Since it first came out in 2017, Destiny 2 has played host to over a dozen unique Raids, serving as the franchise’s marquee pieces of content. These difficult and mechanically challenging missions pit fireteams of up to six players against all threats across the Solar system and beyond, representing the pinnacle of Destiny 2‘s endgame features.
Not all of Destiny 2‘s Raids are available in the game at the time of writing this article, however. As part of the game’s Beyond Light DLC, many of them were sunset and cut from Destiny 2‘s roster of available content. The list featured here summarizes all of the Raids released for Destiny 2 – both available and not – giving you a glimpse of all the different adventures Guardians have gone on since 2017.
All Destiny 2 Raids in the order of release
#1: Leviathan – September 13, 2017
Destiny 2‘s first proper Raid was the Leviathan: an immense planet-eating vessel housing the exiled Cabal Emperor Calus. While Calus would, eventually, go on to become one of the Witness’s disciples, in the years before the events of Lightfall, Calus was either ambivalent or outright entertained by Guardians and their antics. The Leviathan Raid was, therefore, a gauntlet of festivities where a mechanical Calus stand-in served as the final boss fight. The Leviathan was sunset on November 10, 2020.
#2: Leviathan: Eater of Worlds – December 5, 2017
Rather than releasing full-fledged Raids, Bungie decided that the first year of Destiny 2‘s post-launch content would offer Raid Lairs instead, the first of which was the Eater of Worlds. Eater of Worlds had Calus send the Guardians on a mad romp through the Leviathan to destroy the Vex mind that got lodged inside the vessel’s planet-eating systems. Relatively short and simple compared to the Leviathan proper, the Eater of Worlds, too, was sunset on November 10, 2020.
#3: Leviathan: Spire of Stars – May 8, 2018
The second and more-or-less final Leviathan Raid Lair was the Spire of Stars, where Calus once more called upon the Guardians for assistance. This time, however, the threat was Cabal: a Red Legion strike crew led by Val Ca’uor was trying to hunt Calus down for the glory of the Legion. The Guardians, however, saw to it that Ca’uor never had the chance to put his grubby paws on Calus. Much like the other Leviathan Raids, the Spire of Stars, too, was sunset on November 10, 2020.
#4: Last Wish – September 14, 2018
The grand finale to the campaign of the Forsaken DLC was the Last Wish raid. Easily one of the most complex and engaging pieces of content Bungie has ever produced, the Last Wish features a huge array of exciting mechanics overlapping one another, with an equally immense list of secrets for players to pursue. The final encounter and the ensuing fight against the last wish dragon, Riven, is an unforgettable experience that some feel is yet to be superseded.
#5: Scourge of the Past – December 7, 2018
Another piece of content that got sunset on November 10, 2020, was the Scourge of the Past Raid. Simple, fast, fun, and with loads of good loot, Scourge was the pinnacle of Destiny 2: Forsaken‘s seasonal offerings, having been released as part of the Black Armory content drop. Scourge featured an unlikely rogue Eliksni, later known as Eramis, Kell of Darkness, as she and her group tried to set off a nuclear weapon within the walls of the Last City.
#6: Leviathan: Crown of Sorrow – June 4, 2019
The final Raid to have been sunset on November 10, 2020 was the Crown of Sorrow. Though this Raid isn’t a Lair, it does take place aboard the Leviathan, where a special Cabal clone, Gahlran, fell to the influence of the titular Crown, suddenly taking over as the new leader of a horde of Hive trapped aboard the Leviathan. Gahlran, however, turned against Calus at the behest of Savathun, and it fell upon the Guardians to take the mutant down.
#7: Garden of Salvation – October 5, 2019
The Garden of Salvation took Guardians back to the Black Garden for the first time since the days of the original Destiny. As the key highlight of the Shadowkeep DLC, Garden of Salvation pitted Guardians against the Darkness-worshipping Sol Divisive Vex, who have taken to defending a mysterious Darkness beacon that activated after the events of the DLC’s campaign mode. The events of Garden of Salvation would introduce the creature wielding the Darkness, the so-called Witness, making this Raid particularly important lore-wise.
#8: Deep Stone Crypt – November 21, 2020
In Deep Stone Crypt, Eramis returns as the leader of the Eliksni House of Darkness. Though the Guardians dismantled many of her lieutenants during the Beyond Light campaign, some stuck around to mount an assault on Clovis Bray’s Exo-cloning facility, the Deep Stone Crypt. This leads to a final showdown against Exo Fallen and the infamous Guardian killer Taniks. This Raid is remarkably scenic and fun, with solid loot and a great variety of mechanics on show.
#9: Vault of Glass (Reprised) – May 22, 2021
The first proper reprised Raid from Destiny 1 was, appropriately enough, the first Destiny Raid ever released: Vault of Glass. This iconic piece of content came to Destiny 2 in a revised and updated format, with improved encounters, better loot, and the super-rare Vex Mythoclast Exotic weapon. Even today, the Vault of Glass is still one of Destiny 2‘s best Raids and a must-play experience for newbies and veterans alike.
#10: Vow of the Disciple – March 5, 2022
The Vow of the Disciple sent Guardians on a trudge through the marshes of Savathun’s Throne World, where the Hive God of treachery somehow managed to disable an actual Darkness Pyramid. Inside, however, was Rhulk, the First Disciple: a vicious, genocidal monster hell-bent on helping the Witness enact its Final Shape. Setting all these proper nouns aside, though, the Vow of the Disciple is a thrilling Raid that exposes players to the truth behind the Darkness for the first time.
#11: King’s Fall (Reprised) – September 18, 2022
King’s Fall is the second reprised Destiny 1 Raid coming to Destiny 2. This is, in essence, the story of how Hive God Oryx met his proverbial maker at the hands of six god-killing Guardians. The Raid is, for the most part, extremely true to its original version, though some specifics differ due to Destiny 2‘s different meta and gear availability. Much like the Vault of Glass, King’s Fall is a true-to-form revival of a key piece of Destiny content.
#12: Root of Nightmares – March 10, 2023
The Root of Nightmares pits Guardians against the second Darkness Disciple, Nezarec. The trick this time, though, is that the Traveler itself infests Nezarec’s pyramid with strange Light growths that end up empowering the Disciple itself. Though the Raid itself is rather fun and engaging, not everyone will be a fan of the mutated weaponry and armor that drops here.
#13: Crota’s End (Reprised) – September 1, 2023
Crota’s End is the third Destiny Raid reprisal to have come out in Destiny 2, and though veteran players did know what they were getting into, it was still a remarkably difficult raid to get through. In fact, Destiny Raid Report claims that Crota’s End’s Challenge Mode has the lowest day-one completion rate since the Garden of Salvation came out. The good news, though, is that Bungie has since tuned its difficulty to a more manageable level, making it a welcome addition to the game’s Raid roster.
#14: The Final Shape Raid – June 7, 2024
Destiny 2: The Final Shape Raid is due to release only three days after the DLC comes out proper, on June 4, as it’s going to be more meaningfully integrated into the expansion pack’s main campaign mode than we’re used to. According to Bungie, only seven of The Final Shape‘s eight campaign missions will be available on day one, with the grand finale of the Light and Dark saga wrapping up after the Destiny 2: The Final Shape raid is completed for the first time. It’s an interesting predicament, too, as the raid is likely going to deliver the ultimate confrontation between the ontological concepts of the Gardener and the Winnower, represented by Light and Dark, the Traveler and the Witness, respectively. Conceptually, it’s an exciting promise for sure, but mechanically, we’ve got virtually no idea of what to expect. So, stay tuned!
That summarizes all of Destiny 2‘s Raids in the order of their release! Naturally, Bungie is bound to keep producing Raids for as long as Destiny 2 is up and running, so this list will keep getting updates along the way, too. For the time being, however, that’s about all we’ve got.
