History of Collective Action

Collective Action is a Weapon Perk that grants a stacking damage-buff duration after collecting an elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle. Bungie's June 2026 update standardized Tangle activation and the qualifying artifact elemental orbs. The active duration gained varies by pickup: Firesprites and Void Breaches grant eight seconds; Ionic Traces, Stasis Shards, Tangle detonations, and Tangle throws grant four seconds. The perk's maximum duration is 16 seconds; its damage bonus is 30% against PvE combatants and 10% against players (enhanced values are 33% and 11%).

Sources

• Collective Action — Destiny 2 Wiki — basic trait description and elemental-pickup examples.
• Dev Insights - Weapons, Artifacts, & Focusing Preview — Bungie's June 2026 perk-activation and duration tuning preview.
• Destiny 2 Update 9.7.0 — June 9, 2026 release notes for the shipped duration and damage values.
• Collective Action — light.gg — current perk description and database details.