The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny: Companions, new gear sets, seasonal modifier, and more

The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny is right around a corner and it introduces a brand new companion system to Ubisoft's popular looter-shooter. Set to release on December 2, 2025, Y7S3 will be the last season in year seven. Players can expect new exotic loot, new gear and brand sets, a new manhunt, and other seasonal content.

This article goes over the The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny patch notes.

Companions in The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny

Who are companions?

Starting with this new season, Strategic Homeland Division (SHD) Agents can recruit True Sons defectors as allies. Several members of this faction have broken away from the group and taken up arms against their cause. This has enabled SHD Agents to recruit willing members as Companions.

New companion system coming with The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny (Image via Ubisoft)

SHD Agents can work together with the companion and order them to focus on specific targets, reposition, or support the team. You must work together with your new ally as a team leader and utilize the new seasonal modifier to fight the opposing factions.

How to recruit companions?

While exporing Washington DC, you will encouter True Sons factions as one of the many that oppose Strategic Homeland Division. During such a fight, you might come across a few individual that break rank and pickup arms against their faction.

Save and recruit defectors (Image via Ubisoft)

You can talk to them if they survive the fight and then recruit them as your companion. Before doing so, you can check out the specialties and archetype of a particular True Sons defector.

Also read: How to get Veteran Rewards in The Division 2

All companions archetypes

These are the three types of companions you can recruit in The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny:

Assault: a frontline fighter who pushes aggressively while using cover when needed.
Medic: a defensive support unit who focuses on healing, cleansing and reviving the team.
Engineer: a support unit who uses turrets to control areas and is strong during close-range defense.

Companions have their own strengths and weaknesses that you can check during before recuritment. You can also change your companion if you come across a True Sons defector whose traits suit your playstyle.

Seasonal Modifier in The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny

Global Modifier

The new seasonal modifier makes use of the companion system debuting with The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny. Titled "Command Link", the new global modifier for this season allows SHD Agents to play alongside their recruited allies and build up a meter. Upon completing certain actions, you will acquire bonuses that grand temporary buffs.

Do note that with continued use, bonus modifier XP allows you to level up these abilities.

Action	Bonuses
Priority Kill: Your Companion kills your marked target.	Gain 40 percent Weapon Handling and 10 percent Rate of Fire for 10 seconds. This duration can stack. Awards 30 Command Link Points.
Crossfire Kill: You or your Companion kill a target after both have dealt damage to it.	Gain 25 percent Critical Hit Damage for 10 seconds. This duration can stack. Awards 40 Command Link Points.
Reposition: Your Companion completes a Move to Cover order.	Gain 40 percent Reload Speed for 10 seconds. This duration can stack. Awards 10 Command Link Points.
Assist: You or your Companion kill an enemy attacking the other.	Gain 15 percent Weapon Damage for 10 seconds. This duration can stack. Awards 20 Command Link Points.
Buddy Aid: You or your Companion revive the other during combat.	Gain 35 percent Bonus Armor for 10 seconds. This duration can stack. Awards 45 Command Link Points.
Collateral Kill: Your Companion kills an enemy on their own.	Awards 15 Command Link Points.

Passive bonuses gained from companion archetypes

As you keep recruiting more companions, you will gain passive bonuses for yourself. This bonus relies on the number of companions you have recruited throughout the season. This bonus metric stays active regardless of the Global Modifier or companion deployment.

Assault recruits grant +1.5% Weapon Damage, up to 15%.
Medic recruits grant +2% Hazard Protection, up to 20%.
Engineer recruits grant +1.5% Skill Efficiency, up to 15%.

How companions work in co-op

During co-op play, only one agent can have their companion active at a time. Each agent can have their recruited ally active for 90 seconds, following which, another member of the squad can deploy theirs. The Command Link meter for each SHD Agent in the squad depends on their actions related to the currently active companion.

Command Link meter progress will reset as soon as an Active Modifier is trriggered or when the active companion is changed/downed.

New global modifier works in tandem with companions (Image via Ubisoft)

All Active Modifiers

Let us take a look at all the active modifiers in The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny:

1) Spearhead (Assault)

This companion can fire an explosive RPG and apply Bleed in a small radius. Activating this ability also boosts your squad's damage against exposed enemies for a short time. Levelling up increases the blast grows strength and range, and eventually leaves behind a burning area.

2) Techline (Engineer)

This companion deploys a Turret that engages enemies and increases your squad's Skill Damage while it is active. Levelling up enhance the turret's firepower and adds disruptive effects, such as an EMP burst or explosive rounds.

3) Quickfix (Medic)

This companion sets up a Support Station that heals, cleanses and revives allies in its area, while giving your squad bonus Armor on Kill. Levelling up extend the range of this station and add new tools, that includes Shock effects to help protect the team as the gadget expires.

Passive modifiers

There are 18 passive bonuses distributed evenly amongst three groups Offense, Defense and Tatics. These bonuses are activated automatically as you play during The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny. These bonuses can buff Command Link, and the actions completed during global modifier usage.

Hostile countermeasures

Here are the three hostile modifiers that will be present in the open-world during The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny:

Commander - a heavy armored enemy Elite who boosts nearby allies.
Jammer - a hidden enemy who suppresses your Command Link gain and disables Passive Modifiers until you and your Companion flush them out and takem them down.
Fireteam - an enemy group that shares damage resistance and healing.

Also read - The Division 2 Y7S2 The Pact Week 4 Manhunt guide: Scout 4 HVT objectives and solutions

All new gears weapons and talents in The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny

New exotic gear

Here are al the new exotic items you can acquire during Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny:

1) Bittersweet (Exotic M1A Rifle)

Transfusion (talent) - When you get headshots with this weapon, it builds stacks up to a maximum of 8. Shooting an Ally or Skill, repair them for 50% of the shot damage for each stack you built.

The Allies you healed receive 200% of your Repair Skills bonus as Bonus Armor for each stack for 10 seconds.

All of your hits become guaranteed headshots for 8 seconds after you heal an Ally or Skill while being at maximum stacks.

New Bittersweet exotic rifle (Image via Ubisoft)

Weapon Mods:

Optics: +5% Headshot Damage
Underbarrel: +5% Headshot Damage
Magazine: +10 Rounds

2) Beacon (Exotic Chest)

Bond (Talent) - You and your Allies receive +30% Critical Hit Damage, +15% Skill Efficiency and +2% Armor Regen when a companion/teammate is within 10m of you.

Gain +15% Critical Hit Damage, +7.5% Skill Efficiency and +1% Armor Regen when a Skill is within 10m of you.

Do note that only the highest group of buffs can be active at a given time. The PVP version of this gear set talent does not include any of the buffs mentioned above.

New Beacon exotic chest piece (Image via Ubisoft)

Attributes:

Red Core
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

New Gear Set

Concentrated Company

2 Pieces equipped: +10% Weapon Damage
3 Pieces equipped: +30% Weapon Handling
4 Pieces equipped: unlocks unique Talent.

Camaraderie (Gear set talent) - When you shoot an enemy, it marks them for 7 seconds.

When this marked enemy is eliminated, gain one stack of 3% Weapon Damage and 2% Critical Hit Damage for each Ally or Skill that has contributed to killing that enemy.

You can have a maximum of 35 stacks. They decay every 10 seconds. Maximum amount of marks that can be placed upon targets is 4.

All for One (Chest piece Bonus talent) - Increases the amount of marks that can be placed on tagers from 4 to 8 enemies.

One for All (Backpack Bonus) - Increases the Weapon Damage bonus received per stack from 3% up to 5%.

New brand set coming with The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny (Image via Ubisoft)

New Brand Set

Unit Alloys

1 Piece equipped: +5% Rate of Fire
2 Pieces equipped: +20% Assault Rifle Damage
3 Pieces equipped: +50% Magazine Size

Equalizer (Named Chest Piece):

Perfect Obliterate (Talent) - Critical hits increase your total weapon damage by 1% for 10 seconds. This buff can stack up to 24 times.

Salvo (Named Holster):

Perfect Attribute - gain 5% Rate of Fire

Also read - The Division 2 Y7S2 The Pact Week 7 Manhunt guide: Scout 7 HVT objectives and solutions

New named weapons and talents

Here are the weapons introduced with the new talents and their Perfect variants:

Lockdown M870 Express shotgun	Talent Perfect Immobilize: Increases Weapon Damage by 25% to ensnared enemies. After your third kill, apply Ensnare to the next enemy you hit. PvP only: Increases Weapon Damage by 15% to ensnared enemies. After your third kill, apply Ensnare to the next enemy you hit.
Froth Tactical Vector SBR 9mm SMG	Talent Perfect Immobilize: Increases Weapon Damage by 25% to ensnared enemies. After your third kill, apply Ensnare to the next enemy you hit. PvP only: Increases Weapon Damage by 15% to ensnared enemies. After your third kill, apply Ensnare to the next enemy you hit.
Talent Immobilize	Increases Weapon Damage by 20% to ensnared enemies. After your fourth kill, apply Ensnare to the next enemy you hit. PvP only: Increases Weapon Damage by 10% to ensnared enemies. After your fourth kill, apply Ensnare to the next enemy you hit.

Master Climax Mission in The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny

This season's finale mission for the Manhunt will award a new exotic Super 90 Shotgun, named Sheriff. Here is it's talent:

Autentico: +35% Weapon Damage, +100% Accuracy, No Damage Drop Off. These bonuses are built into the weapon base stats.

This concludes our coverage of the The Division 2 Year 7 Season 3 Mutiny and everything it has to offer. The update goes live after a long maintenance downtime, during which the game and its services will be taken down.

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Edited by Sankalpa Das