Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Year 1 Content Detailed

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is set to launch on March 15, 2019. On release, the game will offer you plenty of story and side missions, PvP activities, and group-oriented content. And if you intend to keep playing the game after you’re done with all of that, the developers already have plenty of stuff prepared. This article on the game’s website outlines an entire year’s worth of seasonal updates, mentions the so-called Year 1 Pass, and briefly talks about post-launch monetization.

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Greetings Agents!

As we move towards the Open Beta and the launch of Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, we want to offer you a deeper look at our first year of free content as well as our in-game monetization. Let’s dive in!

YEAR 1 CONTENT: EPISODES AND SPECIALIZATIONS

In Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, we are focused on offering you an exciting endgame experience on Day One. What’s more, we are committed to bring you more content regularly, that we believe will improve and renew your experience every time you spawn in Washington D.C. To that end, we will release three Episodes during the course of Year 1, expanding on the story of The Division 2. These Episodes will introduce new narrative driven content, as well as new ways to play the game. This additional content will be free for all players of The Division 2. Alongside the Episodes we will also release three brand new Specializations for you to take on Washington’s challenges in a new way, each of them bringing a new unique signature weapon and skills tree to unlock and master.

• The first Episode, D.C. Outskirts: Expeditions will take you to the surrounding areas of Washington as you chase down elite members of the Outcasts and the Black Tusks and fight for the liberation of the city in new locations.
• The second Episode, Pentagon: The Last Castle will bring you to one of America’s most iconic locations to unveil what secrets lie inside this well protected maze.
• Our third Episode will conclude Year 1 of The Division 2 and pave the way for more thrilling content.

Of course, we will also regularly update the game with Quality of Life improvements, bug fixes, new events, loot, cosmetics and much more.

YEAR 1 PASS

For our most dedicated players, we will also release the Year 1 Pass, allowing you to get more of The Division 2, sooner. Year 1 Pass holders will receive several exclusive content detailed below.

The Year 1 Pass includes the following additional content:

7-Day Early Access to Episode Narrative Content

• Owners of the Pass will have a 7-day early access to the narrative content only, included in all Year 1 Episodes.

Instant unlock of the Year 1 Specializations

• At launch, The Division 2 will include three Specializations, instantly available to everyone when reaching max level (Level 30).
• Throughout Year 1, we will release three additional Specializations for your agent. Year 1 Pass holders will unlock these new specializations as soon as they’re released.
• For those who do not have the Year 1 Pass, specializations will be released at the same time, but must be unlocked over time through gameplay.
• Year 1 Pass holders will also be able to earn exclusive cosmetic items with each Specialization’s release.

Exclusive Access to Classified Assignments

• Over the course of Year 1, Pass holders will have exclusive access to 8 Classified Assignments, which will provide more story behind the events leading to your arrival in D.C.
• Completing each assignment will award you with a unique and exclusive backpack trophy to customize your Agent’s look.

Additional Bounties and Projects

• Bounties in The Division 2 are special tasks to eliminate specific enemy targets, while Projects are assignments to complete various tasks around D.C.
• As a Year 1 Pass holder, you will get access to one additional Bounty per week and one extra Project per day for a Challenging mission.
• This perk ends on March 1st, 2020.

Exclusive Cosmetic Items

• Year 1 Pass holders will get access to these exclusive rewards: the Agent Ward Outfit and the Scout emote.

You can get the Year 1 Pass with the Gold or Ultimate Editions.

The Year 1 Pass will also become available as a separate purchase when the game launches.

POST-LAUNCH MONETIZATION

Our overall monetization philosophy is that purchasable items should always be optional to the player.

At launch there will be two ways to purchase additional content for The Division 2.

• First and foremost is the Year 1 Pass, lined out in detail above.
• Secondly, we have the in-game Apparel Store, where players are able to directly purchase cosmetic items for purchasable Premium Credits. This option exists for those who wish to know exactly what they are buying and are looking to acquire a specific cosmetic item.

Shortly after launch we will be adding the first purchasable Apparel Caches. These Caches will contain cosmetics only: no weapons, crafting materials or other gear. Acquiring a Cache will never provide any type of advantage.

Our intention is for players to organically earn new pieces of Apparel as they enjoy the many different activities of The Division 2; getting cosmetics from gameplay should be fun, exciting and rewarding. For those who wish to speed up this process, or acquire specific Apparel, there will be choices to directly purchase individual cosmetics in the Apparel Store, or via Event Caches post launch.