This week you can find Xûr hanging out at the Winding Cove, EDZ and Trials is on a short break while Iron Banner is live. View Xur’s full inventory and the latest Destiny 2 news below.
Next Week 𝒾𝓃 Destiny
Week 9: July 18 – July 23, 2023
- Last week: Bungie Day Giving Festival
- Solstice begins!
- Nightfall: The Disgraced
- Featured Weapon: The Swarm Machine Gun
- Crucible Rotator: Team Scorched + Rift
- Featured Rotators:
- Deep Stone Crypt raid
- Pif of Heresy dungeon
- RoN Master Weapon: Briar’s Contempt (Adept Linear Fusion Rifle)
- and more!
Have a great weekend!
Upcoming Events
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Bungie Day Giving Festival
Live from July 6 – July 23
Join in making a difference and help us beat what we raised last year (sharing my fundraiser link below helps as well)!
Bungie’s new event Seven Days of Prizes during Bungie Day Giving Festival has begun! All donations of $1+ will automatically earn an entry for a chance to win the daily prize and the grand prize. Enter daily for a shot at winning the prize and for more chances to win the grand prize. Stay tuned to @BungieLove for updates and learn more below.
🔗: Learn more | Donate
PREVIEW OF THE SHINY NEW COSMETICS:
JULY 18
Solstice begins!
Free Event
AUGUST 16
Last Week of Season of the Deep
Season 22 begins August 22, 2023
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, July 18 @ 10 AM PDT
Where is Xûr?
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Exotic Armor
Cost: 23 Legendary Shards
Hunter | Titan | Warlock |
 |  |  |
Aeon Swift Exotic Gauntlets | Ursa Furiosa Exotic Gauntlets | Astrocyte Verse Exotic Helmet |
Exotic Weapon
Cost: 29 Legendary Shards
Weapon | Type | |
 | Vigilance Wing | Heavy Rocket Launcher (Arc) |
Exotic Weapons (with Random Roll)
Cost: 125,000 Glimmer + 200 Legendary Shards + 1 Exotic Cipher + 1 Ascendant Shard
Weapon | Weapon | Random Roll | |
 | Hawkmoon | Hand Cannon | Opening Shot |
Legendary Weapons
Cost: 50 Legendary Shards + 1000 Glimmer
Name | Random Perks | |
 | Iota Draconis Energy Fusion Rifle | Ensemble Harmony |
 | Interference VI Heavy Grenade Launcher | Grave Robber Swashbuckler |
 | Hoosegow Heavy Rocket Launcher | Undergod Quickdraw |
 | Tears of Contrition Kinetic Scout Rifle | Triple Tap Explosive Payload |
 | Seventh Seraph SI-2 Energy Sidearm | Hip-Fire Grip Elemental Capacitor |
 | Extraordinary Rendition Kinetic Submachine Gun | Firmly Planted One for All |
 | Hollow Denial Energy Trace Rifle | Lead from Gold Repulsor Brace |
Legendary Armor
Cost: 50 Legendary Shards + 1000 Glimmer
View Armor
| Name | Type | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Gensym Knight Gauntlets | Titan Gauntlets | 64 |
| Gensym Knight Plate | Titan Chest Armor | 66 |
| Gensym Knight Mark | Titan Mark | 0 |
| Gensym Knight Helm | Titan Helmet | 66 |
| Gensym Knight Greaves | Titan Leg Armor | 63 |
| Gensym Knight Gloves | Warlock Gauntlets | 64 |
| Gensym Knight Robes | Warlock Chest Armor | 63 |
| Gensym Knight Bond | Warlock Bond | 0 |
| Gensym Knight Hood | Warlock Helmet | 66 |
| Gensym Knight Boots | Warlock Leg Armor | 64 |
| Gensym Knight Grips | Hunter Gauntlets | 62 |
| Gensym Knight Cuirass | Hunter Chest Armor | 63 |
| Gensym Knight Cloak | Hunter Cloak | 0 |
| Gensym Knight Casque | Hunter Helmet | 63 |
| Gensym Knight Strides | Hunter Leg Armor | 63 |
RELATED LINKS
Iron Banner
Live for the last time this season!
Ends: Tuesday, July 18 at 10 AM PT
Game mode: Eruption
To win, score more points that your opponent by capturing and defending the zones. The Hunt activates twice per match.
- Zones: Gain 2 points for each zone your team controls at each time interval.
- Zone Advantage: The state when your team controls 2 zones. Your team gains 4 points at each time interval.
- Power Play: The state when your team controls all 3 zones. Your team gains 6 points at each time interval.
- The Hunt: Occurs twice per match. Caiatl sends a high-value zone via Drop Pod. This zone is quick to capture and awards a large number of points over a shorter period of time.
For more details visit the Iron Banner page (includes rank up rewards and more).
Bungie Day Giving Festival 2023
I’m excited to be part of the Bungie Day Giving Festival fundraiser once again this year! Help me exceed last year’s incredible $1510 donation by donating through my link below. By joining in, not only will you be making a meaningful difference, but you’ll also receive eligible incentives as a thank you. Let’s unite and make this year’s fundraiser even more remarkable!
Donor Incentives
$10 – Heartful Shell Exotic Ghost
$25 – Blue Blood Cells emblem
$50 – Helium Hearts Exotic Multiplayer Emote
$100 – Bungie Day emblem bundle
- Donors will receive a link to redeem a special collection or previously retired Bungie Day emblems from 2018-2022 (5 emblems)**, including:
- Day of Seven (2018)
- Sign of Celebration (2019)
- Septenary Encryption (2020)
- Bungie Day 2021
- Seven of Seven (2022)
📌 MORE DETAILS
All New Donor incentives are awarded based on total donations contributed over the course of the campaign, per unique account/donor. (e.g. – by giving $25 USD on 7/7 and then another $25 USD on 7/19, a donor would receive all prizes listed in the $50 incentive tier as well as each one above).
**Any previously redeemed emblems will not be redeemable a second time on the same account.
Click here for more info on how to redeem your Destiny 2 loot after making a donation.
Solstice
Get ready for the return of Solstice next week! Join forces with others, collect Silver Leaves, and celebrate with the lovely Eva Levante.✨
Armor Preview:
For the first time ever, there will be a Strand Rocket Launcher available to earn during Solstice.
Learn more on our Solstice page.
TWiD Highlights
Check out the full “This week in Destiny” on the Bungie website.
Mid-Season Update
The Mid-Season Update is coming July 18. Here is a preview of what’s coming.
Crucible
- Fixed a few out of bounds spots in various maps.
- Whisper of Chains
- Reduced damage reduction in PvP from 15% to 5%.
NOTE: In the first hotfix following the mid-Season patch (next week), Bungie will increase the impact of enemy player sightlines and proximity back to their previous levels. Their goal is to retain some advantages, such as spawning closer to active engagements, while avoiding the disadvantages of spawning in the middle of a fight.
Archetypes
- Pulse Rifles: Reduced auto aim angle by ~10% at 0 Aim Assist.
- Lightweight Bows: Increased falloff start distance from 15m to 25m, end distance from 20m to 45m, and final accuracy by ~10%.
- General: Improved Shayura’s Wrath ADS reticle.
- Lightweight Shotguns: Reduced outer horizontal pellet spread angle by 15%.
Graviton Lance changes
- PvE damage increase by 67%.
- The catalyst no longer grants additional aim assist.
- Cosmology explosion damage against players has been reduced by 40%.
- Damage in PvE remains unaffected.
No Time to Explain
- Reduced range stat by 10.
Fighting Lion
- Fixed catalyst issue, now applies buffs to Kinetic and Power slot weapons.
📰 Future Updates
Wicked Implement
- Buff coming in a future update.
Competitive Division Matchmaking
A few changes are we considering for a future season:
- Adjusting the rank → skill limiting so that it doesn’t limit at all if you are above your target skill.
- Loosening up on the division points throttling we do if you are too far above/below your target skill.
Dynamic Skill Ranges
Bungie provided an update on Dynamic Skill Ranges, a feature previously mentioned in a TWAB. The feature aims to balance matchmaking during low population times or in low skill brackets. Although encountering issues during its initial activation in Season 19, Bungie is actively fixing the bugs and conducting extensive testing. The plan is to reintroduce it in a future season. Stay tuned for more leading up to Season 22.
Source: TWID (July 14, 2023)
“In Season 22, we have a substantial shakeup coming to the weapons sandbox in the form of zoom. We will have more details to share closer to release, but we want to briefly touch on what’s going to happen at a high-level.
The initial changes are going to enforce something we’re calling range compression, with two main goals:
- Reduce the variance between the optimal engagement ranges of our mid-range weapons (Auto Rifles, Pulse Rifles, and Hand Cannons).
- Slightly reduce the average engagement range in Crucible by pulling in the maximum damage falloff distances of many weapon types.”
ADS DAMAGE FALLOFF START DISTANCES (0 – 100 RANGE STAT)
ADS DAMAGE FALLOFF START DISTANCES (0 – 100 RANGE STAT)
| Primary Weapon Type | Old Base Zoom | Old Base + Rangefinder | New Base ADS Modifier |
| Sidearms | 13.20 – 16.80 | 14.30 – 18.20 | 13.20 – 18.00 |
| SMGs | 12.60 – 22.40 | 13.86 – 24.64 | 14.42 – 23.52 |
| Auto Rifles* | 17.20 – 33.20 | 18.92 – 36.52 | 18.28 – 39.53 |
| Hand Cannons | 22.40 – 35.00 | 24.64 – 38.50 | 24.00 – 37.50 |
| Pulse Rifles | 25.50 – 39.10 | 28.05 – 43.01 | 25.50 – 39.95 |
| Aggressive Hand Cannons | 25.20 – 39.20 | 27.72 – 43.12 | 27.00 – 40.50 |
| Lightweight Bows | 45.00 | 49.50 | 45.00 |
| Precision Bows | 54.00 | 59.40 | 54.00 |
| Scout Rifles | 60.00 – 90.00 | 66.00 – 99.00 | 60.00 – 90.00 |
*Note: Auto Rifles have the widest variance in available zoom values in the current live game, between 16 and 20 base. For the purposes of the above chart 16 zoom was used as the base value since it is the most prevalent, but 20 zoom ARs were reaching 41.5m at 100 range.
Other things to look forward to in Season 22:
- Hand Cannons in PvE will be improved with faster reload speed and increased damage against minor and major enemies.
- Sword guard will undergo a significant overhaul.
- Some Exotics, like Le Monarque, will be balanced, and Touch of Malice will receive significant buffs.
- Weapon perks like Bipod, Envious Assassin, and Under-Over will be buffed.
Check out the full article for more in-depth details.
🎣 Fishing Derby Results
Fishing Derby Results
🏆 Top fisher: Arladouc (660 points)
🎣 Alpha Derby:
- Sniff – 550
- Yumoe – 538
- Selveten – 536
🎣 Bravo Derby:
- 冰雪奇猿 – 551
- まれほー537
- Agura-531
🎣 Charlie Derby:
- Winter – 518
- Rampage – 483
- Eden of Chaos – 477
🎣 Delta Derby:
- Mafia – 658
- Genma – 560
- Andy! – 531
🎣 Echo Derby:
- Arladouc – 660
- Kind – 624
- Electrobrains – 580
Emblem Ownership Reminder
Starting with Season of the Deep, players can only equip emblems found in their Collections. Hidden emblems must be reacquired. Pre-order and Collector’s Edition emblems are platform-specific. Existing emblem unlocks are not affected.
More Details
“Starting with the launch of Season of the Deep, emblem ownership values were updated. For security purposes, players who have emblems on their account that do not appear in their Collections (Collections-Flair-Emblems-General) will no longer be able to equip these emblems, and players will no longer be able to see these emblems if they are still equipped. Those who are affected by this change will need to reacquire these emblems through proper means by unlocking them in their Bungie.net profiles or on their platform if they wish to continue using them.
Additionally, pre-order and Collector’s Edition-specific emblems will be restricted to use on the platform that owns those licenses. If you acquired one of these emblems on one platform but are now playing on another platform, you must play on the original platform to use these emblems.
Players who have emblems unlocked on their Bungie.net accounts and platforms are unaffected by this change.”
Winning Witherhoard Ornament Design
Concept art by Nine Rivens
Recent News & Updates
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Until next time.
♡ Kimberly
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