Destiny 2 update 9.5.5 is available to download on PS4(v3.87), PC, PS5(v1.182.000), Xbox One, and PC players. According to the Destiny 2 update 9.5.5 patch notes, the latest update introduced Arms Week III with new bow-focused events, weapons, and modifiers, alongside refreshed Trials rotations and activity tuning. Apart from this, Destiny 2 patch 9.5.5 also includes general stability fixes.
Destiny 2 Patch 9.5.5 Notes – January 27, 2026
Activities
Renegades
- Fixed an issue where Invasions would not count as job completions when completing Exotic Contracts.
- Fixed an issue where the Piker Gang tier 2 contract was granting an additional reward upon completion.
- Fixed an issue where the Out in the Cold mission would not progress if players moved too quickly immediately after loading in.
Lawless Frontier
- Fixed lighting in the invader ready room for Mars invasions to match Venus and Europa invasions.
- Fixed an issue where in-progress Lawless Frontier activities would kick players to orbit if the daily reset occurred mid-run.
- Fixed an issue where cloth physics would not animate properly in Lawless Frontier activities.
- Fixed an issue where the Opportunist Triumph would not progress with some optional objectives.
- Fixed an issue where Ablative Armor health would not display correctly within a Vex Stun Field.
- Fixed an issue where batteries in Venus: Sabotage activities could appear partially within the environment.
Renegade Abilities
- Fixed an issue where the damage number displayed when hitting players with the Imperium Drop Pod was inaccurate.
- The Renegade Ability coin-flip animation can now be interrupted earlier by the coin throw.
- Fixed an issue where Renegade Abilities could stay active during some Supers/states.
Fire and Ice
- Fixed a rare issue where players who disconnected from their first Fire and Ice run during the final boss fight, then rejoined, could not acquire the Praxic Blade.
Portal
- Fixed an issue where weekly Vanguard Alert challenges were resetting after seven days instead of at weekly reset.
- Note: Players that have completed their challenges in the past few days prior to this release may need to wait until the upcoming weekly reset before their challenges reset.
- Fixed a rare issue in the Battleground: Conduit Fireteam Op where Vex goblins could spawn behind a shield, blocking activity progress.
- Fixed an issue in the Arms Dealer Fireteam Op where players who died around the cannons could have their Ghosts placed in an inaccessible spot, preventing revives.
- Fixed an issue where the Dungeon Pinnacle Ops did not display completion time predictions.
- Fixed an issue where the Contest of Elders Pinnacle Op would apply modifiers that were not outlined or selected in rooms.
- Fixed an issue in the K1 Logistics Solo Op where the Hive final boss’ shield could be broken with Sunspots.
- Rotated some Banes in and out of the modifier pool.
- Made adjustments to the Protected Bane.
- Reworked drones to no longer clip through walls or get lost in the environment.
- Reduced drone health.
- Now randomly spawns between 1-3 drones.
- While drones are present, combatants now have high damage resistance instead of immunity.
Raids and Dungeons
- Fixed an issue in The Desert Perpetual epic raid that could cause more than one instance of encounter music to play and overlap.
- Fixed an issue in Vault of Glass raid causing wyverns to de-spawn and preventing completion of the Conflux challenge “Wait for It…,”
- Fixed an issue in the Desert Perpetual raid causing preventing players from loading when joining allies
- In the Equilibrium dungeon, updated The Way Between quest’s Shade of Sere encounter to award loot as expected for players who have previously completed it and are already attuned to a gear piece.
Lost Sectors
- Fixed an issue where launching into the Exodus Garden 2A Expert Lost Sector through the activity flag would result in a black screen.
UI/UX
- The death screen will now appropriately report if a player was killed by the following Renegade Abilities: Vex Deflector, Imperium Drop Pod, Vex Stun Field, Piker Mortar.
- Fixed an issue where Vendor menus would display incorrect pages when swapping between different screens quickly.
Gameplay and Investment
Armor
- Fixed an issue where Tier 4 and Tier 5 armor acquired from vendors could sometimes have incorrect Masterwork costs and available Armor Mod energy.
- Armor may still appear incorrect in some cases when inspected on the vendor before acquisition. All previous and future Tier 4 and Tier 5 armor pieces that have been purchased should now behave as expected.
- Fixed a visual issue where armor cloth would lose movement physics after exiting a sparrow.
Weapons
Exotic Weapons
Praxic Blade
- Fixed an issue where Cormorant Reversal projectiles would sometimes cause health bar rubber-banding when striking difficult combatants.
Alethonym
- Fixed a visual issue where Alethonym’s crystal would flicker.
Weapon perks
All-Star
- Fixed an issue where All-Star was having its damage multiplier against combatants overridden by its damage multiplier against Guardians.
- In PvE, All-Star grants a 35% multiplicative bonus to weapon damage. In PvP, All-Star grants a 15% multiplicative damage bonus.
- Fixed an issue where collecting Special ammo was providing more time to enhanced All-Star than intended.
- Collecting a Special brick grants seven seconds of enhanced All-Star.
Adrenaline Junkie
- Fixed an issue where Grapple Melee and Hellion kills were not activating this perk.
Weapon Mods
- Fixed an issue where the Opening Salvo weapon mod would not activate with Swords.
Weapon fixes
- Fixed an issue where the high-heat beeping audio for Heat frame weapons would sometimes not play as expected.
Abilities
General
Prismatic Transcendence
- Fixed an issue where trying to activate Transcendence on controller would sometimes activate Renegade Abilities instead.
Echo of Domineering
- Fixed an issue where the Echo of Domineering was not increasing the Weapons stat on activation.
Grapple Tangles
- Fixed an issue where Grapple Tangles could be used to unintentionally cancel some ability animations.
- Fixed an issue where instantly canceling a free Grapple from a Grapple Tangle could refund non-Grapple grenade energy.
Titan
Ballistic Slam
- Fixed an issue where Ballistic Slam was giving Bolt Charge on activation without hitting enemies.
Hunter
Moebius Quiver
- Moebius Quiver buff is now removed if Super is interrupted.
Combination Blow
- Fixed an issue where Combination Blow was not working correctly in PvP.
Gunpowder Gamble
- Fixed an issue where shooting Gunpowder Gamble’s dynamite to detonate it did not count as Grenade damage and wasn’t scaling with perks and stats.
Warlock
Lightning Surge
- Fixed an issue where Lightning Surge was giving Bolt Charge on activation without hitting enemies.
- Fixed an issue where the aspect description did not mention that it applies Amplified on cast.
Healing Rift/Empowering Rift
- Fixed an issue where the cast animation could be cancelled by swapping weapons/emoting.
Seasonal Artifact
- Fixed an issue where the Kinetic Synthesis artifact perk would not grant ammo to New Land Beyond.
- Fixed an issue where New Gear armor was not providing the correct amount of bonus damage resistance.
Power and Progression
- Gear items earned from playing The Edge of Fate can now drop above 300 Power.
Collections
- Fixed an issue where the Psi Aeterna IV Pulse Rifle was sorted in the wrong category.
Orders
- Fixed an issue where players with Returner’s Gifts could become blocked from claiming additional Order rewards.
Player Identity and Expression
- The Collections entry for the Death’s Majesty Warlock Set will now point to the Warlock items, rather than the Hunter items.
- The icons for Episode: Revenant’s Eververse sets and the Optica Lion helm will again appear in Collections regardless of ownership state.
- Changed the name of the Pied Piper emote released with Edge of Fate to Sweet Serenade to limit confusion with an earlier emote also named Pied Piper.
- The special audio for the Exquisite Weapon helmet will now also be present for all of D.A.R.C.I.’s weapon ornaments.
- Fixed a texture alignment issue with the Malwear Titan ornament set’s helm for Body Type 1.
- Fixed an issue where instances of Exotic Armors predating Armor 2.0 would not properly sort their Exotic Ornaments first in the list of choices.
- Fixed an issue where the Pretender’s Grips unique glow when paired with Wormhusk Crown would not work on body type 2 characters.
General
- The Eververse Recommendations tile will again share recommended items, rather than point to the Seasonal tab.
- Fixed a minor misspelling in the Timeline.
- Fixed an issue where the Timeline’s Expansion ownership nodes would occasionally not update properly.
- Fixed an issue where duplicates of items would not always appear together in the Vault.
Event Updates: Arms Week III
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Arms Week III activated with bow-centric and weapon-only Crucible playlists, including Medieval Hardware and Rumble Hardware.
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New event weapons added:
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King Orfeo – Precision Frame Arc Combat Bow
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The Heron – Aggressive Frame Void Glaive
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Volatile Bow mods enabled during the event:
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Shattershafts – Arrows split mid-flight
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Tungsten Bowstring – Increased damage with higher draw cost
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Jumpshot – Improved performance while airborne
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Weekly Seasonal Refresh
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Trials of Osiris rotation updated to Pacifica with the Cataphract weapon set.
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Heavy-weapon damage and ammo drops boosted in Portal activities for the week.
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Standard weekly rotations applied to activities, vendors, seasonal progress, and bounties.
Ongoing World State
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Ascendant Challenge rotation continued with Forfeit Shrine active until reset.
Previously, Destiny 2 update 7.1 changes for the economy, weapon sandbox, abilities, exotic armor, quality of life, crucible, and enemy elemental shields. Today’s Destiny 2 update 3.87 will fix a few of these issues.
Related: Destiny 2 servers are down for maintenance. Check the Destiny 2 server status here.
Download free Destiny 2 update 9.5.5 on PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
