The long-awaited April Update for Destiny will drop today at around 10 AM Pacific. The download sizes are 1718 MB for PS4, 1040 MB for PS3, 1736 MB for Xbox One, and 793 MB for Xbox 360. Some major changes are coming with this update, and here are just a few of the big bullet points if you just want an overview of what will be coming with this update.
There will be 2 new strikes on Xbox platforms, and 3 on Playstation, as well as new story missions and quests. The new endgame mode will be a revamped Prison of Elders mode called Challenge of the Elders, in which guardians will battle Taken forces that Variks has imprisoned in the hopes that we can learn from how they fight.
Perhaps the most exciting news of the update for guardians who have known the grind to 320 light is that infusion will now infuse at a 1:1 ratio, meaning no more stepping up weapons a little bit at a time. An additional change to leveling comes in the form of smarter loot—legendary engrams will now decrypt at a light level above your guardian’s total light level. Another exciting change is the addition of Chroma, which is more or less underglow neon for your guardian’s armor, and comes in 4 colors—red, blue, yellow, and white. In addition, a number of year one and year two exotic and legendary weapons and will be coming to year two, and no Bungie update would be complete without weapon and sandbox tweaks, the most notably a fix to the special ammo glitch and the reinstatement of special ammo upon beginning a 3v3 match.
For more in depth discussions of the content in the update, check out our recaps of the reveal streams:
- Bungie “April Update Reveal” Stream Recap
- Bungie “New Things to Earn” Stream Recap
- Bungie “Sandbox and Crucible” Stream Recap
Are you excited about this update? Let us know what you can’t wait for most in the comments below!