Bungie shared a launch trailer and a new video documentary for Destiny 2: Renegades, their new Star Wars-inspired expansion launching early next month.
Here’s a rundown on the new details, plus the new launch trailer and video doc:
Today, Destiny 2 developers hosted a dedicated Developer Livestream for Renegades, the upcoming expansion in the Year of Prophecy, created in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and inspired by Star Wars. To mark the expansion’s release next week on December 2, 2025, the team premiered the Destiny 2: Renegades launch trailer and a second ViDoc, “Making of a Renegade,” highlighting their creative process and collaboration with Lucasfilm Games to create an all-new Destiny 2 experience with clear homage to Star Wars.
Renegades introduces an arsenal of new weapons and gear, including the Praxic Blade, Destiny 2’s lightsaber-inspired kinetic Exotic Sword. This new weapon offers multiple customization paths that meaningfully impact gameplay, along with earnable cosmetics that alter the color of the blade. Renegades also debuts a new weapon archetype, Blasters, which features a heat-based firing and reload system that replaces traditional magazines.
New Exotics arriving with Renegades include:
- Kinetic Sword – Praxic Blade (inspired by lightsabers)
- Solar Crossbow – Heirloom (inspired by Chewbacca’s iconic weapon)
- Strand Machine Gun – Service of Luzaku
- Warlock Helmet – Deimosuffusion
- Hunter Legs – Fortune’s Favor
- Titan Chest – Praxic Vestment
During the stream, members of the Destiny 2 developer team dove deep into the Lawless Frontier, a new activity designed for replayability and scalable challenge. In Renegades, players build reputation with shady Syndicate factions through the new Notoriety system, taking on a range of solo or three-person missions commissioned by three distinct factions:
- The Pikers: An anarchist and atheist biker gang of Eliksni seeking to build a society free from traditional ranks and hierarchy.
- Tharsis Reformation: A breakaway sect of sentient Vex, driven by a desire to experience personal identity outside the Vex collective.
- Totality Division: A rogue branch of the Barant Imperium Cabal, operating as a Syndicate on Mars and ruled by psions.
Job types include Smuggling runs to transport valuable goods between Syndicate facilities, Bounty Hunts that track and eliminate high-value targets, and Sabotage operations that disrupt rival Syndicate strongholds. Lawless Frontier features new maps set on Mars, Europa, and Venus, expanding these destinations with fresh routes and combat spaces. The update also introduces the new Invasion mode, an opt-in feature which allows a Guardian to spawn into the playing field to disrupt progress and earn unique rewards.
Renegades Abilities are powerful tools that let Guardians bend the rules of combat within the Lawless Frontier mode. Guardians can earn, upgrade, and deploy a wide arsenal of offensive, defensive, and support abilities to enhance their abilities and role in battle.
The new dungeon, Equilibrium, launches on December 13, 2025, at 9:00AM PT. Fans can tune into the official Equilibrium Dungeon Race stream with Evanf1997 and CBGray starting at 6:00AM PT with the pre-show until the race is completed. More information on the race can be found in the This Week in Destiny blog, and for full details on eligibility and requirements for the Equilibrium Dungeon Race, please visit Bungie’s official rules.
Destiny 2: Renegades launches on December 2, 2025. Players can pre-order the Year of Prophecy Ultimate Edition, which includes both The Edge of Fate and Renegades campaigns, The Desert Perpetual raid, and the upcoming dungeon. Pre-ordering Renegades through this edition instantly unlocks these bonus in-game rewards:
- Renegade Leader Exotic ship
- Starside Introduction emblem
- New Land Beyond Exotic Sniper Rifle with its ornament and catalyst
- Dark Side Legends bundle
- Enneachord Exotic Sparrow
Players who already own the Renegades Standard Edition or the Year of Prophecy Standard Edition can upgrade to the Ultimate Edition, which grants access to all exclusive content and rewards included in the Year of Prophecy Ultimate Edition.
Destiny 2 has been available on Windows PC (via Steam), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, and PS5. Destiny 2: Renegades launches globally on December 2nd.
