Echoes Act 3 Release & Update 8.0.5.3

Bungie released Episode 1: Echoes' 3rd and final act alongside Update 8.0.5.3. This smaller patch includes changes for Cryoclasm and fixes to some Solstice Armor unlocks, but most importantly unlocks a bunch of new content. All major points are detailed below.

Echoes Act 3 Content

Weekly Story Missions are being made available over the next few weeks, eventually reaching this Episode's climactic finale as we fight with The Conductor.

3 new Legendary Weapons are now obtainable!

• Martyr's Retribution, the very first Wave Frame has returned, last seen from the Season of Dawn.
  • It now features Cast No Shadows Origin Trait allowing you to reload it extremely easily! Its perk refresh has been kind to it, now notably featuring Heal Clip, Demolitionist, and Auto-Loading Holster in the 3rd Column while Incandescent and Incandescent are in the 4th Column.

• Speleologist is an Echoes original Solar Machine Gun. Not too many of those are readily available, and this one is solid AND craftable.
  • The Radiolaria Transposer Origin Trait and Incandescent are destined to tear through hordes of a great many varieties.

• Chronophage is an Echoes original Void Trace Rifle. Craftable, and far better than the previous standard of Hollow Denial.
  • The fan-favorite Repulsor Brace and Destabilizing Rounds combo is now on a Trace Rifle. If you're not into that, this gun also has all 3 Ability-generation-ist Perks across both Columns. One for All is also great on this.

New Artifact Mods

• Overload Auto Rifle - When this Artifact Perk is selected, your Auto Rifles gain the ability to Stun Overload Champions.

• Authorized Mods: Charged Up - this Armor Mod only costs 1 Armor Energy when this Artifact Perk is selected.

• Sustained Fire - With this Artifact mod, continuously damaging combatants with an Auto Rifle grants you damage resistance.

• Targeting Autoloader - While having an Auto Rifle equipped when using this Artifact mod, defeating combatants reloads your equipped weapon and temporarily increases weapon damage. Bonus progress towards this effect is awarded when dealing final blows while surrounded.

• Shock and Awe - When you're Amplified and using an Arc or Prismatic Subclass while having this Artifact Mod equipped, Arc final blows summon a burst of lightning that damages and jolts targets.

Patch Notes Key Takeaways:

• Thanks to the Cryoclasm change, Behemoths have jumped up a few tiers on the PvP viability scale. That might be a bad thing.

• Warlocks can now access the non-glow versions of the now concluded Solstice 2024 Armor Set, provided that they unlocked it in the first place.

Patch Notes

Activities

Solstice

• Fixed an issue where the Flamekeeper Event Challenge would not count towards completing the Reveler Title.

Gameplay and Investment

Abilities

• Fixed an issue where the Cryoclasm Aspect would deactivate on subsequent slides if the player sprinted after the first one.

Armor

• Fixed an issue where the non-glow version of the Solstice 2024 Sublime armor was not available for Warlocks for Armor Synthesis.
  • If a player has not unlocked the glows, they will not be able to see the unkindled ornaments.
• Corrected an issue where the non-glow versions of the Solstice 2024 Sublime armor were missing names in the Armor Synthesis screen once the glows were unlocked.

General

• Fixed an issue with the Korean localization for a number of bounties.
• Fixed an issue where some Solar and Strand ability objectives used incorrect terms for subclass verbs in Pathfinder.

Summary

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Written by: Xtra37

Reviewed by: Tenkiei