Once Shadowkeep goes live, there will a lot of stuff to talk about. We’ll be having a lot of how-to guides, quest-lines, and power grind guides. Till then, let’s talk about how the Power Rewards and Progression system is getting changed in Destiny 2 Shadowkeep this fall. In a recent TWAB, Bungie elaborated a lot of things that are getting revamped or changed this next season in Season of the Undying. Below, you can see the complete list of progression and rewards system changes in Shadowkeep.
Rewards and Progression Changes in Shadowkeep
- All non-powerful rewards now drop 3 to 0 points below your highest equippable Power level, up from 15 to 20 below
- Year 2 powerful reward sources have changed to Legendary rewards
- These sources no longer have a chance to drop a random Exotic instead of the Legendary gear
- Bonus Exotics that drop from Nightfall: The Ordeal will drop at the character’s highest equippable Power level
- Under- and over-leveling activities no longer adjust how much Power is received from the rewards
- Experience no longer fuels a player’s character level, which has been changed to be level 50 for all characters
- Experience instead progresses the Season Pass, Seasonal Artifact mod, and Power progressions, as well as the unlocking of destinations for new characters
- Experience rewards have been rebalanced with the introduction of the Season Pass and Seasonal Artifact progressions
Seasonal Artifact Changes in Shadowkeep
- The Power granted from the Seasonal Artifact is additive with the Power of the player’s equippable gear, but does not increase the Power of gear drops
- All existing gear has had its Power increased to a minimum of 750; new characters will begin Destiny 2 at Power 750 as well
- The Power bands for Season 8 are as follows
- Floor: 750
- Soft Cap: 900
- All drops up to this point will be upgrades to the most powerful item in your inventory or vault
- Beyond this point, only powerful and pinnacle rewards will increase a player’s Power
- Powerful Cap: 950
- All non-powerful/pinnacle rewards are capped at 950
- Pinnacle rewards are the only way to raise Power above this point
- Powerful rewards are equivalent to the character’s highest-equippable Power beyond this point
- Pinnacle Cap: 960
- This is the highest Power at which gear drops; also known as the “hard cap”
- The Seasonal Artifact bonus Power allows characters to attain values above this level
- Prime Engrams
- Prime Engrams now gain charges more quickly, drop more frequently, and have a higher maximum charge cap (nine charges, up from six during Year 2)
- The Power gains have been rebalanced for the increased frequency, providing +3 Power, down from a range of +4 to +7
- Players who have completed the “Prime Example” quest prior to Shadowkeep’s release will earn charges, but those charges won’t drop until the character has reached 900 Power
- This will help players avoid spending charges early for gains that are most beneficial during the Soft Cap to Powerful Cap range
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep will be hitting PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, on October 1, 2019, and later in November on Google Stadia.