If you’ve been trying to play Destiny 2‘s latest The Final Shape DLC while the hype is still fresh, then you’ve undoubtedly come across a bevy of errors along the way. Cacao and Currant have been particularly common as of late, but Destiny 2‘s Cat error is no pushover, either.
Notably, Destiny 2 error code Cat is a very specific kind of error that’s only ever going to pop up when your version of the game is out-of-date with the current server version. Or, at least, that’s how it should work, though it’s entirely possible that you may have come across Cat even when your game was fully up-to-date already! Here’s everything we know about this particular error code, from Bungie’s own sources.
Destiny 2 error code Cat explained
As per the official Bungie error explainer, error code Cat signifies a version mismatch between your build of the game and the latest version present on the live server. Usually, when Cat pops up, you’ll also see the following message: “A new update to Destiny is available. If you are seeing this error the first time you launch Destiny, please exit the game and apply the update before relaunching.”
Error code Cat is therefore far more straightforward and less frustrating than some of the more common examples, such as the two mentioned above or the infamous Weasel. Fixing it should, generally speaking, be as simple as turning the game off, confirming that there is an update you haven’t installed yet, downloading and installing the package, and then booting Destiny 2 back up again.
One potential issue you may come across, of course, is that your game management solution (i.e. Steam or the Epic Games Store on PC) might not detect the incoming update in time, thus allowing you to run the game’s out-of-date client. Restarting the service in question should, however, help resolve the problem with minimum fuss, so error code Cat is once again proving to be far kinder on the end user than, say, Weasel.
