This Weekend in Destiny 2 – Xûr and Trials (May 12 – 16)

For the final week this season you can find Xûr hanging out at the Winding Cove on the EDZ and Trials is live on The Dead Cliffs with The Immortal Adept shotgun as the flawless reward this week! View more details for Xur and the latest Destiny 2 news below.

Attention Guardians: Just a heads up, this week’s weekly post and infographic will be posted later than usual because a new season begins next week. Also, the Lost Sector schedule will be updated manually every day at reset until the rotation is known. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time. Thank you!

Next Week 𝒾𝓃 Destiny

Week 1: May 23 – 30, 2023

  • Season of the Deep begins!
  • Activity Bonus: N/A
  • Nightfall: Devils’ Lair
    • Weapon: TBA
  • Crucible Rotator: Rift & Momentum Control
  • Featured Rotators:
    • Last Wish raid
    • Duality dungeon
  • New [Redacted] Dungeon arrives on Friday, May 26!
  • and more!

Have a great weekend!


Xûr, Agent of the Nine

A peddler of strange curios, Xûr’s motives are not his own. He bows to his distant masters, the nine.

Leaves: Tuesday,May 23 @ 8:15 AM PDT (Check your local time)

NOTE: Trials will end early due to maintenance for Update 7.1.0, check the Bungie server status page for more details.

Where is Xûr?


Winding Cove, EDZ 

Exotic Armor

Cost: 23 Legendary Shards

Exotic Weapon

Cost: 29 Legendary Shards

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Weapon

Exotic

Crimson

Hand Cannon (Kinetic)

Exotic Weapons (with Random Roll)

Cost: 125,000 + 200 Legendary Shards + 1 Exotic Cipher + 1 Ascendant Shard


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Weapon

Random Roll 

Hawkmoon

Primary Hand Cannon

Dead Man's Tale

Primary Scout Rifle

Legendary Armor

Cost: 50 Legendary Shards + 1000 Glimmer

This Week: Lightkin armor from Season of the Splicer

Lightkin

Mask

Hunter Helmet

Lightkin
Helm

Titan Helmet

Lightkin Cover

Warlock Helmet

Lightkin

Grips

Hunter Arms

Lightkin
Gauntlets

Titan Arms

Lightkin
Gloves

Warlock Arms

Lightkin

Grips

Hunter Chest Armor

Lightkin
Plate

Titan Chest Armor

Lightkin
Robes

Warlock Chest Armor

Lightkin

Strides

Hunter Legs

Lightkin
Greaves

Titan Legs

Lightkin
Boots

Warlock Legs

Lightkin
Cloak

Hunter Cloak

Lightkin

Mark

Titan Class Item

Lightkin
Bond

Warlock Class Item

Legendary Weapons

Cost: 50 Legendary Shards + 1000 Glimmer

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Name

Random Perks

Gnawing Hunger

Energy Auto Rifle

Subsistence

Multikill Clip

Judgment of Kelgorath

Energy Glaive

Puglist

Unstoppable Force

IKELOS_HC_V1.0.3

Energy Hand Cannon

Rapid Hit

Frenzy

Shattered Cipher

Heavy Machine Gun

Under Pressure

Snapshot Sights

Cold Denial

Kinetic Pulse Rifle

Threat Detector

Unrelenting

Distant Tumlus

Energy Sniper Rifle

Lead from Gold

Outlaw

Thoughtless

Energy Sniper Rifle

Overflow

Adagio

Links

RETWEETS APPRECIATED! ⬇️


Compete in an event version of Elimination. Earn as many round and match wins on a ticket as you can.

Ends: Tuesday,May 23 @ 8:15 AM PDT (Check your local time)

NOTE: Trials will end early due to maintenance for Update 7.1.0, check the Bungie server status page for more details.

Access: Lightfall

Fireteam: 3-Players

Fireteam Matchmaking: Enabled

Activity Bonus: ✅ Crucible Rank

When Does Trials Of Osiris Arrive?

Trials of Osiris starts every Friday at 10 AM (PDT) and ends on Tuesday at 10 AM (PDT). Trials is usually not available for the first month when a new season begins. 

Trials of Osiris will not be live during the following:

  • The first week of a new season.
  • The week a new raid releases.
  • Any week Iron Banner is active.

Required to Access Trials of Osiris:

✅ Power 1520+

✅ Yearly Expansion

  • As of Season 18, this is The Witch Queen

✅ A Passage (see below)

  • Purchase from Saint-14 while Trials is active.

Please note, Expansion ownership does not transfer between platforms.

Modes:

  • Classic 3v3 Elimination
    • Achieve victory by eliminating all opponents in this round-based mode.
  • Trials Lab: Freelance
    • Solo fireteams only
  • Trials Lab: Capture Zone
    • Classic 3v3 elimination with a twist. 30 seconds into the first round, a flag spawns in the middle of the map. Capturing the zone guarantees that the team who captured it will win the round regardless if all players die on both sides.

Passages:

Cost: 10000 Glimmer + 15 Legendary Shards

Passage Name

Perk

Passage of Mercy

Always available

Forgives one loss per run.

Passage of Ferocity

Always available

Your third match win grants a bonus win.

Passage of Wealth

Unlocks at 5 wins

Increased Trials Rank points from reaching 3, 5, and 7 match wins on a ticket.

Passage of Wisdrom

Unlocks at 7 wins

Grants bonus XP from wins

Passage of Confidence

Unlocks at Flawless

Grants bonus rewards from Flawless Chest.



Game Mode

Classic Trials 3v3 Elimination

Map

Flawless Reward

ADEPT

The Immortal (Adept)

Submachine Gun (Strand)

View more details on our Trials of Osiris page.

News and Updates

Changes coming in Season 21

LABS

The system will be tuned for Season 21 to make it less likely for standard players to trigger farming protection.

DOMINION GAME MODE

Bungie is moving to Dominion as the core game mode for Trials in Season 21

  • Dominion offers a choice between playing Elimination and an objective-based game mode.
  • Objectives can allow more types of players to contribute to winning.
  • Games are on average 15% faster than standard Elimination games.
  • Dominion puts extreme passivity at a disadvantage by spawning the zone earlier and creating pressure for players to engage and fight earlier.
  • Objectives promote more varied engagements on the maps and push players to experience different engagement arenas on each map.
  • Dominion promotes a healthier sandbox variety in both weapons and subclasses.
  • Provides Bungie with more balancing levers to change the gameplay experience and make changes to maps more quickly to address concerns about flow or balance.
  • Switching to Dominion may make carrying other players to the Lighthouse a more difficult challenge, but the decision was made based on the bulk of all player experiences in the playlist.

TRIALS PASSAGES

Passage of Wealth and Passage of Mercy are getting an update next season.

  • The Passage of Wealth will now grant +75 Trials rep for every win, and an additional bonus for current major rank in Trials, up to +150 total. This encourages players to stay on the same card to take advantage of more reputation for wins later in the card. The previous Passage of Wealth granting increased reputation on wins 3, 5, and 7 on a card was at odds with the new system
  • The Passage of Mercy in Season 21 will forgive 2 losses if you have not yet been Flawless for the week. After going Flawless, the Passage of Mercy will revert to forgiving a single loss on each card. This gives all players a better chance of going Flawless for the first time each week, and players who can go Flawless without using both Mercies additional opportunities to play for extra rewards while their first card remains Flawless.

TRIALS INTRO QUEST

  • Step 1
    • Complete Competitive placement matches.
    • Get 50 kills in Competitive.
    • Raise your Power level.  
  • Step 2
    • Pick up a Trials Passage.
    • Play a game of Trials.
    • Win 1 round of Trials.
    • Get 1 elimination in Trials.
    • Reward: Astral Horizon Shotgun

GILDED FLAWLESS

  • Gilding Flawless in Trials of Osiris has been updated to align with the difficulty of gilding the Glorious title.
  • Season 20 requirements were 180 kills, 100 rewards, Flawless with a Seasonal Exotic weapon, carrying 2 players, and winning 7 games on a 7-win ticket.
  • Season 21 requirements are 500 kills, 16 Trials ranks, Flawless with a Seasonal Exotic weapon and 50 kills, and earning specific medals while on a ticket with 0 losses and equipped with specific emblems.
  • The changes are meant to focus on rewarding dedication and individual and team skill in the game mode

Source: TWAB (May 4, 2023)

Here is what’s being added to Trials loot pool in Season 21:

RETURNING: The Messenger High-Impact Kinetic Pulse Rifle

NEW: Unexpected Resurgence Adaptive Arc Glaive

Availability

  • Unexpected Resurgence Adept version will be available on June 9
  • The Messenger Adept version will be available on June 16.

Leaving the Trials Loot Pool in Season 21

The Inquisitor Shotgun and Whistler’s Whim Bow will be removed from the standard loot pool in Season 21, but their non-Adept versions can still be obtained through legacy focusing with Saint-14.

Players who don't lose any matches during their Flawless run (earning a Flight of the Pigeon medal for every win) will receive an exclusive new emblem when opening the Flawless chest at the Lighthouse. While some skilled players may achieve this on their first run, it may prove to be a challenging achievement for others. The emblem is meant to be a source of pride for those who earn it.


Players who open the Lighthouse rewards chest will have a chance to obtain new rewards.

  • Hero’s Wake Exotic Ghost Shell
  • Valiant Memory Exotic Ship
  • Survivor’s Journey Exotic Sparrow
  • Glorious Patina shader (after first opening of the chest)

*Exclusive shader Glorious Patina can be earned by going Flawless during Season 21 Trials.

Hero’s Wake Exotic Ghost Shell

Valiant Memory Exotic Ship

Survivor’s Journey Exotic Sparrow

A new shader called Glorious Patina will also be available from the Lighthouse rewards chest in Season 21. Future Trials of Osiris shaders are permanent unlocks. Glorious Patina, which can be transmogrified onto any gear, is exclusive to Flawless players in Season 21.

Future Seasons will see the return of older Trials shaders (that were previously exclusive to Adept weapons) as rewards for completing the first Seasonal Flawless Ticket, and they will now be fully accessible and usable as on all your transmog gear.

SHADER NAME SEASON AVAILABLE AS FLAWLESS REWARD
Glorious Patina Season 21
Bloodline Feud Season 22
Vizier Regalia Season 23


Availability

  • Week 8 - April 21
  • Week 11 - May 12

Upcoming Changes

Changes to the Passages of Wealth and Mercy, and the Flawless Triumph requirements won't be active during these weekends. They'll be introduced in Season 21 together with a new emblem and a starter quest.

Challenger Pool (Connection Based Matchmaking):

  • Challenger Pool is for players who play Trials regularly and aim to go Flawless. It offers an experience similar to the original Trials in D1, without making games harder as the card progresses or after going Flawless.
  • Matchmaking in this pool is solely based on connection, with no consideration of tickets, weekly wins, or skill.
  • Players with a card that has no losses or those in a fireteam with someone who has a flawless card will be placed in this pool.

Practice Pool (Connection Based and Weekly Performance):

  • The Practice Pool is designed for players who are new or less experienced and are not yet ready to go Flawless in Trials. It provides a place for players to start playing Trials without being overwhelmed.
  • Matchmaking in this pool is based on connection and weekly performance.
    • Only players with a Flawed card or those on their first game of the week can play in this pool, and everyone in the fireteam must meet the same requirement.
  • Stomp Protection: The Practice Pool features Stomp protection, which reduces a player's weekly performance rating if they are consistently struggling, making matches slightly easier until they recover.
  • Farming Protection: The pool also has Farming protection, which slows down matchmaking times initially and, if a player or fireteam member continues to farm the Practice pool, locks them into the Challenger pool for the rest of the weekend, regardless of their card state.

Bungie will have a more in-depth discussion about the changes that are coming to Trials in Season 21.

Source:  This week at Bungie - April 13, 2023

Changes that arrived with Lightfall and Season 20.

FOCUSING COSTS

 Crucible, Gambit, and Vanguard focusing will see the following costs: 

  • 1 Ritual Engram 
  • Crucible, Gambit, or Vanguard (depending on the vendor) 
  • 5,000 Glimmer 
  • 25 Legendary Shards 

Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, and Nightfall focusing will see the following costs: 

  • 1 Ritual Engram 
  • Trials, Iron Banner, or Vanguard (depending on the vendor) 
  • 20,000 Glimmer 
  • 50 Legendary Shards 

Adept weapon focusing for Trials of Osiris and Nightfall weapons will see the following costs: 

  • 1 Ritual Engram 
  • Trials or Vanguard (depending on the vendor) 
  • 50,000 Glimmer 
  • 50 Legendary Shards 
  • 7-Win Trials Ticket or 10 Adept Nightfall Ciphers 

Source: Bungie.net

LEGACY GEAR FOCUSING

Trials of Osiris Weapons Available for Legacy Focusing:

  • Shayura’s Wrath 
  • Reed’s Regret 

  • Aisha’s Embrace 
  • Burden of Guilt 
  • Forgiveness 

Note: Adept version of legacy weapons will not be available for focusing. 

Trials of Osiris Armor Sets Available for Legacy Focusing:

  • Pyrrhic Ascent 
  • Exile 

Trials of Osiris Gear Focusing Cost:

  • If a player has NOT acquired a piece of Trials of Osiris gear previously: 
  • 7 Trials Engrams 

  • 100 Legendary Shards 
  • 10,000 Glimmer 
  • If  a player has acquired a piece of Trials of Osiris gear previously: 

  • 3 Trials Engrams 
  • 25 Legendary Shards 
  • 25,000 Glimmer 

Source: Bungie.net


Guardian Games

Live until May 23, 2023

Congratulations to the Titans for their victory in the Guardian Games 2023! 🏆 #ForLance ♡

NOTE: Guardian Games is still live until May 23. Bungie will officially announce the winner next week.

Guardian Games Cup Fundraiser is still Live!

All donations of $25 and above will receive the Quantum Relay emblem (until the event ends on May 23).

Using our link below will support our fundraising efforts and support a great cause! The Bungie Foundation will be sending all funds raised this year to both Direct Relief and the International Rescue Committee equally. Learn more by clicking the link below. Thank you to everyone who has donated and supported this fundraiser, if your unable to make a donation sharing our fundraiser link helps too.

Check out our Guardian Games page for more details.


TWAB Highlights

Check out the full “This week at Bungie” on the Bungie website.

Summary of Season 21 Changes

Economy Changes

  • Rahool Exotic Engram Focusing: allows decryption or focusing of Exotic engrams, with Tier 1 and Tier 2 choices.
  • Weapon Deepsight activation: now requires the new currency, Deepsight Harmonizer.
  • Crafting Cost Changes: No longer requires Legendary Shards.

View article: bung.ie/3NEehSo.

Weapon Sandbox Tuning

Season 21 brings improved weapon reticles, Exotic buffs and
reworks, nerfs, damage fixes, and adjustments to Legendary
archetypes and perks.

Weapon preview article: bung.ie/41LQAec.

Exotic Armor Tuning

Changes are coming to more than 20 Exotic armor pieces
(including explosive rounds on Sweet Business), visit the
link below to learn more.

Weapon preview article: bung.ie/3plx6j8.

Abilities Tuning

Learn more about buffs coming to Supers, more Fragment slots for
Aspects, improved Strand melees, lower Grapple cooldown, and more
at bung.ie/40Wueq1.

Quality of Life Improvements

  • New Vanguard bounties added.
  • Finest Matterweave and Rainmaker consumable for material acquisition.
  • Good Boy Protocol returning to Tower.
  • Triumphs boosting raid Exotic drop rate in multiple raids, retroactive.

View article for more: bung.ie/3NEehSo.

Crucible Updates

  • Flawless Pool replaced by Practice Pool and Challenger Pool.
  • New Trials quest for beginners.
  • Adjustments made to Trials passages.
  • Elimination mode replaced by Dominion in Trials.
  • New requirements for Gilding the Flawless Seal.

View article for more: bung.ie/3NEehSo.

A Look at New Strand Aspects

Coming in Season of the Deep.

HUNTER: THREADED SPECTER

“Activate your class ability to leave behind a decoy woven from Strand matter that draws the attention of nearby combatants. After taking significant damage or when combatants approach, the decoy detonates, dealing damage and releasing Threadlings that seek out and attack nearby foes.”

TITAN: FLECHETTE STORM 

“While sliding, activate your charged melee ability to leap into the air, knocking nearby targets away and dealing damage. While airborne, activate your charged melee again to launch a cluster of damaging, unraveling projectiles. Repeatedly activating melee will chain additional throws.”

WARLOCK: THE WANDERER

“Tangles you throw attach to enemies and detonate into a suspending burst. Threadling final blows create a Tangle.”

Season of the Deep Artifact Perks

Get a look at perks on the Season 21 Artifact, NPA Repulsor Regulator:

COLUMN 1 

  • Anti-Barrier Auto-Rifle: Your equipped Auto Rifle fires shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Auto-Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active. 
  • Unstoppable Hand Cannon: Aiming down the sights of a Hand Cannon for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Hand Cannons are always overcharged when that modifier is active. 
  • Overload Scout Rifle: Landing consecutive hits on combatants with any Scout Rifle you are wielding causes disruption, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Scout Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Overload Trace Rifle: Uninterrupted fire from your equipped Trace Rifles causes the beam to stun combatants, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering their damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Trace Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Unstoppable Glaive: Glaives you wield fire a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Glaives are always overcharged when that modifier is active.

COLUMN 2

  • Authorized Mods: Arc: The armor energy costs of all armor mods affecting your Arc weapons are significantly discounted.
  • Authorized Mods: Void: The armor energy costs of all armor mods affecting your Void weapons are significantly discounted.
  • Authorized Mods: Strand: The armor energy costs of all armor mods affecting your Strand weapons are significantly discounted.
  • Authorized Mods: Melee: The armor energy costs of all armor mods affecting your melee are significantly discounted.
  • Technicolor Siphon: Grants access to Helmet armor mods that combine the effects of the Strand Siphon and Arc Siphon mods.

COLUMN 3 

  • Improved Unraveling: Increases the amount of damage dealt by unraveling a target.
  • Deeper Origins: Greatly improves the benefits provided by the Unsated Hunger, Nanotech Tracer Rockets, Harmonic Resonance, and Noble Deeds traits.
  • Unto the Breach: Defeating a Void Debuffed targets creates a Void Breach while your Void subclass is equipped.
  • Electric Armor: Stay amplified longer while your Arc subclass is equipped.
  • Thunderous Retort: Grants bonus Arc Super damage if cast while critically wounded or while amplified. Lasts until the end of the Super activation.

COLUMN 4 

  • Strand Soldier: Your Strand weapons gain Unraveling Rounds whenever you gain Woven Mail while your Strand subclass is equipped.
  • Overcharged Armory: Weapons with the Unsated Hunger, Nanotech Tracer Rockets, Harmonic Resonance, and Noble Deed traits are always overcharged weapons for you when that modifier is active.
  • Protective Breach: Picking up a Void Breach gives you an overshield or refreshes your existing overshield.
  • Counter Charge: Gain a stack of Armor Charge when you stun a Champion.
  • Amped Up: Gain damage resistance while amplified. 

COLUMN 5

  • Conductive Cosmic Needle: Targets affected by Strand debuffs take increases damage from Arc and Void abilities.
  • Shock and Awe: Arc final blows while you are amplified summon a burst of lightning that damages and jolts targets.
  • Supernova: Picking up a Void Breach causes your next source of Void damage to create a large weakening pulse.
  • Squad Goals:
    • Performing a finisher while you are amplified grants Amplified to nearby allies when your Arc subclass is equipped. 
    • Performing a finisher while you have Woven Mail grants Woven Mail to nearby allies when your Strand subclass is equipped. 
    • Performing a finisher while you have Devour grants Devour to nearby allies when your Void subclass is equipped.
  • Lightning Strikes Twice: After throwing an Arc grenade, gain increased grenade recharge for a short time. Arc final blows extend the duration of this benefit.

Credit: All information above is from TWAB (May 18, 2023)

Enemy Shields Update

Enemy shields will be getting an update in Season 21. This change is only visual. (Image: Left is before, right is after. The change goes from a grid like purple shield to a purple circle around the enemy, the new version kind of looks like the outline of a portal.)

“Over the past few years, the Destiny Dev team has introduced numerous changes to the core game experience as we’ve overhauled internal systems, as well as endeavored to make the game more accessible to our audience. The change we are about to talk about touches on both of these topics.” -Bungie

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Destiny 2 Services and Hardware

“Starting with Season of the Deep’s launch (Update 7.1.0), we are moving to a scheduled downtime model where we bring Destiny 2 offline for an expected 1.5 hours on our update days. This will allow us to do our “staging” and rollout on the same day and should make the experience more stable and reliable. In the meantime, we will continue to monitor performance, upgrade hardware, increase service reliability, and work to give you a great experience each time you play the game.”

-Bungie 

Read the full statement about this on Bungie.net.

New Twitch Sub Emblem

A brand new emblem called “Pulsar Approaching” is available to anyone who completes the Twitch Gift Sub Bounty. “For those who have completed the Twitch Sub bounty, you’ll be able to collect the new Pulsar Approaching emblem from Rahool in the Tower starting on May 28 at 9 AM PDT.”

Source: TWAB (May 18, 2023)

Bungie Rewards Last Chance

May 23 is the deadline to complete in-game achievements for the following Bungie Rewards:

  • Lightfall Legendary Pin 
  • Root of Nightmares Raid Pin 
  • Queensguard Title Pin 
  • Champ Title Pin 
  • The Hawk Replica Ship 
  • 2023 Guardian Games Medal 
  • Guardian Games Pendant 

For more details and to view deadlines, visit the Bungie Rewards page.

Reminder: Collect unclaimed Season of the Seraph rewards before Season of Defiance ends. Claim rewards from Tower and H.E.L.M. vendors as they will reset for Season 21.


Update 7.1.0 Release Schedule

On May 23, Update 7.1.0 releases. Here’s a timeline of what to expect:

  • 7 AM PDT: Maintenance is scheduled to begin.
  • 8:15 AM PDT: Destiny 2 is brought offline.
  • 10 AM PDT: Destiny 2 will be brought back online. Update 7.1.0 will be playable on all platforms and regions.
  • 11 AM PDT: Destiny 2 maintenance is scheduled to complete.

For more information check out this help article.


Season of the Deep 🌊

Begins May 23 at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM UTC

Stay tuned for more details and a new trailer on May 23 (sometime before reset, usually an 2-3 hours before 10 AM PDT).

MORE DETAILS

Check out one of the places you’ll be going to in Season of the Deep and the next new ritual weapon.

The ritual weapon in Season 21 is a Tex Mechanica Kinetic Aggressive Scout Rifle called the Last Rite. Take a look at the ornaments:


Weapons Leaving at the end of Season 20

Nightfall

  • Mindbender’s Ambition
    • Final week in rotation: 4/18
  • The Militia’s Birthright
    • Final week to earn: 5/2

Trials of Osiris

  • The Inquisitor
    • Final week to earn: 5/9.
  • Whistler’s Whim
    • Already out of rotation.

Iron Banner

  • The Wizened Rebuke
  • The Hero’s Burden
    • Final week to earn both: 4/25

Competitive

  • Rose – Lightweight Kinetic Hand Cannon
    • Final week to earn: 5/16

Weapons Arriving in Season 21

Nightfall

  • Braytech Osprey
    • Returning Weapon
  • Loaded Question
    • Returning Weapon

Vanguard

  • Positive Outlook – Void Precision Auto Rifle
    • Returning Weapon

Gambit

  • Strand Linear Fusion Rifle
    • NEW Weapon

Crucible

  • Randy’s Throwing Knife – Kinetic Rapid-Fire Scout Rifle
    • Returning Weapon

Trials of Osiris

  • Arc Glaive
    • NEW Weapon
  • The Messenger – Kinetic High-Impact Pulse Rifle
    • Returning Weapon

Iron Banner

  • Strand Fusion Rifle
    • NEW Weapon
  • Swarm of the Raven – Void Rapid-Fire Heavy Grenade Launcher
    • Returning Weapon

Competitive

  • Arc Sniper Rifle
    • NEW Weapon

Summary of Changes Coming in Season 21

Destiny 2 is introducing Exotic armor focusing and decryption at Rahool during Season 21. The three focusing options include Standard Decryption, Exotic Focusing Tier 1, and Exotic Focusing Tier 2.

Details:

  • Standard Decryption:

    • Allows players to decrypt engrams for free.
    • Players receive random drops from standard Exotic engram loot pools.
    • No additional cost.
  • Exotic Focusing Tier 1:

    • Focus an engram to receive a random roll of an Exotic from the associated expansion.
    • Expansion includes Red War, Forsaken, Shadowkeep, Beyond Light, and The Witch Queen.
    • Lightfall will be available in a future season.
    • Requires ownership of the associated expansion and previously acquired all armor pieces within the engram for the player's class.
    • Cost: 1 Exotic engram, 30,000 Glimmer, and 1 Ascendant Shard.
  • Exotic Focusing Tier 2:

    • Focus on a specific Exotic Armor.
    • Requires ownership of the associated expansion and previously acquired that specific armor piece.
    • Cost: 1 Exotic engram, 60,000 Glimmer, 3 Ascendant Shards, and 1 Exotic Cipher.

Other Important Notes/Changes:

  • Exotic armor stats will be consistently higher in Season 21.
  • 'Complete activities' challenges reward will change to Powerful Exotic engrams.
  • Pinnacle Cap not raised in Season 21, so need for Pinnacle Legendary rewards decreased.
  • Other sources of focusable Exotic engrams include random world drops, Season Pass, and vendor reputation tracks.
  • Additional focusable Exotic engram sources coming in future seasons.

Source: TWAB (May 4, 2023)

 

Hope you all have a good weekend!

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