On April 5th, the update Invasion: Battle for D.C. will arrive in The Division 2. This introduces some endgame features that truly kick things off.
That’s why the actual endgame starts now: The first content update for The Division 2 brings Tidal Basin, the last stronghold. Additionally, with World Tier 5 comes the final World Tier. This finally allows agents to maximize their gear.
With World Tier 5, several new endgame features like 3 brand new gear sets and weekly invasions come into play. These features were announced before release and are the last missing endgame content. At least until the raid and the first DLC episode arrive.
When does the update start? At 9:30 AM, the servers will go offline for maintenance for about 3 hours. During this time, the patch is expected to be released. By 12:30 PM, you should be able to play again if everything goes according to plan, possibly even earlier.
Tidal Basin and World Tier 5
This is Tidal Basin, the last stronghold: After you have completed the 3 strongholds during the campaign, the last stronghold Tidal Basin now comes into play.
While the other 3 strongholds serve as headquarters for the 3 factions of Hyenas, Outcasts, and True Sons, Tidal Basin is the stronghold of the Black Tusk. This faction is particularly dangerous and better equipped than the others. They appear once you have completed the story.
What exactly can we expect? So far, there hasn’t been any real gameplay from Tidal Basin. However, this stronghold should, like the others, be a large-scale mission. It is a huge military base that is supposed to be well-equipped against intruders.
This happens when you complete Tidal Basin:
- You level up from World Tier 4 to World Tier 5. This is the current last World Tier. There you will encounter better gear again, with the new gear score cap now at 500.
- In World Tier 5, there will also be new gear sets. They are called True Patriot, Ongoing Directive, and Hardwired. These sets can drop from Black Tusk enemies in strongholds and operation invasions.
- Weekly operation invasions will be unlocked. Each week, different missions and strongholds will be “invaded” and turned into operation invasions where you will encounter the Black Tusk.
- The heroic difficulty level will be unlocked.
With the 5th World Tier, agents can finally dive into the endgame, test their skills and gear in heroic missions, and farm new gear sets. They bring additional build variation to the game.
Are there already detailed patch notes? Not yet. However, many details have already been revealed in the State of the Game.
- Weapon and skill mods will be significantly revised
- Several weapons will be nerfed and buffed
- Many bugs and glitches will be fixed
- A new event will start that brings many cosmetic items like new masks
You can find all new information from the State of the Game in our summary.
Not yet at World Tier 4? Check out our guide.
