I watched Avery stagger through an airport clinic as gunfire pinged off metal. Manny’s voice over comms cut off my plan and told me the mission had just begun. By the time the hangar lit up, I knew this run would cost me a point of arrogance.
The terminal smells of diesel and burnt coffee — How to complete The Division 2 Y8S3 Red Horizon Climax mission
I’ve run this mission enough times to feel the rhythm. You and I are doing two things first: get the mission active, then clear the airport until it spits you out with a guaranteed Exotic at Master.
To make the Climax mission available, finish the three Scout challenges in Y8S3 that include HVTs. You can do additional Scout weeks if you want, but those are optional. Once the requirement is met, the Washington National Airport becomes your stage.
Let the cutscene play. Manny hands you the opening orders and the map marker leads straight to the clinic where a small militia squad is trapped. The room holds two waves — a few elites tucked into angles that punish poor positioning.
Kill the incoming enemies, but move like you’re threading a needle through steel: steady, precise, and avoiding wide swings. When the room is clean, the objective flips to Avery Miles.
How do I start the Climax mission in Y8S3 Red Horizon?
Complete the three Scout HVT challenges for Y8S3, then travel to Washington National Airport and trigger the mission. If you want visual guides, check Ubisoft’s patch notes, Massive Entertainment threads on Reddit, or a Twitch streamer running the mission on Steam or Epic — they often show exact spawn loops.
When you find Avery, the waves will funnel toward him: your priority is to peel aggro and keep him standing. Position behind cover, use suppression or skill grenades if you have them, and pick off elites before they close distance. The hangar fight is open — use the fences as makeshift walls and avoid getting flanked.
The hangar feels like a wrestling match — Mid-run objectives and pump sabotage
The noise here makes you speak louder than usual. You move from clearing Cleaners to tracing fuel lines until the mission demands you sabotage two pumps.
The pumps sit on either side of the stripped aircraft; follow the pipes to their bases. Clear the area of hostiles first — that reduces pressure while you work. Expect small teams of elites guarding key choke points.
Clear the concourse and reach the tarmac. The objective marker appears after you thin the enemy numbers; it will point to the pumps so you don’t waste time hunting them down. When the sabotage is complete, the boss phase begins.
How do I guarantee the Loaded for Bear Exotic?
Play the Climax mission on Master difficulty to receive the Loaded for Bear Exotic gloves as a guaranteed drop. Running on anything below Master makes the Exotic chance dependent on RNG, so if that glove is the prize you want, set the difficulty to Master before you start. Community streamers on Twitch and guides on Reddit will often show gear rolls and best loadouts for this fight.
The concourse clock ticks like a metronome — The Bobby Guzman encounter and escape
The boss changes the mood immediately; the air goes thin and everyone thinks faster. Bobby Guzman is heavy armor with elite escorts and he forces you into concentrated focus.
Tactics: expose his armor with sustained damage, stagger or strip armor with armor-piercing rounds, and isolate his support elites first. Crowd-control skills and a turret can buy the room time. If you have mobility skills, use them to create lines of sight and peel enemies away from Guzman.
When Guzman goes down, a short timer starts — roughly one minute — and the mission becomes a race to the extraction point. Move cleanly, avoid slow fights on the way out, and watch corners. The mission will finish when you reach the extraction zone before the timer runs out.
If you clear it on Master, that Exotic drop is guaranteed; anything lower leaves the outcome to luck. For loadout ideas, check Massive Entertainment’s patch thread, or watch high-level runs on YouTube to copy weapon and mod choices.
I’ve shown you the path and told you where to be ruthless — will you run this for the gloves and walk away satisfied, or try to shave time and risk the drop?