The Division Update 1.7 Will Hit August 15

The developers have announced the latest update to The Division, bring the game up to version 1.7. In this new update, an achievement like system will be implemented, as well as Encrypted Caches that contain cosmetic items. There are a bunch of new changes in this latest patch, and it will go live less than a week from now on August 15.

Here’s the summary from The Division’s State of the Game Reddit thread:

Global Event Outbreak

Starts at August 15th – the exact time is not clear yet, but it is at the same day as 1.7 drops

It is the one with the toxic NPCs and the headshot modifier

It will run till August 22nd – so next Tuesday

Commendations / Patches

Commendations will be activated with 1.7 and it will add a new achievement-system into the game. You will be rewarded with a new vanity item – the Patches. You can put them on your character.

Masks

Were not shown in this State of the Game – they remain a surprise

You can get those based on your performance during the Global Events

Character Customization Station

You can now customize your character in the Terminal – but there are restrictions and you will have the same options as you had when you created your character

Encrypted Caches

New Encrypted Caches will be added to the game, that can be bought with real money or key-fragments that can be collected in game.

They contain vanity items and can be collected by the Premium Vendor.

Summary how they function than be found here: Link

Year 2 Summary

The detailed Update 1.7 summary will be online when we get closer to launch, until then you can check out the Year 2 summary

Classified Gear Sets

Lone Star / Final Measure / Dead Eye will be added to the game with the first Global Event

Last Changes

Stable Weapon Talent was changed to 10% – you can still get it on sub-30 weapons, but not in endgame weapons

Ballistic Shield gets a PVP modifier – players now do 20% more damage to shields than before.

In addition to that, the 3-piece bonus of D3-FNC was changed from “+30% Ballistic Shield health” to 10% Damage to Elites – this is a preparation for the classified version of the set.

Global Event Caches

Droprates have been confirmed:

2 Guaranteed Drops in each cache plus one possible bonus item

45% chance that it is a Classified item

43.5% chance that it is a normal Gear Set item

11.5% chance that it is an Exotic item

There is also a 12.5% chance that you get a bonus drop and when you get one, you have a 90% chance to get a classified and a 10% that you get an Exotic piece

Global Event Tokens

Drops have been reworked and fixed from the PTS, so that you have the same behavior across the board.

Encrypted Caches

Key-Fragments have now a 20% droprate

They drop from any named boss in the entire content (Underground needs to be confirmed but they should also drop Key-Fragments)