the new destiny 2 lightfall raid root of nightmares was cleared for the first time just two and a half hours after it launched bungies acknowledged reports of the first completion on twitter though its still validating the results at the time of writing but twitch clips dont lie as many players have pointed out a fireteam led by roenxd from the group hard in the paint was seemingly the first to beat the final boss there certainly didnt appear to be any foul play so id say we have a winner update bungies made it official assuming these reports are accurate root of nightmares has had one of destiny 2s shortest raid races for context the vow of the disciple raid in the previous expansion the witch queen took just over seven hours according to destiny raid report beyond lights deep stone crypt took about five and a half hours and shadowkeeps garden of salvation was just over six hours nothing else even comes close to the 18hour race for forsakens last wish raid of course and at two hours and change the root of nightmares is more on the level of scourge of the past and the eater of worlds raid lair which took teams around an hour and a half to clear why was this raid race so much shorter its partly a function of how encounters are designed the main hurdles in the infamously long last wish race were complex puzzles for instance whereas the actual combat was fairly tame root of nightmares doesnt seem to have that kind of roadblockjust as importantly raiders are getting better at figuring out bungies design language and on top of that guardians have gotten exponentially stronger since the last raid between the 30 subclasses strand and new exotics were stronger than ever despite mod nerfs so even the toughest bosses will fall more easily still a dayone raid completion is quite the achievement so well played to all involved earlier this week lightfall added an exotic mission to destiny 2s oldest area