Destiny Crate

Loot Crate // **Destiny Crate**

**Destiny Crate** is a subscription box produced by Loot Crate specifically pertaining to Destiny-inspired collectibles. Revealed on August 24, 2020 via the Loot Gaming HQ Twitter account, the first crate, Destiny Crate EARTH, would arrive in December 2020, with subsequent releases arriving every three months. The initial run of crates were themed after destinations in *Destiny 2*, while the second run took inspiration from *Destiny 2's* activities.

Crates in the line are sold for $49.99 USD with an additional five dollar shipping fee. A subscription plan for four crates, a year's worth, can also be purchased for a total of $219.96, at $49.99 a crate plus a $5 shipping for each one. An exclusive figure of the Traveler was offered to fans who purchased this subscription bundle at the line's launch.

As of May 2022, three crates have been shipped. The boxes have been advertised as featuring "5-7 exclusive Destiny items", which has rung true, as the EARTH and EUROPA Crates included six unique items each, whilst the MOON Crate has included seven items. Generally speaking, each crate has had an ordering window of about three months, and ships in the weeks following the end of the order period. For instance, the EUROPA Crate's orders opened up in November 2020, and would have been available to order until February 15, 2021, shipping around early March. However the EUROPA Crate sold out in December 2020, so Loot Crate opted to sell additional EARTH Crates in its place during the rest of this period. the MOON Crate became available to order, on February 16, 2021, to become unavailable on May 15, 2021, and slated to ship later in the month. Shortly after, on May 17, the NESSUS Crate became available to order, and its order cycle ran to August 15, 2021. This is the last crate of the initially announced batch, and further crates would not be announced until late 2021.

On August 16, 2021 it was announced that Destiny Crate would continue into a second year of crates. Beginning with the CRUCIBLE Crate, which could be ordered before November 15, 2021. Subsequent crates would follow the usual release schema throughout the rest of the year.

## Fulfillment Issues

In summer 2021, Loot Crate was found to have a company-wide failure to fulfill orders of their subscription boxes. This effected Destiny Crate as it stalled the shipment of NESSUS Crates, which have still not been fulfilled as of May 2022, despite initially being expected to ship in September 2021. Further crates in the line have also failed to be fulfilled, even as other Loot Crate subscriptions have begun to ship out again. With dates continuing to be pushed back, with the NESSUS Crate now expecting a ship date of July 2021, it is unknown when Destiny Crate will catch up with itself.

## Crates

### Year One

EARTH Crate
2020EUROPA Crate
2021THE MOON Crate
2021NESSUS Crate
2021
### Year Two

CRUCIBLE Crate
2021RAID Crate
2021NIGHTFALL Crate
2021GAMBIT Crate
2021
## Trivia

* The promotional image intended to be one depicting the Vex on Nessus was initially an image featured in *Destiny* promotional material of a Vex Minotaur on Venus, a destination currently unavailable in *Destiny 2*. This was eventually corrected with an image of a Guardian in the Artifact's Edge on Nessus.

## References

1. ↑ Loot Gaming HQ. (24 August 2020). *Eyes up Guardian! Unbox the biggest characters and events in the Destiny universe with exclusive and officially licensed collectibles, apparel and gear delivered quarterly!*. Twitter. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Loot Crate. *Exclusive Collectibles Inspired by the Destiny Universe*. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
3. ↑ Loot Crate. *Destiny Crate*. Archived by Wayback Machine 3 December 2020.
4. ↑ Archives of the Destiny Crate webpage as early as December 10, 2020 display the EARTH Crate for sale, with references to the fact that the EUROPA Crate had already sold out.
5. ↑ Loot Gaming HQ. (16 February 2021). *THIS CRATE’S DESTINATION IS: THE MOON*. Twitter. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
6. ↑ Loot Gaming HQ. (10 May 2021). *ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT to get the #Destiny Moon crate!*. Twitter. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
7. ↑ Loot Crate Support. (18 March 2021). *The Destiny Subscription is a quarterly sub and will ship out every three months. The "Moon" Destiny crate will ship out by the end of May*. Twitter. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
8. ↑ Loot Gaming HQ. (17 May 2021). *NEW THEME REVEAL! Check out Loot Crate's latest #Destiny and #ElderScrolls crates!*. Twitter. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
9. ↑ Loot Crate. *Destiny Crate*. Archived by Wayback Machine 19 May 2021.
10. ↑ Loot Gaming HQ. (16 August 2021). *Don’t miss your chance for valor and glory with limited edition collectibles and gear in this #Destiny Crate: Crucible!*. Twitter. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
11. ↑ Loot Crate. *Destiny Crate*. Archived by Wayback Machine 22 August 2021.