The spooky season has come to Destiny 2 once again, and like previous years, you’ll be able to dive into haunted attractions while residents of The Last City celebrate with candy, masks, and creepy decorations. It’s going to be a few weeks of Haunted Sectors filled with pumpkin-headed foes, dangerous amounts of candy, and unlocking an Exotic piece of gear that you’ve been wanting to add to your collection. The Halloween-themed event will be available for free to all Destiny 2 players, and completing it will help you get another step closer to earning the Reveler and event-specific Ghost Writer titles.
Here’s a breakdown of what you can expect from Festival of the Lost 2023.
Festival of the Lost 2023 start date
Festival of the Lost will kick off after the weekly Destiny 2 reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on October 17. Bungie hasn’t revealed how long the event will run for, but if it’s the same as last year, it’ll run for three weeks and conclude on November 7.
How to start Festival of the Lost 2023
As usual, you’ll be dropping into the Tower social space and meeting with Eva Levante to pick up quests, bounties, and rewards. Eva will direct you to the Haunted Sectors, which are Lost Sectors with a Halloween theme. Once you’ve done the introductory quest, you can access a Haunted Sector playlist from your game director menu. The big difference this year is that Legend Haunted Sectors will debut, so make certain that you’ve got the right gear and abilities equipped so that you can battle the ghoulish Champions lurking within them.
Festival of the Lost 2023 armor sets
The Destiny 2 fan community voted for “Creepy Crawlies” as this year’s armor sets, which are spider and beetle-themed gear. Or Kamen Rider-themed, if you’re into some Tokusatsu action.
Festival of the Lost 2023 weapons and memento
No surprises here, as the Festival of the Lost weapons on offer are all old favorites that have appeared in the previous events. In case you missed them–or accidentally dismantled them–you can pick up the Acosmic grenade launcher, Horror Story auto rifle, Jurassic Green pulse rifle, and Mechabre sniper rifle. There’ll also be a new memento that drops this year, that gives your weapons a slick black and leathery finish.
How to earn Eerie Engrams
Like other vendors, Festival of the Lost will offer Eerie Engrams that can either be cashed in for instant rewards or saved up for more Exotic gear via Hocus-Focusing. You’ll be able to focus these engrams into specific Exotic armor, and as long as you have the expansion that they’re tied to, you can acquire specific gear from the list of available Exotic pieces. The best part is that you will not need to have acquired the Exotic armor previously for it to be eligible to drop from Hocus-Focusing.
Usually, you’d have to grind through Legend Lost Sectors whenever a certain Exotic armor class is available for 24 hours, but Festival of the Lost will offer a simpler way to get what you want. Players will only receive Exotic armor for the class that they are currently playing as when they focus their Eerie Engrams. These can be earned from Haunted Sectors during the event, and Legend Haunted Sectors will offer a higher chance to earn them. For the focusing costs, here’s what you can expect:
Exotic arms
- 1 x Eerie Engram
- 2,500 Candy
Exotic legs
- 1 x Eerie Engram
- 2,500 Candy
Exotic helmet
- 1 x Eerie Engram
- 2,500 Candy
Exotic chest
- 1 x Eerie Engram
- 2,500 Candy
Randomized Festival of the Lost weapon
- 1 x Eerie Engram
- 500 Candy
Specific Festival of the Lost weapon
- 1 x Eerie Engram
- 1,000 Candy
And for the Exotics that can be acquired, there’s a terrific selection of classic and recent pieces of powerful gear on offer:
Exotic Arms Eerie Engram
- Aeon Swift – Hunter
- Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves – Hunter
- Sealed Ahamkara Grasps – Hunter
- Shinobu’s Vow – Hunter
- Young Ahamkara’s Spine – Hunter
- Forsaken’s Shards of Galanor – Hunter
- Forsaken’s Oathkeeper – Hunter
- Forsaken’s Khepri’s Sting – Hunter
- Forsaken’s Liar’s Handshake – Hunter
- Beyond Light’s Athrys’s Embrace – Hunter
- The Witch Queen’s Renewal Grasps – Hunter
- The Witch Queen’s Caliban’s Hand – Hunter
- ACD/0 Feedback Fence – Titan
- Aeon Safe – Titan
- Ashen Wake – Titan
- Doom Fang Pauldron – Titan
- Synthocepts – Titan
- Wormgod Caress – Titan
- Forsaken’s Ursa Furiosa – Titan
- Forsaken’s Stronghold – Titan
- Shadowkeep’s Citan’s Rampart – Titan
- Beyond Light’s Icefall Mantle – Titan
- Beyond Light’s No Backup Plans – Titan
- The Witch Queen’s Second Chance – Titan
- The Witch Queen’s Aeon Soul – Warlock
- Claws of Ahamkara – Warlock
- Karnstein Armlets – Warlock
- Sunbracers – Warlock
- Ophidian Aspect – Warlock
- Winter’s Guile – Warlock
- Forsaken’s Contraverse Hold – Warlock
- Forsaken’s Getaway Artist – Warlock
- Beyond Light’s Necrotic Grip – Warlock
- Beyond Light’s Nothing Manacles – Warlock
- The Witch Queen’s Osmiomancy Gloves – Warlock
Exotic Legs Eerie Engram
- Fr0st-EE5 – Hunter
- Gemini Jester – Hunter
- Lukcy Pants – Hunter
- Orpheaus Rig – Hunter
- St0mp-EE5 – Hunter
- Shadowkeep’s The Bombardiers – Hunter
- Beyond Light’s Star-Eater Scales – Hunter
- Beyond Light’s Radiant Dance Machines – Hunter
- Dunemarchers – Titan
- Lion Rampant – Titan
- Mk .44 Stand Asides – Titan
- Peacekeepers – Titan
- Forsaken’s Antaeus Wards – Titan
- Forsaken’s Peregrine Greaves – Titan
- Shadowkeep’s Phoenix Cradle – Titan
- Beyond Light’s The Path of Burning Steps – Titan
- Lunafaction Boots – Warlock
- Transversive Steps – Warlock
- Forsaken’s Geomag Stabilizers – Warlock
- Shadowkeep’s Promethium Spur – Warlock
- Beyond Light’s Boots of the Assembler – Warlock
- The Witch Queen’s Secant Filaments – Warlock
- The Witch Queen’s Rain of Fire – Warlock
Exotic Helmet Eerie Engram
- Celestial Nighthawk – Hunter
- Foetracer – Hunter
- Graviton Forfeit – Hunter
- Knucklehead Radar – Hunter
- Wormhusk Crown – Hunter
- Shadowkeep’s Assassin’s Cowl – Hunter
- Beyond Light’s Mask of Bakris – Hunter
- The Witch Queen’s Blight Ranger – Hunter
- An Insurmountable Skullfort – Titan
- Eternal Warrior – Titan
- Helm of Saint-14 – Titan
- Khepri’s Horn – Titan
- Mask of the Quiet One – Titan
- Forsaken’s One-Eyed Mask – Titan
- Beyond Light’s Precious Scars – Titan
- The Witch Queen’s Loreley Splendor – Titan
- Apotheosis Veil – Warlock
- Crown of Tempests – Warlock
- Eye of Another World – Warlock
- Nezarec’s Sin – Warlock
- Skull of Dire Ahamkara – Warlock
- The Stag – Warlock
- Verity’s Brow – Warlock
- Forsaken’s Astrocyte Verse – Warlock
- Shadowkeep’s Felwinter’s Helm – Warlock
- Beyond Light’s Dawn Chorus – Warlock
- The Witch Queen’s Fallen Sunstar – Warlock
Exotic Chest Eerie Engram
- Lucky Raspberry – Hunter
- Ophidia Spathe – Hunter
- Raiden Flux – Hunter
- The Dragon’s Shadow – Hunter
- Forsaken’s The Sixth Coyote – Hunter
- Forsaken’s Gwisin Vest – Hunter
- Shadowkeep’s Raiju’s Harness – Hunter
- Beyond Light’s Omnioculus – Hunter
- The Witch Queen’s Gyrfalcon’s Hauberk – Hunter
- Actium War Rig – Titan
- Armamentarium – Titan
- Crest of Alpha Lupi – Titan
- Hallowfire Heart – Titan
- Forsaken’s Heart of Inmost Light – Titan
- Shadowkeep’s Severance Enclosure – Titan
- Beyond Light’s Cuirass of hte Falling Star – Titan
- The Witch Queen’s Hoarfrost-Z – Titan
- Sanguine Alchemy – Warlock
- Starfire Protocol – Warlock
- Vesper of Radius – Warlock
- Wings of Sacred Dawn – Warlock
- Forsaken’s Chromatic Fire – Warlock
- Forsaken’s Phoenix Protocol – Warlock
- Shadowkeep’s Stormdancer’s Brace – Warlock
- Beyond Light’s Mantle of Battle Harmony – Warlock
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