
How to find the Excavation Site XII in Destiny 2
The Excavation Site XII Lost Sector in Destiny 2 can be a pain to find, but we have some directions to help you get there.
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The Destiny 2 Excavation Site XII Lost Sector is a rare sight in the Legend/Master rotation, but it comes up occasionally. Destiny 2 challenges players to complete Lost Sectors at high difficulties in order to attain new exotic armours. The issue with Excavation Site XII, is it is one of several excavation sites mentioned in the game, and its rarity can make it easy to forget. Here is how to find the Destiny 2 Excavation Site XII location.
Where can you find the Excavation Site XII?
Before anything else, you need to know which planet you are heading to. Excavation Site XII is on Earth, specifically in the European Dead Zone. It is rare that an EDZ Lost Sector comes up or is ever relevant in today’s Destiny 2.
You can use one of two drop zones to get to Excavation Site XII quickly. Either drop in at the Winding Cove, or up beside The Gulch. Regardless of which you choose, you then need to head west toward Firebase Hades.
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How do you complete the Lost Sector?
Opposite the firebase is a hill, and if you look on the map you will see there are two Lost Sectors there. Of the two, you want the Lost Sector that is furthest to the north. You will see the two Lost Sector symbols in these hills, you want to head towards the one that is much higher up.
The entrance to Excavation Site XII is right beside that symbol, just head in through the cave to enter the Lost Sector. Once inside, just make your way through the cave to find the enemies within and complete the Lost Sector.
That is everything you should need to find the Destiny 2 Excavation Site location. For more on the game, check out our Destiny 2 Lost Sectors guide.

About The Author
Dave McAdam
Dave is a Senior Guides Writer at GGRecon, after several years of freelancing across the industry. He covers a wide range of games, with particular focus on shooters like Destiny 2, RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, and fighting games like Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8.
This is part of the ‘Destiny’ directory
Directory contents
-
Seasonal Artifact Mods
-
All Exotic Weapons & Armour
-
Best Prismatic builds
-
Campaign Mission List
-
Convalescence: Budding
-
Ending Explained
-
Episode Echoes Act 1
-
Episode Heresy Explained
-
Episode Revenant Explained
-
Ergo Sum Exotic
-
Every Prismatic Aspect, Fragment & Ability
-
Red Death Reformed
-
Wild Card Mission
-
All DLC & Expansions
-
Solstice 2024