Weekly Patch Notes 0702
2026-07-01

Dear Lightbearers:

To provide a better experience, we will perform update maintenance on 07/02/2026 at 03:00:00 (UTC-7), during which the Destiny: Rising servers will be down and Lightbearers will be unable to log in to the game. Please schedule your game time accordingly.
 

Maintenance Duration & Compensation:

Duration: Starts on 07/02/2026 at 03:00:00 (UTC-7) and is estimated to take 3 hours.

Compensation: 200 Lumia Leaves

Eligibility: Lightbearers who created an account before maintenance began and who have logged in within the past week.

The compensation will be issued to Lightbearers via mail, so be sure to check and claim it.
 

Update Notes:

I. [Artifact Sets] System Launched

● Exotic Artifacts dropped in The Expanse: Chaos now have a chance to carry Set effects.

● Equipping 2 or 4 Exotic Artifacts with matching Set effects will activate the Set bonus, granting an additional Power bonus.
 

II. [The Expanse: Endless] Stages 31-50 Now Open

● Stages 31–50 of The Expanse: Endless are now officially open.

● Added special boss room modifiers every 10 stages (Solar Wind, Black Hole, Particle Detainment, Unstable Rocket Pod), appearing in rotation.
 

III. [Pack Hunt] Optimizations

● Fighting Bosses in the Ultimate Trial no longer consumes Action Points.

● Reduced the Attack Power of Bosses in the Ultimate Trial.
 

IV. [XP & Progression] Optimizations

● Increased XP rewards for High-Value bounties.

● Increased XP rewards for Daily Commissions.

● Improved rewards from Max Level Reputation Chests.

● Increased the overall XP earning efficiency during Season Phase 1.
 

V. Other Adjustments & Optimizations

● [Leaderboards] The settlement cycle for The Expanse Leaderboard has been adjusted from once per season to every 21 days. Consequently, the validity duration of corresponding Titles is adjusted to 21 days as well.

● [Legendary Campaign] Decreased difficulty and increased rewards.
 

VI. Bug Fixes

● [Seasonal Quests] Fixed an issue with incorrect redirection for The Expanse: Chaos quests.

● [Gauntlet: Blitz] Fixed an issue where the Gauntlet: Blitz Exotic weapon drop pool did not include all Exotic weapons.

● [Weapons] Fixed an issue with the Perk forging of Adept weapons. Players who have encountered this issue are advised to keep the affected weapons.

● [Localization] Fixed an issue where Spanish texts for certain bounties were too long.
 

Regarding the Artifact Level Cap

Recently, we have received a large amount of feedback regarding the 100-level Artifact Cap in Season 5. Many have indicated that this creates repetitive grinding fatigue and unnecessary burden. The development team takes this very seriously and has carefully reflected on it. After careful internal discussion, we have decided: in subsequent seasonal updates, we will no longer raise the Artifact level cap, in order to effectively relieve your progression pressure.
 

Thank you for your patience and support. Your voice matters! We've opened a new feedback survey! Spot a bug or have a brilliant idea? Let us know. Through this survey, every piece of advice and bug report you submit will go directly to our development team!

The FIRST Lightbearer to report a new bug through this channel that we successfully verify will receive 50–500 Lumia Leaves via in-game mail. Additionally, players whose excellent suggestions are adopted will receive 50–1000 Lumia Leaves!

🔗 Feedback survey: https://research.easebar.com/htmls/qe9sgi/paper.html
 

Finally, special thanks to the following Lightbearers for contributing their valuable suggestions and feedback. Your dedication and wisdom have deeply inspired us:

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Thank you for being with us. Your feedback drives us to keep improving.
 

Destiny: Rising Development Team