Destiny 2 1.36 Update Patch Notes | 2.5.0.1 Update Today

The Destiny 2 1.36 update is now live on PC, Xbox One, and PS4. Otherwise known as the 2.5.0.1 update in the Bungie-verse, the new Destiny 2 update heralds the arrival of Season of Opulence, as well as a handful of other eyebrow-raising gameplay changes involving weapon buffs, bug fixes, and a whole lot more. We’ll go through the highlights below before providing you with the full set of Destiny 2 1.36 update patch notes.

Destiny 2 1.36 Update

Season of Opulence

Unless you’ve been living under a Tangled Shore rock for the past couple of days, you’ll know that this update brings aboutt he start of the seventh Destiny 2 season. So, what’s new? Well, the Crown of Sorrow raid is here, and is due to begin at 12 AM Eastern on Wednesday, June 5. Meanwhile, Clan XP has been reset, but you’ve got the added bonus of now being able to start the Menagerie mode, as well as cooing over the addition of a brand-new weekly bounty. Plus, if you’ve completed Forsaken and need a leg up, you’ll be able to embark on a quest to get Power Surge gear, as well as introducing you to a few new interesting treasure hunts.

Weapon changes

While it’s worth combing through the full loglist below, it’s worth noting that Swords have now gotten far more useful, at least in PvE. This is thanks to a new ‘ammo’ count of 70, while you also start with 10 more swings than before, which is useful.

Elsewhere, Non-Exotic Fusion Rifles have been buffed across the board, as have some Exotic Rifles for the most part, while SMGs will now have an improved hipfire animation, but no changes to accuracy.

Bug fixes and Xur random rolls

A rare Crucible bug that saw players getting kills after time expired, which would then count towards the objective, has (thankfully) been squashed. So, too, has the 20-kill streak medal not popping for players.

Finally, Xur will have a special treat for players this week. Well, he was meant to have it a few weeks ago, but the ability for Xur’s gear to get random on Exotic armor should now be active.

Destiny 2 1.36 Update Patch Notes

Sandbox

Fusion Rifles (Non-Exotic)

Damage increased against PvE combatants:

• • High-impact increased by 30%.
  • Precision increased by 44%.
  • Adaptive increased by 44%.
  • Rapid-fire increased by 47%.

Exotic Fusion Rifles

Note: Changes to Exotic Fusion Rifles are due to archetype tweaks and not direct changes; most of these are minor.

 

Jötunn

• • Changes affect PvE damage only.
  • Impact damage increased by 10%.
  • Detonation damage reduced by 15%.
  • DOT damage increased by 10%.
  • This results in an overall 5% increase in total damage.

Merciless

• • Damage of first bullet at slowest charge time increased by 30%, which decreases as the weapon reaches its fastest charge time. Damage at the fastest charge time is unchanged.

Telesto

• • Impact damage increased by 49%.
  • Detonation increased by 3%.
  • This is an overall damage increase of 4%.

Submachine Guns

• • Minor adjustment to idle pose for SMG archetype to help set it apart from the rifle archetypes.
  • Updated firing animations to better reflect the shooting experience of an SMG.

Dev Commentary: These changes apply to hipfire only, and do not impact accuracy. The goal of this change was to enhance the feeling of shooting an SMG. We’ve added a random fire pose that will add variation and make the gun feel a little more unstable and lively in your hands. We’ve also added a progressive fire animation that will give your Guardian a feeling of gripping and controlling the more active weapon during sustained fire.

Swords

• • General
    • • Ammo capacity increased to a max of 70.
      • Starting ammo increased by 10.
  • Black Talon
    • • Ground and aerial projectile ammo cost increased from 3 to 4.
  • Adaptive Frame
    • • Ground uppercut ammo cost increased from 3 to 4.
  • Aggressive Frame
    • • Now lunge at target with their aerial light attack.
      • Light attack consolidated into a single damage event.
      • Slam attack consolidated into a single damage event.
      • Slam attack ammo cost increased from 3 to 4.
  • Lightweight Frame
    • • Tuned damage output.
      • Ground light attack increased by 17%.
      • Aerial light attack decreased by 21%.
      • Ground dash attack increased by 87%.
      • Aerial dash attack increased by 78%.
      • No ammo aerial light attack decreased by 49%.
      • All other no-ammo attacks decreased by 15%.
      • Ground dash attack ammo cost increased from 2 to 3.

General

• Fixed an issue where magazine-size indicators didn’t display the proper arrows when changing magazine perks on the Breath of the Dragon and Trackless Waste SMGs.
• Truesight’s “weakened” enemy highlight or glowing will no longer appear to flicker erratically

Armor

Super-Generating Exotic Armor

• Skull of Dire Ahamkara, Orpheus Rigs, and Phoenix Protocol now grant Super energy back on diminishing returns, making it rarer to get a full Super back.
• Shards of Galanor and Ursa Furiosa had their Super gain caps reduced to be in parity with other Super Exotic changes.
• Adjusted amount of Spectral Blade Super restoration when defeating enemies with Gwisin Vest.
  • • 1 PvP kill = 11.1% → 8.3%
    • 2 PvP kills = 19.1% → 12.5%
    • 3 PvP kills = 20.8% → 14.2%
    • 4 PvP kills = 21% → 15.8%
    • 5 PvP kills = 21% → 16.7%
    • 1 Dreg kill = 7% → 11.1%
    • 2 Dreg kills = 17.7% → 14.3%
    • 3 Dreg kills = 20% → 16.5%
    • 4 Dreg kills = 20.9% → 16.9%
    • 5 Dreg kills = 21% → 17.1%
• Minor adjustments to the Heavy Ammo Finder perk.

 

Gemini Jester

• Increased duration of disorient and no-radar effects by 0.5 seconds.

Aeon Gauntlets

• Potency of energy given by Aeon Arms increased for all classes.
• Titans now trigger Aeon Arms off of melee kills instead of barricade, and they receive melee energy.
• Visual effects on Aeon Gauntlets altered for all classes to distinguish between a player whose energy is full or not.

Abilities

• Fixed an issue where “Six-Shooter” refunds a bullet when destroying Titan barricades.
• Fixed an issue where “Entropic Pull” melee and “Devour” melee were applying a physics impulse that pushed enemies away.
• Fixed an issue where using Chaos Reach with Geomag Stabilizers could sometimes lead to weapons disappearing.
• Fixed an issue where players could gain full grenade energy when canceling out of a Nova Warp Super.
• Fixed an issue where Combination Blow’s melee damage buff was buffing the Arc Staff Super in PvP environments.
• Note: This was addressed for PvE in a previous update.
• Moving between overlapping Wells of Radiance no longer lead to removing the buff earlier than expected.

Activities