Destiny 2's Year of Prophecy: Here's Everything Guardians Need to Know

Get ready, Guardian — Bungie conscionable unveiled what's coming up successful its sci-fi shooter, Destiny 2, including 2 caller expansions and large seasonal and halfway crippled updates coming to some paying and escaped players, each badged nether the "Year of Prophecy."

Year of Prophecy is the archetypal twelvemonth to boast 4 "major contented beats," with 2 paid expansions and 2 large updates. The erstwhile is paid contented portion the second volition beryllium disposable to each players.

First up is Rite of the Nine, a "fresh instrumentality connected dungeon diving for some seasoned dungeon crawlers and those stepping into the depths for the archetypal time" that is already disposable to each players for nary further cost. While the dungeons themselves — Prophecy, Spire of the Watcher, and Ghosts of the Deep — volition beryllium acquainted to some, adjacent the astir hardened Guardian tin expect "unique twists" successful which you'll reconnect with Orin and refreshed dungeon weapons.

Then, connected July 15, we'll get the brand-new expansion, Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate, a "multiyear saga that volition unfold crossed aggregate expansions." A paid-for expansion, The Edge of Fate volition reintroduce america to the Nine, almighty and mysterious beings who existed agelong earlier the Traveler, arsenic 2 characters "step into the spotlight" — caller state Lodi and Warlock Vanguard, Ikora.

The enlargement volition instrumentality spot connected caller destination Kepler, described arsenic "inspired by the puzzle-solving and pathfinding challenges of Destiny 2’s dungeons and destination plan which encourages heavy exploration, mystery, and player-driven discovery." Expect caller enemies, weapons, gear, and "destination-specific abilities."

At the aforesaid time, connected July 15, "major halfway crippled innovations" volition rotation out, including revised armor and cogwheel systems "to make richer opportunities for buildcrafting" and a caller enactment enactment surface called the Portal.

"Players volition beryllium capable to easy take betwixt Fireteam Ops, Pinnacle Ops, Crucible Ops, and the recently introduced Solo Ops," Bungie explained. "Fireteam Ops and Pinnacle Ops reenforce speedy fireteam enactment and longer-form cooperative content, portion the caller Solo Ops activities are specifically designed for solo players who privation short, self-contained gameplay sessions without the request for a fireteam.

"Additionally, players tin tailor activities to lucifer their desired gameplay and the circumstantial rewards they are chasing. 50 all-new modifiers volition let deeper gameplay customization and connection greater challenges for players, portion curated enactment rotations volition guarantee determination is ever thing caller to chase."

As typically happens with a caller expansion, pre-order sweeteners are available, including an instantly unlockable Exotic Ghost and Legendary Emblem. We've listed the afloat spoils below:

Destiny 2 Pre-Order Details

The Edge of Fate Pre-Order includes:

• The Edge of Fate Campaign
• New Raid
• 1x Active Rewards Pass
• Pre-Order Exclusive Exotic Ghost (instant unlock)
• Pre-Order Exclusive Legendary Emblem (instant unlock)

Year of Prophecy Edition Pre-Order includes:

• The Edge of Fate and Renegades Campaigns
• New Raid and Dungeon
• 1x Active Rewards Pass
• 3x Rewards Passes
• The Edge of Fate Pre-Order Exclusive Exotic Ghost (instant unlock)
• The Edge of Fate Pre-Order Exclusive Legendary Emblem (instant unlock)
• Renegades Pre-Order Exclusive Exotic Ship (available September 9, 2025)
• Renegades Pre-Order Exclusive Legendary Emblem (available September 9, 2025)

Year of Prophecy Ultimate Edition Pre-Order includes:

• The Edge of Fate and Renegades Campaigns
• New Raid and Dungeon
• 1x Active Rewards Pass
• 3x Rewards Passes
• Instant Unlock Exotic Sniper Rifle: New Land Beyond
  • New Land Beyond Ornament and Catalyst (available astatine motorboat of Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate)
• The Edge of Fate Pre-Order Exclusive Exotic Ghost (instant unlock)
• The Edge of Fate Pre-Order Exclusive Legendary Emblem (instant unlock)
• Renegades Pre-Order Exclusive Exotic Ship (available September 9, 2025)
• Renegades Pre-Order Exclusive Legendary Emblem (available September 9, 2025)
• Year of Prophecy Exotic Emote (instant unlock)
• Year of Prophecy Exotic Sparrow (available July 15, 2025)
• Dark Side Legends Bundle (3 afloat armor ornament sets, 1 for each class, instant unlock)
• Secret Stash (1x Exotic Cosmetic, 1x Exotic Cipher, 2x Ascendant Alloys, 3x Ascendant Shards, delivered with each seasonal update)

A Year of Prophecy Collector's Edition is besides available, though pre-orders for the carnal variation person already wholly sold retired astatine the clip of writing.

From September 9, a 2nd large update volition spell unrecorded — Ash & Iron — with the 2nd enlargement of the year, Renegades, going unrecorded connected December 2. Finally, March 3 sees the Shadow & Order large update rotation out.

Destiny 2: Renegades, the 2nd enlargement successful the Year of Prophecy, is inspired by the "legendary Star Wars universe" and "merges Destiny’s distinctive storytelling and gameplay with themes and elements drawn from the iconic sci-fi franchise."

All this volition beryllium invited quality to galore Destiny 2 players aft Bungie laid disconnected 220 unit — that's 17% of its full workforce — successful July 2024, little than a twelvemonth aft 100 different layoffs astatine Bungie.

Of course, Destiny 2 isn't the lone crippled keeping Bungie engaged close now. Marathon was revealed successful May 2023 arsenic a reboot of the classical Bungie franchise, but it was lone successful the past period that we got our archetypal existent look astatine it. In IGN's Marathon hands-on preview, we wrote: "After playing capable Marathon to get a beauteous bully consciousness for it successful its alpha state, I’m already reasonably assured it’ll scratch the Bungie PvP itch that’s been near unscratched for a fig of years now. Here’s hoping they’ll sound it retired of the parkland erstwhile it comes to PC and consoles successful September."

Vikki Blake is simply a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.