Here’s a full breakdown of everything revealed in the Destiny 2 Episode Revenant developer livestream, including details on Act 1 and details into Codename Frontiers.
Earlier today, Bungie hosted a special developer livestream to reveal new details about Destiny 2’s Episode Revenant. If you’ve been out of the loop, this new episode is one of the most anticipated content drops of the year, and it officially launches next week on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Episode Revenant will feature a story centered around Fikrul, the Master of Souls, and Scorn, with Mithrax and Eido making an appearance as well. From a breakdown of Episode Revenant Act 1 to a few surprises about Codename Frontiers, there was a lot to unpack.
Destiny Episode Revenant Developer Livestream Recap
If you missed the livestream, don’t worry—we’ve broken down every major announcement during the show, so you won’t miss a beat.
Destiny 2 Revenant Potion Crafting: Tonic Capsule
Episode Revenant will introduce a new system in Destiny 2 called Potion Crafting where players will be able to craft tonics that will boost rewards and seasonal Artifact perks. There are two types of tonics:
- Volatile Tonics: Consume Volatile Tonics to increase your battle prowess. These Tonics use Combat Flavors and boost your seasonal Artifact perks, with higher rarity Tonics boosting multiple Artifact perks.
- Enriching Tonics: Consume Enriching Tonics to increase rewards earned by defeating combatants and completing activities. These Tonics use Reward Flavors and help you attune two specific seasonal weapons that will come with enhanced perks.
One important thing to note is that seasonal weapons in Episode Revenant are not craftable. So, players will have to attune weapons to get their desired rolls.
Onslaught Salvation: New Maps, Defenses, Enemy Factions
The beloved Onslaught mode, originally added with the free Into The Light update, is getting a major investment in Episode Revenant, with three new maps featuring different enemy factions like Dark Cabal, and Scorn. One of the maps showcased during the livestream was Widow’s Court.
Onslaught Salvation brings a power-enabled 10-wave mode, the normal 50-wave mode, and the Expert 50-wave mode for hardcore players. There are two new Defenses in Onslaught Salvation: Turrets, and Air Strikes.
- Players will have a small chance to get a fully-masterworked double-perked episodic weapon on Wave 30. On Expert difficulty, you will have two chances to get these masterwork weapons.
- Onslaught Salvation on Expert difficulty will have Banes throughout the activity, in addition to the activity modifiers.
Tripwires are also getting Stasis-focused updates.
Revenant Season Pass Exotic Weapon: Stasis Primary Ammo Grenade Launcher
Bungie showed off the Season Pass exotic weapon in Episode Revenant: a Stasis Grenade Launcher that uses Primary ammo, similar to Fighting Lion. Similar to Mountaintop, the grenade projectiles of this weapon travel in a straight line.
The exotic perk, Vestigial Alchemy, allows players to collect Remnants that fill a meter. Once the meter hits 50%, you can generate Special ammo for yourself and your fireteam. At 100%, a special reload spawns a Heavy ammo brick for everyone.
Vesper’s Host Dungeon: Ice Breaker Exotic Sniper Rifle Rework
Bungie officially confirmed the return of Ice Breaker in the upcoming Vesper’s Host dungeon. During the livestream, Chris Proctor, senior design lead at Bungie, mentioned that while the weapon will retain its classic Destiny 1 functionality, it’s getting an exciting twist.
Assists and final blows with other weapons will now regenerate ammo for Ice Breaker.
Destiny 2 Episode Revenant Artifact Revealed
Bungie also shared a preview of the new Artifact for Episode Revenant, called the Slayer Baron Apothecary Satchel. This Artifact focuses heavily on enhancing Stasis builds, offering a range of perks to support those playstyles.
For a deeper breakdown of each specific Artifact perk, be sure to check out our dedicated article here.
Other Episode Revenant details revealed during the livestream:
- The Inverted Spire strike is returning in Episode Revenant with a rework.
- Chroma Rush legendary auto rifle is getting reprised.
- The Fighting Lion exotic grenade launcher is getting a buff. It will now make enemies Volatile when it hits them.
- In Episode Revenant Act 2, Bungie will add an activity that is inspired by a fan-favorite activity from Destiny’s past. No details were shared beyond this.
- Bungie also revealed the new Bungie Rewards items for the upcoming Dungeon race for Vesper’s Host; a hoodie and a bracelet. Check out our article here for more details.
- The developer also revealed another look at the upcoming Festival of the Lost armor sets, which you can learn more about here.
Destiny 2 New Xurfboard Skimmer in Episode Revenant
Bungie is introducing a new earnable Skimmer in Destiny 2 as part of Episode Revenant—the Xurfboard, which is themed around The Nine. In order to get the Xurfboard Skimmer in Destiny 2, you’ll need a total of 97 Strange Coins.
Destiny 2 Codename Apollo: New Concept Art Revealed
Apart from the details on Episode Revenant, Bungie has also shared some exciting new information about what’s coming to Destiny 2 in 2025, starting with the concepts for a new destination in Codename Apollo expansion.
You can check out the new concepts below.
Bungie has also shared some details on the “size” of the two annual expansions that Destiny 2 will get moving forward, saying that these expansions are comparable in scale to the Rise of Iron expansion from Destiny 1. Each expansion will introduce a new storyline, campaign, and plenty of rewards, with a strong emphasis on replayability.
The developer is also introducing next-gen armor rework next year, with fewer stats to simplify build crafting. According to Bungie, the armor stats will now cap at 200, with “‘spikier’ stat distributions” and “fewer secondary ‘dump stats.'”
For full details, check out the official deep dive article here.
You can watch the full livestream here.
And, that’s it for this article. What are you most excited about in Episode Revenant? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
