Here's what The Division's inaccessible Dark Zone areas looks like
The Dark Zone doesn't end at the northern wall of DZ06. One player has broken out of 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:The Division's intended playable area and documented their journey through the northern reaches of the Dark Zone and beyond, much like those players who went traipsing up to the ethereal floating tree land formerly known as 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Central Park.
user CodeDux explored the aš³rea and found mostly long, empty streets. It wasn't all desolate, however - certain intersections are filled with cars, while the eastern checkpoint to DZ08 was complete with torn, bloodied fortifications. They also found a few bright blue "Clue Placeholders", which are presumably developāer tools used to indicate where collectible items like voice recordings could go in the future.
Currently, players can only explore DZ01 through DZ06, a series of cordoned-off blocks that get more intimidating the furtheš¦¹r north you go. A map found in the game's United Nations building lays out other zones, incluš°ding some kind of stronghold. I should note that that these non-accessible (in theory, if not in practice) areas may just exist as flavor and to give you something to look at over the walls, making the game's world feel larger than it actually is.
On the other hand, The Division's second free content uš¬pdate will add a new "Incursion" mission set in Columbus Square. The developer-intended map doesn't currentlš¦¹y extend that far uptown, so some of these "inaccessible areas" may get a proper debut at that point.
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This is where thą½§at DZ08 entš§rance is located on the map.
And here's aš long, deserted street inside that area.
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And here's right about where Columbus Circle should bź§e, with its famous fountains and š statue.
Though, for now, the area still seems āØto be mostly empty streets.
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