Destiny: Challenge of the Elders – Here’s how to beat the high scores

In Destiny, you need to break high scores in the Challenge of the Elders to earn rewards. We provide you with tips on how to reach the required points.

Since the April update, there is the Challenge of the Elders in Destiny, a new endgame PvE activity in the Prison of Elders. Weekly progress in this mode is recorded on the Elders Seal, a type of scorecard. Every Tuesday, the progress is reset.

On the Elders Seal, you can achieve two objectives per week, which need to be completed in the Challenge of the Elders:

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  You must achieve a high score of 30,000 points in a single attempt. In a Challenge of the Elders, you need to survive three rounds in the Prison of Elders.
• Additionally, you need to accumulate 90,000 points within a week. Here, points from all attempts are added together. You can also earn these points with different fireteams.

Once you have achieved these objectives, you can collect rewards from Variks, including delicious weapons and armor.

How to Break High Scores in the Challenge of the Elders

To participate in the Challenge of the Elders, you need a minimum light level of 290; the recommended level is 320. Additionally, you can only start the challenge after purchasing the Elders Seal from Variks for 100 Glimmer.

How to Efficiently Gather Points for High Scores:

• Pay attention to the modifiers: On the Elders Seal, you will find the weekly kill bonus modifiers that grant you extra points. For instance, this week, super kills are worth more points.
• Achieve precision kills: When you eliminate enemies with precision hits, you score more points. Especially against weak opponents, you can rack up many additional points. Take a few extra moments for your shots, but make sure the bullet achieves a precision hit.
• Don’t dawdle: If you take too long to eliminate the boss of each round, Variks will deduct points from you. Therefore, you should move swiftly through the Prison of Elders. You need to find a balance between engaging the enemies offensively and not getting defeated yourself.

  

• Quickly defeat the “small” enemies: During your fight against the boss, waves of additional enemies will keep appearing. As soon as they enter the stage, you should focus solely on them. This prevents you from being overwhelmed and also generates important points. Once they are defeated, return your attention to the boss.
• Use your super frequently: You also earn points by generating orbs of light. Therefore, it is advisable to use your super as often as possible. This week, points from super kills are increased, making it particularly worthwhile to use the super.
• If you feel you haven’t scored enough points for the high score after the first round, don’t give up: Round 2 has a higher score multiplier than the first round, and in Round 3, you can earn more points than in Round 2. So don’t throw in the towel too early.

What tips do you have to increase the high score?