Editing April Update

[[File:April Update banner.jpg|450px|right|April Update]]
The '''April Update''' (also known as '''Destiny Update 2.2.0'''<ref>[https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/44472/7_This-Week-At-Bungie---03172016 '''Bungie.net''' - ''This Week At Bungie - 03/17/2016'']</ref> or '''The Taken Spring''') is a free content update for ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' that was released on April 12, 2016. The April Update features a continuation of ''The Taken King's'' storyline, as [[Guardian]]s aid [[Variks, the Loyal]] in tracking down [[Malok, Pride of Oryx]], a pretender to [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx's]] vacant throne, while the [[Taken War]] continues.<ref name="AU">[https://www.bungie.net/en/pub/AprilUpdate '''Bungie.net''' - ''April Update'']</ref><ref name="TWB24">[https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/44484 '''Bungie.net''' - ''This Week at Bungie – 03/24/2016'']</ref>

==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 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 [[engram]]s
***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]] [[Artifact]]s
***Iron Banner rank 5 packages
***Trials of Osiris Flawless Victory rewards
***Strike unique items
***Exotic engrams
***Challenge of the Elders
***Elder's Sigil

==Appearences==
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters|
;'''Guardians, Residents of the Last City, and their Allies'''
*[[Cayde-6]] {{Mo}}
*[[Eris Morn]]
*[[Fenchurch Everis]] {{Mo}}
*[[Hassa]] {{Mo}}
*[[Ikora Rey]] {{Mo}}
*[[Osiris]] {{Mo}}
*[[Rezyl Azzir]] {{Mo}}
*[[Taeko-3]] {{Mo}}
*[[The Stoic]] {{Mo}}
**[[Toland, the Shattered]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tover]] {{Mo}}
*[[Uzoma Vale]] {{Mo}}
*[[Zavala]] {{Mo}}
;'''The Cabal Empire'''

;'''The Fallen'''
*[[Eksori]] {{Mo}}

;'''The Hive'''
*[[Crota, Son of Oryx]] {{Im}}
*[[Oryx, the Taken King]] {{Mo}}

;'''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]] {{Mo}}
*[[Mara Sov]] {{Im}}
*[[Petra Venj]]
*[[Shuro Chi]] {{Mo}}
*[[Uldren Sov]] {{Im}}
*[[Variks, the Loyal]]
|title-2=Species|
*[[Ahamkara]] {{Im}}
*[[Awoken]]
*[[Eliksni]]
*[[Exo]]
*[[Human]]
*[[Taken]]
|title-3=Organizations|
*[[Crows]] {{Mo}}
*[[Eververse Trading Company]]
*[[House of Devils]] {{Im}}
*[[House of Judgment]] {{Mo}}
*[[House of Kings]] {{Im}}
*[[Jovian Guard]]
*[[Paladin]]s {{Mo}}
*[[Techeun]]s {{Mo}}
*[[Vanguard]]
|title-4=Locations|
*[[Alpha Centauri]] {{Mo}}
*[[Dreadnaught]]
**[[Court of Oryx]]
**[[Mausoleum]]
*[[Jupiter]] {{Mo}}
*[[Mars]] {{Mo}}
**[[Meridian Bay]] {{Mo}}
*[[Moon]]
**[[Shine of Oryx]]
*[[Reef]]
**[[65 Cybele]] {{Mo}}
**[[Prison of Elders]]
**[[Vestian Outpost]]
*[[Venus]] {{Mo}}
**[[Ishtar Sink]] {{Mo}}
|title-5=Events|
*[[Battle of the Twilight Gap]] {{Mo}}
|title-6=Vehicles, equipment, and technology|
*[[Ghost]]
**[[Consumed Shell]]
*[[Jumpship]]
**[[Last Battle]]
**[[Longest Vigil]]
**[[Lost Legacy]]
**[[Space-Age Mariner]]
**[[Waning Star]]
*[[Sparrow]]
**[[Days of Wind]]
**[[S-35 Aeon Glow]]
**[[Velumbra]]
|title-7=Weapons and armor|
*[[Auto Rifle]]
**[[Grim Citizen III]]
**[[Shadow Price]]
**[[Soulstealer's Claw]]
**[[Her Memory]]
*[[Fusion Rifle]]
**[[Techeun Rage]]
*[[Hand Cannon]]
**[[Her Revenge]]
**[[Lord High Fixer]]
**[[Stolen Pride]]
**[[The Devil You Know]]
*[[Machine Gun]]
**[[Bane of the Taken]]
**[[THE SWARM]]
**[[Zombie Apocalypse WF47]]
*[[Pulse Rifle]]
**[[Aegis of the Reef]]
*[[Rocket Launcher]]
**[[The Nightmare]]
*[[Scout Rifle]]
**[[Hand of Judgement]]
**[[Lethe Noblesse]]
**[[The Saterienne Rapier]]
*[[Shotgun]]
**[[Her Champion]]
**[[Stolen Will]]
**[[The Comedian]]
**[[Two To The Morgue]]
*[[Sidearm]]
**[[Crow's Eye]]
**[[Queen's Choice]]
*[[Sniper Rifle]]
**[[Her Fury]]
**[[LDR 5001]]
**[[Y-09 Longbow Synthesis]]
**[[Zen Meteor]]
*[[Sword]]
**[[Dreadfang]]
|title-8=Miscellanea|
*[[Desolate]]
*[[Arc]]
*[[Chroma]]
*[[Elders' Sigil]]
*[[Fractal Scrolls]]
*[[Hunter]]
*[[Parables of the Allspring]] {{Mo}}
*[[Solar]]
*[[Titan (class)]]
*[[Void]]
*[[Warlock]]
}}

==Trivia==
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Malok 1.jpg|Malok in The Blighted Chalice
File:Malok 2.jpg|Malok armed with his Boomer
File:April Update armor.jpg|New armor: A Hunter wearing Taken-themed armor, a Titan with a Blue Chroma, and a Warlock with a Red Chroma
File:Taken Aksor.jpg|[[Nixis, Hunger of Oryx]]
</gallery>

==References==
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