Dust to Dust

"This is it. Makarov doesn't leave here alive."

- Price, before beginning their assault on Hotel Oasis.

"Dust to Dust" is the eighteenth and final mission of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The player starts out in Juggernaut armor, and takes the role of John Price, attempting to kill Makarov for vengeance.

Characters

 * John Price (playable)
 * Yuri (K.I.A.)
 * Vladimir Makarov (K.I.A.)
 * Nikolai

Plot
Price and Yuri, with support from Nikolai, move in to assassinate Makarov in the Hotel Oasis in the Middle East. The mission begins with Price and Yuri wearing Juggernaut armor inside of a van while Nikolai taps into the security feed of the hotel. Price and Yuri proceed up the road, fighting a large army of Makarov's security guards. Eventually they arrive at the entrance to the hotel, walk up a flight of stairs, and enter an elevator. As the elevator rises, an enemy chopper fires on them. Price and Yuri are able to destroy the helicopter, but it spins out of control, crashing into the elevator the two are in, destroying their Juggernaut Armor in the process. The elevator then begins to fall and the pair must then jump to another lift which Nikolai hacked.

Price and Yuri then ride the elevator up to the 27th floor. Nikolai then informs them to hurry to catch up with Makarov. Pursuing Makarov, the two fight their way around the triangular penthouse, into a diner, past a small stage and into a hallway. The escape helicopter then appears and fires at them, partially collapsing the building's top floor. Price's weapons fall off the edge and he almost falls off (but gets back up). However, Yuri is wounded; a piece of debris went through his abdomen, pinning him to the ground. Yuri then tells Price to not worry about him and to stop Makarov. Price then runs up the collapsed ceiling and across the helipad to Makarov's helicopter. Just as it starts leaving the roof, Price jumps onto the helicopter, grabs the pilot by the leg, and tosses him out of the helicopter. The copilot draws his USP .45 but Price puts up a struggle, inadvertently firing a shot into the controls. Price proceeds to take out a knife and thrust it into the co-pilot's throat, and throws him into the air as well. Price then takes control of the helicopter, attempting to prevent it from crashing, but to no avail.

Price awakes to find himself on a glass ceiling that's going to shatter. He notices Makarov, wounded, climbing out of the helicopter, and the two begin a slow crawl for a Desert Eagle. Price manages to reach the gun, but Makarov stomps on Price's hand, making Price release the gun, and takes the pistol, but before he can kill Price, Yuri arrives just in time and shoots Makarov with his USP. 45, wounding him further. However, Makarov murders Yuri; this buys Price enough time to heave himself off the ground and onto Makarov. After stunning Makarov in a context sensitive event, Price wraps a steel cord connected to the helicopter around Makarov's neck and strangles him with it. Price is able to break the damaged glass ceiling they are fighting on, causing both of them to fall. Makarov is hung and killed by the steel cable, while Price survives the fall as he safely lands on the floor below the roof. Price lights a cigar and watches Makarov's hanging corpse while police sirens are heard in the background.

Video Walkthrough
400px

Starting Weaponry
The player can see, and interact with, these beginning weapons

Found in level
These weapons can be seen and used, with or without attachments

Unobtainable
The following weapons can be seen but cannot be interacted with

Intel
44. After going up the escalator, make a U-turn and look for a bar. The intel is on top of the bar.

45. After exiting the elevator, a room with a poker table with the intel on it can be found to the left.

46. After spotting Makarov in the lobby are and before pursuing him, hugging the wall and going to the right will lead the player into a bar, where the final piece of intel can be found sitting on the bar's top.

Video:MW3 - Intel Locations - Dust To Dust - Mission 16 - Scout Leader Achievement Trophy guide

Intel locations

Achievements/Trophies
This is the End (25 / Silver trophy ) - Complete "Scorched Earth", "Down the Rabbit Hole", and "Dust to Dust" on Veteran difficulty.

Who Dares Wins (40 / Silver trophy ) - Complete the campaign on any difficulty.

The Best of the Best (100 / Gold trophy ) - Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty.

Trivia

 * In the opening cut scene, a picture of Joseph Allen is pinned onto the board, but only the label and the lower half of his body is shown.
 * If the player uses the movement keys/left analog stick while sitting in the falling helicopter, Price will move the cyclic stick. However, this has no effect on the helicopter's movement.
 * Even if the truck where Price and Yuri stay before starting the assault was actually driven in reverse by someone helping them, once the player is out he can see that there's no one at the driving position.
 * Though Price is wearing a Juggernaut's helmet before being attacked in the elevator, he is wearing his trademark boonie hat after the Little Bird crashes.
 * Price was originally silent in this mission, with Yuri speaking instead. This is proved by various sound files, with Yuri speaking similar lines that Price speaks in the final version.
 * This is the first time in the Call of Duty series that the player's reflection can be seen.
 * This is the first campaign mission in the entire Call of Duty series where the player wears Juggernaut armor.
 * This is the only ending in the Modern Warfare series where Soap doesn't kill the main antagonist and is absent.
 * This is one of only three times that Captain Price is playable in the Modern Warfare series. It is also the first time which isn't a flashback and he speaks. The first two times were flashbacks "All Ghillied Up" and "One Shot, One Kill".
 * Price's reflection is actually loaded from a Bink Video file named "dubai_reflection.bik".
 * In the Wii version of the game, the reflection is not present.
 * This is the third mission in Modern Warfare 3 where the playable character speaks during the mission, the first being "Iron Lady" in which the AC-130 Gunner speaks, and the second being "Blood Brothers" when Yuri explains to Price why Makarov knows him shortly after Soap's death.
 * This is the only mission where Yuri makes a personal appearance as an NPC in Modern Warfare 3, although he is briefly seen in the Prologue and in the cutscene of "Persona Non Grata"
 * This is the only mission in Modern Warfare 3 where Price is playable.
 * Dust to Dust is the only Task Force 141 mission where Task Force 141 is not disavowed and Yuri is an NPC.
 * This is the only mission where Price sees Makarov face to face.
 * The title is a reference to the saying "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.".
 * This is the only ending in the entire Modern Warfare series where the player isn't extracted by Russian Loyalists after killing the main antagonist.
 * Additionally, it is the only ending mission in any Modern Warfare game where the player isn't extracted wounded by helicopter.
 * This is the only mission set in the year 2017.
 * If the player gets kicked out by the co-pilot and falls to their death, the message will show "Makarov got away".
 * After the Little Bird crashes next to the elevator, Price's helmet breaks and both his and Yuri's Juggernaut suits starts burning. However, the fire extinguishes automatically, without leaving any evident damage on the uniforms.
 * When Yuri finishes removing Price's Juggernaut armor in the elevator, his MK46 has a Grip, Suppressor, and what appears to be a Hybrid Sight. However, during the Juggernaut sequence, Yuri's MK46 only appears to have a Grip attached. The suppressor attachment is a strange idea because considering that silencers decrease the damage and range of a weapon, Yuri should not theoretically have such an attachment.
 * Yuri's MK46 has a silencer that does not seem to work at all and he does not appear to hold the gun's Grip.
 * When Price takes out his lighter, there is a Task Force 141 symbol on its side.
 * During the briefing scene, there is a picture of Lev Kravchenko from Call of Duty: Black Ops on the upper left.
 * This is the only ending mission in the Modern Warfare series that does not have the word "game" in the title.
 * This is the only mission in Modern Warfare 3 to feature white Little Birds.
 * Although the player wears a Juggernaut suit, one can nevertheless die from overcooking a grenade.
 * When Price looks at the reflection of himself in the glass, blood starts dripping from his face, but his face is clean.
 * If the player fails to jump off the lift, they will fall to the very bottom of the hotel instead of the screen turning black.
 * When Price is running to the roof and towards Makarov's helicopter, the hand animation while running is similar to that of "The Hornet's Nest" in Modern Warfare 2, when Roach jumps for Nikolai's Pavelow at the end of the level.
 * Makarov's name is green when he speaks during the loading screen.
 * The player reloads the PKP Pecheneg in this mission as though one had the perk Sleight of Hand. This is similar to the animation in "Toxic Paradise" and "Smack Town".
 * The Arabic text in this level is incorrect. While Arabic words are supposed to be read/written from right to left with certain letters connecting, in this level the words are written from left to right with no letters connecting.
 * Juggernaut suit can only suppress bullet and grenade damage but the player will receive normal damage from melee attack.
 * Normally, the PKP Pecheneg full reserve ammo is 200, but in this mission the player will start with 600 reserve ammo, tripled from normal PKP Pecheneg full reserve ammo.
 * Yuri's Juggernaut Armor are presumed was Armored Juggernaut based on Juggernaut Armor type.