Destiny 2’s Episode: Revenant Breathes Fresh Life To The Game’s Vault System

Long gone are pit stops to The Tower and other locales with Vault access. Episode: Revenant makes the Destiny 2 Vault available from virtually anywhere and adds in a few other conveniences to boot. Now, Guardians can access their collection of gear at any time and swap things around to their heart’s content. The new system even adds an optional safeguard to protect you from yourself, preventing accidental vaulting with a single button press.

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One of Destiny 2‘s most persistent annoyances has been the Vault system that Guardians use to store their gear. Initially only accessible in a few specific areas, it was the only in-game way players could store unused gear and retrieve stowed weapons or armor. The situation led to the Destiny community’s wide adoption of third-party services like DIM or Little Light, offering an easier way to manage equipment between characters.

The Vault is everywhere

Destiny 2 Vault button in Character screen.
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Guardians can now access the Vault at any time from the character screen. When viewing your Guardian, players can press W (or up on a controller D-pad) to open the Vault. There are no limitations to when and where this can be done, so it’s even possible to pull an item from the Vault while in combat if players really want. Likewise, the same goes for depositing items into the Vault, especially in the event your inventory is full and you can’t pick up new loot.

A long-time annoyance with the previous Vault system was how easy it was to accidentally store away gear you meant to equip. If players entered the character screen from the Vault, anything they’d try to use would instead get sent off to storage. Now, a new UI element in the top left of the character screen reminds players that they’re looking at their inventory in “Vault Mode.” It handily also offers a toggle using the Ctrl key (or L3) that allows players to equip gear from the screen, eliminating the fear of accidental vaulting.

These Vault changes are exactly the kind of self-sufficient quality-of-life updates Destiny 2 needs. It always felt weird that third-party apps and services offered more convenient inventory management than Destiny 2 itself, and it never seemed like an easy pill to swallow for new players introduced to the concept. Hopefully, after the success of these Vault changes, Bungie will consider tackling the dwindling total Vault storage or make the Postmaster available anywhere next.


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