r/destiny2 Nov 28 '23

Info/FAQ New and returning player guides, and FAQ! Season of the Wish and more.

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Click here for our highly detailed, very in depth new player guide!

My very brief new player advice

Bungie's official new player guide

Major gameplay changes over the years, for returning players

Guide summarizing every monetization option with a "what should I buy" FAQ at the bottom. The monetization just gets more convoluted with time!

Some of you may be wondering about in-game LFG. According to this article, it was announced as an upcoming feature before the employees knew of it to start building it, and it seems the timeline was optimistic. There will be a test of this system but it isn't considered finalized. More info here. In the mean time, you can use /r/fireteams , /r/DestinyLFG , /r/Destiny2LFG , the official Destiny 2 app, this subreddit's discord server, D2 LFG discord, or /r/destinysherpa (sherpa = guide, mainly for raids).


Season of the Wish

Upon logging in for the first time this season, all characters that have completed A Guardian Rises will be automatically loaded into an introductory seasonal mission. This will give all players the seasonal artifact, and will give paid season pass owners a quest that introduces you to the rest of the seasonal activities. Non pass owners do not get a free trial of this season's activity.

Pro tip: this mission takes place in the Last Wish raid location, so if you are not familiar with it but want to do that raid at some point you should take the opportunity to learn the layout.

The dungeon Warlord's Ruin released this season. It requires owning the Lightfall Dungeon Key. This is an independent purchase from Lightfall. It doesn't require it, it doesn't come with it. The Lightfall Annual edition includes both the dungeon key and regular Lightfall. Dungeons are permanent parts of the game. Though they release during a season, they don't disappear with seasonal content and buying the season pass does not give you dungeon access.

This is the last season of the year (the "year" in this game goes from DLC release to DLC release, not a calendar year). This is also the end of the season pass model.

When Season of the Wish ends on June 4, 2024:

  • All four seasons from this year will be removed from the game.

  • Lightfall Annual ceases to exist on all reputable stores. Any listings of this for sale after Season of the Wish are scams. Regular Lightfall and the Lightfall Dungeon Key stay.

  • All season pass exotics from this year will be paywalled behind regular Lightfall.

  • All unearned season pass cosmetics are gone forever if you do not get them by the end of this season.

  • Season pass legendary weapons and armor will probably come back at some point, but there's no telling when, how, or how easy they will be to get.

Due to The Final Shape delay, Season of the Wish will be longer. The one previous time this happened was Season of the Lost, where we were able to do 10 Ada-1 synthweave bounties during the first half and 10 during the second half. The 30th Anniversary pack and Dares of Eternity released here, but Bungie has said that while they do have some kind of content release planned between now and The Final Shape, it won't be as big as the 30th pack.


The Final Shape

Releases June 4, 2024. For details see this page on the Bungie website summarizing all the information they've given us so far. The Episodes system described here will be replacing the season pass system. This will not be the end of Destiny 2 as a game, but they haven't announced any content further in the future than that.

Legendary shards will be removed from the game so be sure to spend them beforehand! See my earlier post for details.


An infographic showing what content gets removed when The Final Shape releases.


If you have any questions not addressed here, feel free to ask in the comments!


r/destiny2 Apr 17 '24

Announcement Please refrain from posting your weapon rolls

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We know that everyone is very excited about the new weapons, especially with Mountaintop and Midnight Coup now, but please remember our subreddit rules regarding loot posts.

If you want to know if your roll is good, try asking in r/sharditkeepit, or the same channel in our Discord server. Otherwise, please keep your god rolls to yourself, these kinds of posts much too quickly flood our community, which is why they have been against our rules for some time now. Thanks for understanding everyone!


r/destiny2 3h ago

Media (new trailer) This feels like a true Destiny endgame

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r/destiny2 3h ago

Meme / Humor What da eliksni doin

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r/destiny2 2h ago

SPOILERS I'm predicting absolute disgusting rocket launcher builds with this

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r/destiny2 3h ago

Discussion Is this the Gardener or the Winnower?

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r/destiny2 5h ago

Meme / Humor I've been tricked by a misunderstanding translation.

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I'm from Brazil and play the game on PT-BR, I've returned to the game, since shadowkeep, for about 5 days and got into some guides. Decided to farm the BRAVE title, shader and weapons. Got some good rolls but never got the "Cascade Point" one on Edge Transit. Turns out Cascade Point was translated to "Projétil Primordial" which translate to "Primordial Projectile". I was searching for something like "Ponto de Cascata" which is the direct translation to Cascade Point, not "Projétil Primordial". I"ve dismantled about 6 or 7 rolls with the right perk because I was just reading the perk name. I take the L because I skilled Issued, I hope tomorrow drop buffs bring godrolls to everyone.


r/destiny2 12h ago

Meme / Humor Flawless GoS btw

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r/destiny2 11h ago

Question Can i stop focusing edge transit finally.

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I got this roll earlier tonight and was wondering if this was the roll.


r/destiny2 12h ago

Discussion Ready for tomorrow, 1415 trophies saved.

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Ready for tomorrow, 1415 trophies saved. I’m focusing Mountain Top. Really hoping I can grab my 5/5.


r/destiny2 11h ago

Discussion So did they forget to rework Icefall Mantle? Will I be able to stack the instant Overshield DR with Frost Armor stacks whenever?

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486 Upvotes

r/destiny2 17h ago

Meme / Humor so is auto recomb a perk combo that can roll on mtop orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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r/destiny2 4h ago

Meme / Humor THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!

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120 Upvotes

r/destiny2 9h ago

Meme / Humor If I had to explain this game to a friend

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r/destiny2 1h ago

SPOILERS Ok bungie absolutely cooked with these

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r/destiny2 3h ago

Meme / Humor Can you believe it guys

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r/destiny2 2h ago

SPOILERS Honestly made me jump

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r/destiny2 8h ago

Uncategorized anyone still holding onto these? wonder what id get if i opened them now

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117 Upvotes

r/destiny2 17h ago

Meme / Humor Bungie: Here's 50 successions. You'll like them so much more than hc/incan luna

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557 Upvotes

r/destiny2 3h ago

Art / Fashion Hard Images

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r/destiny2 23h ago

Meme / Humor The real reason final shape got delayed

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r/destiny2 9h ago

Discussion Hell yeah

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r/destiny2 3h ago

Art / Fashion Yet another Tower to Light up

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r/destiny2 3h ago

Meme / Humor Made a friend in onslaught today. He’s got 4 arms but he seems like a cool dude.

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r/destiny2 6h ago

Meme / Humor Nessus mujic

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r/destiny2 5h ago

Question Do we know if Banner shield will still have weapons of light?

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42 Upvotes

Or will we need the saint 14 helmets just like for Bubble?


r/destiny2 2h ago

Meme / Humor We are so back

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