If you’re actively playing Destiny 2, you may be wondering when the next Act of the current episode, Echoes, is going to come out.

Destiny 2 Act 2 for the Echoes story will bring new content to the game, including weapons and activities. And in this One Esports guide, we will talk about Destiny 2: Echoes Act 2 release date and what it will feature.

Destiny 2 Act 2 release date

Bungie recently hosted a livestream in which they talked about the upcoming Act.

According to the developers, Destiny 2 Echoes: Act 2 will be released on July 16, which is today. The developers haven’t shared the exact time, but they’ll notify you when it goes live through the game’s official X account.

What will Destiny 2 Echoes Act 2 feature?

New missions

To begin with, Destiny 2 Echoes: Act 2 will bring three new Battleground activities to the game. All of them will be PvE missions, with the first two releasing with Act 2 and the third one coming a week later, on July 23.

All three missions will be filled with enemies for you to fight while focusing on a continuous single story. The second episode will start where the first one ended, and the third one will take place after the events of the second.

New weapons and perks

Act 2 is going to bring some old and new weapons to the game, which include:

Aberrant Action (Sidearm)
Corrasion (Pulse Rifle)
Perfect Paradox (Shotgun)

Bungie is also releasing five new Artifact perks with Act 2, and all of them are mainly for Sniper Rifles and Solar.

Anti-Barrier Sniper Rifle
Authorized Mods: Scavenger
Incendiary Rifle Rounds
Solar Fulmination
Sniper’s Meditation

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Any other changes in Destiny 2 Echos Act 2?

Bungie is planning to introduce several improvements and changes during Act 2, but these will take place in early August.

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You can view the full list of changes below:

Abilities:

Bringing Swarm Grenade and Threaded Specter into line.
Increasing Twilight Arsenal and Hammer of Sol damage versus bosses and minibosses.

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Destiny 2 Prismatic subclass explained — all three classes

Armor:

Correcting an issue that allows swapping between regular armor mods and Reserves mods to enable a higher ammo count than the current maximum. This was never an intended functionality.
- To help offset this fix, we’re buffing the following ammo-related aspects:
  - Reserve ammunition for all weapon types has been increased by up to 15%, with weapons with low reserves for their weapon type getting a larger buff.
  - Reduced the cost of Reserves mods by 1.

Weapons:

Increasing Tex Scout Rifles damage by 30% in PvE.
Reducing flinch for Sniper Rifles by 50% versus combatants in PvE.
Increasing Eriana’s Vow damage by 67% versus barrier shields.
Removing stat penalties from Adept mods.

This was everything you needed to know about Destiny 2 Echoes: Act 2 release date and what it will feature.

Destiny 2 Echoes: Act 2 — release date and what it will feature