Season of the Chosen

Season of the Chosen
Start date:	February 9th, 2021
End date:	May 11th, 2021
Previous season:	Season of the Hunt
Next season:	TBA

Season of the Chosen is the thirteenth season of Destiny 2, currently scheduled to begin on February 9th, 2021 and end on May 11th, 2021. It features the Cabal proposing an alliance with Humanity to purge the Hive from the system.

Description

"THE NEW EMPRESS: With the Pyramids and Xivu Arath destabilizing the system, Empress Caiatl, leader of the Cabal and daughter of Calus, seeks an alliance. But when she demands more than Zavala can offer, negotiations collapse, and Guardians must become the tip of the spear that strikes at her growing war council."

— Season description

This new season brings with it a new three-player matchmaking activity: Battlegrounds, in which the Guardians will challenge Caiatl's champions in ritual combat. This activity will be overseen from the H.E.L.M., a Vanguard staging ground in The Last City which will include a war table and an updated Umbral Decoder. The Guardian Games will also return this season as each class fights for the honor of proving themselves the best.

Features

New Story Missions

• TBA

New & Remastered Strikes

• The Devil's Lair
• Fallen S.A.B.E.R.
• Proving Grounds

New Loot

Over twenty-five new weapons, including two new exotic weapons and Nightfall exclusive loot.

New Lore Books

• TBA

Battlegrounds

• Behemoth
• Cleansing
• Hailstone
• Oracle

Appearances

Characters Guardians, Residents of the Last City, and their Allies The Crow The Guardian Amanda Holliday Osiris Saladin Forge Targe Zavala The Cabal Empire Basilus the Golem (First appearance) Empress Caiatl (First appearance) Commander Dracus (First appearance) The Fallen Sepiks Prime Species Awoken Cabal Exo Fallen Servitor Shank Hive Humanity Psion Scorn Screeb Organizations Caiatl's Emissaries Vanguard Hunter Titan (class) Warlock Locations Earth Cosmodrome European Dead Zone The Reservoir Europa Nessus

Events Guardian Games Vehicles, Equipment, and Technology Ghost Shells Celestial Shell (First appearance) Challenger Shell (First appearance) Gigantes Shell (First appearance) In Memoriam Shell (First appearance) Metropolis Shell (First appearance) Synchrotron Shell (First appearance) Taurus Shell (First appearance) Veloce Shell (First appearance) Jumpship Celestial Kestral (First appearance) Gigantes Carrier (First appearance) High Gravitas (First appearance) Metropolitan Frigate (First appearance) Synchrotron Advancer (First appearance) Taurus Rocketeer (First appearance) Winds of Changes (First appearance) Sparrow Celestial Horn (First appearance) Gigantes Roamer (First appearance) Metropolitan Cutter (First appearance) Paradigm Shift (First appearance) Synchrotron Accelerator (First appearance) Taurus Firecracker (First appearance) Veloce Cruiser (First appearance) Vita Brevis (First appearance) Thresher Weapons and Armor Auto Rifle Shadow Price Combat Bow Holless-IV (First appearance) Imperial Needle (First appearance) Ticcu's Divination (First appearance) Cuirass of the Falling Star (First appearance) Fusion rifle Cartesian Coordinate Trinary System (First appearance) Grenade launcher Salvager's Salvo (First appearance) Hand cannon Bottom Dollar (First appearance) Igneous Hammer (First appearance) The Palindrome Linear fusion rifle Tarantula Threaded Needle (First appearance) Machine gun Exitus Mk.1 (First appearance) THE SWARM Mantle of Battle Harmony (First appearance) Omnioculus (First appearance) Praefectus Suit (First appearance) Pulse rifle The Messenger The Third Axiom (First appearance) The Time-Worn Spire Pyrrhic Ascent Suit (Hunter) (First appearance) Pyrrhic Ascent Suit (Titan) (First appearance) Pyrrhic Ascent Suit (Warlock) (First appearance) Rocket launcher Code Duello (First appearance) Royal Entry (First appearance) Scout rifle Eternal Blazon Shotgun Retrofuturist Sidearm Brass Attacks (First appearance) The Keening (First appearance) Sniper rifle Far Future (First appearance) Frozen Orbit (First appearance) Submachine gun Extraordinary Rendition (First appearance) Multimach CCX Sword Sola's Scar (First appearance) Miscellaneous Arc Bell of Conquests (First appearance) Cabal Emperor Solar Stasis Void

Trivia

• Season of the Chosen is the first season to introduce three Strikes.
  • Two of those three Strikes are returning Strikes from Destiny, with the last being a new strike.