The Dawning is here and comes with the usual wide selection of cookies to bake and give to the various Destiny 2 characters across the universe, including Ikora and Lord Shaxx. It’s worth noting that the cookies previously reserved for Sloan in Titan, Asher Mir in IO, and so on, have been replaced by new cookies for Shaw Han and Variks.
This post covers every single Cookie recipe for this year’s Dawning, including the ingredients you will need and the rewards.
What is the Dawning in Destiny 2?
The Dawning is a Destiny 2 limited-time event that occurs in-game and lasts three weeks. The event features unique resources and items you must gather and use to earn exclusive new rewards, such as armor sets and weapons.
- Destiny 2 Dawning 2022 starts: December 13, 2022
- Destiny 2 Dawning 2022 end: January 3, 2023, at reset
Destiny 2 Dawning Recipes 2022
Unlike the Festival of the Lost or Solstice events, The Dawning doesn’t feature a unique activity. However, you can still bake cookies that you can give the several NPCs in exchange for Dawning-exclusive rewards:
The table below includes every cookie that can be baked, whom it should be delivered to, and what ingredients it requires:
Holiday Gift | Recipient | Location | Ingredients | |
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![]() | Vanilla Blades | Lord Shaxx | Tower | ► Cabal Oil: Defeat Cabal enemies ► Sharp Flavor: Collected from kills with Swords ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Gjallardoodles | Commander Zavala | Tower | ► Ether Cane: Defeat Fallen enemies ► Delicious Explosion: Collected from kills with Explosives ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Telemetry Tapioca | Banshee-44 | Tower | ► Vex Milk: Defeat Vex enemies ► Bullet Spray: Collected from kills with Automatic weapons ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Traveler Donut Holes | Ikora Rey | Tower | ► Cabal Oil: Defeat Cabal enemies ► Flash of Inspiration: Collected from generating Orbs of Power ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Eliksni Birdseed | Hawthorne | Tower | ► Ether Cane: Defeat Fallen enemies ► Personal Touch: Collected from Melee kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Chocolate Ship Cookies | Amanda Holliday | Tower | ► Cabal Oil: Defeat Cabal enemies ► Null Taste: Collected from Void kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Lavender Ribbon Cookies | Saint-14 | Tower | ► Vex Milk: Defeat Vex enemies ► Personal Touch: Collected from Melee kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Lucent Crunch | Fynch | Throne world | ► Chitin Powder: Defeat Hive enemies ► Perfect Taste: Collected from Precision kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Infinite Forest Cake | Failsafe | Nessus | ► Vex Milk: Defeat Vex enemies ► Impossible Heat: Collected from Solar kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Gentleman’s Shortbread | Devrim Kay | EDZ | ► Ether Cane: Defeat Fallen enemies ► Perfect Taste: Collected from Precision kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Candy Dead Ghosts | The Spider | Tangled Shore | ► Dark Ether Cane: Defeat Scorn enemies ► Flash of Inspiration: Collected from generating Orbs of Power ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Strange Cookies | Xur | Varies | ► Taken Butter: Defeat Taken enemies ► Electric Flavor: Collected from Arc kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Ill-Fortune Cookies | Petra Venj | Dreaming City | ► Dark Ether Cane: Defeat Scorn enemies ► Impossible Heat: Collected from Solar kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Dark Chocolate Motes | The Drifter | Tower | ► Taken Butter: Defeat Taken enemies ► Null Taste: Collected from Void kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Thousand-Layer Cookie | Riven | Last Wish Raid | ► Taken Butter: Defeat Taken enemies ► Delicious Explosion: Collected from kills with Explosives ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Ascendant Oatmeal Raisin Cookies | Eris Morn | Moon | ► Chitin Powder: Defeat Hive enemies ► Finishing Touch: Collected from kills with Finishers ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Bittersweet Biscotti | The Crow | Tangled Shore | ► Dark Ether Cane: Defeat Scorn enemies ► Balanced Flavors: Collected from kills with bows, sniper rifles, or scout rifles ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Blueberry Crumblers | Shaw Han | Cosmodrome | ► Ether Cane: Defeat Fallen enemies ► Bullet Spray: Collected from kills with Automatic weapons ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Etheric Coldsnap | Variks | Europa | ► Chitin Powder: Defeat Hive enemies ► Electric Flavor: Collected from Arc kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Classic Butter Cookie | Eva Lavante | Tower | ► Taken Butter: Defeat Taken enemies ► Superb Texture: Collected from Super kills ► Essence of Dawning |
![]() | Bright-Dusted Snowballs | Tess Everis | Tower | ► Chitin Powder: Defeat Hive enemies ► Multifaceted Flavour: Collected from Multikills ► Essence of Dawning |
Dawning Ingredients
All those cookies will require a lot of ingredients, so prepare for intense farming! Some ingredients randomly drop from defeating common enemies, others from defeating enemies in specific ways, and others from completing activities. This section covers the many sources for every ingredient required:
Essence of Dawning:
Unlike most ingredients that drop from defeating enemies, Essence of Dawning only drops from completing activities.
💠 Pro tip: You can also earn Essence of Dawning by simply equipping the “Starfarer 7M” ship to earn extra materials when you get ingredients
Common ingredients (from killing specific enemy types):
- Vex Milk: Collected when defeating Vex enemies
- Ether Cane: Collected when defeating Fallen enemies
- Cabal Oil: Collected when defeating Cabal enemies
- Chitin Powder: Collected when defeating Hive enemies
- Taken Butter: Collected when defeating Taken enemies
- Dark Ether Cane: Collected when defeating Scorn enemies
Rare ingredients (from performing specific types of kills):
- Delicious Explosions: Collected from explosive kills
- Sharp Flavor: Collected from sword kills
- Impossible Heat: Collected from solar kills (from either class abilities or weapons)
- Electric Flavor: Collected from Arc kills (from either class abilities or weapons)
- Null Taste: Collected from Void kills (from either class abilities or weapons)
- Flash of Inspiration: Collected when generating Orbs of Power (from Masterworked weapons or Supers)
- Personal Touch: Collected from melee kills
- Perfect Taste: Collected from precision kills
- Bullet Spray: Collected from kills with automatic weapons (Machine guns, auto rifles, or submachine guns)
- Finishing Touch: Collected from kills with Finishers
- Multifaceted Flavors: Collected from multikills
- Pinch of Light: Collected when generating Orbs of Power
- Balanced Flavors: Collected from kills with bows, sniper rifles, or scout rifles
- Superb Texture: Collected from Super kills
Make sure you bookmark this page and keep it on hand. There are so many ingredients to collect it can quickly become hard to keep track of what comes from where!
Dawning 2022 rewards
The Dawning’s rewards for 2022 are just as good, if not better, than last year’s rewards, including a brand-new Pulse rifle and perhaps the best-looking Dawning armor we have seen to date.
Destiny 2 The Dawning Armor 2022

The Dawning 2022 Armor, Destiny 2
This great-looking Dawning armor set that can be either purchased with Silver or Bright Dust.
Stay Frosty PR7 Pulse rifle

Stay Frosty PR7 Dawning Pulse rifle, Destiny 2
And while the armor sets and the new weapon are my main targets, there are also ornaments, a ship, a vehicle and a Ghost shell up for grabs!

The Dawning 2022 Exotic Ornaments

The Dawning 2022 Ship

The Dawning 2022 Vehicle
Happy Dawning!
You have error for Crow recipe, it should be Dark Ether Cane + Balanced Flavors
Man you’re right, thanks!