April Update

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The April Update (also known as Destiny Update 2.2.0) is a free content update for Destiny: The Taken King that will be released on April 12, 2016. The April Update features a continuation of The Taken King's storyline, as Guardians aid Variks, the Loyal in tracking down Malok, a pretender to Oryx's vacant throne, while the Taken War continues.

New Features

Story Missions

• Pretender to the Throne - Dreadnaught, Saturn
• Fight Fire with Fire (PlayStation exclusive)

Quests

• At the Gates
• Return to the Prison
• Essence of Darkness (PlayStation exclusive)

Strikes

• The Blighted Chalice - Ocean of Storms, Moon
• Winter's Run (Taken version) - Ishtar Sink, Venus

Activities

• Level 41 Prison of Elders mode
• Challenge of the Elders - Level 42 Prison of Elders mode featuring four back-to-back random boss battles
  • Elders' Sigil scorecard for bonus loot
• Bounties for Prison of Elders modes

Loot

• Sterling Treasure - Contains Chroma and Taken-themed items. Can be acquired weekly by visiting the Postmaster after a weekly reset, completing a Level 41 Prison of Elders activity, or completing a match in the Weekly Crucible Playlist. Additional Sterling Treasures can be purchased at the Eververse Trading Company.

• Legendary items
  • Desolate Armor - Taken-themed armor sets for Guardians, acquiring a full set unlocks the "Shiver" Emote.
  • Spektar Armor - Chroma-compatible armor sets
  • Year Two versions of Prison of Elders-themed armor and weapons
  • Year Two versions of fan-favorite Year One Legendary weapons

• PlayStation exclusive legendary items:
  • Armor
    • Barkhan Dune I for Warlocks
    • Long Tomorrow 9G for Hunters
    • Jovian Guard for Titans
  • Sparrows
    • Velumbra

• Exotics
  • Improved Year One Weapons
    • Dreg's Promise
    • Lord of Wolves
    • Patience and Time
    • Queenbreakers' Bow
    • Universal Remote
  • Improved Year One Armor
    • ACD/0 Feedback Fence
    • ATS/8 Arachnid
    • Eternal Warrior
    • Khepri's Sting
    • Lucky Raspberry
    • Purifier Robes
    • Sunbreakers
    • The Glasshouse
  • 1 New Year Two Exotic Weapon
    • Zen Meteor (PlayStation exclusive)

• Eververse Trading Company items
  • 4 Legendary Emotes
  • 8 Rare Emotes

Miscellaneous

• Vault space is increased even further to three pages each for weapons and armor, and two pages for general items
• Rebalancing for various individual weapons, weapon types, and all three Warlock subclasses
• New Chroma feature for certain sets of armor and weapons, players can select the color of an accent light (White, Blue, Yellow, or Red)
• Two new kiosks added to the Vestian Outpost for the Eververse Trading Company and abandoned quests
• Infusion mechanics changed: Infusion now upgrades gear to the existing Light of the consumed item directly
• All Prison of Elders loot chests will no longer require Treasure Keys to open
• Increased special ammo drop rate in PvE; player reserve ammo for machine guns, shotguns, and sniper rifles is reduced
• Player HUDs will be removable
• Vanguard and Crucible reputation gains are increased
• PvP rebalancing:
  • The player revive radius is reduced
  • A 7-second extension is added to the revive timer each time a player dies, so subsequent revivals of that player take longer
  • Special ammo is redistributed: players have special ammo at match start again, and special ammo crates drop at three minutes after start followed by two minute intervals (does not apply to Mayhem)
  • Heavy ammo crates now only drop once during a match, at the five minute mark (does not apply to Mayhem)
• Maximum Light level increase to 335, and activities will drop loot at new Light levels:
  • 310 Light max loot sources
    • Non-Exotic engrams
    • Heroic strikes
  • 320 Light max loot sources
    • Level 41 Prison of Elders
    • Iron Banner rank 3 and 5 packages
  • 330 Light max loot sources
    • Faction packages
    • Trials of Osiris bounties
  • 335 Light max loot sources
    • King's Fall
    • Court of Oryx Artifacts
    • Iron Banner rank 5 packages
    • Trials of Osiris Flawless Victory rewards
    • Strike unique items
    • Exotic engrams
    • Challenge of the Elders
    • Elder's Sigil

Gallery

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  Malok in The Blighted Chalice

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  Malok armed with his Boomer

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  New armor: A Hunter wearing Taken-themed armor, a Titan with a teal Chroma, and a Warlock with a red Chroma

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  Aksor, Archon Priest - Taken