This week you can find Xûr hanging out in the Tower and Trials is live on Endless Vale with (ADEPT) Astral Horizon shotgun as the weekly Flawless reward! View more details for Xur and the latest Destiny 2 news below.
Next Week 𝒾𝓃 Destiny
Week 8: April 18 – April 25, 2023
- Activity Bonus: Crucible Ranks
- Nightfall: Heist Battlegrounds: Mars
- Weapon: Mindbender’s Ambition
- Last week to earn!
- Weapon: Mindbender’s Ambition
- Crucible: Zone Control and Momentum Control
- Featured Rotators:
- Garden of Salvation raid
- Duality dungeon
- Trials Labs returns!
- 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.
Departs: Tuesday, April 18 at 10 AM PDT
Where is Xûr?
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Exotic Armor
Cost: 23 Legendary Shards
Hunter | Titan | Warlock |
 Lucky Exotic Chest Armor |  Armamentarium Exotic Leg Armor |  Eye of Another World Exotic Helmet |
Exotic Weapon
Cost: 23 Legendary Shards
Click on image for details! | Weapon | Type |
 | Sunshot | Hand Cannon (Solar) |
Exotic Weapons (with Random Roll)
Cost: 125,000 Glimmer, 200 Legendary Shards, 1 Exotic Cipher, 1 Ascendant Shard
Weapon | Random Roll | |
 | Hawkmoon Primary Hand Cannon | |
 | Dead Man's Tale Primary Scout Rifle |
Legendary Armor
Cost: 50 Legendary Shards + 1,000 Glimmer
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 Hunter Helmet Wild Hunt Mask |  Warlock Helmet Wild Hunt Mark |  Titan Helmet Wild Hunt Helmet |
 Hunter Arms Wild Hunt Grips |  Warlock Arms Wild Hunt |  Titan Arms Wild Hunt |
 Hunter Chest Wild Hunt |  Warlock Chest Wild Hunt |  Titan Chest Wild Hunt |
 Hunter Legs Wild Hunt |  Warlock Legs Wild Hunt |  Titan Legs Wild Hunt |
 Hunter Class Item Wild Hunt Cloak |  Warlock Class Item Wild Hunt |  Titan Class Item Wild Hunt |
Legendary Weapons
Cost: 50 Legendary Shards + 1,000 Glimmer
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 |
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RETWEETS APPRECIATED! ⬇️
Trials of Osiris
Ends: Tuesday, April 18 @ 10 AM PST
Access: Lightfall
Fireteam: 3-Players
Fireteam Matchmaking: Enabled
Activity Bonus: ❎ Not Active
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+
- 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 3v3 Elimination
- Trials Labs arrives next week. Details in news below.
Map
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Flawless Reward
Tap icon for details | Weapon | Type |
 | Astral Horizon (Adept) | Shotgun (Kinetic) |
Trials Labs
Availability
- Week 8 – April 21
- Week 11 – May 12
Upcoming: 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.
TWAB Highlights
Check out the full “This week at Bungie” on the Bungie website.
Bungie’s Third-Party Peripherals Policy
“Bungie embraces the use of external accessibility aids that enable an experience the game designers intended but will take action, including bans, on people who abuse these tools specifically to gain an advantage over other players.
- “External accessibility aides” are any device or input that augments the player’s ability to control the game beyond what the game itself normally provides. This includes, but is not limited to, programmable controllers, keyboard and mouse adapters, advanced macros, or automation via artificial intelligence. This does not include features that Bungie provides. For more information on how Bungie supports accessibility, check out our goals outlined by Accessibility at Bungie right here.
- “Experience the game designers intended” means that content meant to be difficult or prestige is designed like that for a reason. We do not intend for difficulty to be automated away via software or hardware. Therefore, simply using an accessibility aide to play Destiny 2, where a player could not play otherwise, would not be a violation of this policy. Using these tools to mitigate challenges all players face, such as reducing recoil or increasing aim assist, would be a violation.
- “Gain an advantage” means used for the purpose, directly or indirectly, of achieving victory. For example, some players that abuse these tools rise in PvP ranks at a rate far beyond what is expected for a player improving through typical play. Because the benefits of cheating in PvE can affect things like the World First Race or even spill over into PvP, we will be evaluating all gameplay for violations.
We will be monitoring for violations of the policy and issuing warnings, restrictions and/or bans appropriately. This has been a matter of extended conversations both internally and in the community, and we want to strike the right balance between Bungie’s goal of simultaneously enabling everyone to enjoy our games and protecting our community.”
Best Dressed Commendations
The Best Dressed commendation has been moved up to release with the Season 20 Midseason Patch.
Commendations are limited to matchmade activities (not raids, dungeons, or Trials of Osiris), and it’s about giving compliments to strangers. (edited)
Kilts for Kids
Help Bungie in achieving their goal of $77,777 goal by heading to the RMHC Donation Page and casting your vote for Team Bungie. Each vote is worth $10 and every donation of $30 will pay for a family to stay at RMHC Seattle for one night.
Incentives
- $50 Donation: Knees Out Emblem
- One emblem code will be sent to each unique $50+ donor via email after the event ends. Expect it in your inbox before Friday, April 28.
- $100: The prize above, plus receive a postcard, digitally signed by our Kilts for Kids team and mailed to you.
- $250: All prizes above, plus a digital copy of a new and unique piece of artwork made by Mark Flieg himself.
- $500: All prizes above, plus a physical print of Mark’s exclusive art shipped to you.
Upcoming Maintenance
The Midseason Update (Update 7.0.5) arrives on Tuesday, April 18.
Timeline:
- 8 AM: Maintenance is scheduled to begin.
- 8:45 AM: Destiny 2 is goes OFFLINE.
- 10 AM: Destiny 2 is back ONLINE. Update 7.0.5 becomes available for all platforms and regions.
- 11 AM: Destiny 2 maintenance is scheduled to be completed.
For more details visit the Bungie server status page.
Recent News & Updates
Visit Bungie.net for news, updates, and more.
Helpful Links and Resources
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:
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Standard Decryption:
- Allows players to decrypt engrams for free.
- Players receive random drops from standard Exotic engram loot pools.
- No additional cost.
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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.
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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)
Upcoming Activities and Events
Iron Banner
- April 25 (Week 9): Fortress
Guardian Games
- May 2 – May 23, 2023 (Free to all players)
It’s that time again, a new emblem giveaway will be going live Tomorrow (details will be provided in this post and on Discord).
Until next time.
–Kimberly
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