Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfall this week: Season 19

Grandmaster Nightfalls are perhaps the most challenging endgame activity in Destiny 2. With an insane Power Level requirement and unforgiving modifiers, Grandmaster Nightfalls will challenge all but the top fireteams out there.

This page will provide you with everything you need to tackle them: their rotation, Champions, and detailed guides.

Updated as of Season of the Seraph (S19).

Grandmaster Nightfall this Week: January 24, 2023

The Grandmaster Nightfall on rotation this week is the Scarlet Keep and rewards the Horror’s Least (Adept) pulse rifle.

As with most things in Destiny 2, Grandmaster Nightfalls are on a weekly rotation. For the sake of clarity, the week officially resets on Tuesdays at 9 AM PDT.

The Grandmaster Nightfalls available in Season 19 are:

1. The Insight Terminus
2. Scarlet Keep
3. Birthplace of the Vile
4. The Corrupted
5. The Glassway
6. Warden of Nothing

Grandmaster Nightfall rotation

Grandmaster Nightfalls are not available for the entire season. Given their onerous level requirements, they often become available around mid-season. For Season of the Seraph, GMs became available on January 17, 2023 (Week 7):

Grandmaster 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 tackle GMs every week for a chance to earn Adept weapons and Masterworking materials.

Adept 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. These can drop from completing Nightfalls on any difficulty; however, completing Grandmaster Nightfalls rewards you with adept versions of these weapons.

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

Grandmaster Power Level Requirements

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

For the record, Power Level requirements were drastically reduced this season to allow more players to experience Grandmaster Nightfalls.

GM Shields & Champions

Grandmaster Nightfalls are challenging activities, even for veteran players.

But regardless of your skills, you need to make sure you bring weapons with matching elements and armor with the necessary Champions mods:

Art	Nightfall	Burn	Shields	Champions	Requires
	The Insight Terminus	Void	7x Void	10x Barrier 4x Unstoppable	Free-to-Play
	Scarlet Keep	Arc	12x Arc 18x Solar	16x Barrier 4x Unstoppable	Shadowkeep
	Birthplace of the Vile	Void	5x Void (2x Random Shields)	12x Overload 8x Unstoppable	The Witch Queen
	The Corrupted	Arc	14x Arc 28x Void 20x Solar	8x Overload 10x Unstoppable	Free-to-Play
	The Glassway	Void	3x Solar 8x Arc	12x Barrier 14x Overload	Beyond Light
	Warden of Nothing	Solar	10x Void	10x Barrier 4x Overload 7x Unstoppable	Free-to-Play

GM Detailed Guides

The following guides come straight from friend of the channel Mac. His GM video guides are famous within the community for a reason, and we definitely recommend you check him out!

PS: The following guides are still to be updated…

The Insight Terminus

With Barrier and Unstoppable champions, Void shields, and a Void elemental singe, loadouts for this strike are simple with all 3 players wanting Arbalest, a void energy scout rifle such as Aisha’s Embrace, and either a Stormchaser or Threaded Needle heavy linear fusion rifle. Despite the strike granting 25% bonus void damage, Stormchaser will still deal more damage than Threaded Needle per bullet if you land the full burst, so slot it in if you can hit your shots.

For class loadouts, Hunters want to rock Moebius Quiver with Trapper’s Ambush, Vanishing Step, and Omnioculus. Warlocks want to spec into Well of Radiance with Icarus Dash, Touch of Flame, and either Phoenix Protocol or Aeon Soul. And Titans want to run either Hammer of Sol with Sol Invictus, Roaring Flames, and Loreley Splendor, or Ward of Dawn with Bastion, Controlled Demolition, and Heart of Inmost Light.

Watch Mac’s step-by-step video guide here.

Warden of Nothing

With Overload and Unstoppable champions, all 3 shields, and an Arc elemental singe, loadouts for this strike are simple with 2 players wanting Arbalest, an arc energy scout rifle such as the Eternal Blazon, and a Stormchaser, with the 3rd guardian wanting a kinetic scout like the Night Watch, a Divinity, and a Stormchaser as well.

For class loadouts, Hunters want to rock Moebius Quiver with Trapper’s Ambush, Vanishing Step, and Omnioculus. Warlocks want to spec into Well of Radiance with Icarus Dash, Touch of Flame, and either Phoenix Protocol or Aeon Soul. And Titans want to run Ward of Dawn with Bastion, Controlled Demolition, and Heart of inmost Light.

Watch Mac’s step-by-step video guide here.

The Corrupted

With Overload and Unstoppable champions, all 3 shields, and an Arc elemental singe, loadouts for this strike are simple with 2 players wanting Arbalest, an arc energy scout rifle such as the Eternal Blazon, and a Stormchaser, with the 3rd guardian wanting a kinetic scout like the Night Watch, a Divinity, and a Stormchaser as well.

For class loadouts, Hunters want to rock Moebius Quiver with Trapper’s Ambush, Vanishing Step, and Omnioculus. Warlocks want to spec into Well of Radiance with Icarus Dash, Touch of Flame, and either Phoenix Protocol or Aeon Soul. And Titans want to run Ward of Dawn with Bastion, Controlled Demolition, and Heart of inmost Light.

Watch Mac’s step-by-step video guide here.

Your turn

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