MoSadie’s Note: This a combination of information from the reveal stream and the companion post.

TL;DR:

We are entering: The Fate Saga

• A multi-year saga
• Where we will explore foundations of the universe itself
• THE NINE
• The expansions will be:
  • The Edge of Fate (July 15)
  • Renegades (December 2)
  • Shattered Cycle (Summer 2026)
  • The Alchemist (Winter 2026)

Year of Prophecy Roadmap

The Important Dates:

Name	Date	Free/Not Free
Rite of the Nine (Event)	May 6	Free
Heavy Metal (Event)	May 9	Free
The Edge of Fate (Expansion)	July 15	Not Free
Raid: Something IDK	July 19	Not Free
Core Game Updates	July 15	Free
Arms Week (Event)	July 22	Free
Ash & Iron (Major Update)	September 9	Free
Renegades (Expansion)	December 2	Not Free
Shadow & Order (Major Update)	March 3	Free

Yes you read that right, SEASONAL CONTENT IS FREE.

The Edge of Fate

• Arrives July 15th
• The Nine extend an invitation to a specific moment at a specific place.

New Destination: Kepler

• Near the edge of Sol
• Lots of Dark Matter
• Inspired by dungeons and exotic missions
• Destination-specific abilities
  • Matterspark: Become a ball of energy, able to fit in small spaces and smash enemies.
  • Relocator Cannon: Use Fallen dark matter tech to teleport around the battlefield.
  • Matter Morph: Manipulate the environment using Dark Matter.
  • Abilities have upgrades that can be unlocked.
• Introducing World Tiers:
  • Adjust the difficulty of the destination.
  • Puzzles may be completed in different ways depending on the tier.
  • Higher tiers have better rewards.
  • You unlock more tiers through campaign and post-campaign.
• New Friendly Character: Lodi
  • Also invited by the Nine
  • A fish out of water, but somehow qualified. Almost like a fish meant to get pulled out of the water.
  • Very far from home.

The Portal (and core updates)

• Launches with The Edge of Fate on July 15th
• Will replace the Director button in orbit. (Director is still available)
• Designed to provide instance access to a range of activities.
• Buttons include:
  • Tower
  • Seasonal Hub
  • Latest Expansion
  • Solo Ops (1 player)
  • Fireteam Ops (1-3 players)
  • Pinnacle Ops (1-3 players)
  • Crucible Ops
• Each Ops button has both a list of specific activities and Quickplay options.
• Solo Ops also has Strikes, so now you can solo Strikes lol.

Difficulty Customization

• You can customize the difficulty of the activity you are doing.
• You can choose from a list of premade options, or customize it to your liking.
• There are 50 all new modifiers being added to the game.

PvP Power Grind

• PvP players can now earn all the power they need in PvP.

Armor 3.0

As mentioned in a previous developer post, Armor 3.0 introduces set bonuses and a rework of the stats system. There are new stats, and bonuses for going over 100 in a stat!

In addition, all new gear has all its energy unlocked on drop.

That leads us into…

Gear Tiers

• There are now 5 tiers of gear, both weapons and armor.
• Not sure exactly which tier, but confirmed that Tier 5 armor has 11 energy.
• Tier depends on the difficulty of the activity you are doing.
• It’s a cycle of get better gear -> do harder content -> get even better gear -> repeat.
• Tier 5 gear is also shaded differently, and has different kill effects. This can be toggled.

But where do you test this new gear?

The Shooting Range

• Launching three weeks after The Edge of Fate on August 5th.
• Located in the Tower, and will be a permanent fixture.
• You can load in up to a raid fireteam.
• You can summon enemies of various types and ranks, and even get some real numbers on your damage output.

The Second Expansion: Renegades

• Launches December 2nd, 2025
• Inspired by Star Wars (yes they actually said Star Wars)
• There is a lightsaber weapon.

Pre-order Info

Pre-orders are live now.

Bundles are:

• The Edge of Fate Pre-order:
  • The Edge of Fate campaign
  • New Raid
  • 1x Active Reward Pass
  • Pre-order bonus: Exclusive Exotic Ghost and Legendary Emblem (instant unlock)
• Year of Prophecy Edition Pre-order:
  • Everything in the Edge of Fate pre-order, plus:
  • Renegades campaign
  • New Dungeon (available in Renegades)
  • 3x Reward Passes
  • Pre-order bonus: Exclusive Exotic Ship and Legendary Emblem (available Sept 9th)
• Year of Prophecy Ultimate Edition Pre-order:
  • Everything in the Year of Prophecy Edition pre-order, plus:
  • Instant Unlock Exotic Sniper Rifle: New Land Beyond
  • New Land Beyond Ornament and Catalyst (available with The Edge of Fate)
  • Year of Prophecy Exotic Emote (instant unlock)
  • Year of Prohecy Exotic Sparrow (available with The Edge of Fate)
  • Dark Side Legends Bundle (3 full 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)
• Year of Prophecy Collector’s Edition Pre-order:
  • Everything in the Year of Prophecy Ultimate Edition pre-order, plus:
  • This cool statue:

Rite of the Nine

• This event is live now!
• Free for all players
• Is a prologue to the expansion
• Explorer difficulty has a matchmaking option available.
• There is a title to earn!

Heavy Metal

• As a reminder, this event launches on May 9th and introduces the new Event Home and the Heavy Metal game mode.
• Let’s just say there may be something to knock that skimmer off your feet… COMBAT SPARROW

Arms Week

• A new type of event launching one week after The Edge of Fate
• Focuses on one weapon archetype.
• A new legendary weapon of that archetype as well as temporary mods.

Questions Answered

These are some questions that were answered on social media right after the stream:

• What’s happening to Power?
  • More details in future TWIDs on power caps and climbs, but can confirm that power will be squished at launch. Source: Destiny2Team on Twitter
• Vault Space?
  • Vault Space is not changing in The Edge of Fate, but there are additional Vault space and QOL features planned for Renegades later this year. Source: Destiny2Team on Bluesky

That’s all for now! There will be more blog posts leading up to the expansion, so stay tuned!

Read the full Bungie.net post
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