DCD Headquarters is a main settlement mission in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2.
Your task is to assault the abandoned DCD building complex held by the Outcasts.
Here’s a walkthrough of DCD Headquarters in The Division 2.
This mission is recommended for those level 15 and above.
Get inside the DCD Headquarters
Your first objective is to find your way into the compound. Go through the yellow entrance.
Right inside the compound, there are many guards waiting. Kill all of them.
Once you’re in, find your way into the headquarters (image below).
Secure the entrance
You will reach an ambulance van. Climb over it to get to the entrance (constitution hall).
This part has plenty of hostiles standing guard and more to come. Eliminate all of them to secure the area.
Enter the DCD building
Once the coast is clear, get inside the building through the main entrance.
Locate a terminal
Next, you need to locate a terminal.
Go upstairs to look for it. Once again, eliminate the enemies first.
Link ISAC to the DCD terminal
The terminal is in the room. Get there and link ISAC to it.
Exit the building
Next, find a way to get out of the building.
On the way out, you will find more enemies.
Reach the DCD laboratory
Once you’re in the compound, look for the laboratory entrance at the side of the building.
Secure the lab
After reaching the lab, you need to eliminate the enemies.
Open the fuel line
Keep going ahead until you spot the fuel line. Open it.
Initiate the decontamination protocol
You now need to initiate the protocol. Get through this elevator door and climb up using the cable.
Here, you will meet more hostiles in the area.
After clearing the area, you have to initiate the decontamination protocol.
Get into this room (image below). Once you’re inside, start the protocol.
You have to wait for all of the members to come into the same room.
Once all are inside, the lab will be burned with fire.
Secure the area
Use the door to get to the next area.
You now need to eliminate the enemies in front of you.
Reach the western building
Next, you have to find your way to the western building to destroy the Outcasts’ samples.
Use this exit door.
Secure the area
Once you’ve reached the next building, secure the area.
Reach the DCD research morgue
Once the area is secure, get to this elevator door and press the button.
It will allow you to jump down to the morgue area.
Get through this door.
Neutralize any hostiles
You will now come across more hostiles. Kill all of them.
Destroy the blood vat
In the same area, you need to destroy two of the blood vats.
Neutralize any hostiles
Once you’ve done so, keep going and eliminate the hostiles. You should encounter two heavily armored guys here.
They may use melee to attack you. Avoid close proximity or you will get knocked down in 1 hit.
Reach the DCD research library
Next, get to the research library.
You have to use the cable to get to the next level.
Neutralize all hostiles
You will come across an open area. Kill all of the hostiles.
Download the DCD research
Continue going ahead and download the DCD research.
While the data is being downloaded, hostiles will show up from behind. Take cover and survive the assault while ISAC syncs the data.
You need to watch out for those suicide bombers.
Escape through the courtyard
Once the data is downloaded, escape through the courtyard. Use the door in the image below.
Here, you need to wait for the other agents to arrive, before the door opens.
It’s also a no-respawn area.
Defeat the Outcast leader
You should now reach the compound. Defeat the Outcast leader and his henchmen.
You may want to watch out for the leader Blade. He is heavily armored.
The mission completes after the area is secure.
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