Silk Road

Silk Road (Chinese: 絲綢之路) is a map included the Battlefield 4 expansion, China Rising. It takes place within the Gobi Desert in northern China.

The map consists of a small military outpost surrounded by sand dunes and numerous mesas, with some canyons in the northern part of the map. Large, open spaces in areas creates mostly vehicle-based engagements.

The Levolution event on this map is much like the one on Golmud Railway, with IEDs being placed around the map.

Conquest
All of the conquest bases on the map have an encampment theme but still have different styles. As one of the mid-sized maps, this allows for open vehicle combat while still featuring plenty of infantry action.

Supply Drop
This point is surrounded by small sand dunes that provide the only cover from shelling and bombing. There're several static, non-usable supply-crates and parachutes scattered around this flag (hence it's name).

Army Base
The Bomber-control-station is located here. The Base is heavily fortified: It has high, though climbable walls and several .50 Cal turret-emplacements. There're several hangar-alike tents and small obstacles, creating narrow "alleyways" inside the map. This creates a rare CQB environment on this map.

Crash Site
There's a bridge providing decent cover from shelling and bombardment. And as the name indicates, there's wreckage of a crashed UH-1Y Venom.

Squad Deathmatch
The Squad Deathmatch takes place between the Radar Site and fortifications while it closes its border near the PLA Deployment and Army Base, long-range firefights are common, sniping can be used to great effect.

Team Deathmatch
TDM match takes place at the Army Encampment.

Two Battle Pickups are on this map: A USAS-12 sitting in the south part of the map inside a tent, and the M82A3 (CQC Version) to the north.

Trivia

 * The map's name is a reference to a series of trade routes by the same name that went through China to other parts of the world.


 * There are visible dinosaur tracks throughout the sand dunes on the map.