Best Ways to Level Your EXPERTISE LEVELS FAST in the Division 2! (Tips & Tricks)

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[@runway313]

When my inventory gets full from looting I go through and mark everything I don’t want as junk. Then hit Expertise tab and use the Donate Junk button. It’ll automatically level up the items that need it then I just dismantle the rest. You’ll watch your expertise level jump.

[@MrDrGarbage]

Bro please dont tell me ive been playin this game for years and never knew about donate all junk. God i feel so stupid. I been doing it manually

[@runway313]

@@MrDrGarbage i felt the exact same way when I found out. You're not alone

[@ernestgary6812]

Are yall freaking serious?!?!?!

[@Kvitfrost]

That button doesnt work at all.. nothing happens.

[@prjoker4902]

Nothing happened whit my ps5 I have to pick the Item I want to donate.

[@LG-kb1ps]

Play countdown with your inventory completely empty, go for assault rifles, pick up everything as trash. After countdown go to your recourse table and you want to donate all resources, doing this will rank of all your guns and gear to 16-18 then boost a character and after the boost put everything into the printer film, if you have 3000 shade you'll roughly hey 2400 salvage points meaning you can fill up your printer film 3 times and if you want to rank up any skill from 0 - 10 it's 2000 printer film.

[@XinnOmega]

Hahaha, I'm still trying to get to 1000! 😆

[@Iamvictor78]

Some named gears and weapons can be crafter too such as salvage wolverine, the mop and more. So check the crafting station and craft 20 of those named items each to make them proficient. Im level 19 now and still grinding

[@dingo1016]

Really happy to see that your still making content on this game

[@AllanPorter]

Thanks for the info. Your channel and excellent commentary has led me back into Div 2 after probably more than a year off. And I'm really enjoying the grind. Thanks again.

[@WalkingwithDidi]

Such good tips thank you! Especially weapons being big chunks.

[@carkdonwah1528]

I’m now at the stage where I can only donate resource materials. A relatively quick way of getting these is to create a new character and go straight to NYC. It will boost you to level 30. You then do warlords of New York and once you dispatch Keener it will give you the SHD watch with all your SHd points less 800. So if your main character is SHd level 2800 you will have 2000 SHD points to spend on resources.

[@carkdonwah1528]

@@iJakuzi if you mean printer filament, then yes, you can. However, first you need to go to Washington and buy the ability from the female character, Inaya I think her name is, who sits next to the crafting desk in the White House and then all resources get lumped into one pot.

[@14mattomatto]

1-15 is very easy. countdown and targeted loot. for weapons try to get 50% of each type then switch to the next weapon type. Gear sets and brands just equip in all 6 slots. you can finish each one in 2 countdowns. Dont worry about damage just stay alive and collect everything. i went from 4 to 16 in a weekend.

[@jessedelaney920]

Why do you need to equip all 6 pieces of a specific gear-set? What difference would it make?

[@14mattomatto]

@@jessedelaney920 there is a bonus to xp when alike items are equipt. Try it and find out.

[@fizzazam2194]

@@jessedelaney920i think its just to keep track of every set expertise

[@-.-7356]

i try to find countdown matches but i never find a lobby ... seems really dead :(

[@14mattomatto]

@@-.-7356 challenging ones run all the time. Don't go into heroic

[@dragontiger6923]

It’s been a minute man ✌🏾always 🔥 content. Gracias bro 🙏🏾

[@mikekelsey3300]

You totally nailed it I Miss this atmosphere tht it has the should have carried it over to division 2 I've never been to new York until the division came out

[@markus2132]

Thank you for your videos. This tip also helped me. Play the introduction to Warlords of New York with a new character. You can do that in a few hours. At the end your character gets a large amount of "SHD" points, maybe 4000 or so, I can't remember exactly. Then exchange the "SHD" for "Printer Filament". Use this material to level up the expertise. I've always done this when there wasn't much interesting stuff to do in the game, maybe 3 or 4 times and my expertise was complete.

[@oppressorb7196]

Where can I exchange SHD points for Printer Filements?

[@markus2132]

@@oppressorb7196 You must be equipment level 40. Go to your inventory. Click on SHD level at the bottom right. Then click on Scavenging below. A window will now open where you can convert points into money, various materials, etc.

[@oppressorb7196]

@@markus2132 found it. Thanks, straight in the middle of the SHD clock menue. Haven't played the game in months now having a freaking blast with it!

[@reeseruss]

Does expertise level keep up between characters?

[@turlus0072]

I do Summit on challenging or higher and pick all up as junk and donate(unless max stats). Then change target loot when done.

[@brenowhite3266]

What is the 4/6 numbers on your crafting station? Mine is at 0/6 and I don't know what to do to have the items there

[@xcjbmgx]

Thanks fr i been farming and doing alot of stuff and focusing on 1 item instead of what u said to do!! 💯💪🏾🙏🏾

[@NothinButSkillz]

No problem!!

[@KYALESPAUL]

No matter how you do it its takes a LONNNNG time and a lot of grinding. But these are all good ways.

[@szilagyicsongor3657]

Glad to see u made a vid about i was hoping u would do one since i always understand when u explain it

[@1gazrobo1]

If you have a decent SHD level you can also run an alt toon through NY and share materials between characters. Use the extra SHD to refill mats through the SHD menu. Need to be a decent SHD level to make it worth while though

[@dannjp75]

Done it a dozen times, works a wonder but insanely boring.

[@lukas1392]

How do you share your materials?

[@1gazrobo1]

@@lukas1392when you go back to Washington you buy the “share materials” blueprint from the blueprint vendor at the Whitehouse

[@-rogue-]

@@lukas1392 the game does it automaticly

[@vv-o-l-f9155]

How do I get the Everyday carry blueprint for belstone??? I can’t find it anywhere! Thanks

[@lht5dy31]

If you blueprint the weapon / item. Does it gain that proficiency automatically ?

[@jrt3ll]

Could this be done with summit instead of countdown?

[@mckrackin5324]

Around 10 or 11 is where it really slows down. I'm at 12 now and I'm proficient at all brand sets, all gear sets and everything at all the vendors. Getting specific donation items is a grind now.

[@XinnOmega]

Oh lord. 😢 I'm not even watch level 1000 yet. I have a loooong way to go.

[@mckrackin5324]

@@XinnOmega Just so you know, I posted this comment 4 months ago. I am level 16 now. lol

[@ragincanehdian5925]

Im about 5 months late to the video.... but im having issues not being able to doante set pieces! I've tried multiple different pieces and types and never lets me, created a new charachter and had no issue. Why is this happenong to my main? If anyone sees this or has info it would be greatly appreciated!

[@seanharris9499]

How do u proficent the savage wolverine

[@jasonnavarrete4268]

OK question.... How do u unlock the drone controller in the white house!? I've unlocked all the side missions don't sum missions on normal but it won't unlock the controller! How do u do it!? Lol i want to get vanity mods

[@Vv20vV]

Go to lowest level in White House, where the DC Hunter masks are. In the corner you’ll see a computer SHD server with a paper attached to it. Interact with that server & it should unlock the drone controller

[@websterzx10r1]

Man let me tell you something. Lol I'm at level 15 and that expertise meter moves slower than a snail. Thanks for the information I shall try your method.

[@NothinButSkillz]

yes it does get slower as you get higher

[@Furball6433]

So should I just try and get proficient in as many times as possible

[@FinalGirlHorror]

I just farm countdown for mods then destroy and use printer filiments it seems like the fastest way, I also donate any maxed materials.

[@petersteegmans4962]

U use printer filament to level up?

[@FinalGirlHorror]

@@petersteegmans4962 it is the quickest way I found to level up expertise. It is for whatever reason considered the rarest material you can donate to level up. Most mods I get are junk, so when you destroy them you get like 6 pf's I think it is, that adds up. Running coutdown you get a ton of mods fast so it is my go to if I want to level expertise fast.

[@liambooth3446]

How strange literally just searched up about this today and watched your older video on it Also can you get the dark winter from countdown ?

[@NothinButSkillz]

people have said they have gotten one. I haven't but I did get one to drop in summit and from bounties.

[@bigal5439]

Pretty sure its a dz and named cache only drop, sometimes vendors sell them to I believe

[@davidcorrea7210]

U can find it from the DZ vendor

[@paulberry6622]

I got mine from a named cache in count down

[@severex9851]

Learned a lot. Thanks

[@NothinButSkillz]

Glad to hear it!

[@marcc881]

What about putting different weapons and gear on, then lower world tier difficulty level and kill enemies easy. Would that work ? Donating and doing what i mentioned ?

[@NothinButSkillz]

yes it would

[@Rosierboy]

I can never find a group for countdown but I’ve been matchmaking on normal. Is heroic matchmaking better?

[@Aj_-]

No one really plays CD on normal or hard. Challenging is best. Heroic can be hit or miss at extraction as the hunters are pretty crazy at the end.

[@NothinButSkillz]

only play it on challenging

[@xcjbmgx]

Challenging and you will find a group quick

[@Rosierboy]

Thanks for the tips, appreciate it!

[@przemo2k173]

​@@NothinButSkillzwhy not heroic?

[@drakelance7182]

I prefer playing solo so countdown is out unless they have a solo mode which I highly doubt as I have found most of this game is subject around being in a group and that sucks

[@drakelance7182]

Also don't run Darkzpne because 97% of the time they see my level they go rogue to camp kill like a BEOTCH

[@stunt95hstdt89]

As a returning player I've not even seen this menu yet and I dont even know what the benifits are to be honest? Not shure if I skipped an introduction to this or if there is none.

[@NothinButSkillz]

you will see this later on once you beat warlords of new york and you get your watch

[@digitaldogs233]

When expertise first came out i wasn't too bothered as I'm mostly a pve player. But now wanting to get into pvp, I know normal DZ is pretty much leveled out, but invaded really tests you're pvp builds, same with conflict i think. So last few weeks that's all I've been doing, grinding my expertise on every gun and every gear piece and skills, but man it takes time, I've noticed sometimes I'll donate something and the number won't go up, on none expertise itmens, why is that?

[@andrewmedeiros3318]

You’re already proficient with the items you’re donating

[@digitaldogs233]

@@andrewmedeiros3318 No I'm talking about the items that your not proficient yet.

[@boomslangCA]

I noticed that too. I assumed it was just a glitch. It's not like this game hasn't had any before in the expertise system.

[@1gazrobo1]

With Weapons it takes two of that type to level it up 1 rank. It takes more with gear/brand sets. You probably didn’t donate enough piece to get to the next level

[@andrewmedeiros3318]

@@digitaldogs233 hmm hasn’t happened with me yet. Must be a glitch I guess. You should be donating items if you’re not proficient with them yet 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@jr_games4477]

Sorry this is off topic but what mask is that you're wearing?

[@Oneandonly12]

My mantis is at proficient but u can't seem to get my expertise level up at all

[@stephenphillips7699]

I don't know if this is right but my experience from expertise sounds different. If my weapon in proficient then I can't donate them. I can't donate proficient weapons so what happens then, how do I level up expertise if everything is at proficiency but without a level?

[@DiscoBarbarian]

if it's already proficient you can't donate cause you can't level it anymore. all you can do there is add the leveling mods (1% weapon Damage, 1% armor etc) you can do one of those for every expertise level you have... so if you are level 10 expertise you can add 10 mods to a piece that is proficient.

[@stephenphillips7699]

@@DiscoBarbarian yes but and this is where my explanation sounds stupid but if every gun, gear or mod is proficient then how can you donate to increase expertise? By donating resources, does donating resources add to expertise level?

[@DiscoBarbarian]

@stephenphillips7699 yeah bust it up and use the parts to donate or upgrade

[@stephenphillips7699]

@@DiscoBarbarian oh ok, so even if everything gun, gear or mod is proficient we can still upgrade expertise by donating resources?

[@camuller0069]

@@stephenphillips7699 if you have all those proficient (level 10) you can't donate to those anymore. But you can still donate and level up your proficiency for skills and special weapons (to max proficiency level 10) to level up your expertise

[@stylusmaestro]

Problem is you don't get to run countdown with thrash build just to rank em up coz chances are you're going to get kick from matchmake

[@NothinButSkillz]

Switch the build after you start.

[@selvmortsydd]

So i get it right it's first donate stuff so your expertise gets higher. Then you can upgrade individual weapons? Because my expertise level us 3 for ages, and i truly had no idea to get that higher....

[@str1xt]

Firstly you need to donate everything you have to your library and fill that up. You could do half and half and donate 50% to expertise., but I would suggest doing the library first. Do what most have said on here, play countdown. Make sure you target loot first. Pick say assault rifle, play countdown ( make sure you have 50 fee slots available). Takes 15 minutes to play. Keep whatever weapons are good, then mark the rest as junk. Go to the table/ expertise/ donate all junk. Watch it shoot up. Rinse and repeat. Any junk not donated either deconstruct or sell it. You also get countdown points at the vendor for playing where you can buy caches. After a while you will find it hard to donate assault rifles as most are now proficient. So swap an change. I am at 14 and it’s now getting slower as you now need exotic components to upgrade.

[@selvmortsydd]

@@str1xt Thanks for explaining.... it's clear to me now....thx...

[@juelz4516]

I don’t get credit for donating anything but the weapons themselves. Donate armor, bar doesn’t move. Anyone else have this problem?

[@Kvitfrost]

Yupp. Strange.

[@nikobola]

Do I have to make everything proficient before I get expertise?

[@NothinButSkillz]

Just the item you want to add expertise too

[@nikobola]

Thanks 🙏

[@claudiomikaro9072]

I am stuck in expertise 19.

[@rokebx281]

where u get that hat from

[@NothinButSkillz]

it was from a twitch drop

[@cromulentdata7187]

More CXP and less downtime running Summit. Lower difficulties give the same CXP.

[@kidwolf95]

Ninja bike backpack

[@calvincampbell64]

can and should you reset your global difficulty, in the middle of a season? and will affect your game or what you've collected? @nothingbutskillz

[@mackc.8455]

No, changing your global difficulty does not impact gear you've already collected.

[@MrKonnn33]

Thx man that helps 🤙🏼🫡

[@toppojaiwant]

I don't have the DLC. What should I do to level up, get Exotics and make god builds?

[@1gazrobo1]

You need the dlc to access the expertise system. You can still get exotic stuff and make builds but you are locked to level 30. With the dlc you go up to lvl 40 and can unlock all the endgame stuff

[@DiscoBarbarian]

you should get the NYC DLC.... the end game is after you get done with that. I'm surprised if you can even find anyone to play with without it.

[@str1xt]

Get the DLC buddy you are missing out on so much fun. It’s basically a whole new game after you complete WONY.

[@AmethystKing]

SHD level wasn't fully upgraded i seee your angel tho.

[@codyosborne4280]

I think the ? Everyone is asking is the bench level not the weapon levels?

[@Kvitfrost]

"Donate all junk" doesnt work. Nothing happen when its donated.

[@Dynasty1818]

DO NOT do what I did - do NOT hit "Donate all materials", ie hold the button down. It will just donate all your mats and you'll run out with almost one button hold. All your mats will just evaporate.

[@Ammotyr]

Thank you for sharing ....

[@NothinButSkillz]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-ut6nz3ql5x]

This video is incorrect because I tried to do it and it's not working

[@whyyoutry2021_YT]

here this one thing most players don't have is name items from DZ, or ivory/ off white chest items

[@nah956]

This is the reason I don’t play this game anymore this expertise is annoying I just gave up

[@NothinButSkillz]

its not that bad if you tackle it right

[@btsaxton]

Why are you not proficient in any of your masks or gloves? that is the same issue i am having no matter how much i donate

[@NothinButSkillz]

this is a old video I'm maxxed

[@TUMSonY]

You speak too fast for me, i hardly can follow as non native speaker.

[@tomnone1691]

THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU KZbinRS DOING DIV 2 CONTENT NOT ONE OF YOU HAS SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE ROGUES SET ON HARD AN DROPPING PURPLE GEAR ON HEROIC FOR SO MANY WEEKS NOW ......WHY NOT ????

[@NothinButSkillz]

it's been reported already

[@tomnone1691]

@@NothinButSkillz thank you

[@rowdyrebel5253]

You guys haven’t noticed yet This game was left to hackers glitchers cheaters. Devs don’t even keep up on the game, countdown still crashes or boots you around near the end. It’s sad you guys can’t just let the ship sink the cpt left the boat only a matter of time before it capsizes

[@DiscoBarbarian]

it slows way down after you hit 13.... make sure you are using named weapons and gear if you can... these level separately from the brand sets for armor.

[@dark_castrojjj9540]

how to get to level 15 esportise help please Dark-Castrojjm Division agent😅😅😅

[@Champagneonly]

I finally got to level 15, YES it is a grind 🫠🫠🫠 …. On a related note, if you want some materials go start a new character and do the WONY story. Once completed buy the account shared blue print on your new character and regular character, depending on your SHD level you will have a TON of points to use to boost your materials, I’m SHD 2600 and I get like 1750 points when I’m done