Destiny 2: Update 1.2.3 is now live – Patch notes for PS4, Xbox One, PC

• Triumph Moments quests will be available in the game for the Solstice of Heroes event starting July 31, 2018.
  • Players will have access to a certain number of Triumphs on Bungie.net before the event starts.
  • Players can complete Triumphs to earn points which they can exchange for rewards such as emblems, a sparrow, and a code for a special t-shirt.
• When the summer event becomes available on July 31, 2018, you can receive the Triumph quests from a special summer event vendor and you can complete them during the duration of the event.
• Triumphs are based on specific account data; once a Triumph has been exchanged for points, it cannot be exchanged for points on another character.
• All Triumphs can be tracked on Bungie.net/de, with the highest score of a character displayed there.
• Rewards will be available in the game starting July 31, 2018. Stay up to date with @BungieHelp regarding availability.

• 5 Crucible quests per day are available at Shaxx.
• 5 Vanguard quests per day are available at Zavala.
• These quests are on daily rotation.
• Quests can expire after being received. Expiration of individual quests will be shown in the tooltip.

• Catalysts for the Legend of Acrius, Telesto, and Sleeper Simulant are now available as rewards in Prestige Leviathan, Prestige Leviathan Eater of Worlds, and Prestige Leviathan Spire of Stars.
• Exotic catalysts in Heroic Strikes now have a slightly increased drop chance.
• The exotic catalyst for “Skyburner’s Oath” now has a slightly increased drop chance in the Leviathan raid.
• The catalyst for “Storm” can now be obtained by defeating enemies on Nessus.

• The weapon rewards for Escalation Protocol are now deterministic.
  • Players improve their chance with each time they defeat the boss.
• Once all Mercury Forge weapons have been obtained, they can be purchased directly from Brother Vance in the Lighthouse (second vendor page).
• “Momentum” has been removed from Heroic Adventures.
• The “Quests” can now be found at the top of the inventory categories.
• A bug has been fixed where unequippable emotes could be selected.
• A bug has been fixed where no sound was played when the handicap was raised or lowered in challenge cards.
• Large numbers in the IGCR (in-game carnage report) and post-game statistics are now presented in a more readable manner.
• A bug has been fixed where the Season 3 gauntlet ornament of the Dead Orbit received no progress when the Arcstrider used the focus path “Way of the Warrior.”
• You can now purchase armor from the Iron Banner and Crucible vendors.

• Blackout: Now significantly increases enemy melee damage, but no longer guarantees that players will be killed by a single strike.
• Glass: Slight reduction in health and shield debuffs.
• Grounded: Incoming damage while in the air is significantly reduced to compensate for the strange geometry that Guardians have no control over.

• The Nightfall tutorial for new players has been updated so that no Nightfall mechanics from before 1.1.3 are mentioned.

• A bug has been fixed where some players could not play the Mars Adventures.
• A bug has been fixed where opening world chests on Mars did not yield Glimmer or Mars Tokens.
• A bug has been fixed where no prophecies from Brother Vance were awarded from chests on Mars.

• Hunter
  • Lucky Raspberry
    • Increased chance to fully charge the Arcbolt Grenade by hitting with Arcbolt Grenades.
    • When an Arcbolt grenade hits four targets, a full charge is guaranteed.
  • St4mp-F3R
    • Increased benefits when using “Directional Sprint” and “Triple Jump”.
  • Ahamkara’s Spine
    • The blast radius and throw speed of the Light Sensor grenade have been improved, and the Light Sensor grenades are now harder to destroy.
    • Solar ability hits now generate a small amount of energy for the Light Sensor grenade (33%).
    • The upgraded Light Sensor grenades now have new FX added to better distinguish them from the regular Light Sensor grenades.
    • The target marking feature has been removed.

• Titan
  • ACD/0 Feedback Fence
    • Now allows for Wrathborn stacking on melee hits instead of just kills.
    • Incoming melee damage is reduced when Wrathborn is stacked.
    • More stacks of Wrathborn result in further reduced melee damage.
  • Doomfang Pauldron
    • Void melee kills now generate more Super energy.
    • Shield throw hits now grant Super energy.
  • Dune Marchers
    • The activation time for “Linear Actuators” while sprinting has been reduced to 1.5 seconds (originally 5 seconds).
    • The damage of the Chain Lightning effect has been increased (+70% in PvP, +440% in PvE).

• Warlock
  • Crown of Storms
    • The maximum number of stacks of “Conductive Tines” has been condensed to 3 (the effect remains the same).
    • “Conductive Tines” now also consumes Super energy more slowly while Storm Trance is active.
  • Karnstein Armlets
    • Melee kills now instantly heal and provide 8 seconds of continuous healing thereafter.
    • Bonus resilience, mobility, and enemy marking are removed upon melee kill.
  • Starfire Protocol
    • Damage hits from empowered weapons now generate fusion grenade energy (20%).

• The Plasteel Reinforcement mod now has “Attribute” in the tooltip to match with the restorative and mobility mods.
• Position of the stowed hand cannon in the ornament “Haakon’s Hat” has been corrected.
• “The Shadow of the Dragon” now plays a sound when it reloads your weapons.
• Tooltip display for some associated perks of exotic armor items from “Warmind” have been updated.
• The perk description for “Bloodred Alchemy” has been changed to better represent its function.
• A bug has been fixed where targets marked by “Bloodred Alchemy” dropped spheres when defeated.
• A bug has been fixed where the active perk of “Ghost-Wracked Chains” appeared in the UI without a symbol.
• A bug has been fixed where “Starfire Protocol” did not work with the capability path of “Heavenly Harmony” of the Dawnbreaker.
• A bug has been fixed where the Warlock melee dealt no damage when using “Ophidian Aspect” and Hive Swords or orb-bearing objects.

Abilities

• A bug has been fixed where high frame rates on PC could cause players to suddenly lose momentum after using supers or air dodge abilities.

• The number of rounds that “Vex Mythoclast” grants upon respawning has been increased.

• A bug has been fixed where empty swords dropped heavy ammunition upon death in the Crucible.
• The associated perk “Quickdraw” on “Basilisk” (Dead Orbit shotgun) has been fixed.
• A bug has been fixed that affected the recoil of the precision hand cannons “West of Sunfall 7” and “Cold Sweat”.
• A bug has been fixed where the Iron Banner hand cannon “Finite Impactor” did not properly display the masterwork stats.

• Every week there is a curated weapon suite and a global activity modifier for “Spire of Stars” and “Eater of Worlds” on Prestige. The weapon set and the modifier will be the same for both activities.
  • “Eater of Worlds” on Prestige will be playable starting July 17, 2018, at 8:00 PM CEST.
  • “Spire of Stars” on Prestige will be playable starting July 18, 2018, at 7:00 PM CEST.
• In Prestige Raid sections, you will receive weapons with 400 Power and exotic catalysts.
• Raid armor ornaments can be unlocked.

• A bug has been fixed where Hunters did not receive certain chest rewards in the raid section “Spire of Stars”.

• A new text chat has been added to the game, allowing Destiny 2 Clan members to now communicate in real time. This chat channel is separate from the companion clan chat channel.

• Scroll area has been reduced to the edges of the game window.
• The cursor is now restricted to the game window when the map is active (Mouse Capture).
• Edge scrolling now freezes when the game window loses focus.

• A bug has been fixed where Bluetooth headphones did not properly play audio on some PC configurations. More info can be found in the “Important Information” of the Destiny Audio Guides.

• The Iron Banner game mode now uses Iron Temple capture points instead of standard control flags.
• There are now new power play rules that only exist in Iron Banner:
  • When capturing a third zone, all three zones will be locked for 20 seconds.
  • After 20 seconds, all three zones will be reset to neutral and must be recaptured.
• New sounds have been added for capture points and power play.
• Score and time limits have been adjusted to fit the standard “Control” now that quickplay is also 6v6.

• Private Matches are no longer available to demo players.

• The activity tooltip has been tagged with “BETA”.
• Support for more labs in the future has been added.
• Match-end rewards have been added.

• Quickplay
  • Player configuration has been increased to 6v6 and the playlist description has been updated.
  • “Domination” has been removed.
  • “Conflict” win score will be 100.
  • “Control” win score will be 150.
  • Control zones start neutral.
• Competitive
  • Playlist description has been revised.
  • Countdown: Bomb detonation time has been reduced from 40 seconds to 35 seconds.
• “Rumble” is now always playable.
• “Domination” is now a rotating 6v6 playlist, with a win score of 150.

• Players can now earn Valor ranks in the following playlists:
  • Competitive
  • Crucible Labs
  • Iron Banner
• When joining an ongoing match, your Valor win streak for that match is protected.
  • If you lose: No penalties for the Valor win streak.
  • If you win: Valor win streak increases.
• Players are now matched based on their Glory rank.
  • This means your opponents will be of a similar rank as you.
  • The higher you are, the tougher your opponents!
• Glory loss streaks have been retuned to be less punishing over time.
  • Consecutive losses will now reduce lost rank points instead of increasing them.
  • Streaks still stop at 5.
• All rank streaks are no longer reset when they reach their cap.
• A bug has been fixed where rank-up notifications were not shown when players entered the orbit.
• A bug has been fixed where players who logged in for the first time after the weekly reset with a character incurred the weekly reward/penalty for Glory ranks.
• A bug has been fixed where players falsely heard the sound for rank point increases/decreases even when there were no ranks in the activity.

• Various adjustments to improve the readability of enemy audio signals across all modes.

Eververse

• Calibration display for HDR has been added to all platforms. When HDR is enabled, it can be accessed through the brightness settings.

• Updated Restricted Software License Agreement including GDPR resources.

• Players can view their entry effects and sparrow contrails in their inventory.