Here’s a breakdown of everything revealed during the Destiny 2 Episode Revenant developer livestream. This includes Act 1 details and Codename Frontier details.
Earlier today, Bungie hosted a special developer livestream where they revealed new details about Destiny 2’s Episode Revenant. For those who weren’t in the know, this new episode is one of the most anticipated content drops of the year, and will officially launch next week on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Episode Revenant revolves around the Masters of Souls Fikrul and Skorn, and also features Mithrax and Aed. From the first act breakdown of Episode Revenant to some surprises regarding Codename Frontier, there was a lot to unpack.
Destiny Episode Revenant Developer Live Stream Recap
If you missed the live stream, don’t worry. All major announcements during the show are detailed, so you won’t miss a beat.
Destiny 2 Revenant Potion Creation: Tonic Capsule
Episode Revenant introduces a new system to Destiny 2 called Potion Crafting, allowing players to create tonics that enhance rewards and seasonal artifact perks. There are two types of tonic:
Volatile Tonic: Consume Volatile Tonic to improve your combat ability. These tonics use combat flavor to enhance the perks of seasonal artifacts, and higher rarity tonics enhance the perks of multiple artifacts. Enhancing Tonics: Consuming Enriching Tonics increases the rewards earned by defeating combatants and completing activities. These tonics use reward flavor and help you tune two specific seasonal weapons that come with enhanced perks.
One important thing to note is that seasonal weapons in Episode Revenant cannot be crafted. Therefore, players must adjust their weapons to get the desired roll.
Salvation of Onslaught: New Maps, Defenses, and Enemy Forces
The popular Onslaught mode, originally added in the free Into The Light update, receives significant investment in Episode Revenant, adding three new maps featuring different enemy factions such as the Dark Cabal and Skorne . One of the maps featured during the livestream was Widow’s Court.
Onsrakut Salvation offers a power-enabled 10-wave mode, a regular 50-wave mode, and an expert 50-wave mode for hardcore players. Onsrakut Salvation has two new defenses: turrets and airstrikes.
Players have a small chance to obtain a fully masterworked double perk episodic weapon in wave 30. On Expert difficulty, you have two chances to obtain these Masterwork weapons. Onslaught Salvation on Expert difficulty includes Banes throughout the activity in addition to the activity modifier.
Tripwire is also getting a Stasis-focused update.
Revenant Season Pass Exotic Weapon: Stasis Primary Ammo Grenade Launcher
Bungie showed off the season pass’s exotic weapons in Episode Revenant. A stasis grenade launcher similar to the Fighting Lion that uses primary ammunition. Similar to Mountaintop, this weapon’s grenade projectiles travel in a straight line.
Vestigial Alchemy, an exotic perk, allows players to collect remnants that fill a meter. Once the meter reaches 50%, you can generate special ammo for yourself and your fireteam. At 100%, a special reload will generate heavy ammo bricks for everyone.
Vesper’s Host Dungeon: Icebreaker Exotic Sniper Rifle Rework
Bungie has officially confirmed that Ice Breaker will be returning in the upcoming Vesper’s Host dungeon. During the livestream, Bungie’s Senior Design Lead Chris Proctor said the weapon maintains classic Destiny 1 functionality while adding an exciting twist.
Assists and final blows from other weapons now regenerate Icebreaker ammo.
Destiny 2 Episode Revenant Artifact Revealed
Bungie also shared a preview of a new artifact for Episode Revenant called the “Slayer Baron Apothecary Satchel.” This artifact focuses on enhancing Stasis builds and provides various perks to support their playstyle.
For more information on each specific artifact benefit, be sure to check out our dedicated article here.
Other details about The Revenant episode revealed during the livestream:
The Inverted Spire Strike returns reworked in Episode Revenant. In the second act of Episode Revenant, Bungie is adding activities inspired by fan-favorite activities from Destiny’s past. No further details were shared. Bungie also revealed new Bungie reward items for the upcoming dungeon race in Vesper’s Host. hoodie and bracelet. See this article for more information. The developer also revealed another look for the upcoming Festival of the Lost armor set. Click here for more information.
Destiny 2 Episode Revenant’s New Surfboard Skimmer
Bungie is introducing a new obtainable skimmer to Destiny 2 as part of Episode Revenant: The Nine-themed surfboard. To get the Surfboard Skimmer in Destiny 2, you need a total of 97 Strange Coins.
Destiny 2 Codename Apollo: New Concept Art Revealed
Aside from Episode Revenant details, Bungie also shared some exciting new information about what’s coming to Destiny 2 in 2025, starting with a new destination concept in the Codename Apollo expansion.
You can check out the new concept below.
Bungie also shared details about the “scale” of Destiny 2’s two upcoming annual expansions, saying the scale of these expansions will be comparable to Destiny 1’s Rise of Iron expansion. Each expansion introduces a new storyline. A campaign with an emphasis on replayability and rich rewards.
Next year, the developers will also be introducing a rework of next-gen armor with reduced stats to simplify build creation. According to Bungie, armor stats will be capped at 200, resulting in a “spicier” stat distribution and “reduced secondary ‘dump stats’.”
For more information, please see the official detailed article here.
You can watch the entire livestream here.
That’s all for this article. What are you most excited about in Episode Revenant? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
