In Destiny 2, the Gjallarhorn Day celebrates its 6th anniversary. We look at why the holiday exists, take a nostalgic look at the most famous weapon from the Destiny universe, and show that the community is still getting hyped today.
This article is from August 2020. However, we dug it up today, on August 14, 2021, due to the anniversary – have a great G-Day!
What is G-Day? Six years ago, on August 14, 2015, it seemed like an ordinary Friday for the Guardians in Destiny 1. There were no special events on the to-do list, only Xur’s weekly visit was on schedule, which would go down in history.
The NPC vendor had the Exotic Gjallarhorn in his inventory!
- Players went absolutely crazy
- Xur probably recorded massive profits
- From all directions, you could hear or read: “Holy Shit, Xur sells Gjallarhorn!”
Since then, G-Day has been celebrated from August 14 to 15 (if the calendar is unfortunate, the closest visit from Xur is taken – yes, it is all precisely regulated).
By the way, the NPC had Gjallarhorn in his inventory on G-Day actually for the second time – already in week 2 of Destiny, the Exotic was among his wares. Back then, however, no one could fathom how much power was under the hood, and very few players had sufficient resources to invest in it.
Xur is back in the game since the late evening hours of August 13, 2021. This time, the Guardians aren’t getting hyped, even though he has an Exotic with a big “G” at the start.
On Gjallarhorn Day, Destiny was turned upside down 6 years ago
For a year, the Gjallarhorn dominated: The first year of Destiny was all about discoveries. Players experienced a raid for the first time in a shooter, including puzzles and unprecedented boss fights, with brutally challenging gameplay mechanics. However, players also discovered that the Gjallarhorn ignored all mechanics.
Due to its firepower, it was practically considered a golden ticket for the hardest endgame activities. Anyone who signed up for a raid via LFG often had to prove that a Gjallarhorn was waiting in their inventory for deployment. This is seen by many as the downside of the powerful weapon, as they felt excluded without it.
In short: Every Guardian wanted that item. But the weapon was as rare as it was overpowered. If the Horn dropped randomly in the raid or after a PvP match, there was no holding back.
In Year 1, there were plenty of reaction videos showing the jubilation when you finally became part of the exclusive club of G-Horn bearers:
This is how players react year after year: Even in 2021, the community is getting hyped promptly for G-Day. They traditionally reminisce nostalgically and reflect on their best moments from Destiny.
In the largest collection of Guardians on the internet, the Destiny reddit, no of the usually strict rules apply, for example. The community is allowed to spam the subreddit with nonsense posts from August 14 to 15.
Guardians want to set themselves the goal of playing 100 Gambit matches… does celebrating look like this?
In the previous years, we also saw congratulations, calls to turn the Destiny subreddit into Club Penguin, and other even weirder stuff:
What about Gjallarhorn in Destiny 2?
Many iconic weapons from the original game are now available in Destiny 2:
- The Last Word
- Thorn
- Hawkmoon
- Vex Mythoclast
Even in the upcoming Season 15, the chances of getting the Horn may be slim. But who knows if Bungie will use the cult Exotic as a marketing tool for the big expansion in 2021, with Witch Queen?
But the cult around the weapon is also constantly exploited by leakers. Even Bungie trolled the Guardians with mysterious images and misleading database entries regarding the Exotic:
Do you remember your first G-Day? Do you think that Gjallarhorn could still work in Destiny 2, or would you prefer to keep it forever in the nostalgic memory of those days?
If you’re already reminiscing, here MeinMMO shows you the bosses from Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 that will forever stay in our memory: 6 unforgettable bosses from Destiny that are absolutely cult
