Bungie has finally released the long-awaited Destiny 2: Renegades roadmap after months of silence.
Destiny 2: Renegades launches on December 2, 2025, kicking off a new season, a new campaign, and new activities. It’s been a bit of a frustrating build-up, though. Back during the Renegades reveal stream in September, Bungie said a full roadmap would be coming “in the next few weeks.”
Instead, weeks turned into months, community questions piled up, and the conversation slowly turned into, “Where is it?” That pressure eventually led to a public apology from Destiny’s comms team, who openly admitted they announced the roadmap too early.
But today, Bungie finally broke the silence. The full Renegades content calendar is now live, and there’s a lot inside: new activities, vault upgrades, big quality-of-life improvements, seasonal events, and clearer plans for the months after launch.
Destiny 2 Renegades Roadmap Explained
Earlier today, Bungie posted a full breakdown of what players can expect throughout December and the updates that follow. The graphic includes the Renegades launch on December 2, the patch landing one week later, live events through early next year, and a pretty surprising set of system upgrades.
Before we get into the details, here’s the full roadmap Bungie published for Destiny 2: Renegades:
- December 2, 2025: Update 9.5.0 Launches
- Renegades Campaign
- Lawless Frontier activity
- Exotic mission
- New dungeon: Equilibrium
- New Weapon: Blasters
- New Exotic: Praxic Blade
- Season Power carries over
- All Exotic weapon and armor now featured
- The Edge of Fate featured gear continues
- Vault space increases (+300)
- Vault space sorting improvements
- Universal Exotic armor ornaments
- Returning player bonus and rewards
- 300 Power level catch-up
- Power Activities additions:
- New Solo Ops: Typhon Imperator
- Fireteam Ops: Return of Sunless Cell
- Introducing Arena Ops: 6-player activities
- Pinnacle Ops: Return of Vox Obscura and Derealize
- and More
- Portal Rewards and Cosmetic refresh:
- Solo/Fireteam/Arena Ops
- Crucible Ops
- Pinnacle Ops
- Trials of Osiris
- Order System:
- December 9, 2025: Update 9.5.0.1 Launches
- Weekly Retuals: Vanguard Alerts
- Vanguard Alert playlist
- Grandmaster Vanguard Alert
- Crucible
- Arena Ops
- Continuted Weekly Modifier and Events
- Sword weekly returns
- Foundry weapon sponsorships: Tex Mechanica
- The Dawning
- Arms Week: Bows
- Iron Banner
- Heavy Metal
- Mid-Season Call to Arms
- Surges, Reward Boosts, and More
- Weekly Retuals: Vanguard Alerts
Now, let’s go through everything it includes.
Destiny 2 Renegades Launch – Update 9.5.0 (December 2, 2025)
New Story & Activities
Renegades kicks off with a brand-new campaign set in the Lawless Frontier. Alongside that, we’re getting:
- Lawless Frontier activity
- A new Exotic mission
- The new Equilibrium dungeon (more on that later)
- A new weapon type called Blasters
- A new Exotic sword, Praxic Blade
This update also includes wide-ranging progression improvements, aiming to make leveling feel smoother and less about grinding through filler tiers.
Progression & Power Changes
Bungie highlighted a big philosophy shift here:
- Seasonal Power now carries between seasons, instead of resetting every major release.
- All Exotic weapons and armor are now part of the “featured” pool, making them easier to target.
- Power catch-up is automatic, letting returning players get bumped up quickly — Bungie calls it a jump straight to 300 Power.
- Featured Edge of Fate gear continues forward into Renegades.
Vault Upgrades
This is a big quality-of-life change:
- Vault capacity increases by +300, bringing the total to 1000 items.
- New sorting and filtering tools let you search items by power, slot, date added, rarity, and more.
For long-time players with endless pages of loot, this is one of the standout improvements.
Universal Exotic Armor Ornaments
This is one of the more surprising additions. Bungie is finally letting players use any Exotic armor ornament on any Exotic of the same class and slot in PvE.
If you love the look of an ornament made for a different Exotic but prefer using something else, you can now mix them. There’s one exception: PvP always shows your Exotic’s original model for clarity.
Portal Activity Additions
Bungie is expanding the Portal playlist with several new and returning missions:
- Typhon Imperator (Solo Ops)
- Return of Sunless Cell (Fireteam Ops)
- Arena Ops, including new six-player activities
- Return of Vox Obscura and Derealize (Pinnacle Ops)
Portal rewards and cosmetics are also getting a refresh across weapons and armor.
Update 9.5.0.1 – One Week Later (December 9, 2025)
The first post-launch patch brings the new weekly ritual loop together.
Weekly Rituals
- Vanguard Alerts (new playlist)
- Grandmaster Vanguard Alert
- Crucible weekly objectives
- Arena Ops rotations
These playlists tie into the new Orders system, which includes Common, Legendary, and Exotic Orders that replace most of the old bounty structure.
Live Events & Weekly Modifiers
This is where the roadmap gets much clearer about what’s happening in the months after launch:
- Sword Week returns
- Tex Mechanica Foundry Sponsorship
- The Dawning (December)
- Arms Week: Bows (January 2026)
- Guardian Games (March 2026)
- Mid-Season Call to Arms (April 2026)
- Iron Banner (date coming later)
- Heavy Metal event
- A rotation of surges, reward boosts, and weapon modifiers
These additions help fill the calendar between launch and the next major update in early 2026.
Equilibrium Dungeon Launches December 13
To close out the launch window, Bungie confirmed that Equilibrium, the new dungeon, arrives on December 13, 2025, with a full loot pool and its own challenges.
That’s everything announced for the new Destiny 2 Renegades roadmap. What are your thoughts on this? Are you satisfied with the content announced? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
