A system introduced with Lightfall, Guardian Ranks aims to both help new players get acquainted with the game and provide an additional challenge for veterans to take on.
This guide features all quests, challenges, and rewards tied to Guardian Ranks as of Episode 1: Echoes.
Updated as of Episode 1: Echoes.
Guardian Rank 11 Requirements: Paragon
These are all the objectives you’ll need to complete to reach the Level 11 Paragon Rank:
The stories of you grow in myth and legend. Secure your place in the upper echelons of the Tower by achieving feats deemed unachievable by most and earn exaltation through recognition from fellow Guardians.
| Category | Objective | Objective / Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grandmaster | Conqueror | Complete the Triumphs to acquire the Conqueror Title. |
| Grandmaster | Gilded Conqueror | Complete the Triumphs to gild the Conqueror Title. |
| Endgame | Salvation's Edge Mastery | Complete the most recently released raid on Master difficulty. |
| Endgame | Solo Spelunker | Complete either of the "Ghosts of the Deep" or "Warlord's Ruin" dungeons solo. |
| Endgame | Master Spelunker | Complete the most recently released dungeon on Master difficulty. |
| Lost Sectors | Master Staying Alive | Complete a Master Lost Sector solo without dying. |
| Collections | Titles | Claim 7 Titles. |
| Commendations | Beloved | Achieve a commendation score of 1800. |
| Commendations | Shepherd | Receive 200 ally and leadership commendations. Leadership commendations provide bonus progress. |
Exemplar Guardian Rank, Destiny 2
Guardian Rank 10 Requirements: Exemplar
These are all the objectives required for Level 10 Exemplar Rank:
Become a paradigm of a leader among your fellow Guardians by earning their recognition and unlocking your full potential while defeating the most challenging foes.
| Category | Objective | Objective / Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Ranks | Acquire 65 Seasonal ranks. |
| Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Challenges | Complete 25 Seasonal Challenges. |
| Seasonal Journey | Failsafe Reputation | Increase your reputation level to 10 with the Episode 1 vendor found in the H.E.L.M. |
| Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Difficulty | Complete the current Seasonal activity or Exotic quest on the highest difficulty. |
| Power | Pinnacle Cap | Increase your Power to the pinnacle cap of 2000. |
| Raids | Clear all 9 Raids | Complete the Last Wish, Garden of Salvation, Deep Stone Crypt, Vow of the Disciple, King's Fall, Vault of Glass, Root of Nightmares, Crota's End, and Salvation's End raids. |
| Dungeons | Clear all 8 Dungeons | Complete the Ghost of the Deep, Shattered Throne, Pit of Heresy, Prophecy, Grasp of Avarice, Spire of the Watcher, Duality, and Warlord's Ruin dungeons. |
| Nightfall | Master Nightfall | Complete a Nightfall on Master difficulty or higher. |
| Nightfall | Nightfall Score | Complete a Nightfall at Master difficulty or higher, with a score of 180000 or more. |
| Nightfall | Grandmaster Nightfall | Complete the featured Nightfall on Grandmaster difficulty. |
| Lost Sectors | Master Solo Lost Sectors | Complete 5 Master Lost Sectors solo. |
| Darkness | Dark Wielder | Unlock all Darkness subclasses. |
| Darkness | Stasis Collector | Collect 5 Stasis Fragments. |
| Darkness | Strand Collector | Collect 5 Strand Fragments for a single character. |
| Darkness | Dark Mastery | Complete a Grandmaster Nightfall with a Darkness subclass equipped. |
| Collections | Catalyst Collector | Fully Masterwork 25 Exotic weapons using catalysts. |
| Collections | Armor Collector | Collect 20 pieces of Exotic armor. |
| Collections | Exotic Weapons | Collect 90 pieces of Exotic weapons. |
| Collections | Titles | Claim 5 Titles. |
| Commendations | Cherished | Achieve a commendation score of 1525. Leadership commendations from difficult activities provide the most progress to your commendation score. |
| Commendations | Coach | Receive 75 ally and leadership commendations. Leadership commendations provide bonus progress. |
Guardian Rank 9 Requirements: Vanquisher
These are all the objectives required for Level 9 Vanquisher Rank:
Overcome adversity and build rapport among humanity’s allies by fighting back against our foes, even those lurking in the darkest reaches of the Sol system.
| Category | Objective | Objective / Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Ranks | Acquire 50 Seasonal ranks. |
| Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Challenges | Complete 15 Seasonal Challenges. |
| Seasonal Journey | Failsafe Reputation | Increase your reputation level to 8 with the Episode 1 vendor found in the H.E.L.M. |
| Nightfall | Expert Difficulty | Complete a Nightfall on Expert difficulty or higher. |
| Nightfall | Expert Platinum Rewards | Complete a Nightfall on Expert with Platinum rewards. |
| Nightfall | Expert Score | Complete a Nightfall on Expert with a score of 115,000 or better. |
| Seasonal Artifact | Seasonal Artifact Perks | Activate 12 perks from your Seasonal Artifact. |
| Seasonal Artifact | Artifact Power Bonus | Increase your Power bonus from the Seasonal Artifact to +12. |
| Lost Sectors | Flawless, Solo, & Expert | Complete a Expert Lost Sector solo without dying. |
| Lost Sectors | Solo Expert Lost Sectors | Complete 5 Expert Lost Sectors solo. |
| Endgame | Salvation's End | Complete the Salvation's End raid. |
| Endgame | Crota's End | Complete the Crota's End raid. |
| Endgame | Ghosts of the Deep | Complete the Ghosts of the Deep dungeon. |
| Endgame | Warlord's Ruin | Complete the Warlord's Ruin dungeon. |
| Commendations | Respected | Increase your commendation score to 910 or higher. |
| Collections | Exotic Armor | Collect 15 Exotic armor pieces. |
| Collections | Exotic Weapons | Collect 15 Exotic weapons. |
| Collections | Titles | Claim 2 Titles. |
Guardian Ranks: The Complete list
These are all the objectives for every Guardian Rank this season:
| Title | Category | Objective | Objective / Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 - Paragon | Grandmaster | Conqueror | Complete the Triumphs to acquire the Conqueror Title. |
| 11 - Paragon | Grandmaster | Gilded Conqueror | Complete the Triumphs to gild the Conqueror Title. |
| 11 - Paragon | Endgame | Salvation's Edge Mastery | Complete the most recently released raid on Master difficulty. |
| 11 - Paragon | Endgame | Solo Spelunker | Complete either of the "Ghosts of the Deep" or "Warlord's Ruin" dungeons solo. |
| 11 - Paragon | Endgame | Master Spelunker | Complete the most recently released dungeon on Master difficulty. |
| 11 - Paragon | Lost Sectors | Master Staying Alive | Complete a Master Lost Sector solo without dying. |
| 11 - Paragon | Collections | Titles | Claim 7 Titles. |
| 11 - Paragon | Commendations | Beloved | Achieve a commendation score of 1800. |
| 11 - Paragon | Commendations | Shepherd | Receive 200 ally and leadership commendations. Leadership commendations provide bonus progress. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Ranks | Acquire 65 Seasonal ranks. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Challenges | Complete 25 Seasonal Challenges. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Seasonal Journey | Failsafe Reputation | Increase your reputation level to 10 with the Episode 1 vendor found in the H.E.L.M. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Difficulty | Complete the current Seasonal activity or Exotic quest on the highest difficulty. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Power | Pinnacle Cap | Increase your Power to the pinnacle cap of 2000. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Raids | Clear all 9 Raids | Complete the Last Wish, Garden of Salvation, Deep Stone Crypt, Vow of the Disciple, King's Fall, Vault of Glass, Root of Nightmares, Crota's End, and Salvation's End raids. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Dungeons | Clear all 8 Dungeons | Complete the Ghost of the Deep, Shattered Throne, Pit of Heresy, Prophecy, Grasp of Avarice, Spire of the Watcher, Duality, and Warlord's Ruin dungeons. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Nightfall | Master Nightfall | Complete a Nightfall on Master difficulty or higher. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Nightfall | Nightfall Score | Complete a Nightfall at Master difficulty or higher, with a score of 180000 or more. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Nightfall | Grandmaster Nightfall | Complete the featured Nightfall on Grandmaster difficulty. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Lost Sectors | Master Solo Lost Sectors | Complete 5 Master Lost Sectors solo. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Darkness | Dark Wielder | Unlock all Darkness subclasses. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Darkness | Stasis Collector | Collect 5 Stasis Fragments. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Darkness | Strand Collector | Collect 5 Strand Fragments for a single character. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Darkness | Dark Mastery | Complete a Grandmaster Nightfall with a Darkness subclass equipped. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Collections | Catalyst Collector | Fully Masterwork 25 Exotic weapons using catalysts. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Collections | Armor Collector | Collect 20 pieces of Exotic armor. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Collections | Exotic Weapons | Collect 90 pieces of Exotic weapons. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Collections | Titles | Claim 5 Titles. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Commendations | Cherished | Achieve a commendation score of 1525. Leadership commendations from difficult activities provide the most progress to your commendation score. |
| 10 - Exemplar | Commendations | Coach | Receive 75 ally and leadership commendations. Leadership commendations provide bonus progress. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Ranks | Acquire 50 Seasonal ranks. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Challenges | Complete 15 Seasonal Challenges. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Seasonal Journey | Failsafe Reputation | Increase your reputation level to 8 with the Episode 1 vendor found in the H.E.L.M. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Nightfall | Expert Difficulty | Complete a Nightfall on Expert difficulty or higher. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Nightfall | Expert Platinum Rewards | Complete a Nightfall on Expert with Platinum rewards. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Nightfall | Expert Score | Complete a Nightfall on Expert with a score of 115,000 or better. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Seasonal Artifact | Seasonal Artifact Perks | Activate 12 perks from your Seasonal Artifact. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Seasonal Artifact | Artifact Power Bonus | Increase your Power bonus from the Seasonal Artifact to +12. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Lost Sectors | Flawless, Solo, & Expert | Complete a Expert Lost Sector solo without dying. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Lost Sectors | Solo Expert Lost Sectors | Complete 5 Expert Lost Sectors solo. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Endgame | Salvation's End | Complete the Salvation's End raid. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Endgame | Crota's End | Complete the Crota's End raid. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Endgame | Ghosts of the Deep | Complete the Ghosts of the Deep dungeon. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Endgame | Warlord's Ruin | Complete the Warlord's Ruin dungeon. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Commendations | Respected | Increase your commendation score to 910 or higher. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Collections | Exotic Armor | Collect 15 Exotic armor pieces. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Collections | Exotic Weapons | Collect 15 Exotic weapons. |
| 9 - Vanquisher | Collections | Titles | Claim 2 Titles. |
| 8 - Justiciar | The Final Shape | The Final Shape - Legendary Pt.1 & 2 | Complete The Final Shape campaign on Legendary difficulty. |
| 8 - Justiciar | The Final Shape | Vendor Rank-Ups | Increase your vendor reputation with your Ghost in the Pale Heart by 6 ranks. |
| 8 - Justiciar | The Final Shape | Cooperative Focus Campaign | Complete 3 missions in The Final Shape campaign on Cooperative Focus mode. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Ranks | Acquire 30 Seasonal ranks. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Seasonal Journey | Failsafe Reputation | Increase your reputation level with the Episode 1 vendor found in the H.E.L.M to rank 6. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Challenges | Complete 10 Seasonal Challenges. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Seasonal Journey | Research Quests | Complete Failsafe's research quests to earn Research Technologies. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Power | Powerful Cap | Increase your Power to the powerful cap of 1990. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Power | Pinnacle Rewards | Earn 2 pinnacle rewards by completing weekly vendor challenges. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Seasonal Artifact | Seasonal Artifact Perks | Activate 10 perks from your Seasonal Artifact. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Seasonal Artifact | Artifact Power Bonus | Increase your Power bonus from the Seasonal Artifact by 8. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Collections | Exotic Arsenal | Increase the number of Exotic weapons in your collection to 10. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Collections | Exotic Armorer | Collect 10 Exotic armor pieces. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Collections | Titles | Claim a Title. |
| 8 - Justiciar | Commendations | Appreciated | Acquire a commendation score of 477. |
| 7 - Elite | The Final Shape | The Final Shape Campaign | Complete The Final Shape campaign. |
| 7 - Elite | The Final Shape | Vendor Rank-Ups | Increase your vendor reputation with your Ghost in the Pale Heart. |
| 7 - Elite | The Final Shape | Cooperative Focus Campaign | Complete missions in The Final Shape campaign on Cooperative Focus mode. |
| 7 - Elite | The Final Shape | Pale Heart Pathfinder | In the Pale Heart, complete a path in the Pathfinder. |
| 7 - Elite | Seasonal Journey | Season Rank | Increase your Season Rank to 15. |
| 7 - Elite | Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Challenges | Complete 8 Seasonal Challenges from the current Season. |
| 7 - Elite | Seasonal Journey | Failsafe Reputation | Increase your reputation level with the Episode 1 vendor found in the H.E.L.M. by 4. |
| 7 - Elite | Seasonal Journey | Research Quests | Complete Failsafe's research quests to earn Research Technologies. |
| 7 - Elite | Seasonal Journey | Red Death Reformed | Defeat 50 targets with the Exotic Pulse Rifle Red Death Reformed. |
| 7 - Elite | Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Playlist Rewards | Increase your reputation with the Vanguard Ops, Crucible, or Gambit vendors by 4. |
| 7 - Elite | Seasonal Artifact | Seasonal Artifact Perks | Activate 5 perks from your Seasonal Artifact. |
| 7 - Elite | Seasonal Artifact | Artifact Power Bonus | Increase your Power bonus from the Seasonal Artifact to 5. |
| 7 - Elite | Nightfall | Threats and Surges | Complete 3 Nightfalls while using a subclass that matches the current surge. 💠 Rewards: Armor Change Mods Unlocked |
| 7 - Elite | Nightfall | Platinum Rewards | Complete Nightfalls and earn 2 Platinum rewards. |
| 7 - Elite | Champions | Unstoppable Champions | Stun 6 Unstoppable Champions. |
| 7 - Elite | Champions | Barrier Champions | Stun 6 Barrier Champions. |
| 7 - Elite | Champions | Overload Champions | Stun 6 Overload Champions. |
| 7 - Elite | Commendations | Liked | Increase your commendation score to 200. |
| 6 - Veteran | The Final Shape | Transmigration | Complete "Transmigration" quest. |
| 6 - Veteran | The Final Shape | Point of Contact | Meet the destination vendor in the Pale Heart. |
| 6 - Veteran | Seasonal Journey | Season Rank | Increase your Season Rank by 7. |
| 6 - Veteran | Seasonal Journey | Seasonal Challenges | Complete 4 Seasonal Challenges from the current Episode. |
| 6 - Veteran | Seasonal Artifact | Seasonal Artifact | Obtain the current Seasonal Artifact. |
| 6 - Veteran | Seasonal Artifact | Seasonal Artifact Perks | Activate 3 perks from your Seasonal Artifact. |
| 6 - Veteran | Seasonal Artifact | Artifact Power Bonus | Increase your Power bonus from the Seasonal Artifact by 3. |
| 6 - Veteran | Gear Progression | Modify Armor | Equip slot-specific mods on armor. 💠 Rewards: Armor Energy Unlocked |
| 6 - Veteran | Gear Progression | Armor Energy | Increase the energy level of a piece of armor by 2. 💠 Rewards: Enhancement Exchange Unlocked |
| 6 - Veteran | Gear Progression | Masterwork Weapons | Increase the Masterwork level of a weapon by 2. 💠 Rewards: Weapon Mods Unlocked |
| 6 - Veteran | Gear Progression | Enhancement Materials | Acquire Enhancement Prisms. 💠 Rewards: Loadouts +3 |
| 6 - Veteran | Gear Progression | Weapon Shaping | Unlock the ability to shape weapons at the Relic in the Mars Enclave by completing the "The Arrival" quest and progressing the quest "The Relic." |
| 6 - Veteran | Power | Soft Cap | Increase your Power to the soft cap of 1940. |
| 6 - Veteran | Power | Vendor Challenges | Complete 2 weekly vendor challenges to acquire powerful rewards. 💠 Rewards: Arsenal Armor Mods Unlocked |
| 6 - Veteran | Trials | Trials Introduction | Talk to Saint-14 to learn about Trials of Osiris. |
| 5 - Adventurer | Exotic Quests | Acquire Riskrunner | Complete the Exotic weapon mission "Spark of Hope" to obtain Riskrunner. |
| 5 - Adventurer | Exotic Quests | Masterwork Riskrunner | Once the Riskrunner catalyst has been obtained, open Riskrunner's weapon details and apply the catalyst to the weapon. |
| 5 - Adventurer | Exotic Quests | Subclass Mastery Quests | Complete one of the Subclass Mastery Quests. There are three quests: "Taming the Storm" for Arc, "Exalting the Flame" for Solar, and "Into the Abyss" for Void. They each reward an Exotic Armor piece related to your Light Subclasses. |
| 5 - Adventurer | Playlists | Vanguard Ops | Complete a Vanguard Ops. |
| 5 - Adventurer | Playlists | Pathfinder | Complete Pathfinder nodes. You can view the Pathfinder from the Vanguard, Crucible, or Gambit Director screens. |
| 5 - Adventurer | Playlists | Commendations | Commend 2 other players in Vanguard Ops. |
| 5 - Adventurer | Playlists | Meet Lord Shaxx | Learn about the Crucible from Lord Shaxx. |
| 5 - Adventurer | Playlists | Meet Drifter | Learn about Gambit from the Drifter. |
| 5 - Adventurer | Collections | Collect Weapons | Increase the number of Legendary weapons in your collection to 9. |
| 5 - Adventurer | Collections | Collect Armor | Increase the number of Legendary armor pieces in your collection to 10. |
| 4 - Scout | Light Subclasses | Learning Light | Complete the "Learning Light" quest. |
| 4 - Scout | Light Subclasses | Purchase Aspects | Purchase 2 Aspects from Ikora Rey |
| 4 - Scout | Light Subclasses | Purchase Fragments | Purchase 3 Fragments from Ikora Rey. 💠 Rewards: Loadouts +3 |
| 4 - Scout | Light Subclasses | Light Subclasses | Complete a Light subclass quest from Ikora Rey. |
| 4 - Scout | Light Subclasses | Timeline Reflection | Complete the Timeline Reflection Quest. |
| 4 - Scout | Gunsmith | Meet Banshee-44 | Talk to Banshee-44. |
| 4 - Scout | Gunsmith | Glimmer | Collect Glimmer. |
| 4 - Scout | Gunsmith | Enhancement Cores | Complete Gunsmith bounties to earn Enhancement Cores. |
| 4 - Scout | Gunsmith | Arming Up | Purchase a weapon from Banshee-44. |
| 4 - Scout | Gear Modification | Shaders | Apply 3 shaders to your gear. 💠 Rewards: Armor Synthesis Unlocked |
| 4 - Scout | Gear Modification | Upgrading Your Ghost | Equip an Economic or Tracking mod on your Ghost. |
| 3 - Initiate | Explore The Pale Heart | Transmigration | Complete "Transmigration" quest. 💠 Rewards: Seasonal Challenges Unlocked |
| 3 - Initiate | Explore The Pale Heart | Point of Contact | Meet the destination vendor in the Pale Heart. |
| 3 - Initiate | Explore EDZ | Discover EDZ | Land in Earth's European Dead Zone, otherwise known as the EDZ, and speak with Devrim Kay, located in the belfry of Trostland Church. |
| 3 - Initiate | Explore EDZ | EDZ Public Events | Complete 3 public events in the EDZ. |
| 3 - Initiate | Explore Nessus | Explore Nessus | Land on Nessus and meet the eccentric AI, Failsafe, located in the wreckage of the Exodus Black colony ship. |
| 3 - Initiate | Explore Nessus | Patrols | Complete 1 patrol on Nessus. |
| 3 - Initiate | Explore Nessus | Lost Sectors | Complete 2 Lost Sectors on Nessus. |
| 2 - Explorer | Ranking Up | The Vanguard | Complete the New Light quest, "A Guardian Rises." |
Guardian Ranks explained
As described by Bungie:
No longer will the number next to your nameplate be a representation of how much you’ve grinded the Season Pass; instead, it’s a representation of your experience as a Guardian and the challenges you’ve faced and overcame.
Hell, it look like i wouldn’t be doing Guardian Rank 9, heck I haven’t even done ANY of the Raid at all. Where the hell i supposed to find people to do them. I am worst than a newbie when doing the Raid. NICE GOING BUNGIE for screwing this up. Just great. I guess i be playing Diablo 4 or Dead Island 2 .
Look into the destiny 2 lfg discord or some different tiktok and twitch creators. While a lot of the community is neutral towards new lights there are a lot of us who absolutely love to help everyone we can so that we can all enjoy everything destiny 2 has to offer.
Just git gud