In Destiny 2 today, on September 4th, the Weekly Reset marks the start of Forsaken and Year 2. You can learn about which activities, like the Nightfall strike or the Flashpoint, are live at the Forsaken launch here.
The first week of Forsaken: Our reporting on the weekly activities in Destiny 2 is a bit different today than usual. Today is a special day: The Forsaken era begins – coinciding with the Weekly Reset. Together with countless other Guardians, we are diving into the action right from the start and reporting on what you need to do now.
Most of you will dive straight into the campaign and begin the Forsaken adventure with Cayde-6. If you can’t play yourself today, you have these two options:
- You can watch our friend Nexxoss-Gaming live streaming
- You can watch the first story mission here, which has been released in advance
Nightfall Strikes starting September 4th on PS4, Xbox One, and PC
Since update 2.0.0, you can choose between three Nightfall strikes weekly. This week there are:
- Warden of Nothing – New strike centered around the Drifter, the Gambit lead
- A Garden World
- The Arms Dealer
The recommended power level is 540. Modifiers are only available through the Challenge Card. Gear is locked during the activity.
Strikes and Story Missions
In the heroic story missions, there are the modifiers Voidburn, Earthed (you take more damage while in the air), and Heavyweight (power weapons deal more damage). Recommended power is 280 or 310 for certain missions.
In the Vanguard Strikes, the same modifiers are active. You can choose the difficulties
- Level 30 – 300 Power
- Level 40 – 400 Power
- Level 50 – 500 Power
to select.
Crucible
In the Crucible, there are:
- Quick Play
- Competitive
- Rumble
- Doubles
- Private Match
- Gambit can also be launched directly.
In Quick Play, Competitive, Rumble, and Doubles, there are Weekly Challenges (by completing 5 matches).
Escalation Protocol
If the rotation is maintained, you will have the chance on the final boss of the Escalation Protocol this week to receive:
- the legendary sniper rifle IKELOS_SSG_v1.0.1
Flashpoint, Raid Challenge, Treasure Maps, Meditations
Cayde-6 is no longer in the Tower, as already mentioned last week. The Flashpoint takes place from today in the EDZ with Devrim Kay.
In the Tower Bazaar, there is now the Gambit lead, the Drifter. He has four bounties for you, so grab them. In the bounties, you need to complete a Gambit match, defeat enemies, and summon blockers.
Ikora Rey doesn’t have anything for you.
Hawthorne has three bounties for you.
In the Prestige Raid, Gladiator (melee kills boost weapon damage and weapon kills boost melee) is active. In the kinetic slot, you need a shotgun, for energy weapon an auto rifle, and for power weapon a rocket launcher.
The raid challenge is in the Last Wish.
Eververse Highlights
Tess Everis sells shimmer engrams called “Steadfast Engram”, the contents of which can be inspected. There you can see exotic emotes, sparrows, ships, weapon ornaments, and much more.
Some items you can buy directly from her by switching to page 2, such as an “Accidental Dance”, a sparrow, a ship, a ghost shell, a shader, a leg armor, and a weapon ornament for the Colony. Those are the Forsaken items she offers directly. The rest were available before.
Additionally, Tess has lots of bounties on offer that yield prism shards and shimmering dust.
How our Weekly Reset article will look in the future will crystallize over the coming days and weeks. After all, much is changing in Year 2. In addition to the continuing weekly rotating activities like the raid and raid activities, other milestones, like Flashpoints, will be switched to a four-day cycle.
The previous milestones are now called “Challenges” and will no longer be listed in a milestone list but shown in the navigator alongside the corresponding activity. What’s changing in the weekly activities we have summarized here:
