Iron Horse Raid Roles (Agent 3) – The Division 2

Welcome to my Iron Horse Raid Roles guide for Agent 3. I’ve created a guide for each of the eight roles that I assign to players when leading an Iron Horse Raid in The Division 2. This particular guide will provide a detailed breakdown of the Agent 3 role, and you can find links to the guides for the other roles at the end of this guide.

I’ve created these guides for two main reasons:

1. Many people often ask how I run my raids so smoothly. By sharing my methods, you’ll get a clear understanding of how I manage my raids when streaming The Division 2.
2. I frequently need assistance from players to support my raid streams. These guides will help prepare those who wish to join my team or step in when needed during my streams.

If you’re interested in becoming part of Team GC to participate in my streams or support other teams within Team GC, I encourage you to join my Personal Discord. We have a well-structured system designed to accommodate players of all experience levels.

This guide will provide a general overview of the Iron Horse raid, with a primary focus on the Agent 3 role. If you’re looking for an in-depth breakdown of every aspect of the Iron Horse Raid, I have a separate guide that covers it in full.

For those who prefer a visual explanation, the video below covers everything in this guide. Additionally, I’ll share another video at the end of the guide that features pure gameplay footage.

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Iron Horse Raid Roles (Agent 3): Rail-yard

Your first objective in the raid is to secure the rail-yard, which serves as the pathway to your first boss encounter at the foundry.

The rail-yard itself has no mechanics to worry about—your only task is to handle the incoming enemies. Upon entering the area, you’ll immediately face a Chunga and a heavy gunner, along with additional enemies who have access to a sentry gun. As you advance, more waves will spawn, including shotgunners, additional Chungas, and mortar enemies.

To tackle this section efficiently, I set the team up with their builds for the upcoming boss fight. We then clear the area while dividing our focus—some players concentrate on the left side, while others handle the right. One team member will act as a healer to ensure everyone stays alive.

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Iron Horse Raid Roles (Agent 3): Lieutenant Gray

Encounter Overview:

Lieutenant Gray is the first boss you’ll face in this raid and the easiest in The Division 2.

Your goal is simple—defeat Gray. To summon him, activate two buttons, and he will appear with three shielded NPCs guarding him. These enemies must be taken out first, as they prevent you from dealing damage to Gray. Additionally, he can gain bonus armor and heal himself. Meanwhile, you’ll need to manage the waves of ads that spawn throughout the fight.

Lieutenant Gray Build

You should equip the Standard Coyote Striker build for this encounter.

• Specialization: Demolitionist
• Primary Weapon: Exotic St. Elmo’s (or any AR with Damage to Target out of Cover)
• Secondary Weapon: Lefty Shotgun (for stacking)
• Gear: Striker Set with Weapon Damage, Critical Hit Chance & Critical Hit Damage (Backpack, Chest, Gloves, Kneepads)
• Mask: Exotic Coyote’s Mask
• Holster: Ceska with Weapon Damage, Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage
• Mods: Critical Hit Chance or Critical Hit Damage
• Skills: Revive Hive & Assault Turret

Your Role

Your main task here is to place your turret at one of the doors or behind you. Then, use your Lefty to stack Striker on the shielded NPCs before eliminating them, followed by Lieutenant Gray. Be sure to keep an eye on his backpack—if it lights up, destroy it to prevent him from gaining bonus armor.

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Iron Horse Raid Roles (Agent 3): Breakthrough Backpack Trophy and Raid Key 1

After clearing the first boss, you can progress into the Foundry. The game requires you to collect two spark plugs dropped by enemies in the previous fight and insert them into two generators located in the area.

There is one generator on the left side and one on the right side. Once both are plugged in, the train that Gray spawned on will move backward, allowing you and your team to enter.

As you enter, you’ll find your first backpack trophy in the center of a crucible on the left side, across from a blue container. This is the Breakthrough trophy, and there are three more trophies to collect throughout the raid.

The blue container holds your first raid key, but it’s locked. To unlock it, head forward through a door and you’ll find another generator next to a switch you can interact with.

Interact with the switch, then head back outside to the rail-yard. In this area, you’ll find 4 screens, and one will be randomly lit up green. Starting from the right, as you exit, look for the first screen under the stairs. The second screen is further along the same wall. From the second screen, head to the opposite side to find the third screen, and the fourth will be next to the third.

Once you locate the green screen, interact with it to receive a third spark plug.

Head back inside and plug the spark plug into the third generator. A window will open as you do so. Your team must throw concussion grenades through this window to land in the blue container.

These grenades will unlock the container, allowing you to get your first raid key.

A quicker method is to plug in only one spark plug in the rail-yard after defeating Gray, but make sure to pick up the second one. Then, have your team approach the train Gray spawned on. Everyone can then open their social menu and fast travel to someone else.

This will move everyone past the train and into the Foundry, and you’ll already have the spark plug for the third generator, allowing you to obtain your first key.

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Survive the Furnace Room

Before reaching your next boss fight, you’ll need to navigate the furnace room and deal with a wave of ads.

Inside the room, there is a refrigerator on the right side, and the room’s temperature will rise as you progress. If it gets too hot, you’ll start taking damage, but the refrigerator will cool you down.

The easiest way to get through is to have three players assigned to the three buttons on the left side of the room as you enter. The rest of the team should focus on eliminating the ads, while the healer keeps everyone topped off.

At the end of the room, one of the ads will drop a fuse, which can be picked up and inserted into a fuse box on the left side of the room.

Once the fuse is in place, the buttons will become interactable after a short delay. The three players assigned to the buttons should press them simultaneously to close the furnaces, allowing the team to move forward.

I typically call for the three players to press the buttons when they see the prompt, but you can also count down if you prefer.

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Iron Horse Raid Roles (Agent 3): Captain Fieser

Encounter Overview:

Captain Fieser is the second boss in the Iron Horse raid, and this encounter involves a lot of moving parts.

The main goal is to defeat Fieser, who is located in the forge, but before you can do that, you’ll need to work together to fill a crucible with lava and pour it onto a gun that will cause a constant wipe mechanic until destroyed.

One player will be locked in a control room, operating the controls, while another works with them to provide codes to the team for filling the crucible.

You’ll also need someone to defend the control room to prevent ads from shutting off the power. The rest of the team will handle the ads and manage the wipe phases.

Using water pressure in the area, you’ll destroy the gun in the forge once it’s covered in lava. Afterward, you can kill Fieser to complete the encounter.

Captain Fieser Build

For the Fieser fight, you can either stick with the Standard Coyote Striker build you used for Gray, or switch to a Glass Cannon Coyote Striker build. If you choose to switch, the build looks like this:

• Specialization: Demolitionist
• Primary Weapon: Exotic St. Elmo’s (or any AR with Damage to Target out of Cover)
• Secondary Weapon: Lefty Shotgun (Perfect Sledgehammer)
• Gear: Striker set with Weapon Damage and Critical Hit Damage (Backpack, Gloves, Holster, Kneepads)
• Mask: Exotic Coyote’s Mask
• Chest: Ceska with Weapon Damage, Critical Hit Chance & Critical Hit Damage (Glass Cannon talent)
• Mods: Critical Hit Chance or Critical Hit Damage
• Skills: Revive Hive & Assault Turret

Your Role

When you enter the area, head to A side and take note of the numbers on the three water valves, then relay them to the team.

Your main role is ad control, covering the enemy spawns at the door at the end of A area. To the left of this door, there’s a room with a screen—you’ll need to check this when codes are being called out.

First Half of the Encounter:

• Focus on killing ads and checking your screen when codes are called.
• Some ads will drop rockets—place these in A airlock for the wipe phase.
• When the wipe phase alarm sounds, enter A airlock and fire a rocket at the gun in the Forge. You can shoot from the airlock, but if you step inside the Forge, ensure Fieser isn’t releasing gas.
• If your screen’s code matches, notify Agent 4, who will shoot your junction box.
• If Agent 4’s screen matches, you must shoot their junction box, located just right of your ad spawn.

After the Crucible Fills to 100%:

• Agent 5 will take over your ad spawn, allowing you to shift focus.
• Coordinate with the healer to enter A airlock and destroy three weak points on the ceiling. These act as blockers for the crucible.
• After shooting each weak point, the healer will interact with the terminal to move the crucible further.
• Once all three weak points are destroyed, the healer will pour the lava over the gun.

Final Stages:

• During the next rocket wipe phase, help trigger Fieser’s gas attack if needed. The healer will call for either you or Agent 7 to step into the Forge to activate it.
• When the water pressure phase begins, interact with any allocated valves on A side as per the team’s pre-discussed plan.
• After this phase, head to B airlock to kill Fieser.
• With Fieser dead, clear out the remaining ads to finish the encounter.
• Before leaving, pick up a remaining rocket from A side and bring it to the next area.

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Iron Horse Raid Roles (Agent 3): Molten Backpack Trophy and Raid Key 2

Once you finish the Fieser boss fight, you’ll move into a mechanic where you’ll earn your second backpack trophy, the Molten Trophy, and the second raid key.

For this section, everyone should stay on their current builds, except for one person, who will need to switch to a 6 skill tier build with Acosta’s Go-Bag equipped. They should also have Sticky EMP and Oxidizer Chem Launcher as their active skills, as this will help save time later on.

Once everyone is ready, there is a switch in the center of the room that will open both doors on the left and right.

Mechanic Overview:

• Time Limit: After hitting the switch, you will have a time limit to complete this mechanic, but there’s plenty of time to do it.

Team Setup:

• One person will go through the left door (there are three locked gates to deal with).
• The rest of the team will go through the right door to handle ads.

One person on the right needs to look across and spot a yellow junction box on the left door. They must shoot this to allow the person on the left to continue.

• Note: I usually have the tank from the previous encounter handle this task, but any team member can do it.

After the first junction box is shot, climb up some boxes on the right and look through a window to find another junction box. Shooting this will unlock the second door for the person on the left to continue.

Chunga Encounter:

Once the second junction box is shot, a chunga will spawn on the left side. The person alone on that side may need help from those on the right to kill it. The chunga will drop a key that opens the third locked door on the left side.

With the key, the door can be opened, and everyone will be able to collect their raid key and backpack trophy.

There is also a fourth door on the left that you can open to avoid having to backtrack.

The Molten Backpack Trophy is located near where the chunga spawned on the left, inside a bucket next to a prison bed.

The second raid key is located on the ground near this fourth door.

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Iron Horse Raid Roles (Agent 3): High Ground Backpack Trophy and Raid Key 3

After completing the previous mechanic, you’ll move on to another one where you’ll need to complete it to earn the third raid key. I refer to this part as Sniper Alley.

Your team should continue using the same builds, but one person, the one I mentioned earlier, will need to switch to a 6 skill tier build with Acosta’s Go-Bag if they haven’t already. They should also be ready with Oxidizers and the Sticky EMP. Additionally, if you have rockets left over from the Fieser encounter, it’s advised to bring them here.

Once the person with the Oxidizers has them maxed out, they can signal the team to jump down, making sure two people have the rockets if you’ve brought them.

The person with the Oxidizers will stay up top, throwing a grenade and then aiming their EMP across the area at a door behind some shutters. Once the grenade goes off, they’ll receive overcharge thanks to the Acosta’s Go-Bag. As soon as that happens, they should fire the EMP at the door, aiming for the warning sign or at the piece of cover in front of the door (both work).

Once the EMP is fired, the person with the Oxidizers should jump down, and the healer will need to interact with a valve to start the sequence. It’s crucial that the EMP does not detonate at this point, as it keeps the snipers locked in the room they’re supposed to come out of.

While the EMP is keeping the snipers in place, the person with the Oxidizers can then fire overcharged Oxidizers at the snipers’ room, killing them. This will drop a key at the feet of one of your teammates.

This isn’t the intended way to handle it, and you could let the snipers spawn and allocate people with Bullet Kings to suppress them. However, these snipers can still get shots off, and if one lands, it will instantly kill agents, potentially ruining any flawless runs. Using the oxidizer method ensures the task is completed cleanly. If you go with Bullet Kings, make sure the snipers don’t die before the mechanics are complete or you won’t get the key.

While the person with the Oxidizers is handling the snipers, the rest of the team should move forward. You’ll spot two pipes on a platform above, one on the left and one on the right. If you have the rockets from Fieser’s encounter, use them to destroy the pipes right away. If not, you’ll need to climb ladders on both sides to collect rockets from the back or DPS the pipes.

With the pipes destroyed, two players will need to climb to the next level on each side, where you’ll find two valves on each side. You’ll need four people to hit all four valves at the same time.

Once the valves are hit, an explosion will occur that kills the snipers. You’ll then climb up to grab the key. If you used the oxidizer method, the key will already be at someone’s feet from earlier.

There will also be ads to deal with during this, but you can ignore them while performing the sequence by using turrets or decoys and then kill them afterward. If they attack you, you’ll need to deal with them.

The only downside to the oxidizer method is that you can’t jump up to the snipers’ location to shoot the Gingerbread Man if you’re going for that commendation. However, you can still hit it by targeting a concussion grenade on the left side, as the blast radius will cover the Gingerbread Man even with the shutter closed. Just have someone track the Gingerbread Men to make sure it’s caught by the blast.

Step Two for the Third Raid Key:

After completing Sniper Alley, you’ll push forward and head outside. The person who has the key from the snipers will want to go up the stairs on the right to find a crane console.

Wait for the team to get in position before interacting with the crane console. This will trigger three junction boxes that will appear in the area, and you’ll have limited time to shoot them. In the center of the area is a caged section with three light bulbs. The third raid key is located inside this section.

For the first junction box:

• Two players should stay up by the crane console and look across to the opposite side. They’ll see a white box in a window, which is where the first junction box will be. Get ready and aim.

For the second junction box:

• Look opposite the caged area. You’ll see a gap where a container is located, and behind it is another white box containing the junction box. The container will move once the key is in. Make sure at least two people aim and be ready.

For the third and final junction box:

• At the end of the area, you’ll need to shoot down a rope and climb up to the top. Near the pipework, you’ll find another white box that opens to reveal a junction box once the key is inserted. Again, have two people aim and be ready.

Once everyone is in position, insert the key into the crane console and ensure everyone shoots their junction boxes.

If successful, the caged area door will open, and you’ll be able to retrieve your third raid key. If someone misses, the lights will show which one was missed, as one or more bulbs will remain red.

Don’t worry if you miss; as long as you don’t open the door to the next area, the team can wipe and try again immediately. However, if you mess up Sniper Alley, you must start a new raid to get the key.

After Getting the Third Key:

You’ll find a third backpack trophy, called High Ground.

Proceed through the door into the next area. You’ll find two nuts, one on the left and one on the right. Shoot them to fully tighten them, and then you’ll be able to search a nearby toolbox to claim the backpack trophy.

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Iron Horse Raid Roles (Agent 3): Major Williams

Encounter Overview:

Major Williams is the third encounter in the Iron Horse raid.

In this boss fight, your team’s primary goal is to prevent the main furnace from exploding.

There’s a lot happening during this fight. As you tackle the mechanics to lower the furnace pressure, you’ll also have to manage ads and deal with the Williams boss.

Your team will need to perform three sets of mechanics to lower the furnace pressure. Afterward, you’ll need to break through three lava gates to continue lowering the pressure.

Once the lava gates are dealt with, you’ll then have to adjust the pressure pipes on the main furnace before you can focus on taking down the Williams boss.

You’re on a time limit for all of this. The furnace pressure will continuously rise, and if you don’t complete the mechanics and kill Williams in time, the furnace will explode, causing your team to wipe. There’s also a final wipe phase when Williams dies: you’ll have 30 seconds to use the key Williams drops to shut down the furnace.

Major Williams Build

Agent 3 should now switch to the Glass Cannon Coyote Striker build if they haven’t already. This build was covered earlier, with the only difference being that they can swap the assault turret for a decoy if preferred.

Your Role

As you enter the area, clear the initial ads and prepare on the platform across from red. Listen for the callouts for red, yellow, and blue phases. Your role is to stay near any door corresponding to the called color and eliminate ads as they spawn.

Use your assault turret or decoy whenever available to help with enemy aggro. If a sniper spawns, prioritize eliminating them. They will appear at the very top near the broken bridge.

Red, Yellow, and Blue Phases

During the yellow mechanic, call out and interact with any sparking electrical boxes you see. Once all three color phases are complete, and a red check (if needed) is done, move to the lava gate phases. Start at the lava gate between the red and yellow doors.

Lava Gate Phases

Your role remains the same—clearing ads.

You will begin at the lava gate, positioned between the red and yellow doors. Focus on clearing ads while the other Agents handle the lava gate and break the lava. Once the boss spawns, your task will be to shoot at him to make him immune.

When the boss becomes immune, continue clearing ads and move clockwise to the next lava gate. Repeat this process for the second and third gates. After the third lava gate, the boss will automatically go immune, and you will transition to the next phase.

Mounted Gun Phase

Keep clearing ads and watch where the boss moves. When he gets on a mounted gun, move to that position and take it down while handling ads.

Follow the boss clockwise and do the same for the second gun. Once the second gun is destroyed, head to a chain and climb up. Position yourself across from the boss when he moves to the third gun.

While still managing ads below, wait for confirmation that the pipes have been done, then shoot the boss off the third mounted gun. At this point, a timer will start, and you must kill the boss within the time limit. When the boss jumps to the ground, focus fire on him. Aim for the green backpack when it lights up to stop him from healing.

Continue managing ads while attacking the boss. Once Williams is dead, move into the final wipe phase.

Final Wipe Phase

Jump down and work with your team to interact with the three terminals on the doors. Continue managing ads while doing this. Once all terminals are activated and ads are cleared, the encounter is complete.

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Iron Horse Raid Roles (Agent 3): Iron Horse Backpack Trophy and Raid Key 4

After the Williams boss encounter, you’ll enter a sequence where you must push through Foaming NPCs, disable an electric obstacle, and reach a door that needs to be shot open. One team member must rush past the ads to interact with a lever that stops the Iron Horse train, triggering a cutscene.

Recommended Setup

Two players should equip hazard protection builds—the higher the protection, the better. Ensnare resistance mods can also help mitigate the foam traps.

Execution

• Open the door, and the two players with hazard protection will run straight ahead, following the path.
• Foaming NPCs will target them, and foam traps will be scattered around, but with max ensnare protection, these won’t be an issue.
• You’ll encounter a burning obstacle that you must climb over.
• Above the fire, there are three weak points—shoot them to release water and extinguish the flames.
• Once the fire is out, both players can jump over and proceed to a generator with two switches on the right.
• Hit the switches in sync to disable the electric obstacle.

Rest of the Team

• While the two players handle the generator, the rest of the team will exit through the door, head up the stairs on the left, and continue along the platform filled with foam traps and Foaming NPCs.
• Ignore the ads and keep running, breaking free of any foam if necessary.
• At the end of the platform, drop down and wait for the electric obstacle to be turned off. You can shoot the door ahead through the electric field.

Final Steps

• Once the electric fence is disabled and the door is broken, one player must rush past the ads, enter the room above, and pull the lever.
• After the cutscene, all ads will disappear, and you can collect the fourth key.

Fourth Key Location

From where you passed through the electric obstacle, go straight ahead, pass through a gap, and look to the right to find the key.

Iron Horse Backpack Trophy

The last backpack trophy of the raid can be obtained after completing the final encounter. Once the raid is finished, you’ll find it on the cannon that falls to the ground during the final cutscene.

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Iron Horse Raid Roles (Agent 3): Colonel Morozova

Encounter Overview:

Colonel Morozova serves as the final boss of the Iron Horse raid, and you’ll be glad to know that this encounter is less mechanically complex than the previous two boss fights.

The fight primarily revolves around managing ad spawns while using rockets to cancel wipe mechanics. The main objective is to destroy the Iron Horse train before taking down Colonel Morozova.

To destroy the train, you’ll need to collect keys and use them to activate an autocannon, which will fire at the train.

The encounter consists of multiple phases, with each phase requiring the team to retreat into the tunnel to avoid a wipe mechanic, commonly referred to as the mortar phase.

Once all phases are complete and the train is destroyed, Morozova can be easily defeated. There will be one final wipe mechanic, but this is resolved by firing one last rocket at the train, triggering a cutscene that marks the end of the raid.

Colonel Morozova Build

You need to switch to the Explosive Resistant Striker Build build for this encounter.

• Specialization: Demolitionist
• Primary Weapon: Exotic St. Elmo’s (or any AR with Damage to Target out of Cover)
• Secondary Weapon: Lefty Shotgun (Perfect Sledgehammer)
• Gear: Striker set with Weapon Damage and Explosive Resistance (Mask, Chest, Kneepads)
• Backpack: Exotic NinjaBike Messenger Bag
• Holster: Picaro’s Holster with Armor and Explosive Resistance
• Gloves: Belstone Armory with Armor, Armor Regen & Explosive Resistance
• Mods: Protection from Elites
• Skills: Revive Hive & Decoy or Crusader Shield

Your Role

At the start of the encounter, your first task will be to clear all the ads outside the warehouse. Once they are dealt with and the team moves outside, you and Agent 4 should make your way to the far side of the area.

By the time you arrive, ads will have already spawned, so you’ll need to handle them on the way. Once the area is clear, take cover near the ad spawn door and focus on eliminating any enemies that emerge.

A sniper will spawn on the top left side of the train, and it’s your responsibility to take them out every time they appear. You can also maintain your Striker stacks by periodically shooting the train with your Lefty in between ad waves.

Your primary task is to manage these ads until the tunnel phase is called, while also assisting in taking down the Chunga when it spawns on the left side. When the call for the tunnel phase is made, move to the center—this time, no more ads will spawn.

Inside the tunnel, take cover behind the tanks while the healer keeps you alive. You can stack your Striker damage by shooting the autocannon while waiting.

Once the tunnel phase ends, head back to your position, but be cautious—ads will already be approaching. Clear them as you move and resume your role. During this phase, there will be no sniper spawns.

When the next tunnel phase is called, move to the center again. However, this time ads will continue to spawn, so you must keep them under control as you reposition. Between ad waves, you can also help damage Morozova. Once she goes immune, immediately enter the tunnel.

This tunnel phase is similar to the first, but now mortars will also be hitting you. Your build and the healer will help you survive the impact.

After exiting the tunnel, repeat your previous phase’s role, but now snipers will begin spawning again.

When the next tunnel phase is called, follow the same process again.

Upon exiting this time, you’ll enter the final phase. As you return to your position, clear the approaching ads, then look over to the right side and assist with the Chunga if it’s still alive.

From here, continue managing ads and handling the Chunga whenever it spawns on the left side.

For the final tunnel phase, repeat the same process. Once you exit, your team can eliminate Morozova and fire one last rocket at the missile to trigger the cutscene and complete the Iron Horse raid.

Throughout the encounter, random mortars and green lasers will be a threat. The mortars won’t be an issue with your build, but the lasers will deal significant damage, so be sure to dodge them when they target you.

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Other Agent Role Guides

• Iron Horse Raid Roles – Agent 1 Role
• Iron Horse Raid Roles – Agent 2 Role
• Iron Horse Raid Roles – Agent 4 Role
• Iron Horse Raid Roles – Agent 5 Role
• Iron Horse Raid Roles – Agent 6 Role
• Iron Horse Raid Roles – Agent 7 Role
• Iron Horse Raid Roles – Agent 8 Role

That concludes my Iron Horse Roles guide for Agent 3. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me on Discord. To wrap things up, I’ll leave you with a video showcasing a full Iron Horse run from the perspective of my Agent 3 role.

• Iron Horse Raid Full Guide