Solo players enjoy the 3 Exo Challenges in Destiny 2. These provide valuable loot weekly and can be completed quickly if you know how to do it.
You can impress a massive AI with your skills in Destiny 2. Every week, you prove yourself in one of three simulations. Since the expansion “Beyond Light“, these missions have been in the game, but they are still popular as they can be quickly mastered solo and yield rare top-tier loot – only the Guardians who have completed them can reach their maximum level.
MeinMMO provides you with the essential information about the Exo Challenges and shows you which 3 different tasks you need to master in the video.
You can face 3 different simulations on Europa, the new DLC location. After an upgrade, they also grant valuable top-tier loot. You start them in the “Bray-Exo-Science” in the west of the map.
You first need to visit the NPC Variks on Europa. You unlock him automatically during the campaign of the expansion. He gives you the mission to impress the AI Clovis Bray as part of the story and the quest “Born in Darkness” – this is done in the Exo Challenges.
To receive top-tier loot for completing the challenge, you need to level up the Sabotage rank at Variks on Europa. Once you’ve unlocked “Europa Explorer III”, you can receive the high-level reward weekly, once per character.
Master all 3 Exo Challenges on Europa
The Exo Challenges are divided into 3 different simulations. You will encounter Vex in all challenges. Depending on the challenge, the focus is sometimes more on combat, sometimes more on your jumping skills.
However, the missions are all quite linear and can be completed solo in less than 10 minutes without any issues. Some quests, like for the Exotic sword “The Grievance”, require completing the simulations and may involve modifiers that make the missions harder.
Simulation: Survival
Your goal is to reach the top of a snowy mountain. If you stay in the cold too long, you will receive the frostbite debuff, which will instantly kill you at 10 stacks. If you are near a heat source, like a fire, you are protected from the cold and will reduce the negative modifier.
- You must move quickly and fend off the annoying Vex.
- Ideally, pack exotic boots that increase your mobility, and a ranged weapon is also helpful.
- In the end, you will fight a Hydra, which you can quickly handle with a Super or Power weapons like Xenophage. But also pay attention to the frost debuff during the boss fight.
Simulation: Agility
In this simulation, you are to storm a Vex base. Here, the key is to jump accurately over chasms. To complete an area, you need to destroy confluxes – those are the square, floating Vex devices. They are sometimes immune as long as enemies are nearby.
- Mobility Exotics prove to be a true blessing here.
- Annoyingly, the ground crumbles beneath your feet at many points – always pay attention to the platforms you are on.
- You will mostly need ranged weapons here. With a scout or sniper rifle, fend off the flying enemies and engage Cyclops from a distance.
Simulation: Defense
This simulation requires you to protect the structure in the middle of the map and keep the stability (essentially the health bar) as high as possible. There are protected Vex confluxes on both the left and right of the spawn that you need to destroy between enemy waves.
- Some robots will assist you in pushing back the Vex – but you will have to deal with most of it yourself.
- Use weapons or abilities that allow you to quickly mow down many small enemies – for example, Warmind cells and SMGs are good options. Be cautious of the devastating jump attack from the larger Wyverns and always keep your distance.
- Once you have destroyed the confluxes on the left and right, a large Minotaur with minions will appear in the north of the map. Once it is defeated, you will successfully complete the simulation. So unleash your Super or deal damage with Power weapons.
Do you complete the Exo Challenges weekly? Would you like to see more such simulations in Destiny 2, and if so, should they be really challenging? Let us know in the comments.
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