In Destiny 2 today, on December 10, is the Weekly Reset. The new Season 9 has finally begun. Additionally, the weekly activities such as Nightfall Strikes and the Flashpoint are rotating. What can Guardians expect in this new Destiny week?
Many have been waiting for this: After a maintenance-related delay, a while in the queue, and a nice new cutscene, Season 9, the Season of Dawn, has begun in Destiny 2. If you have downloaded the new update 2.7.0, you can finally dive into fresh content.
To ensure you start the new season as well-informed as possible, we have summarized everything you need to know about it here: Destiny 2: Everything about Season 9 – What to expect in the Season of Dawn
By the way, first, you should pay a visit to Ikora Rey in the Tower.
But what else does the new week bring?
The main information about weekly activities from December 10 to December 17.
The following Nightfall strikes are available this week: In the regular Nightfalls (Power level 820), you can tackle the following strikes:
- Tree of Probabilities
- Savathûn’s Song
- Guardian of Nothing
Nightfall: The Trial by Fire offers the following strike this week:
- The Gunsmith
Strikes and Story Missions: Here are the following modifiers active at the start of the new week:
- Empty Overload
- Iron
- Heavyweight
Keep in mind: The Overload element remains unchanged until the next reset. The other modifiers change daily.
Crucible: In the following playlists and modes, you can let loose in PvP this week:
- Private Match
- Rumble (Core Playlist)
- Control (Core Playlist)
- Conflict (Rotational Playlist)
- Lockdown (Rotational Playlist)
- Elimination (Core Playlist)
- Survival (Core Playlist)
- Survival: Freelance (Core Playlist)
- Classic Mix (Core Playlist)
Reckoning: The following modifiers are active this week:
- Solar Overload
- Grenadier
Escalation Protocol: In the Escalation Protocol on Mars, you have a chance this week for the following 3 weapons:
- the legendary Sniper Rifle IKELOS_SSG_v1.0.1
- the legendary Shotgun IKELOS_SF_v1.0.1
- the legendary Submachine Gun IKELOS_MP_v1.0.1
Flashpoint: The new Flashpoint this time fittingly matches the season’s theme on Mercury.
Petra Venj is currently located (Curse Week 3) in the Rheasilvia area of the Dreaming City. The 1st Ascendant Challenge is live.
These sources now offer Powerful loot in Destiny 2
Here you can find out from which sources you receive Powerful loot in Season 9 and what quality level it has.
What is different this week? Keep in mind that some things may have changed with the start of Season 9 that we may have overlooked or not considered.
If you have noticed any additional sources or other levels for Powerful items, please let us know in the comments. We will then update the article with your help accordingly.
This is how Powerful loot is structured in Destiny 2: Powerful gear is divided into several levels. Depending on the level, the corresponding items grant different Power boosts:
- Level 1 (up to +3 above your current power level)
- Level 2 (up to +4 above your current power level)
- Level 3 (up to +5 above your current power level)
- High-tier gear (+5 or more above power level. The only equipment that goes above 960 and up to a maximum of 970. From 960 up to +2 power)
By the way: Bonus levels or additional power levels that you earn through the seasonal artifact do not count towards your average power level and are therefore not a factor in drop calculations.
These are the sources for Powerful rewards:
Level 1:
- Weekly Flashpoint
- Prime Engrams
- Gunsmith Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
- weekly story mission Luna’s Call from Eris
- Complete 3 Nightmare Hunts
- Zavala’s Vanguard Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
- Complete 3 Vanguard Strikes
- Complete 5 Nightfall: The Trial by Fire. Higher difficulties grant greater progress
- Crucible for 4 matches in a core playlist
- Crucible for 4 matches in a rotating playlist
- Shaxx’s Crucible Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
- Gambit Bounties from the Drifter – Complete 8 of his bounties
- Every full rank increase in Gambit or the Crucible
Level 2:
- Weekly matches in Gambit – Complete 3 games in Gambit or Gambit Prime
- Clan reward from Hawthorne
- New seasonal activity The Sundial (likely, still unknown)
Level 3:
- Still unknown
High-tier gear:
- Raid “Garden of Salvation”
- Nightfall: The Trial by Fire with a team score of 100,000 or more
- Nightmare Hunt (Grandmaster)
- Dungeon (Pit of Heresy)
Bright Dust Highlights in the Eververse
These are the best items you can purchase this week with the in-game currency Bright Dust in the Eververse:
- The exotic ship “Transmuted Forms”
- The exotic Sparrow “Four Degrees of Separation”
- The exotic Ghost shell “Crimson Swarm”
- An exotic weapon ornament for the Divinity
- A legendary ornament for the Hammerhead
Have fun and good loot in the new season, Guardians. See you starside.
