Destiny 2's final update — live coverage of the end of an era

After nine years, eight expansions and a mountain of updates—many good, plenty questionable—Destiny 2's final ever patch releases today. The Monument of Triumph is the final hoorah; the last big release before the studio walks away from the game forever.

The future is uncertain for the singular live-service looter shooter series. Destiny 2 itself will remain playable for the foreseeable future, but there's no hint of a Destiny 3 on the horizon. Bungie claims it will "begin work incubating" its next games, but anything that comes out of that process will be years away from announcement, let alone release. For now, then, this is where the series ends.

Bungie at least seems to be pulling out all the stops to leave Destiny 2 in a better place than it has been since the maligned The Edge of Fate expansion. The Monument of Triumph update brings new features, weapons and buildcrafting options, along with a whole host of quality of life changes. As the excitement builds, we'll be updating this liveblog throughout the day with commentary and reactions as the community logs to celebrate, mourn and pay tribute to most singular live service game ever made.

When does Monument of Triumph release?

[#Destiny2Game] Upcoming Maintenance: Update 9.7.0 ⚠️ Impact: Destiny 2, API, Websites TIMELINE 📅 June 9, 5–11 AM PDT (-7 UTC)🛠 Downtime Start & End: 5:30–10 AM🔓 Pre-Load: 9 AM🚀 New Update and Login Available: 10 AMFull Schedule: bung.ie/d2serverInstall Size Info: bung.ie/motsupport

— @bungieserverstatus.bungie.net (@bungieserverstatus.bungie.net.bsky.social) 2026-06-09T11:32:36.071Z

Destiny 2 is about to go down for pre-patch maintenance. Per Bungie's support team, here's when you'll be able to get back in:

• Pre-load begins: 10 am PDT, 1 pm EDT, 6 pm BST
• Monument of Triumph is live: 11 am PDT, 2 pm EDT, 7 pm BST

That's assuming no delays or server queues, at least.

On Steam, we're looking at a 28.4 GB patch, which is appropriately chunky given everything we're expecting from the update.

Ikora's last message

Over the last few weeks, many people who worked on Destiny 2 across the years have been sharing their feelings about the game and its impending end. Here's Mara Junot, voice actor for Ikora Rey, with an apropos goodbye.

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♬ original sound - marajunot

Junot had the unenviable job of replacing Gina Torres as the voice of Ikora back in 2021, and did an admirable job—nailing the character's personality and mannerisms. As a Warlock main, Ikora was always my favourite of the Vanguard. Here they deliver a pitch perfect farewell, which is making me feel a lot of things.