The Dungeon-themed event was supposed to go live on April 1, but it looks like someone hit the wrong button.
Update:
Since this news broke, Bungie has disabled all access to The Right of the Nine Activities
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“UPDATE: Destiny 2 will remain online. Instead, we have disabled access to all Rite of the Nine activities. More info. will be provided if available.”
Destiny 2 players got an exciting taste of the future when the Rite of the Nine event, which is set to go live on April 1 alongside the Heresy Act 3, went live today instead. Whoops.
The premature rollout was first noticed by Destiny Bulletin, which shared the mishap on X:
Rite of the Nine weapons are also dropping in the game, although the items are untextured placeholder versions. These weapons are reprisals from the three respective dungeons featured in the event: Prophecy, Spire of the Watcher, and Ghosts of the Deep. Despite their unfinished look, they’re very much usable in-game as of time of writing—but don’t expect that to last. Clearly, this isn’t a case of content launching early as a surprise drop, but rather someone pushing the go live button a little early.
The event was apparently functional when it went live: PC Gamer’s resident Destiny 2 habit-haver Tim Clark said he was able to load into the event, and able to select the higher ‘Contest’ difficulty level. Sure enough, the enemies were appropriately beefy.
That may not be the case by the time you read this: In a message posted to Bluesky, Bungie said the rollout was unintentional, and that all activities and related rewards will be disabled “as soon as possible.” It’s not clear whether the rewards will actually be taken away, or just locked until the time is right.
Rite of the Nine promises to be a pretty big deal. Dungeons are some of the most popular PvE activities in the game, and refreshing the look and perks on their weapons to bring them up to current meta levels will be enough of a carrot to bring players/degenerates back. Best of all, it’s free for everyone: You don’t need to own any season passes or The Final Shape expansion in order to get in on the action.
