The radio static dies and a Hyena voice cracks over the speakers. I press my back to a rusting crate and the clock in my head starts ticking. Ten minutes, three landmarks, one HVT — no room for mistakes.
I’ve run Scout 5 on PC and consoles this week; you can follow if you want to shave time off the grind. I’ll show the shortest route through the three Scout objectives, point out choke points, and tell you when to go loud and when to ghost out. Play on PC, PS5, or Xbox Series X|S — the mechanics are the same, but platform latency and squad size change the tempo.
The Division 2 Into the Dark Scout 5 solutions
Even veteran agents stop and breathe differently when they drop into the Dark Zone — the stakes feel immediate.
You’ve got three decoded tasks this week. Do them in any order, but follow my flow: clear landmarks first to open safe routes, farm Hyenas while you sweep, then trigger the Shank bounty and close strong. I’ll flag the hard-pull moments and the small, game-winning choices.
- Clear 3 Landmarks in any Dark Zone
- Eliminate 25 Hyenas in any Dark Zone
- Complete Bounty: Shank
How do I clear three Landmarks in the Dark Zone?
Start a fresh Dark Zone instance. Pick DZ West if you want short runs, DZ East if you prefer predictable enemy waves. Clear one Landmark at a time: sweep the perimeter, silence skill-users first, then cascade your grenades into clustered groups.
Landmarks count when the last hostile is down. If a Landmark stalls, reset the instance — sometimes a patrol gets stuck and prevents credit. On Heroic, use cover discipline: peel off the heavy hitters with FX-30 or a Marked sticky, then sweep for remaining rogues. Small squads can run three landmarks in under 15 minutes if you thread the spawn paths.
Where should I farm 25 Hyenas efficiently?
Hyena-heavy landmarks and street ambushes are your best bets. Park at a safe house that sits within a cluster of Hyena spawns and patrol on a clockwise loop — repetition matters more than risk. Hyenas hit hard in numbers, so isolate packs before calling in your turret or sticky.
Pro tip: Hyenas count across runs, so you can spread the 25 kills over two short loops if you prefer lower risk. If you’re solo, favor ranged suppression and concussion builds. If you’re in a squad, assign one player to drones or seeker mines to stop flankers.
Hyenas swarm like a cornered pack — break their rhythm and pick them off an edge at a time.
Shank bounty — real-world observation
Bounties show up on the map with a distinct icon; if you miss the ping you’ll have to wait for the next spawn window.
When the Shank bounty triggers, head to the marker, clear the preliminary waves, and hold your angle. Shank spawns only after the waves are down — don’t rush your flank and waste heals. If you’re running Heroic, strip the weapon first: weapons are his weak point and disabling them forces him into melee patterns you can punish.
Use Ubisoft Connect and community threads on Reddit for live spawn reports if you want to time your run with a squad. If you play through Xbox Live or PlayStation Network, coordinate comms ahead of the drop — a four-man team with a tactician and a turret clears Shank faster than a solo agent.
When Shank goes down, loot and mission credit land immediately. That closes Scout 5 and pushes the season towards its Climax mission — miss this window and the clock rolls on to next week’s rotation.
Shank melts away like a bad plan when you focus his weapon and force him to shuffle his AI behavior.
Want a fast loadout suggestion? Run a Marksman rifle with crit mods for single-target work, a Light Machine Gun for suppression, and a Skill build that gives a revive or healing station. Pair that with the Predator’s Mark if you’ve got it from previous seasons — it’s quietly overperforming this week.
Community tools I track: the official The Division subreddit, Ubisoft Connect news feed, and the Division Planner for loadout testing. Those three sources shave guesswork and keep you focused on what matters: time and positioning.
Ready to run Scout 5 and lock down the HVT — will you clear the map, or let the Hyenas take the night?