Destiny 2 Expansions Guide (2024)

Table of Contents
Item Access Mechanics Free to Play content Explore the Worlds Exotic Gear Hunter Exotic Armor Warlock Exotic Armor Titan Exotic Armor Beyond Light Campaign Shadowkeep Campaign Vanguard Operations* Strikes & Expansions Required to Access their Nightfall Onslaught Loot Compete In (Most) of the Crucible Some People Actually Like Gambit! Dares of Eternity Dares of Eternity Loot Raid: Vault of Glass Vault of Glass Loot Raid: King's Fall King's Fall Loot Raid: Crota's End Crota's End Loot Dungeon: Prophecy Prophecy Loot Episodes Forsaken Pack Raid: Last Wish Last Wish Loot Dungeon: Shattered Throne Shattered Throne Loot Quests Exotic Gear Hunter Exotic Armor Warlock Exotic Armor Titan Exotic Armor Shadowkeep Pack Raid: Garden of Salvation Garden of Salvation Loot Dungeon: Pit of Heresy Pit of Heresy Loot Activities & Quests Shadowkeep Activities & Quests Loot Exotic Gear Hunter Exotic Armor Warlock Exotic Armor Titan Exotic Armor Beyond Light Pack Raid: Deep Stone Crypt Deep Stone Crypt Loot Activities & Quests Beyond Light Activities & Quests Loot Exotic Gear Hunter Exotic Armor Warlock Exotic Armor Titan Exotic Armor 30th Anniversary Pack Dungeon: Grasp of Avarice Grasp of Avarice Loot The Witch Queen Campaign Raid: Vow of the Disciple Vow of the Disciple Loot Activities & Quests The Witch Queen Activities & Quests Loot Exotic Gear Hunter Exotic Armor Warlock Exotic Armor Titan Exotic Armor The Witch Queen: Dungeon Key Dungeon: Duality Duality Loot Dungeon: Spire of the Watcher Spire of the Watcher Loot Lightfall Campaign Raid: Root of Nightmares Root of Nightmares Loot Activities & Quests Lightfall Activities & Quests Loot Exotic Gear Hunter Exotic Armor Warlock Exotic Armor Titan Exotic Armor Lightfall: Dungeon Key Dungeon: Ghosts of the Deep Ghosts of the Deep Loot Dungeon: Warlord's Ruin Warlord's Ruin Loot The Final Shape Campaign Raid: Salvation’s Edge Salvation's Edge Loot Activities & Quests The Final Shape Activities & Quests Loot Exotic Gear Hunter Exotic Armor Warlock Exotic Armor Titan Exotic Armor The Final Shape: Dungeon Key Dungeon: Vesper's Host Vesper's Host Loot Summary Credits

Welcome to the Destiny 2 Expansions guide. Recently risen, Guardian? You might be wondering which Expansions to buy, or what do you even get out of them once purchased. The game doesn't do a great job of telling you this stuff, so let this Expansions guide lend you a hand. Even if you're a veteran Guardian, the information here helps you play around Crossplay restrictions, or get a friend into the game.

This guide explains how item access works, what all players have for free, and what do you get for purchasing each and every Expansion.

All of this is to help you figure out what Destiny 2 Expansions, Packs, or Dungeon Keys you should buy, a question only you can answer. Additionally;

  • Expansions - and the 30th Anniversary Pack - go on sale decently often, especially before a major release.
  • Some older Expansions are included in Legacy Collection bundles, allowing you to get a large batch of content for a reduced price.
    • These also go on Sale sometimes.
  • Silver, the currency used to purchase Episodes and Dungeon Keys, has only gone on sale once within the entire game's lifespan.
    • Episodes and Dungeon Keys are included in Expansion Deluxe Editions.
  • The Epic Games Store and Playstation Plus have given out (platform locked) Expansions in the past.
  • Destiny 2 occasionally has Expansion Trial Periods, where the entirety of an Expansion's content is made available for all players for a limited time.
    • Loot earned within this time is kept and can be used freely, but players lose access to paid-subclasses associated with that Expansion afterwards.

Item Access Mechanics

To truly understand what you get from purchasing a Destiny 2 Expansion, you need to know how Loot is accessed.

For Veteran players, this information may be important to you if you use or plan to use Destiny 2's Cross-Save functionality. Purchasing an Expansion only gives you access to that Expansion for one platform, while Seasons and Dungeon Passes are account bound and available to you on all platforms.

  • All Weapons and Armor are always usable, if you've already obtained them. Owning Expansions gives you access to new content and new ways to acquire loot.
    • Tarnation is normally sourced from content within The Witch Queen Expansion, but if you obtained a copy of it through the limited time Gift of the Thunder Gods, you can use that specific copy without restrictions.
  • The ability to Craft or Reshape certain Weapons is locked behind Expansion ownership.
  • For Exotic Weapons that do not need to be Shaped at the Enclave, previously obtaining a copy of that Weapon allows you to pull more copies of it out of Collections.
  • Obtaining an Exotic Armor piece permanently adds that Armor to your pool of possible Exotic Armor drops.
    • Free-to-access events like the previous Riven's Wishes and Gift of the Thunder Gods allows players to obtain Exotic Armor that would normally be locked behind Expansion ownership.
  • Strand and Prismatic Subclasses cannot be equipped without owning Lightfall and The Final Shape respectively.
    • Equipping Hunter's Arc Ascension Aspect or Storm's Edge Super requires ownership of The Final Shape.
    • Equipping Titan's Void Unbreakable Aspect or Twilight Arsenal Super requires ownership of The Final Shape
    • Equipping Warlock's Solar Hellion Aspect or Song of Flame Super requires ownership of The Final Shape.

Free to Play content

  • 3 Raids
  • 1 Dungeon
  • 8 - 9 as of The Final Shape - worlds to explore
  • 2 Exotic Missions
  • PvP game modes
  • A PvEvP game mode
  • PvE game modes like Strikes, Onslaught, and Dares of Eternity.
  • 2 Campaigns!

Explore the Worlds

Every World in Destiny 2 is free to explore. Every Patrol, Public Event, and Lost Sector are always available to you. There's also...

  • Vex Incursions on Neomuna, complete them to easily unlock many new Exotics.
  • The Blind Well in the Dreaming City, which allows anyone to freely obtain a suite of Armor and Weapons from the Dreaming City.
  • The Altars of Sorrow on the Moon, complete them to earn Blasphemer, Apostate, and Heretic.
  • Xur. He appears in the Tower’s Bazaar every Friday and stays until the following weekly reset on Tuesday. He offers a random selection of freely obtainable Legendary Weapons and Armor, as well as currencies and various bizarre curios, all in exchange for Strange Coins, which are earned from Playlist activities.
    • He also offers Exotic Armor, Weapons, and Catalysts, but some of those require expansions.
  • Every single World Drop Legendary Weapon or Piece of Armor.

Exotic Gear

  • Sweet Business
  • Sturm
  • Vigilance Wing
  • Rat King
  • MIDA Multi-Tool
  • Crimson
  • The Jade Rabbit
  • The Huckleberry
  • Monte Carlo (Quest)
  • Forerunner (Quest)
  • Outbreak Perfected (Quest)
  • Touch of Malice (Raid)
  • Necrochasm (Raid)
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  • Merciless
  • Fighting Lion
  • Sunshot
  • Graviton Lance
  • Skyburner's Oath
  • Borealis
  • Riskrunner
  • Hard Light
  • Prometheus Lens
  • Telesto
  • Polaris Lance
  • Vex Mythoclast (Raid)
  • The Prospector
  • The Wardcliff Coil
  • Tractor Cannon
  • Legend of Acrius (Spoils of Conquest)
  • D.A.R.C.I.
  • The Colony
  • Worldline Zero
  • Sleeper Simulant
  • Whisper of the Worm (Quest)
  • Thunderlord
  • Heir Apparent (Annual Guardian Games)

Hunter Exotic Armor

Warlock Exotic Armor

Titan Exotic Armor

Beyond Light Campaign

Darkness has just consumed Mercury, Mars, Titan, and Io. Now, a Pyramid Ship on Europa offers unimaginable power and control with Stasis. Eramis and her House Salvation got there first, and now they threaten to destroy Humanity. Work with old friend and traitor Variks, the mysterious Exo Stranger, and the Darkness? To stop Eramis.

  • Completing this free Campaign unlocks the Stasis Subclass for that character, and No Time to Explain with Beyond Light Pack ownership.
  • Owning the Beyond Light Pack is required to access other activities, quests, and loot related to Beyond Light.

Shadowkeep Campaign

The Moon's haunted, and the Hive made a really large red tower, that's bad! Your investigations lead you to an unseen relic of Humanity's Collapse hundreds of years ago, and Eris Morn. Work together with her to end the spread of Nightmarish apparitions and confront whatever's creating them.

  • Completing this free Campaign while owning the Shadowkeep Pack unlocks a Class-dependent piece of Exotic Armor that cannot be unlocked in any other way.
  • Owning the Shadowkeep Pack is required to access other activities, quests, and loot related to Shadowkeep.

Vanguard Operations*

Vanguard Operations include the Strike Playlist, Nightfalls, Grandmaster Nightfalls, and content from Into The Light like Onslaught.

Complete Strikes to earn reputation with Zavala and earn Vanguard Engrams, allowing anyone to access tons of different Legendary Weapons & Armor.

While the Strike Playlist is free and randomly selects any Strike in the game, Nightfalls and Grandmaster Nightfalls rotate Strikes weekly. Expansion ownership is required to enter certain Nightfall Strikes.

Strikes & Expansions Required to Access their Nightfall

Onslaught

The Witness' forces remaining in the Sol System make one final push against Humanity before the events of The Final Shape unfold.

In Onslaught, work with Lord Shaxx to protect the ADU (Advanced Defense Unit) from up to 50 waves of enemy forces. Fortify the ADU with friendly Cabal Turrets, explosive Tripwires, and Decoy projections.

Shaxx authorizes access to the Brave arsenal. Earn a suite of extremely powerful and canonically illegal Weapons from the past.

Onslaught Loot

The Whisper

Eris Morn advises you to reflect on the past. Earn a Craftable Whisper of the Worm in this reprised Exotic Mission which hasn't lost even a little bit of charm. Xol, Will of the Thousands awaits. Will you Drown in the Deep?

Zero Hour

Ada-1 made a simulation of the foiled heist within the Old Tower’s Ruins from years past. Earn a Craftable Outbreak Perfected and prevent Eramis from obtaining SIVA in this reprised Exotic Mission. Trevor is still there and also significantly faster now, I'm so sorry.

Compete In (Most) of the Crucible

The Crucible encompasses all PvP activities in Destiny 2. There's a variety of modes in a variety of playlists. Many players play more PvP than anything else. The Crucible's very active population is regularly catered to with PvP oriented balance changes, new Weapons and Armor, new Modes, and even new maps!

Base Crucible

Standard Crucible playlists are maintained by Shaxx. Play games to win Crucible Engrams and earn reputation, allowing anyone to obtain tons of different Legendary Weapons & Armor.

Competitive

Maintained by Shaxx, the Competitive playlist is a great place to test your Skill and get better at the game. Unlock it by completing a quest Shaxx gives you when your Crucible Reputation reaches Rank 4. Win matches to reach new divisions, earning Ascendant Alloys, the ONLY Artifice Armor you can earn as a free to play, and Competitive exclusive Weapons like Rose and Mercurial Overreach.

Trials of Osiris

Access to Trials of Osiris requires ownership of the currently active Expansion. You also need to complete a quest given by Saint-14 to enter. As of June 4th, that is The Final Shape. This massively mitigates the impact cheaters have on this Playlist.

For information regarding Trials of Osiris Loot, check out our dedicated guide to it!

Iron Banner

Iron Banner is a regularly occurring limited time PvP event, hosted by Valus Forge - AKA Lord Saladin. Play games in the Iron Banner playlist to earn Iron Banner reputation and Engrams used to purchase a wide variety of Legendary Weapons & Armor.

Some People Actually Like Gambit!

Gambit is a PvEvP mode with teams of 4 competing to slay combatants, collect motes, and put them in the Bank. Banking motes opens up your Portal, allowing someone from your side to invade theirs. Kill opposing guardians to slow them down.

Banking 100 Motes summons the Primeval, burn it to the ground after killing nearby Primeval Envoys.

Gambit is free to access, but it's quite unpopular and not well maintained. That being said, Gambit has tons of Legendary Weapons & Armor exclusive to it, and it gets more with every release.

Dares of Eternity

The Paraversal entity of infinite power, Star Horse, has kidnapped Xur, you, and all of your friends. It's a really big fan of old gameshows. Appease it by putting on a good show, Guardian.

Dares of Eternity Loot

Raid: Vault of Glass

The franchise's very first Raid, reprised from Destiny 1. Open the Vault, avoid deletion at the hands of Vex Oracles, evade Gorgons, and slay Atheon in his Glass Throne.

Vault of Glass Loot

Raid: King's Fall

Reprised from Destiny 1 Year 2, board the Dreadnought to challenge the Hive God Oryx - The Taken King - in his Throne World. He'll grant you an audience and the fight of a lifetime if you can prove your worth.

King's Fall Loot

Raid: Crota's End

Reprised from Destiny 1's first Expansion, dive into the Moon's Hellmouth and survive crushing Darkness and songs of death to slay the Hive God Crota, Son of Oryx, archnemesis of Eris Morn.

Dungeon: Prophecy

Drifter, Eris Morn, and the Guardians have a question for the Nine. What is the nature of the Darkness? The ever-changing trials ahead of you are the Nine's incomprehensible answer.

Prophecy Loot

Episodes

Episodes are an evolution of Destiny 2’s previous Season model, releasing alongside The Final Shape expansion. They are self-contained stories that explore different aspects of the universe. Unlike Seasons, episodes can be enjoyed without a firm understanding of the greater narrative.

  • There are 3 Episodes releasing within the year of The Final Shape. Each is split into 3 Acts that release within an Episode’s 4 month span. As the narrative evolves over time, players gain access to new activities and rewards.
    • Episodes are purchased for 1500 Silver ($15 USD). The base edition of The Final Shape includes Episode 1, Echoes. The Deluxe Edition of The Final Shape includes all 3 Episodes.
  • Every Episode features a Season Pass, a Battlepass with a paid and free track. The Season Pass has 200 Levels, though the latter half is timegated behind Acts 2 and 3 of an Episode releasing. All Season Passes include an Exotic Weapon and its Catalyst.
    • Owning a Episode grants access to the paid track, which includes Episode-limited small progression or loot buffs, immediate access to the Season Pass Exotic Weapon, and a variety of exclusive cosmetics and handy resources.
    • Reaching level 35 in the free track unlocks the Season Pass Exotic Weapon. If not obtained this way, players need ownership of that Episode's associated Expansion to unlock past Season Pass Exotic Weapons from the Monument to Lost Lights in the Tower.
  • Episodes have a story that evolves over time, taking place in multiple Episodes-exclusive activities.
    • Earn a suite of Legendary Weapons and Armor from these activities.
  • Episodes include access to an Exotic Mission, allowing players to obtain a Craftable Exotic Weapon and Seasonal Legendary Gear.

Warning: We don’t know what happens to the content within existing Episodes when a new Destiny 2 Expansion releases. Previously, most content from the Seasons model would be Vaulted - or removed from the game - with the release of the newest Expansion.

Forsaken Pack

Year 2 of Destiny 2 launched Forsaken. This Expansion's Campaign was Vaulted, but a few activities exclusive to it remain. This Pack unlocks more Exotic Weapons and Armor than all other Expansions. Purchasing it also grants you 3 Forsaken Ciphers, allowing you to instantly obtain any 3 Exotic Weapons from Year 2 (some exceptions apply).

Raid: Last Wish

Do you Wish to kill an Ahamkara, O Guardian mine? Riven of a Thousand Voices - a powerful Wish Dragon - has been Taken, perhaps with her death, the Dreaming City may finally see peace...

Last Wish Loot

Dungeon: Shattered Throne

Riven's death brought a curse upon the Dreaming City. Slay Dul Incaru to prevent the destruction of the Dreaming City and reset the 3-week time-loop once more...

Shattered Throne Loot

Quests

  • Play Gambit (I'm sorry) to begin a questline that leads to unlocking Malfeasance.
  • Experience the Dreaming City's time-loop curse, owning the Forsaken Pack allows you play three rotating missions.

Exotic Gear

  • Malfeasance (Quest)
  • Ace of Spades
  • Trinity Ghoul
  • Cerberus+1
  • Wish-Ender (Dungeon Quest)
  • One Thousand Voices (Raid)
  • The Queenbreaker
  • Wavesplitter
  • Two-Tailed Fox
  • Lord of Wolves
  • Black Talon
  • The Chaperone
  • Jötunn
  • The Last Word
  • Izanagi's Burden
  • Le Monarque
  • Anarchy (Raid)
  • Arbalest
  • Thorn
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  • Truth
  • Bad Juju
  • Lumina
  • Tarrabah (Raid)

Hunter Exotic Armor

Warlock Exotic Armor

Titan Exotic Armor

Shadowkeep Pack

Year 3 of Destiny 2 launched Shadowkeep. This Expansion is the start of the Light & Darkness Saga that concludes with The Final Shape. Earth's Moon houses the majority of this Expansion's content. Face the ultimate trial that is a "Div Run" by venturing into the Black Garden to face the Sol Divisive Vex in the Garden of Salvation Raid, and slay heretical Hive in the Pit of Hersey Dungeon.

The Shadowkeep Campaign is free for all players!

WARNING: As of the time of writing, Legendary Weapons from content within this Expansion are old, and await reprisal to include Origin Traits and more competitive perks.

Raid: Garden of Salvation

The Darkness Artifact collected at the end of Shadowkeep's Campaign leads here... fight through Sol Divisive Vex and try not to lose your sanity while in a "Div run", you'll be well rewarded with Vex Dubstep that plays as you fight the Sanctified Mind.

Garden of Salvation Loot

Dungeon: Pit of Heresy

There's this heretical pit on the Moon, it's full of Hive heretics doing heretical things. Kill them with the assistance of a heretical Hive Sword Relic infused with heretical Hive magics.

Pit of Heresy Loot

Activities & Quests

  • Create a suite of weapons using the Lectern of Enchantment, with energy gathered from Nightmare Hunts.
  • Act as Eris Morn's therapist? And free her of manifested Nightmares that actively haunt her.
  • Put a Deathsinger inside of a Rocket Launcher in a quest to obtain... Deathbringer.

Shadowkeep Activities & Quests Loot

Exotic Gear

  • Deathbringer (Quest)
  • Xenophage (Dungeon Quest)
  • Divinity (Raid)
  • Leviathan's Breath
  • Eriana's Vow
  • Devil's Ruin
  • Bastion
  • Symmetry
  • The Fourth Horseman
  • Tommy's Matchbook
  • Traveler's Chosen
  • Witherhoard
  • Ruinous Effigy
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Hunter Exotic Armor

Warlock Exotic Armor

Titan Exotic Armor

Beyond Light Pack

Year 4 of Destiny 2 launched Beyond Light. This Expansion introduced new Subclasses revolving around the franchise's first new Element, Stasis, which are now free for all players. The Icy moon Europa houses the majority of this Expansion's content. Gather your friends to crash a Space Station and defeat Taniks for the 5th canonical time in the Deep Stone Crypt Raid.

Stasis Subclasses and the Beyond Light Campaign are free for all players! You don't need to buy this pack to unlock Stasis!

Raid: Deep Stone Crypt

House Salvation commanders have breached the Deep Stone Crypt, the mysterious birthplace of (almost) all Exos. Breach through Golden Age security systems to pursue the Fallen invaders, board the Morningstar space station and proceed to crash it into Europa in your efforts to slay Taniks the Abomination for the 5th and - I really do hope - final time.

Deep Stone Crypt Loot

Activities & Quests

  • Work with Variks to eliminate Eramis' Stasis wielding lieutenants in Empire Hunts and sabotage House Salvation operations to obtain a suite of Golden Age Europan firearms and Cloudstrike.
  • Work with Ghost's really good impression of Drifter to obtain the very first Stasis Weapon: Salvation's Grip.
  • Discover an unsettling truth about the Tower's resident armsmith Banshee-44 and earn the Chainsaw Sword, The Lament.
  • Board the derelict Cabal Vessel Glykon while searching for Calus and survive hordes of fungal-Egregore controlled Scorn in the Presage Exotic Mission to Craft Dead Man's Tale.

Beyond Light Activities & Quests Loot

Exotic Gear

  • No Time to Explain (Campaign Exclusive)
  • Salvation's Grip (Quest)
  • The Lament (Quest)
  • Cloudstrike (Empire Hunt Exclusive)
  • Eyes of Tomorrow (Raid)
  • Dead Man's Tale (Exotic Mission)
  • Duality
  • Hawkmoon (Xur Exclusive)
  • Cryosthesia 77K
  • Ager's Scepter
  • Ticuu's Divination
  • Lorentz Driver
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Hunter Exotic Armor

Warlock Exotic Armor

Titan Exotic Armor

30th Anniversary Pack

The 30th Anniversary Pack is a unique bundle of content made in celebration of Bungie's (the developer's) 30th anniversary.

  • Purchasing this Pack grants access to the Grasp of Avarice Dungeon and the extremely famous Gjallarhorn within, as well as an ornament for it.
  • A whole bunch of cosmetics!
    • Instant access to 3 "Bungie Streetwear" sets of Universal Ornaments, one per Class.
    • Access to 3 Marathon franchise themed sets of Universal Ornaments, one per Class.
    • The Ghost Sparrow. A Sparrow that looks like a Ghost. Not the Destiny Ghost, the Halo one.
    • Sweaty Confetti. A Weapon Mod that emulates Halo's Grunt Birthday Party Modifier.
    • A Ship that is literally just a rock.
    • And more!

Dungeon: Grasp of Avarice

Breach through caverns of pure greed, located under the Cosmodrome's "Loot Cave" made infamous in Destiny 1. The greed consuming the cavern's inhabitants spills out on death, collect it to supercharge yourself, and deposit it to avoid an unfortunate fate.

Grasp of Avarice Loot

The Witch Queen

Year 5 of Destiny 2 launched The Witch Queen. This Expansion introduced Weapon Crafting and the Glaive Weapon archetype. Savuthan's Throne World houses the majority of this Expansion's content. See through the Hive God of Deception's web of lies and uncover the mystery behind the Hive's newfound mastery of Light in the Campaign. Defeat the god-like - Subjugator - Lubrae's Ruin - Olympic kicker - First Disciple of the Witness, Rhulk within the Vow of the Disciple Raid.

Campaign

Savuthan has resurfaced after escaping Queen Mara's wrath in Season of the Lost. She's somehow gotten hold of her own Ghost and has Light powers now, so has a large number of her Hive Brood. Blasphemy! How could the death-worshipping Hive steal humanity's most sacred tool?!

  • This Campaign can be played on either Normal or Legend difficulty, and enemies get stronger as your Fireteam grows.
  • Completing this Campaign unlocks Osteo Striga.

Raid: Vow of the Disciple

Killing Savuthan within the Witch Queen's Campaign has lasting consequences. Notably, her curse trapping the inhabitants of the Sunken Pyramid Ship fades. Go forth with your Fireteam and destroy everything inside before Rhulk, First Disciple of the Witness, can escape and Upend worlds...

Vow of the Disciple Loot

Activities & Quests

  • Uncover the secrets of Savuthan's Throne world to unlock a craftable arsenal of Weapons.
  • Capture and defend the Wellspring: A 6 player offensive to unlock a suite of Exotic Glaives.
  • Learn of Savuthan's role in Humanity's collapse by interrogating her old Worm in a questline to earn Parasite.
  • Intercept psionic propaganda targeting Empress Caital's Ascendancy in the Vox Obscura Exotic Mission to Craft Dead Messenger.
  • War against House Salvation and Wrathborn forces to control a Golden Age space station and prevent extinction in the Seraph Shield Exotic Mission to Craft Revision Zero.

The Witch Queen Activities & Quests Loot

Exotic Gear

  • Osteo Striga (Campaign Exclusive)
  • Parasite (Quest)
  • Collective Obligation (Raid)
  • Edge of Intent (Wellspring, Warlock Exclusive)
  • Edge of Concurrence (Wellspring, Hunter Exclusive)
  • Edge of Action (Wellspring, Titan Exclusive)
  • Dead Messenger (Exotic Mission)
  • Revision Zero (Exotic Mission)
  • Grand Overture
  • Trespasser
  • Delicate Tomb
  • The Manticore
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Hunter Exotic Armor

Warlock Exotic Armor

Titan Exotic Armor

The Witch Queen: Dungeon Key

Included in The Witch Queen Deluxe Edition, or purchasable for 2000 Silver ($20 USD). Gain access to 2 Dungeons with a full suite of Weapons, Armor, Cosmetics, and a Title all hidden within.

Dungeon: Duality

Eris Morn figured out way to enter the psyche of Emperor Calus by using an Artifact leftover from the Derelict Leviathan's old Tribute Hall. Relive through his Exile from the Midnight Coup, his failures in experimenting with the Crown of Sorrow, and see what he truly thinks about his daughter Caital, Empress of the Cabal.

Duality Loot

Dungeon: Spire of the Watcher

Temporal anomalies on Mars have unearthed a Golden Age Spire, built to contain rouge AIs. Sol Divisive Vex commanded by the Witness seek to extract information here. Put on a cowboy hat and bring along a fireteam to stop them, maybe you'll uncover secrets surrounding the founding of Neptune's Neomuna...

Spire of the Watcher Loot

Lightfall

Year 6 of Destiny 2 launched Lightfall. This Expansion introduced new Subclasses revolving around the franchise's second new Element, Strand. The hidden Neptunian City Neomuna houses the majority of this Expansion's content. Attempt to stop the end of all things at the hands of the Witness and defeat long-time-friend-and-foe Calus in the Campaign.

Campaign

The Witness and its fleet of Pyramid Ships have arrived, it seeks to enter the Traveler's Pale Heart, but needs to interface with the Veil to do so. Calus and his Shadow Legion are tasked with retrieving the Veil on Neomuna. Work with Osiris, Neomuni Cloud Striders, and Empress Caital and attempt to stop the end of all things.

  • This Campaign can be played on either Normal or Legend difficulty, and enemies get stronger as your Fireteam grows.
  • Completing this Campaign unlocks the Strand Subclass for that character.

Raid: Root of Nightmares

Though the Traveler's defensive Terraforming beam was ineffective against the Witness, it proved super effective at reviving Nezerac, Final God of Pain, origin of Nightmares. He terrorizes Neomuni citizens to grab your attention, so grab your friends and an Eager Edge sword and board the Witness's Pyramid Ship to put him down.

Root of Nightmares Loot

Activities & Quests

  • Help the Neomuni people fend off Shadow Legion and Vex across Neomuna to Craft an arsenal of Nanotech-infused Golden Age Weapons.
  • Halt Shadow Legion attempts to breach Neomuna's Cloud Ark in the Terminal Overload Public Event and earn 3 different non-Craftable Nanotech Weapons.
  • Master Strand to obtain the Final Warning Exotic Sidearm.
  • Uncover deep Cloud Strider secrets to obtain the Winterbite Exotic Glaive.
  • Infiltrate the Black Garden to gain intel about the Veil and earn the Deterministic Chaos Chaos Exotic Machinegun.
  • Asher Mir has resurfaced from within the Vex AVALON Node and wishes to share critical information about The Veil. Heed his call and craft Vexcalibur.
  • Venture forth into the Black Garden to retrieve one of Riven’s clutch and learn of the noble sacrifice of Taranis, the trustworthy Ahamkara. Ensure it was not in vain with the craftable Wish-Keeper.

Lightfall Activities & Quests Loot

Exotic Gear

  • Quicksilver Storm
  • Deterministic Chaos (Quest)
  • Final Warning (Quest)
  • Conditional Finality (Raid)
  • Vexcalibur
  • Wicked Implement
  • Wish-Keeper
  • Verglas Curve
  • Centrifuse
  • Ex Diris
  • Dragon's Breath
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Hunter Exotic Armor

Warlock Exotic Armor

Titan Exotic Armor

Lightfall: Dungeon Key

Included in Lightfall Deluxe Edition, or purchasable for 2000 Silver ($20 USD). Gain access to 2 Dungeons with a full suite of Weapons, Armor, Cosmetics, and a Title all hidden within.

Dungeon: Ghosts of the Deep

As the moon Titan re-emerges, the at-the-time leaderless Lucent Hive dive into the Methane Sea to conduct a blasphemous ritual that would solve their leadership problem. Form a Fireteam to stop them, just try not to drown in the underwater sections.

Ghosts of the Deep Loot

Dungeon: Warlord's Ruin

Investigate reports of an Ahamkara near the European Dead Zone's Mountains. Push through Scorn minions, break out of a prison, survive lethal blizzards, and end the loop of vengeance created by the long dead Ahamkara Hefnd.

Warlord's Ruin Loot

The Final Shape

Year 7 of Destiny 2 Launched The Final Shape. This Expansion introduced Prismatic Subclasses, able to wield Light and Darkness at the same time and Transcend. Mix and match Abilities, Aspects, and Fragments from the other Subclasses to create something new. The Witness defiles the Traveler and has used the Light to create an army of Dread, a new enemy faction. Every living thing in the Universe is counting on you to stop the Final Shape.

Campaign

At the end of Lightfall, The Witness found passage into the Traveler’s Pale Heart and plans to use its Light to rewrite reality and enact the Final Shape. Work with Zavala, Ikora, Crow, a miraculously resurrected Cayde-6, and the Traveler itself to save the Universe, the conclusion of Destiny’s epic 10-year Light & Darkness saga.

  • This Campaign can be played on either Normal or Legend difficulty, and enemies get stronger as your Fireteam grows.
  • Unlock the Prismatic Subclass and a limited number of Abilities, Aspects, and Fragments for it at the end of this Campaign’s first mission. Unlock more customization options as you play through the Campaign, complete post-campaign quests, and through post-campaign exploration.
    • Unlock the 4th Aspect and 3rd Super Ability for Hunter's Arcstrider, Titan's Sentinel, and Warlock's Dawnblade Subclasses. These new Abilities are also available on Prismatic Subclasses.

Raid: Salvation’s Edge

The Witness retreats to its Monolith. The Final Shape is imminent. Race against the clock with your fireteam for every encounter, the stakes of failure cannot possibly be higher.

Salvation's Edge Loot

Activities & Quests

  • Near everything you do within the Traveler’s Pale Heart goes towards your efforts to unlock a craftable arsenal of Weapons themed after the rest of Ace of Spades’ deck of cards.
  • Work with Micah-10 to destroy Cysts of Darkness throughout the Traveler, and recover lost Ghosts in an effort to heal it.
  • Secrets lie within every corner, exploration has never been more rewarding. Perhaps you may stumble upon an Old Friend...
  • Cayde-6 and Crow bring you along for a hunt. Enter the Screeb Hole, return with Still Hunt, a Sniper Rifle that has its own Super.
  • Overthrow the Witness’s influence over the Traveler throughout 3 zones and earn copies of the extremely randomized Ergo Sum Exotic Sword.
  • Co-Op’s the name, and Microcosm is the gain. Play reimagined Campaign missions with a cooperative focus.
  • Savuthan schemes a trial to test you and your closest Guardian’s friendship and allegiances. Persevere through Dual Destiny to earn extremely randomized Prismatic-based Exotic Class Items that combine the effects of numerous other Exotics.

The Final Shape Activities & Quests Loot

Exotic Gear

  • Tessellation
  • Still Hunt (Quest)
  • Ergo Sum - a randomized Exotic
  • Microcosm (Cooperative Quest)
  • Khvostov 7G-0X (Secrets)
  • Euphony (Raid)
  • Red Death Reformed
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Hunter Exotic Armor

Warlock Exotic Armor

Titan Exotic Armor

The Final Shape: Dungeon Key

Included in The Final Shape Deluxe Edition, or purchasable for 2000 Silver ($20 USD). Gain access to 2 Dungeons with a full suite of Weapons, Armor, Cosmetics, and a Title all hidden within.

One of these Dungeons remains to be seen!

Dungeon: Vesper's Host

A Europan Space Station from the Golden Age emits a repeating distress signal, Spider has already tried and failed to ransack the place, so he's bringing out the big guns - that's you. Uncover the many mysteries of Vesper Station if you dare, Guardian, for something truly evil is guarding them.

Vesper's Host Loot

Summary

The Destiny 2 Expansions guide details the content and loot which isn't part of the base game experience.

  • Whether you're a new or old Guardian, it's good to know what you get when you purchase an Expansion.
  • Item access mechanics are nuanced. For Weapons & Armor, you can freely use what you've already obtained.
  • Learn about what's free for all Guardians.
    • There's Campaigns, Raids, Dungeons, Exotic Missions, a handful of worlds to explore, and a ton of Exotics.
  • Learn about every piece of content you'll get from every single Expansion, Pack, and Dungeon Key.

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