The latest update for Bungie’s Destiny 2 is live, with some much-needed fixes and more than a few quality-of-life features. For example, if you ever wanted to watch the post-Excision cinematics in The Final Shape, there’s a new Epilogue option. It’s now possible to bask in the emotional ending without playing through the activity again.
The update also fixes an exploit that allowed players to obtain twice the number of Exotic class items from Dual Destiny. It also removes Surges from raids and dungeons, buffing the damage of all subclasses and Kinetic damage types in return. Players can now freely use whatever they want in those activities without worrying about matching the Surges.
Perhaps the most underrated change, however, is that of Pathfinder. Ritual Gambit Nodes are now replaced with general nodes, providing PvE or PvP-only paths to rewards. Check out the full patch notes below for more details on other changes. You can also read our review of Destiny 2: The Final Shape here.
Destiny 2 Update 8.0.0.5
Activities
Crucible
- Fixed an issue where the incorrect expansion was required for the Trials of Osiris playlist.
- Fixed an issue where Trace Rifles had an incorrect amount of ammo at the start of a match.
Campaign
- An Epilogue option is now available in the difficulty selection menu for Excision where players can rewatch the Excision end cinematics without replaying the activity.
- Fixed an issue where players could matchmake into the campaign narrative version of Liminality after the final boss encounter.
Dual Destiny Exotic Mission
- Fixed an issue where it was possible to earn double Exotic class items.
Cooperative Focus Missions
- Fixed an issue where Cooperative Focus Missions were not unlocking correctly.
Raids and Dungeons
- Removed surges from raids and dungeons and added the equivalent damage buff to all subclass and Kinetic damage types.
Seasonal Activities
- Fixed an issue where Piston Hammer charges were being reset daily instead of adding a charge.
– Note: This fix was applied in a mid-week update shortly after 8.0.0.4.
Gameplay and Investment
Abilities
- Fixed an issue where Storm Grenade was receiving 40% more energy than intended from perks that grant instant percentage chunk energy such as Devour or armor mods.
Armor
- Fixed an issue where Precious Scars could trigger from final blows with Kinetic weapons instead of Solar weapons on a Solar subclass.
Weapons
- Fixed an issue where Riposte would only drop as a fixed weapon roll after completing your placement matches.
– Updated the fixed weapon roll to drop with the perk Desperate Measures instead of Golden Tricorn.
– In a future update, instances with Golden Tricorn will be updated to Desperate Measures. - Fixed an issue where Sword Wolfpack Round hits could activate the Relentless Strikes Sword perk.
Quests
- Fixed an issue where the New Light quest “On the Offensive” required completion of a Vanguard Ops bounty.
- Fixed an issue where a player was unable to dismantle Dyadic Prism after obtaining Ergo Sum on an alternate character.
- Fixed an issue where collecting Encryption Bits with a full inventory would block a player from acquiring Khvostov 7G-0X.
Pathfinder
- Replaced Ritual Pathfinder Gambit nodes with a general node on some cards. There should now always be a path that can be completed through PvE-only or PvP-only.
- Fixed an issue where Ritual Pathfinder objectives involving banking motes did not track correctly.
- Fixed an issue where resetting the Pale Heart Pathfinder would reduce the number of Ergo Sum drops available without providing the item if the player had not yet unlocked Ergo Sum.
- Fixed an issue where the Urban Parkour objective in the Pale Heart Pathfinder did not update once the Stitching activity was complete in the Lost City Outskirts.
Emotes
- Fixed an issue where players could sometimes be killed shortly after using The Final Slice finisher.
- Fixed an issue where all players would not see the same results when rolling the D&D Emote, Natural 20.
Platforms and Systems
- Fixed an issue where VFX for the Prismatic class screens could cause an overheating issue on Xbox consoles.
General
- Fixed an issue where the Rank 16 reputation reward for Ghost had an incorrect shader reward.
– Players who already received this reward will keep it and be automatically granted the updated shader reward upon log in. - Fixed an issue where a Bungie Reward Director Dialog image was not properly scaled.