Destiny Crota’s End raid exploits to be fixed in next week’s patch

A number of Destiny Crota’s End exploits will be fixed in a game update set to release as soon as Tuesday, January 13, Bungie has announced.

The Crota’s End raid was introduced with the paid The Dark Below expansion in December.  The fixes should prevent players from being able to complete the first half of Crota’s End on their own, which made the raid entirely too short.

Crota’s End – Updates

• The existing Pit treasure chest reward moved to killing Ir Yut, the Deathsinger.  She has a chance to drop Exotic weapons and armor, class pieces, and Radiant materials.
• The Pit treasure chest will now contain Radiant Materials.

Pit Encounter

• Removed the physics impulse caused by exploding lanterns.

Bridge Encounter

• Players will now be required to cross the bridge in order to complete the bridge encounter.
• Players will now be required to wait for the bridge to be completed prior to crossing with the sword.

Deathsinger Encounter

• Fixed a rare case where the Shriekers would not spawn, preventing players from reaching the Deathsinger.

Crota Encounter

• Two Swordbearers will no longer spawn at the same time at the outset of the encounter.
• Crota will now recover from his kneeling state after a player quits.
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to remove the “Presence of Crota” using a Radiance Warlock’s Fireborn ability.
• Fixed a bug that made the Oversoul appear destroyed to some players in a Fireteam when it was actually still active.

In addition, Bungie said that Crota’s End hard mode is coming very soon.

“Hard Mode for Crota’s End is going through the final few stages of deployment,” explains Bungie. “It’s almost ready. As soon as we have a concrete date to share, we’ll set it in stone so you can assemble your crew for that first run, or so you can find the time to tune into the streams and vicariously witness the madness and make note of the new and necessary strategy updates.

“We’re not going to spoil any hard mode surprises here. You’ll need to learn a new trick or two, but given your past performances, we’re pretty sure plenty of you will find a way to come out on top and earn some shiny new trophies to take with you on your next adventure.”