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Destiny 2 Season of Opulence is officially live, so we're here to offer a brief overview to guide Guardians through the new content. Below, we'll tell you all you need to know about the Chalice of Opulence, Rune Recipes and how those contribute to the new Menagerie activity.
What are the main features of Season of Opulence?
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Destiny 2 Season of Opulence runs June 4 through July 30, and it offers a progressive rollout of new activities, quests and rewards. For the most dedicated players, the level 700 Crown of Sorrow raid opens on day one a 7 p.m. EDT.
- Menagerie [all season long]
- Crown of Sorrow [begins June 4 at 7 p.m. EDT]
- Truth Quest [June 11]
- A Lumia Exotic quest [July 2]
- One free Exotic quest
- The Solstice of Heroes event [July 30]
- New Pinnacle Weapons: Vanguard—Wendigo-GL3, Crucible—Revoker and Gambit—Hush.
What's the Menagerie?
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Out of all the major content drops listed above, the Menagerie is probably the most pervasive feature of Season of Opulence. Available to all those who complete the Forsaken campaign and the Imperial Summons starter quest, Menagerie is a six-player PvE activity where players battle high-level bosses to earn top-tier weapons and armor.
Perhaps the most intriguing thing about Menagerie, though, beyond it's constantly updating slate of bosses, is its ability to let Guardians choose the rewards they get. For that, the Chalice of Opulence is your conduit.
What's the Chalice of Opulence?
Once you finish the Imperial Summons starter quest, you'll gain access to the Chalice of Opulence. Before entering the Menagerie, players should slot their Chalice with at least three Runes. The reward you get for completion depends on the selection of Runes slotted in your cup.
The Chalice of Opulence can also be upgraded using a new currency called Imperials. Get these by completing weekly bounties, completing certain Triumphs and using special consumables. Doing so offers access to the following upgrades.
- More Rune slots for more customization.
- Earn more Runes of different types.
- Different Menagerie rewards.
How to get Runes
Different combinations of Runes are key to earning different Menagerie rewards. Here's every way Guardians can earn more Runes throughout the season.
- Completing weekly bounties.
- Opening Weekly Chests on the Nessus Barge.
- Using a new consumable that awards Runes after Strikes, Crucible or Gambit.
What Rune Recipes do we know?
As these Rune recipes are perhaps the biggest secret of Season of Opulence, Bungie has kept them under lock and key. That being said, we expect dataminers may uncover more of them once the seasonal update goes live. We'll do our best to provide a Recipe list as players learn more, but Bungie has only offered one recipe as an example.
- Beloved Sniper with Handling Masterwork Trait: Rune of Jubilation, any red Rune and any purple Rune.
What about Pinnacle Weapons
Season of Opulence also features three Triumph-based Pinnacle weapons that act as your long-term grind throughout the season. While we don't yet know what most of the Triumphs entail, here are the basic advantages of each weapon.
Vanguard—Wendigo-GL3 (Arc Adaptive Grenade Launcher)
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- Explosive Light: Picking up an Orb of Light increases the next grenade's blast radius and damage.You can carry up to six grenades enhanced by Explosive Light.
- Blinding Grenades magazine option.
Crucible—Revoker (Kinetic Aggressive Sniper Rifle)
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- Reversal of Fortune: Missing a shot returns the bullet to the magazine after a short duration. Reversal of Fortune can only return a single bullet at a time.
- Custom low zoom Ambush SLH25 scope and Snapshot.
- Requires 3,500 Glory points. Progress not lost after losing a match.
Gambit—Hush (Solar Precision Combat Bow)
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- Archer's Gambit: Hipfire precision hits grant a massive draw speed bonus for a short duration
That's all we know about Season of Opulence so far. We'll provide more details and additional guides as information becomes available.
Destiny 2 is available on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
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