The final The Division expansion, Last Stand, will add a dedicated PvP experience with a strong PvE component to the game alongside a new Incursion. Additionally, Ubisoft has detailed the upcoming 1.6 patch.

　　Ubisoft shared new details about the game’s final expansion through a teaser video earlier this week and has now posted a blog post on The Division’s third DLC.

　　Unlike previous expansions, The Last Stand DLC and the 1.6 update will not be timed exclusives on Xbox One and PC.

　　The Last Stand will combine PvP and PvE and will split the Dark Zone into four different maps. Players will be able to travel between Dark Zone checkpoints, and the size of the Dark Zone has been doubled, according to the developers. As said, the expansion will also add a new Incursion – more information will be provided later on.

　　“Each map has three tactical locations – A, B, and C – that in turn are divided into three encryption points that all need to be controlled in order to start the data transfer. Over the course of a game, you will try to control as many of these locations as possible, while neutralizing any points held by the enemy team”, reads the official blog post.

　　Capturing a terminal will also activate a spawn relay, which will give you more options on how to get back into the fight if you get killed. To give you a better overview you will choose where to spawn from the megamap instead of from the list you get in the regular game. At a given point during the match, the rules change, and you can start automatically spawning in close to your team mates, making the later game more aggressive and fast paced.

　　Last Stand will introduce a new reward progression system to the game, similar to the Underground expansion. Players will gain Last Stand ranks and special experience points while playing, and each rank will reward players with a sealed cache of items.

　　For the full breakdown of the Division’s Last Stand expansion, we suggest you read Ubisoft’s in-depth blog post here.

　　Ubisoft has also detailed the upcoming 1.6 patch, which will be released alongside the Last Stand expansion. In short, the update will add three new areas and Contamination events, fast traveling between Dark Zone checkpoints. On top of that, the patch will give the in-game store an overhaul by adding a new currency and extending the range of available items. Down below you'll find a summary of the key changes included with the 1.6 update:

　　Summary of the new Dark Zone areas

　　The Dark Zone has been expanded with three new areas, Dark Zone 7-9, north of Dark Zone 6 and Midtown East.New Landmarks feature waves of enemies.Landmarks award you with additional loot placed directly into your inventory.Fast travel between Dark Zone checkpoints has become available.Summary of Contamination events

　　New Contamination Events have been added to the Dark Zone.Roughly every hour, elite Cleaners will spawn in the Dark Zone underground. Contamination in those areas will reach lethal levels, so your virus filter will not be able to resist it.Summary of Dark Zone leaderboards

　　Leaderboards have been added to the Dark Zone, tracking a wide range of different activities both in PvP and PvE. All tracked activities will be turned into a total score.Leaderboard rankings are divided into three tiers and will give out rewards when they reset on a weekly and a monthly basis.Summary of Legendary difficulty

　　Legendary difficulty mode has been added to Times Square, WarrenGate Power Plant and Napalm Production Site and features new, powerful and smart enemies.Legendary difficulty is the most challenging content in the game and is intended for organized groups.Legendary difficulty rewards you with unique vanity items not available elsewhere in the game, on top of the regular rewards.Summary of Exotic weapons and new Gear Set

　　Named gear pieces and weapons are now called Exotics and have been given their own color in your inventory.Exotic weapons all have their own unique talent. This change is retroactive.Exotic weapon sets have been introduced.Exotic Caches are available as a weekly reward from Legendary difficulty missions.Summary of Gear Set Changes

　　Alphabridge 4-piece bonus now shares the free talent from your weapons instead of all three.Frontline’s 4-piece no longer removes the critical hit chance, instead it removes the effect of any mods you have applied to the shield.The Reclaimer set focuses on the Support Station. Its 4-piece bonus activates all Support Station mods simultaneously. It no longer has an effect on consumables.Tactician’s Authority’s buff only disappears after you use a skill.A new Gear Set, SEEKR, has been added to the game.Summary of Armor and Resistances

　　Armor has been removed as a major bonus and replaced with Health. Gear still comes with base armor and some talents will still give bonus armor.Health and stamina are your primary means of toughness.Current Health rolls have been turned into the new stat Resist All.Resistances have become analogue instead of binary.Diminishing returns have been added to status effects.Other parts of the game have been rebalanced as a result, to make sure Time to Kill and Time to be Killed stay balanced.All changes are retroactive.Summary of changes to Skill Power and skills

　　Skill Power has been moved to a system similar to armor, where each new World Tier you reach will demand more Skill Power to reach the same effectiveness of your skills.There’s a bigger difference in skill efficiency between low and high Skill Power builds.Changes have been made to Sticky Bomb, First Aid and Shock Turret.We’ve rebalanced Signature Skills and made it impossible to trigger a Signature Skill when you’re already suffering from its immunity debuff. Tactical link’s damage bonus has been lowered in PvP.Summary of PvP balancing

　　Hip fire stability while moving has been decreased and a new hip fire camera has been added.The damage gap between body damage and headshots has been lowered.When combat rolling, there’s now a one second delay before you can roll again.You can no longer reload your weapon while sprinting.Medkits can now be used at full health and remove certain status effects.The Rejuvenated talent has been changed to give additional resistance to status effects.Adrenaline no longer gives an overheal from medkits, instead it will give a heal over time.Your enemy’s health bar will flash whenever they use a medkit.Survivability talents like On the Move, Battle Buddy and Critical Save have seen some balancing changes.Summary of economy changes

　　Unlimited recalibration has been introduced. The price increases each time, capping out at five recalibrations.Helping civilians reward Intel.High End pistols in Survival no longer costs Division Tech.Scavenger Box now scales with World Tier.Some item prices have been tweaked.Summary of other changes

　　All activities now reward their own separate experience points and award their own caches.In Survival, solo players can no longer end up in games with players queuing as a group.Grouping up while in a PvP Survival game has been disabled.Reviving a downed player in Survival always costs a medkit.For the full release notes, check out Ubisoft's official blog post right here.

　　The Division DLC 3 is included with game’s season pass or can be purchased separately, and will be made available simultaneously for Xbox One, PC, and PS4 in the near future.