Destiny 2 post-release content

There have been several pieces of downloadable content (DLC) released for Bungie's 2017 first-person shooter video game Destiny 2. The packages of downloadable content generally add new player versus environment (PvE) missions and player versus player (PvP) modes, new locales to visit, and new items for the player to make use of. Year One of the game featured two small expansion packs. The first was Curse of Osiris in December 2017, which was followed by Warmind in May 2018.

Year Two began with one large expansion and had three premium content drops, available by way of the Annual Pass, which began Destiny 2's seasonal model. The expansion was Forsaken, which was released in September 2018 and featured an overhaul on gameplay. Upon the release of the third expansion, retailers issued Destiny 2: Forsaken Legendary Collection, which included Destiny 2 and all DLC up to and including Forsaken as well as its Annual Pass. The Annual Pass was also made available upon the release of Forsaken, with its three content drops, Season of the Forge, Season of the Drifter, and Season of Opulence, releasing in December 2018, March 2019, and June 2019, respectively. In September 2019, the Annual Pass became free to all owners of Forsaken who had not purchased the pass.

Year Three then began with the fourth expansion, Shadowkeep, which released in October 2019 as a standalone expansion, not requiring players to purchase any of the previous expansions (future content, as well as Forsaken, are also now viewed in this way). It featured four seasonal content offerings, which were available to purchase separately, unlike the seasons of the Annual Pass. These were Season of the Undying, which was released alongside Shadowkeep, followed by Season of Dawn, Season of the Worthy, and Season of Arrivals, releasing in December 2019, March 2020, and June 2020, respectively. Also alongside Shadowkeep was a re-release of Destiny 2 called New Light, which made the base game free-to-play, and also included Curse of Osiris and Warmind.

Year Four began with the fifth expansion, Beyond Light, released in November 2020 along with four seasonal content offerings, the first of which, Season of the Hunt, released alongside the expansion, followed by Season of the Chosen in February 2021, Season of the Splicer in May 2021, and then Season of the Lost in August 2021, which had a mid-season update, the Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack, in December 2021. Beyond Light's release has thus far had the largest effect on the game, as nearly half of the game's content was removed from the game and placed into what Bungie calls the Destiny Content Vault (DCV), which also includes all content from the original Destiny. The content that was removed from the game included Destiny 2's original base campaign, The Red War (which was replaced by a new player quest), the Curse of Osiris and Warmind expansions, and the content of Year Two's Annual Pass (with the small exception of Gambit Prime from Season of the Drifter, which was slightly tweaked and replaced the three-round Gambit and also renamed as Gambit). Bungie plans to cycle content in and out of the DCV, updating older areas as necessary.

Year Five began with the sixth expansion, The Witch Queen, which released in February 2022 along with four seasonal content offerings, the first of which, Season of the Risen, released alongside the expansion, followed by Season of the Haunted in May 2022, Season of Plunder in August 2022, and then Season of the Seraph in December 2022. With the release of The Witch Queen, The Tangled Shore destination and the Forsaken expansion's story campaign were rotated into the DCV, while the remaining endgame content from the Forsaken expansion, including access to its exotic gear, were repackaged as the Forsaken Pack.

Year Six began with the release of the seventh expansion, Lightfall, in February 2023. It launched along with four seasonal content offerings, the first of which, Season of Defiance, released alongside the expansion, which was followed by Season of the Deep in May 2023, Season of the Witch in August 2023, and Season of the Wish, in November 2023, which had a mid-season update, Into the Light, in April 2024. Bungie stated that going forward, expansion content would no longer be removed and placed into the DCV, only the seasonal content, with some minor exceptions (e.g., the Battleground activities from some seasons, which are similar to strikes, were retained and merged into the Vanguard Operations strike playlist).

Year Seven began with the release of the eighth expansion, The Final Shape in June 2024, which closed out the first saga of Destiny, called the "Light and Darkness" saga. Year Seven also changed the seasonal model and instead introduced larger "episodes", with three released during the year, which were standalone experiences that explored the aftermath of The Final Shape. They each were slightly longer than the previous seasons but instead were divided into three acts with a new act released every six weeks. The first episode, Echoes, released on June 11, 2024, one week after The Final Shape, with Revenant and Heresy releasing on October 8, 2024, and February 4, 2025, respectively; Heresy concluded with a free event, Rite of the Nine, in May 2025, which acted as a prologue to Year Eight. Year Seven was the only year to utilize the episodic format. Also as of Year Seven, the Shadowkeep and Beyond Light campaigns became free-to-play while their endgame content was repackaged as the Shadowkeep Pack and the Beyond Light Pack, respectively.

Year Eight began with the release of the ninth expansion, The Edge of Fate in July 2025, and will also include the 10th expansion, Renegades, in December 2025, with Year 8 beginning the next saga of Destiny, called the "Fate" saga. Year 8, referred to as the "Year of Prophecy", changed the seasonal model as content years are now divided into two large seasons that last several months, with each season beginning with one mid-sized expansion and then receiving what Bungie calls a "Major Update" midway through the season, rather than the previous year-long large expansions with multiple seasons/episodes. The Edge of Fate began Season: Reclamation with its major update, Ash & Iron, releasing in September 2025, while Renegades began Season: Lawless, with its major update planned for June 2026; it was originally planned for March and to be titled Shadow & Order but was delayed and will also be renamed.

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