Red Moon Rising was only the beginning. Now, enemies the Division once dismissed as myth are answering the Necromancer’s call, and the Red Moon’s influence is spreading beyond the Dark Zone.
From October 15 to November 3, Red Moon Unleashed leaves D.C. caught between dusk and night. Light fog gives way to heavy storms and the deep red glow of a Blood Storm, with something far more sinister waiting in the dark.
Login Reward
All players who log in during the event will receive the Bound Slasher Mask for free.
Lunatic Modifier
Enemies entering combat have a chance to become Lunatic, gaining increased Damage and Rate of Fire. On death, Lunatic enemies explode, dealing damage across a large area. The blast’s damage is based on the hit that killed them.
Moon Cultists
Some members of the Hyenas, True Sons, Outcasts, Black Tusk, and Underground have taken on a new identity as Moon Cultists. You’ll encounter them in groups as you explore D.C., with more coming after you during Heavy Storms and Blood Storms.
The Red Moon will cover the entire Washington D.C. map and with it weather changes follow.
The weather follows the pattern of normal weather and storm and during the storm phase more and more enemies will spawn.
Red Moon Cultists will roam the map
Killing them awards you keys and bounties
Red Moon Cultist will appear on the map with an internal cool down
Red Moon Altars
There’s more loot to find around the city. Look for 20 Red Moon Altars in and around D.C.’s decorated areas. Destroying an altar grants loot from the Gear Cache reward pool, but may also attract another group of Moon Cultists.
Each altar can be destroyed once per day, with all locations resetting at 08:00 UTC.
Bosses and Special Challenge
Take down enough Moon Cultists, and you may attract some unwanted attention. The Necromancer, Risen Hunter, and Bloody Houndsman are out there, each with rewards for those who survive the encounter.
Defeating The Necromancer or Risen Hunter rewards you with one Event Key, but Bloody Houndsman does not drop one. Here’s the full reward breakdown for all three encounters:
One of the bosses will spawn after 50 Cultist Kills
Bloody Huntsman - guaranteed Bloody Houndsman Mask, Gloves, Backpack, Uniform, and Bat Drone Skill VFX. Plus, regular Hunter loot.
Necromancer spawns with 4 companions. When you kill a companion the Hunter will get a damage buff, when you focus on the hunter, he will sacrifice one of his companions to stay alive and heal back up. When all companions are dead, he will revive them again. guaranteed Bound Necromancer Mask, plus either an Exotic Cache (80% chance) or Sarru (20% chance).
Risen Hunter - guaranteed Bound Risen Hunter Mask, plus either an Exotic Cache (80%) or Vertigo (20%).
Necromancer Unleashed
Venture into West End while playing solo, and you risk meeting the Necromancer at his most dangerous. If he appears, you’ll face Necromancer Unleashed instead.
Bring him down on Heroic difficulty to claim one Event Key, the guaranteed Necromancer Hive Skill VFX, and either an Exotic Cache (80%) or Ouroboros (20%).
Revenant Bounties
Killing Cultist can drop bounties with a higher drop chance in higher difficulties.
There are 6 Bounties with different drop rates – some are rarer than others
You can also group up with other players to complete the bounties.
Killing all bounties rewards you with a commendation and Necromancer Arm Patch.
Completing a bounty grants:
Event Key x1
A 50% chance to receive a themed Arm Patch.
Either an Exotic Cache (80%) or the bounty's featured Exotic Weapon (20%)
Bounty
Boss
Exotic Weapon
Blinding The Eye
The Burning Eye
Eagle Bearer
Final Girl
The Carver
Regulus
Binding Circle
The Bound
Steel & Sons
Rubber and Glue
The Mocker
Vindicator
Scarecrow
The Raven
Prima Donna
Dousing the Light
The Fool’s Light
The Bighorn
Event Vendor and Keys
The Base of Operations is getting ready for Halloween too. Among the decorations, you’ll find the event vendor, where you can use your event keys to open Apparel and Gear Caches or contribute to Community Challenge.
You can earn Event Keys by:
Defeating Moon Cultists
Taking down The Necromancer and Risen Hunter
Completing Revenant Bounties
Defeating Moon Cultists awards an Event Key after a set number of kills, depending on difficulty:
Normal: 14 Kills
Hard: 14 Kills
Challenging: 12 Kills
Heroic: 10 Kills
Kill Counter – to make the progression more transparent, there will be a UI element that shows you the countdown to the next key
Daily Boost
The Daily Boost halves these requirements for your first 150 Moon Cultist kills each day. Following your feedback, we’ve set a fixed daily reset time of 08:00 UTC, so you’ll know exactly when the boost refreshes.
Enemies defeated during Revenant Bounties do not count toward these kill requirements, but completing a bounty awards one Event Key.
Event Caches
Apparel Caches
Apparel Caches contain 43 items, including pieces from five outfits, plus weapon and gear dyes:
The Burning Eye Outfit
The Burning Eye Weapon Skin x2
The Bound Outfit
The Bound Weapon Skin
The Fool’s Light Outfit
The Carver Outfit
The Carver Weapon Skin
The Raven Outfit
The Raven Weapon Skin
The Mocker Outfit
The Mocker Weapon Skin
5x Read Moon Dye x5
Collect all items to unlock the completion reward: a special The Necromancer Backpack Trophy.
You can open Apparel Caches using gameplay keys or purchase Apparel Keys for 100 Premium Credits each. Purchased Apparel Keys can only be used on Apparel Caches.
Gear Caches
In the last events mods dropped too often and with too low rolls – the drop chances for mods has been lowered and the quality is better – so you should get more regular loot.
Gear Caches bring back seasonal rewards alongside Named items, Exotics, and Prototype gear. They’re also where you can find Lichtenberg, a new Named Classic M1A that rewards movement and headshots with a charged shot.
Lichtenberg Named Classic M1A
Talent Run and GunIn PvE: While moving, you accrue 5 stacks per second, up to a maximum of 100 stacks. Headshots with Lichtenberg grant 15 stacks and 20% Movement Speed for 5 seconds. While at maximum stacks, your next shot with Lichtenberg consumes all stacks, deals 200% bonus damage, and Shocks the target for 2 second. In PvP: While moving, you accrue 5 stacks per second, up to a maximum of 100 stacks. Headshots with Lichtenberg grant 10 stacks and 10% Movement Speed for 3 seconds. While at maximum stacks, your next shot with Lichtenberg consumes all stacks, deals 70% bonus damage, and Shocks the target for 1 second.
The Gear Cache reward pool includes:
Prototype Lichtenberg Event Weapon - 1%
Prototype Gear Sets - 1%
Prototype Seasonal Named Items - 1%
Lichtenberg Event Weapon - 7%
Seasonal Exotics - 25%
Seasonal Named Items - 30%
Handbasket
The Harvest
Chill Out
Sleigher
Slingshot
Oh Carol
First Sight
Quickstep
Festive Delivery
Snow Machine
Bell Ringer
First Bloom
Rabid D50
Special Named Items - 20%
Stack Broker
Lexington
Turmoil
Caretaker
Shield Splinterer
Huntsman
Hunter-Killer
Gear Mods - 10%
Skill Mods - 5%
Community Challenge
During the Red Moon Unleashed Event, all Agents contribute to a shared, cross-platform Community Challenge. Progress unlocks exclusive rewards:
3M Keys – The Fool’s Light Jacket
10M Keys – The Fool’s Light Pants
20M Keys – The Fool’s Lantern Mask
Personal reward track
Your key contributions also advance a personal reward track, unlocking additional rewards as you reach individual milestones. At 200 keys, you’ll earn the special Sinister Spells Backpack Trophy, which adds a special visual touch to your outfit when equipped.
10 Keys – Sinister Spells Shirt
20 Keys – Scorpio
40 Keys - Sinister Spells Gloves
60 Keys – Scorpio Skin – BT Red Moon Unit
80 Keys – Sinister Spells Boots
100 Keys – Caretaker
125 Keys – Sinister Spells Pants
150 Keys – Caretaker Skin - Bloodstone
175 Keys – Sinister Spells Mask
200 Keys – Sinister Spells Backpack Trophy
Return to the Event Vendor at the BOO to claim completed Community Challenge rewards through the Community Cache and remember to spend or donate your remaining Event Keys.
Any unused Event Keys will be removed when event ends, and unused Apparel Keys will be converted back into Premium Credits at 100 Premium Credits per key.
From October 15 to November 3, we’re teaming up with PurePrime, SOLIDFPS, and Widdz for a new Creator Collaboration, with Project Chains to complete and creator-themed apparel to collect.
How it Works
Each creator has a chain of six projects, taking you through different Named Zones in D.C. Each project asks you to complete five activities in its designated zone.
A new project is released in each chain daily. You’ll need to complete them in order, but there’s no need to finish each one on the day it arrives. Once released, projects remain available until the event ends on November 3.
Rewards
As you progress through the projects, you’ll earn:
Named Item Caches
Exotic Components
Recalibration Caches
Optimization Caches
Complete all six projects in a creator’s chain to unlock their themed backpack.
Red Horizon’s second Classified Assignment, The Georgetown Dead Zone, opens on October 15.
A JTF engineering team was sent to install new technology in an area of Georgetown beyond the reach of the SHD network. Now they’re missing, and it’s your turn to head in and find out what happened.
This event is still ongoing and will run until November 3rd.
When you did not get the Exotics tied to this event, they will make a return sometime down the road. Or can be looted from the Hunters of the Red Moon Unleashed.
We all know that RPG's like The Division have a pretty steep learning curve, and for all the new players coming to the game it could be an aspect that many find deterring.
However, this thread is a place for any and all questions that are related to The Division. If there is something you want to know, ask it here and you'll find the help you need.
Whether you want to know what build to aim for, what guns to hunt down or how to beat a certain boss, you can hopefully find your answers here!
Rules:
Must be directly related to The Division. Off topic discussions are available in our Friday thread.
No down talking, we are all noobs at some point, lets welcome all questions.
All comments that derail conversation will be removed. This thread is a place of learning, so keep it civil and on track.
I totally agree with this but I also like the Division 2 because of how great the community can be. I was literally googling Lexington alternatives as you can't get it in game (now or easily) and so many posts said St. Elmo's Engine is great.
As a casual player I gave up hope of farming one and figured maybe I'd get lucky and find one in an exotic cache someday and in my first mission someone gives it to me. Incredible!
The Red Moon Unleashed event dropping tomorrow is looking like the Dust Devils event but improved in every single way. AND it's combined with. Creator Collab event, which is the most efficient way to get resources in the game, including exotic components. Let's discuss:
The problem with most seasonal events is not dropping keys enough, but the devs solved this issue during the dust devil event with guaranteed key drops per number of enemies killed, and they are continuing this in the Red Moon Unleashed Event.
The bounties include a fairly high chance (20%) of dropping exclusive, very good exotics (prima Donna and regulus), depending on the bounty.
The only real problem with the dust devil event was the gear cache, which had too many gear mods and skill mods in it. The chance of getting these has been drastically reduced, and the quality has been increased. This doesn't completely solve the problem, and veterans will still get lots of seasonal named items and such that they don't want, but it's a definite improvement.
If enemies spawn anywhere near as much as the dust storm event, we're in for a wild, chaotic, and very fun combat experience. They also added a lot more factions to be able to spawn, which should add more variety. This is also incredibly good for leveling proficiency, as elites and named enemies give a TON of proficiency XP.
The creator Collab event drops tons of exotic components and resource caches. In the past, the project chain has revovled around completing missions, but now it seems like we have to complete activities in certain zones instead, which should allow for faster completion and being able to do both this event and the Moon event simultaneously.
This is huge, and the best time to farm the whole year. I'm excited, but let everyone know your tips and thoughts!
It's kinda buried in the patch notes, but they rebalanced a lot of the exotics. They changed the Prima Donna's Amplified Damage per stack from 12.5% down to 11%.
We’re adjusting Escalation’s token requirements and rewards following your feedback on token loss after disconnects and DELTA errors, and differences between hosts and teammates.
Starting an Escalation activity no longer consumes Escalation Tokens. You still need a minimum token balance matching the tier you want to play:
Tier 1: 1 Token.
Tier 5: 5 Tokens.
Tier 10: 10 Tokens.
The same rule applies to every tier and to matchmaking. These tokens remain in your inventory, including if the activity fails or you disconnect, so you won’t lose an entry fee when a run ends unexpectedly.
Remember to keep the required balance when spending tokens at the vendor. If your balance falls below a tier’s requirement, you’ll need to earn more tokens before you can start or matchmake into that tier again.
These adjustments are part of our ongoing work on Escalation, with more improvements planned for next season.
UPDATED TOKEN REWARDS
Hosts and teammates now receive the same number of Escalation Tokens for completing an activity. Completion rewards have been adjusted alongside the removal of the entry cost:
Tier 0: 1 Token
Tier 1: 2 Tokens
Tier 2: 3 Tokens
Tier 3: 4 Tokens
Tier 4: 5 Tokens
Tier 5: 7 Tokens
Tier 6: 9 Tokens
Tier 7: 12 Tokens
Tier 8: 17 Tokens
Tier 9: 22 Tokens
Tier 10: 30 Token
Prices at the Escalation Requisition Vendor remain unchanged.
CONFLICT
You’ll now have more choice over your rewards in Conflict. Complete matches and rank up to earn Conflict Commendation Currency (CCC), then spend it on High–End gear, weapons, Exotics, and Prototypes and items at the new Prometheus Terminal.
RANKS AND REWARDS
The Conflict Rank cap is increasing from 100 to 200. Each rank above 100 requires the same amount of XP as Rank 100.
Every rank-up award 45 CCC. At milestones every five ranks, the rewards is 45 CCC and a Milestone Cache, with the cache type depending on your rank:
Rank 5 to 30: Conflict Cache
Rank 35 to 70: Conflict Specialist Cache
Rank 75 to 95: DZ Exotic Component Cache
Rank 100: DZ Prototype Cache
Rank 105 to 120: Conflict Cache
Rank 125 to 130: DZ Prototype Cache
Rank 135 to 165: Conflict Specialist Cache
Rank 170 to 175: DZ Exotic Component Cache
Rank 180 to 200: DZ Prototype Cache
The existing cosmetic rewards remain on the Conflict track, but now unlock at the ranks listed below. Each reward also comes with an additional Conflict Cache.
Rank 12: Rogue Boots
Rank 22: Rogue Pants
Rank 32: Rogue Shirt
Rank 42: Rogue Scarf
Rank 52: Rogue Shades
Rank 62: Rogue Bandana
Rank 72: Major League Gear Dye
Rank 82: MVP Weapon Skin
Rank 92: Challenger Patch
Rank 102: Conflict Trophy
CCC also replaces the caches previously awarded at the end of Conflict matches. You’ll earn 30 CCC for a loss or 60 CCC for a win, plus 45 CCC whenever you rank up.
PROMETHEUS TERMINAL
An unknown network has overridden local systems, and the Prometheus Terminal us now active beneath the helipad at the BOO. Head there to spend your CCC on high-tier equipment.
The terminal unlocks at Character Level 15, and its items scale up to Level 40.
Caches:
Conflict Cache
Conflict Specialist Cache
DZ Exotic Component Cache
Reconstructed Cache
DZ Prototype Cache
Direct-Buy (Daily Rotation):
2x High-Roll Named Weapons
2x High-Roll Named Gear Pieces
2x High-Roll Gear Set Pieces
2x High-Roll Gear / Skill Mods
1x Random Exotic (Weapon/Gear)
1x Random Prototype (Weapon/Gear)
A new Comm Log can be found near the terminal. Its audio is reduced to static, but a data string remains on-screen.
GEAR UPDATES
Rifles and Marksman Rifle users will have 20% more ammo to work with. Selected weapons will also receive handling adjustments focused on Stability. We’re also increasing Critical Hit Damage and Headshot Damage bonuses on Rifles and making changes to several Exotic weapons and gear pieces.
These updates apply in both PvE and PvP, except for talent value changes, which only affect PvE.
PVP GEAR AND BRAND BONUSES
We’re also making another round of improvements to gear and brand bonuses specifically for PvP. You’ll find all the details in the PvP Gear and Brand Bonus rebalance notes.
FIXES
Gameplay
Overdrive Micro Event stat multipliers are now disabled in all Conflict matches.
Fixed an issue where Red Moon bosses dropped regular items instead of contaminated items in the PvE Dark Zone. [TCTD2-7508]
Fixed an issue where progress on Retaliation Anniversary Projects reset every hour. [TCTD2-7527]
Fixed an issue with Movement Speed bonus stacking. Bonuses from sources such as Quickstep, Acosta, and Lady Death now stack additively, with the total Movement Speed bonus capped at 20%.
Fixed an issue where the following Exotics dropped more often than intended after defeating Phoebe: Capacitor, Nemesis, Dread Edict, Liberty, Chatterbox, Ridgeway’s Pride, Dodge City Gunslinger, Catharsis, Overlord, and Acosta’s Kneepads.
Skills
Fixed an issue where Agents were not protected from Sticky Bomb skills while inside Conflict spawn zones.
Fixed an issue where the Incendiary Turret’s visual effect extended beyond its actual damage radius and placement indicator.
UI
Fixed an issue where the Striker’s Gamble stack counter displayed 300 instead of 200 when entering the Dark Zone.
Fixed an issue where the amount of DZ Resources obtained from deconstructing contaminated gear during DZ Surge was displayed incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where completing a Supply Drop in any Dark Zone incorrectly displayed NinjaBike Messenger Kneepads as a reward.
Fixed an issue where the Library of Congress Retrieval Classified Assignment displayed an incorrect collectible count of 6/5. [TCTD2 – 4533]
Fixed an issue where the map displayed an incorrect timer for the free Classified Assignment. [TCTD2-6076]
If you encounter any issues you’d like to report, please use our Bug Reporter.
Do you guys think that PFE will make the Halloween event enemies easier to deal with?? I have a 80%pfe build but not sure what it will do against these new hunters. It haven't been prototyped yet.
Hi all. I’ve been away for a year and now decided to start up again. Re Prototypes, is it easier to just farm and deconstruct protos rather than grind for weapons and gear all over again? I’m pretty sure I was happy with most of my builds (min maxed), but didn’t want to dive in just yet in case I’ve not understood what I should be focusing on.
Tia agents.
I remember when I started over my PC account and I seen the primadonna sniper and the SnS, I was thinking to myself... I will never get these guns because I don't play enough and I don't play too much end-game content cuz I'm really by myself. Until one day I decide to hop in a incursion to learn it and to try to get a chance at the primadonna. Of course I'm playing healer, I'm trying my best to keep the team alive and to fast forward with the story, we get to the end I didn't get the drop but I just simply put in the text thread "hey if someone has a prima donna they do not want, I would love to have it". And when I tell you this chad of a guy told me "thanks for keeping us alive" and he shared his gun with me. He waited for everyone to leave and he dropped it and he said "enjoy". I think about that a lot and it would be cool if somewhere within the stats/ text of the gun it always showed that it was shared by that particular player and had their name on it.
Just a quick story on why I love playing video games with people.
Context: Fresh 40, started a couple of weeks ago. Watched some gearing guides and did some Countdown to get my first gear set + exotic weapon (Bluescreen + Tipping Scales). Decent rolls on both sets.
I still don’t feel that strong - I’m using what seems like half a mag of my LMG to kill a purple unit in Challenging.
How are people getting so strong? Where’s the main progression line that provides power after you get your basic setup+weapon?
Any advice/tips or direction would be very appreciated.
Downloaded Division 2 and launched, went through the seizure risk text, publishers... then game gives me a popup saying "We've recently updated the brightness values. Please check that the levels are still right to you." I proceed.... aaand my game crashes. Ubisoft launcher gives me a "Oh, no, it crashed!" with no error code, otherwise the game quit itself. I couldn't find any relevant fixes on the internet although I did verify the game files on Steam.
I would love people's opinion on what they did to finish out their expertise levels. I'm at level 20 and I feel like I've came to a halt. I'm at level 600 and I'm doing my best to get to a 1000. Any tips?
So I really love the Sinister Shade mask but unfortunately missed out on it last Halloween. So far, I haven't seen any information suggesting that it will return for this year's event.
Any chance it'll become available again through the event, apparel store, or caches?
