Year 2

This article is about the second year of Destiny. For the second year of Destiny 2, see Year 2 (Destiny 2).

Year 2 is a term used for things pertaining to the second year of Destiny. It started on September 15th, 2015 and ended on September 20th, 2016 with the release of Rise of Iron.

Locations

• Dreadnaught—the Dreadnaught was first introduced and is only accessible with The Taken King expansion.
• Fleetbase Korus—Fleetbase Korus is only accessible during certain missions, and was first introduced in The Taken King expansion.

Races & enemy classes

• Taken—first introduced in The Taken King expansion.

Items & currencies

• Hadium Flakes—first introduced in The Taken King expansion as a material for building the new Swords.
• Legendary Marks—first introduced in The Taken King as replacements for the Vanguard & Crucible Commendation, as well as Vanguard Marks and Crucible Marks.
• Silver—first introduced in The Taken King expansion, and can be bought with real-world money.
• Wormspore—first introduced in The Taken King expansion as an upgrade material.
• Armor Materials—replaces Plasteel Plating, Sapphire Wire, and Hadronic Essence for all classes as an upgrade material.

Systems

• Infusion—first introduced in The Taken King expansion, allowing players to customize their weapons and armor and increase attack and defense values respectively.

Subclasses

• Nightstalker—first introduced in The Taken King expansion for Hunters.
• Stormcaller—first introduced in The Taken King expansion for Warlocks
• Sunbreaker—first introduced in The Taken King expansion for Titans.
  • Each with own special Quest.

Gameplay: PVE

• Court of Oryx—a player initiated event on the Dreadnaught in which up to three difficulties can be utilized.
• New Strikes—Echo Chamber^{(PlayStation exclusive until Fall 2016)}, Fallen S.A.B.E.R., Shield Brothers, The Sunless Cell, and new versions of Year 1 Strikes.
• New Raid—King's Fall.
• Questing System Remodeled
• Twenty-six new Story missions
• Revamp of Patrol Mode

Gameplay: PVP

• New Crucible Maps—Bannerfall, The Dungeons, Frontier, The Drifter, Sector 618, Crossroads, Memento, Vertigo.
• New Crucible Game-modes—Mayhem Clash, Zone Control, Rift.

Preceded by Year 1

Year 2

Succeeded by Year 3