Destiny 2: Renegades is a medium-sized expansion for Destiny 2, a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. Representing the 10th and final expansion for the game, it was released on December 2, 2025, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It was the second expansion for Year 8 of the game, referred to as the "Year of Prophecy", following The Edge of Fate that released in July 2025.
The expansion follows the player's Guardian along with the Drifter, Eris Morn, Eido, and Praxic Order Warlock Aunor Mahal as they form an unlikely crew to fight the rising Barant Imperium, a new Cabal force led by the fallen Guardian-turned-villain Dredgen Bael, all while dealing with the fallout from The Edge of Fate prophecy and the mysterious plans of the Nine. The story sees the protagonists operating outside the Vanguard's direct support, establishing a base in Mars' Tharsis Cantina, and tackling bounties and major threats across the lawless frontier on Mars, Venus, and Europa, culminating in a battle against Bael's attempt to use a superweapon to reshape the galaxy.
Renegades was heavily inspired by Star Wars, with Bungie collaborating with Lucasfilm Games on the narrative and gear featured in the expansion, such as the Praxic Blade, Destiny 2s version of the lightsaber. It also added new content across the game, including new missions, Player versus Environment (PvE) locations, Player versus Player (PvP) maps, player gear, weaponry, and a new dungeon. Additionally, the expansion sees the return of missions on the planet Venus, not including the Vault of Glass raid that was ported from the original Destiny (2014) as an extra playable activity during Year 4's Season of the Splicer.
Renegades began Season: Lawless for Year 8, with the season's major update, Monument of Triumph, releasing in June 2026; the latter was originally scheduled for March and was to be named Shadow & Order, but due to major revisions and change in scope for the update, it was delayed and renamed. In Monument of Triumph, a celebration is held for the Guardian's triumphs over the years. The celestial Traveler has also returned to its resting place over the Last City, stabilizing the Earth to allow it to heal from the various conflicts over the years, while the Guardian's allies resolve to settle their respective issues on their own. The new Emissary of the Nine, Lodi, also has the Guardian to clear out the corruptions created by the Nine across the game, while the Guardian also stops one final act from Dredgen Bael to create weapons that could permanently kill lightbearers.
At the time, Monument of Triumph was announced as the final content update for Destiny 2 as a whole, with the major update including some content intended for later releases, while also re-adding some previously removed content, as well as features based on player feedback and requests, like adding Sparrow Racing League from the original Destiny (2014) and the mobile game Destiny: Rising (2025). By 2026, Bungie had been sustaining financial losses for parent company Sony, so the company made the decision to end further development of Destiny 2 with this update while keeping it online and playable, with Bungie refocusing their efforts on their other titles. However, in September 2026, Bungie announced an update revealing its plans to re-add all previously removed content to the game with new content also in the works.
Gameplay Renegades, as a full expansion, features a full story. Once the player completes the story, they gain access to the Lawless Frontier, territories outside of the Vanguard's jurisdiction on Mars, Venus, and Europa, with the player operating out of a new social space on Mars called the Tharsis Outpost. Through the story, the player is introduced to three outlaw factions of Cabal, Fallen, and Vex, all fighting for control over the Lawless Frontier.
Unlike prior destinations, none in the Lawless Frontier have a free roam patrol mode. Instead, each destination has two selectable territories to complete bounties. One territory is marked as a contested territory, which rotates daily and has three bounties available. In a contested territory, the factions are fighting to gain full control of that territory and each bounty is controlled by the respective factions. Successfully completing these bounties increases the chances that the player's aligned faction will gain full control of that territory the next day. The one territory that is entirely controlled by a faction is not selectable for that day. The four other uncontested territories have only one bounty available without any bonuses.
In a bounty, a fireteam of up to three Guardians complete a set of missions within a limited time, either a bounty hunt, smuggle, or sabotage. In a bounty hunt, the players hunt a notorious outlaw, while in a smuggle, they smuggle contraband from the territory, and in a sabotage, the team infiltrates territories to sabotage enemy operations by destroying generators, planting explosives, or calling in airstrikes on enemy assets. Once a bounty is complete, the team must then successfully exfiltrate ("exfil") to receive rewards from the mission, as well as improve the reputation with that faction that offered that bounty. Improving this reputation grants access to special abilities that can only be used in the Lawless Frontier, such as calling in an air strike, a protective shield, or an armored walker unit, and further reputation improvements can lead to more powerful versions of these. Reputation also improves the potential loot the player can earn from these factions. Players can also complete contracts, which grant additional rewards and reputation. A priority contract can only be completed in the contested territory while any non-priority contracts can be done in any territory unless otherwise specified.
Activities in the Lawless Frontier can also be played as an Invasion, where one Guardian can temporarily appear within another fireteam's mission and attempt to kill the other Guardians to delay their progress, or potentially cause them to fail their bounty, before they are killed three times themselves or their time runs out. Rewards from Invasions are based on how successful the invader performs. There is also a contract to complete for invasions
A new exotic mission was also added called "Fire and Ice", which is first played as part of the story and takes place on Europa. This mission rewards the exotic sword, the Praxic Blade. Subsequent completions of the exotic mission, completing bounties, and upgrading reputation with the factions rewards upgrades to the weapon. The expansion also added a new dungeon on Venus called "Equilibrium", which became accessible on December 13, 2025. A contest mode was enabled for the first 48 hours.
Major Update Major updates were Bungie's delivery model of seasonal content for Year 8, replacing the episodes from Year 7. Instead of the year starting with one major expansion and then divided into four seasons (Years 2 through 6) or three episodes (Year 7), Year 8 was divided into two large seasons that lasted several months, with each season beginning with one mid-sized expansion and then receiving what Bungie called a "Major Update" midway through the season. While the expansions still required purchasing to access their respective stories and activities, the stories and activities of the major updates were free for all players. The major updates also had their own respective reward passes with both a free and premium track. The second half of Year 8 that began with Renegades was Season: Lawless (Season 28), and its major update was Monument of Triumph.
Monument of Triumph began on June 9, 2026. Bungie originally intended for Season: Lawlesss major update to release in March 2026 and to be titled Shadow & Order, but due to a change in scope and major revisions, it was delayed and renamed as Monument of Triumph. In May 2026, it was revealed that this would be the final content update for Destiny 2, with it bringing many quality of life changes, as well as the return of some activities, based upon player feedback and requests. The Director menu returned to replace the Portal activity screen that was introduced with The Edge of Fate. Portal activities are still available under the seasonal hub accessible from the bottom of the Director screen. The raid challenge mode Pantheon that was originally featured in Year 7's epilogue, Rite of the Nine, returned. The first slate of bosses were available on June 9, then the full lineup of bosses opened on June 13, and then encounter rotations began on June 16. This also brought the return of the respective final encounters from the game's original "Leviathan" raid, the "Leviathan: Eater of Worlds" raid lair from Curse of Osiris, the "Scourge of the Past" raid from Season of the Forge, and the "Crown of Sorrow" raid from Season of Opulence; all of these had been removed from the game with Beyond Light (2020). All legacy raid and dungeon gear was revised to fit the final state of the game, with weekly featured raids and dungeons returning. Legacy gear from destinations was also revised accordingly. A new public event, "Distortions", was added which features corrupted and more powerful versions of enemies with higher rewards. The Distortions appear on a destination that has been corrupted, which rotates between one of seven destinations hourly (Earth's European Dead Zone, Cosmodrome, and Moon, Nessus, the Dreaming City, Europa, and Savathûn's Throne World). The affected destination has a red hue with dimensional tears in the sky, as well as a couple of other activities only available when a destination is corrupted to remove the corruption. For the Iron Banner and Trials of Osiris PvP modes, Iron Banner is now on a permanent four-week rotation while Trials of Osiris remains available on all non-Iron Banner weekends. Gambit became a fireteam ops activity, renamed as Gambit Ops, with new rewards. Crucible was also renamed as Crucible Ops. Seasonal events (e.g., Festival of the Lost) were retired. Several of the rewards from these events can be obtained at random from engrams that are purchasable from the Monument of Triumph vendor in the Tower. Monument of Triumph utilizes the reward pass that was originally planned for Shadow & Order but updated to have more rewards than prior season/reward passes. Like all prior season/reward passes, this pass has a free and premium track, the latter of which was included as part of the "Year of Prophecy" edition of the game. Artifacts are still utilized, but instead of introducing a new artifact for Monument of Triumph, players can select from one of seven prior artifacts to allow for different character builds (e.g., one artifact may be more beneficial for an Arc subclass while another may be better for Solar). Armor ornaments of any rarity (including those from transmog) can be applied to exotic armor, but only in PvE activities; exotic armor displays its standard appearance in PvP activities unless it is an exotic ornament specifically for that piece of gear. All exotic weapons that previously did not have an exotic catalyst received catalysts. Sparrow Racing League (SRL) from the original Destiny (2014) and also featured in the mobile game Destiny: Rising (2025) was added as a permanent Crucible Ops activity. This had been a highly requested feature from players since Destiny 2 launched in 2017. The Eververse store offerings now rotate daily instead of weekly.