In Destiny, on March 28th, the launch of Age of Triumph takes place. Update 2.6.0 is coming and the Weekly Reset is happening. What time do the new contents arrive?
Update 19:19: Update 2.6.0, which brought “Age of Triumph”, is now live on PS4 and Xbox One. Initial reports indicate that it weighs approximately 860 MB. That is the download size of today’s patch. The patch notes are summarized in this article on Mein-MMO.de for you.
A significant first change: Xur will sell two exotic packages each week for 30 strange coins and 25 silver dust – each package contains 1 exotic weapon and 1 matching ornament.
Original announcement:
Today marks the last chapter of Destiny 1. Some may get sentimental, while others are already racing towards Destiny 2 with the hype train. Because yesterday, on March 27th, the first official teaser for the sequel was released. Destiny 2 is taking shape!
However, today’s Tuesday sees the release of the content update Age of Triumph. You will find the most important information for today here.
What time does Age of Triumph start?
The new contents can be played as soon as you have downloaded and installed Update 2.6.0.
- This update is coming today, March 28th, around 7 PM.
Usually, Destiny updates are made available only a few minutes after the announced time. By the way, there is no maintenance: Once you have downloaded and installed 2.6.0, Age of Triumph can begin.
Around 7 PM, you will be brought back to the login screen in the game and prompted to download the update. If it takes you longer for the update to appear, you can try to manually start it with the “Check for Updates” function. At the latest by 11 PM, all players will be removed from activities to download the update.
Information about the Weekly Reset and activities
Today, at 11 AM, the new week in Destiny begins. Then the weekly reset occurs. However, some activities will be unavailable from 11 AM:
The Nightfall strike and the weekly heroic strike playlist cannot be played until the launch of 2.6.0. Attempting to start these strikes results in the error code Honeydew. As soon as you install the update in the evening, you can play these activities.
Age of Triumph introduces new rewards (Treasures of Ages) for these activities that you would not receive this week if you completed the strikes before 2.6.0. Therefore, Bungie implemented this lock.
Important Note: For the weekly Crucible playlist, Bungie cannot implement a lock. If you play a match between 11 AM and the release of 2.6.0, you will not be able to earn a Treasure of Ages from this activity until the next reset.
Therefore, our tip: Wait today with the weekly activities until you have installed Update 2.6.0.
Nightfall Strike on PS4 and Xbox One
Normally, we report on the weekly reset and new tasks for the week on Tuesday mornings. Since everything changes again at 7 PM, that makes no sense at this point. However, we can already give you a glimpse of which weekly activities are planned for this evening:
- Nightfall Strike – Daybreak Strike: With AoT, the Daybreak modifier in Nightfall Strike is active every four weeks. The “Daybreak” modifier is essentially the Cauldron modifier that you know from the Crucible. You unleash your light, causing your abilities (melee, grenade, super) to charge faster. That means the Nightfall Strike should be significantly easier.
- By completing the Nightfall Strike, you will once again receive the Nightfall Buff, which gives you a boost on XP gains. Additionally, blue flames will surround your heads.
- Weekly Story Playlist: Story missions with modifiers, categorized missions. For example, in one week only the missions on Earth and the Moon are active.
- Weekly Crucible Playlist
- Heroic SIVA Crisis Strike Playlist
- Challenge of the Elders
- Weekly Raid: Today, the Crota Raid with the 390 Light Level version starts.
Additional information on the weekly activities and what rewards you can earn can be found here. Once Age of Triumph begins, you should first march to the Speaker. He has a quest for you that guides you through the new contents.
More information about Update 2.6.0 can be found here. The complete patch notes will be published today around 7 PM. We have summarized them in this article.
