A new week in Destiny 2 begins and that means it’s reset day with the chance for fresh top loot. So if you had bad luck last week, you can try again starting today. What new challenges await, as always, MyMMO will let you know.
This week: This week, the PvP players are up. Not only is the Rift mode returning, but also the labs with “Zone Control” and additional bonus Crucible ranks for your efforts. So if you want to rank up with Shaxx, now is the right time to log in.
Otherwise, this week the second-to-last challenge for the King’s Fall raid will also appear, where you have to fight the witches, the so-called Daughters of Oryx, under special conditions. After completing the challenge, you only have to wait 1 week before you can redeem the seal.
Key information about activities from October 11 to October 18.
Strike: Nightfall – The Trial by Fire
The Nightfall: The Trial by Fire is the strike:
- The Lightblade, in Savathun’s Throne World
- The players will be fighting against the “Lightblade” in this week’s Nightfall strike. He is considered a potential successor to Oryx and can, when angry, move at a decent speed. Defeat him before he uses the light for the wrong purposes.
This is the Nightfall weapon of the week: As a reward for your run, you always receive a special Nightfall weapon. In Season 18, Bungie offers good, old options.
- This week, it’s the Thought-Flipper’s endeavor. A shotgun with a cool bone look.
Playlist strikes have the following modifiers this week:
- Void Singe
- Stasis Burn
- Blackout
- The singe modifier accompanies you all week, while the others change daily.
Endgame: Raid Challenges and Dungeon Rotation
What’s happening in the raid “King’s Fall”:
Last week, the third challenge in the King’s Fall raid “Stupefied Gaze” started. In week four, however, a new challenge task called “Under Construction” awaits you in the Daughters encounter.
- In the challenge “Under Construction,” during a phase where you steal a witch’s aura, you may only stand on each platform once to generate the runner’s dimensional platforms. After each completed phase, this restriction resets, and you can again only stand on each platform once. If you stand on the same plate twice in a run, the challenge is considered failed.
If you want progress towards the Triumph seal, you must also complete the challenge at the Grandmaster difficulty level to receive the Sparrow “Ossian Earthbreaker”.
The following requirements and challenges await you:
- In Normal mode, completing a challenge grants you double loot.
- The requirement for each encounter for Grandmaster is a power level of 1600 with champions.
- You can only receive status-specific armor and master weapons from the Grandmaster raid.
- You can also earn the new raid-exclusive exotics in the Oryx look at Grandmaster.
You will receive the following additional top rewards from the endgame:
- On Europa in the “Deep Stone Crypt”.
- In the Cosmodrome in the “Siphon of Avarice”.
For all Guardians who want to see the futuristic, new content in Lightfall, which goes live with the new DLC 2023 in Destiny 2, there is an exclusive look here.
Weekly Activities
With Season 18, further activities have come to Destiny 2, which transform the Guardians into pirates with their own crew and let them solve cryptic quatrains.
- Ketch Crash: Dive into this new 6-player activity in ship-to-ship combat to prevent Eramis and her pirate gang from plunging the galaxy into chaos.
- Expedition: Assemble treasure maps, search for treasures, and return to your ship while fending off enemy pirate crews.
- Pirate Hideouts: Fight your way through weekly missions and loot powerful relics hidden in the lairs of the pirate lords. This week it’s the “Antiquarian VIII”.
Additionally, the content of the current DLC “The Witch Queen” is still active and can be played. For example, in the weekly repeatable campaign mission.
Savathun’s Throne World – Weekly Campaign Mission
- “The Deception”
- In this campaign mission, you search the dark corners of Savathun’s Throne World for another hint of how she stole the light, following a tip from Fynch.
Crucible – These are the PvP playlists:
- Private Match
- Rumble
- Control
- Elimination
- Glory Survival
- Glory Survival: Freelance
- Showdown
- Conflict
- Rift
- Zone Control (As a Lab)
- Trials of Osiris (Starts October 14)
This week you get a bonus:
- This week, the temperamental Shaxx is in charge. He grants you some bonus reputation ranks in the Crucible for his PvP mode.
Ascendant Challenge – Dreaming City
- Petra Venj is located at the top of the pavilion in the area “The Shore” in the Dreaming City. The curse cycle is restarting and curse week 1 is active. The 5th Ascendant Challenge is also active.
Sources for top loot in Season 18 of Destiny 2
This is the new max level: In the new season of the Looters, the maximum power level of your gear is 1,580. Thus, the power level at the start of the new Season 18 has increased by +10 compared to the previous Season 17. All players receive the base power level of 1,350.
How to get free loot: For all new and returning Guardians who would like to join in the future or after a break, Bungie has prepared the “Gift of the Thunder Gods” in Season 18.
You can pick up this loot chest for free at the H.E.L.M. after completing the “New Light” campaign. It brings you to a power level of up to 1540 or higher – with Arc armor and weapons, as well as two exotics and ten legendary items. You can also pick up the rewards for all your characters once.
This top loot brings your power level up to 1,580:
- Top Heritage Raid “King’s Fall” (+2)
- Top Dungeon “Duality” (+2)
- Raid Rotation this week: “Deep Stone Crypt” (+2)
- Heritage Dungeon Rotation “Siphon of Avarice” (+2)
- Complete in the Nightfall: Trial by Fire with at least 100,000 points (+2)
- Weekly Witch Queen campaign mission with at least 100,000 points (+2)
- “The Ur-Source” on Grandmaster difficulty (+2)
- Seasonal activity “Ketch Crash” on Grandmaster difficulty (+2)
- Complete the activity “Preservation” in the raid Pyramid of Darkness (+2)
- “Challenges of Eternity”: Reach at least 250,000 points or more (+2)
- Defeat Powerful Cabal in the exotic mission “Vox Obscura” (+2)
- Complete 3 Gambit matches (+1)
- Complete 3 Crucible matches (+1)
- Complete 3 Vanguard operations strikes with the appropriate focus (+1)
- Hawthorne’s Clan Task: Earn 5000 EP (+1)
- Trials of Osiris/ Start October 14 (+2)
Glint Dust Highlights in the Eververse
Last but not least, the cosmetic shop in the Tower cannot be missing. Eververse brings you the coolest and most stylish items at bargain prices.
Maybe one of these offers appeals to you:
- Exotic weapon ornament “Pseudoscience” for the Exo-Trace Rifle “Wave Splitter”
- Exotic ghost shell “Tethys Shell”
- Exotic ghost shell “Skiff Scribbles Shell”
- Exotic emote “Spherical Considerations”
- Exotic emote “Sit Down”
- Legendary emote “Stylish Hat Pull”
- Legendary ghost projection “Stasis Projection”
- Exotic ship “Call of the Holy”
- Shader “Jacarina”
- As well as these legendary Fortnite armor ornaments for each class:
- For the Hunter ornament “Eternal Revenge” cloak.
- For the Titan “Knightly Black” insignia.
- For the Warlock “Painted Kitsune” bond.
Not enough Glint Dust? So many great items, but you’re already low on Glint Dust? Then check out our tips on how to improve your Glint Dust budget.
Will you venture into the Crucible alone or as a team and show Shaxx how to really give the Guardians a hard time? Let us know in the comments where your priorities lie this week!
