Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch is the 22nd Season in Destiny 2. It takes place from August 22 to November 28, 2023.

Introduction

A Ritual Begins

To pursue the Witness, Eris Morn must turn to the magic of the Hive and accept a deal that Savathûn crafted before her death. To honor our end of the bargain, Guardians must become masters of the arcane and harness the power required to defeat a god.

Changes

See also: Version/7.2.0.1

An Exotic Mission rotator has been added to the game. The weekly rotation includes three missions that have been unvaulted: Presage from the Season of the Chosen, Vox Obscura from the Season of the Risen, and Operation: Seraph's Shield from the Season of the Seraph. Each mission can be accessed by players who own the Season Pass from the original season. Otherwise, the Beyond Light expansion is required to access Presage, while The Witch Queen is required to access Vox Obscura and Operation: Seraph's Shield. Each mission's Exotic weapon is now craftable, with its Pattern and Catalyst(s) obtained through the mission. Legendary gear from past seasons will also drop from these missions. Completing Exotic Missions will give progress on Xûr's weekly Xenology quest.

A new quest, Unveiled, can be obtained from Nimbus after completing the Parting the Veil quest. It unlocks a new Strand Aspect: Banner of War for Titans, Whirling Maelstrom for Hunters, and Weavewalk for Warlocks.

The Timeline menu, accessed from the top-right corner of the Destinations screen, now features three free story missions that cover important moments from previous expansions in the lead-up to The Final Shape. Ikora Rey offers a new Timeline Reflection quest that requires the player to complete these missions. Additional cinematics can be viewed from the Timeline screen.

Stasis subclass upgrades have been changed to use the same system as Ikora Rey and the Pouka Pond. Aspects, Fragments, and other upgrades can be purchased from the Exo Stranger using Glimmer. Aspect quests each give 5 Herealways Pieces when completed instead of their old rewards. Fragment quests have been removed.

The engram upgrades for Fynch in Savathûn's Throne World and Nimbus in Neomuna will now improve the chance to earn Deepsight Resonance weapon drops from their respective engrams. The Neomuna weekly story mission challenge will give guaranteed Pattern progress on the first completion in a week.

Weekly ritual activity (Vanguard, Crucible, and Gambit) challenges have been changed to no longer require playing a specific ritual activity. Instead, players can complete ritual activities of any type, earning a focusable Exotic Engram at 3, 6, and 9 matches completed across all three categories. Ritual vendor challenges from Commander Zavala, Lord Shaxx, and the Drifter now give Pinnacle Gear rewards.

A new Vex Network-themed Crucible map, Multiplex, has been released. Iron Banner challenges have been split into two separate series: one grants Iron Banner Rank multipliers for completing matches, while the other requires earning points while using a seasonal subclass (specified in the description) for Pinnacle rewards. Both challenges have 4 tiers, with a new tier unlocked daily.

An alternate method for leveling crafted weapons has been added. On the Details screen, players can spend Glimmer and Enhancement Cores to increase a weapon's level by 1, with greater costs at higher levels.

A new Resources section has been added to Collections, detailing the various materials and currencies found throughout the game. Ascendant Shards, Ascendant Alloys, and Enhancement Prisms have had their inventory caps increased. These items will no longer go to the Postmaster, but those already stored there can be claimed at any time.

A catalyst for Monte Carlo has been added. It can drop from strikes, Crucible, and Gambit.

Overview

See also: Seasonal Challenges and Rank Rewards

The Seasonal Artifact is the Acolyte's Staff, which provides Artifact Perks and additional Power. The Ritual Table and Lectern of Divination are the seasonal vendors, located in the H.E.L.M.

New seasonal activities include Altars of Summoning and Savathûn's Spire.

A new raid, Crota's End, returning from Destiny, was released on Friday, September 1, 2023. It is free for all players.

The Festival of the Lost 2023 event will take place from October 17 to November 7, 2023.

Timeline

August 2023

• August 22: First week of the season begins.

September 2023

• September 1: The Crota's End raid releases, available for free to all players.
  • Contest Mode will be enabled for 48 hours. Clearing the raid within that time will unlock Challenge Mode. In order to qualify for World's First or the unlockable emblem, players must complete all encounter challenges and claim the Superior Swordplay Triumph within the 48 hour time limit. If a challenge is failed, the fireteam will be wiped and the encounter will restart.
  • The end-of-raid vendor will give a quest to acquire the Necrochasm Exotic Auto Rifle. If acquired while Contest Mode is active, this quest will be automatically completed, granting the weapon. Players who acquire the catalyst will not be able to complete its objective until Contest Mode ends, although some progress will carry over.
  • Trials of Osiris will be unavailable until September 15.
• September 5: First Iron Banner week of the season begins, featuring Fortress.
• September 12: Grandmaster Nightfalls become available.
  • The mission selection node for gilding the Conqueror title is not yet available.
• September 15: Trials of Osiris becomes available again.
• September 19: Master difficulty and weekly encounter challenges become available for the Crota's End raid.

October 2023

• October 3: The Grandmaster Nightfall mission selection node for gilding the Conqueror title is now available.
• October 10: Second Iron Banner week of the season begins.
  • The featured Iron Banner game mode for this week was originally announced as Control. On October 9, it was changed to Eruption.
• October 17: Festival of the Lost 2023 event begins.

November 2023

• November 7: Festival of the Lost 2023 event ends.
• November 14: Third and final Iron Banner week of the season begins, featuring Control.
  • The featured Iron Banner game mode was originally announced as Fortress.
• November 28:
  • End of the season.
  • Season 23 begins.

Seasonal content

Weapons

• Abyss Defiant — Legendary Auto Rifle
• Abyss Defiant (Adept) — Legendary Auto Rifle
• Acosmic — Legendary Grenade Launcher
• Brya's Love — Legendary Scout Rifle
• Cataphract GL3 — Legendary Grenade Launcher
• Cataphract GL3 (Adept) — Legendary Grenade Launcher
• Dead Man's Tale — Exotic Scout Rifle
• Dead Messenger — Exotic Grenade Launcher
• Deadpan Delivery — Legendary Shotgun
• Eidolon Ally — Legendary Auto Rifle
• Eleatic Principle — Legendary Machine Gun
• Ex Diris — Exotic Grenade Launcher
• Fang of Ir Yût — Legendary Scout Rifle
• Fang of Ir Yût (Adept) — Legendary Scout Rifle
• Geodetic HSm — Legendary Sword
• Heliocentric QSc — Legendary Sidearm
• Horror Story — Legendary Auto Rifle
• Husk of the Pit — Common Assault Rifle
• Igneous Hammer — Legendary Hand Cannon
• Igneous Hammer (Adept) — Legendary Hand Cannon
• Jurassic Green — Legendary Pulse Rifle
• Kept Confidence — Legendary Hand Cannon
• Locus Locutus — Legendary Sniper Rifle
• Luna Regolith III — Legendary Sniper Rifle
• Malediction — Legendary Hand Cannon
• Mechabre — Legendary Sniper Rifle
• Nightshade — Legendary Pulse Rifle
• Necrochasm — Exotic Auto Rifle
• Nox Perennial V — Legendary Fusion Rifle
• Oversoul Edict — Legendary Pulse Rifle
• Oversoul Edict (Adept) — Legendary Pulse Rifle
• Persuader — Legendary Sniper Rifle
• Point of the Stag — Legendary Combat Bow
• Pre Astyanax IV — Legendary Combat Bow
• Pre Astyanax IV (Adept) — Legendary Combat Bow
• Psi Hermetic V — Legendary Pulse Rifle
• Qua Xaphan V — Legendary Machine Gun
• Semiotician — Legendary Rocket Launcher
• Song of Ir Yût — Legendary Machine Gun
• Song of Ir Yût (Adept) — Legendary Machine Gun
• Swordbreaker — Legendary Shotgun
• Swordbreaker (Adept) — Legendary Shotgun
• Tessellation — Exotic Fusion Rifle
• The Eremite — Legendary Fusion Rifle
• The Guiding Sight — Legendary Scout Rifle
• The Showrunner — Legendary Submachine Gun
• Unending Tempest — Legendary Submachine Gun
• Warden's Law — Legendary Hand Cannon
• Warden's Law (Adept) — Legendary Hand Cannon
• Word of Crota — Legendary Hand Cannon
• Word of Crota (Adept) — Legendary Hand Cannon

Armor

• Briarbinds — Exotic Warlock Gauntlets
• Mothkeeper's Wraps — Exotic Hunter Gauntlets
• Pyrogale Gauntlets — Exotic Titan Gauntlets
• Veiled Tithes Boots — Legendary Warlock Leg Armor
• Veiled Tithes Bond — Legendary Warlock Warlock Bond
• Veiled Tithes Cloak — Legendary Hunter Hunter Cloak
• Veiled Tithes Gauntlets — Legendary Titan Gauntlets
• Veiled Tithes Gloves — Legendary Warlock Gauntlets
• Veiled Tithes Greaves — Legendary Titan Leg Armor
• Veiled Tithes Grips — Legendary Hunter Gauntlets
• Veiled Tithes Helm — Legendary Titan Helmet
• Veiled Tithes Hood — Legendary Warlock Helmet
• Veiled Tithes Mark — Legendary Titan Titan Mark
• Veiled Tithes Mask — Legendary Hunter Helmet
• Veiled Tithes Plate — Legendary Titan Chest Armor
• Veiled Tithes Robes — Legendary Warlock Chest Armor
• Veiled Tithes Strides — Legendary Hunter Leg Armor
• Veiled Tithes Vest — Legendary Hunter Chest Armor
• Willbreaker's Watch — Legendary Titan Helmet
• Willbreaker's Fists — Legendary Titan Gauntlets
• Willbreaker's Resolve — Legendary Titan Chest Armor
• Willbreaker's Greaves — Legendary Titan Leg Armor
• Mark of the Pit — Legendary Titan Bond
• Unyielding Casque — Legendary Hunter Helmet
• Dogged Gage — Legendary Hunter Gauntlets
• Relentless Harness — Legendary Hunter Chest Armor
• Tireless Striders — Legendary Hunter Leg Armor
• Shroud of Flies — Legendary Hunter Cloak
• Deathsinger's Gaze — Legendary Warlock Helmet
• Deathsinger's Grip — Legendary Warlock Gauntlets
• Deathsinger's Mantle — Legendary Warlock Chest Armor
• Deathsinger's Herald — Legendary Warlock Leg Armor
• Bone Circlet — Legendary Warlock Bond

Ghost Shells

• Confection Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Desecrated Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Final Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Heart-Powered Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Hexed Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Pharmakos Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Safety Monitor Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Saturniid Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Scavenged Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Sheriff Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Skidder Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Spinneret Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell

Ships

• Bipectinate Craft — Exotic Ship
• Blight or Flight — Exotic Ship
• Cosmic Tune — Exotic Ship
• Deep Space Hauler — Exotic Ship
• Exoplanet Harvester — Exotic Ship
• Extra-Terrestrial Vehicle — Exotic Ship
• Fairytale Flight — Exotic Ship
• Nightghast — Exotic Ship
• Pronghorn — Exotic Ship
• Sparagmos — Exotic Ship
• War's Lament — Exotic Ship

Sparrows

• Acroamatis — Exotic Sparrow
• Chemical Burn — Exotic Sparrow
• Crota's Exile — Exotic Sparrow
• Echion's Stride — Exotic Sparrow
• Grass Guzzler — Exotic Sparrow
• Laminos — Exotic Sparrow
• Lucent Seeker — Exotic Sparrow
• Roaring Primeval — Exotic Sparrow
• Sekhmet Rig — Exotic Sparrow
• Stygian Steed — Exotic Sparrow
• Sugary Staple — Exotic Sparrow
• The Mourner — Exotic Sparrow
• Wasteland Racer — Exotic Sparrow

Finishers

Emotes

• Abstract Meditation — Exotic Emote
• Accursed Sun — Rare Emote
• Eerie Hands — Rare Emote
• Forlorn Photograph — Legendary Emote
• Hoverboard — Legendary Emote
• Imprecise Snack — Legendary Emote
• Jumpmaster — Exotic Emote
• Magic Wand — Legendary Emote
• Nothing to See Here — Exotic Emote
• Olfactory Gesture — Rare Emote
• Pumpkin Carving — Exotic Emote
• Runic Sketching — Legendary Emote
• Samba Dance — Legendary Emote
• Skeletal Dance — Legendary Emote
• Square Dance — Legendary Emote
• Summoning Circle — Exotic Emote
• Vampiric Pose — Exotic Emote
• Weekday Dance — Exotic Emote
• Wicked Taunt — Rare Emote
• Yo-Yo Trick — Exotic Emote
• Zombie Shuffle — Legendary Emote

Emblems

• A Broken Throne — Legendary Emblem
• Bloodstream — Legendary Emblem
• Cartomancy — Legendary Emblem
• Commander's Salute — Legendary Emblem
• Conjurers — Legendary Emblem
• Darkstar — Legendary Emblem
• Every End — Legendary Emblem
• Heart Control — Legendary Emblem
• Hope Eater — Legendary Emblem
• Illuminated Peril — Legendary Emblem
• Look Up — Legendary Emblem
• Love Is the Mind Saver — Legendary Emblem
• Paracausal Path — Legendary Emblem
• Prost — Legendary Emblem
• Space Witch — Legendary Emblem
• The Silhouette — Legendary Emblem
• Vermillion Defender — Legendary Emblem
• Woodland Warband — Legendary Emblem
• ¡Revivir! — Legendary Emblem

Shaders

• Cirrus Whisper — Legendary Shader
• Clinging Cobweb — Legendary Shader
• Coleoptera — Legendary Shader
• Dragon's Teeth — Legendary Shader
• Gamekeeper — Legendary Shader
• Highlander — Legendary Shader
• Luminous Void — Legendary Shader
• Luminous Void (Perk) — Legendary Shader
• Magical Transformation — Legendary Shader
• Night Vision — Legendary Shader
• Organic Adornment — Legendary Shader
• Ossified Carving — Legendary Shader
• Phosphorescent — Legendary Shader
• Roseate Gleam — Legendary Shader
• Sanguine Splash — Legendary Shader
• Sanguine Splash (Perk) — Legendary Shader
• Shed Carspace — Legendary Shader
• Warped Rachis — Legendary Shader

Transmat Effects

• Animating Love — Legendary Transmat Effect
• Beyond Sight — Legendary Transmat Effect
• Crystalline Breakout — Legendary Transmat Effect
• Highly Commendable — Legendary Transmat Effect

Weapon Ornaments

• Aged Allegiance — Legendary Weapon Ornament for Malediction
• Anomalous Domain — Exotic Weapon Ornament for Deterministic Chaos
• Ceremonial Arsenal — Exotic Weapon Ornament for The Navigator
• Dancing Harlequin — Exotic Weapon Ornament for The Huckleberry
• Fatebinder — Exotic Weapon Ornament for Ex Diris
• Flowing Phoenix — Exotic Weapon Ornament for Final Warning
• Future Past — Exotic Weapon Ornament for Hierarchy of Needs
• Infinite Quiver — Exotic Weapon Ornament for Le Monarque
• Inner Beauty — Exotic Weapon Ornament for Grand Overture
• Mulled Envy — Legendary Weapon Ornament for Malediction
• Seasoned Temper — Legendary Weapon Ornament for Malediction

Armor Ornaments

• Efficient Pursuit — Exotic Armor Ornament for Swarmers
• Europan Scout Visor — Exotic Armor Ornament for Cyrtarachne's Facade
• Nucleosynthetic Sheathe — Exotic Armor Ornament for Caliban's Hand
• Reticule Lock — Exotic Armor Ornament for Abeyant Leap
• Secondary Energy — Exotic Armor Ornament for Armamentarium
• Tyrian Gloves — Exotic Armor Ornament for Contraverse Hold
• Biosphere Explorer Gauntlets — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Biosphere Explorer Greaves — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Biosphere Explorer Helm — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Biosphere Explorer Mark — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Biosphere Explorer Plate — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Contingent Charge — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Crawling Chaos Gauntlets — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Crawling Chaos Greaves — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Crawling Chaos Helm — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Crawling Chaos Mark — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Crawling Chaos Plate — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Gauntlets — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Greaves — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Helm — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Mark — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Plate — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Cloak — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Grips — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Mask — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Strides — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Vest — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hinterland Cloak — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hinterland Cowl — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hinterland Grips — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hinterland Strides — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hinterland Vest — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Most Cunning — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Mygalomorph Cloak — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Mygalomorph Mask — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Mygalomorph Sleeves — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Mygalomorph Strides — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Mygalomorph Vest — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Carapace Bond — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Carapace Boots — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Carapace Cover — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Carapace Gloves — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Carapace Robes — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Bond — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Boots — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Gloves — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Hood — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Hexwrought Robes — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Ossuary Bond — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Ossuary Boots — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Ossuary Cover — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Ossuary Gloves — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Ossuary Robes — Legendary Armor Ornament
• Royal Favor — Legendary Armor Ornament

Quests

• Bottomless Pit
• Grenade Logic
• Hunters' Remembrance
• Classic Carving

Miscellaneous

Packages

• Battle-Ready Bundle
• Biosphere Explorer Titan Bundle
• Carapace Warlock Bundle
• Collaborative Destruction Bundle
• Crawling Chaos Titan Bundle
• Hinterland Hunter Bundle
• L-uwu-cent Accessories Bundle
• Mygalomorph Hunter Bundle
• Ossuary Warlock Bundle
• Season of the Witch Starter Pack
• Space Age Agriculture Bundle
• Thankful Feasting Bundle
• Triple Terror Bundle
• Valkyrian Hunter Bundle
• Valkyrian Titan Bundle
• Valkyrian Warlock Bundle
• Volatile Throne Bundle
• Withered Hoarder Bundle
• Worthy Warrior Bundle

External Links

• Official Season Page

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