A new week in Destiny 2 begins, and that means it’s reset day with a chance for fresh top loot. So if you had bad luck last week, you can try again starting today. What new challenges await you this time, as always, MyMMO will tell you.
This week’s events: New week, new luck. The weekly reset in Destiny 2 brings new loot and new challenges every Tuesday at 7 PM.
After the story revelations from last week and wild theories about who in Destiny 2 might be the beginning of the end, many Guardians are curious about what will happen next. Today, it’s finally time, as the seasonal story “Sails of the Ship Thief” will continue little by little with steps 42 to 48.
If you had bad luck with the top loot last week, you can also start again. There is a new Nightfall waiting in the Cosmodrome, new seasonal challenges, and the second challenge in the “Kingsfall” raid at the “Grandmaster” difficulty level.
As always, there will be the regular playlist options. That’s why we’re showing you what today’s rotation includes in total.
The main information on activities from 27.09 to 04.10.
Vanguard: Nightfall – The Trial by Fire
The Nightfall: The Trial by Fire is the strike:
- The Devil’s Lair, in the Cosmodrome
- There, the Fallen are rampaging again. Load your shotguns, pack your Gjallarhorn, and put an end to the Fallen god “Sepiks Prime.”
This week’s Nightfall weapon is: As a reward for your run, you will always receive a special Nightfall weapon. In Season 18, Bungie offers some good old options.
- This week, you can hunt the kinetic sniper rifle “Silicone Neuroform.”
You will be able to earn the Master version (Adept) of the Nightfall weapons next week, starting October 4th. That’s when the hardest PvE difficulty in Destiny 2 called “Grandmaster” will begin.
Playlist strikes have the following modifiers this week:
- Solar Singe
- Grenadier
- Grounded
- The Singe modifier accompanies you all week, while the others change daily.
Endgame: Raid Challenges and Dungeon Rotation
What’s happening in the raid “Kingsfall”:
Last week, the first challenge in the Kingsfall raid, “The Grass is Always Greener,” started. However, in week two, you can expect a new challenge called “Sneaky Theft” during the War Priest encounter.
- In the “Sneaky Theft” challenge, players may not hold the “Mark of the Initiate” buff for more than five seconds. The challenge is anything but easy. It requires precise timing and tight coordination between players exchanging the buff.
Those who want to progress on the Triumph Seal must also play the challenge on Grandmaster difficulty to earn the sparrow “Ossein Earthbreaker.”
You can expect the following requirements and challenges:
- In Normal mode, completing a challenge grants you double loot.
- The requirement for each encounter on Grandmaster is Power Level 1600 with Champions.
- Only from the Grandmaster raid can you earn status-specific armor and master weapons.
- You can also earn new raid-exclusive exotics in the Grandmaster, themed after Oryx.
Additional top rewards from the endgame include:
- In the raid of the Dreaming City, you can expect a “Last Wish.”
- On the Moon in the “Pit of Heresy,” a lone Hive Knight awaits.
For all Guardians who want to see the futuristic new content in Lightfall, which goes live in Destiny 2 with the new DLC in 2023, here’s an exclusive sneak peek.
Weekly Activities
With Season 18, more activities have come to Destiny 2 that turn 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 battles to prevent Eramis and her pirate crew 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 hideouts of the pirate lords. This week it’s “Antiquarian VI.”
Additionally, the content from 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 Ghosts”
- The Guardians have discovered traces of a ghost that point to Sagira. Can the dead ghost of Osiris help unravel the mystery surrounding Savathun? But to uncover the memory, you must first find him.
Crucible – Here are the PvP playlists:
- Private Match
- Rumble
- Control
- Elimination
- Glory Survival
- Glory Survival: Freelance
- Showdown
- Conflict
- Cauldron
- Trials of Osiris (Start September 30)
This week you get a bonus:
- This week, the Drifter is feeling generous again. So you can earn quick bonus ranks in Gambit with him and shoot some Guardians their collected 15 particles out of their pockets.
Ascendant Challenge – Dreaming City
- Petra Venj has this week the 3rd Ascendant Challenge for you. You can find Petra and her quest offering at the location “Divalian Mists” in the Dreaming City. The City of the Awoken enters the second stage of corruption.
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. This raises the power level by +10 at the start of the new Season 18 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 old Guardians who want to join in the future or after a break, Bungie has prepared “The Gift of the Thunder Gods” in Season 18.
You can collect this loot chest for free in the H.E.L.M. after completing the “New Light” campaign. It brings you to a power level of up to 1540 or more – with Arc gear and weapons, as well as two exotics and ten legendary items. The rewards can also be collected once for all your characters.
This top loot brings your power level up to 1,580:
- Top Legacy Raid “Kingsfall” (+2)
- Top Dungeon “Duality” (+2)
- Raid rotation this week: “Last Wish” (+2)
- Legacy Dungeon rotation “Pit of Heresy” (+2)
- Achieve at least 100,000 points in the Nightfall: Trial by Fire (+2)
- Weekly Witch Queen campaign mission with at least 100,000 points (+2)
- “The Primordial Source” on Grandmaster difficulty (+2)
- Seasonal activity “Ketch Crash” on Grandmaster difficulty (+2)
- Complete the activity “Preservation” in the Pyramid of Darkness raid (+2)
- “Trials of Eternity”: Achieve 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 matching focus (+1)
- Hawthorne’s clan task: Earn 5000 XP (+1)
- Trials of Osiris/ Start September 30 (+2)
Glitter Dust Highlights in Eververse
For all fashion fans and Fortnite enthusiasts: This week you can grab the next piece for Glitter Dust from the Fortnite ornament sets. This time the ornaments for the legs are featured in the Eververse offer. So, if you want the complete set, you should grab it; otherwise, you might miss out without matching pants later on.
Still don’t have any idea what it looks like? Then check out this fashion tip. MuffinBandit shows you in his YouTube Shorts how cool you can style the Fortnite look.
If you have nothing to do with Fortnite, you can of course spend your Glitter Dust, the obtainable in-game currency, on other things.
Maybe one of these offers appeals to you:
- Exotic weapon ornament “Objective Reality” for the exotic rocket launcher “Truth”
- Exotic Sparrow “Urban Commander”
- Exotic ghost shell “Scrap Yard Shell”
- Exotic emote “Pitter-Patter”
- Legendary emote “Search the Area”
- Legendary ghost projection “Treasure Map Projection”
- Legendary ghost projection “Infinity Door Projection”
- Rare emote “Headaches due to Overthinking”
- Rare emote “Energetic Explanation”
- Shader “Clear Breeze”
- And these exotic Fortnite armor ornaments for each class:
- For the Hunter the ornament “Eternal Revenge” pants.
- For the Titan “Noble Black” boots.
- For the Warlock “Painted Kitsune” boots.
Not enough Glitter Dust? So many great items, but you’re already running low on Glitter Dust? Then check out our tips on how to improve your Glitter Dust budget.
Do you wish to see Nezarek return as well? Or was this story part from Season 18 not so exciting for you? Feel free to tell us in the comments which activity you like to play first after the weekly reset and why.
