2018 is approaching quickly and there are already early signs of which event could await you early this year in Destiny 2.
This week, on December 19th, the three-week Winter event “The Dawning” kicks off, which will accompany us through the holidays and into the new year. During this event, the Farm and the Tower in Destiny 2 will be decorated festively, snowball fights will take place, and there will be new loot to earn.
Resourceful Guardians have since rummaged through the databases to discover new items from the “Dawning event.” And they did just that – along with items that may appear in a possible future event.
Warning – Spoilers ahead.
New ornaments are on the way
These items have been discovered among others:
Boon of the Dawning – If you use this consumable during a strike or Crucible match, all players will receive a gift at the end of the activity:
Gift – You can give a gift to any merchant daily that you first need to create yourself through a mini-quest. In return, there will be a gift for you:
A new ornament for the Workhorse – Go About Your Business:
This concept art already appeared in the past:
A new ornament for the Prometheus Lens – Prism:
A new ornament for the Wardcliff Coil – Dieselpunk:
In a trailer, the Wardcliff Coil was once seen with a different look. Presumably, it will wear this ornament here:
And a new ornament for the Graviton Lance – Carina Nebula: The first two items can clearly be associated with the Winter event “The Dawning.” Since the new Exotic ornaments are already in the databases, many users are sure that these will also come into the game with the Dawning.
That may not be the case. Because the symbol at the top left above each weapon differs from the Dawning symbol: What is that symbol?
Is the Crimson Week approaching?
Even the biggest Destiny experts will have to think for a moment to correctly assign this symbol. Because it has been almost two years since it was last seen. It is the symbol of the Crimson Week, which took place in February 2016: This is the Valentine’s Day event that was skipped in 2017 and will likely return in 2018 with Destiny 2.
During the Crimson Week in 2016, the Tower was decorated with numerous hearts and roses, new cosmetics were introduced into the game, and a unique PvP event took place.
This PvP mode was called “Crimson Doubles,” where two “pairs” faced off against each other. You had to find your partner yourself, as there was no matchmaking for this.
The special feature of this mode was the modifier “Broken Heart”: If your partner dies, you are driven by vengeance, you glow red (see title image), can draw your weapon faster and recover faster from damage taken. This way, you might still turn the match around.
Interestingly: Recently, the Trials Report tweeted that they found lines of code in the latest update referring to new game modes. Namely Rumble, Clash, and Elimination. It is already known that Clash will return with the Dawning event. And “Crimson Doubles” is a type of Elimination. We will see if and when these PvP modes will come.
Valentine’s Day in 2018 is on February 14th. So one can expect the Crimson Week in Destiny 2 around mid-February. This is likely to be the first new Destiny 2 event starting in 2018.
Keep in mind that all this information is not official. Just because something is in the databases does not mean it will ever find its way into the game.
What do you think of all this information?
