Healing in The Division 2 isn’t as easy as you’d like it to be. All too often you will become surrounded and get killed by enemies as your health deteriorates quickly after your shield has gone. You can heal, however, but it can prove slow. Read on for the full skinny on how to heal in The Division 2 as well as recovering armor and the best skills to improve healing.
The Division 2 How to Heal | Armor Kits
Your armor gauge acts as your health bar for the most part in The Division 2. Once this has depleted after taking a few hits, your actual health bar is quick to run out and cannot be healed (although it will eventually refill if you avoid taking damage for a small while). You will definitely want to keep your armor gauge as high as possible at all times.
The earliest way you can do this is by using Armor Kits. Using an Armor Kit is slow, however. You’ll have to hunker down behind something and hold down right on the d-pad (the V key while playing with mouse and keyboard). It’ll take a few seconds to use an Armor Kit, and they are rare to find as loot from enemies. Thankfully, there are other ways in which you can heal your Armor effectively in The Division 2. Armor Kits should only be used as a last resort.
The Division 2 How to Heal | What Skills help to heal?
If you’re finding The Division 2 is kicking your behind a little too often, you will want to spend some Skill points to target healing improvements. Thankfully, there are a few Skills that will heal your armor more quickly and effectively than the Armor Kits ever will. Perhaps the most effective is the Reinforcer Chem Launcher.
This will disperse a cloud of armor-healing gas that you and your teammates can make the most of. It’ll help you to auto-revive, too. You can drop or throw up to three Reinforcer Chem Launchers at any one time. The more you drop, the quicker your armor will heal. Unlike the Armor Kits, too, you will be able to move and heal as long as you remain within the circle of the healing gas.
There are a few armor-healing Skills you can unlock alongside the Reinforcer Chem Launcher. These are as follows:
- Chem Launcher Reinforcer: Creates armor-healing gas that will heal you and your allies.
- Drone Fixer: Deployable drone that will heal yours or your allies’ armor when told.
- Hive Restorer: Micro repair drones heal yours and allies’ armor.
- Hive Reviver: Will revive you and fallen allies.
There are several Gear upgrades that’ll help you to heal, too. The Fenris Group AB Gear will heal you by 20 percent when you kill an enemy. The Ceska Vyroba s.r.o heals you by 10 percent after a kill, but will boost your health by 15 percent. Read more about all the Division 2 Skills and Gear combos in our guide.
Division 2 Apocalypse Travel Guide
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A Tourist's Guide of Gaming's Post-Apocalyptic Settings
It finally happened. The bombs went off. The zombies took over. The flood waters overtook the city. Valve released Half-Life 3. Whatever the case, you want to make the most out of your post-apocalyptic travel. In honor of The Division 2, we're taking to the skies and touring gaming's most luxurious wastelands. -
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Treat yourself to a luxurious overgrown wonderland of ruined buildings. Spy the warbots in the distance, but avoid their nasty claws and howling maws. Just grab some EMP devices and holograms and grapple to a prime sunbathing spot. No one will bother you up there. -
Far Cry New Dawn
Pristine Hope County was spared by the atomic blasts, which is great news for the end days traveler. Marvel at the intricate and colorful graffiti left by the local "Highwaymen." Enjoy the death races at the arena! Just keep your helmet on and lay low, you probably don't want to be a participant. -
Horizon Zero Dawn
From the newest dawn to Zero Dawn. Arrive in All-Mother's Embrace and sample local cuisine from the Nora tribe. Venture out towards Meridian on safari, snapping pictures of all the robotic wildlife. Just remember, steer clear of the Tallnecks. They can crush anything underfoot without warning. -
Metro Exodus
The Russian countryside is just as luxuriously gray as any other post-apocalypse. Find a local faction to call your own and scavenge for food from your new rivals. Or, hop on the train and journey towards the unknown as you battle mutants alongside this Artyom fellow. -
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
What's better than wandering through ruined buildings and chatting it up with starving locals? Zooming past them on your retrofitted motorbike! Race with other thrillseekers on the roads of civilization's end, avoid sinkholes, and deathtraps on your way to the assuredly dented golden trophy. -
Fallout: New Vegas
Roll the dice on New Vegas, the greatest little set of casinos in the Wasteland. Stay in the Lucky 38 and be Mr. House's special guest, or take your chances across the street at the Ultra-Luxe. Just don't try the steak unless you have a strong stomach. -
Mad Max
Drive the Magnum Opus out to the Plains of Silence for a luxurious desert vacation. Come for the delicious cans of Dinki-Di Meat and Veggies, stay for the parades of raider caravans gathering in the distance. Bring a sawed-off shotgun along for extra fun. -
Rage
Do you want to see the pink of end times Hope County but you need a few more superpowers on your stay? Saddle up to Wellspring and take in the world of Rage. Just sit down at Mick's Garage and get set up with your own Outlander racing vehicle. -
State of Decay
For a little extra with your end times, you'll always want to add the Zombies option. Perfect for groups or those with teamwork in their veins, Trumbull Valley offers plenty of opportunities for scavenging and exploring. Make new friends, rescue your old ones, and make a new home before the Breakdown. -
Wasteland
If you're looking for that rustic smell, only the classics will do. Jet over to Needles and take your time with turn-based combat and cozy graphics that only a classic PC franchise can provide. See the origins of your favorite vacation spot in this atomic blast from the past.
