Destiny 2 bids farewell to Season 12 on February 9. You must say goodbye to tokens, bounties, and weapons. We clarify what is disappearing and how you can prepare for the Season of the Chosen.
That’s why the rush: The Season of the Chosen launches in Destiny 2 on February 9. This will smoothly replace the outgoing Season 12. The new Destiny chapter brings new loot and fresh activities for the Guardians to enjoy.
At the same time, many things will also disappear from the game. So that you are not suddenly caught off guard, but make optimal use of the last hours, we at MeinMMO have compiled a list of things you should do today.
We will clarify, among other things, such questions:
- Bounties are disappearing – but which ones are exactly going away and why?
- What about all your tokens and materials, and is it worth turning them in now?
- Which weapons are retiring in Season 13?
This is the deadline: Season 13 starts, as usual, with the Weekly Reset, but before that, you must download Update 3.1.0. In preparation for this, the Destiny servers will go down on February 9 at 5 PM German time – that is your absolute deadline.
Dump tokens and planetary materials
These tokens must go: Bungie confirmed again (via Bungie.net) that only your Crucible tokens from your inventories and vaults will disappear at the start of Season 13. Your Iron Banner tokens are not mentioned and should be safe.
Depending on the number of tokens you have collected, it can be a pretty long and tedious task to redeem all those tokens with Lord Shaxx.
- Between the hot phases when you turn in tokens in batches of 10, trips to the Postmaster and your inventory are necessary to break down many of the items.
- You will receive a huge amount of Legendary Shards, Upgrade Modules, and surely a god roll or two.
This is happening because Destiny 2 is reworking the token system. It’s moving towards direct rewards – much to the delight of most Guardians.
Spend these materials:
- Simulation Seeds (Mercury)
- Alkane Dust (Titan)
- Mars (Seraphite)
- Phaseglass needles – Io
The materials belong to the locations that have moved into the Content Vault with Beyond Light and have no value from Season 13 onwards. You should exchange them now with Banshee-44 in the Tower or Spider in the Tangled Shore. After February 9, no NPC will want these resources anymore, and only Spider should give you some Glimmer, but significantly less than currently.
Preparing for the level phase in the Season of the Chosen
With Season 13, the maximum Power Level of your equipment rises to 1,310. Currently, the upper limit is 1,260 (without artifact). This is not as significant a jump as at the start of Beyond Light, but the last levels are drawn out and can only be achieved with pinnacle loot.
That’s why you should go to Banshee: The gunsmith Banshee-44 in the Tower always offers upgrade materials. If you don’t know where to spend your Glimmer and still have planetary materials to turn in, you should invest here. Especially upgrade modules go like hotcakes during the leveling phases.
If your Guardian is as poor as a church mouse, it’s not the end of the world. In the next season pass (including in the Free2Play lane), many resources can be found in the early tiers that will make infusing and upgrading equipment easier for you.
Should I exploit the old season pass?
What to do with the remaining content from the Season 12 pass is a hot topic:
- Some say: Get everything from the pass now! The highlights are: Legendary Armor with high stat values, the Ascendant Shard, and Exotic Engrams.
- Others say: Leave the stuff in and “save” it for Season 13. In the new season, you can still claim your items and will have more current gear. However, you need to go to the Bungie.net website: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/PreviousSeason.
None of these options are wrong. It all depends on whether you want and need the items right away or whether you are well-equipped at the start of Season 13. Just remember the second option, and don’t forget your earned items entirely.
Are bounties worth it? Many Guardians hoard completed bounties to redeem them in the new season. The experience benefits the fresh season pass and the artifact. Bungie has been steadily reducing this preparation method over the last few years – and it continues in Season 13.
Many weekly bounties will disappear as Destiny 2 transitions to the new challenge system starting in Season 13. Therefore, these bounties will vanish into thin air on February 9 and will not return:
- Strikes
- Crucible
- Gambit
- Gunsmith
- Crow (all bounties)
Is it worth collecting daily or repeatable bounties? To some extent, as they provide significantly less experience than weekly ones. In the past, bounties transferred from one season to the next negatively impacted the power level of the rewards.
Therefore, we would recommend not putting in too much effort here. Your current Iron Banner bounties seem to be keepable, but at your own risk.
Say goodbye to 22 weapons and more tasks
With the start of Season 13, sunsetting and weapon retirement will again become relevant. 22 weapons from the Saint-14 era (Season 9) will no longer be able to compete in current activities.
Those suffering from chronic vault space shortage can part with these weapons. Alternatively, you can still use them in the regular Crucible or run them in low-level content.
Get some war loot: Even for solo players without raid experience, a trip to the Deep Stone Crypt raid is worthwhile.
- At least the first chest from the Deep Stone Crypt can be looted alone in a few minutes.
- You will only gather 10 Conqueror loot per character, but you just need to enter the raid and do some sparrow driving.
- This way, you will eventually have enough resources to obtain powerful Exotics like Anarchy without ever defeating a raid boss.
Currently, looting is still very easy, who knows how long this will last. So make use of this: Here, MeinMMO explains to you how to easily get to the raid chest solo.
What’s still to come before Season 12 ends
- Claim titles: If you earned the two prestigious titles “Flawless” (Trials) and “Conqueror” (Grandmaster) in Season 12, make sure to claim them. If you miss this, you will have to unlock the titles again in the next season. Since the title system is being revised, many Guardians will eventually do this anyway.
- Cash in your rewards: Some content from Bungie Rewards can no longer be claimed. The expiration date has mostly been set to February 12. So if you’re eyeing a Hawkmoon replica, shirts, or other goodies from the store, you need to hurry.
- Here you can find the Bungie Reward Page: https://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/Rewards
- Secure rocket launchers: As mentioned in our article “6 things you should do in Season 12 before it ends“, you should get a good rocket launcher. Power weapons will receive a 30% buff, and swords will be weakened by 15%.
- If you reach Gambit rank 2, a very good roll of “Bad Omen” is waiting for everyone to purchase from the Drifter. Otherwise, “Under Zero Salvo” from the Europa arsenal (Variks) could be a real hidden gem.
Have you done everything and are you well prepared for the new Season 13? Or are you taking it easy and starting the next Destiny chapter relaxed? If you have any additional tips for your fellow Guardians, feel free to share them in the comments.
If you want to know who the Cabal lady is that is testing our Guardians in the Season of the Chosen: Destiny 2: The new main enemy explained – Who is the mysterious Cabal princess?
