The new Ashika Island map coming to Warzone™ 2.0 is a brand-new Exclusion Zone for DMZ. Players will infiltrate on the shores of the island before making their way inland. Infiltration is under heavy fog that can impact combat by providing cover for both Operators and the occupying force: Shadow Company… but what could they be doing here?
There is much to discover in the Ashika Island Exclusion Zone including:
Point of Interest: Port Ashika
The southwestern edge is dominated by rocky bluffs, and a port named after the island. There’s steep terrain to the north as you venture to or from the castle, and a variety of industrial warehouses, offices, a comms tower as you venture towards the ocean, as well as a canal entrance to the subterranean submarine base.
Humpback Bridge
The main tarmac loop around the perimeter of the island takes the form of a short, hump-backed bridge as the road leaves the Beach Club and you reach the entrance to Port Ashika. Watch for foes under the bridge!
Dockside and Warehouses
The industrial yard to the west of the canal bridges consists of storage warehouses once you pass through the main entrance hut and covered barrier. Close by is a red-roofed structure (boating repair and storage), two dockside boat storage open structures, a boat launch, and a larger warehouse with two open bays. A small parking lot leads to a storage container yard and a Comms Tower (one of three on the island).
Canal: River Channel and Control
Close to the bridge over the road canal is a harbor master’s building and a large warehouse with two boat lifts, close to the red pedestrian bridge. This canal separates the two sides of the Port, and the canal leads directly into the sprawling, underground submarine base below the Castle. To the northeast of the red bridge is the Control building, with server rooms and offices nestled along the shoreline.
Ashika Bay and Floating Gas Station
Impressive sea wall defenses limit the ferocity of the waves and grant this harbor a placid atmosphere… until battle commences. Watercraft can easily refuel here at the floating pontoon with an attached Gas Station. There are numerous boarding points to the main island, and obviously, the canal enables you to speed (via aquatic craft) into and out of the submarine base.
Gas Station
Offering good access from the main road and poor access if you’re driving down from the Castle battlements, this Gas Station sits next to the Canal, across from the Control building.
Mechanics Yard and Oil Vats
The northeastern side of Ashika Port offers a quartet of medium-sized warehouses mainly filled with mechanical parts. The slightly elevated building has boat parts, a two-floor office, an open bay warehouse by the road entrance and barrier, and a lower, red-roofed structure with oil vats in the exterior parking lot. Additional vats of oil waiting for pumping and seaward transportation are close to the water’s edge. Note the grassy bluff and pathways between the edge of these buildings and the rocky beach.
Rocky Bluffs
A small picnic area and tall rocky bluffs shroud the eastern road exit and offer good views of the containers strewn about the beach to the northeast. Watch out for (or become) an ambusher in these parts, as the viewing is restricted.