Season of the Splicer 

Destiny 2 – Witch Queen Reveal Date, Bungie Day and more FREE Emblems

This week in video games

Bungie was back this week with their latest news dump in the form of This Week At Bungie, plus some free gifts and also, this week was Bungie Day, so plenty of celebrations going on. Today I’ll bring you all the news, including the latest on the Witch Queen Expansion and Season 15 reveal coming soon, and some free gifts which you can get hold of today.

This week at Bungie, we set a date.

No, we aren’t getting married, but we did send out a save the date. Mark down August 24 in your novelty paper calendars that you bought from that mall kiosk. Or maybe save a reminder in your phone if you have abandoned physical calendars altogether. We are looking forward to sharing more with you about the future of Destiny 2. See you then.

Back to the present. A new update went live this week and Solstice of Heroes has kicked off. Guardians are buzzing around the European Aerial Zone chasing after chests and upgrading their armor as we speak. That’s not all, Vault of Glass Master difficulty also became available this week for all players. You can get a rundown of what to expect from last week’s TWAB.

IT’S A BUNGIE-FUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

When updates are inbound or issues arise, our team of experts on Player Support are always there monitoring the situation and giving you updates from @BungieHelp.

This is their report.

TRIUMPH RE-REDEEMS

With the launch of Update 3.2.1 players found that all previously redeemed Triumphs from Season 13 and Season 14 needed to be re-redeemed. This was the result of a fix for an issue that caused Season 14 Triumphs to incorrectly share Triumph Scores with Season 13 Triumphs.

As a result of this fix players may notice a slight decrease in their Season 13 Triumph score due to their scores being recalculated correctly.

Additionally, we are currently investigating players being unable to re-redeem the Catalyst Competitor and One Fell Strike Triumphs.

TOKEN TURN IN

With the launch of Season 15 on August 24, Vanguard reputation ranks will be updated and no longer require the use of Vanguard Tokens.

Due to this, Vanguard Tokens will be deprecated at the launch of the Season. Players should turn in their Vanguard Tokens to Zavala to receive rewards this Season before August 24 when their Tokens expire.

KNOWN ISSUES

While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help Forum:

  • Renewed Solstice armor displays the Season of the Splicer icon instead of the Solstice icon.
  • The Light and Dark Weekly Solstice bounty for Gambit will only gain progress from elemental final blows on Guardians.
  • The Prismatic Taken event UI may overlap other objective UI when players have multiple buffs active.
  • Prismatic Orbs do not contribute to total Elemental Orbs collected by players.
    2018 Solstice armor set glows may be less intense on certain portions of the armor.
  • Pieces of the Filigree of Light shell disappear when rotating the Ghost shell in the inventory preview.
  • We are currently investigating reports of Solstice Key Fragments and Solstice packages being removed from player inventories.
  • The Repeatable Solstice Bounties do not display their Bright Dust reward when viewed in Eva’s inventory. Completing these Repeatable Bounties will still award ten Bright Dust each.
  • The Baby Fallen emote will appear at the very end of player emote inventories.
    Players are receiving the Plug One.1 Fusion Rifle instead of the Uzume RR4 Sniper Rifle as a Nightfall completion reward.
  • Subtitles do not appear during new Mithrax announcement dialogues.
  • Subtitles do not appear when interacting with the House of Light banner in the Eliksni Quarter.
  • The Ludomaniacal emblem does not unlock after players reset their Infamy rank three times. Player may be able to get around this by claiming an Exotic engram from Drifter’s inventory.
  • The Unstoppable Schwarzschild Condensor mod costs 5,000 Glimmer to apply instead of the usual 500.

FREE EMBLEMS

Check out these codes.

Classy Order: YRC-C3D-YNC
Sequence Flourish: 7D4-PKR-MD7
Future In Shadow: 7LV-GTK-T7J
Cryonautics: RA9-XPH-6KJ
Galilean Excursion: JYN-JAA-Y7D
The Visionary: XFV-KHP-N97

BUNGIE DAY 2021

Happy Bungie Day, everyone! You know how it’s awkward when it’s your birthday and you are having to open presents while a bunch of people watch you. Then people begin singing… and you just want to escape out of a window? That’s kind of what this is like for us. We wish we were pretentious enough to make up a holiday dedicated to ourselves, but looking back, we like to use this opening paragraph to anxiously explain that we would never do something like that.

Bungie Day was created by our amazing community long, long ago because of something to do with our weird fixation on the number seven. So here we are on the seventh day of the seventh month celebrating our still-amazing community and the years of action-packed memories forged in the worlds we’ve created. Without you, this world wouldn’t feel as bright as it does.

Between the charity initiatives you’ve supported and constant comradery we see on display throughout social media and in-person events, we can safely say that every day with this community is a gift. You’ve been a beacon of hope, a source of joy, a ferocious beast hellbent on wearing a raid boss’s ass as a hat, and so much more. Thank you for everything you’ve done, and everything you will do in the future.

BUNGIE FOUNDATION – GIVING CAMPAIGN

Time and time again, this community has been a powerhouse for good. With every charity initiative, you smash records and fill hearts across the globe. Today, we’re excited to announce the Bungie Foundation Giving Campaign.

Bungie Foundation: Bungie Day is upon us! We are so grateful for each of you who have chosen to be a part of this incredible community. You have demonstrated time and time again that your passion goes beyond the digital spaces of Destiny and reaches out to every corner of our world through your kindness and compassion. You truly are the driving force behind all the good work we at Bungie seek to do for the people and world around us through the Bungie Foundation.

We focus our efforts on three core pillars:

  • Improving children’s health and wellbeing
  • Uplifting the voices and rights of all individuals and communities
  • Providing humanitarian aid in times of crisis

By donating to the Bungie Foundation’s Giving Campaign between July 7 and July 20 at 11:59 PM PDT, you are helping us make an impact in each of these areas – from our iPads for Kids Program to helping communities impacted by a natural disaster, you are changing lives and proving that the Bungie community is the best there is.

This has been an unprecedented year of hardships for so many around the world, including many of you. Thank you for leaning into your friendships and shared passions to lift each other up and support each other when it was needed the most. And yet, there is so much work to do. Please help us by donating today.

As a thank you for your donation, we are excited to offer you several incredible in-game items:

  • $10+: 2020 “The Bungie Foundation” emblem
  • $25+: Above, plus the NEW “Circadian Guard” emblem
  • $50+: Above, plus NEW Exotic “Buoyant Shell” Ghost Shell
  • $75+: Above, plus NEW Exotic “Tiny Tank” emote

Our goal is to reach $777,000 by July 20. To help us stay on track, we will commit to having one of our Community Managers record a lore reading if we reach $500,000 by Wednesday, July 14, to be shared in This Week at Bungie the next day!

Notes: To be eligible for the in-game items listed above, donations must be made to this campaign between July 7 and July 20 at 11:59 PM PDT. Unique redemption code(s) will be emailed to you on Thursday, July 29th following the completion of the fundraiser. One redemption code per item, per email for qualifying donations.

BUNGIE STORE SALE

In honor of Bungie Day we are running a sale on the Bungie store! You can expect to save up to 50% off select merchandise. Who says you can’t look good both in and out of the game?

Everyone who makes a purchase on the Bungie Store from now until the end of July 13 will receive an exclusive “Bungie Day 2021” emblem.

We heard you liked lore. For all the Guardians out there that can’t get enough Destiny story content, we are opening up pre-orders for Destiny Grimoire Anthology Volume IV: The Royal Will. This latest addition to our Grimoire Anthology unravels the making and methods of two of Destiny’s most powerful monarchs—Mara Sov, the Queen of the Awoken, and Oryx, the Taken King.

New Bungie Rewards are now available as well. As mentioned above, with Solstice of Heroes starting up there is a new shirt available for purchase by anyone who collects their first set of Solstice armor. If you are looking to personalize something, we havea Bungie Reward you can put your name on coming with Moments of Triumph later this year.

There is also a Season of the Splicer Bungie Reward. If you have completed the Expunge questline you are eligible to purchase this new Expunge hoodie.

Our community is full of amazing artists. On occasion, we like to invite a few to participate in our Community Artist Series and partner with them to sell merchandise featuring their creations. Each artist receives a share of revenue from sales of their product design. We have a new line up of items available today, check them out!

In the mood for some arts and crafts? We have a special papercraft character bundle of Crow, Eris Morn, and Drifter you can create. Just go download the free kit, print and fold a new friend to perch up on your desk.