This Week in Destiny – 10/24/2024

This Week in Destiny, we’re getting spooky! While we’re already in the midst of spooky season, we’ve got Festival of the Lost just around the corner to kick it up a notch. Friday will also be our first Class-Based Trials weekend which can help tide you over until our spooky seasonal event launches. Let’s get into it.

Topics for the week

• Festival of the Lost preview
• Bungie Foundation Hurricane Relief update
• Grandmaster Nightfalls next week
• Ubisoft partnership

Festival of the Lost Is Nearly Here!

Festival of the Lost returns next week, with more Headless Ones to slay and sweet treats to earn. The abuelita Eva Levante will be back in the Tower, ready to hand out candy and offer some new and updated rewards for good little Guardians. Let’s check out everything there is on offer this year.

To kick things off, make sure to pay Eva a visit in the Tower. She’s got your Masqueraders Hood waiting, and a quest to get you started with the festivities. Completing the quest will grant you access to the Haunted Sectors playlist and Festival of the Lost rewards.

Complete Haunted Sectors and earn Eerie Engrams

Like previous years, Haunted Sectors are going to be one of your best ways to earn rewards. Fight your way through Haunted Sectors and hordes of Headless Ones to earn candy, weapons, Eerie Engrams, and Manifested Pages. This year you’ll have an opportunity to grab more Eerie Engrams in Expert Haunted Sectors as they’ll now have a chance to also drop an additional Eerie Engram.

The Eerie Engrams you earn can be opened for a variety of rewards or can be focused into Exotic armor and specific Festival weapons. We’ve got a new weapon available this year along with some additional Exotic armor options to focus.

Restore the Book of the Forgotten

With Manifested Pages in hand, you can complete chapters to unlock lore and rewards at the Book of the Forgotten, located next to Eva. This year we’ve simplified the process a bit, as you no longer need to collect Spectral Pages; just the Manifested Pages. In addition to dropping from chests in Haunted Sectors, Manifested pages will now also drop from many different sources while you’re wearing a mask.

Sweet Rewards

We've got some great goodies you’ll want to stuff in your treat bag this year, including some new items from Eva. Making purchases and focusing armor and weapons will cost candy, which can be earned by defeating enemies and completing activities during Festival of the Lost while wearing a mask. You can also earn a nice helping of candy and XP by completing bounties offered by Eva. Whichever way you choose to earn it, candy will help you continue to rake in the rewards during Festival of the Lost, so get all you can!

Now that you’ve got the quick rundown, let’s check out some of the goodies for this year.

Wizard Armor Ornaments

Good or Evil? That’s the question we posed when asking you to vote for your favorite wizard-themed armor set. Since it isn't quite the season to tally up who’s been naughty and nice, we won’t judge you for your choices. Evil wizards prevailed for Hunters and Warlocks, while the kind-hearted Titans chose good wizard. When Festival of the Lost begins you can head over to the Eververse Store to grab your set and dress the part!

New Weapon: Arcane Embrace

What do we have here? A new Shotgun? It says here it's called Arcane Embrace and its element is Arc. Is it also a new subtype?

• Heavy Burst: Fires a hard-hitting, two-round burst. Slightly reduces flinching from incoming fire while aiming.

Oh my, that sounds strong for a Shotgun, we can already see the Barrier Champions shake in fear. And what perks does this beauty have? Well, we don’t want to spoil everything, but here is a peak at one potent combo.

• Column 3: Fourth Times the Charm
• Column 4: Precision Instrument
• Origin Trait: Search Party

There are plenty of crazy combos to discover on this one, especially given it's the first ever of its kind and its functionality might allow for some crazy possibilities. Let us know your favorites once you jump in and get your hands on it. We hope you are ready to fight plenty of Headless Ones to earn it.

Refreshed Weapon Perks

We’ve also got the familiar lineup of Festival of the Lost weapons, with updated perk pools for the event. As we mentioned, we don’t want to give away too many details, so we thought we’d share a fun perk combo you can find for each weapon.

Mechabre - Aggressive Arc Sniper Rifle

• Column 3: Lone Wolf
• Column 4: Closing Time
• Origin Trait: Search Party

Jurassic Green - Rapid-Fire Solar Pulse

• Column 3: Loose Change
• Column 4: Incandescent
• Origin Trait: Search Party, Field Tested

Braytech Werewolf - Precision Kinetic Auto Rifle

• Column 3: Rewind Rounds
• Column 4: Onslaught
• Origin Trait: Search Party

Acosmic - Rapid-Fire Void Grenade Launcher

• Column 3: Withering Gaze
• Column 4: Bait and Switch
• Origin Trait: Search Party, Nadir

New Masks

Not only do we have some cool new masks to collect, but this year the masks you find from Haunted Sectors will roll with higher stats. For those who like a scary challenge, the Expert Haunted Sector masks drop with high stats and spikey rolls. Stylish and spikey, just how we like them! Which mask is your favorite?

Exotic Class Items

Eva will also have another special treat to share. This year, Exotic Class items will be available to purchase directly from Eva for one Eerie Engram and 2500 candy. You can purchase as many as you like and, if you have attunement unlocked, these items are extra sweet as you’re guaranteed to get your selected Exotic Class Item Attunement perk.

We’ve also got a treat for those looking to get their hands on their very first Exotic Class item. While players must own The Final Shape expansion to have access to Exotic Class items, you do not have to have completed Dual Destiny to purchase the Festival of the Lost Exotic Class item rewards. Unlocking the Exotic Class item via Festival of the Lost will also provide access to purchasing Exotic Class items at Xûr and rewards from Overthrow chests in The Pale Heart, though Dual Destiny will need to be completed before unlocking attunement.

Superblack Shader

We said it would be back, and the Superblack shader has returned. What better time to re-introduce it than during spooky season? Just in time to help with all your seasonal fashion needs. The Superblack shader will be available as a reward for the Ghost Writer Event Challenge which requires you to complete 15 Event Challenges.

More Goodies

If that wasn’t enough, we have the Lost Memento returning as a reward. As with other Mementos since The Final Shape launch, you’ll now be able to hold up to three at a time. You can earn it as a random drop from focusing any items or from completing the Twilight Triumph.

Speaking of Twilight Triumph, in addition to the Lost Memento you can also earn the new Spectral Carapace emblem as a reward.

Spectral Carapace Emblem

Show Your Spooky Spirit

To help further get into the mood, how about we celebrate with two staples of the season: pumpkins and costumes!

Pumpkin Carvings

To start, we want to see your best Destiny-themed pumpkin carvings. Got a Ghost carving, a Shaxx-o-lantern, or maybe a witchy Witness pumpkin? We want to see it! Send us your best designs using the hashtag #FOTL2024. You’ll have one week to carve up your most ghoulish creation. We’ll pick our favorites and feature them in next week's TWID. While we can’t give out candy like Eva, how about an emblem instead? For our favorite pumpkin carving entries, you’ll earn the Art of the Week emblem.

Festival of the Lost Fashion

This season also wouldn’t be what it is without some wicked costumes. Masks are nice, but we’re looking for a full ensemble. Show us your Guardian decked out in their best spooky season attire by using the hashtag #FOTLFashion2024. We’ll share our favorite submissions each week during Festival of the Lost, so you have three weeks to make a spine-chilling statement.  For our favorite fashion entries, you’ll earn the Fashion emblem.

Hurricane Relief Update

Thanks to your amazing generosity, the Bungie Foundation’s Hurricane Relief campaign is going strong, with more than $300K already raised to support our incredible humanitarian partners, Team Rubicon and Direct Relief. They remain on the ground, working tirelessly to assist communities devastated by Hurricanes Helene and Milton and your donations make more of that vital recovery work possible. The Through the Storm emblem will be available through 10/31/2024; donate $25 today and help support our neighbors in the Southeast U.S.

Through The Storm Emblem

In addition to the Through The Storm emblem, this week, we added a t-shirt to our Hurricane relief campaign, with all profits directly supporting the relief efforts of our partners at Team Rubicon and Direct Relief. It’s a great way to show your support, make an impact, and let the world know that Guardians always have each other’s back. Snag yours now.

To close out the campaign, we’re hosting a special Bungie Bounty for Good on Halloween! 🎃 Join us on October 31^st at 10 AM PT for an extra spooky livestream on The Bungie Foundation’s Twitch channel. We’ll be teaming up with Bungie staffers Andy Salisbury and DMG for a stream filled with Crucible shenanigans, emblem giveaways, and a last push to raise as much as we can for our Hurricane relief campaign.

Grandmaster Nightfalls Start On October 29

Now that we’re a few weeks into Revenant and your builds are fine-tuned, it’s time to kick it up a notch. For those looking for an additional challenge, or to start the chase to gild their Conqueror title, Grandmaster Nightfalls begins next week on October 29. With it also comes double Vanguard Ranks and Nightfall Rewards, and also a certain new weapon.

Our Next Ubisoft Partnership

We are so excited to be partnering with Ubisoft again, this time in their team-based medieval fighting game. Equip your favorite warrior with gear delivered straight from The Last City, during the Light of the Guardians Halloween event. Available Oct. 24 to Nov. 14. Dates and content may change. Check out their website for more details!

Player Support Report

Known Issues List  |  Help Forums  |  Bungie Help Twitter

Ignition Boss Damage Update

Earlier this week, we discovered a missed patch note for Destiny 2 Update 8.1.0 regarding ignition damage versus bosses. After an initial ignition, bosses now gain progressively higher damage resistance to ignitions that occur over a short amount of time (five seconds of DR from last ignition to take place). We have identified an issue where these subsequent ignitions are doing far less damage than intended. We are planning to tune this damage resistance appropriately, and for it to only apply to the Vesper's Host dungeon boss Raneiks Unified, rather than it being game-wide. We are planning to address these issues in Update 8.1.5, planned for mid-November. Please stay tuned for more details.

Salvation’s Edge Memento

After thorough investigation, we have identified the issue preventing players from earning the Salvation's Edge Raid Memento. While we do not have a projected fix date at this time, we are working towards solutions. Stay tuned for updates.

High Priority Known Issues

• Bungie Names cannot be changed. We hope to fix this as quickly as possible.
• The H.E.L.M.'s landing zone takes players to the Market District in the Last City.
• The Loadout and Mod screens in the character screen are very difficult to access. If the cursor is over a weapon or armor, they can be accessed.
• Menus and subscreens used to change pages no longer allow inputs from a D-Pad or arrow keys.
• The Fieldwork banner doesn't tell players to talk to Eido to access the Act I Fieldwork area, and it cannot be dismissed until that screen is accessed.
• The Director is no longer able to be accessed from inside the character screen.
• The health bar colors of major enemies has been altered, making it hard to distinguish between them and minor enemy health bar colors.
• If the Rogue Network quest is abandoned, it can't be reacquired.
• Sometimes the final boss in Vesper’s Host doesn't spawn and players are forced to wipe for the encounter to start.
• A soft lock can occur in Vesper’s Host when not all servitors reform with the boss after DPS ends, and the remaining servitors are inconsistent between players.
• We're investigating reports where the Tonic Brewing Guide quest isn't updating when creating tonics.

For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, players can review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum.

Peaceful Future

There's something incredibly peaceful about this wonderful piece of art. Is it the blue sky? Maybe the wheat field? It might be the endless possibilities of a hopeful future where humanity has reached the stars and achieved the upper limits of their potential, inspired by their own ingenuity and in complete unity with one another? Meh, maybe it's the cool space hovering motorbike I wish I had.

Nospacelost via X

Give Me 100 Squats, Titan

Completing Vesper's Host solo is a challenge. Especially if you complete it flawlessly. Even more so if you also go for the Elsie's Special Triumph at the same time. And even more if you are squatting like crazy without missing a single shot while doing DPS. Great job!

And we are done here for today, folks. Oh, but Before I Forget, how cool is this fashion rendition to Slipknot? Definitely deserving of a Fashion emblem we’ll be sending their way. They all just look perfectly on point, no one was Left Behind. Only way it could be better is if this whole band of Guardians went on a rampage on a certain dungeon called Duality... Probably the only thing that slowly stops the ache.

Anyway, where are our Festival of the Lost masks? We've got a (sic) idea!

Destiny 2 Community Team