The Division 1.5 Survival DLC FAQs & Overview (All You Need to Know)

Update 1.5 PTS - Summary and FAQs

With the surprising Special Report this afternoon, we got the announcement of the Update 1.5 PTS and the big reveal what Survival is actually about. So here is the important thing you need to know or where you can find it.

Update 1.5 PTS

Update 1.5 PTS is live today

PTS Update needs to be downloaded => Only Uplay => Steam has no ETA at the moment
PTS will stay open for a couple of days - depending on the feedback
You don't need Season Pass to play PTS, but you can only play Survival content with Season Pass
Update 1.5 Patch Notes can be found here: Link
It will be a 5-7 gigs patch
For those that have not joined the PTS in Update 1.4, you need to download the full client again - basically a second Division
Only for PC, not for consoles - they are working on it and had progression, but not for 1.5
You will play again with your live character - they synchronized it on Thursday so it will be a couple of days old.
Players that have bought the Season Pass after last Thursday will not be able to play Survival content on the PTS until it is synchronized again - next Thursday.

When you have additional questions, check out the FAQs here: Link

Update 1.5

Will be available for all players for free at the same time.

Release Date

No release date yet
They first want to test it on the PTS, get feedback and then decide when they want to release the new update

Patch Notes

You can find the patch notes here: Link
Remember, these patch notes are not final, there will probably be more changes based on the PTS feedback.

Survival

Important

This is just a rough summary of the Survival features based on the Special Report from today. This is not the final list, but it should give you a rough idea what it is about and what you can expect from the new DLC.

Story of Survival

New York is preparing for the most brutal snow storm ever
You get the information that there are antivirals in the Dark Zone that we can use for the cure
Division dispatches a group of agents to retrieve these antivirals
As you are flying to the DZ you crash with the helicopter
You lose your group and gear and are in a bad shape
You need to continue the mission from there on, fight your way to the Dark Zone, get the antivirals and then extract yourself and the antivirals to safety.

Start the mission

You start the Survival mission in the Terminal in the Base of Operations.

Survival Game Mode

24 Players in a Session
The session is about 2h long, after that you die when you have not extracted in the Dark Zone
The goal is to get to the DZ, get the antivirals and extract yourself with a helicopter
The whole map is available, so 24 players are on the whole open world map - including the Dark Zone
You can select a PVP or PVE mode, so for players that don't want to play against other players there is a special mode for that.
There are not enough resources for all players, so even in PVE mode, it is competitive
You can matchmake as a group, but you can also matchmake as solo player - or just go solo
You can also group up with other players in the session - not more than 4 players
You will be dropped off at the edge of the map and you have to work yourself through the city to the Dark Zone to get the antiviral
Other Players will also drop on designated locations, so you can group up there.
The closer you go to the center of the map, the harder the enemies are - but even those at the border can be very tough.
So as you progress through the streets, you need to get better gear, gather supplies and unlock your skills. (Pulse and med-packs for example)
When you die the session is over - unless you are revived by another player / group member
You can revive yourself with a med-pack but those are very rare in Survival
There are roaming enemies that are patrolling the Survival-Zone and those are very tough (Flashlight)
The Survival Map is the same as the current open world - but everything is covered in snow
There is also a snow storm, so there is a low visibility
The Survival Zone is disconnected from the World Tiers, so everybody can play together - level 30 player can play with level 10 player
You get XP for doing activities in Survival, so you can level up your character there
Everybody has the same gear, so it is a fair start.
You can play the Survival mode as soon as you have unlocked the Base of Operations

New Mechanics of the Survival Mode

Your Agent is hungry, dehydrated and sick from something that you have contracted when you crashed (not Green Poison)
You need to extract yourself to be treated, but the progression of the sickness can be slowed than with medicine and painkillers
Hunger impacts your health regeneration
Thirst affects your vision
You start with bad gear, so you need to get better clothes that protect you from the cold
Trash barrels can be lit to give warmth
Apartments give protection against the cold
Skills can be crafted in the hideouts
No Rogue mechanics - but there will be a notification when a player is killed so you can help or get his loot

Final Extraction

When you call an extraction in the Survival Dark Zone the Chopper will land and you can board it to get to safety
But the flair will attract the new Hunters faction that will try to stop you from leaving

Your start equipment

Hazmat Suit and a Pistol
All green equipment
No Skills
No First Aid

Vanity Items in Survival

The clothes you find in the apartments have now a protection value against the cold
So when you find a jacket that looks warm, it will also protect you against the snow storm.

Scavenging

You can find food, water, clothes in apartments that will help you survive
There are apparently helicopter crashes all over the Survival Zone and you find equipment there

Crafting

You will be able to find a lot of crafting materials / you can also deconstruct items you find
You can craft items on the Crafting Tables in the Hideouts
Skills can also be crafted in Hideouts

Hideouts

Are new safe places that are scattered all over the Survival Zone
You can find Crafting Benches there
Not like Safe Houses but they will protect you against the cold

UI changes in Survival Mode

No Minimap Pulse is king
Less notifications overall

Loot / Rewards

When you finish the session you get a summary based on how you did, how many NPCs you killed - this will give you a score. Based on that you will get a reward - so even when you failed to do the objective, you will get rewards.
You can also find and extract sealed caches that will then appear in the main game and give you equipment

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The Division 1.5 Survival DLC FAQs & Overview (All You Need to Know)

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