Division 2: Beginner Tips & Tricks

The Division 2 Beginner Tips

Choose Your Starting Perks and Skills Wisely

Looking for some Division 2 beginner tips to help you on your adventure to save D.C.? Look no further.

Early on in the game, once you’ve established your Base of Operations at the White House in The Division 2, you’ll be able to choose your first skill. These are essentially gadgets that you can carry with you into battle to give you an advantage.

To start out, we definitely recommend taking either the Drone or the Turret. The healing variant of the Drone is extremely helpful in allowing you to regenerate your shields in the middle of battle, and you can also direct it to your teammates once you’re all healed up.

The assault Turret, on the other hand, is fantastic for providing cover fire in battle. Similar to the Drone, you can direct it at any enemy within your line of sight and focus fire on that target. It’s more than capable of taking out weak enemies on its own, and can also be a distraction against tougher ones.

As for perks, we’ve made a short list of the best perks you should get first in The Division 2. To start, though, make sure to get the Accolades perks for a big boost in experience points gained.

The Division 2 Beginner Tips

Always Deconstruct or Donate Unwanted Gear

As you progress in The Division 2, you will inevitably pick up better gear to replace your old stuff. While it might be tempting to sell these off to vendors for a quick bit of money, we recommend deconstructing them or donating them instead.

While at Settlements, you can donate gear to the Projects sector. Once you’ve donated all the necessary materials and items, the project will be completed, rewarding you with valuable items and blueprints.

On the other hand, unwanted gear can be deconstructed to give you crafting materials, which can then be put towards crafting even better stuff later on. It’s worth noting that you do need money for crafting, so if you find yourself in a tight spot financially, it’s fine to sell off a few low-level pieces.

The Division 2 Beginner Tips

You Can Dismantle Your Gadgets (Skills) Too

The Division 2 has extremely long cooldown times for your gadgets, and not knowing how to manage your cooldowns can seriously hurt your chances in a fight.

For instance, once a Turret has been exhausted, you’ll need to wait about two minutes before you can deploy it again. The same goes for the Drone. However, if you dismantle them before their timers run out, the cooldown timer gets shortened.

You can dismantle gadgets by holding down the deploy button. If your Turret is mapped to R1, just hold down the R1 button while it’s deployed to dismantle it. The cooldown timer will be reduced by 30 or 60 seconds, depending on how quickly you dismantled it after deployment.

It’s still a fairly long cooldown timer, but at least it’s something.

The Division 2 Beginner Tips

Liberate Control Points

If you take a look at your map, you’ll find several red icons called Control Points. These are basically enemy outposts in The Division 2, and you can liberate them from hostile forces.

Doing so provides you with a number of benefits. For starters, you’ll get a nice experience bonus for securing that outpost. In addition to that, you also gain access to a supply room in that Control Point, which contains an insane amount of loot.

Control Points can be a little tricky, but the game keeps things balanced by allowing you to call for NPC backup. Once you’ve captured a Control Point, you’ll still need to maintain it with resources like food, but it’s worth it. Liberating Control Points will make the streets a little safer, allowing you a bit more freedom in exploring the open world.

And those are our beginner tips to help you get started in The Division 2. Be sure to check our Division 2 guide wiki for more tips and information on the game.