Destiny 2: Forsaken release times, Last Wish raid launch date revealed

In a bit over a week, Destiny 2: Forsaken will launch on PC, PS4, and Xbox One all over the world.

As is custom, Bungie dedicated part of the most recent This Week at Bungie blog post to detailing its launch plans for Destiny 2: Forsaken, as well as its raid, called Last Wish.

First up, the September 4 launch will take place following server maintenance that kicks off at 7am PT, 10am ET, 3pm BST. During this maintenance, Forsaken's day one patch will be released. Maintenance is scheduled to end at 10am PT, 1pm ET, 6pm BST.

Bungie did not mention how big the download is going to be, but considering part of the expansion's content will be added to the game with next week's 2.0.0 patch, the day one download may be lighter than these tend to be.

Last Wish, Forsaken's raid (leaks seem to have been accurate), will be going live a whopping ten days later. Last Wish will be available starting Friday, September 14 at 10am PT, 1pm ET, 6pm BST.

As previously announced, Trials of the Nine will go on hiatus after this weekend. The Lest Ye Be Judged achievement/trophy won't be attainable after that, which is why you should get at least one win in Trials this weekend, and meet the Emissary of the Nine at the Third Spire before maintenance starts on Tuesday – if you want to unlock the achievement/trophy.

Update 2.0.0

August 28's patch 2.0.0 will follow a similar release schedule to what we've seen before with big Destiny 2 updates. Servers will go offline at 9:45am PT, 11:45am ET, 5:45pm BST. They will remain offline for an extended period of time before maintenance ends four and a half hours later at 2pm PT, 5pm ET, 10pm BST.

This particular update will bring several major changes to game systems, which will affect all players regardless of whether or not they're getting Forsaken. There are some baseline changes like increasing Lost Sector difficulty, and adding the ability to use shaders on swords.

The weekly vendor Xur will no longer be tied to the Flashpoint destination following the update. You'll also have to look for him again each week because his icon won't show on the map. Fated Engrams he sells will only grant pre-Forsaken Exotics, which is something all players should be aware of.

There are a few other system changes coming with 2.0.0, and we've listed the rest of them below:

• Year 2 Weapon Slots will be live for all players
• During this transition, weapons that overflow players' inventories will be sent to the Postmaster
• Year 1 slots equipped with weapons that are moved during this update will remain empty until players equip another weapon
• These Year 1 Power weapons will become Kinetic in Year 2: Alone as a God, Baligant, The Frigid Jackal, Hawthorne's Field-Forged Shotgun, Perfect Paradox, Shepherd's Watch, Silicon Neuroma
• These Year 1 Power weapons will have their elemental attribute changed and locked to Solar for Year 2: IKELOS_SG_V1.0.1, IKELOS_SR_v1.0.1
• These Year 1 Exotic Power weapons will remain in the Power slot, as exceptions to Year 2 weapon slot changes: D.A.R.C.I., Legend of, Acrius, Tractor Cannon, Whisper of the Worm
• ll other Year 1 Energy and Power weapons will have their elemental attribute locked for Year 2
• New ammo economy will be live to support Year 2 weapon slots
• Exotic weapons, armor, and emblem collections will become unavailable until September 4
• Players should grab their desired items before August 28
• Updated collections will return on September 4
• Some tooltips may not reflect actual item behaviour during the August 28-September 4 transition
• Exotic weapons will lose their +5 Power mods in preparation for 9/4
• All remaining Legendary and Exotic gear will lose their +5 Power starting on 9/4
• Year 1 armor mods will be deprecated entirely starting on 9/4
• Nightfalls will not feature strike scoring until 9/4
  

In case you missed it, Bungie is hosting a limited-time, in-game demo for Forsaken's PvPvE mode, Gambit, on Saturday, September 1 for all players. It goes without saying that you'll need to grab Tuesday's patch to be able to participate.

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