As we head into the launch of Monument of Triumph on June 9, 2026, we wanted to gather some important topics from our recent blogs in one centralized place.
Each post will have a link to where you can read more information. 🧵
The Director returns as the main way to navigate Destinations and to activities.
The Portal and various respective Ops categories have been incorporated into the Director at the bottom of the screen.
Activity difficulties have been overhauled in Monument of Triumph. Less math, more playing.
➕ Selecting a difficulty will always result in you hitting a default reward rank and reward tier.
📈 Modifiers now allow higher scores to be reached without increasing difficulty, to offset the cost of selected boons, and to provide a completely optional challenge.
💠 Ex: Play at Expert and add additional modifiers to earn Tier 4 gear without facing Champions.
📰 bung.ie/42SDe31
Every hour, one of seven Destinations will become Distorted.
Distorted Destinations add additional challenge, variety, and unique rewards to patrolling the Sol system.
So. Much. Loot.
💀 All Raids and Dungeon gear have been refreshed with gear tiering.
🌍 Destination gear has been updated and refreshed.
🗺️ New loot has been added to Vanguard, Crucible, Gambit, Arena Ops, Competitive Crucible, Iron Banner, Trials of Osiris, SRL, Pinnacle Ops...and more!
🎯 Attune to certain weapons in your inventory and increase your drop chance of that specific weapon.
🛡️ New armor archetypes.
🔁 All refreshed and tiered Armor sets have been given 2-piece and 4-piece set bonuses.
📰 bung.ie/SiSUym
All Exotic Weapons will have a catalyst
➕ 25 new catalysts have been added.
🔫 Perks have been added to 9 older catalysts that previously only gave stat boosts.
🔒 Vault space will increase 1000 >> 1300 slots.
➕ Loadouts will increase to 12 >> 20 slots.
📰 bung.ie/4ub2JIc
Artifacts have been rebuilt!
7️⃣ Choose from 7 familiar artifacts.
💾 Artifact mods now save in loadouts.
🙌 No more refunding to change a column 3 perk.
🚫 Disabled in Trials and Competitive Crucible.
📰 bung.ie/4dJe2ks
Anti-Champion Mod Updates
🔫 Now built into weapon archetypes and frames.
🎯 Will activate immediately on impact.
📰 bung.ie/4dJe2ks
New and reworked abilities:
🔥 New Solar Hunter Aspect: Crackshot.
🟣 New Void Hunter Melee: Phantom Surge.
🟣 New Void Warlock Aspect: Soul Siphon.
🔥 New Solar Titan Aspect: Shieldburst.
🟣 Reworked Void Hunter Aspect: Trapper's Ambush.
🟣 Reworked Void Titan Aspect: Ward of Dawn.
❇️ Reworked Strand Warlock Mindspun Invocation and Threadling Grenades.
All classes:
🪢 Strand Grenade: Slicewire.
🧊 Stasis Grenade: Shatter.
🛡️ Ability and armor updates.
📰 bung.ie/SiSUym
Exotic Armor Updates
5️⃣ All Armor 3.0 Exotics will have Tier 5 stats and access to all tuning mods.
⛔ NOTE: Tier 5 Stats do not apply to Collection rolls.
🔁 Many Exotic Armor pieces have received updates.
📰 bung.ie/SiSUym
Weapon Tier Upgrading
💹 Use materials to upgrade a weapon from Tier 1 to Tier 5.
🔓 Unlock all the enhanced perk benefits of Tier 5 gear as well as the unique Tier 5 cosmetic.
🟨 Enhanced gear mods move to being unlocked at Tier 3.
🙅♀️ Upgrading cannot add additional perks to your weapons.
📰 bung.ie/4dJe2ks
Primary ammo weapons will receive damage buffs against...
🟥 Base red bar combatants
Legendary +30%
Exotic 30% >> 40% bonus damage
PvP Updates
⚔️ All playlists will be under the Crucible Ops node.
🔫 New weapons, armor, and rewards to earn.
➕New modifiers: Arena Collision, Glass Cannon, and Software.
🤐 Private Matches updates.
📰 bung.ie/4ub2JIc
Trials of Osiris Updates
♻️ Each weekend will have up to 3 maps on rotation.
🔫 Bonus Focus pools replace the weekly featured weapon.
🔫 New and reprised weapons to earn.
🛡️ New armor with an armor set bonus to earn.
🚢 New accessories to earn.
🙅♂️ Not available during Iron Banner weeks.
📰 bung.ie/4ub2JIc
Iron Banner Updates
📆 Returns every four weeks, for one week long.
🐺 Iron Banner control + an additional IB mode.
🛡️ New armor with an armor set bonus to earn.
🔫 Reprised and returning weapons to earn.
👁️ New Bonus Focus pools.
📅 Next Iron Banner: June 30.
📰 bung.ie/4ub2JIc
Heavy Metal Updates
🔁 Permanently rotates in Crucible Ops.
🚁 New vehicle selection screen.
🤖 New vehicle: Cabal Behemoth Walker.
🗺️ New map: Nightfall Station.
⤵️ Score to win reduced from 50 >> 40.
📰 bung.ie/4ub2JIc
Sparrow Racing League Details
🗺️ 5 maps.
🛹 New mechanics.
🛵 Use a Sparrow or a Skimmer.
2️⃣ Updated for Destiny 2.
📰 bung.ie/42SDe31
Alright alright alright. Gambit updates on the field.
🐍 Gambit is now Gambit Ops.
💯 Activity scoring is based on team progress through Gambit's major phases.
🔁 Refreshed and tiered reward pool.
🛡️ New armor set and set bonus.
📰 bung.ie/42SDe31
New Raid activity: Pantheon
💀 Tomorrow, June 9, two Pantheon activities will be available with a unique lineup of bosses.
☠️ On Saturday, June 13, a third Pantheon activity will open to challenge players in the full gauntlet of bosses.
🎁 Earn a new armor set, reprised weapons, returning Universal Armor Ornaments, emblems, a new Title, and more.
😇 All Pantheon activities offer a new Adventure difficulty with lower stakes for learning, teaching, and practicing.
📰 bung.ie/4ub2JIc
Legacy Raid and Dungeon Updates:
🔁 Two Raids and Dungeons are featured again, rotating weekly.
📈 All weapons and armor in Raids and Dungeons prior to The Desert Perpetual have been updated with Tiered Gear.
🛡️ All reprised armor has set bonuses.
🔫 All reprised raid weapons have updated perk pools.
🔫 All reprised dungeon weapons gain new origin traits.
🟪 Reward drops are updated.
📰 bung.ie/4ub2JIc
Bright Engrams and Bright Dust
🎯 Bright Engrams can now be focused into different categories with a bit of Bright Dust.
🚫 Bright Engram Focusing will NOT produce duplicates.
🟧 Bright Dust and Chronologs will be primarily earned through the Seasonal Hub, with their weekly earnable amounts increasing.
🔁 The Bright Dust store will rotate daily.
📰 bung.ie/4ub2JIc
Dresstiny and Fashion Updates
👖 Common, Uncommon, Rare, and Legendary Ornaments can be applied to Exotic Armor.
📸 Exotic Armor Ornaments now show in Collections.
📰 bung.ie/4ub2JIc
Several vendors in the Tower have received updates, including...
🛡️ Upgraded inventories of older armor sets, ornaments, weapons, and gear.
📈 Some vendors have their reputation reward tracks re-added.
📰 bung.ie/4dJe2ks
Seasonal events such as Solstice, Festival of the Lost, The Dawning, and Guardian Games have been retired.
🗿 A collection of weapon rewards from these events can be earned through a Monument of Triumph vendor.
⚪ Armor Ornament sets previously available for Bright Dust will be available through direct exchange and Bright Engram Focusing.
📰 bung.ie/d2_may_21_2026
Thanks for sticking with us through this thread. Monument of Triumph launches on tomorrow, June 9, available to all players.
We'll meet you in the Tower.
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Updates 9.5.0 and 9.5.0.1 will further improve progression.
Players will be able to reach the Power cap directly through Renegades’ activities.
Your Seasonal Power and Featured Gear will carry over into Renegades.
All Exotic Weapons and Armor will be Featured Gear in Destiny 2: Renegades.
Power catch-up will move from a chest needing manual pickup to organic drops: sign in, play Renegades, catapult to 300 Power, and play with your friends.
Upcoming changes, just announced in today's livestream:
Faster Power Climb & Improved Rewards
💠 New Activities: Renegades Campaign, Lawless Jobs
💠 Fuel Variety: Rewards Balance & Buffs for Portal
💠 Year of Prophecy's Raid and Dungeon Reward Improvements
➡️ Raid and Dungeon loot drops begin at Tier 3
💠 Reward Buffs to Fireteam activities
➡️ We are pushing up rewards for Fireteam Ops and Pinnacle Ops to match Solo Ops
💠 Bonus Engram Rework
Introducing A New Weekly Ritual & Portal Variety Improvements
💠 New system: Vanguard Orders
💠 Weekly Bonus Engrams
💠 Weekly Conquest Rewards
💠 Weekly Legacy Raids and Dungeons
Vanguard Orders are a new system coming in Destiny 2: Renegades.
We've collaborated with Japanese webcomic artist @metorokou to do a short series, exploring her first steps into the world of Destiny 2, in a series of weekly comics. Enjoy these first five!
💠 Expand players’ imaginations
💠 Bring challenge back to Destiny
💠 Enrich our content
💠 Connect our Guardians
🔗 Read the full letter by Destiny 2’s Game Director, Joe Blackburn: bung.ie/3YKRxT5
Coming in Season of Defiance:
💠 Fewer competing currencies
💠 Seasonal currency replaced by a singular key
💠 Keys can drop from seasonal activities
💠 Chests are bonuses, not requirements
💠 Fewer, more potent vendor upgrades
Looking ahead from Season 20 to 21:
💠 No vendor upgrades in favor of more variety
💠 Thematically fresh from one another
💠 New and revised systems
💠 Sneak peek into new releases before they’re live