Destiny 2's vaulted campaigns are on their way back, but not soon. In a community update published on October 29, Bungie laid out a "progress bar" for restoring the content it removed from the game, and the finish line sits in early 2028, according to reports from PC Gamer and GamesRadar+. The same update teased a "Destiny 'Legacy'" project, which PC Gamer reads as a strong hint that the original Destiny could finally reach PC.
We couldn't load Bungie's post directly, so the details below are attributed to the outlets that reported on it.
The timeline
PC Gamer recaps that Bungie reversed course on Destiny 2 in September, calling the game "foundational to Bungie's future" and promising to restore vaulted content. This update is the first detailed look at how long that will take.
According to both outlets, unvaulting is now in pre-production, which is expected to run until January or February 2027. PC Gamer quotes Bungie head of product Josh Deane: "from that point we expect full production will be about 12 months to fully complete the porting process." That puts completion in early 2028 if everything goes to plan. GamesRadar+ notes it's unclear at what rate content might arrive between early 2027 and early 2028.
What's coming back first
GamesRadar+ lists the "first pass" as:
- The Red War, Forsaken, Curse of Osiris and Warmind campaigns
- Strikes from those releases
- Raids and Raid Lairs from those releases
- The Menagerie activity, with reprised rewards
Bungie also listed "stretch goals at unvaulting launch or after", GamesRadar+ reports: free-roam destinations (with Public Events, Lost Sectors and Escalation Protocol), seasonal activities from Sundial in Season 9 to The Coil in Season 23, raid and raid lair weapon updates, and PvP maps.
Some things are unlikely to return at all. Per GamesRadar+, Bungie says it currently has no path to bring back an updated New Light experience, seasonal story missions, the Gambit map Kell's Grave or seasonal hubs such as the Eliksni Quarter, "either for technical and/or strategic reasons."
Beyond unvaulting: Celebration, Legacy and a redacted third
The update also looked past Destiny 2's back catalogue. Deane named three "anchors" for the series, PC Gamer reports. The first is a Destiny 2 "Celebration", with Bungie saying it believes the game needs "a celebration in Destiny 2, beyond Monument of Triumph, for the community that provides new updates for you all to enjoy." It comes with a progress bar due in February.
The second is "Destiny 'Legacy'", described with a single line: "Our epic journey started over a decade ago, and the whole experience needs to be served to you all where you play today." PC Gamer argues that this "pretty strongly suggests" the first Destiny, which has never left consoles, is coming to PC. That's PC Gamer's reading, not a Bungie announcement.
The third is listed as "Redacted", with a launch message reading "We're back", according to PC Gamer.
GamesRadar+ stresses that these plans remain in what Deane calls an "incubation, validation process", and that there's no guarantee all of it happens. Deane was blunt about expectations, telling players not to expect a Destiny announcement at The Game Awards this year. "We get there when we get there," he said, as quoted by PC Gamer, describing the moment as "a true reset" for Bungie, Marathon and Destiny.
What to watch
The next checkpoint is February 2027, when Bungie says the Celebration and Legacy progress bars will arrive and when it expects to share more. On the unvaulting itself, the progress bar points to early 2028.
Ollie's take: Destiny has spent years removing chunks of its own history, so a studio publicly committing to put the Red War back, and maybe the original game where PC players can finally reach it, is a genuinely interesting turn. Early 2028 is a long wait, though, and Bungie is the first to admit none of this is guaranteed.
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