Destiny 2's final update – live coverage of the end of an era

After nine years, eight expansions and a mountain of updates—many good, plenty questionable—Destiny 2's final ever patch releases today. The Monument of Triumph is the final hoorah; the last big release before the studio walks away from the game forever.

The future is uncertain for the series. Destiny 2 itself will remain playable for the foreseeable future, but there's no hint of a Destiny 3 on the horizon. Bungie claims it will "begin work incubating" its next games, but anything that comes out of that process will be years away from announcement, let alone release. For now, then, this is where the series ends.

Bungie at least seems to be pulling out all the stops to leave Destiny 2 in a better place than it has been since the maligned The Edge of Fate expansion. The Monument of Triumph update brings new features, weapons and buildcrafting options, along with a whole host of quality of life changes. We'll be updating this liveblog throughout the day with commentary and reactions as the community logs to celebrate, mourn and pay tribute to most singular live service game ever made.

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2026-06-09T12:34:17.268Z

OK, so what's actually in the Monument of Triumph update?

The new Director screen — (Image credit: Bungie)

Here's a rundown of some of what to expect from the patch, based on what Bungie has been teasing across the past few weeks:

A restored director, which will once again be the main way to launch the game's activities and has been refreshed to add Kepler and the Lawless Frontier
A heavily simplified version of the Portal, which will hopefully make it easier to jump in with friends and actually earn good rewards
Distortions, a new modifier that will rotate between the game's destinations—offering extra challenge, empowered enemies, and unique rewards on completion
The return of Sparrow Racing League, a race mode that was available in Destiny 1, arriving in the sequel for the first time
The return of the Pantheon raid gauntlet, this time featuring bosses from raids that were "Vaulted" (ie, removed) from the game
New loot for all of the Portal categories
Refreshed loot pools for all raids, dungeons and destinations, including new armour set bonuses
The ability to upgrade weapons to higher tiers
More attunement options to help chase specific weapon drops
Catalysts added to all exotic weapons that didn't previously have them
300 more vault space slots
8 more loadout slots
The ability to choose between seven artifacts
A rework of anti-champion mods, now making them intrinsic to weapon frames
A new aspect for each class
A new Stasis and Strand grenade
An across the board buff to all primary weapons
A massive balance pass across abilities, weapons and exotic armour
Gambit is back

There's more too, including updates to bright dust—Destiny 2's in-game currency—and reworks to a bunch of PvP activities. You can browse through a full thread of planned updates, with links out to relevant articles, over on Destiny 2's Bluesky account.

2026-06-09T11:51:48.104Z

Ikora's last message

Over the last few weeks, many people who worked on Destiny 2 across the years have been sharing their feelings about the game and its impending end. Here's Mara Junot, voice actor for Ikora Rey, with an apropos goodbye.

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Junot had the unenviable job of replacing Gina Torres as the voice of Ikora back in 2021, and did an admirable job—nailing the character's personality and mannerisms. As a Warlock main, Ikora was always my favourite of the Vanguard. Here they deliver a pitch perfect farewell, which is making me feel a lot of things.

2026-06-09T11:18:16.375Z

When does Monument of Triumph release?

[#Destiny2Game] Upcoming Maintenance: Update 9.7.0 ⚠️ Impact: Destiny 2, API, Websites TIMELINE 📅 June 9, 5–11 AM PDT (-7 UTC) 🛠 Downtime Start & End: 5:30–10 AM 🔓 Pre-Load: 9 AM 🚀 New Update and Login Available: 10 AM Full Schedule: bung.ie/d2server Install Size Info: bung.ie/motsupport
— @bungieserverstatus.bungie.net (@bungieserverstatus.bungie.net.bsky.social) 2026-06-09T12:40:19.186Z

Destiny 2 is about to go down for pre-patch maintenance. Per Bungie's support team, here's when you'll be able to get back in:

Pre-load begins: 10 am PDT, 1 pm EDT, 6 pm BST
Monument of Triumph is live: 11 am PDT, 2 pm EDT, 7 pm BST

That's assuming no delays or server queues, at least.

On Steam, we're looking at a 28.4 GB patch, which is appropriately chunky given everything we're expecting from the update.