In Destiny 2 today, on December 24th, the Weekly Reset is scheduled. Correspondingly, the Christmas event “The Dawning” continues. Additionally, the last Iron Banner of 2019 begins. Read what else awaits you this week.
It’s Christmas and not just in Destiny 2: Celebrate in the Destiny universe the dreamy Winter Event “The Dawning”. Enjoy a festively decorated Tower and at least some virtual snow. In true holiday tradition, you bake cookies and gift your favorite NPCs.
If you don’t like the contemplative and ignore a silent Christmas, then let loose in the Iron Banner. What rewards does Lord Saladin offer? We have this and other aspects of the last PvP event of the year covered for you.
What do you think, does the cozy gathering call an old acquaintance back to the plan? If you want to fiddle a bit with the timeline, you will face a new boss in the Sundial.
Was that all there is to do this week? No, of course not. Here are the key details about the rotating activities and rewards.
The key details about the weekly activities from December 24th to December 31st.
These are the Nightfall strikes for the week: If you want to prove yourself in the current week with the Vanguard, you do so in the regular Nightfall (Power level 820). The following strikes are on the agenda:
- Shadowkeep
- Strange Terrain
- The Swarming Core
In Nightfall: The Trial by Fire there’s only one strike. However, this one is quite a bit tougher:
- Tree of Probability
Strikes and Story Missions await with these modifiers for the reset:
- Solar Burn
- Grounded
- Brawler
As usual, the elemental burn remains in effect throughout the week. The other two modifiers change on a daily basis.
Crucible: If you want to make Lord Shaxx proud, dive into these PvP modes:
- Private Match
- Rumble (Core Playlist)
- Control (Core Playlist)
- Domination (Rotation Playlist)
- Showdown (Rotation Playlist)
- Elimination (Core Playlist)
- Survival (Core Playlist)
- Survival: Freelance (Core Playlist)
- Classic Mix (Core Playlist)
- The Iron Banner
In addition to Lord Shaxx, Lord Saladin wants to see you sweat.
Showdown: If you prefer to side with the shady Drifter, you have to deal with the following in the Showdown:
- Void Burn
- Grenadier
Escalation Protocol: This week you can also push back the Hive flood on Mars. In return, you get:
- the legendary Shotgun IKELOS_SF_v1.0.1
Flashpoint: The following planet is the center of the Flashpoint activities:
- Titan
Petra Venj is practically right at the landing zone of the Dreaming City this week (Curse Week 2). In the fight against the Taken, you’re going into the 3rd Ascendant Challenge.
These are the sources for Powerful Loot in Season 9 of Destiny 2
Help out: At the start of the Season of Dawn, some aspects may have changed that we might have overlooked and therefore have not taken into account below. If your trained eye catches a mistake or a change, let us know.
This is how Powerful Loot is structured in Destiny 2: Powerful gear is not the same as Powerful gear. There are different tiers of rewards. The higher tier offers you increasingly larger power level jumps.
- Tier 1 (up to +3 over the current power level)
- Tier 2 (up to +4 over the current power level)
- Tier 3 (up to +5 over the current power level)
- Peak Gear (+5 or more over the power level. The only gear that goes above 960 and up to a maximum of 970. From 960 up to +2 power)
The level bonus from the Seasonal Artifact does not count in the calculation of the average power level. Here, the average of the gear and weapons is crucial.
Sources for Powerful Rewards:
Tier 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 difficulty levels 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-up in Gambit or the Crucible
Tier 2:
- Weekly matches in Gambit – Complete 3 games in Gambit or Gambit Prime
- Clan rewards from Hawthorne
- New seasonal activity the Sundial, where a new boss awaits you: Tazaroc
Tier 3:
- We haven’t found any reward of this tier yet. Have you?
Peak Gear:
- Iron Banner Bounties
- 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)
Glint Dust Highlights of the Eververse
What is worth an investment of Glint Dust this week? You can earn and spend the Glint Dust currency in-game:
- The exotic ship “Cölin Blast”
- The exotic Sparrow “Polar Vortex”
- The exotic Ghost Shell “Winter Wonderland Shell”
- The exotic ornament “Frostborn” for the sword “Black Spindle”
- The exotic emote “Get to the Bread”
- Class sets with universal ornaments of the Dawning Armor “Aurora Borealis”
A Merry Christmas to all Guardians out there and good loot. Spend the last Destiny week of the year contemplatively and don’t forget to visit an unexpected guest.
