Increasing the Maximum Light to 400, upping the Light limit on rewards, and more, Destiny update 2.4.1 is now live on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, weighing in at a reported 520MB. Beginning immediately, PS4 players will be removed from activities and returned to the login screen to grab the update.
To make sure everyone has the update, Heroic mode for Wrath of the Machine won’t begin until 2pm PT/5pm ET today.
Here’s the full list of patch notes for today’s new Destiny update:
Economy
- Fixed an issue where the Trespasser did not require an Exotic Shard to Infuse
- All changes to increase Light above 385 will take effect upon the release of Heroic Mode for Wrath of the Machine
Activities
- The SIVA Strike Playlist will now drop rewards up to 365 Light
- The Heroic SIVA Strike Playlist will now drop rewards up to 385 Light
- Archon’s Forge can now drop rewards up to 385 Light
- Archon’s Forge can now drop Ghosts and Artifacts up to 400 Light
- Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, Crucible, and Strike Hoards will now provide drops up to 400 Light
- Wrath of the Machine, Trials of Osiris, and Iron Banner will now attempt to reward higher Light items on average
Packages
- Vanguard, Crucible, and Faction packages will now provide drops up to 390 Light
- Increased chance of Artifacts from Crota’s Bane Reputation Packages
- Increased chance of Ghosts from New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, Vanguard, and Crucible Reputation Packages
Engrams
- Rare Engrams will now decrypt up to 365 Light
- Legendary Engrams will now decrypt up to 385 Light
- Exotic Engrams will now decrypt up to 400 Light
Items
General
- Horn Relays from Sparrow Racing League are no longer used to upgrade Rare Quality Horns: These items can be discarded; All players will receive 15 Silver Dust as compensation for this change to Horn Relays
- Fixed an issue where Rare Special Weapon Engrams would sometimes decrypt into Legendary Primary Weapons
- Gjallar Horn will no longer dismantle into a Horn Relay
- Fixed an issue where Agonarch Runes were not charging due to the same Taken Major spawning in the Dreadnaught Patrol
- Fixed an issue where the Consumed Ghost Shell did not properly display its spines
- Fixed an issue where Comitatus was not dropping properly from Faction Packages for players who own Kondratyuk’s Escape
Fixed an issue where some players were not receiving SIVA Key Fragments from Raid bosses in Wrath of the Machine
- 1 SIVA Key Fragment will now drop from Normal Mode bosses
- 2 SIVA Key Fragments will now drop from Heroic Mode bosses
- SIVA Key Fragments will drop on each boss kill even if players have already completed the Raid that week
Several items from 2015 events have been removed:
- Flimsy Masks
- Gifts of the Lost
- Fruit Motes, Glimmer Chew, Salty Engram, Sour Engram, Sugary Engram, Chocolate Strange
- Coins, Void Fizz
- Paper Scraps
- Crumpled Masks
- Rare Quality Sparrow Horns
- Paper Glue from Festival of the Lost 2015 now shards into 1 Silver Dust
Collections
- A new Holiday Collection is now available to allow you to reclaim your Festival of the Lost Masks
- The Sparrow Collection will now allow you to reclaim your Legendary Sparrow Horns
- Crucible Emblems have been split into two new categories: Crucible and Trials of Osiris
- The Shaders Iris Germanica, Mercurial Dawn, Surfbreaker, Nebula Glow, Sulfur Burnish, and
- Electric Aquarius can now be used and seen in the Shader Collection by all three Classes
- Fixed issue in which two instances of Apotheosis Veil Helmet would appear in the Exotic Armor Collection
PVP
- Inferno Elimination is now available in Private Matches
- Fixed an issue where Changing Subclasses in Orbit for a PvP activity would reset Melee and Grenade charges
- Fixed an issue where players were able to get under the stairs on the Drifter map
- Fixed an issue where the Iron Banner Support Bounty was not awarding 5 points for Allies Defended
- The Lighthouse on Mercury is now a social space that can accommodate up to 9 players with a Flawless Trials Passage
Vendors
- Fixed an issue where uncommon Warlock Bonds were being sent to the Postmaster for recovery
Eververse
- Reputation Boosters can now be purchased for Silver Dust as well as Silver
Weapons
- Fixed an issue that caused Firefly to activate many, many more times than intended causing a crash
Armor
Exotics
- Adjusted the Rapid Cooldown perk on the Fr0st-EE5 Hunter Exotic Legs to no longer interfere with the base cooldown provided by stats
The following Exotic Armor no longer require Rise of Iron and can be acquired through Exotic Engrams:
- Astrocyte Verse (Warlock Helm)
- Ophidium Aspect (Warlock Gauntlets)
- Thagomizers (Titan Gauntlets)
UI
- Fixed an issue with the Roster previews for the following Emblems: Memories of Iron, Shield of the City
- Eververse sections for Emotes now displayed as Emotes I and Emotes II
- Fixed an issue where the Taken War Heroic Strikes Playlist tooltip incorrectly displayed +10 Legendary Marks as a reward
- Fixed an issue where the Weekly Heroic Strike node was not updating with the Weekly Reset
- Fixed an issue where the Heroic SIVA Crisis Playlist was not counting towards the “Take a Strike” Record in the Rise of Iron Record Book
Will you be playing Wrath of the Machine on Heroic today?
[Source: Bungie (1), (2), Reddit]
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Keri Honea
Sony doesn't need to be worried. The reason why Xbox has outsold PS4 is because they have a new shiny toy for people to purchase, the Xbox One S. If the PS4 Slim had the additional features that the Xbox One S has added over the standard Xbox One, then we'd probably see a shift in Sony's favor. When the PS4 Pro releases, the numbers will flop back to Sony once more.
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Zarmena Khan
All eyes are on the PS4 Pro and PSVR this month. We'll see what happens in October/November. If Microsoft takes these two months as well, Sony will definitely have something to worry about. At present, it just needs to focus on bringing quality games.
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Paulmichael Contreras
Who can blame consumers for buying the latest piece of gaming tech out there? Once the PS4 Pro drops, I'd expect to see the return of PlayStation on top of the console sales race. Sony's other businesses may be faltering, but they have been second to none this console cycle, and I anticipate that this holiday season will continue in that tradition with both the PSVR and PS4 Pro vying for everyone's money.
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Chandler Wood
Sony had already posted outstanding numbers with the PS4, just because the Xbox outsells it is no reason to jump to panic mode. In fact, if almost argue that the reason PS4 sales are slowing is a combination of so many people already having one (just look at those early sales numbers) and the Xbox One S being the new shiny. One personally already contributed to two sales of new PS4s in my house, but that was years ago, so the people who still need to buy one are the late adopters. I wouldn't say a few months of a small lead because of a brand new slim 4k system is anything to be concerned about with early success catapulting a healthy head start. Pay attention to? Yes, but worry about? Absolutely not.
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Stephen Bitto
Considering how much revenue Microsoft has sacrificed by offering backwards compatibility and selling the Xbox One (now Xbox One S) for $299 or less (much less in some cases), is it really a victory to gain a small amount of ground in their home territory?
I would argue that it isn't.
At the same time, Sony can't lose sight of the gamer-first strategy that put them in the driver's seat to begin with.
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Cameron Teague
I think Sony has a big enough lead that they have really no need to feel worried. As long as they stay the course and continue to make solid decisions and games, they will be just fine.
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Alex Co
First off, congrats to Microsoft and the Xbox One! Regardless of what people think, winning a month's sales war is definitely bigger for the company than any fanboy war, no?
As to whether Sony should be worried, I honestly don't think so. Playing devil's advocate here. I think most of the people buying a PS4 or thinking of buying one is waiting for the PS4 Pro, which would be perfectly logical, no?
Even if Microsoft wins the next few months, they need what? 20 million more units just to be at an even ground? Yeah, I really don't see that happening even with Scorpio's help.
However, I hope this makes Sony stand up and take notice a bit. I mean, we wouldn't want Sony to rest on its laurels, no? Healthy competition is a good thing for us, the gamers, and I'm all for that.
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Mack Ashworth
I don't think Sony should be worried. I imagine most of the would-be PS4 buyers are waiting for the PS4 Pro, which offers superior value over the PS4 Slim 1TB, and comes with updated hardware. In fact, it'd be silly to have bought a PS4 in the past few months, unless you absolutely had to!
