
Revive Pistol	1 x Bandage	1 x Soothing Hand Cream
Munitions Box	1 x Imported Tea
Armor Box	1 x Electric Tape	1 x Screwdriver	1 x C4
Rebreather	1 x Durable Gas Mask	1 x Gas Mask
Self Revive Kit	2 x Bandages	1 x Purified Water
Radiation Protection
Durable Gas Mask	2 x Toothpaste	1 x Lighter
Keys
Skeleton Key	3 x 3-Plate Vest	3 x Self Revive Kit	1 x Gold Bar
Encryption Key	1 x Stronghold Keycard	1 x Throwing Knife	1 x Inflatable Decoy
	1 x Smoke Grenade
Fire Dept. Key	3 x Stronghold Keycard	1 x Blow Torch	1 x Gun Cleaning Oil
Miscellaneous
Kastov 762 (Contraband)	1 x First Edition Comic Book	1 x Watch	1 x Game Console
Premium Liquor	1 x Bombmaker’s Blend	1 x Bullfrog’s Blow Torch	2 x Calling Cards
	2 x Vintage Wine

The new secret scavenger buy station has been added to season 5. To access this buy station, you need to find a disguise field upgrade and then find the scavenger. Equip your disguise and sneak up on him (do not shoot!). The secret buy station will be revealed.

The items in the buy station are reduced, but you are also able to barter for an array of items using, you guessed it, dog tags.

SCAVENGER BARTER SYSTEM DMZ
3 Plate Vests
3-Plate Vest	1 x Gold Dog Tag
2-Plate Comms Vest	1 x Silver Dog Tag
2-Plate Medical Vest	1 x Silver Dog Tag
2-Plate Stealth Vest	1 x Silver Dog Tag
Tempered Plate Carrier	1 x Damascus Dog Tag
Backpacks
Large Backpack	1 x Gold Dog Tag
Scavenger Backpack	1 x Gold Dog Tag
Secure Backpack	1 x Damascus Dog Tag
Field Upgrades
Disguise	1 x Bronze Dog Tag
Self Revive Kit	1 x Bronze Dog Tag
Battlerage Self Revive Kit	1 x Silver Dog Tag
Self Revive Box	1 x Gold Dog Tag
Masks
Durable Gas Mask	1 x Bronze Dog Tag
Scuba Gas Mask	1 x Silver Dog Tag
Keys
Skeleton Key	1 x Damascus Dog Tag

Zaya Observatory now has a secret deployable buy station buried beneath it. Like the scavengers deployable buy station this can only be accessed in a certain way. You have to wait until the radiation circle has covered the buy station and only then will you have access.

ZAYA OBSERVATORY BUY STATION
Permanent Unlocks
Sepentine Weapon Camo	1 x Blackcell Hand Cream	1 x Chemist’s Acid	1 x Heavy Chopper Fuel
	1 x Skeleton Key
Gear
Scuba Gas Mask	1 x Silver Dog Tag
Secure Backpack	1 x Damascus Dog Tag
Skeleton Key	1 x Damascus Dog Tag
Tempered Plate Carrier	1 x Damascus Dog Tag
3-Plate Stealth Vest	1 x Damascus Dog Tag
3-Plate Medic Vest	1 x Damascus Dog Tag
3-Plate Comms Vest	1 x Damascus Dog Tag