This page covers the season itself: the launch date, what Red Horizon added, what is running now, and what closed with Into the Dark.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
TL;DR<\/p>\n
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- Red Horizon (Year 8 Season 3) went live on August 27, 2026, the date Ubisoft gave at Gamescom; Into the Dark ended the same day<\/li>\n
- It is not the last season of Year 8: Ubisoft has previewed a Season 4 with the Black Tusk returning, but has not dated it (checked October 11, 2026)<\/li>\n
- Running now: Red Moon Rising in the PvE Dark Zone until November 3, with two new Exotics, Vertigo and Sarru; Countdown Surge (2x Countdown Requisition) until October 13<\/li>\n
- Next: the Classified Assignment The Georgetown Dead Zone on October 15, and the Echoes of Central Park DLC on November 3<\/li>\n
- Cleaners are the main Retaliation threat this season, and Under Pressure’s three Active Modifiers have no general cooldown<\/li>\n
- Red Horizon’s end date is not stated in Ubisoft’s season posts (checked October 11, 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"When Did The Division 2 Into the Dark Season End","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Into the Dark launched June 16, 2026, and ended when Season 3, Red Horizon, went live on August 27, 2026. Ubisoft confirmed the date in its first Gamescom 2026 post<\/a> on August 26: “Red Horizon launches August 27”. Before that, the season went through public test server builds on August 14 and August 21; test-server figures that the launch notes do not repeat are not used on this page.<\/p>\n
Anything tied to the old season’s manifest, Stretch Goals track or timed event<\/a> passes closed with the switch. The official Ubisoft Division 2 page<\/a> is the place to watch for Season 4’s date, which Ubisoft has not announced (checked October 11, 2026).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What The Division 2 Red Horizon Season 3 Actually Adds","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Red Horizon is Year 8’s third season, not its last: at Gamescom Ubisoft previewed a Season 4 with the return of the Black Tusk and reworks of Prototype Gear and Escalations (our Year 9 and roadmap overview<\/a> tracks it). Red Horizon also changes how Brand Sets grow: instead of new Brand Sets, Ubisoft now adds Named pieces with Perfect Talents or Attributes to existing Brands. Here is what the season brought, per Ubisoft’s Red Horizon announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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- Cleaners in Washington D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 for the season, Cleaners take over Control Points, spawn activities and start Retaliations in Named Zones.<\/li>\n
- 95 Company<\/strong> \u2014 a Cleaner Elite Kill Squad that can spawn during Retaliations.<\/li>\n
- Under Pressure<\/strong> \u2014 a Pressure Gauge built by combat that powers three Active Modifiers, with 20 Passive Modifiers to tune it.<\/li>\n
- Dark Zone<\/strong> \u2014 Blackout joins the rotation with no stat normalization, and the Toxic PvE Dark Zone becomes permanent.<\/li>\n
- New gear<\/strong> \u2014 the Fafnir exotic shotgun, the Iron Will exotic chest, the Ember Engine gear set, and Named items including Trick Shot, Rushdown, Melon Baller, Keeper and the Teapot and Steamer weapons.<\/li>\n
- Talent and set changes<\/strong> \u2014 Determined now works like Perfect Determined; Red Core Gear Sets, Ortiz: Exuro and True Patriot were rebalanced; Steel & Sons ACR got more stability, 4 max stacks and +30% Amplified Damage after a weak point break.<\/li>\n
- Escalations<\/strong> \u2014 tokens are no longer lost after a disconnect, per the Gamescom panel post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If you are picking what to run, the best specialization guide for Red Horizon<\/a> covers how Under Pressure changes the choice.<\/p>\n
\n3<\/span>Active Modifiers, no general cooldown<\/span><\/div>\n20<\/span>Passive Modifiers<\/span><\/div>\nNov 3<\/span>Red Moon Rising ends<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"![\"The](\"https:\/\/shared.akamai.steamstatic.com\/store_item_assets\/steam\/apps\/2221490\/99aeccddb8fd99ee0915e277a7a88f360940dfbe\/ss_99aeccddb8fd99ee0915e277a7a88f360940dfbe.1920x1080.jpg?t=1786639226\")
<\/figure>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"How the Cleaners and 95 Company Work","tag":"h3"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"For the duration of the season, Cleaners appear throughout the open world in Washington, D.C.: they take over Control Points, spawn activities and initiate Retaliations in Named Zones, and they are the main Retaliation threat this season.<\/p>\n
95 Company sits on top of that. It is a Cleaner Elite Kill Squad that can spawn during Retaliations, similar to BTSU Team 9 and the Knock Knock Gang \u2014 a tougher, named encounter rather than a guaranteed spawn, and tied to this season rather than a permanent addition to the enemy roster.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"How the Under Pressure Modifier Works","tag":"h3"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Under Pressure is Red Horizon’s global modifier. Its Pressure Gauge fills from kills, headshots, multikills, Skill kills, Status Effect kills, fire kills and kills by anyone in your group. The more Pressure you hold, the stronger the bonus \u2014 Status Effects by default, though Passive Modifiers can swap that primary bonus for Signature Weapon Damage or Hazard Protection.<\/p>\n
The Gauge also powers three Active Modifiers, and this season they have no general cooldown<\/strong>: once you have enough Pressure you can activate one when you need it, and the Gauge resets once the Active Modifier ends. That rewards builds that generate kills quickly and punishes ones that do not.<\/p>\n
The three Active Modifiers are Fiery Aura (Armor Regen and Damage Resistance, and enemies that get close catch fire), Vicarious Combustion (a headshot on a burning enemy spreads Burn to those nearby) and Signed, Shield, Delivered (Signature Weapon and Shield bonuses). Since TU Y8S3.1 on September 23, activating Signed, Shield, Delivered also refills your current magazine without using reserve ammo, and the Modular Plates Modifier regenerates Shield over time instead of restoring it instantly. Three Hostile Modifiers \u2014 Draining Presence, Achilles’ Heal and Thousand Cuts \u2014 work against your Gauge, and setting the affected enemy on fire, from any source of Burn, is the only way to remove or reverse them.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What Changed in the PvE and PvP Rebalance","tag":"h3"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Red Horizon’s launch notes adjusted Skill base values and tier scaling for PvP along with some Gear Set, Brand Set and talent bonuses, and added Ortiz: Reficere, Caduceus and Nurse’s Kneepads to the special loot pool for PvP Dark Zones.<\/p>\n
Red Horizon also removed Shock Resistance, Health, Incoming Repairs and Swap Speed from Brand Set bonuses and added Protection from Elites. A second PvP pass came with TU Y8S3.1 on September 23, covering Prototype Augments, Gear and Brand Set bonuses, talents, Exotics (Vertigo and Sarru included) and SHD Skills, and Ember Engine’s Spontaneous Combustion no longer triggers through Pulse in PvP. Ubisoft’s full PvP breakdown<\/a> lists the old and new values.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Blackout Dark Zone Runs Alongside the Existing Rotation","tag":"h3"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Blackout joined the Dark Zone rotation with Red Horizon, and the Toxic PvE Dark Zone became permanent. Blackout removes stat normalization, so SHD Watch and Expertise apply. It is permanently Invaded with the Black Tusk as the main enemy and loot drops at Heroic quality. No normalization does not mean no balancing: Rogue Protocol stays on, and Global PvP Balance still applies to weapons, gear and Skills. Ubisoft’s announcement also lists its Prototype drop chances: 0.2% from normal enemies (mid rolls), 0.5% mid or 0.2% high from elites, and 1% mid or 2% high from bosses.<\/p>\n
Which variant is live in a given week, and which suits a returning build, is in our returning player guide<\/a>; Toxic farming is in the PvE Dark Zone guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Classified Assignments and Retaliation Events","tag":"h3"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
The season’s first Classified Assignment, The District Mall Inferno<\/strong>, opened on August 27. The second, The Georgetown Dead Zone<\/strong>, is dated October 15<\/strong> in Ubisoft’s announcement. The Red Horizon Bundle ($29.99) includes both, alongside the Premium Season Pass; access unlocks at Level 30, from the Assignments tab on the map.<\/p>\n
September ran three Retaliation windows, all closed now: a Retaliation anniversary Project Chain (September 8\u201322) that paid materials and caches per Project with an Outfit Token for the final one, a Retaliation Surge week (September 8\u201315) with double Retaliation Faction Materials, and a one-week rerun of the Project Chain from September 24 with Projects unlocking hourly, added by TU Y8S3.1 after a progression fix.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What Is Running in Red Horizon Now","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Dated windows from Ubisoft’s TU Y8S3.1 notes<\/a> (September 23) and @TheDivisionGame<\/a> posts, as of October 11, 2026.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"What"},{"header_text":"When"},{"header_text":"Status"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Red Moon Rising (PvE Dark Zone)"},{"cell_text":"Sep 24 \u2013 Nov 3"},{"cell_text":"Live"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Countdown Surge: 2x Countdown Requisition"},{"cell_text":"Oct 6 \u2013 13"},{"cell_text":"Live"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Legacy Twitch Drops"},{"cell_text":"Until Oct 13"},{"cell_text":"Live"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"The Georgetown Dead Zone"},{"cell_text":"Oct 15"},{"cell_text":"Upcoming"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Echoes of Central Park DLC"},{"cell_text":"Nov 3"},{"cell_text":"Upcoming"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Crossplay"},{"cell_text":"November, no date"},{"cell_text":"Upcoming"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Rage Harvest global event"},{"cell_text":"Sep 29 \u2013 Oct 6"},{"cell_text":"Ended"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Deadeye Overdrive"},{"cell_text":"Sep 29 \u2013 Oct 6"},{"cell_text":"Ended"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Dark Zone Surge"},{"cell_text":"Sep 22 \u2013 29"},{"cell_text":"Ended"}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Red Moon Rising: Vertigo, Sarru and the Recruiter\u2019s Mask","tag":"h3"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
During Red Moon Rising the Black Tusk control the PvE Dark Zone and your SHD tech misbehaves: the longer you stay inside, the more Red Moon Stacks you build, bringing stronger buffs and worse drawbacks as the count rises. Dying, leaving the PvE Dark Zone or securing contaminated loot wipes the stacks; a Safehouse pauses them until you step back out. The event’s loot pools hold Exotics, DZ Named items, curated Named items and Prototype gear.<\/p>\n
Two new Exotics headline the pool. Vertigo<\/strong> is an Exotic GR9 whose talent, Startling, Disorients any enemy it Suppresses and gives you and your allies +30% Damage to Targets Out of Cover for 15s. Sarru<\/strong> is an Exotic Backpack whose talent, Decoy King, cycles through eight Moon phases every 5s in combat, Amplifying your damage from 5% at New Moon up to 25% at Full Moon; a Decoy deployed at Full Moon is Overcharged and pauses the cycle for 10s. On October 1<\/a> Ubisoft added that The Recruiter’s mask can be earned during the event until November 3, and on October 5<\/a> that Phoebe, the XB-35 Marauder, had arrived in the Dark Zone with it.<\/p>\n
The same update put the reconfiguration blueprints for Prima Donna and Steel & Sons ACR in Inaya’s inventory; each appears only if you own the item and keep it in your inventory or stash. For the DLC itself \u2014 price, map, companions \u2014 see our Echoes of Central Park explainer<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What Closed When Into the Dark Ended","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Season 2 didn’t sit quiet on its way out. Title Update Y8S2.3 landed August 11 with the Broken Rain Incursion \u2014 a four-player fight through the Steel Creek Dam and Hydroelectric Plant against the Rikers, with a hurricane closing in \u2014 plus the Into the Dark Climax mission, a Dark Zone loot overhaul, and the Stretch Goals track for anyone who’d already capped their Season Pass. The PvE Dark Zone guide<\/a> covers the rotation changes Season 2 brought if you haven’t touched the reworked Dark Zone yet.<\/p>\n
The Incursion could be repeated as many times as you wanted each week, with the drop chance staying flat on every attempt, so the timed rewards below were the only true one-shot misses. The season itself ended on August 27, when Red Horizon went live.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"What"},{"header_text":"Deadline"},{"header_text":"If you miss it"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Golden Beaver \/ Silver Beaver arm patches (Broken Rain first-clear rewards)"},{"cell_text":"Already closed \u2014 tied to the first 24 hours and first 7 days after the August 11 launch"},{"cell_text":"Gone for good. You can still farm the Incursion itself, just not these specific patches."}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Broken Rain Event Pass (JTF outfits, Outfit Tokens)"},{"cell_text":"August 25, 2026"},{"cell_text":"Unclaimed free and premium track rewards disappear once the pass closes."}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Into the Dark Stretch Goals track (Standard\/Prestige Caches)"},{"cell_text":"Closed August 27, 2026"},{"cell_text":"The track and its Standard and Prestige Caches closed with Into the Dark."}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Season Pass tier progress and seasonal manifest"},{"cell_text":"Closed August 27, 2026"},{"cell_text":"Unspent tiers and manifest rewards don't typically carry into the next season's track."}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Old Determined headshot chain"},{"cell_text":"Changed August 27, 2026"},{"cell_text":"Determined now works like Perfect Determined; the chain moved to the Iron Will exotic chest."}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Preparing for the Next Switch","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
The stash, Recalibration Library and materials checklist lives in our pre-season prep guide<\/a>, now aimed at November 3, when Echoes of Central Park launches and Red Moon Rising ends. Season 4 has no date yet, so treat November 3 as the deadline for anything tied to this season’s event.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Our Take: What to Do in Red Horizon Now","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
\nOur Take<\/p>\n
Red Horizon is mid-season, and the dated windows are what to plan around.<\/p>\n
The season’s systems \u2014 Under Pressure, Blackout, the permanent Toxic Dark Zone \u2014 are not going anywhere before Season 4, but Red Moon Rising, its two Exotics and the Recruiter’s mask end on November 3, the day Echoes of Central Park arrives. If you only have a few sessions before then, spend them in the PvE Dark Zone. The Georgetown Dead Zone opens on October 15 and stays for the season; Red Moon Rising does not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Sources and Confidence<\/h2>\n
Every row is from Ubisoft’s own posts, checked October 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
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\n \nClaim<\/th>\n Where it comes from<\/th>\n Status<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n Red Horizon launched August 27, 2026<\/td>\n Ubisoft on Steam, Gamescom panel 1, 26 Aug 2026<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Season 4 previewed (Black Tusk return, Prototype Gear and Escalation changes); no date<\/td>\n Same post<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Cleaners, 95 Company, Under Pressure, Blackout, permanent Toxic, new gear, Classified Assignment dates, Blackout Prototype drop chances<\/td>\n Ubisoft on Steam, “The Division 2: Red Horizon”, 26 Aug 2026<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Red Moon Rising Sep 24 \u2013 Nov 3, Vertigo, Sarru, Countdown Surge, Project Chain rerun, reconfiguration blueprints, Sep 23 PvP pass<\/td>\n Ubisoft on Steam, TU Y8S3.1, 23 Sep 2026<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Recruiter’s mask until Nov 3; Phoebe in the Dark Zone; Legacy Twitch Drops until Oct 13<\/td>\n @TheDivisionGame, 1 Oct<\/a>, 5 Oct<\/a>, 6 Oct<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Echoes of Central Park on November 3<\/td>\n Ubisoft on Steam, 24 Sep 2026<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Gauge resets once the Active Modifier ends; Blackout keeps Rogue Protocol and Global PvP Balance<\/td>\n Ubisoft.com, The Division 2: Red Horizon<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"faq","items":[{"question":"When did The Division 2 Season 2 Into the Dark end?","answer":"On August 27, 2026, when Red Horizon went live."},{"question":"When did The Division 2 Red Horizon Season 3 start?","answer":"On August 27, 2026. Ubisoft gave the date in its Gamescom 2026 post on August 26: Red Horizon launches August 27."},{"question":"When does Red Horizon end?","answer":"Ubisoft has not stated an end date (checked October 11, 2026). Its Red Moon Rising event ends on November 3, the day Echoes of Central Park launches, and a Season 4 has been previewed without a date."},{"question":"What is Red Moon Rising in The Division 2?","answer":"A Red Horizon event in the PvE Dark Zone from September 24 to November 3, 2026: the Black Tusk take over, Red Moon Stacks add buffs and drawbacks the longer you stay, and the loot pool includes the new Exotics Vertigo and Sarru."},{"question":"What is the Under Pressure modifier in Red Horizon?","answer":"A Pressure Gauge that fills from kills, headshots, multikills, Skill kills, Status Effect kills, fire kills and kills by your group. It boosts Status Effects by default and powers three Active Modifiers with no general cooldown; the Gauge resets once an Active Modifier ends."},{"question":"Did Into the Dark Season Pass progress carry over into Red Horizon?","answer":"Ubisoft's Red Horizon posts do not say it did (checked October 11, 2026). In past seasons The Division 2 has not carried unspent Season Pass or Stretch Goals progress forward."}]}],"bottom":[{"acf_fc_layout":"more_articles","heading":"","posts":[],"count":10},{"acf_fc_layout":"chat","heading":""}],"meta_description":"Red Horizon went live August 27, 2026: Cleaners, 95 Company, Under Pressure, the Blackout Dark Zone, what closed with Into the Dark, and a prep checklist."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4347"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7743,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347\/revisions\/7743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4347"},{"taxonomy":"blog_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_tag?post=4347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} - 95 Company<\/strong> \u2014 a Cleaner Elite Kill Squad that can spawn during Retaliations.<\/li>\n
- Cleaners in Washington D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 for the season, Cleaners take over Control Points, spawn activities and start Retaliations in Named Zones.<\/li>\n