Dark Zone Rank | The Division Wiki

Dark Zone Rank in The Division is a measure of your progression within Dark Zones.

Dark Zone Rank Information

Dark Zone Rank depends solely on what you do in the Dark Zone. Killing enemies, players and completing objectives improves your Dark Zone Rank. Improving your Dark Zone Rank gains you access to better gear from Dark Zone vendors as well as being able to open certain Dark Zone Rank restricted containers. Players lose Dark Zone XP when they die. As such players can be demoted if they die too much.

Inside a Safe House within Dark Zones are special Vendor that sells High-End Weapons. Items purchased from a Dark Zone Vendor require Dark Zone currency and minimum Dark Zone Rank in addition to a minimum player level. The very first Weapons and Gear you can purchase require Dark Zone Rank 8. If you spend about an hour in the Dark Zone you should accomplish this.