Destiny 2 has a lot to do. So much so, it’s sometimes hard to decide what to chase and prioritize next.
Some activities, such as unlocking catalysts or doing Exotic quests can be tackled at your own pace, but most challenges are dependent on the game’s Weekly Reset. Many rewards and activities are limited to one per week, and that limitation is lifted every Tuesday with reset.
In this post, we’ll cover all the Weekly challenges and activities in Destiny 2 this week, including a detailed list of activities and the main highlights.
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Let’s get started with the highlights for this week.
Highlights this week: October 27, 2020
This week was calm, with nothing new in particular taking place in-game. But as you already know, Beyond Light is right around the corner, which means this is the time to grind the Exotics and items that will be soon going away and into the DCV!
Top Highlight:
- Last week of Festival of the Lost: Festival is a great opportunity to get unique gear and extra bounties granting XP and Bright Dust!
- The easiest Nightfall to grind: This week’s Lake of Shadow is the shortest and easiest Nightfall: The Ordeal to grind Exotics, prims and shards!
For all the other challenges this week, keep reading!
Nightfall – The Ordeal: Lake of Shadows
Exclusive loot:
- The Militia’s Birthright – Grenade Launcher
Legend modifiers:
- Denial: Taken vandals summon their shields more often
- Champions: Unstoppable
- Champions: Overload
- Grask’s Bile: Incoming environment damage increased
- Equipment locked
- Match Game: Enemy shields are highly resistant to all unmatched elemental damage
Master difficulty modifiers:
- All of the above, plus…
- Champions: Mob: Additional champions
- Famine: All ammunition drops are significantly reduced
Grandmaster difficulty modifiers:
- All of the above, plus…
- Chaff: Radar is disabled
- Contest mode
- Limited revives
- Extinguish: If your Fireteam falls in a restrictive zone, everyone is returned to orbit
Legacy Nightfalls:
- Nightfall: The Scarlett Keep:
- No Exclusive Loot
- Nightfall: Exodus Crash:
- Exclusive Loot: Impact Velocity – Sparrow
- Nightfall: The Arms Dealer:
- Exclusive Loot: Tilt Fuse– Sparrow
Flashpoint: European Dead Zone
- Complete various activities around the European Dead Zone, including public events, Lost Sectors, and Heroic adventures.
Also…
Vanguard Burn: Arc Singe
- You will need to use a matching Subclass to earn the 3 Playlist strikes completions Pinnacle reward.
Weekly Crucible Rotator Playlists
- Clash
- Showdown
This infographic from Kyber’s Corner will give you an excellent overview of everything else going on this week:
Destiny 2 Weekly Challenges: The complete list
A new week means you can once again chase Powerful and Pinnacle rewards to continue your climb to the maximum Power Level of 1060:
| Type | Location | Source | Power increase | Fireteam needed? | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powerful | Tower | Gunsmith bounties (8 total) | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Tower | Vanguard bounties (8 total) | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Tower | Crucible bounties (8 total) | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Tower | Gambit bounties (8 total) | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Tower | Prismatic Recaster | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Destination | Flashpoint - Complete activities | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Crucible | Rotator Matches (4 matches) | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Moon | Nightmare Hunts (3 runs) | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Moon | Replayable Story Mission | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Moon | "Memory" quest | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Moon | Nightmares defeated in Sorrow's Harbor | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Tower | Clan Crucible Engram | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Tower | Clan Nightfall Engram | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Tower | Clan Raid Engram | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Tower | Clan Gambit Engram | 3 | No | Easy |
| Powerful | Strikes | Nightfall: The Ordeals (3 runs) | 3 | Yes | Easy |
| Powerful | Moon | Pit of Heresy dungeon (first 2 encounters) | 6 | Yes | Average |
| Powerful | Tower | Prophecy dungeon (first encounter) | 3 | Yes | Hard |
| Powerful | Crucible | Trials of Osiris - 3 wins | 4-5 | Yes | Hard |
| Powerful | Crucible | Trials of Osiris - 5 wins | 6 | Yes | Hard |
| Pinnacle | Tower | Clan Weekly XP | 1 | No | Easy |
| Pinnacle | Strikes | Vanguard Strikes (3 strikes) | 1 | No | Easy |
| Pinnacle | Gambit | Gambit Matches (3 matches) | 1 | No | Easy |
| Pinnacle | Crucible | Crucible Core Matches (4 matches) | 1 | No | Easy |
| Pinnacle | Moon | Master Nightmare Hunt | 2 | Yes | Hard |
| Pinnacle | Strikes | Nightfall: The Ordeal (100,000 points) | 2 | Yes | Hard |
| Pinnacle | Moon | Pit of Heresy dungeon | 2 | Yes | Hard |
| Pinnacle | Tower | Prophecy dungeon | 2 | Yes | Hard |
| Pinnacle | Tower | Prismatic Recaster quest | 2 | No | Easy |
| Pinnacle | Crucible | Trials of Osiris - 7 wins | 2 | Yes | Hard |
| Pinnacle | Moon | Garden of Salvation | 10 | Yes | Hard |
If you’re interested in grinding as much XP as possible, that’s also heavily influenced by the weekly reset in the form of weekly bounties. You can read all about farming XP here.
Destiny 2 weekly reset time
When does Destiny 2 reset? Like clockwork, the game resets every Tuesday at the same exact time:
- US Eastern: 1 pm
- US Western: 10 am
- UK: 6 pm
- Central European: 7 pm
You now have all the information you need to tackle a new week of adventures within Destiny 2!
