Bungie is letting Destiny 2's near-infinite damage bug run for a week: 'Do your thing'

Bungie is deliberately sitting on a fix for a near-infinite damage bug introduced by Destiny 2's Monument of Triumph update, giving players a week to run wild with it before the studio patches things up.

The bug lets players stack multiples of the same Seasonal Artifact perks, producing damage numbers that have no business existing in a live game. One clip making the rounds shows the difference between a normal Chaos Reach and one boosted by seven stacked Thunderous Retort mods — it's not subtle. Pack Tactics stacking is equally broken. Bungie has disabled Artifacts in PvP for now to prevent what the team is calling "The Artifactening," but PvE bosses are fair game. "While we're planning a fix (next week likely), we think this is a bit fun," the Destiny 2 team posted on X. "Go ahead. Get out there, beat up on Atheon. Destroy some bosses. Do your thing."

Monument of Triumph also revived another classic Destiny pastime: punting bosses off ledges. Player Esoterickk showed off how to send The Pantheon's version of Morgeth sailing clean off the arena edge for a free kill. Bungie comms manager dmg04 responded on X with the only appropriate take: "It wouldn't be a Destiny release if you couldn't bump a boss off a ledge."

Bungie is actively asking players to send in videos and lean into the chaos before the fix lands. For a game wrapping up its active development era, it's a fittingly unhinged send-off.