

So it is recommended to enter the Dark Zone in a group, so that you can profit from the group-synergies and protect each other. Since the Dark Zone is a PVP enabled area, there is an unknown factor in the mix, because you could be attacked by other players at any time. These Landmarks are spots where you find strong elite opponents and also named enemies that guarantee good loot-drops for one and usually guard one of the Dark Zone Chests. These Landmarks can be special streets, stores, or just random buildings like an abandoned Gas Station. They belong to you.Īs you explore the Dark Zone you will find so called Landmarks. Of course the weapons you buy from the vendor don´t have to be extracted. In these DZ Safe Houses you can resupply and buy items from a special Dark Zone Vendor.

You recognize these Safe Rooms easy, because there is a big marker on the wall. These Safe Rooms have multiple exits that allows you to leave the place through another exit than you came in. These Safe Rooms are personal to your group and can´t be entered by players outside your group. Inside the Dark Zone you can find Safe Rooms. So take your time when you are exploring, so that you don´t get overrun by a group of elite-enemies. But be careful, there are not only only DZ Chests hidden in the different corners of the Dark Zone, but there are also areas where dangerous enemies lurk and only wait on careless agents to enter their territory.

In the Dark Zone you can climb on rooftops, there is street-level combat, we can enter buildings or go underground. It will drop from killed NPCs, killed Rogue Agents (Bounty) or can also be collected from the chests. This currency can only be gathered in the DZ. The Dark Zone has also its own currency called Dark Zone Currency or Dark Zone Funds. When you lose Dark Zone Rank, you can still use the weapon. Items bought from the vendor belong to you and you don´t have to extract them. The weapons from the DZ Vendor are tied to Character Level and Dark Zone Rank and you can only buy it, when you have an equal or higher rank/level as stated on the item. The DZ vendor sells high quality weapons, gear and mods, that can only be bought with Dark Zone Currency. When you carry any contaminated loot into the Checkpoints, it will be destroyed.Įach checkpoint has a Dark Zone Vendor. The security checkpoints on the other hand allow you to leave the zone through an airlock, but you can’t take out any contaminated loot this way. When you climb over the wall it is a one-way ticket, you can’t go out this way. You can enter the Dark Zone by either climbing over the wall surrounding the zone or enter it through one of the security checkpoints.

When chaos broke out, the specialist and the military had to evacuate the zone and left all their best equipment in this high contaminated area. The story behind the Dark Zone is, that it was basically the main quarantine zone where the military contained the sick and the scientist searched for a cure. The Dark Zone is one very large walled off area in midtown Manhattan that goes to the middle of Manhattan. ALL CREDIT FOR THIS GUIDE GOES TO JokerUnique
