Gray Zone Warfare Fire and Water Quest Guide & Locations

How to Complete Gray Zone Warfare Fire and Water

A burned village and two easily missed documents are the heart of Gray Zone Warfare Fire and Water. Gunny wants you to investigate a firefight northeast of the Sawmill, and dying during the active task carries a failure penalty. To complete Gray Zone Warfare Fire and Water, read and report the Unknown Soldier's Notes near the village's southwest entrance and the LLA Chosen Propaganda beneath a burned soldier in the northeast.

The walkthrough locations, rewards, and failure values below cover Update 0.4. Update 0.5: Rogue Ops is now live, bringing changes to combat, healing, and character progression covered later in this guide.

Fire and Water is a side task built around investigating a battlefield. Gunny intercepted signs of an extended firefight that suddenly went quiet. Your job is to examine the aftermath and piece together who fought there.

Task detail	What you need to know
Task giver	Gunny
Task type	Side task
General location	Burned village northeast of the Sawmill
Document objective	Read and report the Unknown Soldier's Notes
Document objective	Read and report the LLA Chosen Propaganda
Update covered by task details	0.4

Keep the two document names separate in your head before heading out. They occupy different parts of the village: one search starts inside a building, while the other centers on a body among burned houses.

For a straightforward search, follow this order:

1. Locate the burned village northeast of the Sawmill.
2. Approach its southwest entrance.
3. Search the first building for the Unknown Soldier's Notes.
4. Continue toward the northeast portion of the village.
5. Find the LLA Chosen Propaganda beneath a burned soldier's corpse.
6. Complete both read-and-report objectives for Gunny.

That sequence follows the two documented locations through the settlement. Keep your attention on those landmarks instead of treating every ruined building as an equally likely destination.

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Find the Unknown Soldier's Notes

Start the Gray Zone Warfare Fire and Water document search at the southwest entrance of the burned village. The Unknown Soldier's Notes are in the first building at that entrance.

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The distinction between the Sawmill and the village matters. The Sawmill is your regional reference point; the burned settlement northeast of it is the actual investigation site. Once you reach the village, switch from navigating by the Sawmill to navigating by the village's entrances and buildings.

Search the southwest entrance building

Use this sequence to keep the search focused:

1. Establish which side of the village is southwest.
2. Identify the first building at that entrance.
3. Examine the interior for the Unknown Soldier's Notes.
4. Read the document and check the corresponding task objective.

Make sure the document name matches Unknown Soldier's Notes before moving on. You're looking for a specific piece of evidence connected to Gunny's investigation.

Keep your search anchored to the entrance building. Sweeping deeper into the village before examining that building adds unnecessary ground to cover and makes it easier to lose track of where you started.

If you're playing with a squad, call out the document's full name and the southwest entrance landmark. “The notes in the entrance building” gives your teammates a clearer destination than “over here,” especially when everyone is looking through different structures.

Before leaving this part of the village, check your task screen. Use the named objective to track what still needs your attention, then shift the search toward the burned houses in the northeast.

Locate the LLA Chosen Propaganda

The other document needed for Gray Zone Warfare Fire and Water is the LLA Chosen Propaganda. Search the northeast area of the village, where the burned-down houses are located.

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The document is pinned beneath a burned soldier's corpse. That detail changes where you should look: focus on the body and the ground immediately around it.

Document	Village area	Specific search location
Unknown Soldier's Notes	Southwest entrance	Inside the first building at the entrance
LLA Chosen Propaganda	Northeast area	Beneath a burned soldier's corpse among the burned-down houses

Search around the burned soldier

After handling the notes, work toward the northeastern ruins:

1. Locate the cluster of burned-down houses.
2. Search for the burned soldier's corpse.
3. Examine beneath the body for the LLA Chosen Propaganda.
4. Read the document and review its read-and-report objective.

Look carefully at ground level. The useful landmark is the relationship between the propaganda and the corpse, so give that spot a deliberate inspection.

Keep the two locations distinct while you search. The notes belong to the southwest entrance building. The propaganda belongs to the northeastern burned-house area. Mixing those directions can send you back through buildings you've already checked.

Pause somewhere suitable before reading your task screen. Dividing your attention between menus and the surrounding area makes a document search harder to manage, particularly when you're also navigating unfamiliar ruins.

Once you've examined both documents, review both objectives together. Finding the notes doesn't cover the propaganda objective, and finding the propaganda doesn't cover the notes. Gunny's investigation calls for both pieces of evidence.

Survive the Investigation and Finish Reporting

The Update 0.4 failure rule makes survival a central part of Gray Zone Warfare Fire and Water: dying while the task is active fails it.

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The task becomes available again after at least 20 minutes, and failure costs 17 reputation with Gunny. Keep that minimum wait in mind when deciding whether to stretch the trip for extra exploration.

Update 0.4 outcome	Consequence
Die while Fire and Water is active	The task fails
Fail the task	Lose 17 Gunny reputation
Attempt the task again after failure	It becomes available again after at least 20 minutes

The phrase “at least” matters. Don't plan around an exact 20-minute restart. Check the task's availability before preparing another attempt.

For this investigation, keep your priorities narrow:

• Reach the burned village with the two search locations in mind.
• Examine the southwest entrance building.
• Search beneath the burned soldier in the northeast.
• Review both read-and-report objectives.
• Keep survival ahead of optional exploration while the task remains active.

Prepare for Rogue Ops combat and healing

Update 0.5 changes several systems relevant to a trip into the field. AI enemies can use bandages to heal themselves, and selected AI factions can throw grenades. Keep watching an enemy you've wounded, and stay alert for grenades during combat.

Build your medical supplies around the updated health system. Healing now works by body part rather than individual wound. Multiple broken bones in one leg require one splint for that leg; broken bones in both legs require treatment for each leg.

Medical restrictions also matter. Tourniquets cannot treat the head or torso, while surgical kits can address broken bones, organ damage, and bleeding. Check what your supplies can treat before committing to the investigation.

Those changes give you practical reasons to review your loadout even if you remember the document locations. Knowing where to go helps with the search; understanding your medical equipment helps you handle the trip.

Check both reporting objectives

Before wrapping up, read the task requirements again. Each document has its own read-and-report objective.

Use the objective names as your final checklist. Keep track of the Unknown Soldier's Notes and the LLA Chosen Propaganda separately, then finish the reporting required by Gunny's task.

Fire and Water Rewards, Story, and Progression

The Update 0.4 rewards for Gray Zone Warfare Fire and Water combine experience, cash, and Gunny reputation.

Reward	Amount
Experience	300 EXP
Gunny reputation	+255
Money	$870

Compare those rewards with the failure penalty when planning the outing. A successful investigation earns 255 Gunny reputation, while dying during the active task costs 17 reputation and introduces the retry wait.

Keep the document search as the purpose of the trip. Once you've located both pieces of evidence, review the remaining task requirements before taking on additional objectives elsewhere.

What the investigation tells Gunny

The aftermath reveals fighting between hostile groups. Gunny sees their conflict as useful breathing room: enemies spending resources against each other give his side time.

His response also carries a warning. A force capable of taking the camp, surviving a counterattack, and leaving alive deserves attention. The fighting creates an opportunity, but it also points to dangerous opposition.

That's the narrative payoff for examining both documents. You're helping Gunny understand a local conflict and assess what it means for the wider operation.

Returning after the 0.5 soft wipe

Rogue Ops uses a soft wipe that preserves progression from Update 0.4, including completed tasks, rank, vendor levels, unlocked apparel, and statistics. Locker contents and money are wiped.

If you completed Gray Zone Warfare Fire and Water during Update 0.4, check your completed tasks on the character carrying that progression before planning another visit.

When transferring existing progression into Update 0.5, you choose whether that character moves into PvE or PvEvP. That choice is irreversible, and the character's faction stays the same.

Check which character you're using before reviewing the quest. Update 0.5 supports multiple playable characters, with separate progression for PvE and PvEvP. Your active character matters when checking task completion.

FAQ

Where does Gray Zone Warfare Fire and Water take place?

The Update 0.4 task takes place in a burned village northeast of the Sawmill. Search the southwest entrance building for the Unknown Soldier's Notes, then the northeastern burned-house area for the LLA Chosen Propaganda.

Where are the Unknown Soldier's Notes?

They're inside the first building at the village's southwest entrance. Use the entrance as your landmark, search that building, and read the named document for its task objective.

Where is the LLA Chosen Propaganda?

The propaganda is pinned beneath a burned soldier's corpse in the northeast portion of the village, among the burned-down houses. Focus your inspection on the body and the ground beneath it.

What happens if you die during Fire and Water?

Under the Update 0.4 task rules, dying while the quest is active fails it and removes 17 Gunny reputation. The task becomes available again after at least 20 minutes. Successful completion awards 300 EXP, 255 Gunny reputation, and $870.