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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (MW3)

How to Loot 3 Safes: Hostile Takeover Walkthrough

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MW3 Safe Locations How to Loot Safes

You need to loot 3 safes for the Hostile Takeover Zombies mission in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (MW3). Learn where to find loot safes, safe locations, and for a Hostile Takeover walkthrough.

Hostile Takeover Walkthrough

All Loot Safe Locations

Raid Weapon Stash Contracts

MW3 Raid Stash Contracts

The fastest way to loot 3 safes for the Hostile Takeover mission is to complete Raid Weapon Stash Contracts. This is the fastest and easiest way of finding safes on the map. Simply look for the Raid Weapon Stash contract icon after opening the map.

How to Complete Contracts

Mercenary Strongholds

Strongholds.pngMercenary Strongholds

Mercenary Strongholds will also have a loot safe objective to complete the stronghold. However, we do not recommend this activity for progressing the Hostile Takeover mission, as it takes longer to complete because you need to obtain stronghold keycards first and is way harder due to the mercenaries attacking you.

How to Get Stronghold Keycards Fast

How to Loot 3 Safes

Interact with the Safe and Defend It

Interact with the safe to start drilling it. You will have to defend your location from multiple enemies that will spawn to attack you.

Raid Stash Contracts will only have zombies to attack you, while Mercenary Strongholds will have both zombies and mercenaries attack; making it a harder activity.

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