Today, on 21st April, the Weekly Reset takes place in Destiny 2 with fresh weekly activities, new Nightfall Strikes, and a new Flashpoint. Additionally, Update 2.8.1 is released. including downtime.
What’s happening in Destiny 2? The Destiny week starts with Update 2.8.1, which also leads to a short downtime. If everything goes smoothly, Guardians can log in as scheduled at 19:00, install the patch, and dive into the new activities.
New content includes the new Spring event “Guardian Games”, which also brings a new Exotic into the game.
Furthermore, today introduces “The Pinnacle” – the ultimate difficulty for Nightfall: The Fire Trial is introduced.
But first, let’s take a look at what else the new week has to offer.
Key information about weekly activities from 21st April to 28th April
The following Nightfall Strikes are available: In the regular Nightfall (Power level 820), you can choose from these Nightfall Strikes:
- The Twisted Spire
- Will of the Thousands
- Briarfest
In Nightfall: The Fire Trial the strike
- The Terminus of Insight
is ready for the Guardians.
Strikes and story missions are available with the following modifiers:
- Arc Burn
- Blackout
- Grenadier
Keep in mind that the modifiers change every day. Only the burn modifier remains the same throughout the week.
Crucible: These playlists and modes are active in PvP:
- Private Match (Core Playlist)
- Rumble (Core Playlist)
- Control (Core Playlist)
- Team Scorch (Rotation Playlist)
- Lockdown (Rotation Playlist)
- Elimination (Core Playlist)
- Survival (Core Playlist)
- Survival: Freelance (Core Playlist)
- Classic Mix (Core Playlist)
Showdown: These modifiers are currently available:
- Arc Burn
- Brawler
Escalation Protocol: You can obtain this weapon at the Escalation Protocol on Mars:
- the legendary Sniper Rifle IKELOS_SSG_v1.0.1
The Flashpoint this week is in the Tangled Shore.
Petra Venj can currently be found (Curse Week 1) at the Pavilion in “The Shore” area. The 2nd Ascendant Challenge is live.
Here are the sources for Powerful Loot in Season 10 of Destiny 2
This is how Powerful Loot is structured in Destiny 2: Powerful Loot comes in several tiers, providing various power boosts. Consequently, higher tiers grant greater power boosts.
- Tier 1 (up to +3 above current power level)
- Tier 2 (up to +4 above current power level)
- Tier 3 (up to +5 above current power level)
- Top Gear (+5 or more above the power level. The only gear that exceeds 1000 and goes up to a maximum of 1010)
For your information: Power levels obtained through the seasonal artifact are not considered for the calculation of the power levels of your drops. Here, the average of equipment and weapons is crucial.
Sources for Powerful Loot in Season 10:
Tier 1:
- Weekly Flashpoint
- Prime Engrams
- Weaponsmith Bounties – Complete 8 of their bounties
- weekly story mission: Luna’s Call from Eris
- Complete 3 Nightmare Hunts
- Zavala’s Vanguard Bounties – Complete 8 of their bounties
- Complete 5 Nightfall: The Fire Trial. Higher difficulties grant greater progress
- Crucible for 4 matches in a rotation playlist
- Shaxx’s Crucible Bounties – Complete 8 of their bounties
- Gambit Bounties from the Drifter – Complete 8 of their bounties
- Every full rank up in Gambit or in Crucible
Tier 3:
- Seraph Bunker
- Trials of Osiris
Top Gear:
- Raid “Garden of Salvation”
- Nightfall: The Fire Trial with a team score of 100,000 or more
- Nightmare Hunt (Grandmaster)
- Dungeon (Pit of Heresy)
- Trials of Osiris
- Level up the Seraph Bunker to level 7
Since update 2.8.1, formerly powerful rewards have been promoted to top gear. These include:
- Crucible for 4 matches in a core playlist
- Complete 3 Vanguard Strikes
- Clan reward from Hawthorne
- Complete 3 games in Gambit or Gambit Prime
Eververse Dust Highlights
These are the Eververse Dust highlights of this week:
- The Exotic Sparrow “Aquinoxium Edge”
- The Exotic Sparrow “Circumpolar Light”
- The legendary emote “Hype Dance”
- The legendary multiplayer emote “Stylish Fist Bump”
- The Exotic Ghost Shell “Ladybug Shell”
- The Exotic Ship “The Mayfly”
