Destiny 2 Forsaken Festival of the Lost finally returns after 2 years. Festival of the Lost is now available for all Forsaken players on October 16 and will end on November 6. We have compiled a Destiny 2 Forsaken Festival of the Lost Guide that will help you find and track all the time-limited items and quests you will get in this event.
Destiny 2 Forsaken Festival of the Lost
Our lovely Shipwright Amanda Holliday has provided destiny Festival of the Lost. Be sure to thank her for this lovely occasion. She has been a very helpful human for you Guardians, hasn’t she?
Amanda will offer you five Daily Bounties and one Weekly Bounty. The Weekly Bounty can be accepted any day of that week and completed within the time period. The Daily Bounties expire the day they are accepted.
You will earn Fragmented Souls for completing these bounties. Fragmented Souls are the currency in this new event and you can use them to buy items from Ms. Holliday.
Some of the items included in the event include limited Masks, Emblems, Shaders, and the Legendary Auto Rifle “Horror Story”.
Additionally, Festival of the Lost has some new quests to offer i.e. Keeping Our Spirits Up, Festival of the Lost… Sector, And Miles to Go Before I Sleep, the Haunted Forest, Out of the Woods, and Murder Mystery.
Haunted Forest
All bounties will be located inside the Haunted Forest. In order to be able to enter the Haunted Forest, you need to complete the new quest “Keeping Our Spirits Up”.
Visit Amanda Holliday to accept this quest. After you have completed the quest, Haunted Forest will be available on the Tower map.
The Haunted Forest is a very difficult and challenging area. You will have 15 minutes to dive as deep and wander off as much as you desire. The Haunted Forest will consist of “Branches” which are like levels.
In order to move up a branch, you will need to kill a specific number of enemies in that branch and kill the branch boss.
| Branch Name | Modifier |
| Branch 1 | None |
| Branch 2 | Glass |
| Branch 3 | Attrition |
| Branch 4 | Grounded |
| Branch 5 | Blackout |
| Branch 6 | Blackout + Glass |
| Branch 7 | Blackout + Attrition |
| Branch 8 | Blackout + Grounded |
| Branch 9 + | Blackout + Glass + Attrition + Grounded |
Below is a list of all the bounties you can do in the game and what you will have to do for each bounty.
Daily Bounties
All Daily Bounties will reward you 1 Fragmented Soul and cost 100 Glimmer to accept. It is a grind-fest!
| Bounties | Requirement |
| The Haunter | Defeat 50 Enemies in the Haunted Forest. |
| The Nightmare’s Nightmare | Defeat 3 Nightmares in the Haunted Forest. |
| Hauntingly Accurate | Get 25 Precision Kills. |
| Forest Clearing | Defeat 15 Enemies in the Haunted Forest With Grenade Kills. |
| Forest Fire | Defeat 50 Enemies in the Haunted Forest With an Auto Rifle. |
| Prepare for Launch | Defeat 25 Enemies in the Haunted Forest With a Grenade Launcher. |
| Masked Defender | Defeat 50 Enemies Anywhere While Wearing a Festival of the Lost Mask. |
| Masked Mayhem | Defeat 15 Other Players, Guardians, in the Crucible While Wearing a Festival of the Lost Mask. |
| Masked Competition | Complete a Single Crucible Match While Wearing a Festival of the Lost Mask. |
| Masked Hero | Do 5 Heroic Public Events While Wearing a Festival of the Lost Mask. |
| Masked Strike | Finish a Strike While Wearing a Festival of the Lost Mask. |
| Masked Looter | Loot Five Sector Caches While Wearing a Festival of the Lost Mask. |
| Masked Remembrance | Complete a Single Heroic Story Mission While Wearing a Festival of the Lost Mask. |
| Masked Intentions | Finish a Single Gambit Match While Wearing a Festival of the Lost Mask. |
All Weekly Bounties – Week-1
“A Bounteous Festival” requires you to complete 15 bounties while this Weekly Bounty is active. You will get 40 Fragmented Souls. The cost of this bounty is 150 Glimmer.
Triumphs
Triumphs are like achievements in Destiny 2. You need to complete a given objective or challenge to be worthy of one. Triumphs related to Festival of the Lost have been listed in this guide:
| Triumph | Requirements |
| We Came, We Saw, We Survived | Complete the Festival of the Lost milestone. Basically, you need to complete the first quest you get from Amanda Holliday. |
| Masquerade | Collect all 9 Masks from Amanda Holliday. They have been mentioned above. |
| Lucid Dreamer | Unlock all three perks on Festival of the Lost masks. They have been listed below in the Rewards section. |
| This Is My Story | Buy ‘Horror Story’ legendary weapon from Amanda Holliday. |
| A Bounty a Day | Complete 40 bounties in the Festival of the Lost. |
| You Don’t Scare Me | Kill 10 Nightmares in the Haunted Forest. |
| Seventh Branch | Unlock and finish the seventh branch of the Haunted Forest. |
| Lost in the Forest | Complete all 7 Triumphs. |
Of course, all work should be rewarded. The rewards for this event really are worth the grind. Some of the items will be rewarded to you free while the others you will have to buy from Amanda Holliday for Fragmented Souls.
Horror Story Weapon
Perhaps the most enticing in this whole guide, the Legendary Auto Rifle “Horror Story” is exclusive to this event. This Legendary Auto Rifle is definitely a thing to reckon with. There are two ways to obtain this time-limited item.
- If you own the Forsaken DLC and are at the Power Level 600, you will get this item for free.
- You need to earn 120 Fragmented Souls and trade them to Amanda Holliday for the gun.
Masks
| Masks | How to Unlock |
| Master Rahool Mask | Will be obtained automatically when you complete the first quest for Amanda Holliday that unlocks the Festival of the Lost event. |
| Colonel Mask | Can be bought from Tess Everis for 1450 Bright Dust. This mask makes you look like a chicken. Hilarious. |
| Traveler Mask | Can be bought from Amanda for 30 Fragmented Souls. A mask that looks like a globe. Neat. |
| Lord Shaxx Mask | You can buy it from Amanda for 30 Fragmented Souls. Looks like a 3D printed version of the Crucible vendor’s helmet. |
| Petra Venj Mask | Can be bought from Amanda for 30 Fragmented Souls. It’s a ‘love’ly mask. |
| Dominus Ghaul Mask | Can be bought from Amanda for 40 Fragmented Souls. It makes you look like the former leader of the Red Legion. |
| Jade Rabbit Mask | Can be bought for 40 Fragmented souls from Amanda. It goes along with your Jade Rabbit exotic rifle, if you prefer that gun. |
| Will of the Thousand Mask | Can be bought from Amanda for 40 Fragmented Souls. Makes you look like that Hive Worm God you defeated a few weeks ago. |
| Scorn Mask | Can be bought from Amanda for 40 Fragmented Souls. It’s the mask of the Scorned Baron himself. |
| Emperor Calus Mask | Can be bought from Amanda for 40 Fragmented Souls. The Little Mermaid’s evil uncle, Emperor Calus has offered his head! |
| Dark Prince Mask | The edgy mask ‘Dark Prince’ can be obtained by completing all the Festival of the Lost triumphs and finally finishing the ‘Lost in the Forest’ Triumph. Totally worth it! |
Emblems and Shader
Nightmare’s End can be obtained by completing the “You Don’t Scare Me” Triumph. You will need to defeat 100 Nightmares in the Haunted Forest.
Deep in the Woods can be obtained by completing the “Seventh Branch” Triumph. You must complete the seventh branch in the Haunted Forest to get this Triumph. Be careful, the modifiers of Blackout + Attrition will be activated on this branch.
Amaranth Atrocity shader can be obtained by completing the “Masquerade” Triumph. You will need to obtain seven Masks to complete this Triumph.
Mask Perks
Additionally, you can unlock different perks for your specific Masks by completing some objectives. These perks will provide upgrades for your masks if equipped.
Winged Terror
Can be obtained by killing X amount of Nightmares in the Haunted Forest. You will do more damage to enemies while this perk is equipped. Additionally, you will take next-to-none damage while airborne.
Vampiric Touch
Can be obtained by killing X amount of Nightmares in the Haunted Forest. You will be able to do more damage with this perk equipped. Additionally, you will trigger health regeneration on each precision kill.
Energetic Assassin
Can be obtained by killing X amount of Nightmares in the Haunted Forest. You will deal extra damage to Nightmares and get melee energy on each precision kill.
Eververse
This is endgame stuff that has been added to the game. Apparently, once you reach the max character level, you will obtain an Ephemeral Engram every time you fill the XP bar.
You will also get the Steadfast Engram that awards you double Bright Engrams during the Festival of the Lost. You can also purchase Ephemeral Engrams from Tess Everis.
Below is a little list of items you will be able to get from the Eververse. These include:
| Name | Type | Rarity | Cost |
| Prankster Dance | Emote | Exotic | N/A |
| Heroic Guitarist | Emote | Exotic | N/A |
| Sweeping (Temporal) | Emote | Exotic | N/A |
| Mic Drop (Temporal) | Emote | Exotic | N/A |
| Summoning Dance | Emote | Legendary | N/A |
| Magnificent Dance | Emote | Legendary | N/A |
| Spell of Abolition | Emote | Legendary | N/A |
| Prideglass | Weapon Ornament | Exotic | N/A |
| Okular Fortitude Shell | Ghost Shell | Exotic | N/A |
| Nine Lives Shell | Ghost Shell | Exotic | N/A |
| Stonecraft’s Amalgam Shell | Ghost Shell | Exotic | N/A |
| Quondam Shell | Ghost Shell | Legendary | N/A |
| Angora Raider Shell | Ghost Shell | Legendary | N/A |
| Canaan’s Harvest Shell | Ghost Shell | Legendary | N/A |
| Rigg’s Vortex Shell | Ghost Shell | Legendary | N/A |
| The Lycan’s Mire Shell | Ghost Shell | Legendary | N/A |
| Seal of Troika Shell | Ghost Shell | Legendary | N/A |
| Infected Seeker | Ship | Exotic | N/A |
| Aerial Shroud | Ship | Exotic | N/A |
| Three to Eight | Ship | Legendary | N/A |
| Uncrowned Progenitor | Ship | Legendary | N/A |
| The First Domino | Ship | Legendary | N/A |
| Stronger Than Now | Ship | Legendary | N/A |
| Stained Shrapnel | Ship | Legendary | N/A |
| Xenon Direct | Ship | Legendary | N/A |
| Winchester’s Ruin | Sparrow | Exotic | N/A |
| Insurgent’s Spur | Sparrow | Legendary | N/A |
| Cetacean Wing | Sparrow | Legendary | N/A |
| Bishop’s Run | Sparrow | Legendary | N/A |
| Glitterball Mask | Mask | Legendary | N/A |
| Colonel Mask | Mask | Legendary | N/A |
| Chiroptera Projection | Ghost Projection | Rare | N/A |
| Spectral Projection | Ghost Projection | Rare | N/A |
| Spinneret Projection | Ghost Projection | Rare | N/A |
| Carved Projection | Ghost Projection | Rare | N/A |
| Arachnid Projection | Ghost Projection | Rare | N/A |
| Remembrance Projection | Ghost Projection | Rare | N/A |
| Unlucky Projection | Ghost Projection | Rare | N/A |
| Phrygian Projection | Ghost Projection | Rare | N/A |
| Soulsknot | Transmat Effect | Legendary | N/A |
| Arachnophile | Transmat Effect | Legendary | N/A |
| Dark Fluorescence | Shader | Legendary | N/A |
| Shadowstrike | Shader | Legendary | N/A |
And this is all for now. We will update our guide with more bounties and rewards once more has been unveiled in the second week of the event. Until then, try to farm as much Fragmented Souls as you can. “I’m coming home, Ace.”