How to Get Better Mods in The Division 2

The quest for better mods in The Division 2 is a key part of optimizing your build and pushing your agent to their full potential. Mods, which augment both your weapons and gear, are essential for fine-tuning your playstyle and maximizing your effectiveness in combat. Getting your hands on the best mods requires a combination of understanding the game’s mechanics, knowing where to look, and investing some time into the right activities. Simply put, you get better mods through a blend of looting, crafting, vendor purchases, and targeted farming. There isn’t one single guaranteed path to the best mods, it’s a combination of factors that contribute to your overall success in finding them. Here’s a comprehensive breakdown:

Understanding Mods and Their Importance

Before diving into the methods for acquiring them, let’s first understand what mods are and why they are so crucial. Mods in The Division 2 are attachments that you can apply to your weapons and gear, providing various stat boosts. They can enhance your damage output, improve your survivability, or even alter the way your skills function. However, each mod comes with a trade-off, a drawback that requires careful consideration when deciding which ones to use. This creates a dynamic that forces players to strategically choose mods that best complement their build, rather than just picking those with the highest positive stats.

Weapon Mods

Weapon mods are applied to specific slots on your firearms, typically including:

• Muzzle: Affects stability, accuracy, and sometimes damage.
• Optics: Impacts accuracy, zoom, and critical hit chance.
• Underbarrel: Usually offers stability or other handling bonuses.
• Magazine: Changes magazine size and reload speed.

Gear Mods

Gear mods augment your armor pieces, providing stat boosts that are critical for high-end builds. Gear mods can affect:

• Skill Power: Increases the effectiveness of skills.
• Armor: Provides direct damage mitigation.
• Weapon Damage: Amplifies damage for specific weapon types.
• Status Effect Chance: Improves your chance to apply status effects.
• Critical Hit Damage and Chance: Increases your damage and odds for critical hits.

How to Acquire Better Mods

Now, let’s break down the primary methods for acquiring better mods in The Division 2.

1. Looting

Looting is the most fundamental way of acquiring mods. Enemies, chests, and containers throughout the world have a chance to drop mods. The higher the difficulty level, the better the quality of the loot you’ll generally find. In particular, named bosses in missions and the open world often drop higher-quality mods. Targeted Loot Zones are areas of the map that are designated to drop specific types of loot, including weapon and gear mods. These zones rotate daily, so checking the map before you begin your session is crucial.

2. Crafting

Crafting is another reliable method for obtaining specific types of mods. However, you need the necessary blueprints and materials to craft. Blueprints are often acquired as rewards from completing projects, side missions, or by purchasing them from vendors. The crafting system allows you to focus on specific modifications you need for your build, but remember that crafting also comes with randomized stat rolls, meaning you won’t get perfect mods every time.

3. Vendor Purchases

Vendors in The Division 2 offer a selection of mods for purchase. The Quartermaster at the White House provides a limited selection of mods early in the game, which can be bought using SHD Tech. However, the vendor selection is limited so you may not always get the mod you are looking for. Banshee-44 in The Tower also sells mods. Banshee’s stock rotates daily, offering 4 random weapon mods for a set price. Regularly checking these vendors is key to finding mods that you might otherwise not have.

4. Targeted Farming

Targeted Farming is a specialized method for focusing on specific areas and activities in the game to get the mods you want. This includes playing in Targeted Loot zones, which rotate daily and allow you to prioritize where you play based on the type of mods you are after. Additionally, high-level activities such as The Summit, Countdown, and Legendary Missions also offer higher chances of dropping high-end mods, especially the higher the difficulty setting. Completing these activities regularly can dramatically improve the quality and quantity of mods that you find.

5. Gear Expertise and Proficiency

The Gear Expertise system enhances your proficiency with gear, including mods. As you use a specific type of mod, its Proficiency Rank increases, allowing you to improve the maximum performance of your gear. This means the more you use specific mod types the better the potential the modification has to give you. The more proficient you are with that modification the higher the value.

6. SHD Tech Perks

Early in the game, you can acquire weapon mods by purchasing them through the SHD Tech perks at the Quartermaster at the White House. These perks unlock some initial magazines, barrels, sights, and grips that are a very useful starting point for enhancing your builds.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Here are some frequently asked questions to provide even more insights into acquiring better mods in The Division 2:

1. Can you upgrade existing mods in The Division 2?

No, you cannot directly upgrade existing mods. Instead, you acquire better mods through looting, crafting, vendor purchases, or targeted farming. The Gear Expertise system does increase the maximum potential of mods that you already have, but does not actually upgrade or change them in any direct way.

2. Is there a max level for mods in The Division 2?

Mods do not have a level; instead, they have a Gear Score that reflects their quality and effectiveness, which can be enhanced through the Gear Expertise system. There is a limit to how far their potential can increase, so it’s important to find a mod with a good base score that you can then use repeatedly to further enhance.

3. Where can I find blueprints for mods?

Blueprints can be acquired through completing projects, side missions, and purchasing them from vendors. Check the various vendors for blueprint rewards. In particular, look out for daily or weekly projects and check the requirements of those projects for blueprint rewards.

4. How often do vendor stocks for mods reset?

Vendors like Banshee-44 at The Tower reset their stocks daily. Ensure you are logging in once a day to check the new stock as you will not be able to collect the items if you miss the rotation.

5. What is the best difficulty level for farming mods?

Higher difficulty levels such as Heroic and Legendary generally provide a better chance of obtaining higher quality mods. Also, the quality of the mods will be higher in Targeted Loot Zones, so keep an eye on which area has the modification you are looking for, this is available on the game map.

6. Are there any specific missions that have a higher chance of dropping mods?

No, there are no specific missions with guaranteed mod drops, but any mission with a higher difficulty and many named bosses is more likely to drop more mods.

7. Can I trade mods with other players?

No, mods in The Division 2 are not tradeable with other players. The only way to acquire them is through the methods already mentioned in this article.

8. What does the draw back mean on mod stats?

Every mod has a trade-off, meaning it provides a boost in one area but causes a decrease in another. For example, a mod that increases weapon stability might decrease weapon accuracy. It is important to consider your overall build before adding any mod.

9. How does the Gear Score affect the quality of mods?

The Gear Score of a mod reflects its overall quality and effectiveness. Mods with a higher Gear Score generally provide better stat boosts and have more potential for the Gear Expertise system to enhance them.

10. What is the best way to farm for specific weapon mods?

Use Targeted Loot Zones, look at the map to see which area has the weapon modification that you are looking for. Additionally, daily vendor checks can help you find what you’re after but this is ultimately at the mercy of the rotation.

11. How can I increase my proficiency with specific mods quickly?

Using the same type of mod consistently will increase your Proficiency Rank. You can also use proficiency boosts and game modifiers when completing content to speed up this process.

12. Does the SHD level increase mod quality?

No, the SHD level does not directly increase the quality of the mods you find. The SHD level provides other benefits but is not related to mod progression other than it being a required step in end-game progression.

13. Are Exotic Mods better than regular mods?

There are no Exotic mods in The Division 2. Instead, Exotic gear and weapons have unique talents and stats that are not tied directly to mods.

14. What are the key stats to look for on gear mods?

It depends on your build, but some crucial stats include skill power, armor, weapon damage, status effect chance, critical hit damage, and critical hit chance. Consider what you are trying to enhance with your build and pick modifications to support it.

15. Is it worth using mods early in the game?

Yes, even early in the game, it’s important to use modifications to help increase your stats. You will replace them as you get to the end game content, but these early modifications can be incredibly helpful in early and mid-game content.

Conclusion

In summary, getting better mods in The Division 2 is a journey that involves combining various activities and understanding the game’s mechanics. By consistently looting, crafting, purchasing from vendors, and targeting specific areas, you can greatly improve the quality of the mods available to you. Remember to consider the drawbacks of each mod and how they will affect your overall build. With patience and perseverance, you’ll be able to fine-tune your gear and unleash your full potential as a Division agent. Good luck agent!