Renegades leans hard into the space outlaw fantasy. Drifter's back with shady jobs, the Lawless Frontier activity anchors the new content, and Bungie's Star Wars inspiration is impossible to miss. Beyond the story and new exotics, the expansion drops eleven new armor sets into the loot pool, including seven legendary sets with actual gameplay-changing bonuses.

Destiny 2 Renegades Expansion — Destiny 2 Renegades expansion brings eleven new armor sets to chase

How Set Bonuses Work

Before you start grinding for specific sets, you need to understand the new bonus system.

Equip two pieces from the same legendary set and you'll activate a smaller buff. Stack four pieces and you keep that first bonus while unlocking a stronger second effect. This tiered approach means partial sets still have value, but full commitment pays off.

Pro Tip

The system also plays nice with build diversity. You can still wear one Exotic armor piece while running a four-piece legendary set since Guardians have five armor slots total. You can also run two different two-piece bonuses at once if you'd rather mix effects than commit to one set.

All Eleven Armor Sets

Renegades brings seven legendary sets with bonuses and four additional themed sets. Here's the full list:

Set Type	Armor Sets	Source
Legendary (with Bonuses)	Swordmasters, Sage Protector, Thriving Survivor, Ferropotent, Shrewd Survivor, Wild Anthem, New Demotic	Lawless Frontier, Playlists, Endgame PvP
Additional Sets	Dawning 2025, Mandalorian Armor, New Eververse Armor, Cabal Armor	Seasonal Events, Eververse

Sword and Melee Sets

Two sets cater specifically to players who want to get up close with Swords and Glaives. Both work particularly well with the new Praxic Blade exotic, which brings Lightsaber-style blocking and deflection to Destiny.

Destiny 2 Renegades Armor — Renegades armor sets feature unique designs inspired by the outlaw fantasy

Swordmasters

This set rewards aggressive melee play while keeping you alive when you block.

Swordmasters Set Bonuses

Two-Piece: Balestra

Hitting a target with a Sword, Glaive, or any melee attack exhausts them. Exhausted enemies deal less damage to you.

Four-Piece: Stresso Tempo

Blocking attacks with a Sword or Glaive gives you damage resistance when you drop your guard.

Every melee hit you land weakens that enemy's offense. You're not just dealing damage; you're also making close-range fights more survivable by debuffing everything you touch.

The four-piece bonus complements the Praxic Blade's block-heavy playstyle perfectly. Block incoming fire, then drop your guard to swing with protection covering you during the transition. The set turns defensive play into offensive opportunities.

Sage Protector

Sage Protector focuses on ability regeneration and ramping Sword damage. It takes more active management than Swordmasters but offers bigger offensive payoffs.

Sage Protector Set Bonuses

Two-Piece: Combat Meditation

Sword hits give you grenade and class ability energy. You get bonus energy if Blade Focus is active.

Four-Piece: Blade Focus

Briefly guard with a Sword to ready Blade Focus. While active, hitting targets increases your Sword damage and lunge distance.

This creates a skill-based damage loop. You guard briefly to activate Blade Focus, then land hits to ramp up damage and lunge range. The extended lunge helps you stay on targets and chain attacks. Since your two-piece bonus grants extra ability energy during Blade Focus, the whole kit feeds into itself.

Heat Weapon Sets

Renegades introduces Heat weapons as a new weapon subfamily with their own heat and cooling mechanics. Two sets are built around these new guns, one for PvE and one for PvP.

Destiny 2 Heat Weapons — Heat weapons feature unique mechanics with dedicated armor set synergies

Thriving Survivor (PvE)

This set connects grenade kills to weapon performance and creates snowball potential against groups of enemies.

Thriving Survivor Set Bonuses

Two-Piece: Opening Act

Grenade kills give Heat weapons bonus stability and faster vent speed. Primary weapons get stability and reload speed instead.

Four-Piece: Room Clearing

Getting multiple kills with Heat weapons or Primaries boosts your weapon stats, grenade stats, and ammo generation.

Throwing a grenade and scoring kills sets up your weapons for the follow-up. Heat weapons cool down faster, and Primaries reload quicker. In high-density PvE content where you're chaining kills constantly, this set keeps ramping your effectiveness.

Shrewd Survivor (PvP)

Shrewd Survivor rewards aggressive weapon swapping and quick kills with Heat weapons, SMGs, and Hand Cannons.

Shrewd Survivor Set Bonuses

Two-Piece: Reflex Action

Swapping to a Heat weapon, SMG, or Hand Cannon gives you increased handling and accuracy. Dealing damage extends the buff.

Four-Piece: Hotshot

Getting kills while Reflex Action is up grants bonus weapon stats plus increased stability, reload, and aim assist.

In PvP, quick weapon swaps are standard practice. This bonus makes your guns snap to target faster and shoot more accurately after every swap. Landing hits keeps the buff rolling. Kill someone while buffed and you get an even stronger buff. The aim assist increase matters most in PvP since it makes follow-up shots easier against your next opponent.

Survivability and Utility Sets

These two sets provide defensive benefits and quality-of-life improvements that work across activities.

Ferropotent

Ferropotent helps you survive close calls and keeps ammo flowing when reserves run low.

Ferropotent Set Bonuses

Two-Piece: Rapid Repair

When your shields start regenerating, you gain flinch resistance and damage resistance for a short time.

Four-Piece: Built From Scratch

When ammo reserves are low, weapon kills give progress toward other ammo types. Primary kills help generate Special, Special kills help generate Heavy.

The moment you disengage and start recovering, you become harder to kill and harder to knock off target. This helps you survive trades and recover from situations that would otherwise finish you off. The four-piece bonus is a safety net for ammo economy during longer encounters.

Wild Anthem

Wild Anthem focuses on reload speed and has special synergy with SUROS weapons.

Wild Anthem Set Bonuses

Two-Piece: Fanfare

You get increased reload speed when you're in the bottom half of your magazine.

Four-Piece: Suros Harmony

Reloading gives your weapon bonus handling and reduces incoming flinch. SUROS weapons with the SUROS Synergy Origin Trait get increased range instead.

Note

When your mag runs low, your next reload happens faster. Every reload triggers immediate combat benefits. Most weapons get handling and flinch resistance. SUROS weapons specifically get a range boost, which can meaningfully extend their effective kill distance.

Destiny 2 Guardian Combat — Set bonuses significantly impact your combat effectiveness across all activities

PvP Primary Weapon Set

New Demotic

New Demotic supports Primary weapon users in PvP with mobility bonuses and team-play triggers.

New Demotic Set Bonuses

Two-Piece: Paroli

Primary weapons gain flinch resistance after you slide.

Four-Piece: Martingale

Your weapons gain handling and ADS speed when an ally gets killed or when you revive an ally.

Sliding into engagements is standard PvP movement. This bonus stabilizes your Primary after a slide, helping you win gunfights even while taking return fire. In team modes, losing a teammate triggers faster weapon handling so you can either avenge them or clutch the round. In Trials and similar modes, reviving allies also activates the bonus. The set rewards reactive, team-aware play.

Additional Armor Sets

Four more sets arrive with Renegades outside the standard bonus system.

Armor Set	Description	Acquisition
Dawning 2025 Armor	Festive winter aesthetics tied to the annual holiday event	Dawning Event
Mandalorian Armor	Star Wars crossover theming that fits the expansion's outlaw narrative	TBD
New Eververse Armor	Additional cosmetic options through the in-game store	Eververse
Cabal Armor	Enemy faction aesthetics for Guardians	TBD

Specific acquisition methods and any potential bonuses for these four sets haven't been confirmed yet.

Destiny 2 Mandalorian Armor — The Mandalorian armor set brings Star Wars crossover aesthetics to Destiny 2

New Exotic Armor

Each class gets a new exotic armor piece in Renegades:

Fortune's Favor for Hunters
Praxic Vestment for Titans
Deimosuffusion for Warlocks

You can wear any of these alongside a four-piece legendary set since exotics only occupy one armor slot.

Eververse Ornaments

The Renegades update adds several exotic ornaments to Eververse.

Ornament List

Armor ornaments: Hypergolic Ribcage, Grit Blasted, and Triplicate Nornwear.

Weapon ornaments: Electro-Brass, Auspicious Prickle, Dragon's Might, Royal Guard Hilt, Kingsblade, Golden Age Hilt, Absinthium, Executive Aide, Nerium Oleander, Hawkesbury Devil, Collapse Dynamic, and Anointed.

Picking the Right Set

Your playstyle should dictate which set you farm first.

Playstyle	Recommended Set	Best For
Sword/Lightsaber (Defensive)	Swordmasters	Survival-focused melee builds
Sword/Lightsaber (Offensive)	Sage Protector	Ability cycling and damage ramping
Heat Weapons (PvE)	Thriving Survivor	Grenade synergies and add clear
Heat Weapons (PvP)	Shrewd Survivor	Weapon swap advantages
General Survivability	Ferropotent	Shield recovery and ammo economy
SUROS Weapons	Wild Anthem	Reload synergies and range bonuses
PvP Primary Focus	New Demotic	Slide bonuses and team-reactive stats

Build Flexibility

Remember that you can combine a four-piece set with one Exotic, or split your armor between two different two-piece bonuses. Test different combinations to find what clicks with your playstyle.

Where to Farm

The seven legendary sets drop from activities connected to the Lawless Frontier, refreshed playlists, and endgame PvP. Target the activities associated with your preferred set to build out your collection.

Lawless Frontier Activities

Primary source for all seven legendary armor sets with set bonuses. Focus here for targeted farming.

Refreshed Playlists

Strikes, Crucible, and Gambit drop Renegades armor. Good for passive collection while completing other objectives.

Endgame PvP

Trials and competitive modes offer armor drops. Best for PvP-focused sets like New Demotic and Shrewd Survivor.

Seasonal Events & Eververse

Dawning 2025 armor from the holiday event. Mandalorian, Eververse, and Cabal sets through their respective sources.

This guide will be updated as Bungie reveals more details about specific drop sources.