Destiny 2 reveals patch notes for new update

Key things

• Destiny 2 update 8.1.0.3 reintroduces the Festival of the Lost.
• Additionally, the update fixes a number of issues within the base game.
• One weapon in particular, the Vantage Point Pulse Rifle, was also able to equip rocket launcher mods prior to this update.

Bungie releases update 8.1.0.3 for Fate 2 along with the weekly reset, it brings back the Halloween-inspired Festival of the Lost event while addressing various issues affecting the game. Even as Episode: Revenant enters a downtime period before Act 2 arrives, Bungie is making sure Fate 2 The players have plenty to do in the meantime.

As players learn, the Festival of the Lost is back for a limited time, though this year's Halloween-inspired version of the event has a few new wrinkles. The big news for most players is that for the first time since The Final Shape launched Fate 2Exotic class items are now available to all players regardless of whether Dual Destiny has been completed or not. Final Shape owners only need 1 Scary Engram and 2500 Candies to trade with Eva. Doing so will unlock items in Xur as well as drop chests in Pale Heart.

Next to Fate 2 Weekly Reset, Bungie released the 8.1.0.3 update that officially kicked off the Festival of the Lost. The content sees the return of both Haunted Sectors and Book of the Forgotten, as well as giving players another opportunity to unlock the Twilight Memento Triumph. In addition to new perks for Mechabre, Jurassic Green, Breytech Werewolf, and Acosmic, players can also get the new Arcane Embrace, a 2-shot Heavy Burst Arc Shotgun.

In addition to the new seasonal event, the update also makes various adjustments and improvements to the base game and fixes issues Fate 2Specific missions Seasonal Artifact, Onslaught Salvation, Episode: Revenant as well as Vesper's Host and Salvation's Edge. Interestingly, this update also fixes a few odd issues affecting the Vantage Point pulse rifle, which not only received Voltshot instead of Jolting Feedback, but was also apparently able to equip specific Rocket Launcher mods.

One bug not addressed in this patch is the recent controversy surrounding what Fate 2 community calls Perk Promimity Theory. Basically, weapon perks are more likely to drop with those closer on the column table, making it almost impossible to get certain rolls. Bungie has not only confirmed the issue, but plans to fix it on November 5th, as well as reward players for their diligence in finding it with unique emblems and opportunities to obtain weapons with rare perks.

Destiny 2 Update 8.1.0.3 patch notes

Festival of the Lost

Weapon Rewards

• New:
  • Arcane Embrace – Heavy Burst Arc Shotgun
• Rewarded again with new benefits:
  • Mechabre – Aggressive Arc Sniper Rifle
  • Jurassic Green – Rapid-Fire Solar Pulse
  • Braytech Werewolf – A precision kinetic automatic rifle
  • Acosmic – Rapid-Fire Void Grenade Launcher

Spectral and Manifested Pages

• Spectral pages have been trimmed to simplify the loop and give players more ways to recover a forgotten book during the event.
• Manifested sites fall out of broad play while the Guardian is wearing a FOTL mask, or from Haunted Sectors.
• Additional pages can be obtained from Haunted Sectors by defeating up to ten Headless in a single run.

Mask rolls

• Introductory Quest Masks and Expert Haunting Sector Masks drop with spiked high stats and a level 7 (was level 3) Masterpiece to make them even more exciting for a limited time.
• Haunted Sector base masks will now drop with high stats (previously normal stats).
• Masks purchased from Eva do not change (high stat static roll).

Memento

• It brought an updated version of Twilight Memento Triumph with new hidden objectives for you to get Memento.
• Festival of Lost Memento storage limit increased from one to three.

Focusing

• Any focus option that costs an Eerie Engram now has a chance to drop Memento (was only a basic engram focus option).
• Added new targeting options for exotic class items.

A forgotten book

• Reduced manifest page price for all old volumes to one manifest page per chapter.

Professional difficulty

• Removed matchmaking and added Haunted Sectors to Fireteam Finder.
• Removed quest to complete each of the Expert Haunted sectors. Sweeten the Horrific Haunts event challenge for an additional 500 candies as a reward.

Other

• Fixed an issue where Warlock masks from the vendor would drop with random stats.

The Revenant episode

• Fixed an issue where on-screen tutorials for Fieldworks could not be closed.
• Fixed an issue where the Major Fieldworks voiceover would play out of order in some cases.
• Fixed an issue where Eramis' voice was louder than intended.
• Fixed an issue where the HELM landing zone would instead spawn players into the center of The Last City.

Onslaught: Salvation

• Fixed Class Warfare and Shot Caller modifiers not activating during Expert Onslaught.

Raid and Dungeons

Hosted by Vesper

• Fixed an issue where players who dismantled the Rogue Network quest could not retrieve it.

The edge of salvation

• Implemented potential fix for Memento not dropping for players other than the fire team leader.
  • We will update this patch note to confirm whether the patch was successful.

Exotic mission rotator

Addendum

• Fixed an issue where players could potentially respawn in the auxiliary transit Nex during the final boss encounter and not be able to leave.

Arms

• Fixed instances of modified lock dropping with incorrect perks.
  • Hammer forged will be replaced by Rifled Barrel, High Caliber Rounds will be replaced by Light Mag, Killing Wind will be replaced by Lone Wolf, and Desperate Measures will be replaced by Closing Time.
  • In cases where benefits are enhanced, the benefit will be exchanged for the enhanced benefit.
• Fixed an issue where Vantage Point Pulse Rifle could equip Rocket Launcher mods instead of Pulse Rifle mods.
  • In some cases, if it was equipped with an exclusive missile mod, this mod will be removed and players can add the Pulse Rifle mod of their choice.
• Fixed an issue where the Vantage Point Pulse Rifle could receive Voltshot instead of the new Jolting Feedback perk.
  • Instances of Voltshot will be replaced by Jolting Feedback and improved versions with an improved instance.

benefits

• Fixed an issue where Desperate Measures' damage bonus was reduced.

Artifact

• Fixed an issue where the artifact power was not granted to the Slayer Baron Apothecary Satchel if you did not obtain the Hunter's Journal.