Destiny 2 finally addresses topics such as economy, materials, and adjusted exchange rates for Beyond Light and future seasons. This is especially interesting for frequent players, as they are sitting on a massive pile of items that will soon shrink.
When the big Beyond Light expansion kicks off on November 10, numerous changes will make their way into the game. Bungie has now revealed what is happening regarding the economy in the MMO shooter. You will have to part with many items and manage your Destiny wealth differently.
This is what happens to your materials: Since it became known that with the start of Year 4, numerous planets and quests will disappear into the Destiny content vault, guardians are wondering what will happen to the materials and resources from these locations?
The planetary materials
- Phaseglass needles (Io)
- Alkane dust (Titan)
- Simulation seeds (Mercury)
- Seraphite (Mars)
remain unchanged in Beyond Light and Season 12. You can still spend or exchange them with vendors.
With the start of Season 13 (Spring 2021), however, no vendors will accept the materials anymore. If you still have some of them left at the end of the soon-to-start season of the hunt, you can exchange them with Spider for Glimmer. The exchange rate is said to be unprofitable.
Bungie advises you to spend the stuff beforehand.
Over 30 items will disappear in Beyond Light
If you log in on November 10, your vault and inventory will be significantly cleaned out. Bungie will automatically remove numerous items permanently.
- This includes items that simply have no more space in the game, such as resonance stems for sleeper nodes or Gambit synths, as the mode is being revamped.
- On the other hand, the “sentimental” items will also face the axe. You will have to say goodbye to Cayde’s Noodles coupon. These items never had a real use but served as a reminder of days gone by or were event gags from Bungie.
The complete list includes more than 30 entries. You can find it here on Bungie’s website in English:
Changes for Spider, the Season Pass, and the Eververse in S12
This is what happens to Spider: The black market dealer Spider from the Tangled Shore remains unchanged in principle. However, he will receive two important changes at the start of Beyond Light:
- Spider will no longer sell Legendary Shards – According to Bungie, the offer was simply not used by the guardians, hence it is being discontinued.
- The NPC will soon sell Upgrade Modules instead. You will need the rare resource to upgrade gear. However, the costs are quite high: 400 Legendary Shards per module, and you can only buy 3 per week.
- Upgrade Cores will have a fixed price starting with the expansion: A core costs 30 Legendary Shards, and you can acquire 5 per day – previously, the purchase price doubled with each core, starting at 10 shards.
How the Season Pass becomes more generous: The Season Pass basically remains unchanged. You will still find a free track for all players and a premium track for paying guardians. It still contains weapons, armor, cosmetics, and resources.
However, there is one important change. Bungie is adding more Bright Dust for the Eververse as a reward:
- The free path in the Season Pass now offers 7,500 Bright Dust
- The purchased path now offers 3,000 Bright Dust
- Weekly Bounties now grant 100 Bright Dust
Bungie says (via TWaB): “With these changes, the vast majority of players will earn more Bright Dust than before. One of our goals here is to avoid a system that pushes you to try to complete all weekly bounties for all three characters every single week.”
What you need to know about Bright Engrams: Bright Engrams contain the cosmetics from Eververse, Destiny’s cash shop. Starting with the Season of the Hunt, Bright Engrams will now contain all Eververse content from Season 1 to three seasons before the current season.
- Season 12: Bright Engrams contain all content from Seasons 1 to 9.
- Season 13: Bright Engrams contain all content from Seasons 1 to 10.
Keep in mind that special event cosmetics, such as those from the current Halloween event, will not end up in the loot pool.
What about bounties? In April 2020, Bungie mentioned that they plan to thoroughly revise the existing bounty system. These changes include, for example, the ability to earn EXP and seasonal materials. Many players complain that Destiny 2 has become a “bounty simulator.”
A large part of the changes is still being worked on. As we approach Season 13 in 2021, Bungie wants to disclose more about it.
What do you think of the changes to the economy that will be active in less than 2 weeks? Do you miss the items that will disappear like magic, or do you welcome the changes?
Additionally, Bungie has overhauled our faithful companions, the Ghosts in Beyond Light. It was mentioned in TWaB that you no longer need perks on Ghosts to summon Sparrows faster. Because from now on, your space bikes will all be summoned immediately.
