Published on: Dec 3, 2014 @ 11:36 The Dark Below is the upcoming Destiny expansion, which drops on December 9th. GameInformer was given access to it early, and has a lot of cool information to share, including the new pre-expansion Exotic upgrade process! [divider] Upgrading Exotics Pre-expansion Exotic items will become available for an upgrade to keep them in line with the new Exotic gear! Upgradeable Exotics are available to everyone, however, only owners of The Dark Below can use the new Exotics that launch with the DLC. Keep in mind that besides the final node, only Planetary materials (now purchasable) and Glimmer