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Destiny 2: The Collection — Is It Worth Buying in 2026?

The all-in-one bundle packs every expansion, content pack, dungeon key, and raid into a single purchase priced well below buying each DLC alone.

The all-in-one bundle packs every expansion, content pack, dungeon key, and raid into a single purchase priced well below buying each DLC alone.

Bungie’s Destiny 2: The Collection is a one-time purchase that grants access to every paid expansion, content pack, dungeon key, and raid. It launched with the Monuments of Triumph update, and with Destiny 2 now in maintenance mode, the bundle covers the game’s entire and final lineup of paid content.

Quick answer: For most players who don’t already own the recent expansions, The Collection is the best value, bundling everything for about $69.60 versus $144.91 to buy each piece standalone — a 52% saving on Steam.

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What Destiny 2: The Collection includes

The bundle covers five full expansions, four content packs, ten dungeon keys, seven raids, and four reward passes. Below is each expansion and pack, its headline content, campaign length where one exists, and its standalone price.

Expansion / PackKey contentCampaign lengthStandalone price
Forsaken Pack20 Exotic weapons, Shattered Throne, Last WishNo campaign$9.99
Shadowkeep Pack15+ Exotics, Pit of Heresy, Garden of Salvation~7 hrs (free)$9.99
Beyond Light Pack15+ Exotics, Stasis, Deep Stone Crypt~5–6 hrs (free)$9.99
30th Anniversary PackGjallarhorn, Grasp of Avarice, armor set$14.99
The Witch QueenWeapon crafting, Vow of the Disciple~13–14 hrs$19.99
LightfallStrand subclass, Root of Nightmares~6 hrs$19.99
The Final ShapePrismatic subclass, Salvation’s Edge~12 hrs$19.99
The Edge of FateKepler, The Desert Perpetual~10 hrs$19.99
RenegadesPraxic Blade, Lawless Frontier~10 hrs$19.99

The 30th Anniversary Pack is worth calling out because it holds the Gjallarhorn Exotic rocket launcher, the Grasp of Avarice dungeon, and a full armor set for all three classes tied to Xur’s Treasure Hoard. Those cosmetics are not handed over instantly. You farm Treasure Keys from Dares of Eternity and spend them on the Hoard’s chests to claim them.

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The 30th Anniversary Pack's paid rewards include Grasp of Avarice, Gjallarhorn, and its armor sets. Shown at 01:42 in Datto’s video. Image: Bungie

The Collection grants ten dungeons, several of which used to require separately purchased dungeon keys:

  • Shattered Throne
  • Pit of Heresy
  • Grasp of Avarice
  • Duality
  • Spire of the Watcher
  • Ghosts of the Deep
  • Warlord’s Ruin
  • Vesper’s Host
  • Sundered Doctrine
  • Equilibrium

It also unlocks all seven paid raids: Last Wish, Garden of Salvation, Deep Stone Crypt, Vow of the Disciple, Root of Nightmares, Salvation’s Edge, and The Desert Perpetual.


The Collection price vs buying DLC separately

Adding up every expansion and pack at its standalone price comes to $144.91. Destiny 2: The Collection lists at $69.60 on Steam, which the store shows as a 52% discount. For a player starting from little or no owned content, that gap makes the bundle the cheaper route by a wide margin.

If you already own some of the expansions on Steam, the “Complete the Set” system charges you only for what you are missing, so your personal price can land well under the sticker figure. Check the bundle page while signed in to see your adjusted cost before deciding.

If you are in no rush, the upcoming Steam Autumn Sale that begins October 1, 2026 may drop the bundle further, so waiting a short while could shave more off the price.

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What you can play for free without The Collection

Destiny 2 remains free to download and play, and a large slice of content costs nothing. Try the free version first to see whether the shooting and activity loop hold your interest before spending.

  • The base game and New Light introductory content
  • The Shadowkeep and Beyond Light campaigns
  • Stasis subclass access via the free Beyond Light campaign
  • Vault of Glass, Crota’s End, and King’s Fall raids
  • The Prophecy dungeon
  • Dares of Eternity, Crucible, Strikes, Gambit, and patrol zones
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Dares of Eternity is one of the free activities open to every Destiny 2 player. Shown at 01:21 in Datto’s video. Image: Bungie

The Collection excludes Vault of Glass, Crota’s End, King’s Fall, and the Prophecy dungeon because all four are free to everyone, so none of them requires a second payment.


How much playtime you get

The campaign hours in the table above cover story completion only. Add every raid, dungeon, Exotic quest, and gear grind on top and the real total climbs sharply. The Witch Queen alone runs around 13–14 hours of campaign, and The Final Shape and the two most recent expansions each add roughly 10–12 hours of story before their endgame activities.

Dungeons take about one to two hours per run depending on your team and gear, and unlike raids they can be tackled solo. Raids need a full fireteam but are among the longest-lasting content in the bundle. Chasing Exotics, subclass fragments, and better gear extends playtime well beyond the campaigns themselves.


Destiny 2’s future after Monument of Triumph

On June 9, 2026, Monument of Triumph marked Destiny 2’s last major content update. Bungie ended live-service development and cancelled the planned expansions Shattered Cycle and The Alchemist. Therefore, the existing content lineup is permanent, so no ongoing release schedule needs to be tracked.

The game is not shutting down. Servers stay online, all existing content remains playable, and Bungie has committed to keeping it available. New leadership has also confirmed that Destiny is foundational to the studio’s future and has begun the work of bringing vaulted campaigns, destinations, and raids back into the game for all players, with more details promised in the months ahead.

That combination — a finished product with hundreds of hours of content, a stable server future, and returning vaulted content on the horizon — makes The Collection a straightforward buy for new and lapsed players. Veterans who already own most expansions should check their Complete the Set price first, since buying only the missing pieces can work out cheaper than the full bundle.