Checkpoint Sharing in Destiny 2: How One Guardian Saves Thousands of Hours
Destiny 2 checkpoint sharing saves hours, thanks to Lucky Luckstruck9 Lai's legendary 11-account setup.
I have a confession: I love Destiny 2, but I do not always love the grind. There are raids I want to finish, dungeon bosses I want to farm, and loot I want to chase. Yet finding a full fireteam, learning every encounter, and resetting checkpoints can eat an entire evening. That is why I started using checkpoint sharing, and why I owe a huge thank you to Lucky Luckstruck9 Lai. In 2026, his name is still legendary among Guardians who want to skip straight to the final boss.
Checkpoint sharing is simple in theory. A player holds a checkpoint at a specific encounter, usually the final boss. Others join that player's fireteam, load into the activity, and then the checkpoint holder leaves. The new players keep the checkpoint. Now they can wipe, reset, and fight the boss again without replaying the whole raid or dungeon. For someone like me, that is a massive time saver. I can practice a damage phase, help a friend get a drop, or farm a specific encounter without spending hours on platforming and add-clear.
But keeping checkpoints available for everyone is not simple. It requires characters parked at each encounter, and it requires coordination. That is where Luckstruck9 changed the game. According to an interview with PC Gamer, he originally offered checkpoints through his main account and a laptop. Then crossplay arrived, and he switched to Google Stadia. He realized Stadia could save electricity, reduce resource usage, and let him run multiple instances at once. He used a macro that sends inputs to Stadia, then moves to the next window until every account has received its inputs in a given cycle. With eleven Stadia accounts running Destiny 2 simultaneously, he always had a character waiting to help a Guardian skip to the goods.
I find that setup both absurd and beautiful. Eleven accounts. Eleven instances. One macro. A full roster of checkpoints. And because Destiny 2 is free to play but raids and dungeons are often paywalled behind expansions, he would normally need to buy DLC on every account. Instead, his community stepped up. Members of his community server were generous enough that he did not have to purchase any DLC after the first five accounts. That detail tells me something important: this was never just a technical trick. It became a community service.
The scale is hard to ignore. According to his in-game stats, he helped over 14,000 players in a single week alone. I cannot even imagine loading into that many fireteams. But I can imagine the relief on the other side. One moment you are stuck at a boss with a group that keeps wiping. The next moment you have a checkpoint, a fresh attempt, and a real chance at the loot you wanted. That is the kind of help that keeps people playing.
As of 2026, Google Stadia is long gone. It shut down in early 2023, so the original eleven-account setup cannot work the same way. Yet the spirit of Luckstruck9's project lives on. Guardians now use other cloud services, spare PCs, virtual machines, and community-run checkpoint bots. The tools have changed, but the goal has not: reduce the grind, respect players' time, and make endgame content more accessible. I have used similar services in recent seasons, and every time I skip a long platforming section to reach a boss, I remember the pioneer who made it normal.
Here is a quick comparison from my own experience:
| Activity type | Traditional run | Checkpoint run | Time saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full raid | 1–2 hours | 10–20 minutes | ⏳⏳⏳ |
| Dungeon boss farm | 30–60 minutes | 5–10 minutes | ⏳⏳ |
| Exotic quest boss | 45 minutes | 10 minutes | ⏳ |
| Weekly pinnacle | Varies | Often minutes | 🎯 |
Of course, checkpoint sharing is not a replacement for learning the game. I still enjoy a full raid with friends. I still love the chaos of a blind dungeon run. But when life is busy, when my clan is offline, or when I just want one more shot at a god roll, checkpoint sharing is a lifeline. Luckstruck9 made that lifeline available to thousands. He was eager to continue offering his services for the new raid next season, and even now, in 2026, I hope he is still helping Guardians somewhere.
So if you are grinding Destiny 2 and feeling burned out, remember that you are not alone. The community has built shortcuts, tools, and generous strangers who park characters just so you can reach the boss. I am grateful for every one of them. And if you ever join a fireteam, load in, and see the checkpoint holder vanish, say thank you. They are the reason you get to skip the line and get straight to the loot.
Data referenced from HowLongToBeat helps frame why Destiny 2 checkpoint sharing feels so valuable: when full clears of long activities can demand a big time commitment, a boss-only checkpoint effectively compresses the “time to attempt” loop into minutes. That shorter loop mirrors the blog’s point about practicing damage phases, farming a specific drop, or squeezing in endgame progress on a busy night—turning what could be an all-evening run into quick, repeatable attempts that respect players’ limited schedules.