After several months of waiting, the Superblack shader has finally returned to Destiny 2, and here’s how you can get it before it goes away once again.
The Superblack shader was first available as the final reward for completing all of the quests in Into The Light. However, it was later removed from the game once the event ended with the arrival of The Final Shape.
Thankfully, it has now returned, and Guardians who previously missed out on the stylish shader can unlock it by partaking in Festival of the Lost 2024. Here’s how to get the Superblack shader in Destiny 2 before the event ends to make sure you don’t miss out again.
How to unlock the Superblack shader
The Superblack shader can be unlocked during Festival of the Lost 2024 by completing the Ghost Writer event challenge.
This challenge requires you to complete all 15 other event challenges available in this year’s Halloween event, with these tasking you to engage and overcome various aspects of FOTL.
Continue reading to learn more about these event challenges, as well as the other rewards you can earn by completing all of them.
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All Ghost Writer event challenges
There are 16 event challenges that you will need to work through in order to unlock the Superblack shader and all of the other rewards available in Festival of the Lost 2024. These can be accessed after completing Cryptozoologist as part of the event’s tutorial, given by Eva Levante in the Tower.
Once you have finished this tutorial, these are all of the event challenges you’ll need to work through:
- Cryptozoologist: Use 2 Manifested Pages to restore a chapter in the “Tales of the Forgotten Vol. 4.”
- Bookworm I: Use 7 Manifested Pages to retore chapters in the “Tales of the Forgotten Vol. 4.”
- Bookworm II: Use 14 Manifested Pages to retore chapters in the “Tales of the Forgotten Vol. 4.”
- Bookworm III: Use 22 Manifested Pages to retore chapters in the “Tales of the Forgotten Vol. 4.”
- Head Will Roll: Defeat 100 Headless Ones in Haunted Sectors
- Horrific Haunts: Complete an Expert Haunted Sector
- Candy Corner: Earn Candy from activities
- Mystery Meet: Purchase Mystery Grab Bags from Eva
- Third Shot’s a Charm: Defeat targets with Pulse Rifles. Defeating Guardians in Crucible or Gambit provides additional progress
- Blunder-boos: Defeat targets with Shotguns. Defeating Guardians in Crucible or Gambit provides additional progress
- Pumpkin Peltin’: Defeat targets with Grenade Launchers. Defeating Guardians in Crucible or Gambit provides additional progress
- Occult Ritual: Complete ritual activities, including strikes, Crucible matches, and Gambit matches
- Hocus Focusing: Focus an Eerie Engram. These engrams drop from Haunted Sectors, and can be focused in the Tower’s courtyard with Eva Levante
- Masked Bandit: Complete Crucible and Gambit matches while wearing a festival mask
- Happy Haunting Ground: Complete Haunted Sectors. Higher difficulty Haunted Sectors grant additional progress
- Ghost Writer: Complete all 15 other event challenges during Festival of the Lost 2024
All Ghost Writer event challenge rewards
You will receive all kinds of unique rewards for completing the event challenges in Festival of the Lost 2024. These range from rare currency to unique cosmetics and weapon rolls, as well as an Event Ticket for finishing each of them, which can then be used to unlock extra items on the Upgraded Event Card.
Here are all of the rewards you will earn if you complete the Ghost Writer event challenge and all of the other required challenges:
- Cryptozoologist: Kadi 55-30 Mask
- Bookworm I: 15,000 Glimmer
- Bookworm II: Sugarcoated shade, 2 Enhancement Cores
- Bookworm III: Nightlight sparrow, 1 Enhancement Prism
- Heads Will Roll: Cursed Thrall Mask, 4 Enhancement Cores
- Horrific Haunts: 3 Raid Banners, 500 Candy
- Candy Corner: Finalized Ghost ghost shell, 1 Enhancement Prism
- Mystery Meet: 1,300 Candy, 4 Enhancement Cores
- Third Shot’s a Charm: Jurassic Green, 1 Enhancement Core
- Blunder-boos: Arcane Embrace, 1 Upgrade Module
- Pumpkin Peltin’: Acosmic, 1 Upgrade Module
- Occult Ritual: Runner Mask, 1 Enhancement Core
- Hocus Focusing: Tower Staff Mask, 10,000 Glimmer
- Masked Bandit: 4 Enhancement Core, 25,000 Glimmer
- Happy Haunting Ground: Nezarec Mask, Bungie Reward*, 1 Enhancement Core
- Ghost Writer: Superblack shader, 1 Ascendant Shard, 1 Ascendant Alloy
To find out more about what this season has to offer, be sure to check out our Episode Revenant hub, as well as all of the new weapons added in Destiny 2’s latest seasonal update. You’ll also want to read up on the best PvE Weapons, Best PvP Weapons, and our Exotics Tier List to learn all about the current meta.