In Destiny 2, the Halloween event Festival of the Lost will start soon. Some have wondered how the celebration could unfold this year. Players have now discovered hints about the return of the Haunted Forest.
What is the Festival of the Lost? This event celebrates Destiny’s Halloween fest. The Tower will be decorated in a spooky way, and Guardians can dress up in masks. Not much is currently known about this year’s Festival of the Lost. In the roadmap, only the official date can be found. The celebrations will start on October 29 and run until November 19.
This is what players have discovered about the Festival of the Lost: Some Guardians have already wondered how this year’s festival could unfold. Creative Guardians have found a first clue – at least to part of this question.
It seems that the return of an event activity from last year is imminent. It looks like the Haunted Forest will open its gates again.
Players who visited the Haunted Forest during last year’s festival could earn special emblems. A look into the emblem collection reveals that two of last year’s event emblems have recently received an update.
The emblems “Deep in the Woods” and “End of Terror” count how deep you were able to venture into the Haunted Forest and how many Nightmares were defeated. As you can check for yourselves, the stats from 2018 now have an additional empty line for 2019. For some Guardians, this is a clear indication that the Haunted Forest will also be playable this year.
Chills in the Haunted Forest
What’s the deal with the Haunted Forest? The Haunted Forest was an activity for three players with matchmaking. You had to fight your way through randomly generated sections and earn points by defeating enemies. Once the point total was full, you could face a boss.
After that, Guardians could advance to the next branch and start over. The uniqueness of this is: You have a total of 15 minutes to go as deep as possible.
This is how the Haunted Forest was received last year: The activity was generally well received by the Guardians. The fast-paced mechanics and the fact that you could team up with random players against the Nightmares were praised.
However, the loot for your efforts was seen as needing improvement. During the Festival of the Lost, Guardians could earn the powerful Exotic Thunderlord and the auto rifle Horror Story, but there were no specific rewards for the Haunted Forest except for event currency.
If this Halloween activity actually returns, we are curious to see if there will be changes based on fan feedback.
What would you think of the return of the Haunted Forest? Did you enjoy playing it, do you have suggestions for changes, or does the activity no longer have a place in the current Destiny 2?
