Hello Guardians.
If you're reading this, you already know — the Destiny Playground website is live. This is something we've wanted to put together for a long time, and it feels genuinely good to finally have a proper home for the project beyond Discord and YouTube. This is where everything lives now.
Destiny 2 — End of an Era
Something was announced this week that we need to talk about. Destiny 2 will be receiving its final update on June 9th. After that, it's over.
It's hard to know what to say about that. Destiny 2 — and Destiny before it — is the reason this project exists at all. The worlds, the lore, the feel of the universe, the community it pulled together. Everything that makes Destiny Playground worth building traces back to those games. We wouldn't be here without them.
For those of you who've spent years in that game — the raids, the strikes, the late nights chasing exotic drops — we see you. That feeling is real, and it's okay to sit with it.
If you haven't read Bungie's own statement yet, you can find it here.
What This Means for Destiny Playground
In the short term: nothing changes. Development continues, the weekly update schedule continues, and we're still building toward everything on the roadmap. The project isn't going anywhere.
But something does feel different now. Destiny Playground was always built as a love letter to this universe — a way to keep living in it, rebuilt from the ground up. With Destiny 2 coming to a close, that purpose feels more meaningful than ever. The torch doesn't have to go out. We intend to make sure it doesn't.
We want to do something to properly mark June 9th. We don't have a live server yet, and we're not going to pretend we can replace what Bungie built — but we want to acknowledge it together as a community. If you have ideas, bring them to Discord.
I'm also opening a channel called #Tribute in the Discord. Post your favourite memories from the past twelve years — text, images, videos, whatever you've got. I'll be putting together a compilation from everything shared there. It matters.
Help Keep This Going
If you want to do something tangible right now — share the project. Post the website, share the Discord link, tell your old Fireteam. Put it on Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, wherever. A lot of people out there loved Destiny and have no idea this exists. This runs on a small team and a lot of care, and word of mouth is genuinely one of the most powerful things that can happen for it right now.
We also still need people. Builders to help recreate Destiny locations in Minecraft, and modellers to help with weapons and enemies. Even if you're not sure you're good enough — apply anyway. The forms are in the Discord.
Destiny Playground is a fan project. Not affiliated with Bungie, not a replacement for Destiny 2. It's a tribute — built by fans, for fans, out of genuine love for this universe. That's what it's always been.
Thank you, Bungie — to every developer, artist, writer, and designer who built this world over twelve years. And to the community, for keeping it alive as long as you did. We'll take good care of it from here.
The Website
Now — the site itself. It's built to grow alongside the project. A lot of it is already live and ready to explore, some of it is a foundation that'll be filled in properly closer to and after launch.
News
Every dev update and announcement in one place, searchable and filterable. No more scrolling back through Discord to find something from three months ago. This is also where all future articles will live, which gives us a lot more flexibility with how we share things going forward.
Roadmap
The roadmap now covers the ongoing weekly dev update schedule as well as a broader development and content cadence overview. It's the clearest picture we've ever put together of where things are heading — and we'll keep expanding it.
Lore Archive
Think Destiny 1 Grimoire. This is where official lore from the world of Destiny Playground lives. It's sparse right now by design — but the first lore drop on the Warminds was tied to the ARG, and there's more coming. This archive is where it'll all accumulate.
Destinations & Seasons
Pages for destination info and season content — both are foundations for now, with full detail to follow as we get closer to launch and beyond.
Getting Started & Server Info
Everything a new Guardian will need when the server opens. The Discord channels tied to these aren't live yet, but the pages are ready for when the time comes.
Bug Reports
A dedicated place to flag issues once we're live. Same deal — not open yet, but it'll be ready.
Gallery
Screenshots and media from development. It'll fill out as things progress — treat it as a work in progress for now.
FAQ
Answers to the most common questions about Destiny Playground's systems — Founders, Season Pass, Fishing, Triumphs, and more. A bit out of date right now, and we'll be adding a lot more to it soon.
Team & Credits
A full page for the dev team and everyone who's contributed. This one matters — this has always been a collaborative effort and we want that properly reflected.
Official Modpacks
Our official modpacks are up on Modrinth right now and already available to use. If you want to get set up ahead of time, head there.
The Founders Playtest
Before launch, there'll be a short limited-scope playtest — Founders only. No campaign, limited destination access, limited weapons and activities. Deliberately non-spoiler. The goal is to get some final feedback from outside the QA team so the actual launch can go as smoothly as possible.
No ETA on this yet — the project is big and the team is small, and we won't rush it. But when it happens, only Founders get in for that first window. There are 27 Founder spots remaining. To become a Founder, all you have to do is join the Discord.
"If you miss the Founder window, there will be other ways to get early access before launch — so don't panic. But if you want to lock in a spot now, the Discord is where to go."
The ARG — What Happened
To mark the site going live, we put together an ARG built around a WARMIND terminal. The idea was to hide a signal, let the community find it, and reward anyone who cracked it with early site access and the first official Warmind lore drop.
The community did not crack it in time.
The Warmind is unimpressed.
As a result, the Warmind Lore Book stays locked until launch.
"The signal was there. It won't be the last one. Perhaps next time, Guardians."
For the curious — here's how it was supposed to work. The auth code was eight words: OMEGA SENT THE SIGNAL GUARDIANS ANSWERED COME IN, split into four pairs, each hidden in a different place.
The first two words were encoded in morse code across all the Warmind images posted on socials over the past few days. The next two were buried in the old website, which had been replaced entirely with a block of text and binary. The third pair came from Discord — each channel bio contained a number, which had to be pieced together in sequence, then translated using the cycling A1/B2/C3... key on the left side of the terminal. The final pair worked the same way via the right side of the terminal.
Once you had the full code, you'd enter it into the terminal, get redirected to a second page, and DM the Warmind account on Discord with the code and proof you'd made it — which would unlock the site early and hand over the lore book.
We also dropped clues along the way: the morse code got more visible with each image, the terminal numbers got larger, and we posted this on socials: "/2W/ THIS IS THE START, //2W// OLD PLACES, ///2W/// BIO TRANSMISSIONS, ////2W//// TERMINAL"
It won't be the last one. When the next ARG comes, you'll want to be paying attention.
A Living Website
This isn't a finished product — it's a starting point. The site gets updated as new systems are announced, new articles go live, and new sections get built. A few things are still placeholders, including the full gallery and the trailer section once the first official trailer drops. We'd rather ship something real and build on it than wait until it's perfect.
Accessibility
Something we wanted to get right from day one. There's a built-in accessibility panel in the nav bar — light mode, larger text, high contrast, dyslexia-friendly font, reduced motion. Settings save between visits. If anything doesn't work well for you, let us know in Discord.
Stay Connected
The site is the new hub, but the community still lives in Discord. Dev discussions, bounty posts, applications, real-time updates — it's all there. The two go hand in hand.