Other big additions include eight new artefacts based around the eight Iron Lords. Rise of Iron's raid, Wrath of the Machine, launches a few days after the expansion on 23rd September. Thorn was only available in Year One via a tough in-game quest, and it sounds like this will again be the case for Year Three, Game Informer has reported.Ī blow-out of information on Rise of Iron has also revealed a new max Light level cap of 385 (rising to 400 once the raid's hard mode is released). Thorn was so popular, and so prevalent, that its stats were nerfed and the gun was left out of Destiny's Year Two. The hand cannon was the only gun in the game with a Damage Over Time (DOT) mechanic - due to the lethal combination of being able to sap away the last sliver of an enemy's health while also seeing their position from the resulting damage numbers that would pop up on screen. Thorn, one of Destiny's best-known guns and arguably its most divisive, returns in this September's Rise of Iron expansion.īack in Year One, Thorn was among the strongest weapons in the game, especially in Destiny's competitive modes.
