Destiny 2 Lightfall Preloading Details: Install Size Confirmed, Server Downtime Planned
The release of Destiny 2: Lightfall is just days away. It's scheduled for launch on Tuesday, February 28, and like previous expansions, Bungie will be prepping the game for an influx of new content, tweaks, and changes to the core experience. To prepare for all of it, Destiny 2 servers will go offline for a full day, during which time Lightfall preloading will become available. We now know more about how much storage space is required for Lightfall, too.
Destiny 2 will be brought offline for 24 hours starting at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET on February 27. You'll have until then to wrap up any lingering seasonal objectives as Season of the Seraph comes to an end, as once the downtime begins, you won't be able to play Destiny 2 until the servers are back online for Lightfall's release. Season of the Seraph (and all seasonal content from the last year) will be removed from the game at that point.
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The developer is warning that the download file for Destiny 2 will be quite large, but the game will have a smaller footprint on your SSD and you'll see improved loading times as well. During this time, preloading for Lightfall will be available.
Notably, Bungie has warned those playing the PS4 version (including those playing that version on PS5) will need about 80 GB of additional space to download Lightfall. Old files will be removed after the installation is complete, but preloading will require having both the new and old files available. On PC, the
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