Destiny 2 Releases New Update for February 2025

Summary

• Destiny 2 update 8.2.0.2 fixes several bugs and makes adjustments to in-game activities like Trials of Osiris and the Sundered Doctrine dungeon.
• The Zero Hour Exotic Mission has been re-enabled, allowing players to obtain Outbreak Perfected.
• Bungie also made changes to certain Exotic weapons and gear, including Finality’s Auger and Barrow-Dyad.

Bungie has released Destiny 2 update 8.2.0.2 on February 25 with several bug fixes to in-game activities like Trials of Osiris and the Sundered Doctrine dungeon, Exotic armor adjustments, and much more. The new Destiny 2 update arrived with the weekly reset, which brought refreshed content like a Nightfall strike, seasonal missions, challenges, and much more.

Destiny 2 Episode: Heresy launched on February 4 with a slew of new story content, weapons and gear, activities, and much more to explore in the game’s evolving universe. Bungie has also continued to release a steady stream of updates to fix lingering bugs and, if necessary, implement balance adjustments to weapons and gear. In rare instances, Bungie may turn a glitch into a feature in Destiny 2, provided that it’s helpful to the player and doesn’t break other important features.

Coinciding with the update’s release on February 25, Bungie released patch notes for Destiny 2 update 8.2.0.2 to detail what has been changed. Firstly, Bungie fixed an issue that caused Sigil Stones to drop faster than intended from defeated enemies in Episode: Heresy’s content. In Trials of Osiris, Lighthouse Passages can no longer be reset from the Director if a loss was not recorded, and Bungie reduced the effect to “Weekly Performance Based” matchmaking for solo players who went Flawless. Crucible’s Competitive rank point system was also adjusted to reduce the number of points that the skill modifier can add or remove, and the effectiveness of the quitter compensation aspect of the contribution scalar was increased.

Multiple bug fixes were applied to Destiny 2’s Sundered Doctrine dungeon to ensure players can acquire their loot without trouble. Specifically, hidden chests in the dungeon will not despawn immediately after being opened, ensuring fireteam members have a chance to get their loot. In addition, Bungie fixed an issue where the drop rate for Finality’s Auger was not scaling properly with boosts from Triumph completions. All players who complete Sundered Doctrine will receive an extra boost to the initial drop rate as well. Destiny 2 players can also complete the Zero Hour Exotic mission to obtain Outbreak Perfected, since Bungie has re-enabled it.

Moreover, a number of Destiny 2 Exotic armor pieces were adjusted. Hunters can now trigger Bolt Charge by canceling Arc Staff with the Blight Ranger Exotic helmet, and the “Barri-nade” intrinsic perk for the Titan’s Arbor Warden Exotic chest armor will now pick up the benefits of Storm’s Keep. A bug fix was applied to the Warlock’s Speaker’s Sight Exotic helmet to reduce the healing turret’s effectiveness in The Nether.

Along with the Exotic armor adjustments, the Lodestar, Finality’s Auger, and Barrow-Dyad Exotic weapons received bug fixes and changes. The Lodestar’s hipfire damage fall off range was reduced, and an aim assist disparity between mouse/keyboard and controller was fixed. Bungie fixed an issue where the turret spawned by Finality’s Auger could linger after swapping to another Heavy weapon. Lastly, the particles from the Barrow-Dyad Exotic SMG will render properly when firing at Phalanx Shields going forward.

Destiny 2 Update 8.2.0.2 Patch Notes

Episode: Heresy

• Fixed an issue where Sigil Stones could drop from defeated combatants much faster than intended.

Crucible

Trials of Osiris

• Reduced how much going Flawless affects Weekly Performance Based matchmaking for solo players.
• Lighthouse Passages can no longer be reset from the Director if a loss has not been recorded on the passage.
• Fixed an issue where the Seasonal and Lifetime Flawless Passages trackers were incorrect.
• Fixed an issue where wins were not correctly granting progress points towards Ghosts dropping.

Competitive

• Rank point gains and losses have been adjusted.
  • Increased the effectiveness of the quitter compensation aspect of the contribution scalar.
  • Reduced the number of points that the skill modifier can add or remove.

Dungeons and Raids

Sundered Doctrine

• Mission Complete should now fire shortly after defeating Kerrev and receiving loot unless players are actively trying to open the vault door.
• Fixed an issue where the drop rate for Finality’s Auger was not properly scaling with boosts from Triumphs.
  • In addition, all players that complete Sundered Doctrine will receive an additional boost to its initial drop rate.
• Fixed an issue where opening one of the hidden chests could lock that character out of acquiring focused gear for that week.
• Fixed an issue where hidden chests could despawn shortly after being opened.
• Fixed an issue where Pyramid Switches could be activated by AOE damage sources.

Exotic Missions

Zero Hour

• Fixed an issue preventing players from completing the activity which also affected rewards and pursuit progress.
  • Zero Hour has been reenabled.

Gameplay and Investment

Exotic Armor

Hunter

• Blight Ranger
  • Cancelling Arc Staff with Blight Ranger now triggers Bolt Charge.

Titan

• Arbor Warden
  • Arbor Warden’s “Barri-nade” now picks up the benefits of Storm’s Keep.

Warlock

• Speaker’s Sight
  • Fixed an issue where the Speaker’s Sight healing turret was healing more than intended in The Nether.
• Solipsism – Spirit of Filaments
  • Fixed an issue that caused Spirit of the Filaments to not reward class ability energy properly.
• Solipsism – Spirit of Necrotic
  • Fixed an issue where Spirit of Necrotic was granting Devour.

Weapons

General

• Fixed an issue where Redrix’s Estoc could not roll with random Stocks.
• Fixed an issue where, after unlocking a pattern from Vault of Glass, the Deepsight mod socket would still appear visible.

Exotic Weapons

• Lodestar
  • Reduced the damage fall off range when fired from the hip.
  • Fixed an unintended aim assist disparity between mouse/keyboard and controller when using Lodestar’s hip fire.
• Finality’s Auger
  • Fixed an issue where the turret could linger after swapping to another Heavy weapon.
• Barrow-Dyad
  • Fixed an issue causing Barrow Dyad’s particles to not render correctly when impacting Phalanx shields.

Abilities

Warlock

• Fixed an issue where Ionic Sentry turret damage/kills did not count as ability damage/kills.
• Fixed an issue causing Bolt Charge to discharge when healing an ally with a Rift.

Hunter

• Fixed an issue causing roaming Supers to end early when using Ascension.

Artifact

• Updated Flashover to no longer provide increased Bolt Charge lightning bolt damage vs players in PvP.
• Fixed an issue where the boost from Volatile Marksman was providing class ability energy on any instance of splash damage instead of just Volatile detonations.
  • To compensate for the reduction:
    • Increased Class Ability energy on Volatile detonation to 9% (from 7%).
    • Reduced cooldown to 0.1s (from 0.35s).
  • Fixed an issue where Particle Reconstruction was stacking with other debuffs.
  • Fixed an Issue where Particle Reconstruction couldn’t be applied by certain Fusion Rifles.

General

• Fixed an issue with Facet of Hope that was contributing to players receiving BIRD errors.

General

• Fixed an issue causing the Eris vendor on the Moon to T pose.
• Fixed an issue with shield regen audio looping continuously in The Nether.
• Fixed an issue where the Wish-Ending Bundle and the Rat King Bundle could appear owned, even if never purchased.
• Fixed a labeling issue affecting some Weapon Ornament bundles.