As another exhilarating week unfurls in Destiny 2, avid Guardians like yourself can prepare for a fresh set of missions, thrilling challenges, and coveted rewards. With the Season of the Witch casting its enchanting spell over the Destiny 2 universe, Bungie has introduced a bewitching addition this week in the form of the Festival of the Lost event. This longstanding tradition puts a Destiny 2 spin on Halloween, allowing players to unlock eerie masks inspired by iconic characters and formidable foes. Moreover, you can amass candy to barter for delightful rewards while tackling revamped versions of Lost Sectors.
In the 2023 edition of this annual event, Bungie has brought back a multitude of elements from last year, but they’ve also bestowed Guardians with a Legendary rendition of Haunted Lost Sectors. This challenging twist promises even more enticing rewards for those who can surmount its trials. Beyond these treasures, players can also acquire new gear, cosmetics, and weapons. The pièce de résistance is the Eerie Engrams, enabling Guardians to focus their loot on specific legendary weapons and exotic armor through the guidance of Eva Levante. Notably, this armor focusing mechanism grants a fresh opportunity to obtain exotic armor pieces from various Destiny 2 expansions, items that were previously concealed behind the veil of RNG as Legendary and Master Lost Sector rewards.
Weekly Nightfall and Modifiers
Nightfall Strike: The Scarlet Keep – Enhanced Danger Ahead!
Hero Modifiers:
- Champions: Unstoppable and Barrier
- Hero Modifiers: Extra Shields, Arc, and Solar
- Galvanized: Combatants boast enhanced health and increased resilience to crowd control.
- Overcharge: Sniper Rifles and Kinetic Weapons gain a damage boost when aligned with an active Surge element.
- Empath: Enhanced radar but increased vulnerability to melee damage.
- Fire Pit: Vanquished Acolytes spawn fiery pools, inflicting ongoing damage.
- Threat: Arc
- Surge: Strand and Void
- Legend Modifiers: Equipment Locked: Prohibited from altering equipment after the mission begins.
- Master Modifiers: Encompasses all previous modifiers. Attrition: Regeneration is significantly hindered, with a chance for slain enemies to spawn Light wells. Master Modifiers: Locked Loadout, Extra Champions, and Extra Shields.
- Grandmaster Modifiers: Includes all previous modifiers. Chaff: Radar is rendered inoperative.
Nightfall Weapon: The Buzzard (Adept Sidearm)
Vanguard Ops Elemental Modifiers: Arc
Season of the Witch Activities
The Season of the Witch casts its shadow on the Hive as Eris Morn invokes the might of Xivu Arath, bringing a crescendo of conflict. As Season 22 unfolds, players can partake in 10 weeks of exhilarating challenges, engage with a rewarding battle pass, and dive into two captivating seasonal activities. The first, “Altars of Summoning,” introduces matchmade activities where Guardians present offerings to beckon increasingly formidable foes. These confrontations directly relate to the towering structure known as Savathun’s Spire, where players ascend to vanquish various formidable bosses and unseal the path to the Altars of Summoning through their offerings.
Season 22 heralds the return of Crota, the Hive Prince, making his comeback through the iconic Destiny raid, Crota’s End. This resurgence brings with it the promise of unique armor sets and gear that loyal Guardians have come to anticipate.
Neomuna Activities
The Weekly Mission furnishes a rotating campaign activity, rewarding a Pinnacle accolade for squads who achieve a score of 100,000 points or better. The Vex Incursion Zone rotates on a weekly basis, granting players a Terminal Overload Key and the chance to secure exotic gear.
Incursion Zone: Liming Harbor
Campaign Mission: No Time Left
Exotic Mission Rotation
Season 22 marks the return of various exotic missions, allowing players to embark on thrilling quests to earn new rewards, gear, and craftable versions of exotic weapons. Much like the Raid and Dungeon rotations, these missions shift weekly, promising a dynamic experience.
Featured Exotic Mission: Operation: Seraph Shield (Revamped Zero Exotic Pulse Rifle)
Raid and Dungeon Rotation
Originally introduced during Season 17, older Raids and Dungeons have been transitioned into a weekly rotation, making them farmable with updated rewards.
Featured Raid: Garden of Salvation
Featured Dungeon: Pit of Heresy
Raid Challenges
- Deep Stone Crypt: Red Rover
- Vow of the Disciple: Defenses Down
- Vault of Glass: Out Of Its Way
- King’s Fall: Devious Thievery
- Crota’s End: Conservation of Energy
- Root of Nightmares: Crossfire
- Garden of Salvation: A Link to the Chain, Leftovers, Zero to One Hundred, To The Top
- Last Wish: Which Witch
Throne World Activities
Weekly Story Mission: The Communion with the Fire Pit modifier and Overload and Unstoppable champions.
Altars of Reflection: A weekly activity found through specific icons within the Throne World, often featuring light puzzle-solving and battles against enemy combatants.
Season of the Witch Weekly Challenges
Season 22 introduces a fresh set of challenges spanning 10 weeks. These objectives range from completing seasonal story content and achieving specific kill counts to conquering various activities. The rewards for these feats include engrams, Bright Dust, seasonal gear, and, on occasion, valuable items or resources.
Week 9 Challenges:
- Sol Sorcery – Defeat 1000 combatants anywhere in the system with the damage type that matches the player’s subclass. Bonus progress from enemies in Haunted Sectors during Festival of the Lost.
- Sun and Moon – Defeat 75 combatants with Void or Solar damage in Altars of Summoning.
- Into The Unknown – Complete 100 Lost Sectors on Neptune, Savathun’s throne world, or on Europa. Haunted Sectors also grant progress during Festival of the Lost.
- Ritual Ornament – Acquire any ornament for the Seasonal ritual weapon.
- Moon Activities – On the Moon, earn progress by completing bounties, patrols, public events, and Lost Sectors.
- Eyeing Iron – Complete 15 Crucible matches. Bonus progress for Iron Banner and victories.
- Darkest Nightfall – Complete 4 Nightfall strikes on Hero difficulty or higher.
Crucible and Gambit
Participate in three matches to secure a Pinnacle or Exotic engram. This week’s Crucible playlists include “Momentum Control” and “Rift,” with Gambit being another thrilling option.
Legacy Content
– Trove Guardian: Hellmouth
– Wandering Nightmare: Fallen Council (Archer’s Line)
– Moon Nightmare Activities: Fanatic (Insanity), Crota (Despair), Phogoth (Fear)
– The Dreaming City Curse Level: High
– Petra Venj Location: Rheasilvia
– The Blind Well: Taken enemies – Plague: Inomina
– Finally, the Ascendant Challenge is the Keep of Honed Edges through Harbinger’s Seclude.
Destiny 2 Xur
Xur Details The enigmatic merchant of Destiny 2, Xur, makes a fleeting appearance every weekend, offering players a brief window to peruse his wares. Here’s what Xur has in store for the weekend commencing 10/13:
- Vesper of Radius (Warlock chest armor) – 23 Legendary Shards
- An Insurmountable Skullfort (Titan helmet) – 23 Legendary Shards
- Lord of Wolves (Shotgun) – 29 Legendary Shards
- Extraordinary Rendition (Kinetic Submachine Gun)
- Death Adder (Energy Submachine Gun)
- Tripwire Canary (Energy Combat Bow)
- Brass Attacks (Energy Sidearm)
- Timelines’ Vertex (Energy Fusion Rifle)
- Falling Guillotine (Heavy Sword)
- Quickfang (Heavy Sword)
- Pathfinder’s Armor Set
Be sure to check back every Friday for a comprehensive breakdown of all the new exotic gear and rolls that Xur brings to Destiny 2.
