Ah, it’s that time of year again. There is a chill in the air as the night comes earlier and earlier. Peculiar sightings are occurring throughout the system. Despite Destiny 2’s Vanguard misgivings, there are reports of strange headless creatures lurking in haunted sectors. It’s up to Guardians around the world to fight off the scares at the Festival of the Lost!
Destiny 2 Festival of the Lost 2023 Start Date and Time
Destiny 2’s iconic Halloween event, Festival of the Lost, begins on October 17, 2023, at 1 pm Eastern time. The event usually lasts several weeks, and since Halloween is a reset day, the Festival of the Lost will likely be extended until November 7, 2023.
Destiny 2 Festival of Lost Armor 2023
In January 2023, Bungie sent out an email allowing Guardians to vote on this year’s Festival of the Lost armor sets. This year it’s all about bugs and spiders. Instead of players voting on a topic for all classes, votes are now class-specific.
A few weeks later, the results were available. 56% of The hunters voted for Team Spider. 72% of The Titans were also Team Spider. The witches opted for Team Beetle, and I can’t blame them. I’m a little surprised the Hunters weren’t Team Beetle, as that would have possibly led to some cool shiny capes.
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Mysterious engrams and hocus approach
Mystery Engrams are a new item that does double duty this year. Guardians can turn them into candy or use them for the also new Hocus Focusing. Guardians can obtain the Spooky Engrams by completing Haunted Sectors. Please note that they are not a guaranteed drop and that legendary enchanted sectors have a higher chance of dropping the new engram.
This year’s Horrible Rampage will be a great way for Guardians to farm exotic armor in addition to Festival of the Lost weapons. Guardians can channel their resources into six different types of engrams, each with their own cost. Please note that there are some important notes about Hocus Focusing.
- Players must own the expansion the exotic armor piece comes from in order for it to drop.
- Players do not need to have looted the exotic before for it to drop during the Festival of the Lost.
- Players will only get exotics for the class they are currently playing.
| Engram Type | Mysterious Engram Cost | Cost of sweets |
|---|---|---|
| exotic arms | 1 mysterious engram | 2500 sweets |
| exotic legs | 1 mysterious engram | 2500 sweets |
| exotic helmet | 1 mysterious engram | 2500 sweets |
| exotic chest | 1 mysterious engram | 2500 sweets |
| Random FotL Weapon | 1 mysterious engram | 500 sweets |
| Specific FotL weapon | 1 mysterious engram | 1000 sweets |
Weapons
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exotic hunter
| Arms | Legs | Helmet | Chest |
|---|---|---|---|
| swift aeon | First-EE5 | Assassin’s hood | Gwisin Vest |
| Athrys’s embrace | Gemini Jester | Plague Ranger | Gyrfalcon T-shirt |
| Caliban’s hand | lucky pants | Celestial Nighthawk | lucky raspberry |
| Khepri’s Stinger | Orpheus Platform | Foetracer | omnioculus |
| Liar’s handshake | Radiant Dance Machines | Graviton Loss | Ophidium Spathe |
| Mechanic Trick Sleeves | St0mp-EE5 | Knucklehead Radar | Raiden Flow |
| oath | Star Eater Scales | Bakris Mask | Raiju Harness |
| Renewal Grips | The bombers | Wormshell wreath | the shadow of the dragon |
| Galanor Shards | The sixth coyote | ||
| Shinobu’s vote | |||
| The spine of young Ahamkara |
exotic titan
| Arms | Legs | Helmet | Chest |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACD/0 feedback fence | Anteo Wards | An unbeatable Skullfort | Actium War Platform |
| safe eon | Dunemarkers | Eternal Warrior | Armament |
| Ash Wake | rampant lion | Saint-14’s Helm | Alpha Lupi Crest |
| Citan Wall | MK.44 Depart | Khepri Horn | Shell of the Shooting Star |
| Doomfang Pauldrons | Pilgrim Greaves | Loreley Splendor | sacred fire heart |
| No backup plans | Cradle of the Phoenix | Mask of the Silent | Heart of Inner Light |
| Second opportunity | The path of burning steps | One eye mask | Frost-Z |
| Strength | Beautiful scars | Compensation Annex | |
| synthoceps | |||
| Furious Bear | |||
| Worm God’s Caress |
exotic warlock
| Arms | Legs | Helmet | Chest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeon’s soul | Assembler boots | Apotheosis Veil | chromatic fire |
| Ahamkara Claws | Geomag Stabilizers | Astrocyte verse | Mantle of Battle Harmony |
| Hold opposite | Lunafiction Boots | Crown of storms | Phoenix Protocol |
| Getaway Artist | Promethium spur | Dawn Chorus | Sanguine Alchemy |
| Karnstein Bracelets | Fire rain | Eye from another world | Starfire Protocol |
| Necrotic grip | secant filaments | fallen sun star | Storm Dancer Bracelet |
| nothing handcuffs | Transversive Steps | Felwinter Helm | Radius Eve |
| Ophidian appearance | The sin of Nezarech | Wings of the sacred dawn | |
| Osmiomancy gloves | Dire Ahamkara Skull | ||
| Solar Bracers | The deer | ||
| The cunning of winter | Verity’s forehead |
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