On June 9, Destiny 2 will receive the final expansion “Monument of Triumph”. To save you from reading 17,000 characters of patch notes, we summarize the highlights here.
What you need to know before the update:
- The servers will be down from 2:30 PM to 7:00 PM.
- Download: approx. 27 to 40 GB (depending on the platform)
You can also watch the official launch trailer of the update here:
The Highlights of Monument of Triumph – Return of the Navigator and the SRL
Before the release of the update, Bungie emphasized that Monument of Triumph will be substantial. The patch notes are expected to exceed 17,000 characters. That’s about 11-14 pages of a paperback novel. To spare you from reading them yourself, we list the highlights here.
Rewards, Bonuses, and Cosmetics
- The last Bungie Rewards: Players with the Immortal title can win real jackets, shirts, and the digital soundtrack.
- Returnees & Old Lights: Everyone will receive welcome gifts, loyal long-term veterans will even get an exclusive emblem.
- Various rewards, including unreleased or previously time-limited content, such as Chatterwhite, Superblack, Gryphon, and All Star Vector, as well as a selection of endlessly purchasable engrams.
- New currency “Legendary Marks” & corresponding vendors: There are now legendary marks that you can exchange with four new vendors. You should know them from Destiny 1.
- A final season pass with no expiration date: featuring a plethora of cosmetic rewards
- Evergreening: Glimmer is now in the new hub and old season passes remain permanently playable.
Activities
- The Navigator & Locations: The Navigator returns as a hub and patrol zones now drop Tier 3 to Tier 5 loot.
- Distortions: An hourly rotating world event that changes the map and enemies and guarantees better and exclusive loot.
- Heavy Metal: The vehicle mode comes with new tanks, a fresh map, and faster matches.
- Sparrow Racing League: The SRL triumphantly returns with boards, new tracks, trick boosts, and photo finishes.
- The Portal & Difficulty: The portal tab will disappear, but the portal and everything it represented will be integrated into the Navigator, while difficulty levels will guarantee fixed loot ranks directly now.
- Pantheon: The boss rush mode returns with new bosses and a new unlimited farming “Feat” difficulty system for guaranteed top loot and an adventure mode.
- Assault, Old Trials & The Twist: The modes receive a better loot curve and more scrap rewards.
- Gambit Ops: Gambit rewards teamwork directly with Tier 5 loot and brings cult weapons back like Notration.
- RAD Rewards & Rotation: All classic raids and dungeons drop tier gear and are mostly farmable.
- Feats: Standard drops weekly Tier 5. Custom Feat bonuses are now guaranteed and endlessly farmable without restrictions.
- United Crucible & Modifiers: Crucible playlists are merged, and private matches receive modifiers.
- Competitive & Trials: No rank resets, but Trials now offer three card pools and new reward weapons.
- Iron Banner: The Iron Banner returns every four weeks with new and heavily upgraded weapons.
Sandbox and QoL
- three new aspects
- Crackshot (Hunter, Solar)
- Soul Siphon (Warlock, Void)
- Shieldburst (Titan, Solar)
- two grenades
- Shatter Grenade (Hunter, Stasis)
- Slicewire Grenade (Hunter, Strand)
- one new melee
- Phantom Surge (Hunter, Void)
- Crafted Weapons: Crafted weapons can be upgraded directly to Tier 5 through level advancements on the relic.
- Vault & Loadouts: Your vault will be expanded to 1300 slots and you will receive 8 additional loadout slots.
- Reworks of abilities: Dawn Protection, Trapper Ambush, and Frost Armor have been significantly revised and improved.
- Balance changes for abilities and supers: The passive cooldown rate decreases and super regeneration from boss damage is significantly reduced.
- Types of armors: Six new archetypes make build crafting easier with increased drop chances through ghost mods.
- Armor set bonuses: Too powerful bonuses will be nerfed while many new set bonuses are integrated into the game.
Exotics & Weapon Tuning
- Exotic ornaments & engrams: Legendary ornaments now fit exotic armors, and glimmer engrams can be focused.
- Stats for exotic armors: Each exotic drops now with Tier 5 stats and allows all modern tuning mods.
- Tuning of exotic weapons: Numerous exotics (e.g., Vex Mythoclast, Anarchy, Complaint) receive PvE buffs.
- Exotic catalysts: Exotics receive buffs along with 25 new and 9 improved catalysts with new perks.
- Balance changes for exotic armors: Numerous armors of all three classes have been significantly buffed or completely reworked.
- Legendary sandbox: Primary weapons deal 30% more PvE damage against regular enemies, special weapons 20% against elite enemies.
- Ammunition system: Ammunition drops will be adjusted and “Double Special” for add-clear will be nerfed.
- Legendary perks: Older perks like “Focused Rage” will be buffed and made easier to activate.
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What do you think about the changes and new features of the update? Do you think you will still enjoy it in months when Destiny 2 is already in maintenance mode? Let us know in the comments!
When Monument of Triumph launches today, we will be there for you with a live ticker and keep you updated on current developments such as server status, potential bugs, and community activities. Here you can find the ticker: Destiny 2 ends an era today with “Monument of Triumph” – We accompany the farewell in the live ticker
- Artifacts 2.0 & Anti-Champion: Anti-Champion mods are now in weapons, and seven old artifacts are returning.
- Weapon Tier Upgrading: You can upgrade any weapon to Tier 5 for resources to unlock stronger perks.
- Vendors: Vendors are getting their reputation reward paths back and now offer the ability to focus Tier levels 3 and 4 on weapons.
- Tuning: You can now increase the drop chances for weapons in your inventory (keyword: Attunement).
- New subclass abilities:
- three new aspects
- Crackshot (Hunter, Solar)
- Soul Siphon (Warlock, Void)
- Shieldburst (Titan, Solar)
- two grenades
- Shatter Grenade (Hunter, Stasis)
- Slicewire Grenade (Hunter, Strand)
- one new melee
- Phantom Surge (Hunter, Void)
- Crafted Weapons: Crafted weapons can be upgraded directly to Tier 5 through level advancements on the relic.
- Vault & Loadouts: Your vault will be expanded to 1300 slots and you will receive 8 additional loadout slots.
- Reworks of abilities: Dawn Protection, Trapper Ambush, and Frost Armor have been significantly revised and improved.
- Balance changes for abilities and supers: The passive cooldown rate decreases and super regeneration from boss damage is significantly reduced.
- Types of armors: Six new archetypes make build crafting easier with increased drop chances through ghost mods.
- Armor set bonuses: Too powerful bonuses will be nerfed while many new set bonuses are integrated into the game.
Exotics & Weapon Tuning
- Exotic ornaments & engrams: Legendary ornaments now fit exotic armors, and glimmer engrams can be focused.
- Stats for exotic armors: Each exotic drops now with Tier 5 stats and allows all modern tuning mods.
- Tuning of exotic weapons: Numerous exotics (e.g., Vex Mythoclast, Anarchy, Complaint) receive PvE buffs.
- Exotic catalysts: Exotics receive buffs along with 25 new and 9 improved catalysts with new perks.
- Balance changes for exotic armors: Numerous armors of all three classes have been significantly buffed or completely reworked.
- Legendary sandbox: Primary weapons deal 30% more PvE damage against regular enemies, special weapons 20% against elite enemies.
- Ammunition system: Ammunition drops will be adjusted and “Double Special” for add-clear will be nerfed.
- Legendary perks: Older perks like “Focused Rage” will be buffed and made easier to activate.
What do you think about the changes and new features of the update? Do you think you will still enjoy it in months when Destiny 2 is already in maintenance mode? Let us know in the comments!
When Monument of Triumph launches today, we will be there for you with a live ticker and keep you updated on current developments such as server status, potential bugs, and community activities. Here you can find the ticker: Destiny 2 ends an era today with “Monument of Triumph” – We accompany the farewell in the live ticker
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- three new aspects