Destiny Patch Notes Reveal Economy Changes, But No Halloween Event

The latest update for Destiny has arrived alongside the patch notes, and unfortunately there's no launch--at least yet--of a new Halloween event for this year. There is, however, one key point to make right away: If you've been saving Engrams, don't rush to decrypt them just yet.

Bungie announced last week that this update increases the maximum Light level, and along with it, the maximum Light level of Engrams and various activity rewards. However, changes to Light above 385 won't go into effect until the Heroic version of the Wrath of the Machine raid goes live today at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET.

Once Heroic mode goes live, the maximum Light level, Exotic Engrams, and rewards from a handful of activities will rise to 400. A full breakdown of the new Light levels are as follows.

Activities

• The SIVA Strike Playlist will now drop rewards up to 365 Light
• The Heroic SIVA Strike Playlist will now drop rewards up to 385 Light
• Archon's Forge can now drop rewards up to 385 Light
• Archon's Forge can now drop Ghosts and Artifacts up to 400 Light
• Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, Crucible, and Strike Hoards will now provide drops up to 400 Light
• Wrath of the Machine, Trials of Osiris, and Iron Banner will now attempt to reward higher Light items on average

Packages

• Vanguard, Crucible, and Faction packages will now provide drops up to 390 Light
• Increased chance of Artifacts from Crota's Bane Reputation Packages
• Increased chance of Ghosts from New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, Vanguard, and Crucible Reputation Packages

Engrams

• Rare Engrams will now decrypt up to 365 Light
• Legendary Engrams will now decrypt up to 385 Light
• Exotic Engrams will now decrypt up to 400 Light

Update 2.4.1 also fixes a number of bugs and makes various economy changes. SIVA Key Fragments will now always drop from boss kills in the raid, even after you've completed the raid for that week. One fragment will drop from bosses in Normal mode, with two dropping from those in Heroic.

There are several changes to items from previous events. Horn Relays are no longer used to upgrade Rare horns from Sparrow Racing League and can now be discarded, which will earn you 15 Silver Dust. (You'll also no longer get a Horn Relay by dismantling the Gjallar Horn.) And many items--Flimsy Masks, Gifts of the Lost, Crumples Masks, and Rare sparrow horns--have been removed. If you have any Paper Glue lying around from last year's Festival of the Lost, it'll turn into one Silver Dust.

Two new collections have been added: the Holiday collection lets you reclaim Festival of the Lost masks, while the Sparrow collection lets you do the same with Legendary sparrow horns. Class-specific shaders like Surfbreaker and Mercurial Dawn now show up in the Shader collection for all classes.

Also of note, three pieces of Exotic armor--the Warlock's Astrocyte Verse and Ophidium Aspect, and the Titan's Thagomizers--are no longer exclusive to Rise of Iron.

You can check out the full patch notes below. The update is live now on PS4 and Xbox One.

Destiny 2.4.1 Patch Notes

Items

General

• Horn Relays from Sparrow Racing League are no longer used to upgrade Rare Quality Horns
  • These items can be discarded
  • All players will receive 15 Silver Dust as compensation for this change to Horn Relays
• Fixed an issue where Rare Special Weapon Engrams would sometimes decrypt into Legendary Primary Weapons
• Gjallar Horn will no longer dismantle into a Horn Relay
• Fixed an issue where Agonarch Runes were not charging due to the same Taken Major spawning in the Dreadnaught Patrol
• Fixed an issue where the Consumed Ghost Shell did not properly display its spines
• Fixed an issue where Comitatus was not dropping properly from Faction Packages for players who own Kondratyuk's Escape
• Fixed an issue where some players were not receiving SIVA Key Fragments from Raid bosses in Wrath of the Machine
  • 1 SIVA Key Fragment will now drop from Normal Mode bosses
  • 2 SIVA Key Fragments will now drop from Heroic Mode bosses
  • SIVA Key Fragments will drop on each boss kill even if players have already completed the Raid that week
• Several items from 2015 events have been removed:
  • Flimsy Masks
  • Gifts of the Lost
  • Fruit Motes, Glimmer Chew, Salty Engram, Sour Engram, Sugary Engram, Chocolate Strange Coins, Void Fizz
  • Paper Scraps
  • Crumpled Masks
  • Rare Quality Sparrow Horns
• Paper Glue from Festival of the Lost 2015 now shards into 1 Silver Dust

Collections

• A new Holiday Collection is now available to allow you to reclaim your Festival of the Lost Masks
• The Sparrow Collection will now allow you to reclaim your Legendary Sparrow Horns
• Crucible Emblems have been split into two new categories: Crucible and Trials of Osiris
• The Shaders Iris Germanica, Mercurial Dawn, Surfbreaker, Nebula Glow, Sulfur Burnish, and Electric Aquarius can now be used and seen in the Shader Collection by all three Classes
• Fixed issue in which two instances of Apotheosis Veil Helmet would appear in the Exotic Armor Collection

PVP

• Inferno Elimination is now available in Private Matches
• Fixed an issue where Changing Subclasses in Orbit for a PvP activity would reset Melee and Grenade charges
• Fixed an issue where players were able to get under the stairs on the Drifter map
• Fixed an issue where the Iron Banner Support Bounty was not awarding 5 points for Allies Defended
• The Lighthouse on Mercury is now a social space that can accommodate up to 9 players with a Flawless Trials Passage

Vendors

• Fixed an issue where uncommon Warlock Bonds were being sent to the Postmaster for recovery

Eververse

• Reputation Boosters can now be purchased for Silver Dust as well as Silver

Economy

• Fixed an issue where the Trespasser did not require an Exotic Shard to Infuse
• All changes to increase Light above 385 will take effect upon the release of Heroic Mode for Wrath of the Machine

Activities

• The SIVA Strike Playlist will now drop rewards up to 365 Light
• The Heroic SIVA Strike Playlist will now drop rewards up to 385 Light
• Archon's Forge can now drop rewards up to 385 Light
• Archon's Forge can now drop Ghosts and Artifacts up to 400 Light
• Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, Crucible, and Strike Hoards will now provide drops up to 400 Light
• Wrath of the Machine, Trials of Osiris, and Iron Banner will now attempt to reward higher Light items on average

Packages

• Vanguard, Crucible, and Faction packages will now provide drops up to 390 Light
• Increased chance of Artifacts from Crota's Bane Reputation Packages
• Increased chance of Ghosts from New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, Vanguard, and Crucible Reputation Packages

Engrams

• Rare Engrams will now decrypt up to 365 Light
• Legendary Engrams will now decrypt up to 385 Light
• Exotic Engrams will now decrypt up to 400 Light

Weapons

• Fixed an issue that caused Firefly to activate many, many more times than intended causing a crash

Armor

Exotics

• The following Exotic Armor no longer require Rise of Iron and can be acquired through Exotic Engrams:
  • Astrocyte Verse (Warlock Helm)
  • Ophidium Aspect (Warlock Gauntlets)
  • Thagomizers (Titan Gauntlets)
• Adjusted the Rapid Cooldown perk on the Fr0st-EE5 Hunter Exotic Legs to no longer interfere with the base cooldown provided by stats

UI

• Fixed an issue with the Roster previews for the following Emblems:
  • Memories of Iron
  • Shield of the City
• Eververse sections for Emotes now displayed as Emotes I and Emotes II
• Fixed an issue where the Taken War Heroic Strikes Playlist tooltip incorrectly displayed +10 Legendary Marks as a reward
• Fixed an issue where the Weekly Heroic Strike node was not updating with the Weekly Reset
• Fixed an issue where the Heroic SIVA Crisis Playlist was not counting towards the "Take a Strike" Record in the Rise of Iron Record Book