Destiny Update 2.0.0.3

Update 2.0.0.3 officially launched the Destiny expansion The Taken King on September 15, 2015.
==The Taken King==
*Oryx and his army has arrived
*Meet them on Phobos, a moon of Mars
*Requires The Taken King and a minimum character level of 25
==General==
*Max Character Level Cap now increased to 40 (Requires The Taken King)
*New Vanguard and Crucible bounties are now available at your local Bounty Tracker
*Year One Moments of Triumph are now locked in history and cannot be progressed
*VIP 'Founders Fortune' rewards will be distributed in the Tower (Requires The Taken King)
*"Spark of Light" Level 25 Character Boost consumable is available at the Postmaster (Requires The Taken King)
==Classes==
*Subclass quests for new subclasses are now available after the completion of The Coming War story mission (Requires The Taken King)
==Activities==
===Patrols===
*Patrols now offer rewards once again
===Daily Heroics===
*Required Level: 40
*Requires The Taken King
*These missions will include selections from Year One and Year Two
===Vanguard Strike Playlists===
*Weekly Heroic Strike has been replaced by the Vanguard Heroic Strike Playlist
*There are now three Strike playlists:
**Legacy Strike Playlist
***Available to all players
***Contains all Year One Strikes, including original Dust Palace and Undying Mind Strikes
**Vanguard Strike Playlist
***Requires The Taken King
***Contains all new The Taken King Strikes, as well as 3 remixed Year One Strikes (Dust Palace, Undying Mind, and Cerberus Vae III)
**Vanguard Heroic Strike Playlist:
***Requires The Taken King
***Contains all new The Taken King Strikes, as well as 3 remixed Year One Strikes (Dust Palace, Undying Mind, and Cerberus Vae III)
**Heroic Strikes earn bonus rewards on weekly completion:
***Legendary Engram (1 time per character)
***+10 Legendary Marks (3 times per account)
**Playing multiple Strikes without returning to orbit increases reward chances
**All The Taken King and Updated Strikes now feature random encounter variation and may contain Taken combatants
===Nightfall===
*Required Level: 40
*Requires The Taken King
*Wiping in Darkness Zones no longer kicks player to orbit
*Resurrection timer is now a 30-second cooldown (must be resurrected by teammates)
==Crucible==
*Year Two Crucible is now in effect (Requires The Taken King):
**Rift, Control, Clash, Skirmish, Salvage, Rumble, Elimination are now Year Two core playlists
***When Trials of Osiris is active, Elimination will only be playable via Trials of Osiris playlist
**Featured Daily and Weekly activities are now active
*Year One Core Playlists now contains Classic 6v6, Classic 3v3 and Classic FFA playlists
==Tower==
===Cryptarch===
*The Cryptarchs will now exchange Legendary Marks for Legendary Engrams
*Available engrams will be randomly selected by each Cryptarch every Tuesday
*Legendary Engrams no longer have a chance to produce simple Materials
*Rare Armor Engrams have a chance to produce Artifacts instead of Armor
===Banshee===
*Starting on Armsday (Wednesday), Banshee-44 will accept Orders for new Foundry Weapons to characters at Gunsmith Rank 1 or higher. Higher Ranks will allow placement of more orders per week
===Speaker===
*Legendary Armor has been added to the Speaker's inventory
===Shaxx===
*PvP Quests are now provided to players (Required Level: 5)
*Shaxx now carries a set of Weekly Crucible Bounties, with Nightfall equivalent rewards for completing all five in a week
===Arcite===
*Arcite now carries a set of Weekly Crucible Weapon Bounties
===Roni 55-30===
*The Vanguard Quartermaster will now exchange old Class Armor Materials for new unified Armor Materials
===Queen's Wrath===
*Petra now has new bounties available in the reef upon completing a new quest
*These bounties will also drop a Treasure Key the first time one is completed each week
==Economy==
*Vanguard and Crucible Marks deprecate and are converted to Commendations (at a rate of 50:1)
*Legendary Loot drop rates have been increased across all activities
*Legendary Marks are now earnable by completing Daily Story Chapters, Weekly Heroic Strikes, Daily PVP Activities, Weekly PVP Activities and Dismantling Year Two Legendary items
*Strike rewards now drop from bosses instead of in the PGCR
**Except for Sepiks Prime, who has been known to cleverly fly above water to deny victorious Guardians their rightfully earned spoils
*Strikes reward tables now include items for all Armor and Weapon slots
==Known Issues==
*Strike Legacy playlists are currently not providing rewards
**This is known issue and will be hotfixed as soon as possible
==References==
Category:Destiny Updates