Bungie lifted the wraps off the new April update for Destiny during a live stream event overnight, confirming the shared-world shooter will see its Light Level cap raised to 335.
The Prison of Elders will be receiving a significant overhaul, and this is where players will be able to reach the new level cap via the new Challenge of the Elders game mode. Gamers will need to pay a visit to the newly-installed Eververse Trading Company outpost at the Reef, where you’ll find Variks the Loyal. He’ll give you a new challenge that sees Guardians fighting against Taken in a Level 41 arena.
Matchmaking will feature and the recommended Light Level has been put at 260, while Guardians can garner reputation for House of Judgment via fresh bounties. In addition, Bungie has implemented checkpoints to POE on the back of player requests.
PlayStation gamers also have exclusive content to look forward too, given by Petra Venj. More info will be provided at a later date.
Get the full skinny on the new April update below.
- Max Light Level Raised: New challenges demand that you become even more powerful to overcome them. Difficulty and Rewards have both been increased in Prison of Elders, Court of Oryx, Heroic Strikes, Nightfall Strikes, and in the King’s Fall Raid, as well as Iron Banner and Trials of Osiris.
- Return to the Prison: For the first time, face the Taken and eight updated bosses in a Level 41 version of Prison of Elders. Visit Variks to partake in a brand new mode, Challenge of the Elders, featuring scoring, weekly boss battles, gameplay twists, and rewards. Claim an Elders’ Sigil from Variks each week in The Reef, and put your Fireteam to the test against three consecutive boss waves. The bosses and the gameplay modifiers change each week, for a total of sixteen unique encounters. Your score is tracked on the Elders’ Sigil, and on Bungie.net Leaderboards.
- The Blighted Chalice Strike: The Taken King is dead. Yet still his armies yet claw at our worlds. Even as you led the assault on the Dreadnaught, a powerful would-be Taken Prince fled for the safety of the shadows. Hunt him down before he grows too powerful.
- Taken Strike – Winter’s Run: A cell, from the Prison of Elders. The Taken now corrupt this territory where the Fallen House of Winter once attempted to raise a powerful Archon Priest. Fight your way to the cell. Stop the Taken surge.
- Updated Difficulty and Rewards – King’s Fall and Court of Oryx: Kingsfall Normal drops increased to light level 320. Kingsfall Hard drops increased to light level 330. Court of Oryx Artifact Drops increased to light level 335.