The Division 2: NEW PLAYER GUIDE (2023)

This guide will prepare you for everything you need to know as you begin your journey in The Division 2— including the leveling experience, the endgame, and much more. Let me know your thoughts!

Intro | 0:00
What To Buy | 1:19
Campaign & Leveling Experience | 2:48
Endgame Overview | 4:47
Global Settings | 5:16
Targeted Loot | 6:21
Invasions | 7:45
Game Modes | 8:07
Raids | 9:36
Progression & Features | 10:04
Builds | 10:21
Specializations | 11:27
SHD Watch | 12:39
Gear Modification Systems | 13:35
Recalibration | 14:02
Crafting | 15:56
Exotic Reconfiguration | 16:28
Optimization | 17:53
Expertise | 18:36
What Content To Play | 19:30
Conclusion | 20:47

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Intro/Outro music: Running Out by Patrick Patrikios

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[RogueGold]

Here's all the links to additional videos you need! Hope you enjoy!

[benoitdeschenes]

Veteran player since division 1 beta but I still watched this through to the end because roguegold always has the most complete, thorough guides and tips. Appreciate it as always.

[boudedse]

i'm playing the game again after a long time so if anyone wanna join my adventure your welcome 🙏🏽 (i'm french so my english is not great haha) (i wrote this message a long time ago and i dont play anymore but i see that some people are talking and playing thanks to this comment. So i will not delete it and let people meet here ! good luck people !)

[ArinTv]

My friends and I are all Destiny 2 players and we are enjoying Division a hell of a lot more now opposed to launch. right now we plan on clearing all the raid content and doing as much as we possibly can within the next year. Thanks for the help on how to get here.

[PainxMisery]

I'm a veteran but still gonna watch this because this franchise is really fun 🖤

[IscariotsPrayer]

Wanted to leave a “thank you” for the time invested in making this video. As a returning Y1 player, a couple of things were not self explanatory when it came to using the recalibration bank. Although I figured some of it out, there was still a huge amount that I wasn’t sure about. Much has changed since I first set foot in DC… and even with my vanilla experience from Division 1, I felt a little lost trying to figure everything out what changed with the Warlords Of New York release and all the changes since then.

[WiseViper]

Thought Id check this out and maybe share with a few friends, can say that all around this is a pretty good and casual guide. Congrats on 25k btw

[Cgarga_]

Just started after years of wanting to try it out. The ps5 update to this game allowing you to play a at 60 fps and 4K makes walking through DC an incredible experience at night.

[kathyristic]

I’m a returning vet, stopped playing when they released the Zoo map. These videos are really helpful, thank youuu!!!

[SpitfireSpud]

As always, a fantastic video and extremely well detailed for newcomers! I'm not a newcomer, but still really enjoyed the concise way you have it all laid out in the video! Great work mate!👍

[raymondsykes]

I tried the division 2 when it first came out and there were just so many hackers it was unplayable. Tbh I'm glad it's hyped down. I think it really shines. It's now mixed with new players and players that are vets and love the game for what it is. And tbh, the one thing I recommend from starting is the warlords bundle. It takes you straight to level 30. Gives you a solid gear set, and saves you a lot of time. I will say if you want the story play the first campaign but I figured the games been out so long I'm really just joining to have fun with others at the end game really. It reminds me of replaying destiny 1 when it was towards the end of its life. You can buy the next dlc from the start, get the level boost, unlock the rest of the end game with everyone thats there, and I had much fun doing it that way. Yes it's a bit confusing, going at level 30 with a overload of stuff, but it's doable and enjoyable.

[adamsgaming]

SHD Level 5 here. Just getting back into the game and beating Warlords. This guide has helped me better understand the ins and outs of recalibration as it's very needed in endgame play.

[jakadan]

Just bought this on sale for Xbox loved the first never played this before but it was riding a bike regards controls like I never left.

[CamCeej]

This was a great video for new players ! Helped me a ton I have only started playing recently and everything is a lot clearer for me now ❤ thank you

[InvntdXNEWROMAN]

I suddenly got the urge to play the division today while I was at work. Haven't played since 2019 and I never really got into apparently because I only put 45 hours in to 2 versus my 850 in the TD1. Looking forward to seeing what this game has turned into as I boot it up right now. See you in the DZ... in a few days. Gotta grind first.

[JeffJacquesmd]

I've played through NY and I'm at Level 40 working on profi iency ratings on PS5. But I have two weeks of travel for family and work and I'm going to play on SteamDeck. So I need to start all over. Thank you for this excellent overview, spot on across the board.
Cheers

[pat]

I’m wrapping up the division 1 soon, after using your guides. I’m going to dive back into div 2 after that and am still using your guides to get caught up, love your guides man

[duggy]

I’m currently doing a Hardcore character, I’m Speedrunning, all main and side quests. Then moving on to the DLC and gonna beat that. After I’ve done it all on Story Difficulty I’m jumping straight too Heroic and then switching to less Speedrun and more tactical.

As a rule, I’m only allowed to use items that are given through completing a quest, and chest items that come with levelling up. I don’t even loot a single backpack for a toy.

Once I hit level 40 and beat the DLC I then will try and hopefully survive for as long as I can. This is what I love about the division, the progression and grind is fun (repetitive but what shoot and loot ain’t) and really it’s your decision what you wanna do, and pretty much 95% of the game can be done solo (coop more fun, but many op player builds) and boy is there a lot to do in this game.

[Jamatrix]

I appreciate how you wrapped up the video in telling people to use the knowledge they just learned in order to figure out what it is they want to achieve or get from the game (as opposed to saying "Do XYZ as it's the most efficient way to progress in the game").

Too many YouTubers assume players only want to brind and min-max the game while the truth is so many of us just want to relax, play some video game and have fun.

[brandonmiller]

This is great video and very helpful. Thankfully I found a clan that explained all of this over the last 3 or so months that I’ve been playing this game. I’ll share this video to others as they start playing.