N.Y.C. Dark Zone

The Dark Zone is a large untamed region in the heart of Manhattan, quarantined from the rest of the already-quarantined borough. This "no man's land" is filled with countless bodies, some of the most ruthless and dangerous enemies in the city, and lots of abandoned hardware and gear left behind by the authorities who couldn't maintain control. Only those Division agents courageous enough and well-equipped enough should consider braving the region to recover the equipment still inside, assuming they don't run into any of those who have disavowed The Division.
In Tom Clancy's The Division, the Dark Zone billed as the most dangerous region in all of Manhattan - passes as the game's "open Player vs. Player (PvP)" zone. Player vs. Environment (PvE) content includes dealing with some of the most dangerous NPCs in the game roaming the zone, recovering the top-grade gear and tech left behind in the zone and extracting it safely. However, the Dark Zone is also where players can go Rogue and attack each other, with surviving manhunts and sabotaging item extractions providing their own rewards. The Dark Zone also serves as the location for a couple game modes, like Last Stand and Survival.
==Dark Zone Story==
250px|thumbWhen the pandemic hit, the authorities gathered the sick in this area. They brought in the best scientists and the most cutting-edge medical equipment to try to contain the virus and look for a cure. But soon the government recognized that their measures were no longer enough. More and more people suffered from the virus and medical auxiliary equipment as well as personnel came increasingly to their limits. The cordon quickly became a fully equipped quarantine zone and the martial law came into effect. National Guard and especially for this scenario trained units tried to master that situation, but it was already too late. All of them weren’t able to stand the increasing pressure and rioting, looting and chaos were now on the agenda. And that’s when the power went out. Within a few hours, the military had to pull out all troops of this with contamination saturated zone and left their best equipment behind. They left behind not only the supplies, medicine, and weapons, but also thousands of infected, dying and already dead people. Few dare to go over the wall into the restricted area to pick up the remaining equipment, but fewer still come out. This is the Dark Zone.
==Gameplay==
The Dark Zone is the only location in which players can roam solo or in a group in an openly PvP environment without major limits, such as time limits or limited lives like in the Last Stand and Survival modes. In the Dark Zone, players will be able to complete special missions that offer the best loot in the game. However, loot acquired in the Dark Zone must be extracted and decontaminated before it is fully usable.
===Contaminated Areas===
The Dark Zone has many large areas that require a level 4 filter. Mostly, these are the old underground subway stations or malls. Cleaners typically roam theses areas, whereas the Rioters, Rikers, and LMB roam the surface. Within these areas, however, are Dark Zone loot crates. Most require DZ level 20 to open. 
===Landmarks===
 Landmarks are locations throughout the entire Dark Zone that can hold noteworthy loot, along with the deadlier enemies that'll try to gun anyone down who tries to take it. On occasion, a second wave of enemies, with another enemy, can spawn at a Landmark, providing more dropped loot. Many Landmarks have SHD crates, as well, that contains better gear than those that lie in regular crates. SHD crates require a Dark Zone Key to open, though, and all loot acquired from these are and must be extracted.
Upon clearing a Landmark, you will receive one decontaminated item. It is sent directly to your inventory, and does not need to be extracted. This means you can equip/use this equipment immediately should it be better than one currently equipped.
===Extractions===
Since communication to the outside is extremely limited, to start an extraction, players must go to a designated extraction zone and fire off a flare to notify Joint Task Force for pick up. Once fired, it'll take a total of 150 seconds to complete; 90 for the copter to arrive, and 60 for it to complete the extraction. Any players nearby will be alerted of the call for extraction by the loud and obvious sound the flare gives, along with HUD and ISAC notifications.
Once the extraction has started, a group of NPCs will spawn, mostly regular squads, but occasionally spawn with a Heavy-type enemy, and will attack the extraction party. Players have been known to use extraction zones for other purposes, though, such as diversions to distract rogue players so they can safely extract in another location, lure other players in to ambush them, or simple NPC farming.
When the helicopter arrives, a cable line will descend out of the belly of the chopper. It drops in approximately the area where the flare was fired, and is drawn back up 60 seconds after being dropped down. Up to 4 players can then attach their loot to the cable for it to be taken off for decontamination. Other players are given the option to cut the cable, however, disbanding and scattering all attached loot in various locations around the extraction zone. Doing so will make the player doing said action immediately go rogue, notifying all nearby players, and almost always ends in a standoff.
When the extraction is complete, all loot on the cable will be pulled into the chopper, taken off to be decontaminated and placed into the players stash under the "Extracted" tab. Players can retrieve the gear from their stash at Safe Houses, the Base of Operations, or Dark Zone Checkpoints. Note that the stash for Extracted DZ loot is limited to 30.
===Safe Rooms===
Similar to Safe Houses in the PvE Zone, so-called Safe Rooms are also located inside the Dark Zone and act as a safe place for you and your team if you need to take a rest or want to escape from NPCs or hostile agents. A small box in there allows you to restock your ammunition and consumables while a DZ Vendor is always available to trade with.
==Level 30 and Gear Score/World Bracket changes NPCs==
When players reach level 30 (outside of the Dark Zone), the NPC enemies become level 30-34, depending on the players World Bracket (from 1.4 onwards). NPC levels scale with the World Bracket selection, consistent with the open world. If one player in a group is level 30, or on a different gear score bracket, that player will be separated from the group due to the Dark Zone's Player Bracket system. Being a brand new Level 30 also adds a bit of suspense when going solo in the Dark Zone. Assuming that the player does not have any good weapons or gear. It should be noted that, while a players' World Bracket can be changed by the player, the player may not change his Gear Score bracket.
== Dark Zone Supply Drops ==
Added in with Update 1.1, now occur periodically inside the Dark Zone. This is an event in which a V-22 Osprey drops 1-2 supply crates randomly in each section of the Dark Zone. The contents of these crates vary between gear, attachments and weapons, all of which are already decontaminated, meaning they do not need to be extracted and are immediately placed in the players' inventory. If the players inventory is already full, the items will be placed in the player's stash and can be retrieved later.
When the event begins, aside from the HUD and ISAC notifications, the player can hear and see a V-22 Osprey fly directly over the Dark Zone. After the aircraft has left, the player can check their map for the locations of the Supply Drops. Supply Drops are marked by a yellow package icon with a parachute, and will self-destruct 5 minutes after landing. Players should take caution when attempting to take the Supply Drops, as each drop will have a squad of elite enemies being led by a named elite guarding them. The yellow supply drop icon also turns red when a player attacks the elite enemies, which can be seen by all players in the Dark Zone.
To take a supply drop, it is extremely recommended, but still optional, to kill the elites guarding the drop. Then the player can simply go up to the crate and hold the action button to claim it. If the player has squadmates, all players in the squad can earn the rewards as well, but must be near the crate when it is opened to collect them. Any players that are not in the squad that has captured the crate, regardless of their distance to the crate, will not get the rewards. Which means if the agent and their squad kill all of the elites and some random person comes up and opens the crate before the agents squad does, the random person will get all of the loot, therefore stealing the agents crate. After the crate has been claimed, it will begin a self-destruct sequence and countdown to detonation. The explosion radius will be shown on the ground around it, similar to a grenade, and will deal only minor to moderate damage to players in its vicinity.
If the agent is lucky, they can actually get an weapon or Armor piece from the named bosses they've killed who are guarding the Supply Drops or from the Supply Drops themselves.
==Contamination Events==
Added in Update 1.6, occur around every hour, and is located at every underground and lasts for 10 minutes. When the event has started the players will be notified, and the areas will be marked.
The will increase in contamination, going above the filter level that the player can have. During this time, the will reach lethal levels; anyone inside the zone will die instantly when their filter fails.
After 3 minutes of critical contamination, the contamination level will decrease back down to Level 5. While this is still above the filter level players have, since the highest filter is level 4, it is no longer lethal. The filter will still fail, but now the player's health will drain, similar to the previous Sickness Directive in Underground, instead of outright killing the player. However, this effect is more potent, so healing skills are recommended.
After this point, two named Incinerators will appear in the area, along with some Elites. 4 to 6 enemies can spawn at any . Eliminating the threat will reward you with 3 or items, along with loot dropped from the Incinerators.
== DZ Leaderboards ==
Also added in Update 1.6, the Dark Zone now has thematic and monthly leaderboards. There are 4 activities that count for points on the leaderboards, and these shift weekly for the thematic leaderboard, and monthly for the monthly leaderboards. However, these leaderboards are not accurate 24/7. The boards update once a day, at Midnight GMT (the daily reset for missions and HVTs). Being close to the top of each board puts a player in a reward tier. These reward tiers reward players with more items the higher they are on the board.
==Dark Zone Mission==
* Discover the Dark Zone
==Dark Zone Areas==
* DZ01
* DZ02
* DZ03
* DZ04
* DZ05
* DZ06
==Dark Zone North Areas==
These areas were added into Tom Clancy's The Division in Update 1.6, and are playable in the base game. In Survival, however, these areas remain locked currently. Note that almost every enemy in DZ North is an Elite or Named enemy. The exception to this are Landmarks, which may spawn multiple waves of enemies, or calling Extractions. In these cases, there may be Veteran enemies.
* DZ07
* DZ08
* DZ09
==Gallery==
Dark Zone.png|Division agents heading towards the Dark Zone
Dark Zone SHD Team.png|A group of Division agents exploring the Dark Zone
Dark Zone SHD .png|Three Division agents aiming their weapons in the Dark Zone
DZ .png|Three Division agents in the Dark Zone
Dark Zone Gunpoint.png|Three agents holding up another agent at gunpoint
Dark Zone Extract.png|An agent beginning a cargo extraction
Rogue Agent.png|A Rogue agent approaching a downed agent
Rogue extract.png|A Rogue agent seeing an extraction flare
Rogue ambush.png|A Rogue agent sighting up on an agent
Extraction Hijack.jpg|A Division agent attempting to hijack an extraction
Dark Zone Extraction.jpg|A team of agents defending their position at an extraction zone
Hijack.png|A Division agent cutting the extraction rope, hijacking the operation
Supply Drop.png|A Division agent spotting a SHD Supply Crate landing
Supply Drop fight.png| SHD Supply Drop Zones will bring out fighting between players and NPCs
1490570324_The Division Wallpaper (1).jpg|The rogue level icon
Flat,800x800,075,f.u1.jpg|The rogue icon
== Trivia ==
* Aside from a few locations or situations, there is no music playing in the background when the player is in the Dark Zone.
** However, music does play when:
*** When the player first enters the Dark Zone.
*** The player is in a .
*** When the player is making an extraction or in an extraction area when an extraction is going on.
*** When the player is at Manhunt status.
* In DZ06, on the side of the Safe Room, there's a mural in honor of Stefania, an Italian girl who was a big fan of Tom Clancy's The Division who passed away.
== Appearances ==
*Tom Clancy's The Division
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