Destiny went offline earlier today while developer Bungie released an update to the game. The servers are now back online, and the patch notes have been posted to tell us what is new to the online shooter.

Destiny is now updated to version 1.2.0.2, which addresses some issues with the new expansion, House of Wolves. The expansion has been generally well-received, but there's always something that can be adjusted in the ever-changing game. 

The most exciting improvement is an increase in the drop rate for Treasure Keys, used to open the big chest at the end of the Prison of Elders game mode. These were very rare in the initial House of Wolves release, and should drop more frequently now. Completing the first Wanted Fallen Bounty each week will also guarantee a Treasure Key now. These big chests are guaranteed to contain some of the game's best weapons and armor, so making them more accessible to players is a plus.

Here are the full patch notes:

Key Highlights

- The first Wanted Fallen Bounty completed each week is now guaranteed to drop a Treasure Key

- Greatly increased the drop rate of Treasure Keys from the small chests at the end of the Prison of Elders

- Increased the drop rate of Treasure Keys from Ether Chests

Prison of Elders

- Greatly increased the drop rate of Treasure Keys from the small chests

- Class Items will now drop from Level 32, Level 34, and Level 35

- Fixed a bug in which the Ship (Hildian Seeker) did not drop under certain circumstances

- Fixed a bug in which the 'Elder Cipher' Bounty could not be acquired if your Bounty inventory was full

- You will need to defeat Skolas again to receive the 'Elder Cipher' Bounty

- Damage caused by Qodron's Gaze is reduced by 25%

- Damage multiplier for the Jailbreaker buff increased by 100%

Trials of Osiris

- Fixed an issue in which Trials of Osiris emblems were not sent to the Postmaster if your Emblem inventory was full

- Passage Coins can now be dismantled

Weekly Heroics

- Fixed an issue where the Weekly Heroic strikes did not award engrams (Note: Tooltip will not display them as rewards)

World

- Increased the drop rate of Treasure Keys from Ether Chests

- Ether Chests may only be looted once per spawn

- Ether Chests will no longer grant ammo consumables when opened

- Ether Chests will now grant a small amount of Queen's Wrath reputation when opened

- Ether Chests now have a chance to drop Tokens of Flight, Identity, and Judgment

Quests

- Petra will no longer display a quest waypoint for players who have not purchased House of Wolves

- Fixed a bug in which players abandoning the 'Gone to Ground' quest were still being directed to the Venus Patrol

Bounties

- The first Wanted Fallen Bounty completed each week is now guaranteed to drop a Treasure Key

Weapons

- Fixed a bug in which the 1.2.0.1 hotfix mistakenly did not contain the 1.1.1 Fusion Rifle balance changes. As a result, players were playing with its pre-1.1.1 weapon balance state. The original fix has been re-applied.

Items

- Tokens of Flight, Identity, and Judgment can now be dismantled to gain +10 House of Judgement reputation each

- Ammo consumables can now stack to 100

Tags: Destiny Bungie ps4 PS3 XBox One xbox 360