Destiny: The Taken King’s big April Update is right around the corner, and that means new things to do, new gear to earn, and a new, higher Light Level to aspire to. As PlayStation.Blog’s resident Destiny aficionado, I reached out to our pals at Bungie to find out what kinds of goodies Guardians playing on PS4 or PS3 can expect come Tuesday.

Let’s kick things off with a note from everybody’s favorite Bungie Community Manager, DeeJ:

Hey, PlayStation Nation! We’re really excited to provide you with new things to do and new things to earn in the April Update. The Reef is about to become the center of action in the game again, and the party wouldn’t be the same without you. Our friends at PlayStation.Blog have a lot of details to share about the exclusive content coming to Destiny, just for Guardians like you. For more details on the suite of updates coming to Destiny on April 12th, keep those sights trained on Bungie.net. I hope we’ll see you in the Reef in April!

Exotic Sniper Rifle: Zen Meteor

“Complete awareness, complete focus. A mind sharpened by diligence to a single deadly point.”

Zen Meteor Perks

Dynamite CQB Ballistics Underdog Fitted Stock With a Laser Beam Infuse Soft Ballistics — Field Scout — — Smart Drift Control — Injection Mold —

Dynamite: Grants explosive rounds. Rapid kills with every round in the clip load an extra, higher-damage round for 5 seconds.

With a Laser Beam: The extra round from Dynamite causes a massive explosion.

How to Obtain: Decrypt Exotic Engrams or Legendary Engrams, or via other sources of Year-Two Exotics

Sparrow: Velumbra

“I face the challenges to come with dry eyes. There will be a time to mourn, but not until we have our vengeance.” —Petra Venj

How to Obtain: Complete mission “Fight Fire with Fire”

Quest: Essence of Darkness

See more screenshots here

“New activity at the Court does not bode well for the Reef. Show them the true force of a Guardian.” –Petra Venj

Reward for completing quest: Velumbra Sparrow

Warlock Armor: Barkhan Dune I

How to Obtain: Decrypt Sublime Engrams

Hunter Armor: Long Tomorrow 9G

How to Obtain: Decrypt Sublime Engrams

Titan Armor: Jovian Guard

How to Obtain: Decrypt Sublime Engrams

Destiny’s April Update launches this coming Tuesday, April 12th, and I can’t wait to dive back in to try and snag that sweet Zen Meteor! Of course, there’s a ton of other content coming to Destiny on Tuesday outside of the content listed here — for full details on the update, head over to Bungie.net.

See you in the Reef.

Dismantle mines, yesssss?