Destiny Rising Weekly Patch Adds Two New Characters: Estela and Umeko

Destiny Rising weekly patch update on Sept. 11, 2025, added two new characters, Estela, Ahamkara Bane, who debuted as a mythic, while Umeko, The Kunoichi is a Legendary character. The Destiny Rising patch update also marks the beginning of The Sun’s Shadows limited-time draw event, lasting for 28 days after its release. The Mythic character draw is guaranteed to be Estela, while the legendary characters available are Kabr, Kora, and Umeko. 

Here are the character attributes for the new releases: 

I. New Characters

1. Mythic Character: Estela, Ahamkara Bane

• Element: Solar
• Role: Offense
• Weapons: Pulse Rifle, Machine Gun
• An eternally itinerant Lightbearer, Estela was revived carrying an Ahamkara bone, and part of the wish dragon’s consciousness, still clinging to the remains, connected with her when she was resurrected. This gives her strange supernatural powers, but also causes her many auditory and visual hallucinations.

2. Legendary Character: Umeko, The Kunoichi

• Element: Void
• Role: Support
• Weapons: Scout Rifle, Sniper Rifle
• In her past life, Umeko was an Awoken who left the Reef for Earth. She died when her ship was attacked entering Earth’s orbit and crashed into the sea off the coast of East Asia. Her Ghost, Kara, revived her on the Japanese island of Shikoku.

Destiny Rising Benediction Day begins the day of the patch, so the day of writing: Sept. 11. It lasts until Oct. 4, and celebrates the most important holiday of the year in Estela’s hometown, according to the official patch notes.

During the event, players can collect Crystalline Sprouts to receive blessings and thereby acquire a random discount on Estela’s “Daught of Spirng” ornament. An exclusive The Benediction Day Shop will debut during the span of the event, requiring Crystalline Blossoms as a currency to trade for “Daughter of Spring” and other effects, emotes, and emojis. 

Here are the rest of the patch notes, according to NetEase’s official update blog: 

Season 1, Season of Daybreak Starts

• Season Duration: After the maintenance on 9/11 – 11/6 at 04:00:00 (UTC-7)
• Seasonal Modifier: Once the season starts, the seasonal modifier will be changed to Void and Solar. Combatants in The Expanse, Calamity Ops, and Challenge difficulty activities will have Void and Solar shields. Void and Solar characters and weapons are recommended.
• Seasonal Pact Available: The S1 Pact, Haven Crest, grants Lightbearers powerful enhancements. Once the season starts, every 20,000 Team XP gained grants 1 Pact Point, which can be used to upgrade the enhancement.
• Season Engrams Available: S1 Season of Daybreak Engrams will now be available for Lightbearers to acquire and decrypt. Season of Daybreak Engrams contain multiple season-exclusive cosmetics, including “Crystalline Mystery,” the Furies III seasonal ornament, Daybreak Decals, and more.
• Seasonal Collection: Acquire all collectibles available during Season of Daybreak to receive the season-exclusive “Daybreak” emblem and unlock the Season Sigil for your Homepage.

Optimizations & Adjustments

1. UI & Interaction Optimizations

• [Login Screen] Improved the dynamic prompt for logging in.
• [Controller] Improved operation prompts and guidance.
• [Ghost Menu] Improved the UI prompts for unlocking Acclaim bonuses.
• [Weapons] Improved guidance for the weapon comparison feature.
• [Weapons] Improved the system’s overall visuals.
• [Black Market] Improved the process for selling Exotic Infusion Cores and added a confirmation pop-up to help prevent mistakes.
• [Settings] Improved controllability of the “Shoot to Pick Up” feature, making it a toggleable option.

2. Character & Weapon Adjustments

• [Estela] Fixed a display issue with Estela’s face model.
• [Gwynn] Improved Signature Ability: Soul Assault’s adsorption distance versus combatants.
• [Gwynn] Fixed the actual effective range of Signature Ability: Void Dance to match that of the ability description.
• [Gwynn] Increased the max number of Void Spirits that can be on the ground to 8 (making it more compatible with Exotic weapon: Octant Riot Disperser’s max charged shot).
• [Ning Fei] Improved the visuals of Ning Fei’s movements while he’s in his Super.

3. System & Activity Optimizations

• [Bounties] Improved the Common Bounties experience, allowing for 1 refresh.
• [Wolf Pack] Improved Pack recommendation logic.
• [Relic Abilities] Improved the unlock requirements for Relic Trait 3, changing it from Acclaim Lv.2 to Team Lv.71.
• [Activities] Improved the reward pool for Singularity: Chaos.
• [Activities] Improved the wish selection experience for Morgran’s Prey, removing overly difficult wishes such as Vital Resonance.
• [Pick-Up] Improved the logic and display for picking objects up.

4. Animation, Audio, & Visual Optimizations

• [Audio] Improved the sound effects for wishes in Morgran’s Prey.
• Improved the sound effect’s for Wolf’s Signature Ability: Wolf’s Strike.
• [Animation] Improved the third-person animations for dual Sidearms.
• [Animation] Improved animations for Exotic weapon: Sweet Business.
• [Visual Performance] Improved the display of Decals on playable characters during dialogue.
• [Controls] Improved slide controls.

5. Localization Improvements

• [English] Fixed objective descriptions in Attal’s character quest.
• [English] Fixed the descriptions of some weapon perks.
• [English] Simplified and improved clarity of weapon perk descriptions.
• [Japanese] Improved term consistency, and fixed some issues with honorifics and character speech patterns.
• [Latin American Spanish] Improved term consistency, and fixed some grammatical errors.

Fixed Issues

1. Activity Issues

• [Morgran’s Prey] Fixed an issue in which Void Vortexes would not spawn.
• [Singularity] Fixed an issue in which Lightbearers could be stuck on a stage if a device knocked them under ground.
• [Singularity] Fixed an issue in which Lightbearers could attack bosses at the entrance.
• [Singularity] Fixed an issue with the reward status display.
• [The Expanse] Fixed an issue with treasure chest visibility.
• [Iron Bar] Fixed an issue in which entering the Iron Bar from the Practice Range would result in abnormal weapon damage.
• [Fishing] Fixed an issue in which fishing special effects would clip through models.
• [Campaign] Fixed an issue in which the camera would behave abnormally during campaign dialogue.
• [Campaign] Fixed an issue in which Lightbearers wouldn’t be switched back to their original character after leaving Story Mode for some quests.
• [Ball Kick] Fixed an issue in which some Lightbearers couldn’t kick the ball.
• [Combatant Damage] Fixed an issue in which Vex self-destruction could insta-kill Lightbearers.

2. Character & Weapon Issues

• [Character Abilities] Fixed an issue in which the damage resistance buff from Ning Fei’s Signature Ability: Sidetrick wouldn’t take effect as expected.
• [Character Quests] Fixed an issue with vanishing NPCs in Ning Fei’s quest.
• [Bonfire] Fixed an issue with Bonfire dialogue resources.
• [Weapons] Fixed an issue in which the front lens wouldn’t be hidden when aiming down sights with Type 7 “Moonshot” EMR-M.
• [Weapons] Fixed an issue in which switching Exotic Grenade Launcher: Satiyaaliksni Smart Bomb’s ornament would result in its mode-switching sound effect not playing.
• [Weapons] Fixed an issue in which switching weapons while sprinting would cause characters to stop.
• [Weapons] Fixed an issue with Sidearms’ performance while jumping.
• [Weapons] Fixed a balancing issue with Exotic Auto-Crossbow: Mahamayuri that resulted in its power being too high in Iron Bar and Shifting Gates, bringing its TTK to a more reasonable level.
• [Weapons] Fixed an issue in which Exotic Sniper Rifle: Izanagi’s Burden’s damage would be abnormal in auto-fire mode.

3. System & Feature Issues

• [Artifacts] Fixed an issue in which Ring of Conversion’s effect could be triggered by some non-ability sources of healing.
• [Activity Interface] Fixed an issue in which the Reward Retrieval button wouldn’t display in the top bar.
• [Activity Interface] Fixed an issue with the Fair Play icon.
• [Acclaim System] Fixed an issue in which rewards couldn’t be claimed in real time.
• [Shop] Fixed an issue in which some character ornaments’ exclusive animations wouldn’t play.
• [Events] Fixed an issue in which the Spreading Light event’s challenges could be completed repeatedly.

The Destiny Rising Gauntlet Onslaught begins on Sept. 19 at 9 am PDT. For Week one of the event, pay-to-win advantages are disabled to ensure fair play; the mode is a competition pitting teams of six against one another to compete for the fastest clear time.

The previous patch update added character ability adjustments for Xuan Wei and Tan-2. During early September, Destiny: Rising reportedly rose to the top of both the iOS App Store and Google Play Store, according to the official social media account for the mobile game.