Destiny Loot Cave Is No More

Within a week after the launch of the highly acclaimed game Destiny, players found an exploit that enable them to farm for loot known as the “Treasure Cave”. It has become a very popular spot in Destiny.  Located on Earth’s Old Russia, this cave had a very fast monster respawn time, and players would stand close by, shooting into it to farm it for hours hoping for rare or exotic gear to drop.

Today that ends.  Bungie released Hotfix 5 today, September 25, 2014. Removed in this Hotfix Several economy exploits were addressed in this patch.

Activities

Missions

• Reduced drop rate of engrams following a hard wipe [fixed in 1.0.1.4]

Queen’s Wrath Event

• Material rewards for dismantling Queen’s Wrath gear will no longer provide ascendant materials, but missions will continue to drop Legendary items

World

Destinations

• The Hive of the holy “Treasure Cave” have realized the futility of their endless assault on Skywatch and have retired to lick their wounds and plan their next attack
• Respawn timers for monster caves in Skywatch have been normalized to 40 seconds (increased from 6)
• Respawn timers for monster caves in Forgotten Shore have been normalized to 40 seconds (increased from 10)
• Respawn timers for monster caves in Ember Caves have been normalized to 40 seconds (increased from 10)
• Respawn timers for monster caves in the Shattered Coast have been normalized to 40 seconds (increased from 10)
• Respawn timers for monster caves in the Barrens have been normalized to 40 seconds (increased from 20)

Destiny was released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3,  Xbox One, and Xbox 360 video game consoles on September 9, 2014.  Check out Middle of Nowhere Gaming review for it here.

My Opinion:

We knew this wasn’t going to last forever.  It was an exploit and those never last.  I’m shocked it lasted this long to be honest.  I’ll admit, I visited the Treasure Cave a few times but never got anything out of it.  It seemed like a waste of time to me.  Much of the end game focuses on The Crucible anyway,  and you’re not going to get better at PVP by shooting into a cave… The game is super fun; I didn’t think I was going to get into it like I have (spending six hours a night on the damn thing).  I look forward to where Destiny takes us.

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Patrick Garrity is an Associate Writer for Middle of Nowhere Gaming and a Jersey native, who loves video games and enjoys the industry.  He loves rum and wants to be a pirate one day.  Follow him on Twitter.