Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Deluxe + Bungie 30th Anniversary Bundle (DLC)

This bundle is essentially a two-for-one: The Witch Queen Deluxe Edition and the Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack dropped together, and combining them gives you more Destiny 2 content than most players will finish in a calendar year. Let's be clear upfront though - this is paid DLC for Destiny 2, which is a free-to-play game. You need the base game installed before any of this unlocks, and if you are brand new to Destiny 2, the campaign will throw lore at you fast. Veterans will be in heaven; newcomers will spend the first few hours Googling names. The Witch Queen expansion itself is widely regarded as one of the strongest campaigns Bungie has ever shipped. The story centers on Savathun, the Hive god of deception, who has somehow stolen the Light - the same space magic that powers your Guardian. That setup kicks off missions that are longer, more varied, and more cinematically ambitious than previous expansions. There are two difficulty settings for the campaign: a standard mode for more relaxed play and a Legendary mode that actually pushes experienced players without resorting to cheap bullet-sponge enemies. The new destination is Savathun's Throne World, a visually stunning split between an ornate palace and a murky swamp, packed with patrols, public events, and secrets to find. Two new strikes - The Lightblade and Birthplace of the Vile - add to the Vanguard playlist, and the Vow of the Disciple raid is waiting for coordinated fireteams who want the hardest endgame challenge. The Glaive is the new weapon type introduced here: a melee-range pole that can also fire long-range projectiles and project a damage shield, which sounds weird on paper but plays like a blast. The Deluxe Edition also unlocks Seasons 16 through 19 and two Year 5 dungeons, plus an Exotic SMG with its catalyst and ornament, and an Exotic Sparrow for Throne World cruising. The weapon crafting system is the other headline feature: you collect red-border weapons, attune them through use, extract Deepsight Resonance, and eventually craft a god-roll version yourself. It reduces the pure RNG frustration of chasing loot, but fair warning - it is genuinely grindy and swapping out perks on crafted guns costs resources that take time to accumulate. The Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack layers on a separate slab of content celebrating three decades of the studio. The star of the show is Gjallarhorn, the iconic Exotic Rocket Launcher from Destiny 1, returning with a quest that routes you through the Grasp of Avarice dungeon - a three-player, non-matchmade dungeon set in the infamous Cosmodrome loot cave. The dungeon rewards Thorn-themed armor sets, returning Destiny 1 fan-favorite weapons like the Eyasluna hand cannon, the Matador 64 shotgun, and the 1000-Yard Stare sniper rifle, plus the Gjallarhorn catalyst and ornament. Gjallarhorn also gets a new Pack Hunter perk that shares its Wolfpack Rounds with rocket-launcher-wielding fireteam members, which makes it a co-op toy as much as a damage tool. There are also Halo-inspired weapon skins and armor ornament sets celebrating Bungie's broader back catalog, plus the Gjallarswift Exotic Sparrow for anyone who wants matching cosmetics. The free Dares of Eternity six-player activity is available to all Destiny 2 players, but Anniversary Pack owners unlock extra reward chests, giving you more reason to run it repeatedly. The honest critique: the ritual playlists - Crucible, Gambit, Vanguard Strikes - were already showing fatigue when this launched, and the expansion does not fundamentally fix that. Gambit in particular has needed attention for years. The content vaulting that Bungie does with each major update also means some older story threads are inaccessible, making the universe feel patchwork to anyone trying to catch up. That said, for an active Destiny 2 player who wants to be covered through an entire year of content, this bundle delivers exceptional volume and quality, headlined by one of the franchise's best campaigns and a dungeon dripping in nostalgia.

Riley · Scout Team

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