The Division 2 had 13 different Exotics to offer in its first year – including exotic weapons and armor pieces. Here is an overview of the exotic gear that was released before the “Warlords of New York” expansion – with their revised talents and locations.
What are Exotics? Exotics are unique pieces of gear in The Division 2. Each Exotic has its own name, backstory, and individual attributes.
How many are there so far? Currently, there are 23 Exotics – 13 from Year 1 and 10 new Exotics from Year 2. These arrived on March 3, 2020, with the “Warlords of New York” expansion.
These are the Exotics from Year 1: Here are 11 Exotics, all of which are weapons:
- Submachine Guns: The Chatterbox
- LMGs: Pestilence
- Pistols: Liberty
- Shotguns: Sweet Dreams, Lullaby
- Rifles: Ruthless, Merciless, Diamondback
- Sniper Rifles: Nemesis
- Assault Rifles: Eagle Bearer, Chameleon
Additionally, there are 2 exotic armor pieces:
- Holster: Dodge City Gunslinger Holster
- Gloves: BT Data Gloves
What is different now? In this guide, we show you all the Exotics from Year 1 with their updated talents and locations.
Note that almost all Exotics now have only a single talent, and that the talents sometimes function differently than they originally did. Additionally, the way you acquire most Year 1 Exotics has changed.
All Exotic Weapons from Year 1 of The Division 2
Where can you get these “old” Exotics? Below you will find all 11 weapon Exotics from The Division 2. You no longer need blueprints or parts for them as you did in Year 1.
Except for the two pre-order weapons Lullaby and Merciless, as well as the raid weapon Eagle Bearer (still only available as a random drop in the raid Operation: Dark Hours), all Exotics, including weapons and armor pieces, can drop randomly in invasions and missions on heroic or legendary difficulty.
Pestilence – LMG
This is what the unique talent in Year 2 can do: The talent is still called Contagion, but it works as follows: Hits apply a debuff to the target and deal 100% weapon damage over 10 seconds. This effect can stack up to 50x.
If an enemy dies with a debuff, all stacks transfer to an enemy within 25 meters.
Kendra’s Liberty – Pistol
This is what the unique talent in Year 2 can do: The talent is called Liberty of Death. Each hit grants you a stack, with a maximum of 30 stacks. Headshots consume all stacks and repair your shield by 3% per consumed stack.
Sweet Dreams – Shotgun
This is what the unique talent in Year 2 can do: The talent is called Sandman and causes you to instantly kill a non-elite enemy with a melee attack. This talent has a cooldown of 15 seconds.
Lullaby – Shotgun
This is what the unique talent in Year 2 can do: The talent of the Lullaby shotgun is identical to Sweet Dreams, but the weapon is part of certain editions or pre-order bundles for The Division 2.
While the stats are also identical, the two weapons differ in appearance.
Nemesis – Sniper Rifle
This is what the unique talent in Year 2 can do: The talent of the Nemesis is called Electromagnetic Accelerator. Fired shots deal 0-100% additional weapon damage – depending on how long the trigger is held before releasing it.
The Chatterbox – Submachine Gun
This is what the unique talent in Year 2 can do: The talent is called Incessant Chatter and increases the rate of fire for every enemy within a radius of 15 meters by 20% when reloading.
This effect can stack up to 5x and kills also refill 50% of your magazine.
Ruthless – Rifle
This is what the unique talent in Year 2 can do: The weapon comes with the talent Binary Trigger. The weapon is equipped with a trigger system that fires when the trigger is pressed and released.
If both bullets hit the same target, you get a stack. At 7 stacks, the next hit causes an explosion with a radius of 7 meters and 900% weapon damage. The stacks are then consumed.
Merciless – Rifle
This is what the unique talent in Year 2 can do: Like with Sweet Dreams and Lullaby, the Merciless rifle is part of an edition or pre-order bundle. It has the same stats and talent as Ruthless, but looks different.
Eagle Bearer – Assault Rifle
This is what the unique talents in Year 2 can do: The Eagle Bearer comes with 2 talents:
- Eagle’s Strike increases precision by up to +30% as long as you continuously fire the weapon. Additionally, headshot kills trigger the Tenacity buff for 15 seconds. Tenacity is increased by 1% for body shot hits and by 5% for headshot hits.
- Tenacity causes 40%-80% of incoming damage to be retained until this buff expires. This retained damage is reduced for each enemy you kill while the buff is active. With 3 kills, this retained damage is completely neutralized.
Diamondback – Rifle
This is what the unique talent in Year 2 can do: The talent of the Diamondback is called Agonizing Bite. The Diamondback randomly marks an enemy.
When you hit this enemy, the mark is consumed, causing a critical hit with an increased damage of 20%. Afterwards, once you reload, a new random enemy is marked.
Chameleon – Assault Rifle
This is what the unique talent in Year 2 can do: The Chameleon was released shortly before the launch of Title Update 8 (TU8) and the Warlords expansion with Episode 3 and embodies the last Exotic from Year 1.
The talent is called Adaptive Instincts. It includes 3 buffs with different bonuses. Depending on which body parts of the enemies you hit, different effects are triggered:
- If you land 30 headshots, you receive +20% critical hit chance and +50% critical hit damage for 45 seconds
- If 60 shots hit the body, this grants a bonus of +100% weapon damage for 45 seconds
- If you place 30 shots on the legs, there is +150% reload speed for 45 seconds
On the next page, we will discuss the exotic armor pieces from The Division 2. By the way, one of the new armor Exotics can be obtained as a reward through Season 1:
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