Destiny 2 Vesper’s Host world first race: Start date, winners, rewards

Vesper’s Host has been revealed as the Destiny 2 dungeon arriving with Episode: Revenant, and the dungeon is making history by hosting its own world first race.

The new dungeon differs greatly from the ones before it, as it features both a Contest Mode and world first race. This is a big event that is streamed to thousands of people that all show up to watch the game’s most skilled Guardians compete to be the first to clear the Dungeon or Raid.

The team that wins gets unique rewards that can’t be earned elsewhere, so there’s good reason to get involved. Even if you aren’t planning to compete, it’s worth watching for the sheer entertainment alone, with the looter shooter’s best players putting on a show using only the best PvE weapons.

Want to get the lowdown on what’s happening with Destiny’s first-ever dungeon world first race? Here’s everything you need to know.

Destiny 2 Vesper’s Host world first race start date

The Vesper’s Host’s dungeon race will begin on October 11, 2024, at 9:30 AM PT, 12:30 PM ET, and 5:30 PM BST.

Like other races before it, the dungeon will open at the same time for everyone, regardless of time zones. All of the action will be steamed on Twitch Rivals, where you can watch perspectives of players participating in the race.

Destiny 2 Vesper’s Host world first race content

Unlike the other world-first races before it, Vesper’s Host is a dungeon, meaning a fireteam of up to three can enter. This is completely different from regular raids, which normally allow up to six.

Because of this, it means we’ll see different teams be formed than the usual ones we’re used to seeing.

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Vesper’s Host will be the first dungeon ever to have a contest mode on launch.

Contest mode is also active during the first 48 hours, capping fireteams at a certain light level below the recommended. This mode will be lifted once three teams have cleared the dungeon.

Racers will need to loot the final chest of the dungeon for it to count as a completion. Similarly, at least one fireteam member must have completed and received loot from every encounter, and it must be the first time completing the dungeon for all members of the fireteam for it to count as a valid entry.

World First Clear

On October 12, Bungie announced on X/Twitter that the first three Guardians to clear Vesper’s Host on Contest Mode were Tides, Pine, and SpecialHero. Second and third place Fireteams were “still being validated” by Bungie’s security team as of the world’s first announcement, to be announced at a later date.

With the first three Contest Mode clears complete, however, Normal mode of the Dungeon is now available for all Guardians. The latter features less punishing enemies and no restrictions on illegible gear. See the disabled items section below for a list of weapons and mods banned from use in Contest Mode.

Destiny 2 Vesper’s Host world first race rewards

As per usual there’ll be a couple of rewards for anyone who’s tuning in to the world first race. Guardians can grab the Effortless Flow Emblem by watching at least two hours of any creator with Twitch Drops enabled.

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The waves are stylish, aren’t they?

Similarly, Guardians can pick up the Broadcasting from the Dark Emblem by subscribing to their favorite Destiny 2 streamer.

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This is probably the closest thing we’ll get to Twitch in Destiny 2.

Both of these rewards will be active between 9:30 AM PT on October 11 and will run until 10 AM PT on October 13.

All Disabled Items

The following weapons and class abilities are all disabled for the World First Race, so they cannot be used in Contest Mode at all:

Weapons

• Wardcliff Coil
• Salvation’s Grip
• One Thousand Voices
• Alethonym
• Tomorrow’s Answer
• Yesterday’s Question

Hunter class

• Shadowshot: Moebius Quiver
• Shadowshot: Deadfall

Titan class

• Unbreakable
• Peacekeepers

Artifact mods

• Hail of the Storm

While these are disabled for Contest Mode, regular players will be able to use them freely once the dungeon becomes available to everyone.