Destiny 2’s subsequent seasonal celebration, the Halloween-themed Festival of the Lost, will supply new methods to get some extremely sought-after rewards. The annual occasion is bringing a way to get its finest piece of armor, the ability-combining Exotic class merchandise, that lets you skip the (wonderful, however doubtlessly arduous) two-player Twin Destiny mission. The Festival of the Lost will even see the return of Superblack, an all-black beauty shader gamers have not been capable of get within the recreation for the reason that launch of the Closing Form enlargement.
Bungie laid out the main points for find out how to get each rewards in its newest This Week in Destiny blog post, the place it additionally supplied a bunch of details about the Festival of the Lost occasion, which launches on October 29. Through the Festival, gamers can earn an event-specific currency–candy, as a result of it is Halloween–that could be spent with Eva, the seller for vacation occasions. With 2,500 sweet and one of many Festival’s particular gear drops, an Eerie Engram, you should buy an Exotic class merchandise straight from Eva.
At present, gamers want to finish Twin Destiny, a two-player story mission, positioned within the Pale Coronary heart of the Traveler location that was added with The Closing Form. It is one in every of Bungie’s finest missions, the truth is, however some gamers have struggled with or complained about its necessities. Twin Destiny cannot be accomplished alone, and since it requires lots of communication and teamwork in the identical manner Destiny 2’s raids and dungeons do, the mission would not help matchmaking. Thus, if you do not have an excellent teammate with whom you possibly can talk to finish the mission with, you possibly can’t unlock the Exotic class merchandise.
Shopping for the category merchandise from Eva offers gamers a brand new route round Twin Destiny to get the merchandise, though there are some caveats. First, you continue to have to personal The Closing Form in an effort to get a category merchandise.
Exotic class gadgets carry two particular perks, that are drawn from different Exotic armor items, which permits gamers to mix these skills to create particular new builds. These perks are assigned randomly, and you should buy as many class gadgets as you need to attempt to get the mix of perks you are in search of. Nonetheless, in case you do full Twin Destiny, you possibly can unlock the power to “attune” the category gadgets you purchase from Eva to get the particular rolls you need. So gamers who have not accomplished the mission can nonetheless purchase random Exotic class gadgets from the seller, however they will solely get random rolls, not attuned ones.
Alongside the category gadgets, the Festival of the Lost will even supply a possibility for gamers to earn Superblack, presumably one of the best shader within the recreation, or not less than probably the most requested. To get it, you will want to essentially lean into the Festival of the Lost, although. The shader is the reward for the Ghost Author occasion problem, which requires you to finish 15 occasion challenges. These are the particular Triumphs which are a part of the Festival’s Occasion Card, so that they’re more likely to require lots of participation within the Festival.
Shaders recolor weapons and armor and often a number of completely different colours and textures primarily based on a selected theme, however Superblack stands aside as a result of it is the one all-black shader within the recreation. Superblack was first launched within the unique Destiny, nevertheless it wasn’t part of Destiny 2 till Into the Mild, the occasion that Bungie launched forward of The Closing Form. If you happen to accomplished a prolonged record of targets as a part of Into the Mild, Superblack was your reward–but when Into the Mild ended forward of The Closing Form’s launch, Superblack went with it.
That is the primary time Superblack has been again on the menu for gamers. Not like with the Exotic class merchandise, although, you will get Superblack as a free-to-play Destiny participant. The Festival of the Lost itself can also be free.
The Festival of the Lost would not sound prefer it’s altering an excessive amount of from earlier years, requiring gamers to tackle completely different haunted Lost Sectors to defeat bosses and earn sweet, often whereas sporting Festival of the Lost-specific masks. The occasion is including seven extra masks this yr, in addition to Arcane Embrace, a shotgun with a brand new particular archetype that fires two pictures in fast succession. You’ll be able to learn extra concerning the Festival of the Lost on Bungie’s blog.