In Destiny 2, the Season of the Chosen is starting soon, and Bungie has shared fresh info about the arsenal.
In Destiny 2, right after the release of Beyond Light and the start of Season 12, there was a severe loot drought. Bungie made this issue a top priority and has diligently pushed out new weapons.
For the Season of the Chosen starting on February 9, they aim to avoid this mistake and are now introducing part of the new arsenal. For the first time, there is info about the seasonal weapon from Season 13. Additionally, you’ll get a closer look at guns and rewards from challenging activities.
This is the seasonal weapon: The grenade launcher “Salvager’s Salvo” is the new seasonal weapon of Season 13.
This is a breach-loaded grenade launcher. You initially only have one shot until you load a new grenade – think of the infamous weapon “The Mountaintop”. Such guns consume special ammo in Destiny 2.
Where to get the grenade launcher? Bungie continues the approach from Season 12 for seasonal weapons. Like with the sniper rifle “Adored”, you can earn the weapon through a quest. You can complete these in the 3 core activities.
- Strikes (PvE)
- Crucible (PvP)
- Gambit (PvEvP)
Once you’ve earned Salvager’s Salvo, you can accept follow-up quests from Zavala, Shaxx, and the Drifter to enhance the weapon with an ornament.
We currently don’t know what the quests will look like or what perks Salvager’s Salvo has. But we already know that breach-loaded grenade launchers will be revamped in Season 13: Destiny 2 heavily adjusts the sandbox for Season 13 – Major buffs and nerfs
The Season of the Chosen wants to lure you into the Nightfall and Trials
This is what you get in the Nightfall: For some time now, Guardians have known that 3 popular guns from Destiny 1 are returning and can only be earned through the Nightfall: The Ordeal.
- The Swarm – a heavy machine gun
- The Palindrome – a hand cannon
- Shadow Price – an auto rifle
Bungie has now shown what the polished returnees look like in Destiny 2 – big surprise, almost identical:
Here’s how to increase your chances: The higher you set the difficulty of the Nightfall, the greater the chance of receiving one of the three weapons at the end of the activity.
- However, the drop is not guaranteed even on Grandmaster.
- If you achieve a Platinum or Gold score, the chance increases further. So take down champions.
- Only through the Grandmaster difficulty will you have a chance at the adept version of the mentioned weapons. This gives you access to adept mods and you receive a stats bonus if the weapon is a full masterwork.
What special adept mods are coming in Season 13 or what rolls you might find on The Swarm, The Palindrome, and Shadow Price are currently unknown.
New loot in the Trials of Osiris from Season 13
Bungie recently teased the new armor from the endgame PvP activity Trials of Osiris and whetted the Guardians’ appetites.
- Now we have a better look at the Trials gear (cover image)
- But there is also more information about the fresh weapons and cosmetics
For these weapons, you’ll sweat: The new image shows 3 new weapons that expand the loot pool: An auto rifle, a hand cannon, and a sword.
- The auto rifle strongly resembles “The Messenger” from the original Trials variant.
- The sword is modeled after the “Grail of Temptation” from Season 11.
- The hand cannon appears to be a 180 or 140 variant and was briefly featured in the Season 13 announcement trailer.
- The weapons can also come as adept versions from the Flawless chest in addition to the normal versions.
We know nothing about the names of the Egyptian-themed cosmetics. By the way, we also can’t share any information about the perks or whether these are all the new Trials weapons.
These cosmetics are available: With a bit of luck and after winning matches as well as Flawless victories, you have a chance to earn a new ghost shell, a sparrow, and a Trials ship. These items should serve to show off.
Is that all the new loot from Season 13?
What else is coming: No, these are not all the new weapons you can hunt in the Season of the Chosen. We still do not know all the loot that will await you starting February 9. However, this has already been announced:
- For each core activity, two new weapons will be added. So for Strikes, Crucible, and Gambit.
- We know of two new Exotics coming with Season 13: The Solar Bow “Ticuus’s Divination” and a currently secret Exotic from Tex Mechanica.
- New armor sets are on the way – one of them has already become a Destiny meme.
- The weapons from the Dreaming City and the Moon will receive new perks and infusion caps.
- Season 13 is set to bring 3 new armor Exotics that you will farm in legendary Lost Sectors.
- Bungie has already shown more Cabal weapons. These will be earned through seasonal activities and, for example, the Season Pass.
- 3 very unpopular and underused Exotics will be thoroughly overhauled and revamped – more on this will be available soon on MeinMMO.
What do you think of the presented weapons? Can you not wait to hunt for loot and would like to take a detour into the Nightfall or the Trials? Or is the fact that you have already seen many of the guns somewhere, somehow, bothering you? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments.
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