BungieThe second act of Destiny 2 Episode Heresy is right around the corner, and there’s plenty of new content coming with the mid-season update to look forward to.
Guardians can expect the main attraction to be a second seasonal activity to complement Act 1’s Nether, a handful of new seasonal weapons to hunt for, and plenty of build-altering Artifact Mods.
Bungie’s preview livestream on March 4 revealed everything coming with the mid-season update. Read more about that and everything else we know below.
Episode Heresy Act 2 release date
Heresy Act 2 goes live on March 11, 2025, with Destiny 2’s weekly reset. Unlike previous Episodes, the middle chapter for Heresy has a shorter runtime of three weeks, with Act 3 due to arrive on April 1.
For a convenient reference, here’s when Destiny 2’s weekly reset takes place in a variety of time zones:
- Pacific Time (PT): 09:00 – Tuesday
- Eastern Time (ET): 12:00 – Tuesday
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): 17:00 – Tuesday
- Central European Time (CET): 18:00 – Tuesday
- Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST): 03:00 – Wednesday
Heresy Act 2 livestream
Bungie’s preview livestream for Heresy Act 2 took place on March 4 at 10 AM PT, 6 PM GMT, 1 PM EST. You can watch the broadcast below.
New Legendary weapons
Five new weapons will be obtainable from the Court of Blades and through the Tome of Want. See the table below for all their respective perk pools.
| Weapon | Archetype | Perk 1 | Perk 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Anamnesis | Void Bow (Lightweight) | Archer’s Tempo Dragonfly Successful Warm-Up Hip-Fire Grip Repulsor Brace To The Pain Perfect Float | Destabilizing Rounds Demoralize Adagio Impulse Amplifier Sword Logic Moving Target Explosive Head |
 Mirror Imago | Strand Submachine Gun (Adaptive) | Recycled Energy Subsistence Grave Robber Pugilist To The Pain Moving Target Overflow | Hatchling Target Lock Swashbuckler Sword Logic Permeability Offhand Strike Unrelenting |
 Refusal of the Call | Strand Glaive (Adaptive) | Impulse Amplifier Slice Tilting at Windmills Envious Assassin Replenishing Aegis Discord Auto-Loading Holster | Melee Momentum Vorpal Weapon Unstoppable Force Sword Logic Close to Melee Disruption Break Beacon Rounds |
 Division | Arc Sidearm (Heavy Burst) | Perfect Float Eddy Current Hip-Fire Grip To The Pain Pugilist Grave Robber Encore | Voltshot Kill Clip Sword Logic Swashbuckler Offhand Strike Eye of the Storm Surrounded |
 Afterlight | Void Fusion Rifle (Adaptive) | Under Pressure Grave Robber Lead From Gold Discord Offhand Strike Ambitious Assassin Pugilist | Reservoir Burst Swashbuckler Adagio Cornered Vorpal Weapon Successful Warm-Up Destabilizing Rounds |
Barrow-Dyad Catalysts
Two Catalysts for Exotic Strand SMG Barrow-Dyad will be obtainable in Heresy Act 2. While the means of acquisition wasn’t revealed, we know that one of these Catalysts will grant the Target Lock perk.
Seasonal activity – The Court of Blades
Similar to how Episode Revenant’s Tomb of Elders was a spiritual successor to the original Destiny’s Prison of Elders, Court of Blades is a homage to The Taken King’s Court of Oryx.
Like Act 1’s Nether, Guardians can augment their builds with modifiers obtainable during the activity. Beginning in the original Court of Oryx arena, players will enter a portal to enter a new arena to complete various objectives. Among the locations revealed during the livestream was one set on Io – the first time Jupiter’s moon has been present in-game since it was vaulted in November 2020.
Artifact Mods
A handful of new Artifact Mods will be available in Heresy Act 2 guaranteed to give Guardians a further power bump. This time around, the emphasis is on providing further synergy for Trace Rifles. See the full list of new mods below.
| Mod | Effect |
|---|---|
| Overload Trace Rifles | Uninterrupted fire from your equipped Trace Rifle causes the beam to stun combatants, delaying ability energy regeneration and exhausting them. Strong against Overload Champions. |
| Beam Medic | Rapid Trace Rifle final blows heal you and nearby allies. Powerful combatants increase the amount. |
| Elemental Siphon | Rapid final blows with a Kinetic weapon or a weapon matching your equipped Super create an elemental pickup that matches your equipped Super. |
| Harsh Refraction | Trace Rifles do more damage to targets afflicted by elemental debuffs matching their element type. |
| Limit Break | Casting a Super while you are critically wounded or have a elemental buff matching your super element grants a period of increased Super damage. |
Returning event – Guardian Games
BungieDestiny 2’s annual Guardian Games event returns with Heresy Act 2 on March 4, once again pitting Titans, Hunters, and Warlocks against each other in a friendly three-way rivalry.
In addition to a new weapon, Arc Trace Rifle Keraunios, this iteration of the limited-time affair introduces a new boss rush mode akin to Into the Light’s Pantheon. Check out our dedicated Guardian Games primer for more information.
That wraps up everything coming in Heresy Act 2. For more Destiny 2 content, see every weapon added in Heresy and how each has settled in the PvE and PvP metas.
