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Dear Lightbearers,
To provide a better experience, we will perform update maintenance on 10/23/2025 at 02:00:00 AM (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 10/23/2025 at 02:00:00 AM (UTC-7) and is estimated to take 4 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 Content:
I. New Events
1. Morgran's Hunt Event Starts
● Duration: 10/24 04:00:00–10/31 04:00:00
● Event Intro:
The more challenging version of Morgran's Prey—Morgran's Hunt—returns! In these stages, Morgran will give Lightbearers a score goal to meet each round. Accumulate enough points to meet the ever-growing goal and claim rewards from Morgran's hoard for successful clears.
● Rewards:
① With the new high-value reward attempt system, Lightbearers can claim even better rewards! Five high-value attempts will be issued daily during the first 4 days of the event. Complete the activity to use your attempts and open chests, which also have a chance to reward Lost Legend Exotic weapons.
② Complete event challenges to earn even more great rewards including "Bon Voyage" Charms and Möbius Clusters.
③ Lightbearers who rank on the leaderboard will also receive rewards based on their tier. The top 30% can claim the limited-time chat frame "Morgran's Hunt - 14d"!
※ Lightbearers must be Team Lv.71 or higher to participate.
※ Match scores must be higher than 30,000 points to qualify for the leaderboard.

2. Festival of the Lost 7-Day Sign-In Event Starts
● Duration: After the maintenance on 10/23–11/06 04:00:00
● Event Intro: The Festival of the Lost is a time to remember that which is no longer with us, to recall our times of triumphs, and to celebrate all that we have.
During the event, sign in daily to claim free gifts!
● Rewards: Lumia Leaves, "Bon Voyage" Charm, Exotic Mod Choice, and the Mythic transmat effect "Risen from the Grave" on Day 7!

3. Festival of the Lost Event Preview
● Duration: 10/30 04:00:00–11/13 04:00:00
● Event Intro: Complete challenges to earn Eerie Amber, which can be redeemed for generous rewards. This event will also come with its own festive activity. Stay tuned!
● Rewards: Möbius Clusters, plus the spooky Legendary helmet "Jack-o'-Lantern Mask" for event progress!

II. New Shop Additions
Newly Added: Exotic cosmetic bundle, "Festival of the Lost Bundle." 
● Availability: After the maintenance on 10/23 – 11/06 at 04:00:00
● Purchase to claim Exotic emote "Gourd Summoner," Exotic Sparrow "Brumeswept Night," and Exotic Ghost shell "Jack-o'-Shell" at a 15% discount.
● These Festival of the Lost items will also be available for purchase individually until 11/20 at 04:00:00.

III. Optimizations & Adjustments
1. Combat & Balancing Adjustments
● [Character Buffs] Added left-handed mode for Estela's Signature Ability casting. While firing weapons and for a short time after firing, Estela's two Signature Abilities will be cast with her left hand, ensuring that they do not interrupt firing and that Estela can begin firing at any point while casting.
- Note: This mode's effects and animations are not the final version. We will be listening for feedback and polishing them in a future version.

● [Weapon Buffs] Strengthened Exotic Machine Gun: Heir Apparent:
① Precision damage multiplier has been increased from 1.2 to 1.35.
② The damage boost Catalyst Band 2 provides when repeatedly firing has been adjusted from 5% per stack (up to 10 stacks) to 10% per stack (up to 5 stacks).
- This change allows the wielder to reach the max damage boost quicker when switching targets.
③ The barrel's spinning up duration has been decreased from 1.2s to 1s pre-catalyst and from 0.8s to 0.6s post-catalyst.
- This change lets the weapon begin firing sooner.
④ The length of time allotted before the barrel will need to spin up again after firing has ceased has been extended from 2.5s to 4s.
- Now, if the wielder casts an ability while firing or stops shooting for a short duration, they won't need to prepare the barrel again, significantly improving how the weapon feels.
(Additionally, as an important clarification, the team has not adjusted the numerical strength of Estela or Exotic Machine Gun: Heir Apparent following Destiny: Rising's launch without prior notice.)

● [Weapons] Fixed an issue in which the swap button could be used to cancel the reload animation for Bows.
● [Weapons] Reduced the screen shake effect Spread weapon projectiles have on allies.
● [Weapons] Improved the names and icons of certain buffs.

2. Activity Additions & Optimizations
● [Singularity: Chaos] Enabled independent wishlist configuration for different elements.
● [Grandmaster Challenges] Removed character stamina requirements for entering Challenge Mode.

3. New Features & System Improvements
● [Pack] Improved the rules for automatic Pack Leader position transfer. Now, if the current Pack Leader has not logged in for 7 days in a row, the position will be transferred according to the position hierarchy, from highest to lowest. If multiple members have the same position, then the Pack Leader position will go to the one who joined earliest.
● [Homepage] Added a configuration option for dynamic emotes.
● [Character Screen] Lightbearers can now choose each character's helmet display. This choice will apply to the character screen and the fireteam screen.

4. Character Performance & Narrative Content
● [Characters] Improved the sound effects for Estela's Finisher.
● [Characters] Improved the hit rhythm for Estela's Finisher.
● [Characters] Improved the special effects for Umeko's Finisher.
● [Campaign] Changed the two-person vehicle used in the Red Sea Rift campaign to Radegast's.

IV. Fixed Issues
● [Characters] Fixed an issue in which, after activating Helhest's Talent 6, an instance of damage would not be calculated while using Linear Fusion Rifles.
● [Destinations] Fixed an issue in which Red Sea Rift collectible progress was recorded incorrectly.
● [Battle Pass] Fixed an incorrect Battle Pass quest description: the challenge "Clear Master difficulty activities 4 times" has been changed to "Clear Challenge Mode stages 4 times." Lightbearers can clear Challenge Mode on either Master or Grandmaster difficulty to complete this quest.

 
That's all for the update details. Thanks for your patience! We will be continuing to collect your feedback and suggestions to keep improving the Destiny: Rising experience. May the Light be with you!

The Destiny: Rising Team