Hey Guardians!

With Season 13 just a few weeks away, I thought I'd round up the info of all the things we know are coming next season. This information is complied mostly from TWABs and dev tweets. If I missed something, please let me know!

World

• The Reverie Dawn set from the Dreaming City and the Dreambane set from the Moon will be reissued, meaning that they will be available to earn with higher power caps.
• Four weapons from each destination will also be reissued.
• These weapons consist of: Waking Vigil, Sleepless, Vouchsafe, and Retold Tale for the Dreaming City, and Apostate, Heretic, Blasphemer and Premonition for the Moon.
• Amongst other sources, these weapons and armour can both be earned in the Dreaming City and the Moon's respective dungeons: Shattered Throne for the former and Pit of Heresy for the latter.
• Weapons from the dungeon can roll with exclusive perks, and armour dropped from the dungeons will drop with higher stats. Premonition will only drop in the Pit of Heresy dungeon on the Moon.
• The final chest in the Pit of Heresy dungeon on the moon will no longer drop masterworked armour. Instead it will give Dreambane armour with 7 energy, higher stats, and at least a +16 in two different stats.
• The four lost sectors on the Moon will gain legendary and master variants, similarly to the lost sectors on Europa and in the Cosmodrome.
• I will flail through these lost sectors like a headless chicken when they come out, then give up and find a guide.

(Source: TWAB 1/14/2021)

• There will be three new exotic armour pieces available to earn in legendary and master lost sectors.

(Source: Destiny 2 Dev Update - Rewards)

Playlist Activities

• Six new weapons will be available to be earned from Strikes, Crucible, and Gambit, with each mode gaining two new weapons each.
• These weapons will drop alongside Xenoclast IV, Stars in Shadow and Crowd Pleaser from Season of the Hunt.
• Nightfall strikes will gain an extra three weapons that will be exclusive to Nightfalls, consisting of the Palindrome, Shadow Price and the Swarm from Destiny 1.
• Adept versions of these Nightfall exclusive guns will be available from Grandmaster Nightfalls.
• Two new reprised strikes are being added - Fallen S.A.B.E.R. and Devil's Lair.

(Source: Destiny 2 Dev Update - Rewards)

• Crucible tokens will be deprecated, and replaced with a new progression system that will allow you to see and claim your rewards from Shaxx instead of dumping 200 tokens and praying for a decent Last Dance.
• The rewards you earn will be a lot more reliable this way - for example, your first Valor reset each season will award you with a guaranteed Ascendant Shard.
• This progression system will also be applied to Gambit, but not strikes yet - strikes will be updated in a future season.

(Source: TWAB 1/14/2021)

• Trials of Osiris will receive new armour, accessories, and weapons in season 13 that are not based on D1 gear. (This is from an old TWAB, so it may not still be the case. Game development is hard. Game development in a pandemic is maddeningly difficult.)
• There will be a new Pursuit weapon available in season 13. Like Adored, you'll be able to earn it in either Gambit, Crucible or Strikes, and can earn ornaments for it based on each core activity. (Thanks u/hunterprime66!)

(Source: TWAB 5/7/2020)

Seasonal

• The majority of Season of the Hunt will continue to be available in Season 13 and the rest of Year 4. Story missions, Wrathborn hunts, the Adored ritual weapon quest, Crow's vendor screen on the Tangled Shore, the Hawkmoon quest and Harbinger activity, and the Warden title are all staying.
• If you want the Bungie Rewards seal, you'll still need to claim it by the end of season deadline (this deadline has been delayed slightly as the title is bugged. Thanks u/jkichigo for pointing this out!)
• Crow's bounties, messages from the field (transmissions you can receive in Zavala's office), the seasonal artifact and season pass will all be removed from the game come season 13.
• As Season of the Hunt wasn't initially designed to stick around for a whole year, there may be a few minor discrepancies. For example, Crow will be in two places at once next season - he will remain in the Tangled Shore for Wrathborn stuff while also being in a new location.
• Crow being in two places at once is definitely not a ploy by Savathûn to make us question everything and grow increasingly paranoid. Aiat.
• Umbral Engrams will return after making their debut in season 11.
• They can be earned fastest from the new seasonal activity, but can also be earned by playing pretty much any activity, from patrols to Exo challenges to Blind Well.
• Umbral Engrams are a special type of legendary engram that can be focused to narrow down the loot that they drop.
• A new kiosk called the Prismatic Recaster will let you focus your Umbral Engrams, but you'll still need to use an Umbral Decoder to open it.
• It is unknown if Drifter's beloved trash can will also return from Season of Arrivals.
• You will be able to re-earn certain titles in season 13, such as Dredgen, Flawless, Unbroken and Conqueror, to 'gild' them.

(Source: TWAB 1/21/2020)

Everything Else

• DDoS protection for all console users will arrive in season 13.

(Source: Destiny 2 Dev Update - Rewards)

• Assistant Game Director Joe Blackburn will publish a 'state of Destiny 2 in 2021' article to discuss the direction of the game and Bungie's plans for the future.

(Source: Joe Blackburn's Twitter)

• Planetary materials from vaulted destinations (Alkane Dust, Phaseglass Needles, Simulation Seeds and Seraphite) will no longer be accepted by vendors, but if you still have a surplus by season 13, Spider will buy them from you for glimmer.
• These materials will NOT be deleted from your inventories, so feel free to hang onto them for sentimental value.
• Weekly bounties may be replaced by a non-expiring, account-based set of weekly objectives that will grant a lot of season rank progress. (This was targeted to be implemented in Season 13, but it's from an old TWAB and I don't think we've heard anything new about it, so it may not come to pass.)

(Source: TWAB 10/29/2020. Thank you u/starkillerzx for pointing this out!)

Stuff that probably isn't coming in season 13

• Vault of Glass (coming Year 4)
• Crossplay (coming 2021)

Stuff that definitely isn't coming in season 13

• Transmog (coming season 14)

(Source for these three: Destiny 2 Dev Update - Rewards)

That's about everything I could remember off the top of my head! I hope this has been informative, and please comment if I missed anything. I've tried to base this on as much information from Bungie as possible, but if something doesn't arrive in season 13, please don't use this list to harass the devs. Constructive criticism is fine, but not when it crosses over into nastiness. Devs are people too.

Hope you all have an awesome day!

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