Destiny: New Vendors, New Exotics and the Return of the Thorn – Info on Rise of Iron

In Destiny, three new vendors are known. Moreover, there is plenty of information about the contents of “The Rise of Iron”.

With the Autumn expansion, a new “Social Space” will be introduced to the Destiny universe: Felwinter’s Peak. Your first new task will be in RoI, to free this venerable place from enemies so that various NPCs can repopulate it.

The Iron Temple comes to life

So far, three characters are known with whom you will interact in Felwinter’s Peak, in the “Iron Temple”.

Lord Saladin

Lord Saladin is already known from the Iron Banner event in Destiny. He plays a significant role in “Rise of Iron”.

Tyra Karn

This woman will appear as a Cryptarch and will be important for the new artifacts in “The Rise of Iron”. She will, of course, also be happy to decrypt your Engrams.

Once you have acquired an artifact from her, you will go to the corresponding statue of an Iron Lord located in the temple and activate the ability there. More information about the artifacts and their abilities can be found in the link above.

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This NPC is also located in the “Iron Temple”. The screenshot states that he is responsible for scouting missions for Cayde and the Vanguard. He will likely provide you with quests in which you can cleanse the Plaguelands of enemies. He is said to have class items, syntheses, and bounties ready for you.

Everywhere in this Social Space, you will also encounter wolves. You can see a wolf on the right side in the following image:

In the following video, you can see more areas of Felwinter’s Peak:

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Information about the ornaments

With ornaments, you will be able to customize your gear and exotic weapons. These are essentially an evolution of the Chromatin System, which brings items to glow. With ornaments, you can change the “geometry” and appearance of the items.

Exotic weapon skins are now therefore a topic. With the ornaments, you can give the guns the SIVA style or the “Iron Lord” style. You can adorn the armor with “Iron Lord” ornaments, that is, with fur and horns.

The ornaments will be obtained in various ways: through “Radiant Treasures”, which are items likely similar to Sterling treasures. By playing, you can earn a certain amount per week. If you want to purchase these “Radiant Treasures” in the Eververse for real money, you can open them without limit.

You will also obtain the ornaments through high-level activities, such as “flawless” Trials runs and probably through the “Wrath of the Machine” raid.

Strike Exclusives and Skeleton Keys

In the Nightfall strike and in the strike playlists, you can obtain a new item upon successful completion: “Skeleton Key”. With these keys, you receive a guaranteed drop of strike-exclusive items when you open a “Strike Hoard” with them. This is a new chest that may appear when you complete strikes. It’s still a bit confusing.

Information about Exotics, the Thorn, and the Khvostov 7G-0X

We already know that the Gjallarhorn will return in Rise of Iron. However, this will not be the only famous return of a weapon from the first year that can reach the new maximum light level: The toxic hand cannon Thorn is also coming back.

So far, it is unknown what perks the Thorn will enter the stage with, but it is known that it will be obtained through an exotic quest.

Other Exotics that are hinted at:

• Warlock Boots
• A Handgun
• A Pulse Rifle that unfolds a cloud of “seeking energy” on successful precision kills. Yes, what that specifically means, we don’t know either. But it sounds very much like the “Price of Exile”!

One new Exotic stands out:

The exotic automatic weapon Khvostov 7G-0X:

Every Guardian had the good old Khvostov 7G-02 in hand as their first weapon when playing the very first mission. Now the exotic Khvostov 7G-0X comes into play, a truly unique weapon.

Like the Gjallarhorn and the Thorn, the Khvostov will also be tied to an exotic quest. But unlike other Exotics, this one will not have a single exotic perk that distinguishes the weapon. Instead, Guardians will be able to customize it at will.

You have multiple perks to choose from, with which you can build the Khvostov into the weapon of your dreams. You can set the fire mode, whether automatic, burst fire, or semi-automatic, and the rate of fire (900 RPM and 450 RPM are mentioned here). In addition, there should be numerous other customization options. Gameinformer speaks of over 100 variations that are conceivable. You can thus transform the weapon into a pulse rifle, a scout rifle, or indeed into an automatic rifle.

More information about “The Rise of Iron”:

• There will be 5 story missions, plus additional missions and quests. The exact number is not known.
• “The Archon’s Forge” will be a cooperative arena in the Plaguelands.
• The new raid named “Wrath of the Machine” is available from September 23.
• A new PvP mode called Supremacy.
• Four new Crucible maps will come. One map is PlayStation-exclusive.
• The Iron Banner will be redesigned.
• In addition to new weapons and armor pieces, there will also be new emblems, shaders, ghost shells, and sparrows. The factions will also have new items for you.

What do you think of these innovations?