April Update

The April Update (sometimes referred to as Destiny Update 2.2.0 or The Taken Spring) is a free content update for Destiny: The Taken King that was released on April 12, 2016. The Update features a continuation of The Taken King's storyline, as Guardians aid Variks in tracking down Malok, Pride of Oryx, a pretender to Oryx' vacant throne as the Taken War rages on.

Content Updates

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

• 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 three 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
    • King's Fall Normal Mode
  • 330 Light max loot sources
    • Faction packages
    • Trials of Osiris bounties
  • 335 Light max loot sources
    • King's Fall Hard Mode
    • 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

Appearences

Characters Guardians, Residents of the Last City, and their Allies Eris Morn Fenchurch Everis (Mentioned only) Hassa (Mentioned only) Ikora Rey (Mentioned only) Rezyl Azzir (Mentioned only) Taeko-3 (Mentioned only) The Stoic (Mentioned only) Tover (Mentioned only) Uzoma Vale (Mentioned only) The Cabal Empire The Fallen Eksori (Mentioned only) The Hive Crota, Son of Oryx (Indirect mention) Oryx, the Taken King (Mentioned only) The Taken Keksis, the Betrayed Malok, Pride of Oryx Noru'usk, Servant of Oryx Nixis, Hunger of Oryx Seditious Mind Sylok, the Defiled The Reef Hallam Fen (Mentioned only) Mara Sov (Indirect mention) Petra Venj Shuro Chi (Mentioned only) Uldren Sov (Indirect mention) Variks, the Loyal Species Awoken Exo Human Taken Organizations Crows (Mentioned only) Eververse Trading Company House of Devils (Indirect mention) House of Judgment (Mentioned only) House of Kings (Indirect mention) Paladins (Mentioned only) Techeuns (Mentioned only) Vanguard Locations Dreadnaught Court of Oryx Mausoleum Mars (Mentioned only) Meridian Bay (Mentioned only) Moon Shine of Oryx Reef 65 Cybele (Mentioned only) Prison of Elders Vestian Outpost

Events Battle of the Twilight Gap (Mentioned only) Vehicles, equipment, and technology Ghost Consumed Shell Jumpship Sparrow Days of Wind Weapons and armor Auto Rifle Machine Gun Bane of the Taken Pulse Rifle Aegis of the Reef Sidearm Crow's Eye Sniper Rifle Zen Meteor Sword Dreadfang Miscellanea Desolate Arc Chroma Elders' Sigil Fractal Scrolls Hunter Solar Titan (class) Void Warlock

Trivia

• The April Update is lovingly called "The Taken Spring" by the Destiny fandom.
• The April Update was revealed over a series of Livestreams via Bungie's Twitch account.

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 Blue Chroma, and a Warlock with a Red Chroma

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  Nixis, Hunger of Oryx