Destiny 2 to Add New Festival of the Lost Mode and Loot

Summary

Bungie reveals details about this year's Festival of the Lost in a recent blog post, including changes to the loot pool and new game modes.
Players can earn candy currency by equipping the ritual mask provided by Eva Levante and playing Haunted Sectors. New Eerie engrams and higher tier Legend Haunted Sectors will be introduced.
Season 23 will bring broader PvP changes and a new Iron Banner Mode called Tribute.

Bungie has detailed the loot pool changes and new game mode arriving with this year’s Destiny 2 Festival of the Lost. This was revealed in a recent blog post, along with some details about upcoming changes to Destiny 2’s PVP game modes.

Festival of the Lost is the annual Halloween event in Destiny 2. The event vendor, Eva Levante, provides a ritual mask, which players have to equip while playing the Haunted Sectors to get candy, a necessary currency to unlock rewards. There are usually other mechanics that accompany the event; however, Bungie has seemingly made some big changes to this year’s Festival of the Lost.

In the weekly Destiny 2 blog post, Bungie revealed the new loot and modes available with the Festival of the Lost. This year, the event will introduce new Eerie engrams, which will drop from doing Haunter Sectors. Additionally, higher tier Legend Haunted Sectors will also be introduced in the game for the first time, which will have a higher chance of dropping Eerie Engrams. Aside from this, Bungie is also introducing Hocus Focusing with the event that will let players focus Festival of the Lost Weapons and Exotic Armor using Eerie Engrams. This will allow players to obtain Exotic Armor pieces without having to use precious materials by focusing them at Master Rahool.

Another interesting addition to this year’s event is a new textured black leather Memento, which will be a random drop from Festival of the Lost activities. Aside from this, Bungie is also making some changes to the new Checkmate game mode, where Hand Cannon and Pulse Rifle damage is being reworked, along with a reduced frequency for Heavy ammo spawn. Moreover, matchmaking and spawns in Crucible are also getting a revamp. While these are just minor tweaks, the upcoming Destiny 2 Season 23 will introduce broader PvP changes.

Aside from this, Season 23 will also introduce a new Iron Banner Mode called Tribute which will be inspired by the current Supremacy mode. That is not all, as Destiny 2 Season 23 will also start phasing out Legendary Shards in the game, which will be fully removed when the Final Shape expansion launches. Another interesting addition will be the Foundry Weapon focusing arriving with Season 23, which will let players focus Hakke, Omolon, Veist, and Suros weapons.

Destiny 2 is currently available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.