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Greetings, Lightbearers!

As we approach the new year, we are also nearing the first major milestone on our roadmap. We want to take this opportunity to sit down and chat with you about the exciting content coming to Destiny: Rising in our next update.

With the arrival of Season of Providence (Season 3), we are expanding the boundaries of our shared journey.

When Ikora first entered the Ascendant Realm, we caught a glimpse of an extremely dangerous enemy—one that many veterans of the franchise will recognize instantly: the son of Oryx, Crota.

Are you prepared to face him? For Wolf and their allies in our current timeline, the answer is likely no. They have not yet truly faced the threat of the Hive in this capacity.

To defeat an enemy, one must first understand them. Thus, The IX have brought us an opportunity—a prophecy. If Wolf and their fireteam can survive an illusory "Crota's End", perhaps there is a glimmer of hope when the Lightbearers eventually face the true Crota.

Manifestation Inbound: Crota's End

The first test brought to us by The IX is the name that, in other worlds, has made countless Guardians tremble—Crota, Eater of Hope.
This classic Raid mode will officially arrive in Destiny: Rising on January 3rd as a brand-new Gauntlet Ops.

Our original goal in recreating this classic is to allow both new and veteran players to experience that oppressive feeling of facing a Hive god's progeny directly on mobile:

• Dual Difficulty Design: We will open both Challenge and Normal modes simultaneously. For new Lightbearers who have never encountered this instance, Normal mode will be the best way to experience the epic flow and learn the mechanics; while for battle-hardened veterans, Challenge mode is the touchstone for verifying team chemistry and individual strength.
• Mobile Adaptation: Veteran players already familiar with Crota's End gameplay can look forward to some mechanic tweaks unique to Destiny: Rising. We retained the authentic oppressive feeling but optimized it for touchscreen controls and Destiny: Rising characters' ability systems, ensuring the experience is smooth and fresh.

Rewards

The challenges brought by the new crisis naturally come with new rewards. Besides the iconic Dynamic Emblem and exclusive Exotic Ghost Shell, we have prepared a special surprise for everyone:

World First Team Character Ornament Customization Rights: The first Fireteam to clear the Challenge mode in-game will gain the right to designate which character gets the upcoming "Crota-style Ornaments"! The winning team will vote from a list of three characters we provide, representing the player base to select the final character to receive the Ornaments. These ornaments will be released for purchase to the entire server later, and the World First team will receive the ornaments for these three characters for free!

A Special Easter Egg

To fully capture the classic community experience, we also want to embrace those interesting "accidents" in community history. Yes, we added a hidden trigger in the battle with Crota to pay homage to that moment that once made countless players smile knowingly.

We look forward to seeing everyone share how to reproduce this scene in the community, but a side note: attempting to use it to "cheese" the final boss encounter might not work anymore. We look forward to everyone's active exploration; consider it a small Easter egg.

Of course, Crota brings not only threats but also gifts for the brave. You will see another old friend in Destiny: Rising—the Exotic Scout Rifle, Symmetry.

New Mode: Bulwark Ops

To deal with the new threats, the Iron Lords have also met a new ally, Adelaide Meyrin—an arms dealer who might feel familiar to many—who will actively approach us, offering Radegast a seemingly very generous cooperation agreement. The mysterious arms dealer wants only one thing in return: the secrets within the Red Sea Rift Warmind bunker.
However, it is not just the Iron Lords and this arms dealer who want to open the bunker doors; extraterrestrial enemies have been attacking it relentlessly, too. Same old rules: the job of opening the door goes to the technicians, and the task of defense goes to the warriors.

In this mode, players can play solo or team up in a fireteam of 3, preventing enemies from entering by setting up towers and using Lightbearer powers.

• Black Armory Tower Strategic Upgrade: After each run completion, players will obtain Black Armory Towers. There are a total of 30 different towers, each with its own unique combat style.
• Tactical Combination: Upgrade your Black Armory Towers and deploy them into the battlefield to assist you in holding the ground! Different towers have miraculous effects on different terrains and enemies. We can't wait to see players develop their own strategic combinations.

Lightbearer Arrival: Kabr, the Resolute

Finally, regarding characters. Everyone knows we have maintained a rhythm of one new character per month, but in this version, we have prepared a very special figure for you.
He has been by the player's side since the game's launch, being Wolf's first partner—Kabr, the Resolute.

Players familiar with the franchise might be well aware of his tragic fate in another timeline. We have seen a lot of love and calls for Kabr in the community, especially that feedback that moved us: "Don't go to Vault of Glass."

The Kabr of Destiny: Rising has a similar soul but may have a completely different destiny. To respond to everyone's love and care for this character, we proudly announce: we will be giving Kabr, the Resolute for FREE to our players. Players only need to complete the Kabr-related event in-game to obtain this powerful Mythic Arc character for free (guaranteed).

Along with our New releases, we will have many core Endgame content updates in Season 3, such as the upcoming new mode Operation Cordon towards the end of January.

New Mode: Operation Cordon

In this mode, 3-person fireteams will gradually explore deep into the Extremis zone, where they will fight both infected Shinkas and a harsh, transformed environment.

• Difficulty Upgrade: The operation difficulty escalates gradually, finally stepping into the infinite Extremis zone.
• Extremis Zone: No upper limit on difficulty. Lightbearers will challenge the limits of survival and combat here to win honorary titles.
• Strategic Combination: Before the operation, you need to choose different modifiers. This will increase the threat faced by the fireteam but also bring more score benefits.
• Personal Enhancement:?Lightbearers can also choose specific support Modifiers to select combinations more suitable for their chosen character.

There are still more to come, but for now, the journey of the new year has just begun.

See you in the game.

The Destiny: Rising Team