The Division 2 LEVEL 40 Guide for Beginner’s & Returning Players (2024)

[@TuxedoBandido]

what is the first weapon you relied on when you got to Level 40?

[@TheRealAirhead_]

Cold Relations

[@RisingReap]

mp7 becaus its my fav gun in all games and then i retired the mp7 for chatterbox when i got it a while later. to bad whatever i do chatterbox dont feel the same anymore like how i whas used to it back in the days, ooh well i wish the chatterbox gets some love 2 becaus no mather what i do or try it just dont feel good if it is anything it just plays okej and nothing more then that copared to other guns you can take. anywhays mp7 to chatterbox :D

[@iambecomedeafdestroyerofwords]

Emmelines Guard

[@thanasut]

Police M4

[@appealinbanana]

Initially G36, Police M4 and M1A (Bakers Dozen) but now the buffet is so full, there are dozens of contenders. Capacitor, St Elmo’s Engine, Scorpio, ACS/Rock and Roll, Famas - I’m gonna stop there because there are a ton of awesome weapons in this game. Depending on the build 😉

[@appealinbanana]

Phew. I’d forgotten the journey but to anyone out there who’s getting started - this guide as close to sprint as it gets. Or you work it out for yourself and you’ll still be learning in 5 years. That’s not a bad thing. That’s damn good value. This is the best channel for Division 2 content and I’m not getting paid to say that.

[@johnnycastallucci4962]

I concur with this comment :)

[@jb__iii]

Yea bro I started watching this and found myself taking Cornell notes trying to keep up lmao

[@Saggingpear4068]

I am a destiny player and I thought that that was a little difficult to understand but this game literally blows that game out the water. I love this game, but it is so confusing and past level 40 and just starting to work on my watch I think I’m a level 14 and it’s a little overwhelming but I feel like I need to learn it by myself, but I still watch this videos. Amazing content Appreciate all the support you do.

[@Yūrei56]

Coming as a d2 player you use alot less abilities and the loops are easier

[@John-Val056]

I have been a day one player of both games, and Division just hits so different. The PvP in Division is very lopsided.

[@John-Val056]

I have been a day one player of both games, and Division just hits so different. The PvP in Division is very lopsided.

[@LordStormSW2]

Holy crap............I just turned 40 last night.... watching this is over whelming lol... so much stuff I need to do !

[@TuxedoBandido]

Well then, happy 40th. Welcome to end game.

[@stab74]

The hangovers get worse after 40...

[@Dylan-zm3ht]

Thanks for the guide, I left the game in Dec 2020 and had a SHD 2500 character at that time, now I am restarting on PC and felt overwhelmed.

[@bulletorprayer]

Dude i jus wana say the effort you put into dis channel is so good. Top notch quality videos everytime.

[@TuxedoBandido]

I try. Thanks for saying!!!!

[@xtattedangattedx3893]

This is so nice to have as a returning player. Thank you for making this. I'm just now getting back into the game since not too long after launch.

[@McG_NJ]

Tito was hilarious today😂

[@riverstudd]

Returning player here to say thank you. Took just a bit over an hour to get through the 5 challenges for the summit but I ate breakfast halfway through XD. My builds are pretty staked still since I hopped right back into heroic and have been mopping up. I've basically just been pushing watch, finishing up my ivory keys, and running countdown. Same shit I needed to do when I stopped from just being a bit burnt out. Having a blast running solo

[@Jane_Friday]

I did basically this strategy after returning at shd 10ish. At shd under 40 I had a decent striker build, being able to solo control points on heroic with 4 directives. Oh well I only did summut so far, but the point us to go strategically and you have a decent build in no time or on the go.

[@mikerosowski]

This is a top shelf video. Everything about it is phenomenal, from the quality of the content to the spectacular visuals, you are an artist. Thanks for sharing and planning out the next 3 hours for me.

[@症不眠]

I dont understand a thing. For a total beginner who just joined and hit 40. Nothing makes sense and it doesmt feel like its explained to me

[@ValxxDaymos]

True

[@John-Val056]

First thanks for this. I have done the Skill Build, or a variation of it. (Not as good as the one you have ) It melts, I am still trying to tinker with some of the rolls but it shreds in Challenging and I was even able to keep up in Legendary. Though the group didn't finish, they gave up. I was holding my own. Much appreciated.

[@threedog27]

I played so many looter shooter or just loot heavy games so far. My go to approach nowadays is just play the game. Sure I also look some things up but in general I dont care to much on meta tactics or meta builds anymore. Thats the way I get the most out of these games. Try things and do my own experiences.

[@EmoDragracer]

DUDE THAT'S SO AWESOME! TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOU!

[@johnnyshoe2229]

Bro thank god your making a video for beginners, this is a good video good job for the video and ,its annoying when utubers are making beginner build with already momento backpack "im like wtf" 😂😂😂 high recommended video

[@FabulousFab72]

Took me 2h30 to get to 15th floor :D I didn't understand how chanllenge worked for the first 6 floors. I still need to watch this video multiples times to begenning to understand everything. So strange to have spend hundreds of hours when the game came out and feeling like a total noob 3 years later. My only problem is the "no deconstruct anything" because I'm using a secondary character and my stash is already full, so I don't really know what to do whith all I have

[@azzam593]

i'm just guessing but i'm seeing the stash full of junk as a ressource bag, whenever you need a certain thing, deconstruct unwanted gear. I'm new to TD2 so i rly don't know if its true

[@outere24]

I played division 1 and division 2 a lil when it first released returning to it now i am clueless.. for other nee returners im doing what he says in the video ill give my review once im done 😅

[@outere24]

Yh this is good 👍

[@kingjames837]

Same, smashed div1 played a bit of div2, fell off, came back for nyc and then fell out again, now I’m back into it

[@coldfries8976]

Super helpful my man, just got done with WONY campaign, needed this!

[@daltonmarvel9916]

This guide helped out so much man

[@parkerflyrook5940]

🎉hey, Banditos!

[@luffigus]

Video is very helpful, however, when you show keywords and then zoom in and apply filters it makes it hard to read

[@ModeKaioken]

I started like 2 months ago and the main thing I wish I didnt do was waste time on tinkering from 1-30. Once you get into the expansion this pretty much resets and you have to collect it all again. I can be neat to dabble if your playing through all the world tiers for your first time but I just wouldn't waste a bunch of items donating for stuff you know you wont use during the world tier clearing. As soon as you take the chopper to new york its all gone. Also its not bad to donate traits while leveling up but wait until 40 to donate stats because again you'll just waste more resourced re-donating.

[@MrDraycanakatheotherbrit]

Only made it to floor 7 but I'm getting there. The directives really reavelled how much I unnecessarily reload and just how much of a scrub casual player I am. I appreciate knowing this so I can get better.

[@doomdude69]

I can confirm, followed this to a tee and joined a legendary stronghold as the underdog only to be kicked out of the group.

[@christophercraig9611]

Came for the Division 2 content, staying for Tito

[@grumpyoldman6503]

#teamtito

[@reddevil1540]

New players, your best friend is recalibrate library. Get all max stats and talents, and then deconstruct or sell.

[@thejudge1712]

What value is max stat?

[@reddevil1540]

@@thejudge1712 if on level 40 then weapon dmg is 15, I think 6 crit chance, 12 crit damg, so if you farming stuff and if you see an item with full talents or stats extract to library . Check video on how to recalibrate in library.

[@thejudge1712]

@@reddevil1540 thanks dude! Thant was extremely helpful!!

[@Htown-N-Down]

I feel like i need a vid to explain this vid lmao I'm lost, just started the game I'm like level 16. Guess this will become more understandable as i get further into the game?🤞

[@Ericktrivedipa]

I used this video to get my return to division going and only did like half of it. It gave me incredible results. I come back to it as a refresher from time to time because its so instructive

[@MrEgg93]

Just reached level 40 and have gained access to Endgame. I hope I have enough time to finish that season

[@cembanditx1]

Why are your strikers blue rarity? All mine are green from countdown challenging. Also, this video helped me a lot. I ended up with a cool vile mask I might make a build around.

[@TuxedoBandido]

JUST COLOR BLIND setting

[@olietgaby8954]

@@TuxedoBandidodoes countdown difficulty matter?

[@wwjj64]

awesome video....VERY helpful thank you

[@olietgaby8954]

So I did a mistake here and stopped farming countdown and did the technician quest so my stash and my inventory is full of random sh

[@Classified-us5fl]

Loved it and helped so much!

[@stephenyork7318]

at 11:22 you don't even show us the weapon names, jus tthe image! Groan

[@Ricky_Camacho]

the editing tho.... 👌👌

[@jamalthomas6040]

Facts

[@crazysam871]

Don't quite understand how I am supposed to be able to complete 6 challengesin 15 levels of Summit when they all requires 5-6 floors completed. O.o

[@rollinlikej2432]

Some challenges will ask you to kill a set amount of enemies or kill an elite during those floors :0

[@stephenyork7318]

I’m confused, is this supposed to be a fresh character like he said or does all this apply after reaching level 40? Just he has SHD Level 1 listed.

[@-XXI-]

holy fuck, the editing is sick. great work

[@chrispitts9442]

Noob questions, NinjaBike Messenger Backpack with these 3 builds work okay? Just got it for 1 of my first exotics.

[@MyReligionIs2DoGood]

Sorry, but as a new player, I have to say that several times in this video I didn't understand what you were talking about due to the use of D2 gamer lingo. For example, when you say 'I rolled X on my assault rifle', I have no idea what that even means. What did you roll - the dice? How did you do it? I'm sure you have a complete video to watch about the process, but it would be nice if you could use 'noob language' to explain stuff. ;)

[@hafidhabrar]

stats on equipments are random, so when he said that, he meant that when he got said equipment and the stats are X, because it's kind of a gamble, you can't decide what you're gonna get, god roll means that you get the good stats from the get go

[@MyReligionIs2DoGood]

@@hafidhabrar I don't think that's what he meant.

[@roberthachten3809]

Has anyone experienced loss of audio, I recently lost audio to certain weapons firing.. just started playing, really enjoying the game, but don’t feel like playing w/o audio….

[@HPonOne]

It’s a bug. The best version isn’t loss of audio it will be the constant audio of a weapon being fired that just follows you around

[@incogg]

Can u get strikers gear wil skill point from countdown or do i have to put it on myself if so how?

[@futurekinggaming]

Great video

[@TuxedoBandido]

open your map, scroll to far right and fast travel to the Summit location directly.

[@brandonsanford9906]

I dont understand why youre suggesting PS and and brazos. Whats so important about 10% armor on kill, and skill haste.

[@Firefighter3476]

Geez love your channel but sooo much to take in and I guess I’m slow. Serious question but can I hire you for a one on one session that I could slow your knowledge speed down? 😅

[@celt0888]

Countdown does absolutely nothing for me. 3 runs and i only came out with less than 10 items and only 100 countdown points. Have they nerfed it? Is it bugged?

[@parkerflyrook5940]

I just became proficient with the Mosquito 🔫💪🏻 leaving only about half the skills to go. Everything else is Proficient 😊

[@KINGARTH92]

Thanks tux ! Amazing stuff

[@net2000man]

So who is the guy in the Hazmat suit, anyway?!?! I don't get it . . .

[@stephengarner0]

Countdown matchmaking sometimes takes a while, what can be done while waiting?

[@homicidalgeorge]

what should i farm instead of countdown? i dont have ps plus so i cant play multiplayer

[@huzaiffa9083]

What if we don't have the Warlords of New York expansion?

[@TuxedoBandido]

you can now also level in DC (as of this season)

[@miguelmontoya4014]

Help! I did the summit 14th floors last night and completed the 5 challenges, I never got the capacitor exotic.

[@wanizzaniq2664]

why not fill library as we farm countdown? any downsides?

[@nelski8161]

So I can do all of this mostly solo and take my sweet time too aye? Not adverse to grouping up and loved the darkzone early days in division 1, just a different gamer these days way older way less competitive and about 5 yrs behind in a game like this

[@Aegis.]

why your gear is purple? my striker icons are green not purple

[@balla4life24]

Accessibility then colorblind options

[@garcia715]

How did you roll the skill tier onto those pieces? I can’t seem to roll them onto my striker pieces.

[@enunez501]

You have to put it on with the tinkering

[@kaperns79]

Hardwire is so easy to make and can be farmed in i mission on nornal...afyer that its a lets..go

[@baconation2637]

good guide but when it comes to the summit theres a little bit of missing info here. The way you word things it sounds like you do the challenges and can start over any time and still complete what you need for the capacitor. If you leave and restart it wipes your challenge progress though. was at 3/5 by 15th floor, started at floor one and lost my 3 already done challenges. So after losing 2 hours of progress I restarted and it took me another 2.5 to get 5 challenges done in 1 run. So after about 5 hours Im at your 1 hour mark for this guide. Not very new player friendly.

[@Tretrexx]

Was just about to comment this, I just did the exact thing you described and was confused. You also need to actively switch challenges; he does type it out on the screen but it certainly was confusing until a few hours ago.

[@MakeItRain420ify]

I'm confused af 😐

[@GreyVWilk]

NOTE: DO NOT DECONSTRUCT ANYTHING (ESPECIALLY DOUBLE FULL STATS) PUT EVERYTHING TO CHEST AND FAVOURITE WHAT YOU DONT WANT TO LOSE Rough steps: Do summit: chosen loot (Eclipse) until you get Capacitor exotic Do summit for striker set. When you have striker set, keep farming Countdown on challenging for loot in this order: Striker Palisade (Some other company in the video at the beginning of the countdown section) And that's it. Keep farming Countdown and then tinker everything up to max and you are done

[@J_3PO]

Your not alone 😢

[@iamthatguy6907]

All junk goes to stash... My stash and inventory is full from summit 😭

[@Mr.AhMeD_YE]

Hi am player of the division 1 and am pvp player does the division 2 best on pvp or not cuz soon am going switch to at 😮

[@jonaschan1974]

When you say god roll items what does that mean ? What makes a weapon or armor god roll?

[@homicidalgeorge]

basically maxed out stats that are good for the build. like an assault rifle that rolled with the highest possible ar damage, health damage, and crit chance or something

[@ninosmith7112]

I’m confused you said 2 blue cores 4 red cores how do you have 6 skill tiers at the same time

[@TuxedoBandido]

There are three builds. The countdown build has red and blue cores. The skill build (#2) uses striker with 6 skill tiers.

[@korokokujin8270]

i just hit lvl40 but haven't finished the new york mission and dc. should i hit the elevator to get better loot so i can pvp?

[@C1lps144]

How do you level up

[@NathanCasey]

In terms of that skill build with striker, I can’t seem to get skill cores when looting after a countdown run. They are all reds. Are they rare with yellow cores?

[@TuxedoBandido]

You add the yellow cores after the fact. So find some with crits or skill damage on it the tinker the core to yellow.

[@NathanCasey]

@@TuxedoBandidoah ok that makes sense. This it have to be skill damage or can it be other skill attributes? I have a god rolled status effect striker chest.

[@bitten1423]

Now imagine if the game wasn't as complicated with all the levels and rpg mechanics and instead ubisoft focused on the actual in game content 😢

[@OkayyyIGetIt]

Yeah I think I’m just gonna stop at 40. This isn’t worth it lol.

[@Aegis.]

do what he says but just doing countdown.. the rest is too much work. Build striker and palisade just by running countdown, in less than 1 hour youre done and actually with damn good drops.

[@anonimbotcodm6543]

How to targed loot in CD?

[@TuxedoBandido]

Go to the map menu and the option is there.

[@Mukussu]

Tito Fan.. 👍

[@kaonashivibes]

save god rolls for donation? okay cool, so how tf do i tell if something is a god roll

[@blucrddvl9743]

Join the conversations and level up your game. Join TUX discord discord.gg/TuxedoBandido

[@bluearcherx]

i am uncomfortable with how much AI generated art is in this video

[@Anthony-tg9zc]

Why so much AI usage?

[@danielyoutube6232]

This channel deserves more respect. Thank you for your help sir respect 🫡

[@connorbranley5407]

I don’t have the capacitor 🥲

[@TuxedoBandido]

thats the first step in the project and why you go to the summit

[@grundged]

3:16 How did you get an exotic for donating resources? I dont have that. The only exotic reward is doing a legendary mission which is impossible as a new 40. What hack are you running?

[@TuxedoBandido]

Hmm. If you are back in DC after you activate your watch it should be there.

[@Patterson66]

What should i do with all my weapons that are under level 40. Sell them break down or what? I should say I'm really new to the division 2. Just got the game and got to level 40 after completing new York

[@TuxedoBandido]

You can sell them. But, if you watch last chapter, I recommend keeping them in stash for your Mule extra character. In this game, extra characters are vital. For stash space and resources and exotics. Your mule can use the old gear for currency or actually use it.

[@LordOdinPresents]

Can you show how to get good gear mods? Targeted loot in CD or Summit just isn’t dropping good stats.

[@RemyVorender]

Coming back to the game after about 4 years. I have a lvl 40 so I appreciate this video, even if I didn't understand half of what you were talking about. lol

[@kobythompson3206]

Same here let’s hope im not too confused

[@victorduran4655]

i'm still to noob to understand most of this LOL. I just want to have more dmg and make sure i have a bigger magazine. Some of these weapons only have a 30 ammo clip lol. I'm only level 27

[@MrDraycanakatheotherbrit]

Good concise video with plenty of good info. Did not work for me as I cannot make it to floor 15 but good video overall

[@net2000man]

Definitely feeling overwhelmed now that I've completed WoNY, but these videos really help. I feel I am nowhere near even tackling the Summit, or Descent or Countdown. For now I am just clearing out the Control Points, tackling bounties from Public Executions and clearing out those territory controlled areas. I ahave only 1 build so far, that being a +6 Skill Tier build with 4 Hana-U and 2 Empress International pieces, with lots of Skill Damage, Skill Duration & Skill Haste plus 2 mods for Protection from Elites on my gear. I use a sniper/shotgun combo and am working on levelling up the M700 to Rank 10 (already maxxed out the SR-1 and Designated Hitter, and need to add more to the list of proficient MR's). I have yet to add everything to my recalibration library and I am adding to it slowly and steadily. But with all the loot I already have in my stash (and only a few that I can utilize for the Library), shoudl I be deconstructing what doesn't go into the library for materials I'll need? If not, what should I do with these pieces of "junk"?! Thanks for this video, I may try some of this but currently struggling with low rolled gear and limited resources.

[@Boondingles777]

Matchmaking into countdown is impossible. Seems like no one is playing it on Xbox

[@stephenyork7318]

When I setup the Summit there is no option to select the target loot. I'm level 40 world tier 1. How do you select the loot?

[@RickAmesdaGod]

This was all over the place and not easy to follow.

[@lancejamesphotoG]

Thanks for the guide man, been really helpful but how do you know if a gear piece has max rolls?

[@jamalthomas6040]

If the attributes are maxed out, and u will know

[@VisionOfConfluence]

This game is too complicated for an average gamer who just want to have some fun on a shooter.. they need to simplefy it drasticly to attrackt the average gamer like me who just want to game an dont do a complete worship om how to do anything or everything! Thanks for the explanation anyway 👊🏻

[@BiswajitDas-wp9gz]

true I just got to lvl 40 and confused af 😂

[@cmullen82]

I did most of these steps, to the best of my understanding. When he describes the three new builds: Countdown, skill, and DPS. I started to scratch my head and was like do what now?

[@chadcromwell1255]

Countdown is a game mode you can run to farm equipment. Skills is a build where your skills does most of your damage and dps is a build where you shooting does most of your damage.

[@TuxedoBandido]

The build for countdown is important....it's where a new player spends a lot of time gathering gear to create and upgrade builds, gather credits for exotic caches to buy at the countdown vendor. Use summit skyscraper game mode to farm a starter build for countdown. Use Countdown to create and upgrade the 3 recommended builds.

[@x24d83ff0]

I'm New to this game can anyone help me?

[@kozmoo9188]

Just Stop playing it

[@tallison_florida]

Thanks, Tuxedo, for all of your informative & funny D2 videos. I always have issues sometimes with the "endgame" concept. It's like there should be a better word 😂 My question is, right after you say our primary objective is to boost your character to maximum heights, I would like to get a "why" right after that. What are we getting ready for? (big picture) Getting ready for PVP play? Future content? Just for the fun of looter shooter building? Seasonal play? Thanks!

[@Soul_Grinder]

Thank you for a great video! I came here to say that guides on the same topic from Russian-speaking content makers begin with the phrase "take this set" or "this set is best for a beginner", etc. That is, they do NOT literally say what and how to do after level 40, where to press the buttons to make it fun :D It looks especially surreal when the video is called "what to do after level 40" where the person begins the story with the phrase "take this set and then literally something in Elvish for me"

[@XxRipZxClipZxX]

I just hit lvl 40 - fucked up on the capacitor challenges, but I still got 5 exotics. First one - a St. Elmo (i fell off my chair out of hype) the rest is history

[@stefankats7941]

Hey new players who just hit 40, go play summit with drone and turret and have fun on emp floors that appear, at least for me 8 times in first 10 levels....

[@ValxxDaymos]

So you use junk items for your mule to deconstruct them for ressources and sell the named items ?

[@joemiles8805]

What should I do with duplicate exotics? Dismantle or expertise?

[@dom_daada]

Please the red text is blurry can't read. Please make it white.

[@TommaKeen]

Striker chest doesn't double your damage, it just doubles the amount of stacks (making the damage boost last longer).

[@dylanwalser3138]

Makes stacks 200 instead of 100, which does increase the damage.

[@jamalthomas6040]

Striker gear is overrated

[@BladesDomaine]

another great video,

[@chrisbenn]

Damn! The Summit with low ammo is hard! :-/