In The Division, the endgame activities include the legendary missions and incursions, which can pose a challenge for less experienced players. We provide you with some helpful tips to get started.
Legendary missions and incursions are among the hardest endgame content in The Division. Players often do not know what to pay attention to in order to successfully complete them, and without a fixed team, it becomes even more difficult. We have some tips and tricks to help you navigate.
What are incursions?
The first incursion, Falcon Lost, made its way to Manhattan with the first content update. Back then, players had the hope that this could be a type of raid. Ultimately, it turned out that the incursions are merely more extensive missions that require more team play through some mechanics.
What difficulty levels are available for the incursions? The incursions have two difficulty levels, “Challenging” and “Heroic”, which differ mainly in enemy level and type. On “Challenging”, normal and veteran enemies are present, while you will only encounter elite enemies on “Heroic”. The rewards are also lower on “Challenging”.
What are the rewards? After completing an incursion on “Heroic”, you will receive:
- an exotic container (contains an exotic item, Div-Tech, target data, and Phoenix credits), which you can only obtain once per week
- 2 gear set pieces,
- 2 HighEnd pieces (one weapon and one gear piece),
- 445,500 credits, 350 Phoenix credits, and 225,016 XP
These incursions are available to you
There are currently four incursions, which differ significantly from one another:
- Falcon Lost – in this incursion, you must destroy an LMB vehicle over 15 waves in an underground storage location
- Clear Sky – Rikers have taken over an air defense position, and you must recapture it in two phases
- Dragon’s Nest – Cleaners have taken over the transit terminal at the harbor. You must defeat the four Riders (strong Cleaner bosses) and ultimately destroy a fire truck with a flamethrower
- Stolen Signal – Rikers have attacked the transmission center and taken hostages. In four different sections, you must free them under various conditions
Unfortunately, the incursions Dragon’s Nest (Underground) and Stolen Signal (Last Stand) are part of the DLCs for The Division. Without purchasing them or the season pass, you cannot play these.
Apart from Falcon Lost, the incursions are nice, varied activities that require teamwork. They are definitely worth a try. If you want to take it up a notch, legendary missions might be interesting for you.
What are the legendary missions?
These are missions from the main campaign that have received an additional difficulty level. The legendary difficulty level was first introduced with Patch 1.6 and was meant to test experienced players.
Even the incursions should be overshadowed by these missions.
What distinguishes the “Legendary” difficulty from “Challenging”? The NPC enemies on “Legendary” are significantly tougher, faster, and more dangerous. While there are still the regular gradations, “normal” enemies, veterans, and elite foes, even the lowest tier of your enemies can pose a threat. Melee attacks are extremely strong and can take you down instantly.
In some missions, hunters can even appear, but only if you make it to the boss without dying.
The twist: There is only one checkpoint. In these missions, you only have one spawn point in case you die. These are usually placed about halfway through the mission. If you die before that, you must start over.
Additionally, the enemy types in some missions have been changed. For example, at the WarrenGate Power Plant, you now encounter Mercenaries from the Last Man Battalion instead of Rikers as before.
What are the rewards? Upon successfully completing a legendary mission, you will receive
- an exotic container (contains an exotic item, Div-Tech, target data, and Phoenix credits), which you can only obtain once per week,
- 2 gear set pieces,
- 2 HighEnd pieces (one weapon and one gear piece),
- 445,500 credits, 350 Phoenix credits, and 225,016 XP
If you encounter a hunter, you can additionally expect another exotic item. Moreover, these missions have had an increased chance for classified gear since Patch 1.8.1.
These missions are available to you
There are currently a total of seven missions that have received the legendary difficulty level. With 1.6, the first three missions arrived:
- The Times Square Power Relay,
- the Napalm Production Site,
- and the WarrenGate Power Plant
Later, with Patch 1.8.1 and 1.8.2, the missions followed
- Amherst’s Apartment,
- the Grand Central Station,
- the Madison Field Hospital
- and the General Assembly
These basics help with incursions and legendary missions
In these endgame activities, it is important that you are already equipped with good sets. A balanced team is advantageous, but it is also possible to complete them successfully with four DPS players. These tips regarding your equipment can serve as guidance.
It is clear that newer players often do not yet possess classified sets. This selection should serve as an orientation for which sets you can aim for. Even without secret equipment, these activities can be managed if the team works together.
Tip: Play the upcoming Global Event! The upcoming event, Assault, will bring three of the best secret gear sets (Striker, Recovery, and Watch’s Call). Unfortunately, we do not yet know exactly when this event will start, according to Massive, it will definitely happen in July.
Recommended DPS sets:
- The secret Striker is currently considered the probably strongest DPS set in The Division. If you are good at building the Striker bonus, you will be able to deal high damage while healing yourself at the same time.
- The secret Predator set is particularly well-suited against enemies without armor bars. If you manage to activate the bleeding effect, you will take down these enemies very quickly.
- Secret Watch’s Call – a more offensive support set that can make your life significantly easier. If you like to deal damage from a distance and also want to increase your team’s damage through headshots, this is the ideal set. Even in the non-classified variant, this set is very strong.
- D3-FNC: The absolute tank set that can also deal a decent amount of damage. Even in its non-classified variant, it is powerful. With the ballistic shield, you can absorb quite a bit of damage from your group. Watch your positioning; otherwise, you might be in the line of fire of your teammates.
- Sets without classified parts are also possible. You have various combinations to choose from. 4 Striker pieces + 2 Nomad pieces is one of the most popular non-classified variations. Ideally, you already have a NinjaBike backpack, which opens up many more options.
These attributes are the best for your DPS sets: For these sets, the selection of your armor attributes is quite simple. Hit points, enemy armor damage, and damage against elites are values you want to have on your set pieces as often as possible.
These mods are the best: Basically, you should use weapon or stamina mods for these sets. If you feel confident enough, you can use purple mods with damage against elites to kill elite enemies faster. Otherwise, hit points are also a good option to withstand more.
We prefer performance mods for self-healing, but this mainly depends on your skill selection.
Recommended weapon talents for DPS players:
- Destructive: +15% enemy armor damage
- Ruthless: Killing a target regenerates 35% of your hit points for 20 seconds
- Brutal (in the third slot): +10% damage against elites
- Deadly (with high crit chance, especially suitable for SMGs): +15% crit damage
- Receptive (Note, melee combat on Legendary is risky): +10% damage when within 10 meters of the enemy
- Prepared: Crit hits heal the player for 3% of the damage dealt
Recommended support sets
Supporters are just as important in incursions and especially in legendary missions as DPS players. Having these in the team can make the agent life much more pleasant. These sets are particularly well-suited:
- The secret (and non-secret) Recovery is the ultimate healer set in The Division. With a Recovery in the team, you will quickly notice that everything becomes noticeably easier. The support post is very powerful, makes you immune to status effects, and greatly reduces your ammo consumption.
- The secret Final Measure set is more commonly found in PvP but can be a very useful supporter in PvE, especially in combination with Recovery. Grenades will become significantly less troublesome.
- The FireCrest set is a strong support set in both its secret and non-secret variant, which is ideally suited for controlling opposing groups with the flamer gun.
These attributes are the best for your support sets: Skill power and skill haste are the most important for these sets. Your cooldown should be as low as possible, and your skill power should be as high as possible.
Recommended weapon talents for supporters:
- Determined (in the third slot): Killing an enemy reduces your cooldown by 7.5%
- Competent: Using a skill increases your damage by 10% for 15 seconds
- Gifted: Killing a target increases skill power by 15% for 20 seconds. The timer resets with each kill.
Your weapon choice
Basically, it doesn’t matter what weapons you play with. If they are fun for you and suit you well, that is sufficient, especially for PvE activities. However, as with most online games, there is a certain selection of weapons that stand out. We will list the most popular weapons for you.
These weapons are considered the best in the game:
- Assault Rifles: M4 – Lightweight, LVOA-C, Bullfrog
- LMGs: Big Alejandro, MG5
- SMGs: The House, MP5, PP-19
- Sniper Rifles: M44 – Custom, M700 Carbon
- Shotguns: Showstopper, SASG-12
More on the weapons can be found here with us:
How to navigate incursions and legendary missions
Check your teammates! A balanced composition is important. You can recognize which sets they are wearing by looking at their knee pads, backpacks, and other parts. Typically, a second Recovery is not needed. So if you have equipped a Recovery set and see that there is already a Recovery in the team, switch to another set. Learn to visually distinguish the equipment.
If you don’t have another set, just ask if they have a different set. You can also always check your teammates’ skills. It does no one any good if two people are running with exactly the same setup. Is there still no impulse generator? Get it! No flashbang? Equip it! The more varied the team skills, the better prepared you are for different situations.
Be cautious: If you are starting a mission for the first time that you are not familiar with, stick with your team. Typically, at least one player knows the ropes and knows where the best positions are. Avoid solo attempts.
After completing a mission/incursion: Do not leave the group immediately! Experienced agents often play these simply for fun and can usually do nothing with the rewards. Exotic items, in particular, are often shared. So wait until each team member has checked their rewards.
Here you will find a list of guides for the incursions:
If you haven’t reached the endgame yet, these tips for beginners in The Division might help.
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