New Destiny 2 Update Fixes Raids, Adds Colorblind Settings, Masterwork Tweaks, and More

Masterworks and Raids

Armor Masterworks

• Legendary Armor now has a chance to drop as a Masterwork
• Any non-Masterwork armor may be upgraded to Masterwork for five Masterwork Cores and 20 Legendary Shards
• Upgrading to Masterwork may rework the stat of the armor
• Masterwork armor grants 3% damage resistance while players are in a Super state for each Masterwork armor piece equipped
• Masterwork armor can have a different stat package (Heavy, Light, or Restorative) from the base armor piece
• Players may rework Masterwork armor to randomly assign one of the three base packages to the armor, allowing players to reroll the stat packages on their armor piece by piece
• Reworking Masterwork armor requires one Masterwork Core and 10 Legendary Shards
• Like weapons, armor Masterworks have a higher drop rate from Trials of the Nine and raid activities

Raid

• Benedict 99-40 now has a rotating stock of armor and weapons available each week
• To unlock these items for purchase, players must complete the corresponding activity that week
• Raid encounters drop at least one armor or weapon item
• Note: The Castellum and Reactor Escape encounters each drop one Legendary engram per week
• Completing a Prestige version of a raid encounter prior to normal difficulty will drop both Prestige and normal rewards while also locking the weekly rewards for each activity
• The last encounter of raid activities has a chance to drop a new Exotic Ghost, exclusive to the Leviathan
• Raid armor has unique mods that only function within the Leviathan
• Raid mods can be swapped at will for the cost of one raid token
• Existing raid armor already held in inventory will automatically have the option to equip mods
• All raid encounters now have a chance to grant an Exotic reward

Sandbox and Activities

Sandbox

• Prometheus Lens
• Flame Refraction perk now generates ammo instead of pulling from reserves
• Increased base damage
• Lucky Pants
• Fixed an issue where the Illegally Modded Holster perk could provide infinite ammo
• Ophideans Aspects
• Fixed an issue where the Cobra Totemic perk did not function properly when using weapons with the Quickdraw perk
• I Am Alive
• Revised perks on the Eater of Worlds Grenade Launcher to include a second trait perk: Moving Target
• Removed the Augmented Drum and High-Velocity Rounds perks
• Fixed an issue where grenade projectiles could remain indefinitely after being hit by Telesto in the Crucible

Activities

• Fixed an issue where warp gates did not always function when players were completing Heroic Mercury adventures
• Revised the description for the Heroic adventure "De-Powered" modifier to correctly state that grenade damage is decreased when the modifier is active
• Revised the description of Heroic Mercury adventures to properly state availability
• Players may play up to three Heroic Mercury adventures on a given day
• Each Heroic adventure may be played once per twice-weekly reset
• Heroic adventures are no longer automatically selected at weekly reset
• Mercury challenges are now available during adventures
• Fixed an issue where new characters created after the release of Curse of Osiris were not receiving the Flashpoint milestone
• Fixed an issue where scannables for Faction Rallies were not properly appearing during Faction Rallies events
• Trials of the Nine now properly shows requirements when the featured map requires Curse of Osiris ownership
• Revised the Lost Sector reward throttle from 10 minutes to 5 minutes
• Fixed an issue where players could no longer progress during the final encounter in the Tree of Probabilities Strike

UI and Rewards

UI

• Fixed an issue where Ikora would display a waypoint in error
• Players in social spaces receive a notification when their Postmaster Lost and Found is full
• Chest waypoints now properly appear when using Scout Reports on Mercury
• Colorblind settings now apply to elements of the Gauntlet encounter of the "Leviathan" raid
• Armor offered by Brother Vance now displays mod slots when previewed in the vendor inventory
• Fixed an issue where players would see incorrect level-up UI when leveling up alternate characters from levels 21 through 25
• Auto Rifles now correctly display perks when players are previewing weapons within the Vault
• Adjusted the display order of gear sockets (mods, shaders, etc.) in the Item Details screen to be more consistent
• Increased the dismantle timer for Masterwork Cores
• Masterwork Weapons and Armor now display a gold border when being viewed in the Postmaster Lost and Found
• Crucible players will be properly notified when Power Ammo is acquired from the Cave area of Radiant Cliffs

Rewards

• Reduced the amount of XP required to earn an Illuminated Engram from 160k to 120k
• The Crossroads emblem correctly displays within Collections for players who have earned the emblem
• Character models no longer flinch when spawning in to social spaces with spawn effects equipped
• Updated the names of spawn effects to properly reflect their in-game appearance
• Gold Spotlight Effect is now the Yellow Spotlight Effect
• Blue Class Sigil Effect is now the Purple Class Sigil Effect
• The New Monarchy helmet ornament icon now displays the correct helmet
• The New Monarchy cloak now displays the correct imagery for female Hunters
• Fixed an issue where the Future War Cult gauntlets would display floating geometry
• Gunsmith engrams correctly grant weapon foundry shaders once again
• Fixed an issue where Three of Coins was not increasing chances for Exotic rewards when players were completing public events on Mercury
• Heroic strike completions now have a greater chance of granting Exotic rewards
• Fixed an issue where Curse of Osiris strikes were not properly granting Clan engrams when featured as a Nightfall activity
• Arcite-99 will now offer Gunsmith Engrams to players who have reached level 20 but have not yet completed the Red War campaign

Miscellaneous Fixes

Misc

• Gleaming Boon of the Vanguard price reduced from 350 to 250 Bright Dust
• Gleaming Boon of the Crucible price reduced from 750 to 600 Bright Dust
• Fixed an issue where Challenges were not appearing within Quickplay
• Fixed an issue where Masterwork Cores and Mod Components were not being forwarded to the Postmaster Lost and Found
• Fixed an issue where Destiny 2 could crash when players were changing emotes quickly
• Fixed an issue where players could not interact with vendors after fast-traveling to a social space
• Fixed an issue where the belt on Lucky Raspberry was not properly attached to the character model
• Fixed an issue where some Sparrow contrails could obstruct player view
• Fixed an issue where the Get Up and Sneaky emotes could not be in the player inventory at the same time
• Cayde now properly acknowledges player accomplishments during Mercury Flashpoint weeks when granting the Flashpoint engram, rather than asking the player about the weather on Io
• Fixed an issue where Zavala would display the wrong text when granting players rewards from the Heroic Strike milestone

Destiny 2 is now available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.