This Week in Destiny – 06/18/2026

This week in Destiny, we’re sharing the newest Community Challenge and its reward emblem, celebrating the release of the Monument of Triumph soundtrack on streaming platforms, and going over the previously shared Update 9.7.0.1 patch notes you may have missed!

• Introducing our next Community Challenge
• Monument of Triumph’s soundtrack is now streaming
• The Traveler graces your lock screen with its presence
• Revisiting the patch notes for Update 9.7.0.1

Let’s jump right in!

Community Challenge: Excision, Ergo Sum

We have one more Community Challenge ready for you all, Guardians. It's time to relive the final battle against The Witness one more time. Complete the Excision story mission on Normal or Grandmaster difficulty to add to a community goal of 250,000 total completions. Grandmaster completions will count sevenfold because Bungie number, plus it’s harder! Also, Excision on Grandmaster rewards the Ergo Sum catalyst, a fine prize in its own right that some Guardians may not have obtained yet. So, what better opportunity to earn it than during a time of celebration when new and veteran players are enjoying Monument of Triumph?

If the community goal is met in seven days (sensing a theme here?), all Guardians who have completed Excision at least once during the Community Challenge will receive the Intrepid Pearl emblem. Bungie fans and old-timers will tell you why this one is special. We’ll share updates on the community’s progress on socials during the week.

Here's a complete rundown of the rules and requirements to participate in this Community Challenge. While some of these may be obvious, we want to list all the details to be thorough.

Duration

• Starts: Thursday, June 18 at 11:00 AM PT
• Ends: Thursday, June 25 at 11:00 AM PT

Activity

• Story Mission: Excision
• Difficulty: Normal (+1 completion) or Grandmaster (+7 completions)
• Community Goal: 250,000 total completions

Other Considerations

• Fireteam: Twelve players are recommended.
  • Fireteam members can join mid-activity.
  • Join In Progress clears do count towards the community goal.
  • Only fireteam members who complete the activity will count as having contributed to the community goal and qualify for the emblem.
• Each player who completes the Excision story mission contributes to the community goal, meaning a 12-player Normal difficulty completion counts as 12 completions while 12-player Grandmaster difficulty completion counts as 84 completions.
• Matchmaking is available on Normal Excision but not on Grandmaster Excision, which is available in Fireteam Finder.

As with previous Community Challenges, we will be tracking completions with support from the Analytics Team. Emblems earned during the Community Challenge will be granted no later than 30 days after the challenge ends on June 25.

Good luck, Guardians!

Monument of Triumph’s Soundtrack Now Streaming

To always remind you of your journey across the Sol system, we’re excited to announce that the Monument of Triumph soundtrack is now available on all streaming platforms! Immerse yourself in over an hour of Destiny 2 music to commemorate your journey.

Wallpapers to Commemorate Monument of Triumph

What would a celebration of everything Destiny be without some wallpapers to go with it?

Update 9.7.0.1 Patch Notes

While last week’s patch notes detailed all the ways in which the dev team poured their heart and souls into making Destiny 2 a rewarding place for Guardians to always return to, this week’s Update 9.7.0.1 centered around fixing major bugs and issues that impeded the gameplay experience. We worked to refine as much as we could so you could keep coming back to the game in the best state it could be in.

In case you missed it, here’s your chance to catch up on what’s been fixed and updated!

Active and Upcoming Destiny Activities

Ongoing to June 23

• Featured Raids
  • Garden of Salvation
  • King’s Fall
• Featured Dungeons
  • Spire of the Watcher
  • Pit of Heresy
• Grandmaster Vanguard Alert
  • Activity: Birthplace of the Vile
  • Reward: Mint Retrograde (Pulse Rifle)
• Crucible Ops
  • Rumble (FFA)
  • 3v3 Quickplay: Survival
  • 6v6 Quickplay: Control

Player Support Report

Known Issues List | Help Forums | Destiny 2 Team Bluesky

Recent Known Issues List

General

• The Vault cannot be filtered by the newly introduced armor set bonuses.
• The Orbiter ship and Far-Traveling shell cannot be reacquired from Collections.
• The Conqueror emblem does not have its in-game name and cannot be reacquired from Collections.

Renegades

• Some optional objective panels in Lawless Frontier activities cannot be damaged by anti-barrier weapons.
  • Players should attempt to use other damage types not from anti-barrier weapons to complete these optional objectives.

Activities

• Invader kills in Gambit are not providing high enough or consistent healing to the Primeval.
• Solo Ops Attunement is not targeting the correct selected weapons.
• The Garden of Salvation raid can drop armor from the Pit of Heresy dungeon.
• Some adept weapons unintentionally have different perk pools than their non-adept versions.
• Players in Operation: Seraph's Shield are being killed when taking the elevator, blocking progress through the activity.
• The Ketchcrash activity can become soft-locked by enemies spawning stuck behind doors.
• Environmental hazards may do increased damage based on difficulty or FPS.

Abilities

• The Crackshot ability is not hitting targets while the Medusa bane is active.
• Smoke Bomb invisibility is not functioning while on the Prismatic subclass.
• The On Your Mark aspect description incorrectly states that it applies Cure. Final blows while at ten stacks apply Restoration.

Weapons and Perks

• The catalysts for One Thousand Voices and Tarrabah are not currently progressing.
• The empowered shots from the Turncoat exotic do not deal damage to all environmental destructibles.
• The Chaos Reshaped perk may slow down health and shield regeneration.
• Increasing the Clip Size of Fusion Rifles and Rocket Sidearms can result in less total ammo.
• The Controlled Burst perk does not function on Fusion Rifles with a Charge Time masterwork.
• The Forge's Kin origin trait is not currently granting a damage bonus as described.
• The Lingering Dread grenade launcher is not getting ammo refunded from the Discord perk.

Armor and Perks

• Vesper of Radius is not blinding enemies.
• Shards of Galanor's secondary Solar explosion does not activate consistently.
• The Nightmarish Power armor set bonus can cause activity functions to degrade over time.
• The Rime Coat Raiment Exotic is not enhancing Bleak Watcher when the Shatter grenade is equipped.

Artifacts

• Players who are unable to pick up the Echo of Reprisal Void fragment from Ikora should ensure that they have completed the Learning Light quest and should check their Abandoned Quest kiosk to ensure they have not accidentally abandoned it.
• The A Legend Rises Triumph requires all members of a fireteam to complete a strike flawlessly in order to complete.
• Replacing a Legendary Order will reset the progress bar for the player's next Legendary Order.
• The Triumph for completing the Edge of Intent catalyst can only be completed by completing the Edge of Action catalyst.

For a more comprehensive, targeted list, please view our Destiny 2 Known Issues and Vital Information article.

Quadruple the Art, Quadruple the Talent

Chilling out at the Tower, flexing the new armor.

Showing Off New Armor by MrHaagenDazs

Truthfully a one-of-a-kind character in all the best ways.

Have you met the horse?! by itsmingway

Two powerhouses in one picture, who’d be quicker on the draw?

The Long Con by theEverdrift

The best advertisement for the Sparrow Racing League we’ve seen. And the detail? Incredible work.

SRL Returns by olyChef-png

What You’ve Been Up To in Monument of Triumph...

Well, that's a new way of greeting a friend.

Rocket Launcher High-Five by TheAutisto

What a blast to the past. Thank you.

A Bittersweet One by Alex_B115

Guardians never disappoint with how widespread their talents are; this arrangement brought a tear to our eye.

The First Disciple for Double Bass Quartet by itshyenatime

A most memorable encounter...

Morgeth Flashbacks by destiny_thememe

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for joining us for another TWID. As a reminder, we're continuing to post TWIDs through our launch window. Soon, our weekly blog entries will be entering a form of hibernation as well.

Until then though, we've been blown away by the love and support Guardians have shown for Monument of Triumph. This update was for you and seeing all the art and videos celebrating Destiny 2 has been heartwarming to us on the Community Team. Keep it coming.

What have you all been doing in Monument of Triumph? What are your goals, newest builds, or Triumphs you’re aiming for? We’d love to hear about them!

Destiny 2 Community Team