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The Division 2<\/a> is running a one-week Retaliation push: Faction Materials earned from Retaliations are doubled, and a new Project Chain hands out an Outfit Token on completion. Both were announced by the official Division<\/a> 2 account, and both are tied to hard dates. This piece breaks down exactly what was said, what it's worth doing before the window shuts, and what can wait.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" TL;DR<\/p> On September 8, the official Division 2 account posted that Retaliations are worth revisiting for two reasons this week. The first is a project chain: Starting September 8, complete the special Retaliation Project Chain to earn an Outfit Token and unlock an eligible outfit of your choice. The second is a materials bonus running on a shorter clock: from September 8 to 15, Retaliation Faction Materials are doubled.<\/p>\n Ubisoft's own Red Horizon news page repeats the same beats and adds one useful clarification on scope: the Surge applies broadly, doubling the Retaliation Faction Materials you earn from all sources during that window, not just from completed Retaliations specifically. This is happening inside Year 8 Season 3: Red Horizon, the season currently live in the game \u2014 if you want the full rundown of what that season changed beyond this week's event, that's covered in Division 2 Red Horizon: Everything the Season Brought<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Retaliation Surge and the Outfit Token: the specifics","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\n This is a straight multiplier, not a new activity. You still run Retaliations the same way you have all season \u2014 same factions, same Control Point retakes \u2014 the only change is that whatever Retaliation Faction Materials drop during that run are doubled while Surge is active. The post gives no per-run number, so there's no confirmed<\/a> rate to quote here; the multiplier applies to whatever you'd normally earn.<\/p>\n Each completed Project comes with useful materials and caches, with an Outfit Token waiting at the end as the main reward, usable to unlock one eligible outfit of your choice from the store. The chain sends you back into Retaliations against different factions to progress it. Ubisoft’s Red Horizon page gives the chain its own window \u2014 September 8 to September 22 \u2014 and ties it to Retaliation’s first anniversary. Neither the post nor that page names how many Projects are in the chain, or which outfits count as “eligible,” \u2014 that phrase is exactly what's confirmed, nothing more specific than that.<\/p>\n\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Why this is worth your time this week","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\n Retaliation Faction Materials aren't a cosmetic currency \u2014 they're a direct input into exotic crafting and into Retaliation-specific Projects, which is why a flat doubling matters more here than it would on a currency you're not already grinding. If you're mid-farm on an exotic and haven't seen the full breakdown of which materials feed which blueprint, that's laid out in the exotic farming guide<\/a> rather than repeated here. The practical math is simple: any Retaliation session you were already planning to run this week is worth roughly double in materials than the same session run after the 15th. That's the entire lever \u2014 there's no new activity to learn, just a narrower window to run the activity you already know.<\/p>\n The honest cost here is the calendar, not the grind itself: you have from September 8 through September 15 \u2014 a seven-day window \u2014 to bank the doubled materials, full stop. Miss it and the Faction Materials return to their normal drop rate; the Project Chain runs a week longer, to September 22, so the outfit unlock is not capped at the 15th — only the doubled materials are.<\/p>\n Warning<\/p> The doubled materials specifically end on September 15 \u2014 no closing hour has been given. If your play session that day runs late, there's no confirmation the bonus holds past midnight in any particular timezone, so don't bank on squeezing in a last-minute run right at the wire.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/span>\n\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What this means for your week in Division 2","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\n Prioritize Retaliations over other Faction Materials sources this week if you're actively working toward an exotic \u2014 the multiplier only applies while Surge is live. The Outfit Token chain is lower pressure: it runs to September 22, a week past the Surge, so there’s no reason to rush it purely for the cosmetic reward, though running it alongside your materials farm costs nothing extra since both use the same Retaliation runs. If you've been away from the game and are trying to figure out where Retaliation Week fits into everything else Red Horizon changed, the returning player guide<\/a> covers what to check first on login.<\/p>\n In our reading, the move here is: run Retaliations you'd be doing anyway before the 15th, don't go out of your way to invent new farming routes just for this week, and treat the Outfit Token as a bonus you pick up along the way rather than a separate goal.<\/p>\n\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Our Take: is Retaliation Week worth changing your plans for?","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\n Our Take<\/p> Worth front-loading, not worth restructuring your week around.<\/p> A materials doubler on a currency you're likely already farming is close to free value \u2014 there's no new mechanic to learn and no downside to running Retaliations you'd have run anyway. The Outfit Token is a nice bonus, but with no outfit list, no Project count, and a deadline a week later (September 22), it's not something to chase at the expense of the actual time-limited bonus. Bank the materials by the 15th; let the token come along for the ride.<\/p><\/div>\n\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" This table separates what the studio has confirmed from what comes out of press previews, and what is still just circulating. Every link below was fetched before publishing.<\/p>\n\n
Retaliation Surge (Faction Materials x2)<\/h3>\n
The Retaliation Project Chain (Outfit Token)<\/h3>\n
Sources and Confidence<\/h2>\n
Claim<\/th> Where it comes from<\/th> Status<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Official post announced the Retaliation Project Chain and Outfit Token reward<\/td> @TheDivisionGame on X<\/a><\/td> Official<\/td><\/tr> Retaliation Surge doubles Faction Materials from September 8 to 15<\/td> Ubisoft (Division 2 official news page)<\/a><\/td> Official<\/td><\/tr> Red Horizon (Year 8 Season 3) launched August 27, 2026<\/td> KeenGamer<\/a><\/td> Preview<\/td><\/tr> Retaliation Project Chain runs September 8 to September 22, marking one year since Retaliation launched<\/td> Ubisoft (Division 2 official news page)<\/a><\/td> Official<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"faq","items":[{"question":"When does the Division 2 Retaliation Faction Materials doubling end?","answer":"The doubling, called Retaliation Surge, runs from September 8 to September 15. No specific closing hour or timezone has been given, so don't wait until the last possible moment to farm."},{"question":"What outfit can I get with the Outfit Token?","answer":"The official post only says the token unlocks \"an eligible outfit of your choice\" from the store. No specific outfit names or list have been published, so check the in-game store once you've earned the token to see what qualifies."},{"question":"Do I need to finish the Project Chain before September 15 too?","answer":"No. Ubisoft’s Red Horizon page gives the Project Chain its own window, September 8 to September 22; only the doubled materials end on the 15th. Bank the materials first, finish the chain in the second week."},{"question":"Does the materials bonus apply to all Retaliation Faction Materials or just from finishing a Retaliation?","answer":"Ubisoft's own Red Horizon page describes it as doubling materials earned from all sources during the window, not only from full Retaliation completions."}]}],"bottom":[{"acf_fc_layout":"more_articles","heading":"","posts":[],"count":10},{"acf_fc_layout":"chat","heading":""}],"meta_description":"The Division 2's Retaliation Surge doubles Faction Materials through September 15, with an Outfit Token tied to a new Project Chain. Here's what it means."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320","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=5320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5320"},{"taxonomy":"blog_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_tag?post=5320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}