New PvE Activity: Menagerie & Chalice of Opulence
The Menagerie is a new six-player matchmade activity which will also feature a unique reward system that appears to be an evolution of what was well-received from Black Armory.
Like the raid, we don’t know a ton about the Menagerie other than it will take place on an “unexplored deck” of Calus’ ship, the Leviathan. A new “Imperial Summons” quest will power surge you up to 690 so you can quickly jump into this new PvE content.
Just like how content was teased out during the last two seasons, new bosses will be added through the month of June and by the time July rolls around, the Solstice of Heroes event will take the baton and carry Destiny 2 into whatever Bungie has planned for Year 3.
By playing through Season of Opulence content, such as the Menagerie, you’ll unlock nodes in a new container known as the Chalice of Opulence.
This new inventory item will allow you to choose the type of gear that you earn from these events and fine-tune its perks to your liking.
You earn something called runes, which you’ll get from completing weekly bounties, opening weekly chests on the Nessus Barge, and as a reward from certain consumables. You can then place these on nodes of your choosing (see picture above for an idea).
Once placed, head into the Menagerie and when successful, you’ll be rewarded gear based on the runes you selected.
At first, you don’t have total control. However, as you upgrade your Chalice throughout the season by earning a new currency called Imperials (obtained similarly to the runes), you’ll unlock new ways to further narrow down your rewards right down to details such as the type of gun and masterwork stat that you want.
