Overview

• An Ash & Iron update is live now, returning players to the Plaguelands with the Reclaim three‑player activity, a refreshed Edge of Fate rewards pass, and an Epic version of The Desert Perpetual raid set for September 27.
• Bungie detailed progression changes that rework Portal scoring by dropping most featured‑gear requirements, counting all Exotics as featured, raising all raid and dungeon drops to Tier 3, enabling Legendary tier upgrades, and expanding Vault space.
• The studio will pause noncritical weapon and armor nerfs as it reassesses balance, with critical interventions still possible for race or exploit scenarios.
• Renegades debuts the Lawless Frontier, a contract‑driven co‑op loop across six maps on Mars, Europa, and Venus with extraction gameplay and an opt‑in Invasion that allows other Guardians to enter missions for higher rewards.
• New tools include the Praxic Blade exotic that functions like a customizable lightsaber, a heat‑managed Blaster weapon archetype, upgradeable Renegade Abilities, a Mos Eisley‑style Tharsis Outpost hub, and social systems such as Vanguard Orders, weekly legacy raid and dungeon rotations, and Dungeon Lairs that grant Power bumps.