Destiny 2 Legend Onslaught: Weapons & Rewards

The next chapter in Destiny 2 is not a new Season but Into the Light, a free-to-play content update released on April 9, 2024. Into the Light features tons of new (and top-tier) weapons, returning Exotic missions, but more importantly, the first ever Horde mode to come to Destiny 2.

What is Onslaught?

Onslaught is Destiny 2’s new PvE wave-based defense activity. Your mission is to defend your Advanced Defense Unit (ADU) from attacking enemy waves. If your ADU is destroyed, the match will be over.

Defeating enemies will allow you to collect Scraps, which you can use to purchase and upgrade your defenses. These defensive units, such as trip mines, decoys, and turrets, will be placed around the defending area and auto-attack or take damage from incoming enemy waves.

Onslaught Playlists, Destiny 2

Legend Onslaught Weapons Rotation

As confirmed by Bungie, only six Brave/Onslaught weapons are available at launch on April 9, while the rest will be released two at a time until April 30.

	Edge Transit	Grenade Launcher	Heavy	Void	Onslaught Activity	Bait and Switch
	Elsie's Rifle	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Void	Onslaught Activity
	Falling Guillotine (Brave)	Sword	Heavy	Void	Onslaught Activity	Bait and Switch
	Hung Jury SR4	Scout Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Onslaught Activity	Kinetic Tremors
	Succession (Brave)	Sniper Rifle	Special	Kinetic	Onslaught Activity	Reconstruction
	The Recluse	Submachine Gun	Primary	Void	Onslaught Activity

Weapons to be released on April 16 (Week 21):

	Midnight Coup	Hand Cannon	Primary	Kinetic	Onslaught Activity	Kinetic Tremors
	The Mountaintop	Grenade Launcher	Special	Kinetic	Onslaught Activity

Weapons to be released on April 23 (Week 22):

Hammerhead

Machine Gun

Heavy

Void

Onslaught Activity

Weapons to be released on April 30 (Week 23):

	Blast Furnace	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Onslaught Activity	Kinetic Tremors
	Luna's Howl	Hand Cannon	Primary	Solar	Onslaught Activity	Incandescent

Other Onslaught Rewards: Armor Sets

Onslaught will also reward players with brand-new sets that are reminiscent of the original class-based armor sets from Destiny 1.

Into the Light Armor Sets, Destiny 2

D2 Onslaught Rules

Onslaught is absolutely hectic, and it’s easy to feel lost the first 2-3 times you enter a match. However, the rules and objectives are straightforward:

Defend and repair the ADU against waves of Combatants. The Onslaught: Playlist features 10 combatant waves while “Onslaught”features 50 combatant waves. 

ADU: If the ADU is destroyed, the activity ends.

Scraps: An in-activity currency. They are earned by scoring and used to purchase and upgrade defenses at the start of every set and after waves 3 and 6.

Rewards: Paid out after every set upon defeating the boss wave. Subsequent sets pay out better rewards. Legend increases rewards.

Bonus Objectives: Rewards resources, vendor reputation, and armaments.

Recommended Power for Normal difficulty is 1600 and 1810 for Legend difficulty.

Before you go…

Don’t miss our detailed breakdown of every Brave weapon here, including Perks and god rolls.