Medical Wing | Base of Operations The Division Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
How to gain access: by completing the story-related mission, Madison Field Hospital.
The Medical Wing gives access to upgrades that increase the vitality of your character (with which, for instance, you will be able to enter highly contaminated areas). Furthermore, it unlocks abilities that are focused on healing, increasing the effectiveness of healing-oriented skills and items, or abilities that are used to support both you and the rest of your team.
The Medical Wing and the missions and events are associated with the green color, whereas the supplies needed to upgrade the wing (Medical Wing Supplies) are marked with a special, green icon. The following table represents all the upgrades available in the Medical Wing, coupled with their costs and the abilities, talents and perks that each one of them unlock.
Medical Wing upgrades
Name | Cost | Unlocks | Requirements |
Clinic | 500x Medical Wing Supplies | Ability: - First Aid Perk: - Medkits | None |
Virus Lab | 500x Medical Wing Supplies | Ability: - Support Station Perk: - Protective Measures | None |
Disaster Aid | 1000x Medical Wing Supplies | Ability: - Recovery Link Perk: - Canned Food - Supplier | Wing upgrade: - Clinic - Virus Lab |
Quarantine | 400x Medical Wing Supplies | Ability modifications: - Recon Pack (Pulse Mod) - Tactical Scanner (Pulse Mod) - Scrambler (Pulse Mod) Perk: - Contamination Intel | None |
Intensive Care | 400x Medical Wing Supplies | Ability modifications: - Defibrillator (First Aid Mod) - Overdose (First Aid Mod) - Booster Shot (First Aid Mod) Perk: - Medkits | Wing upgrade: - Clinic |
Hazmat Unit | 400x Medical Wing Supplies | Ability modifications: - Life Support (Support Station Mod) - Immunizer (Support Station Mod) - Ammo Cache (Support Station Mod) Perk: - Protective Measures | Wing upgrade: - Virus Lab |
Decontamination unit | 200x Medical Wing Supplies | Talent: - Adrenaline - Triage Perk: - Hazardous Materials | None |
Pharmacy | 200x Medical Wing Supplies | Talent: - Shock and Awe - Battle Buddy Perk: - Rigger - Protective Measures | None |
Counseling | 200x Medical Wing Supplies | Talent: - Critical Save - Shrapnel Perk: - Credit | None |
Pediatric Care | 200x Medical Wing Supplies | Talent: - Combat Medic - Strike Back Perk: - Medkits | None |
What should you focus on?
You should complete all the available upgrades, as they unlock new abilities, talents and perks, but there are some of them that should definitely be completed earlier. Those are:
- Counseling - an extremely useful perk called Credit, which increases your Credit gain by 10%.
- Quarantine - gives you the ability mods to the Pulse skill. Pulse should always be used by you (if you are playing solo), or by someone on your team.
- Virus Lab - unlocks an extremely powerful ability called Support Station, which can be used to heal your entire team. Additionally, it comes with a perk, Protective Measures, increasing your Virus Protection filter by 1, allowing you to access more contaminated areas.
- Pharmacy and Hazmat Unit - both increase your Virus Protection filter by 1.
- Pediatric Care and Intensive Care - both increase the amount of medkits your character can carry by 1.
The upgrades listed above should be completed as quickly as possible - the rest can be done later.
Note - if you are planning on using the signature ability of the Medical Wing, the Recovery Link, collect enough supplies and complete the Disaster Aid upgrade. It will cost you 1,000 Medical Wing Supplies, but the Recovery Link ability is the strongest healing skill in the game, so it's well worth the price.