Source: http://www.pcgamer.com/dark-zone-guide-the-division/
Much of The Divison's Manhattan is a PvE zone where you and your team will only fight against AI opponents. During PvE play, the only place you will encounter other players is in Strongholds, where weapons or skills cannot be used against each other.The Dark Zone, this is the other side, this is the area where you can participate in PvE and PvP at the same time.
The Dark Zone also has its own currency, experience and rules. And this is how it works.
Dark Zone
The Dark Zone is a quarantine area marked in red on your map, which can only be entered through a checkpoint. To enter, you need to go through a checkpoint, where you can usually find an ammunition replenishment box and a Dark Zone merchant. At the far end of the room there is a door leading to the Dark Zone.
The moment you enter the Dark Zone, you enter PvP mode. You will have the opportunity to see and communicate with other players, team up or fight with them. In addition, the Dark Zone is filled with rather tough AI opponents. Also, there are several small Shelters, entering which you will only see players from your team. In them you will find an ammunition replenishment box and a seller of high-end equipment and weapons.
Advice: Unlike PvE areas, you will not be able to teleport to other players on your team, and you will not be able to quickly travel to the base or other safe houses from inside the Dark Zone. All travel takes place on foot.
Rank and Currency of the Dark Zone
There is a rank in the Dark Zone that does not depend on your current level. When you kill enemies and other players, or complete a task, you gain experience and your rank increases. Your normal PvE level does not change no matter how much time you spend in the Dark Zone, however, everything you do in the Dark Zone affects your Dark Zone rank. Your Dark Zone rank affects what equipment you can purchase from the Dark Zone vendor and what boxes you can open.Dark Zone Crates contain loot and Dark Zone currency. There are small boxes, similar to those from the PvE zone, which can be opened by players of any level and take away loot. There are also large ranked boxes that contain high-level loot and can only be opened by players of the appropriate level and with the Dark Zone key. Keys can be found among the loot dropped by players you kill.
Advice: The contents of Dark Zone boxes are updated hourly, so it's worth remembering the location of large boxes found on your way. If you enter the Dark Zone for a short time, you can open the same box several times, opening it on the way out and on the way out into the Dark Zone.
Evacuation
Items picked up in the Dark Zone cannot simply be transferred to your base. Things from the Dark Zone are contaminated, so you need to call a helicopter in the Evacuation Zone. (Note: Items purchased from vendors in the Dark Zone do not require evacuation). Enter the evacuation zone, there you will see a circle of a helicopter landing pad. You will be prompted to hold the F key to evacuate. You will then have 90 seconds to wait, after which the evacuation will begin. Typically it will be an eventful minute and a half.
Nearby players will be notified of your evacuation and may head to your Extraction Zone. Most of the players will come to send their loot. But there will also be those who will come to take your loot and send it on the helicopter you called. In addition, AI opponents will also arrive. Therefore, in the Evacuation Zone there are often fights between players and AI, or between players and other players, or all at once.
After the helicopter arrives, you will have thirty seconds to run up to the dropped cable and secure the infected equipment. Only five players can attach their loot during one evacuation. If there are too many players, after the evacuation is completed, you can call the next helicopter. Equipment sent by helicopter will appear in your cache at the Base and in safe houses.
Renegade agents
When a player attacks another player, he is warned that if he continues his actions, he will receive renegade status. Renegade agents are marked with a red skull, both above their head and on the minimap, so players know that nothing good can be expected from them. The renegade status is displayed with a timer, if you accidentally shot someone and became a renegade (yes, this happens) it will last no more than 20 seconds. However, the more you attack and kill other players, the longer it will take to lose your renegade agent status.There is a punishment for renegade agents. The more players you kill while remaining a renegade, the more Dark Zone currency and experience you will lose if other players kill you before the renegade agent timer expires. However, there is a reward. If you survive until the Renegade timer expires, you will lose your Renegade Agent status and earn additional Dark Zone currency.
Advice: This is a dirty method, but it is often used. If you want to kill someone and take the loot without becoming a renegade agent, shoot the player, but do not cause damage. Shoot at the legs or above the head, or at objects near it. If the player is scared, he will open fire on you and deal a certain amount of damage, after which he will become a renegade before realizing that it was a trap. Now you can deal with him and take the loot without becoming a renegade.
What do you have to lose
There are some risks involved in fighting other players in the Dark Zone, but it is important to understand these risks as they are not all-encompassing. Firstly, you will never lose equipment that you bring into the Dark Zone from the PvE area of the game. Weapons and equipment found, purchased and crafted in PvE will not drop from your corpse when another player kills you. These items are safe, along with the e-credits earned in PvE. Also, you will not lose equipment purchased in the Dark Zone from sellers for Dark Zone currency.
However, everything else can be lost. Equipment recovered from enemy bodies, found in the Dark Zone, or taken from killed players can be lost if you are killed. Some of the Currency and keys (required to open some boxes) of the Dark Zone can also drop if you are killed.
When you die, you will also lose some of your Dark Zone experience points. If you die a lot in the Dark Zone, your rank may drop. In other words, if you're having a bad day in the Dark Zone, you might want to take a break and choose a different battle.
Advice: Even those Dark Zone keys that you received by unlocking a reward in Uplay can be lost if you are killed. Be careful!
- Watch the flanks! Seriously. This is common in Dark Zone AI battles, while you are fighting one enemy team, another team is wandering nearby, sometimes right behind you. Don’t forget about this so that you won’t be surprised by new opponents entering the battle.
- Don't wait until you reach the maximum level of 30 before you start exploring the Dark Zone. Head to it between levels 10 and 14. Start raising your Dark Zone rank earlier. In addition, a level 30 player who has spent a lot of time in the Dark Zone will be equipped with equipment more high level than someone who has just begun to explore it.
- Choose the loot to raise. Don't grab everything: you only have a few slots for contaminated items that you can evacuate. Focus on high level items that you can actually use. Your bag of contaminated materials (HazMat) puts a yellow target on your back, and you don't want to risk your items for ones you don't really need.
- Perhaps in PvE you are used to ignoring sellers, preferring to craft or find new equipment and weapons. Don't ignore sellers in the Dark Zone! They have great items that are worth spending your Dark Zone currency on, and you don't have to worry about evacuating them or losing them.
- If you go into the Dark Zone alone, be prepared for anything. Take a good sniper rifle for long range and a good shotgun for rushing. Make frequent withdrawals to lure out one or two AI opponents, do not try to defeat the entire group alone. Equipment that increases stamina increases the number of hit points and a shot with high damage will not kill you instantly.
- Voice chat is localized and any player within a certain range will hear you if you are talking to your team. Mute your microphone when not speaking. Please. I had to sit through most of the "Everybody Loves Raymond" episode because of a friendly player with his microphone on.
- If you don't want to risk colliding with other players, sprint like hell: it's hard to kill an enemy rushing towards you. maximum speed. If you want to convince someone that you are harmless, make a “jumping jack”.
When almost three years ago at the exhibition E3 2013 they showed us for the first time Tom Clancy's The Division, she looked absolutely amazing. However, after several postponements and lower graphics, many began to believe less in the success of this project. But in the end - a few weeks after its worldwide launch - The Division managed to achieve success and recognition from the majority of players.
If you were as pleased with the final project as I was, then you would play this game non-stop for days on end. After all, why not? This is a large-scale project that is so rich in both gameplay and visuals that you are unlikely to get bored with the game.
With that in mind, it's time to look at the various features and secrets that you may not have discovered, but would still be useful to know about before you sit down. The Division. The game has so many aspects that are not immediately easy to discover, but when you do, it becomes much more interesting to play. I'm here to talk about the most interesting gameplay moments to help make your agent the most effective.
Here's ten for you practical advice, about which the game is silent:
10. You can take a leap of faith.
Compared to other series Ubisoft- Assassin's Creed– jumping in The Division is not so graceful. But they can be extremely useful to quickly get to the extraction point if you are pinned down by enemy fire.
While in the game you can easily climb onto an obstacle and jump over it, there are essentially no free jumps here. You will have to go down the stairs, moving from one platform to another, and this can continue for a long time. This is fine in a normal game, but if you're under pressure from enemies, you can make yourself an easy target by getting stuck on one of the stairs or platforms.
But in places where a certain icon appears near the ledges, you can go down in one click. This is especially useful in Dark Zone, where are you, sitting on one of high points, can't find a way to get down quickly. You will, of course, take some damage, but this is much better than several dozen headshots.
9. Animals can be useful bait
You may feel a little guilty about these actions, but before you judge, answer one question: Can a dog, pigeons, or a plague of rats take New York back from the clutches of rioters and ex-cons? Of course not, so stop worrying about them.
Since the types of enemies in the game are varied, you can use this tactic on the stronger ones to lure them to a place where you can quickly deal with them. This is especially useful against enemies who will quickly try to eliminate you upon first contact, so it can give you a chance to get there early.
Just make sure you light the candle for the animal afterwards, when your safety has not been compromised...
8. You don't have to see things to find them.
The technology available to agents in The Division is extremely advanced, and its limits go far beyond what can be used in combat. Computerized Voice Companion ISAC Great for pointing out checkpoints and Intel mission points, but it can do a lot more than you think.
In fact, ISAC can essentially be your eyes as you search for loot anywhere on the map. There are boxes and crates full of gears and parts scattered throughout New York City, but some of them are so small and well hidden that they can easily be missed by the human eye. You're lucky that you don't necessarily rely on your eyes alone.
If you move close enough to any cache, ISAC will mark the cache's location on the minimap to alert you to its location. This can be especially useful when you find yourself indoors, where rooms and hallways can be very dark, even at the game's recommended brightness settings. You'll never miss content and things with ISAC by your side!
7. You can use quick skills if you are in trouble
In most combat situations, the only correct solution for your agent to get through hordes of enemies is to use unique combat skills. Since both you and your opponents are shooters, running at them head-on and shooting in front of you is not always the best idea.
All of these skills are very useful, even necessary, some of them allow you to lure enemies out of hiding and rain lead on them. By throwing a sticky bomb at a target, you can neutralize enemies in a huge radius, but on the other hand you can become vulnerable and come under sniper fire.
You may not realize it right away, but skills don't have to be precise to be effective in gunfights. By simply pressing the skill button, you will quickly release a sticky bomb, attaching it to a target with minimal guidance, and the game will do all the work for you. The mine detector can also be activated without having to leave cover, and you can then drive it around enemy territory until a mine is found, or you can disable it yourself.
6. You can find free goods at your base of operations
Improving the main base of operations in The Division may be a bit of an afterthought for many players; even in its first stages it contains suppliers Restock, which can give you weapons and supplies even if you haven't bothered to upgrade the base in the allotted stage of the story. It is extremely important to know that out of the heap of upgrades that the game offers us, there are some very useful ones.
In addition to the additional upgrades and skill modifications that you can purchase here, there are also free items. Some of them are quite simple, such as purchasing team upgrades that offer some clothing appearance every two hours - although I must admit that I spent a lot more time making my agent look truly cool and not like some kind of street bully.
Upgrading Field Engineering will allow you to collect free crafting tools from the Tech Wing every few hours, meaning you won't have to search the world for them. Taking into account that best options equipment and weapons were produced personally and not purchased, then they are an excellent bonus; If I had taken the time to read the fine print of the updates I would of course have played through the game a little differently.
5. Your movement skills can be destructive.
We've already talked about how important it is to know how to move to maintain your edge over the aggressive villains in New York, but mixing these moves in the right way can help make them even more destructive. Since there will always be more enemies, the more often you use your abilities, the more chances you have to level up your strength.
During my time in the game I found myself using a mine detector with a sticky bomb a lot and realized that the two could be combined to great effect. The explosions' double power will cause massive damage, making them most effective against elite enemies.
Firing a sticky bomb within range of a group of enemies is the first step, as they often won't see or hear the bomb until it hits one of them. We then roll the mine detector out of cover and let it detonate the discarded mine to double the explosion. You can increase the damage even more if you take a perk that increases explosion damage right after the previous one, since there will be a slight delay between them, you will definitely see it.
4. The game has a target marking system
Like most games under the name Tom Clancy, The Division has a target designation system, something many players don't actually know. I have to admit that I came across it by accident while trying to activate consumables, but what I found may help with the designation strong enemies in large combat scenarios.
ISAC will always help you out a bit by highlighting enemies if you focus on them for a few seconds, but if you press up on a gamepad (or PC equivalent) the interface will mark the target and a marker icon will appear - an orange diamond above your head so you don't lost sight of the enemy. Additionally, holding a direction will activate a five-second countdown timer, which is ideal for coordinating attacks with teammates or quickly identifying an enemy and redirecting your squad's attention.
For myself, I decided that this was most useful against snipers or fast enemies. Snipers tend to run from one vantage point to another, and this is easy to miss since they are not always in sight. Keeping a close eye on fast enemies has obvious advantages, as they can quickly surround you if you are busy with other targets.
3. Damage per second is not the most important thing in weapon characteristics
As a dedicated user of assault rifles in games, increasing DPS for all weapons has always been important to me. I was simply convinced that this was the only stat that mattered, and that by doing this I would always be as effective as possible in combat.
When switching to a slower, more economical class of rifle, I found that I became much more dangerous at longer ranges. While I could take an assault rifle and riddle my enemies, precision shots from a sniper rifle were much more effective despite its DPS.
This is simply one case where one stat isn't effective enough in a particular weapon, and so it's definitely worth trying out a few options before stubbornly locking yourself into one class.
2. EMP grenades interrupt the use of enemy abilities
Since the Dark Zone is ultimately where players spend the majority of their time, it's important to make sure you're not just going there as cannon fodder for better-equipped players. Your skills can get you out of trouble against other players, but you have to master them well.
It is worth knowing that there is an element that will limit the opponent's use of his skills for a short time. Throwing EMP grenade, you destroy their technology, meaning they won't be able to use healing tactics or deploy bombs for a few seconds.
This element is actually explained by the game, but there is another benefit. While EMP grenades will prevent the enemy from using the skill for a few seconds, the grenades will also destroy any items deployed by the skills within their radius. This means you can easily disarm pesky turrets with ease, or even stop a mine detector before it gets too close.
1. Performance performance is much more important
The Division gives you plenty of ways to deal damage with a variety of skills and weapons. And there are even longer lasting effects that come as a result of some attacks. Frag grenades and shots have a chance to cause enemies to bleed and continue to lose health, while combustion will also have the same effect.
Some grenades can also disorientate, making it possible to finish off targets while they are temporarily stunned. These primary effects are useful in the gaming arena, but there are also secondary effects that become even more effective in the Dark Zone, where even tiny advantages can mean the difference between life and death.
Bleeding and the effects of fires will slow down enemies' sprint, thereby minimizing the chances of a quick escape, while disoriented enemies will be unable to hide behind cover until the effect wears off. These extra bonuses can make all the difference in the Dark Zone, even against experienced players, so never underestimate the benefits of less aggressive grenades or their long-lasting effect.
And here they are in front of you; 10 tips for maximizing your agent's effectiveness that Tom Clancy's The Division didn't mention before. Let them help you bring order back to the devastated streets of New York, although I certainly hope they don't help you sabotage me if we ever cross paths in the Dark Zone...
In the game Tom Clancy's The Division Dark Zone- the only PvP location with its own characteristics. There are several unique, key places, without which the entire game in this territory would not make sense. These include:
1. Checkpoints
2. Extraction area
3. Safe Room
4. Landmarks
Checkpoints
Checkpoints are places through which you can enter and exit the Dark Zone. These are passages between the zone and the “ordinary” world. In the zone you can find a merchant who will provide you with excellent things (you, of course, will have to buy them). There are also special places for restoring ammunition and first aid kits. Remember that you cannot pass through checkpoints with weapons found or purchased in the zone. They will be saved in your inventory, but you will not be able to use it. In order to gain access to them, they must first be evacuated.
Evacuation areas
The evacuation area serves to send all recovered equipment to headquarters using a helicopter. The entire sending process is divided into two stages. Firstly, you must wait 90 seconds until a helicopter arrives at the specified point. Secondly, in 30 seconds you have to pick up all the things you want to send.
It is worth mentioning that during the process you will be confronted by both NPCs and other players who want to intercept your loot. All players receive information about your location and evacuation.
Remember that there are computer-controlled opponents on the map. Although artificial intelligence cannot be compared to human intelligence, do not underestimate them. Before firing the signal shot, check the location of the enemies using the “pulse” - this will buy you a little more time. 
Shelters
A shelter is just a small room in which the player is safe. No one will be able to attack or rob you as long as you are inside the room. There are a total of five shelters in the Dark Zone where you can replenish your entire ammo load. After death, you will also appear in one of the shelters.
Landmarks
Landmarks in the Dark Zone are considered the most protected objects. Here you can meet the strongest team, consisting of some kind of mini-bosses. These enemies are much stronger than other NPCs, so killing them is not so easy. You shouldn’t go to such places alone - it’s better to gather an organized team that you can trust.
To make it easier to navigate The Division Dark Zone locations and throughout New York, there is a detailed interactive map at the link below:
Tom Clancy's The Division Dark Zone: Key Places
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In the game Tom Clancy's The Division, the Dark Zone is the only PvP location with its own characteristics. There are several unique, key places, without which the entire game in this territory would not make sense. These include: 1. Checkpoints 2. Extraction area 3. Safe Room 4. Landmark Checkpoints
First there was the word. And that word was PVE. If you easily dealt with missions against artificial intelligence - honor and praise to you, a monument in Manhattan Square and the love of your fans. But it’s too early to relax, a new challenge lies ahead - dangerous, interesting and promising. The Dark Zone in The Division is the most dangerous place in the game. Threat lurks around every corner: allies can become enemies in a second and the thread of your life can break at any second. Game2Day is ready to become a guide for newcomers to the kingdom mortal dangers The Division in a special Dark Zone survival guide. Go!
Look for checkpoints
You will die often, especially in the first raids. Unlike a regular map, there are no quick transitions to the Dark Zone and after the death of a character, the player is returned to the last checkpoint. In New York, gamers end up in a shelter if they die. In the Dark Zone - at the last checkpoint at the edge of the border. It is very important to open at least half of the checkpoints before going deeper into the zone. Otherwise, after death you will have to go a very long way to the desired place on the map.
Minimum level forPVP - eighth
Yes, this has been said more than once, but repetition is the mother of learning. Dark Zone has a much higher difficulty level than anywhere else in the game. The enemies are much stronger, they have better equipment and they are most often encountered in large groups. Accordingly, your character’s level should be no lower than level eight, or even better, level ten, because completing missions in the Dark Zone at level eight still requires maximum concentration and dedication. In addition, you can meet other players of a higher rank who may consider you easy prey and take you out of the way with a well-aimed bullet to the head.
UseNPC for their own purposes
Bots travel through the Zone in large groups, becoming a serious obstacle at important points on the map. In most cases, NPCs end up in the same places over and over again, and this can be turned to your advantage. Example: You are being pursued by a large group of Purifiers with the worst intentions. What to do? Shoot back to the last bullet and heroically die the death of the brave? No. It is best to retreat to the nearest rebel checkpoint and, chewing popcorn, watch with a sly smile as your enemies enthusiastically destroy each other. But it’s better not to linger and hide in the maze of streets, so that the righteous anger of the surviving and deceived bots does not fall on your head. The same strategy successfully allows you to break away from the pursuit of enemy agents.
Loneliness is like death
Don’t have 100 phoenix credits, but have a reliable team of friends behind you. The Division allows you to change allies like gloves in PVE missions. But in the Dark Zone, random friends can easily become enemies if you stand in their way. Trust, but verify, as another popular wisdom says. Accordingly, it is best to travel with reliable and proven teammates. It will become easier both in fights with bots and in battles with people. Alone, an experienced gamer can easily leave a large group of NPCs in the cold, but the annoying harassment of other players is not so easy to get rid of.
When a player enters the unfriendly lands of the Dark Zone, he has several ways to communicate with other gamers. The first method is as old as time. A gesture of friendship and peacefulness in the form of a salute or a wave of the hand will make it clear: you are not the enemy. But it is much easier to enable voice chat in the settings (yes, it is enabled by default, but before starting the mission it is better to double-check everything) and enter into diplomatic negotiations. The Dark Zone has a special built-in chat that triggers when you get close to other players. It can be used to communicate with a potential ally: offer a deal or remain neutral. It’s not a fact that after exchanging virtual handshakes, your newfound comrade won’t shoot you in the back. But voice communication still remains the most in a fast way announce your intentions.
Keep track of your rank
After a player has entered PVP mode and recorded several kills, a separate rank appears in the statistics. It doesn't solve much in the main game, but its importance cannot be underestimated. The Dark Zone rank allows you to purchase equipment and ammunition at checkpoints. The level of items depends on what rank you currently have. The success of finding chests with money is also determined by your statistics in the Dark Zone. For example, in the first of them there is a chest that can only be unlocked after level 30.
Rank increases in proportion to the number of successful kills you perform and decreases when you die. If you travel around the map as an outcast and get shot by enemy agents, the player's level drops greatly.
The pocket doesn't have enough stock - more consumables!
Before entering the Dark Zone, it is best to fill your pouches completely. Food, drinks, ammunition, grenades - absolutely everything will come in handy. If gamers are not short of consumables in the main game, Dark Zone, like a vacuum cleaner, pulls all available upgrades and items from your inventory. The only thing more useful than a flashbang is a personal tank. But no one will give out tanks in TheDivision, but a good grenade throw can save your life or take someone else’s.
Prepare carefully to capture the loot
Loot points are the most heavily guarded: groups of hostile bots or a rogue lurking in hiding pose a serious danger. Therefore, it is better not to ride on an imaginary horse and draw a saber. Be patient and resourceful, and resource hunting in The Division will become easier.
The first step to capturing prey is clearing the territory of enemies. Before calling a helicopter, you need to make sure there is no danger. If you are playing in a team, then the most effective way is to spread out around the perimeter and be ready; in PVP mode you cannot relax. The second step is to make sure that all player skills are ready to use, you will need every skill at any second. And only then can you signal the helicopter to evacuate.
Note to outcasts
The previous points in the guide were intended mainly for honest and respectable The Division players. High moral standards are great, but how can you resist the temptation to be an outcast for once? Deliver treacherous stabs in the back, turn any hunter into prey, farm the maximum number of points and credits. The opportunity to become an outcast is the serpent-tempter of the game, holding out to the players a wonderful apple of opportunity with an insidious smile.
The consequences for players who choose to play the Rogue role will be challenging (even for experienced ones). Your movement on the map will be visible to all game participants nearby. So, get ready. Make a plan for dashes and maneuvers. It wouldn’t hurt to describe the strategy for the team in detail either. The main thing to remember is that living players are much smarter and more cunning than artificial intelligence, so you need to eliminate them before the enemy medic comes to the rescue.
Don't dig in around mining points
Yes, hiding somewhere in the corner of a location with loot and waiting for unsuspecting players is the easiest way to make money. But ask yourself: is this interesting? Or fun? This is a rhetorical question and it is not necessary to answer it. Much more fun can be had by making cunning plans of attack and maneuvering on the edge of a knife. Just remember the great confrontation between Professor Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes. The patron of criminals and the brilliant detective preferred to fight head-on, looking into each other's eyes. Or at least in the back.
It is vital for outcasts to be close to two or three checkpoints, since HP is lost faster than usual. But there are also plenty of advantages: for killing players, you are awarded experience and a special Dark Zone currency, which you can use to purchase the best weapons and equipment from merchants.
Local knowledge is the key to survival
If you spend an hour or two exploring and exploring the map, it will be much easier to succeed. Knowing the zone gives the player a significant advantage over opponents both in attack and retreat. Familiarize yourself with shortcuts, learn to avoid dead ends, and it will become much more difficult to push you into a corner. If you have studied the map better than others, this will at least help you survive, which is also important in the hell called the Dark Zone. Finally, a bonus - a video guide on quickly farming levels in The Division
But first, why do they come here and what do they do here? The game itself does not explain this in much detail, and at first the beginner does not quite understand what exactly can be done in the Dark Zone. Unlike PvE zones, there are no icons marking tasks and incidents. There are no tasks here at all. But important places are marked where groups of opponents usually hang out and chests with valuable contents are located. True, cool loot can come across you anywhere - for example, drop from a random AI. The main task in the Dark Zone is one - to grab more goodies and evacuate them.
Dark Zone on a map of Manhattan. The further north you go, the more dangerous it is. Don't trust anyone
Only in the Dark Zone (hereinafter simply TZ) can another player kill you. It is not necessary to fight against them, you can even do the opposite - cooperate and fight the AI together, but always be prepared for any turn of events. A player who was fighting shoulder to shoulder with you may turn to you at the last moment and fire a burst of machine gun fire at your head to take the loot from your corpse. By the way, only those items that you picked up in the TK can be taken away from you. They are listed as infected and placed in a special yellow bag attached to the backpack. It is by the presence of this bag that you can calculate whether the other player has something potentially valuable, or whether he is still “empty”.
There is only one way to remove and disinfect the things collected in the TZ - by evacuating them by helicopter. The TZ is divided into several sectors and each of them has a pair of helipads. Once you have collected the required amount of loot, move to one of them and signal the helicopter by firing a flare gun into the sky. Hide behind cover, the helicopter will arrive after some time, but until this happens, you are a very tasty target for everyone. Both the AI and other players come running to the evacuation signal.
Living players can arrive at the evacuation point for the same purpose as you - to evacuate the things collected in the TZ. But some have slightly different goals... They will fight on your side, fighting off waves of computer enemies, and then, when you hook the yellow bag to the lowered cable (this operation takes several seconds and at this moment the player is especially vulnerable), they may unexpectedly attack you. Carefully monitor players in the evacuation zone: if they do not have yellow bags, this is the first sign that you need to be wary. Immediately before attaching the cargo to the helicopter’s cable, you can, for example, throw an automatic turret not far from you to be on the safe side. If there are several players near you, then do not start grabbing the yellow bag first (be prepared for an attack), it is better to wait until others start doing it. But don’t delay this matter either - only four players can attach their loot during one evacuation.
The final stage evacuation - securing the bag to a cable. Watch what you pick
There is little space in the yellow bag, so choose your loot wisely. For example, when reaching a certain level I started to neglect the “green” items and took at least the “blue” ones. Do not stand for too long near unpicked items, studying their characteristics - the decision to take or not to take should be made as quickly as possible. Personally, the color and level of the item is enough for me. You can increase the capacity of the bag for infected loot by building new departments of the power unit at your main base. In addition to the restrictions of the yellow bag, do not forget about the restrictions of the chest, where all evacuated items go. Yes, yes, he is also not bottomless.
Don't walk alone
I myself like to play the role of a lone wolf, but in I had to admit that researching TK alone is incredibly difficult, dangerous and ineffective. Ideally, you should play with friends; if you don’t have any, invite other players you meet. It is better to do this when you do not yet have a yellow bag on your backpack (read, not a single infected item has been picked up) and you are not a tasty prey in the eyes of others. If another player does not invite you to join the group and does not accept your invitation, then I do not recommend hanging around with him for a long time. As soon as you find something valuable together, grab it and run. Seriously.
Fight wisely
In TK there are very formidable AI rivals, not like in PvE zone. They are very tenacious, assertive and “bite” painfully. I don’t recommend taking on a group of such guys, or just shooting in the body. Each type of enemy has its own weak points: for some it’s just the head, for others it’s gas cylinder on the back or liquid with flammability. Hit marker when hitting an explosive object on the enemy’s body – yellow color. Target exactly these places. And don't forget about grenades and gadgets. You not only have to, you are obliged to use all available weapons in combination: throw a grenade into a cluster of enemies, place the turret in a position convenient for it and immediately begin to conduct aimed fire at the weak points of the adversaries.
Don't let sagren enemies get close. It’s not for nothing that you were given two slots (three if you count the pistol) for weapons. We put melee/medium combat weapons in one slot, and long-range weapons in the second. Personally, I went with a shotgun/sniper combination for a long time, but in the end I replaced the shotgun with an assault rifle, since it is effective not only at close range, but also at medium distances. We shot down the opponents running towards you (you can use the “hip” mode, without getting out of cover - this reduces the chance of causing damage to you), switch to a sniper and shoot distant targets. And don’t forget to change cover from time to time, as the enemies oh how they love to flank.
The Dark Zone is full of contaminated areas. You can't do this without a good respirator. Keep track of the number of remaining cartridges
There is a severe shortage of ammo in the Dark Zone: the enemies are incredibly durable, and the supply boxes that litter missions in PvE-region, not here. There are few cartridges dropped from the bodies of killed enemies. The only option to completely restore your ammunition supply is to visit one of the shelters. Always plan your shelter trip in advance. For example, before visiting an area with a lot of enemies and loot. After all, after you have fully stocked yourself with cool things in such places, it is advisable to immediately run to the evacuation zone. And if you have few cartridges, then you won’t be able to repel everyone who runs to the signal flare - a pistol with endless ammunition is an extremely ineffective thing. And going, loaded with valuable loot, first to the shelter, and then to the evacuation zone, increases the risk that someone will meet you on the way and shoot you.
Level up your Dark Zone rank
In addition to loot in the Dark Zone, your rank (rating) is also important. This is approximately the same as the character level in PvE-zone. It’s just that in TK you don’t level up, but rank. The first important milestone for a player is rank 30. Until you reach it, you won't be able to buy goods from Dark Zone merchants (which is a ton of cool "purple" loot, including extremely valuable blueprints) or open chests in infested areas. By the way, to buy things from TG merchants you will also need a special currency. Therefore, extinguish as many enemies you encounter as possible to increase your rating, and literally walk over their corpses to collect money from them. But don't go overboard by attacking everyone and everything. When you die, you lose not only the loot you picked up in the TK, but also a little rating. If you have just climbed up a rank, you have a chance to go back down one rank if you die. You should not attack enemies that are too tough for you - it is better to heroically fight or, if possible, not enter into confrontation with them at all.
Dark Zone merchants always have high-quality goods. But the rating requirements are also high Memorize the area
Knowledge of the TZ area can be very useful. Getting distracted by the map takes away precious seconds and sometimes can even cost you your life. Make it a goal to look at the map only as a last resort. Memorize streets, buildings, environments, alleys, and the location of large loot boxes - their contents are updated from time to time. The territory of the TZ is not very large (moreover, it needs to be explored gradually) and even I, with my topographic cretinism, was able to remember what is where and how to get there faster. Local knowledge can come in handy in many cases. For example, when attacked by another high-level player or, even worse, a group of players. In this case, escape may be the only chance to survive and save your loot.
Running away is not always a sign of cowardice
While we're on the subject... Players who hunt other players are called renegades. When attacking living people, they are temporarily marked with a red skull. There is an additional reward for killing them, and therefore the renegades themselves become a tasty target for non-renegade players. But it happens that renegades gather in groups and begin to mercilessly mow down all the players who get in their way. They do this not aimlessly: the more renegades manage to kill players before their counter reaches zero, the greater the reward they will ultimately receive. This also has the other side of the coin - if a renegade player dies, he is fined much more seriously than a regular one. So, if you see a group of renegades, run. If they are too close, then only knowledge of the area can save you: you can use stairs and alleys to escape from anyone. If you have a good respirator, you can also take the subway, it’s easier to hide there, and renegades with not the best quality filters won’t get in there.
And finally: do not be fooled by provocations! Particularly arrogant players may start shooting in your direction or even slightly touch you. For this they will not receive the status of a renegade, but if you start firing to kill in response, you will become one. After this, another player can legally kill you, take loot from your corpse, and even receive a bonus for this - after all, you, albeit for a short time, have become a renegade. So be extremely vigilant and good luck in the Dark Zone!
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