As indicated by the update’s 7 GB size, Destiny 2’s most recent expansion has quite a lengthy amount of patch notes, and of course, much of the content and changes will be new additions that tie into the arrival of Forsaken. The update unearths a slew of different features, such as as the level cap being increased to 50, Year 2 weapons receiving random perks, and much more. This is simply scratching the surface, though, so those interested in parsing through each and every detail of what version 2.0.0.1 contains would do well to check out the full list of patch notes at the end of the article.
Destiny 2’s Forsaken update also adds a Vanguard Strike playlist that will have a different Power level recommendation based on Guardians’ current Power, and Nightfalls have been given scoring once more. When it comes to the Crucible, Iron Banner will incorporate Power level advantages upon its return in later this month, while Trials of the Nine fans will be disappointed to learn that it has been put on hiatus.
Of course, Destiny 2’s Forsaken update also brings about some balance changes for certain abilities such as Titans’ Magnetic Grenades now detonating a second time even if the first blast kills the intended target. Exotics also get some adjustments, too, with one example being Riskrunner’s magazine size getting buffed. Additionally, Masterworks and shaders now operate differently, rewards and challenges have been changed, and there are new bounties and challenges for players to take on each day or week.
Finally, Update 2.0.0.1 brings about various quality-of-life changes as well, with one of the more significant alterations being Guardians’ ability to finally dismantle shaders in bulk by talking to the Cryptarch of the Tower, Master Rahool. So, all things considered, Destiny 2 fans have a lot to dive into with Forsaken, as all of the aforementioned details are just a small example of what Bungie has brought to the table with the new update.
Destiny 2 Update 2.0.0.1 Patch Notes
Player Character
General
Raised character level cap to 50 for Forsaken owners
Sandbox
General
Year 1 Sony exclusive Exotic and legendary rewards are now available for all platforms
Exotic Weapons
Riskrunner Increased inventory size Whisper of the Worm Replaced Armor Piercing Rounds with Accurized Rounds to prevent accidental perk failures for White Nail
Weapons
Year 2 weapons now provide random perks when acquired Year 2 Masterwork weapons have revamped system Allows players to reach +10 bonus stats Year 2 mods are now available Can be acquired by dismantling Year 2 weapons Can be purchased from the Gunsmith Year 1 weapons no longer accept modifications
Perks
Increased the blast radius penalty for Concussion and Blinding Grenades from single shot grenade launchers
Abilities
Hunters Golden Gun Increased Golden Gun damage against base and elite enemies Titan Magnetic Grenades Grenades should now detonate a second time even if the initial detonation kills the target
Activities
Strikes
The Vanguard Strike Playlist is now available Nightfall strike scoring has been re-enabled Base-level strikes are available through destinations Year 1 Sony exclusive strikes are now available to all platforms
Exodus Crash
Analyzing the Fallen device in Prodromus Down The objective progress rate increases based on number of Guardians standing near Ghost Thaviks encounter Decreased Thaviks’s teleport frequency Was three long teleports and six quick teleports Now two long teleports and three quick teleports Increased Thaviks’s quick-teleport speed increased Reduced enemy waves to match teleport frequency Added additional enemies per wave Damage to Thaviks is preserved when Thaviks switches weapons
Daily Heroic Story Missions
Daily Heroic story missions now available
Crucible
General
Fixed an issue that sometimes triggered the Quitter Penalty after completed Competitive Crucible matches Starting in Season 4, Iron Banner will be updated to enable Power level advantages, beginning on September 18 Removed Mayhem temporarily from the weekly featured playlist until a future update Trials of the Nine is now on hiatus Trials of the Nine reputation tokens cannot be redeemed until the activity returns
Maps
Retribution and Wormhaven are now available on all platforms Retribution has been reworked and enlarged to support 6v6 matches
Rumble
Earning a place in the Top 3 in Rumble will now count as a win The correct number of Valor Rank Points will be granted
Competitive
Glory Retuned Glory Rank Points gained and lost have to reduce the overall climb to higher ranks Fixed the weekly award and doubled its gains Fixed and returned weekly Glory decay Players who competed in Season 3 will earn bonus rank points for completing their first match in Season 4 Removed loss streaks Valor Losses in the Competitive playlist no longer reset your Valor win streak Game Modes Control and Clash modes have been added to the Competitive playlist Rewards Pinnacle Crucible rewards are now awarded via quests These quests will not be removed at the end of the season Redrix’s Claymore has been retired in Season 4 as a seasonal reward Players who earned Redrix’s Claymore in Season 3 will receive additional bonuses
Private Matches
Added the option to adjust the respawn timers for Survival Score-to-win options have been updated for several modes Control Added 25 and 150, removed 10 and 20 150 is the new default Clash 100 is the new default Added 25 and 150, removed 10 and 20 Supremacy Added 25 and 150, removed 10 and 20 150 is the new default
Gambit
General
The Gambit playlist is unlocked Requires Forsaken Requires completion of mission “Spark” Infamy ranks now available
Tower
Vendors
Zavala The Season 4 vendor progression system has been updated with two separate progressions Vanguard Rank Increasing your Vanguard rank will provide Vanguard engrams, containing new Year 2 weapons and armor with random rolls You can continue to acquire items found in Vanguard engrams beyond the season end boundary Seasonal exclusive items that are purchased via Vanguard rank have been moved to their own row for clarity, and will only be attainable until the end of Season 4 Like in previous seasons, Vanguard rank can be increased by turning in Vanguard tokens to Zavala Nightfall Rank Increased by attaining score on various Nightfall strikes Items are now available for purchase from Zavala by increasing in Nightfall Rank Shaxx Updated reputation reward packages for Season 4 Updated bounties for Season 4 Added pursuits to Shaxx’s inventory Added new rewards for Valor ranks Gunsmith No longer exchanges Year 1 mods; these can be safely dismantled Now sells two mods (one armor, one weapon) a day. Gunsmith packages now require 100 Gunsmith Materials Updated repuation reward packages for Season 4
Events & Rituals
Challenges
General Between levels 20 and 50 challenges provide a source of Legendary items and experience When you reach level 50, an entirely new set of challenges activates and the leveling ones are no longer available After you reach level 50, these are the main avenue into the powerful rewards that previously lived within milestones Level 20 challenges with progression will be converted to a new challenges at level 50 Daily challenges now available Specific challenges offered each day Individual daily challenges reset on a four day cadence Weekly challenges now available Reset each Tuesday
Items & Economy
General
Increased experience rewards for completing strikes and nightfall Reduced experience rewards for completing normal and heroic public events Iron Banner, Vanguard, and Crucible tokens earned in Season 3 may be redeemed with their respective vendors in Season 4 Players are no longer able to delete mods or shaders from an items details screen
Masterworks
Masterwork reward chances are being reduced in some activities Pre-Forsaken raids will still offer a higher chance for Masterwork acquisition, but that chance has been lowered from 50% to 10% to be in line with Masterwork drops in Forsaken Year 1 armor will always dismantle to one Masterwork Core Year 1 weapons can dismantle to one or two cores, but no longer three
Power
Activity rewards now respect your Power If you complete an activity while severely under-leveled, rewards will offer a larger Power upgrade If you complete an activity while heavily over-leveled, rewards will be a lower Power level
Shaders
Forsaken shaders do not drop in the wild; instead, they come from dismantling gear with that shader applied Rare-quality shaders are often applied to drops, but have a low chance of being granted by dismantling Legendary-quality shaders appear much less frequently on gear, but have a high chance of being granted by dismantling It no longer costs anything to apply shaders to gear
Infusion
Infusion for all pre-Forsaken and Forsaken gear is capped at 600 Power Weapon infusion is now slot-based rather than archetype-based Example: Any Kinetic weapon can be infused into any other Kinetic weapon, but you can no longer infuse an Energy Hand Cannon into a Kinetic Hand Cannon Infusing duplicates of the same item is much less expensive than using two different items
Destination Materials
Reduced drop rates of destination materials from some destination activities
Collections
Includes any weapon, armor piece, Ghost Shell, ship, Sparrow, emblem, or shader players have earned since Warmind’s release on May 8 Except for Year 2 legendary armor and weapons with random rolls, all items can be reacquired through Collections, for a fee The cost to reacquire an item scales based on what the item dismantles into
Three of Coins
Three of Coins have been deprecated Converted into “Faded Cards” Can be safely discarded for Legendary Shards
Eververse
Prismatic Matrix Schedule
The Prismatic Matrix is now scheduled out for the full season The Prismatic Facet (free weekly account roll) is now obtained via a special Tier 1 Eververse bounty, rather than being tied to leveling, which can be acquired for 250 Glimmer and that does not require an Eververse Bounty Note This permits players at all levels to obtain their free weekly roll
Eververse Bounties
Each Seasonal Bright Engram now grants one Bounty Note These Bounty Notes can be exchanged for a variety of weekly Eververse Bounties, which come in three tiers: Tier 1: Cost = 1 Eververse Bounty Note: Rewards 20 Bright Dust Tier 2: Cost = 3 Eververse Bounty Note: Rewards 70 Bright Dust Tier 3: Cost = 6 Eververse Bounty Note: Rewards 150 Bright Dust Players can acquire as many Eververse bounties as they have Bounty Notes Eververse bounties expire seven days after acquisition
Bright Dust Dismantle Yields
Bright Dust, which you gained from dismantling types of Eververse items, is now a fixed amount Example: Shaders will always yield 10 Bright Dust
Bright Engram Updates
Reward probabilities are now displayed on bungie. net Added new Legendary weapon ornaments to the Bright Engram Added new Ghost Projection category to the Bright Engram Weapon and armor mods are no longer available in Bright Engrams
Eververse Armor and Perks
With the addition of random perk rolls on armor, we have made some changes to how perks are applied to Eververse armor Eververse armor acquired from non-deterministic sources (i. e. , the Bright Engram) will include random perks Eververse armor acquired from deterministic sources (i. e. , the Prismatic Matrix or Bright Dust storefront) will have fixed perks
Leveling Rewards in Forsaken
Starting in Forsaken, you will no longer earn Bright Engrams each level until you reach the level cap Players progressing through the campaigns will receive an Eververse gift at the end of each campaign once per class with a variety of items and some Bright Engrams included This includes players who use a Character Boost Once you reach the level cap, Bright Engrams will once again be awarded at the same rate as they are in the current game
General
Silver transaction history is now displayed on bungie. net Bundles that have not been opened can be refunded for seven days after purchase Gleaming Boons of the Vanguard and Crucible have been updated to drop the current season’s items To make room for bounties, Bright Dust offerings have been moved to the second page of Eververse
Clans
General
The Season 3 Clan Staff reward has been granted to all clans who hit max rank this season Gambit now offers a clan engram when a fireteam from your clan wins a Gambit match
Season 4 Clan Progression
Clan experience is now earned by completing clan bounties available from Hawthorne When a player reaches level 50, three new clan bounties become available
Guided Games
General
Players have the option reconnect to Guided Game activities if they encounter a disconnection from an active Guided Game
Technical
Audio
Adjusted ambient audio in the Tower
UI
Fixed an issue where having a certain number of unique items in the vault was causing items to not load Fixed an issue where text would hitch on multiple screens when players are playing on a PlayStation Pro
Destiny 2: Forsaken is available now for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Source: Bungie
