💠 Destiny 2 Weekly Reset – Proving Grounds Strike Available Now! (03.23 – 03.30)

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💠 DESTINY 2 WEEKLY RESET (Mar 23 – Mar 30)

This Week in Destiny 2:

• Vanguard Strikes Singe: Arc
• Update 3.1.1.1 is live, view update notes here.
• Become humanity’s chosen champion in the new Proving Grounds Strike!
• Iron Banner has returned plus all players earn Bonus Valor in the Crucible.
• Mayhem has returned to the Crucible.

Notes:

• To view what weekly challenges/activities reward Powerful and Pinnacle gear visit the Weekly Challenges page.
• Due to Daylight Savings Time (Spring Forward), the Daily and Weekly Reset is at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. To view daily modifiers and activity info check out r/DestinyTheGame and to find out what drops people are getting from various activities this week, visit the Weekly Loot Hub on r/DestinyTheGame.

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PROVING GROUNDS STRIKE

Available Now for Season Pass holders! 

Fight for glory. Prove your worth. Become our champion. Gather your Fireteam and delve within the Cabal’s imperial land tank. Represent the Vanguard in Destiny 2’s latest Strike, Proving Grounds.

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IRON BANNER

Iron Banner is live! Plus, all players earn bonus Valor in the Crucible this week.

Ends: Tuesday, Mar 30 @ 10 AM Pacific

About Iron Banner:

For any New Lights out there, Iron Banner is a limited time 6v6 Crucible activity with Power-enabled combat. While artifact power is disabled, you’ll want to infuse and equip your most powerful gear before jumping in. Similar to Control, there are three zones on the map for your team to capture. The more zones you hold, the more points you get when defeating Guardians. If your team is brave enough to capture all three zones, the opposing team will be locked out of capturing zones for a short duration. In other words, this is your time to shine while your enemies cower in fear.

Rewards This Season:

• Iron Banner bounties that grant Pinnacle drops.
• The Time-Worn Spire – Pulse Rifle and Multimach CCX – Submachine Gun
  • Random rolls available.
  • A new perk called Iron Reach can roll on these two weapons. Iron Reach will massively increase range with the tradeoff of decreased stability.
• Iron Will armor set
  • Updated version that accept new Combat Style mods.

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WEEKLY PRESAGE QUEST

Jump coordinates matching an errant distress signal. (This Quest is available for all players as a weekly activity. Guardians may complete it every week to earn a randomly rolled version of Dead Man’s Tale as well as Pinnacle Gear. To earn the Catalyst you’ll need to complete the activity on Master difficulty.)

Recommended Power Levels

• Normal: 1230
• Master: 1320

Rewards

• Dead Man’s Tale – Exotic Scout Rifle (Once you have completed the Presage quest, you will be able to earn a randomly rolled Dead Man’s Tale once per week by completing the weekly Presage quest.)
  • Perks: Cranial Spike: Chaining precision hits grants bonus damage and quickens reload speed. and Transformative: This weapon has random rolls. You may run this Quest on Normal or Master each week to get Dead Man’s Tale with random rolls.
• Random Pinnacle Gear (Guardians must complete the quest for the first time before this becomes available as a weekly quest)
• Catalyst (Guardians must complete Master difficulty to earn the Catalyst)
  • Dark-Forged Trigger: Increased hipfire rate of fire and removes hipfire accuracy penalties.
  • How to Unlock: Defeat 800 combatants using this weapon to unlock this upgrade. Opening Hidden Caches during Exotic quest “Presage” will unlock this objective faster.

NOTE: For more details about this weekly quest, visit the Presage page.

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BATTLEGROUNDS

3 player PvE activity (Recommended Power: 1100)

The fallout from the failed treaty has resulted in Cabal forces taking up arms on multiple destinations – prepared to defend the glory of the Empire. In this three-player matchmade activity, Guardians will engage in ritual combat against Caiatl’s chosen warriors.

Challenges and Rewards

• Weekly Challenge: Complete 3 Battlegrounds Playlist Activities
  • Rewards: Powerful – Tier 2

NOTE: Season of the Chosen is required to access this activity. For more info visit the Battlegrounds page.

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SEASONAL CHALLENGES

Week 7: Contender’s Ascent VII

• Report to the War Table in the H.E.L.M. and complete the “Challenger’s Proving VII” quest. Then, defeat Cabal with a Submachine Gun.

Rewards 

• XP
• Extraordinary Rendition – Submachine Gun
• Empress
• War Table Reputation (Large)

NOTE: Seasonal Challenges are available every weekly reset and are located in the Season Pass. Visit the Seasonal Challenges or H.E.L.M. pages for more details.

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RAID CHALLENGES

Weekly Challenge: Complete the Deep Stone Crypt raid. (Pinnacle Gear)

• Deep Stone Crypt: Of All Trades (3rd Encounter)
  • Each guardian must do all three roles (Operator, Scanner, and Suppressor).
• Garden of Salvation: Staying Alive (1st Encounter)
  • Do not kill spawning Cyclopses (the Cyclopses in the first two rooms).
• Last Wish: Forever Fight (3rd Encounter)
  • Do not kill the smaller Ogres.

NOTE: Remember to pick up the Last Wish Raid Challenge bounty from Hawthorne in the Tower (You do not need to pick up a bounty for the Garden of Salvation or Deep Stone Crypt raid challenges). More info visit the: Raid Challenges page or Deep Stone Crypt page.

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NIGHTFALL: THE ORDEAL

The Arms Dealer (EDZ): Shut down the operations of an ironmonger providing weapons to the Red Legion.

Challenges

• Complete 5, higher difficulties grant the most efficient progress. (Powerful Gear/T1)
• Complete with a team score of 100k or more. (Pinnacle Gear)

Possible Rewards

• Adept: Exotic Gear (rare), Enhancement Cores (uncommon), and Nightfall Weapon (rare).
• Hero: Exotic Gear (uncommon), Enhancement Cores (common), Enhancement Prisms (rare), and Nightfall Weapon (uncommon).
• Legend: Exotic Gear (common), Enhancement Prisms (uncommon), and Nightfall Weapon (common).
• Master: Exotic Gear (common), Enhancement Prisms (common), Ascendant Shards (uncommon), and Nightfall Weapon (common).
• Grandmaster: Exotic Gear (common), Ascendant Shards (common), and Nightfall Weapon (common). 

Possible Nightfall Weapon Drop

• Shadow Price – Auto Rifle (Can drop from any difficulty)
• Shadow Price – Adept Auto Rifle (Can drop from GM difficulty)

About Nightfall Weapons: Nightfall weapons have a chance to drop at the end of the activity depending on your medal (Platinum, Gold, etc.) and difficulty. Master difficulty will give you the highest chance at a drop of the base versions of these weapons. Adept difficulty weapons have a chance to drop at the end of a Grandmaster Nightfall. Drop chance also dependent on your medal. Slay enough Champions to hit Platinum and you will have a high chance at an Adept weapon.

Modifiers

All Guardians must be at least 1325 Power to access Grandmaster difficulty.

NOTE: Nightfall Weapons have a chance to drop (w/random rolls) and rotate weekly. Adept Nightfall Weapons only have a chance to drop from the Grandmaster difficulty. For more info about Nightfall: The Ordeal click here and for descriptions about modifiers click here. 

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EXO CHALLENGE // SIMULATION

Recommended Power: 1230

Challenge: Complete an Exo challenge.

• Survival: Simulated Skill-Set Training: Survive the harsh weather as you take down the Vex.

Reward: Pinnacle Gear

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EMPIRE HUNT

Challenges

• Complete 2 Empire Hunts.
• Complete any Empire Hunt on Master difficulty.

Weekly Empire Hunt

• The Dark Priestess: Kridis – Defeat Kridis to stop her from bringing Eramis back to life.
  • Modifiers: Adept | Hero | Legend | Master

Possible Rewards

• Adept: Enhancement Cores (uncommon)
• Hero: High-Stat Crystocrene Armor (rare), Enhancement Cores (common) and Enhancement Prisms (rare).
• Legend: High-Stat Crystocrene Armor (uncommon), Enhancement Cores (uncommon) and Enhancement Prisms (common).
• Master: High-Stat Crystocrene Armor (common) and Enhancement Prisms (common).
• Any Difficulty Above: Cloudstrike – Exotic Sniper Rifle (Random drop)

NOTES: For more details about Empire Hunts, click here. To get certain weekly challenges, like the weekly Empire Hunt challenge, you will need to complete Sabotage Quests to unlock them (if you get to a point where you can’t get any more Sabotage quests, make sure you finish quests you may have with the Exo Stranger (not including Fragment quests).

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LEGEND AND MASTER LOST SECTORS

Lost Sectors change Daily @ Reset, 10 AM Pacific. There is one Legend and one Master Lost Sector each day, each one has a chance to drop a piece of Exotic Armor (see schedule below).

Required to Unlock Lost Sectors

• Complete normal version of the Lost Sector.
• Reach Power 1250 (You will not see Legend and Master Lost Sectors until you are at least 1250 Power)

Recommended Power Levels

• Legend Lost Sector: 1300
• Master Lost Sector: 1330

Legend and Master Exclusive Exotic Armor

Exotic Armor has a random chance to drop when completed Solo (see schedule below). 

• Titan
  • Helmet: Precious Scars
  • Arms: Icefall Mantle
  • Chest Armor: Cuirass of the Falling Star
• Hunter
  • Helmet: Mask of Bakris
  • Arms: Athrys’s Embrace
  • Chest Armor: Omnioculus
• Warlock
  • Helmet: Dawn of Chorus
  • Arms: Necrotic Grip
  • Chest Armor: Mantle of Battle Harmony

Weekly Schedule

NOTE: Legendary and Master Lost Sectors change daily at Reset (10 AM PST/1 PM EST). If you find that this schedule is incorrect or got a different drop than what is listed, please feel free to comment below or message Kyber3000 on Twitter or Discord. View Modifiers for Legendary and Master versions below. For a higher quality/full res version of the graphic above visit kyber3000.com/LostSectors (zoom in for larger text). If this page is not updated check out the Daily Reset at r/DTG.

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ECLIPSED ZONE

Location of Eclipsed Zone: Eventide Ruins, Europa

NOTES: For more details about the Eclipsed Zone and Augmented Obsession Triumph, click here.

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NIGHTMARE HUNTS

Nightmare Hunts This Week

• Pride: Skolas
• Anguish: Omnigul
• Insanity: Fanatic

NOTE: This is a Legacy activity and does not reward Powerful Gear. View more details for this activity here.

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WANDERING NIGHTMARES // LEGACY ACTIVITY

• This Week: Nightmare of Horkis
• Location: Anchor of Light, Moon
• Trove Guardian: Archer’s Line, Moon

NOTE: This is a Legacy activity and does not reward Powerful Gear.

NOTES: This activity is a Legacy activity and no longer rewards Powerful Gear. Only one weapon drops per day and changes every day at the daily reset time, check the schedule to make sure which weapon is dropping. You may also confirm what the weapon is each day at r/DTG if this page is incorrect or not updated.

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