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Destiny: The Taken King Update Improves Nightfall Rewards

October 21, 2015 by Stephen Daly

The King’s Fall Raid hard mode is available from today.

Update: We've compiled a guide on how to get "No Time to Explain", an Exotic Pulse Rifle available starting today. 

Bungie has released Destiny hotfix 2.0.1.2, which introduces better Nightfall rewards and other improvements. The patch is available to download now and the full changlog is included below.

The update also fixes Shadowshots, increases the number of Strange Coins rewarded for Crucible matches, and overhauls the Daily Heroic Story, in addition to other changes. Bungie also confirmed that the Hard Mode for the King's Fall Raid will be available from Friday, October 23rd at 10am Pacific.

Update 2.0.1.2's full patch notes are included below. 

Bungie has previously admitted that Nightfall rewards could seem "underwhelming" and it could "feel like losing". The developer recommended against playing the mode until the update was available. 

Classes

  • Nightstalker Hunter

Temporarily removed the extra shots from Quiver to avoid unlimited Shadowshots

This is a temporary fix, and the node will be restored in a fixed state in an upcoming patch

Activities

  • Daily Heroic Story

Removed deprecated Quest requirements from "Siege of the Warmind"

Removed deprecated Quest requirements from "The Wakening"

  • Weekly Nightfall Strike

Increased the base level of Nightfall Legendary rewards by 10 Attack/Defense

Increased the chance of Legendary rewards by 10% (from 50% to 60%)

Increased the number of Strange Coins or Three of Coins awards

Ghosts have been added to the Legendary reward loot table

Legendary Engrams no longer drop from Nightfall Strike boss kills

They will continue to drop their unique Legendary items

Removed Antiquated Runes from the loot tables

  • King's Fall

King's Fall Hard Mode will be available at 10AM on 10/23

Recommended Light is 310

King's Fall Hard Mode has the following changes:

King's Fall Hard Mode rewards will drop up to 320 Light

Oryx in Hard Mode will guarantee a Raid item drop each week, without requiring Moldering Shards

Oryx in Normal mode will still require Moldering Shards

Moldering Shards can drop in King's Fall Hard Mode, but only if a character hasn't cleared King's Fall Normal for the week

Crucible

  • Weekly Crucible Bounty

Increased base level of Weekly Crucible Bounty Legendary rewards by 10 Attack

Increased number of Strange Coins awarded

Ghosts have been added to the Legendary reward loot table

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