Bungie has revealed the Encrypted Data Disk artifact for Destiny 2 Renegades. Here are all its perks by each column.
Destiny 2 Renegades is just six days away from now, launching on December 2, 2025, and it is going hard on the Star Wars crossover fantasy. From the Praxic Blade “lightsaber” to a full lineup of new blaster-style weapons and a Lawless Frontier activity that sends you across the system as a space outlaw, this release is built around that scrappy smuggler vibe.
Earlier this week, Bungie dropped a new ViDoc and the official launch trailer during its second Renegades livestream. We got a better look at Dredgen Bael, more Star Wars-inspired weapons, and new gameplay for the Lawless Frontier activity in action.
Now, Bungie has finally revealed the new Renegades artifact and every perk on it.
Destiny 2 Renegades Encrypted Data Disk Artifact Explained
In the latest This Week in Destiny blog, Bungie revealed the Renegades artifact, called Encrypted Data Disk. Lore-wise, it is a stolen Cabal data core, and in-game it leans hard into Kinetic, Arc, and Void kits. The artifact also has some really interesting sword-related perks with special combos for Praxic Blade and other swords, adds new Kinetic ammo bricks through Kinetic Synthesis.
You can find every column and perk on the Encrypted Data Disk below.
Column 1
- Anti-Barrier Handcannon: Your equipped Hand Cannons fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions.
- Anti-Barrier Sniper Rifle: Your equipped Sniper Rifles fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions.
- Overload Pulse Rifle: Your equipped Pulse Rifles fire disrupting rounds which stun the target, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.
- Overload Submachine Gun: Your equipped Submachine Guns fire disrupting rounds which stun the target, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.
- Unstoppable Bow: Crossbows, and Bows that have been fully drawn for a short time, fire a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
Column 2
- Impact, Shock, Gravity: Grants access to the Helmet mods: Kinetic/Void Siphon and Kinetic/Arc Siphon. These mods combine two elemental siphons at a discounted cost.
- Gravitic-Voltaic Charge: While you have an Arc or Void Super equipped, increase the maximum number of stacks of Armor Charge you can carry by one.
- Expert Handling: Weapon final blows grant a stacking bonus to stability which resets on weapon reload or stow. Swords gain Guard Resistance.
- Fastest Draw: If the first shot shortly after reloading or readying your weapon is a precision hit, gain flinch resistance.
- Elemental Siphon: Rapid final blows with a Kinetic weapon or a weapon matching your equipped Super create an elemental pickup that matches your equipped Super.
Column 3
- Press The Advantage: Breaking a combatant’s shield grants increased weapon stability, handling, and reload speed. Swords gain increased guard resistance.
- Kinetic Synthesis: Sustained Kinetic weapon damage and rapid final blows have a chance to generate a unique ammo brick. Collecting this brick will grant ammo to equipped Kinetic damage weapons and grant Special and Heavy ammo progress.
- Reload at Range: Precision hits with Bows and Sniper Rifles grant a stacking bonus to their reload speed.
- Riposte: Shortly after guarding with a Sword, your light and heavy attacks stun unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
- Power from Pain: Rapid final blows against weakened combatants grant you Devour.
Column 4
- Dielectric: Defeating Arc debuffed targets grants Bolt Charge. Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.
- Armorsmith: Breaking a combatant’s shield temporarily grants you damage resistance and increased melee damage.
- Counter Energy: When you or a member of your fireteam stuns a Champion, you gain energy for your least-charged ability.
- Combination Argent Blade: Briefly pause after executing a light attack, then follow it up with a light or heavy attack to empower your Sword for a short time, granting it bonus damage and charge rate.
- Singularity Blade: While you have a Void elemental buff, melee and Sword hits weaken targets, while melee and Sword final blows create a weakening burst.
Column 5
- Elemental Orbs: Arc: Arc weapon final blows have a chance to spawn an Arc Elemental Orb. Arc Orbs can be thrown or shot to create an Arc explosion that jolts targets it damages.
- Kinetic Rupture: Kinetic weapon damage against a powerful combatant has a chance to create a Kinetic Rupture. Targeting this Rupture causes a damaging explosion that staggers combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
- Snipers Meditation: Sniper Rifle hits grant stacking Sniper Rifle damage, stability, and reload bonuses for a short time. Heavy ammo Sniper Rifle hits count as more than one hit.
- Sword Storm Combo: Performing three Sword light attacks followed by a heavy attack summons penumbral blades that surround you to damage and disorient combatants. Sword final blows extend the duration of these penumbral blades.
- Void Infestation: Defeating a weakened target spawns a tracking projectile that weakens other targets.
To round things out, there is also a new rumor going around that Destiny 3 is in very early development at Bungie, based on new claims from a community leaker. Bungie has not confirmed anything, so for now it sits firmly in rumor territory, but it is already fueling a lot of speculation about the long-term future of the franchise.
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