Destiny 2 — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| This Week in Destiny – 4/30/2026 | 2026-04-30 | This week, we’re going over the current goal of our Community Challenge and adding a new reward to reach for.Adding to our Community Challenge!Activities to explore this weekend in Destiny |
| This Week In Destiny - 04/23/2026 | 2026-04-23 | This Week in Destiny, we have a new Community Challenge ready for you straight from the desk of Vanguard Commander Zavala. Nothing too fancy: put on some amazing weapons, defeat enemies of humanity, get something great as reward. Topics of the week: A new communal Community Challenge It Binds, Compels has been granted Bungie Foundation and Gamers Engaged Activities available this week The team is heads down, working towards our June update. We’re aiming for more information to be rolling out by mid-May on what to expect for our next update. As we approach that timeframe, we’ll have a full calendar of sandbox tuning and quality-of-life changes |
| This Week in Destiny - 4/16/2026 | 2026-04-16 | This week in Destiny, Lord Saladin makes his triumphant return to the Tower courtyard to host Iron Banner. Guardians are battling for glory in this special Crucible tournament featuring our Control and Eruption modes. Also, we have our second round of Guardian Games Community Challenge selections for the Golden Age emblem!Iron Banner is LiveCommunity Challenge: Going for Guardian Games Gold Final PicksUpdate 9.5.6.2 Patch NotesThis Weekend’s Rotating Modes in DestinyForge your legend in fire, Guardians! |
| This Week in Destiny – 04/09/2026 | 2026-04-09 | This week in Destiny, the final week of Guardian Games is here and it’s time to review the results. We’ll also be going over the initial set of picks from our Community Challenge and highlighting the newest changes coming to Iron Banner!Warlocks Take Guardian Games 2026!How to Earn the Guardian Games Animal Instinct emblemCommunity Challenge: Going for Guardian Games Gold First Week PicksIron Banner Returns April 14Our Newest Humble Bundle PartnershipThis Week(end) in Destiny |
| This Week in Destiny – 04/02/2026 | 2026-04-02 | This Week in Destiny, we’re reporting the latest from the Tower podium! Warlocks have held their early lead but Hunters aren’t that far behind in this year’s Guardian Games... for now. We all know how much can change in just a few days if any class rallies to seize the day. Guardian Games week two is underway Step up to the podium in our new Community Challenge Recognizing National Stress Awareness Month What’s on tap in in Destiny this weekend Victory for any class is still within reach! |
| This Week in Destiny – 03/26/2026 | 2026-03-26 | Can you hear the roar of the crowd, Guardian? The time has come to prove beyond any doubt whether it is Hunters, Warlocks, or Titans who reign supreme! The Guardian Games have returned with a new event activity and three event-exclusive weapons. The Guardian Games podium awaits your Medallions Earn a new Guardian Games emblem via Twitch Drops Magic: The Gathering collab brings armor sets and Exotic cosmetics Make the Pikers Proud with their Oath of the Renegades emblem Highlights from the Update 9.5.6 Patch Notes The team has received your Postcards from the Frontier Learn what’s happening in Destiny this weekend Only one class banner will fl |
| Destiny 2 x Magic The Gathering | 2026-03-25 | Destiny 2 teams up with Magic: The Gathering for a crossover that brings the iconic look and themes of MTG into the Destiny universe. Inspired by legendary Planeswalkers and the five mana colors, the collaboration introduces armor sets for each Destiny class alongside a collection of cosmetics celebrating both worlds. |
| Guardian Games 2026 | 2026-03-24 | Guardian Games returns to Destiny 2 with Rushdown, bringing high-stakes encounters and event-exclusive rewards to the competition. Earn medallions to chase Guardian Games weapons, including rare Holofoil weapon variants, and compete for class pride as the Tower becomes the stage for triumph and bragging rights. |
| This Week in Destiny – 03/19/2026 | 2026-03-19 | This week in Destiny, we’re giving Guardians the first glimpse at Guardian Games, detailing some sandbox changes we’re making around Warlocks, and sharing some of our favorite Postcard Community Activation submissions from last week. Additionally, we’re excited to share more about our upcoming Magic the Gathering collaboration!Welcome back Guardian GamesThis weekend in Destiny 2The next week of Postcards from the Frontier is hereThe new Magic the Gathering collaborationLink: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/twid-03-19-2026 |
| This Week in Destiny – 03/12/2026 | 2026-03-12 | This week in Destiny, we are launching our next Community Challenge. This time, rather than testing your prowess with weapons and skill at our dungeons or raids, we’re asking you to share your best screenshots of scenes or environments in Renegades.Send us your Postcards from the FrontierBuildcrafting basics in the New Player GuideActive and upcoming in-game modifiers and activitiesRead the rest of the TWID here. |
| This Week In Destiny - 03/05/2026 | 2026-03-05 | This week in Destiny, we’re starting off by shouting out the many, many Guardians who took on and triumphed in our recent Community Challenges. The Praxic Time Trials finished on Tuesday and, at the time of this TWID’s publication, we have granted all Fallen Torches and Artifacting Signal emblems to those that succeeded in the Dark Age Hunt. Thank you for kicking off our new series of Community Challenges!Aunor declares the Praxic Time Trials have concludedDark Age Hunt Community Challenge emblems awardedJoin two Women@Bungie Fundraisers to gain two emblemsUpdate 9.5.5.4 has been deployedNew Player Guide discusses useful official and fan-made |
| This Week In Destiny - 02/26/2026 | 2026-02-26 | This week in Destiny, we’re collecting data for our Praxic Time Trials community challenge. We also wanted to highlight a few videos that are either useful if you are still working on your speedruns or that show some impressive feats.Gotta go fast with your Praxic BladeA New Player Guide article is liveA quick glimpse at the most recent patch.Link: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/twid_02_26_2026 |
| This Week in Destiny - 02/19/2026 | 2026-02-19 | Before jumping into this week's topics, we wanted to share again the news about Shadow and Order from yesterday:Our next Major Update, Destiny 2: Shadow and Order, is undergoing large revisions and will be delayed.This update is being changed and expanded to include sizable quality-of-life updates and as a result, will also be renamed. This update will now launch on June 9, 2026. We will provide exact details closer to release covering previously announced Weapon Tier Upgrading, but also additions like expanding Tiered Gear to all Raid and Dungeon activities, Pantheon 2.0, Tier 5 stats for Exotic Armors, and moreThrough June, we will continue |
| This Week In Destiny - 02/12/2026 | 2026-02-12 | This week in Destiny, we’re celebrating the season of love with some free in-game cosmetics, kicking off a new Community Challenge, and chatting a bit about a new character naming convention.On your marks for the Praxic Time TrialsTalking about the new Valentines Day bundle available……and the free gift that comes with the season!Rogue Signal overlays for you to customizeSharing the next article of the New Player GuideOur updates on name character requirementsTrials of Osiris is back!Link: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/twid_2_12_2026 |
| This Week in Destiny – 02/05/2026 | 2026-02-05 | This week in Destiny, we’ve been marveling at the many (thousands!) of video submissions to the Dark Age Hunt, our first Community Challenge featuring Warlord's Ruin. The Analytics Team has been keeping track of your skill with the Sword, Bow, and Glaive and will be issuing the Fallen Torches emblem soon. Meanwhile, our Lawless Frontier designers have been keeping tabs on the impact of Double Invasions, a limited-time test continuing until next week. We’re also shining the Traveler’s light on your Renegades style with a new fashion show that starts right now.Show off your Tharsis ThreadsDark Age Hunt hits the bullseyeForecasting Double Invasi |
| This Week in Destiny – 01/29/2026 | 2026-01-29 | This week in Destiny, arrows have been shot across the sky and into our Guardian hearts; Arms Week has returned, but more on that in a second. Today, we’re discussing a test we’re launching in the Lawless Frontier, our Game2Give livestream (happening now!), and more: Arms Week: Bow EditionThe Dark Age HuntDouble Invasion!Oath of the Renegades resultsThe next chapter for the New Player GuideGame2Give 2026 ends soonThe Martlet back in Trials It’s Bow time.TWID |
| This Week in Destiny - 01/22/2026 | 2026-01-22 | This Week in Destiny, we are getting ready for Arms Week and a very special Game2Give livestream. Your support never ceases to blow our minds. We also have a challenge for you all to tackle.Arms Week is next weekA new challenge awaitsGame2Give is going strongOne more New Player Guide chapterAstral Horizon back in TrialsRead the rest of the TWID here. |
| This Week in Destiny – 01/15/2026 | 2026-01-15 | This Week in Destiny, we’re dotting our i’s and crossing our t’s as we prepare for a new Arms Week event and other in-game updates, brush up more of our New Player Guide documentation, and remind everyone the great cause we’re pushing towards with our current Game2Give campaign!We’re back soon with Arms Week III.Updating our New Player Guide to guide new lights through the story.A heads up on what’s coming to Destiny 2 this weekend……and a reminder about Bungie Foundation’s current Game2Give campaign!TWID Link: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/twid_1_15_2026 |
| This Week in Destiny – 01/08/2026 | 2026-01-08 | We hope you had a restful and recuperative end of the year, Guardians! Well, aside from pelting each other with snowballs to freeze foes to the bone in Dawning’s new Crucible Ops activity. Good thing you could thaw out by Eva Levante’s cookie oven and go on baking sprees making tons of cookies for your favorite friends. Now that the snow’s melting, we have one final Dawning gift to share: our first TWID of 2026!Celebrating your showstopping Dawning creations...and your seasonal Dawning fashion choices!Stay on target with the Renegades soundtrackGame2Give returns in a big way next weekNew Lights learn what makes a GuardianLet’s take a look at |
| This Week in Destiny - 12/18/2025 | 2025-12-18 | This Week in Destiny, we are eating cookies around the bonfire with our friends and allies before taking a well-deserved winter break. After launching Renegades, getting a few updates out, watching another mind-blowing dungeon race, and kickstarting our Dawning event, it's time for the teams at Bungie to get a few days off. Your favorite community team in the world will be taking a break from the TWID until January 8, too! So, treasure the topics we have for today. Equilibrium Dungeon Race winners Dawning Fashion is here! And Dawning creations! wordTwitch Drops for Dawning Oath of the Renegades wraps up today Bungie Foundation end of year upd |