Destiny 2 is in the midst of its yearly Festival of the Lost event, acting as a Halloween celebration for the game. Festivities run through November 19, adding event-specific content and rewards for its duration. While Festival of the Lost hasn’t dramatically changed since it swapped the Haunted Forest for Haunted Lost Sectors four years ago, 2024’s event does alter a few things with an aim to make the Halloween celebration more accessible.
Festival of the Lost is an event that dates back to the original Destiny. The Festival has seen☂ its share of changes over the years, but the general gameplay loop still revolves around collecting Candy as a currency. Currently, Candy is used in tandem with Eerie Engrams to purchase rewards from the event coordinator, Eva Levante. That said, some of the best rewards featured thro🍸ughout Festival of the Lost can only be earned by participating in the event. And even better rewards are available if Guardians are willing to shell out for some microtransactions.
How to start Festival of the Lost
Festival of the Lost has no content or entry requirements; the event is free to all Destiny 2 players. Eva Levante has taken up residence at the center of The Tower, and a visit to her is all needed to start getting spooky in-game. Eva will task players with an event introductory Quest called “Classic Carving.”
Classic Carving will teach players what Festival of the Lost offers and how to participate. By completing the Quest, Guardians will earn a Masquerader’s helmet, and that’s required to earn Candy. New Masquerader’s helms can be obtained via Eva or Haunted Lost Sectors. While the default look is Master Rahool, players can change the appearance to any other mask earned across previous Festival of the Lost events.
The Classic Carving Quest will eventually instruct players to enter a Haunted Loꦬst Sector. These are the main activity offerings for Festival of the Lost, and an Expert difficulty becomes available after completing Classic Carving. At the end of the Questline, Eva will reward players with a decent roll of the Arcane Embrace shotgun, the newest Festival of the Lost weapon.
Festival of the Lost Event Card
The Festival of the Lost Event Card is a collection of Triumph-like challenges with unique rewards. Players can optionally pay to upgrade the Event Card, unlocking additional themed cosmetics. The Event Card is accessible from the Quests tab in the Director or directly via Eva Levante. Event Card challenges aren’t required to earn the Festival of the Lost Title, Ghost Writer, but some objectives can overlap.
The rewards earned through Event Card challenges are one side to the earnable loot for Festival of the Lost, with weapons, Festival masks, Sparrows, and various currencies avail༺able alongside the optional upgraded Event Card rewards.
Challenge | How to complete | Reward |
Cryptozoologist | Use a Manifested Page to restore a chapter in the Tales of the Forgotten book | 1 Event Ticket |
Bookwork I | Use seven Manifested Pages to restore chapters in the Tales of the Forgotten book | Headless Fun Emblem, 15000 Glimmer, 1 Event Ticket |
Bookworm II | Use 14 Manifested Pages to restore chapters in the Tales of the Forgotten book | Sugarcoated Shader, 2 Enhancement Core, 1 Event Ticket |
Bookworm III | Use 22 Manifested Pages to restore chapters in the Tales of the Forgotten book | Nightlight Sparrow, 1 Enhancement Prism, 1 Event Ticket |
Heads Will Roll | Defeat 100 Headless Ones in Haunted Lost Sectors | Cursed Thrall Mask Ornament, 4 Enhancement Core, 1 Event Ticket |
Horrific Haunts | Complete an Expert Haunted Lost Sector | 3 Raid Banner, 500 Candy, 1 Event Ticket |
Candy Corner | Earn enough Candy during Festival of the Lost | Finalized Ghost Mask Ornament, 1 Enhancement Prism, 1 Event Ticket |
Mystery Meet | Purchase enough Mystery Grab Bags from Eva Levante | 1300 Candy, 4 Enhancement Core, 1 Event Ticket |
Third Shot’s a Charm | Defeat enemies with pulse rifles, player kills provide more progress | 1 Jurassic Green pulse rifle, 1 Upgrade Module, 1 Event Ticket |
Blunder-boos | Defeat enemies with shotguns, player kills provide more progress | 1 Arcane Embrace shotgun, 1 Upgrade Module, 1 Event Ticket |
Pumpkin Peltin’ | Defeat enemies with grenade launchers, player kills provide more progress | 1 Acosmic grenade Launcher, 1 Upgrade Module, 1 Event Ticket |
Occult Ritual | Complete ritual activities like Strikes, Crucible and Gambit | Runner Mask Ornament, 1 Enhancement Core, 1 Event Ticket |
Hocus Focusing | Focus an Eerie Engram | Tower Staff Mask Ornament, 10000 Glimmer, 1 Event Ticket |
Masked Bandit | Complete Crucible or Gambit matches while wearing a mask | 4 Enhancement Core, 25000 Glimmer, 1 Event Ticket |
Happy Haunting Ground | Complete 18 Haunted Lost Sectors, Expert Haunted Lost Sectors provide more progress | Nezarec Mask Ornament, Bungie Store reward, 1 Enhancement Core, 1 Event Ticket |
Ghost Writer | Complete 15 Event challenges | 1 Ascendant Shard, 1 Ascendant Alloy, Superblack Shader |
Haunted Lost Sectors
Haunted Lost Sectors aren’t new to Festival of the Lost, but the process of completing them has changed a bit. In years past, players would need to complete other activities to earn Spectral Pages, which would then get converted into Manifested Pages after a successful Haunted Lost Sector. Now, Spectral Pages are out of the picture, and Guardians can earn Manifested Pages directly by completing Haunted Lost Sectors or other activities while wearing their Masquerader’s helm.
The number of Manifested Pages earned in a Haunted Lost Sector depends on the group’s performance. The activity places green summoning circles throughout the Lost Sector. When players stand in the circles long enough, a Headless One miniboss spawns and must be eliminated. A Lost Sector boss will appear after 10 Headless Ones are slain or after enough time has passed. It shields itself at 50% health, and players must defeat more Headless Ones that drop shield-destroying pumpkin bombs. If players finish the Haunted Lost Sector with more than 10 Headless Ones eliminated, they’ll receive the maximum amount of Manifested Pages.
Manifested Pages are spent in The Tower at the Book of the Forgotten. This is a collection of short little lore entries with spooky undertones. There are four Volumes of Tales of the Forgotten. The older entries only cost one Manifested Page, while the l🐽atest Volume four can run up to nine Pages per entry.
Guardians can earn high-stat rolls of the Masquerader’s helm from running Haunted Lost Sectors, and Expert Haunted Lost Sectors will reward a Masquerader’s helm with a better chance at favorable distribution of the high-stat roll. Of course, the regular Haunted Lost Sectors have matchmaking, while the Expert version does not. As mentioned before, players cannot attempt an Expert Haunted Lost Sector until after they’ve completed the Classic Carving Quest. This similarly applies to alternate characters.
Festival of the Lost: Eva’s loot
Eva Levante has a few new treats for 2024’s Festival of the Lost. In addition to the usual Grab Bags and Festival of the Lost weapons, targeted Exotic armor makes a return from 2023’s event. Alongside traditional Exotics, each Class’ Exotic Class item is also available from Eva throughout 2024’s Festival of the Lost.
Item | Cost | Contains |
Mystery Grab Bag | 650 Candy | Glimmer, Legendary weapons |
Epic Mystery Grab Bag | 1300 Candy | Glimmer, Legendary weapons, Legendary armor, enhancement materials |
Masquerader’s Helm | 100 Glimmer | |
Eerie Engram | 1 Eerie Engram | Horror Story, Jurassic Green, Mechabre, Acosmic, Arcane Embrace, Enhancement Cores, Enhancement Prisms, Ascendant Shards, Ascendant Alloys, Festival of the Lost Mementos |
Eerie Weapon’s Engram | 1 Eerie Engram, 500 Candy | Braytech Werewolf, Mechabre, Jurassic Green, Acosmic, Arcane Embrace |
Braytech Werewolf | 1 Eerie Engram, 1000 Candy | |
Mechabre | 1 Eerie Engram, 1000 Candy | |
Jurassic Green | 1 Eerie Engram, 1000 Candy | |
Acosmic | 1 Eerie Engram, 1000 Candy | |
Arcane Embrace | 1 Eerie Engram, 1000 Candy | |
Exotic armor | 1 Eerie Engram, 2500 Candy | 1 unearned Exotic armor piece from the selected slot (legs, chest, arms, head) |
Exotic Class item | 1 Eerie Engram, 2500 Candy | Relativism, Stoicism, or Solipsism depending on Class |
How to earn the Festival of the Lost Memento
Like last year, earning a Festival of the Lost Memento has a bit of a hidden process around it. Players must complete three secret objectives to gain the Twilight Triumph, rewarding the Memento when it’s claimed from the Triumph menu. Each task involves a Festival of the Lost mask unlocked from 2024’s Event Card; some are more involved than others. That said, once you know what to do, each objective can be completed quickly. The Twilight Triumph tasks are as follows:
- Complete the Hocus Focusing challenge on the Event Card and equip the rewarded Tower Staff Mask Ornament. Talk to Eva at The Tower; she’ll offer The Mystery of the Missing Bags Quest. Talk to Saint-14 to resolve the Quest.
- Complete the Heads Will Roll challenge on the Event Card and equip the rewarded Cursed Thrall Mask Ornament. With the mask equipped, Guardians must get 100 kills with explosive weapons.
- Complete the Candy Corner challenge on the Event Card and equip the rewarded Finalized Ghost Mask Ornament. Guardians must get 50 sword kills in Expert Haunted Lost Sectors with the mask equipped.
O🏅nce all three objectives are complete, players can claim the secret Triumph and earn a guaranteed Festival of the Lost Memento. The Triumph will also rew🍌ard the Spectral Carapace Emblem. After that one, players can continue to earn additional Festival of the Lost Mementos by focusing Eerie Engrams with Eva Levante.
Eververse Festival of the Lost cosmetics
The Festival of the Lost Event Card and Eva rewards represent the unique event swag that can be earned through participation, but the Eververse Store has plenty of additional options for cold, hard cash. Guardians can purchase additional mask Ornaments, Emotes, Finishers, Ghost flair, and even full Halloween costume transmogs. These offerings are available for Silver (real money) for the most part, though each year’s Halloween costume is also available for Bright Dust.
Item | Type | Cost |
2024 Festival of the Lost costume (Wizard) | Full armor Ornament set | 1500 Silver or 6000 Glimmer |
2023 Festival of the Lost costume (Bug) | Full armor Ornament set | 1500 Silver or 6000 Glimmer |
2022 Festival of the Lost costume (Mech) | Full armor Ornament set | 1500 Silver or 6000 Glimmer |
2021 Festival of the Lost costume (Dino) | Full armor Ornament set | 1500 Silver or 6000 Glimmer |
2020 Festival of the Lost costume (Monster) | Full armor Ornament set | 1500 Silver or 6000 Glimmer |
Cayde-6 Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Witness Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Disciple Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Good Boy Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Fynch Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Starhorse Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Shaded Titan Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Penguin Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Associates Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Spider Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Omnigul Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Jack-O’-Lantern Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Glitterball Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Colonel Mask | Masquerader’s Ornament | 300 Silver |
Stone-Cold Smash | Finisher | 800 Silver |
Colony Crush | Finisher | 800 Silver |
Bashing Pumpkins | Finisher | 800 Silver |
Rocket Punch | Finisher | 800 Silver |
Ding! | Finisher | 800 Silver |
One-Inch Punch | Finisher | 800 Silver |
Trick or Trio | Emote | 1200 Silver |
Have a Balloon | Emote | 500 Silver |
Knock Knock | Emote | 500 Silver |
Jump Scare | Emote | 200 Silver |
Peekaboo | Emote | 200 Silver |
Vampiric Pose | Emote | 1000 Silver |
Pumpkin Carving | Emote | 1000 Silver |
Buster Ray | Emote | 1000 Silver |
Gourd Summoner | Emote | 1000 Silver |
Strange Brew | Emote | 1000 Silver |
Lunar Roar | Emote | 1000 Silver |
Ghastly Durance | Emote | 1000 Silver |
Tombstone | Emote | 1000 Silver |
Heroic Guitarist | Emote | 1000 Silver |
Prankster Dance | Emote | 1000 Silver |
Imprecise Snack | Emote | 500 Silver |
Skeletal Dance | Emote | 500 Silver |
Zombie Shuffle | Emote | 500 Silver |
No Escape | Emote | 500 Silver |
Hold Me | Emote | 500 Silver |
Necromance Dance | Emote | 500 Silver |
Pumpkin Dance | Emote | 500 Silver |
Peaceful Rest | Emote | 500 Silver |
By Candlelight | Emote | 500 Silver |
Parting | Emote | 500 Silver |
Bone Boogie | Emote | 500 Silver |
Spell of Abolition | Emote | 500 Silver |
Magnificent Dance | Emote | 500 Silver |
Summoning Dance | Emote | 500 Silver |
Accursed Sun | Emote | 500 Silver |
It Was You | Emote | 200 Silver |
It’s Showtime | Emote | 200 Silver |
Summoning Ritual | Emote | 200 Silver |
Rueful Wail | Emote | 200 Silver |
Interstellar Shell | Ghost Shell | 600 Silver |
Eternal Shell | Ghost Shell | 600 Silver |
Confection Shell | Ghost Shell | 600 Silver |
Heart-Powered Shell | Ghost Shell | 600 Silver |
Spinnere Shell | Ghost Shell | 600 Silver |
Papercraft Aranea Shell | Ghost Shell | 600 Silver |
Hazy Future Shell | Ghost Shell | 600 Silver |
Calavera Shell | Ghost Shell | 600 Silver |
Fettered Shell | Ghost Shell | 600 Silver |
Hexing Shell | Ghost Shell | 600 Silver |
Grotesque Lapis | Sparrow | 800 Silver |
Conductive Hubris | Sparrow | 800 Silver |
Sugary Staple | Sparrow | 800 Silver |
Stygian Steed | Sparrow | 800 Silver |
The Mourner | Sparrow | 800 Silver |
Majestic Whinny | Sparrow | 800 Silver |
Mad Machinery | Sparrow | 800 Silver |
Skitterscare | Sparrow | 800 Silver |
Halted Oblivion | Sparrow | 800 Silver |
The Wretched Bough | Ship | 800 Silver |
Nevermore | Ship | 800 Silver |
Decollated Dread | Ship | 800 Silver |
Fairytale Flight | Ship | 800 Silver |
Extra-Terrestrial Vehicle | Ship | 800 Silver |
Manse Macabre | Ship | 800 Silver |
Retrograde Tourer | Ship | 800 Silver |
Lepidoptera | Ship | 800 Silver |
Whimsical Projection | Ghost Projection | 200 Silver |
Eliksir Projection | Ghost Projection | 200 Silver |
Luminous Cocoon | Transmat Effect | 200 Silver |
Promethean Prelude (Grand Overture) | Exotic weapon Ornament | 700 Silver |
Wyrm Perilous (Parasite) | Exotic weapon Ornament | 700 Silver |
Prideglass (Fighting Lion) | Exotic weapon Ornament | 700 Silver |
Published: Nov 6, 2024 10:02 am