Bungie launches 13-minute Destiny 2: The Witch Queen preview video

The Witch QueenIt is looking up Destiny 2’s biggest expansion in years, and Bungie just debuted a major video showing off its features.

The latest Destiny ViDoc — Bungie’s long-time name for its expansion-based documentaries — is a little over 13 minutes long and details The Witch Queen expansion’s campaign, weapon crafting, Void 3.0 (as well as teasers for Solar and Arc 3.0), the upcoming Season of the Risen, new Exotics, and more.

Star of The Night The Witch Queen is Bungie’s new campaign, which it’s calling the “definitive Destiny campaign.” Players will battle through Savathun’s Throneworld after following her to Mars. A new Legendary mode will be featured in this campaign for the first-ever time. It is much more challenging and has scales that are dependent on how many people are playing.

Its new weapon crafting system is what makes the expansion stand out. It is shown by the ViDoc for the first-ever time on video. Players can see how to customize their toys and increase their level.

ViDoc revealed also the name The Witch Queen’s companion season: Season of the Risen. This new season looks to offer Cabal-themed armor — based off of Caiatl’s horde — and a new Colossus-themed Exotic.

In total, The Witch Queen and Season of the Risen will offer eight new Exotic weapons and six pieces of Exotic armor — two per class. Bungie has already shown three pieces of armor and six Exotic weapons, as well as trailers for the rest of them. ViDoc showcases new Warlock Exotic Boots that provide healing for the Empowered Rift. The launch of the other class Exotics and weapon Exotics is still a surprise.

Bungie provided some context about Solar and Arc 3.0. The Witch Queen. Solar’s primary focus will be on healing and burning enemies. Arc on the other side is about causing chaining damage to multiple enemies and thereby reducing their chances of being destroyed.

This ViDoc will be the last major look at. Destiny 2Bungie did not launch the expansion until February 22, 2012.