Even the MMO shooter Destiny celebrates Halloween. How does the bat swarm work and where are the Sparrows?
We illuminate how the bat swarm works as a respawn animation and clarify the question of the four Sparrows that supposedly came with Halloween.
Pumpkin head announces Halloween in Destiny
After the last update on Tuesday players logged in and found a pumpkin head in the post that they could put on. With this traditionally Irish Jack-O’Lantern on their heads, the Guardians could celebrate their very own spooky Halloween: Atmospheric screams in the background provided the necessary ambiance.
Check it out! Visit the Post Master for this Halloween themed beauty! pic.twitter.com/4aQ2wBDGQc
— Destiny & Halo (@MoreConsole) October 28, 2014
The “Jackolyte”, that’s what the item is called in the game, was fun, even though it didn’t work with every helmet and caused display errors. Three items arrived with the post, the head can stack up to 5, and further drops are made by enemies from the “swarm”. The item can still be obtained.
That was the part of the Halloween update, that everyone could see. Dataminers, however, rummaged through the database and found more items. What’s going on with those?
Where are the Sparrows?
Along with the update, four new Sparrows appeared in the Destiny database. That’s what the hover bikes are called, the preferred means of transportation for Guardians on land.
The four Sparrows were referred to as “Halloween” Sparrows by the dataminers. It was even suspected that they had some kind of “horror motifs”. The Guardians in Destiny scoured everything in the last few days to get their hands on these Sparrows. Wild theories were circulating. The most absurd attempts were made. It was a mystery that needed to be solved. And even though someone in some forum shouted “Here, here, I’ve got it”, it turned out to be nonsense. No one has found these Sparrows in Destiny.
Now there was a confirmation in the official forum of what many already assumed. “There are no Halloween Sparrows,” was the official and curt statement from Bungie.
Apparently, only four models were introduced into the game, to be used later, perhaps for the next DLC “The Dark Below”. But the models have nothing to do with Halloween.
How does the bat animation work?
“Flight of Shadows”, another Halloween item is actually in the game, unlike the Sparrows. The item alters the respawn animation, that is, what happens when a Guardian dies and comes back to life. To get it, one must pilgrimage to the vendor Xur with the pumpkin head on (he’s only there until Sunday at 10 AM near the Crucible vendor). Once the head is on, he sells the item “Flight of Shadows” for a strange coin.
The bat animation is relatively short and only active when one is wearing the pumpkin head and then dies.
