In the upcoming MMO shooter “The Division”, the player’s base is their personal refuge. We take a look at the new home.
The base in The Division is a new concept. It is located west of the large Dark Zone in Manhattan, making it a fixed building. It is also the only area in The Division that is “personal,” where the player cannot meet any other players. Essentially, it is like the “own house,” the private starting point, to which no one else has access.
The base changes with the agent’s decisions, with the path they take. Therefore, it looks a bit different for each player and is a personal instance.
This article is based on this video from YouTuber Arekkz. He visited the developers in Malmö and was able to play The Division there. The information refers to the current “not yet fully completed” version, so things might still change:
The base for banking, crafting, and quests in The Division
Your base gives you access to some features that would typically be found in other games in “cities” or “the tower”:
In the base, there is a “chest.” This is basically your vault or your bank. Here you can store items that you do not currently need but want to keep. This is also where the items you successfully extracted from the Dark Zone end up.
The crafting station is also located in the base. We have covered how crafting works in this article.
There are 3 vendors for weapons, equipment, and mods (those are the things that you can use to modify your equipment). At the moment, it seems that these vendors can only sell low-tier weapons – in the Dark Zone, there are vendors with a stronger selection.
In the base, there is also an NPC who provides a “status report.” When you talk to him (or click on an info board in the world), you receive an overview of missions to complete: from assignments for the three wings to bounties, to other tasks involving murder and mayhem in the service of civilization that are pending in The Division.
There is also a “restock chest.” There you can automatically replenish your supplies before leaving the base. It provides you with ammunition, med kits, and grenades. This way, you go out well-equipped every time. Such restock points can also be found in other locations.
The three wings – how to make base building nice in The Division
The most important way to advance the base (and also your skills) is the 3 wings of the instance – they represent medicine, infrastructure, and security, and thereby also the 3 skill lines.
The wings start at 0% and “offline,” can be unlocked and expanded through missions. Overall, there are 10 upgrade levels per wing. You unlock these gradually by collecting and investing the resource “supplies” – which likely counts for each wing, so you need “green supplies” for the medical wing in your base in The Division.
When upgrading, the first upgrade is mandatory; it is essentially the foundation for everything else that you will build on. After that, you can choose from the remaining offerings on how you want to improve the wing. This will in turn unlock special skills and attributes for your agent.
The upgrades can be found in your base. For example, the “dog squad,” which was recently speculated about, is simply an upgrade that will then be displayed to you: There will be a dog standing there, with which you cannot do anything in your base, but it symbolizes certain advantages that will then be available to you “in the field.”
