Next week, Destiny 2 will once again launch the hardest PvE mode, the Grandmaster Nightfall. This will initiate the hunt for the coveted Nightfall Master weapons (Adept) and the associated Conqueror title. MeinMMO will tell you what requirements you need to meet and how to start the mode.
Starting October 5, 2021, Destiny 2 wants to see you sweating again in the endgame every week. With the next Weekly Reset, the most challenging PvE activity for all players will be unlocked again. Those who want to participate should not only have a lot of ambition but also meet the required minimum power level for the activity.
What is the Grandmaster Nightfall? The Grandmaster Nightfall on the Grandmaster difficulty is a particularly hard variant of the known Nightfall strikes. Only on this difficulty can you earn the exclusive Nightfall Master weapons and the prestigious title “Conqueror.”
To get these rewards, your fireteam has to take on the strongest enemies, numerous negative modifiers, relentless champions, and a powerful final boss. The Grandmaster mode forgives very few mistakes.
Are you ready for this challenge?
Here’s what you need:
- The power level for the Grandmaster Nightfall is 1,370 in Season 15. The current Grandmaster Raid, for example, has a power level of 1360.
- In the Grandmaster difficulty, the competitive mode is active, meaning your effective power is capped at 1,345. More power level will not provide you any advantages in this mode.
- To even participate, you need to be at least level 1,345 (with artifact). The maximum regular power level of gear is 1,330 in Season 15.
- In Grandmaster mode, more than 10 nasty modifiers ensure that your enemies deal more damage, more champions appear, and you cannot switch your loadout. Additionally, you can only break enemy shields with the matching element and more. You can always see which modifiers are active before starting the Grandmaster activity.
- You also have limited revives available. If all revives are used up, it’s back to orbit. The Nightfall must then be restarted and replayed from the beginning. Additional revives can only be obtained by defeating champions, the toughest enemies in Destiny 2.
- Matchmaking is disabled. An established and experienced fireteam is an advantage.
This also increases the difficulty:
In Season 15, it also includes that two of the toughest strikes are in rotation for the Grandmaster Nightfall: “The Corrupted” and “Proving Grounds”. Therefore, anyone daring to pursue the Conqueror title faces a serious challenge. If you and your fireteam prepare to take on the challenge, fight together, and die, then you deserve the utmost respect.
Here’s how you can participate in the activity: The Nightfall on Grandmaster difficulty can be started from October 5 through the Vanguard playlist on your map overview.
Changes in Season 15 for the Grandmaster Mode:
Bungie announced some new features for the Grandmaster Mode in the TWAB on September 30, to be added to the game at a later date, around December 2021.
- There will be a Grandmaster “Catch-up Point” for the gilding. This will be available as long as you already have a Conqueror title that has not yet been gilded this season.
- All Grandmaster Nightfalls will only be selectable if the fireteam leader has not yet completed the gilding triumph for this strike during Season 15. This means you can play any available strike for a season to earn the gilded title.
- Once the “Conqueror” title is gilded, this option will no longer be available.
The rewards awaiting you are: On one hand, you will receive the prestigious Conqueror title if you manage to successfully complete all Nightfall strikes on Grandmaster. Additionally, the currently active Nightfall weapons can drop as Master versions (Adept). On top of that, you will randomly receive enhancement cores and prisms, ascendant shards, exotics, and normal loot drops.
The specific Nightfall weapons that can drop for you as Master versions (Adept) after completing the Grandmaster Nightfall grant additional stat bonuses when upgraded to Masterwork and only fit the Master weapon mods correspondingly. You can only obtain these special mods through the Trials of Osiris or by completing Grandmaster Nightfalls as random drops.
You can earn these weapons in Grandmaster Nightfalls:
- The Palindrome, hand cannon
- The Swarm, machine gun
- Shadow Price, auto rifle
- The Hot Head, rocket launcher. This can drop with, for example, “Explosive Light” and may be meta in the upcoming season.
- The Comedian, shotgun
- Disunity SR4, scout rifle
- Uzume RR4, sniper rifle
- PLUG ONE.1, fusion rifle
The base stats and perk pool of the Nightfall weapons are identical for both the normal and Master versions.
Bungie has finally added the missing Master mods to the loot pool of the Grandmaster Nightfalls in Season 15, which could only be dropped in the Trials of Osiris until now.
New in the loot pool are:
- Master Impact
- Master Charge Time
- Master Blast Radius
- Master Projectile Velocity
Is there a recipe for success? Unfortunately not. Each Grandmaster Nightfall is different, so the recommendation is for players to plan the fight carefully in advance and coordinate with their team on mods and weapons. A well-coordinated fireteam is certainly an advantage but not a must. If you are already playing the Nightfall on Grandmaster, you already have a good foundation that can be excellently utilized and expanded upon in Grandmaster.
Otherwise, it’s important to conserve special and power ammo to quickly dispose of certain targets if necessary. Keep your teammates alive with supers and also combine complementary armor mods together. This way, you’ll quickly have your abilities back and can strongly counter the enemies. Elemental sources might be a real option this season.
What do you think? Are you ready for the hardest PvE mode of Destiny 2? Do you want to prove yourself again and become a “Conqueror” and gild the title? Or do you find the activity too hard? Let us know in the comments.
