Destiny 2: how to get a Sparrow and save your poor tired feet from all that walking

Destiny 2 launches this week, and we just bet one of the first questions you’ll have is “how do I get a bloody Sparrow?”

Destiny 2 has some pretty big environments and while the starting LZ in the European Dead Zone is pretty densely populated with stuff to do, you’ll soon come to dread the long trots between story mission and Adventure locations – especially on later Destinations.

While there are fast travel points – and they load really quickly, too! – veterans will want to pull out a Sparrow – a hoverbike style vehicle taking you from A to B at a much faster pace than your own two feet deliver.

Unfortunately, Destiny 2 doesn’t give you one in the opening few missions. In fact, you aren’t guaranteed a Sparrow until the end of the story campaign. The idea is that you’ll spend some time exploring and getting to know the environments before you go zipping past tham at such a high speed they don’t register, see?

But take heart, dear Guardian; if you’re lucky, you can get yourself a Sparrow well before Destiny 2 intends for you to have one. Fold your hands together, pray to RNGesus, and attend.

This page is part of our Destiny 2 guide, and is subject to change and updates as we explore the release build alongside all of you eager Guardians.

Once you finish the Tower prologue sequence (Homecoming) and head out into the Destinations on the course of the story campaign, you’ll begin to populate The Farm, Destiny 2’s new social space, with vendors and services. One of the first to arrive is Tess Everis, of microtransaction booth Eververse, and she’s the lady you’ll want to chum up to to get a Sparrow ASAP.

Tess handles Bright Engrams, which are Destiny 2’s equivalent to loot boxes. You don’t need to buy any, thankfully; every now and then as you progress through the game, Tess will be so impressed by your efforts that she’ll simply give you one.

You can get all sorts of goodies from Bright Engrams, including emotes, ships, shaders – and Sparrows. If you’re lucky, a Bright Engram will decode into a Sparrow.

Simply equip it on the lower inventory screen, then transmat it to any Destination by pulling up your Ghost and holding the reload (Square or equivalent) button.

No more hot-footing it down those long canyons on Io! Thanks for the Sparrow, Destiny 2.

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