Destiny 2 Nightfall this Week: Shields and Champions

Nightfall: The Ordeals are an integral part of the Destiny 2 experience. With several difficulty levels and rewards to offer, they will become a part of your weekly ritual early on in your Destiny 2 journey.

When tackled in Legend, Master, or Grandmaster difficulty levels, they become a challenging task for a Fireteam, just as Legend and Master Lost Sectors are challenging to solo players.

Today we focus on higher difficulty Nightfalls and cover their weekly rotation, Shields, Champions, and more.

List updated as of The Witch Queen’s release (S16). 

Destiny 2 Nightfall Rotation

As with most things in Destiny 2, Nightfall: The Ordeals are on rotation. In this case, a weekly rotation. Any given week, only one Nightfall will be available to farm.

For the sake of clarity, the week officially resets on Tuesdays at 9 AM PDT, Destiny 2’s official reset time.

Nightfall this week

Season of the Risen Nightfall calendar

Week	Nightfall	Location	Events	Week #
April 5, 2022	Scarlet Keep	Moon	Bonus Ranks	Week 7
April 12, 2022	The Arms Dealer	EDZ	-	Week 8
April 19, 2022	The Glassway	Europa	Bonus Rewards	Week 9
April 26, 2022	The Lightblade	Throne World	-	Week 10
May 3, 2022	Fallen S.A.B.E.R.	Cosmodrome	-	Week 11
May 10, 2022	Birthplace of the Vile	Throne World	-	Week 12
May 17, 2022	Scarlet Keep	Moon	-	Week 13

Nightfall guides: Grandmaster Shields & Champions

Legend, Master, and Grandmaster Nightfalls can be challenging activities, especially for the average player.

But no matter your skills, whether you can speedrun Grandmaster Nightfalls or can barely complete a Legend Nightfall, you need to make sure you bring weapons with matching elements and armor with the necessary Champions mods:

Destiny 2 Nightfall rewards

There’s a reason why Nightfalls are such a popular activity in Destiny 2. While they can certainly be fun and challenging, most Guardians play Nightfalls every week for a chance to earn exclusive weapons and Powerful and Pinnacle rewards.

Nightfall weapons

There are 10 Nightfall-specific weapons in total, and with Season of the Risen (S16), only 6 of them are on a weekly rotation, with only one dropping each week.

For the week of May 17, 2022, the Nightfall weapon dropping from The Scarlet keep is the Silicon Neurona sniper rifle.

Week	Art	Weapon	Type	Element	Ammo	Week #
May 17, 2022		Silicon Neuroma	Sniper Rifle	Kinetic	Special	Week 13

You can read all about Nightfall weapons, including adept versions, drop rates, and rankings, here.

Powerful and Pinnacle rewards

Each week, completing Nightfalls will also reward you with the following gear Powerful and Pinnacle gear:

Destiny 2 Nightfall farm: Level Requirements

If you’re interested in farming Nightfalls, you need to have a proper Power Level (including your Artifact’s bonus Power):

Nightfall Difficulty	Recommended Level	Drop rate
Adept	1480	Rare
Hero	1520	Uncommon
Legend	1550	Common
Master	1580	Common
Grandmaster	1600	Common+

For the record, the Grandmaster screen does not say what the drop rates are, but players keep reporting higher drop rates at Grandmaster difficulty than Master.

Needless to say, these aren’t easy and the least you should do is ensure you have a reasonable Power Level. By reasonable, we mean no less than 10 Power Levels below the recommended levels. If you find yourself struggling, work on increasing your Power Level as much as possible.

Your turn

Hopefully, you now have everything you need to know how to conquer and “easily” farm Nightfalls in Destiny 2.