Destiny 2: Season 18 – Challenges and Progression

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The activities and challenges listed on this page reward either Powerful and Pinnacle gear. Challenges that reward powerful and pinnacle gear are usually available to complete once per week and once per character. Events that are here for a limited time also reward powerful and pinnacle gear, such as Trials or Iron Banner. Please note, some challenges may require the current Season Pass and/or Expansions/DLCs.

Power Levels

With the start of a Season 18 (Season of Plunder), Power levels have increased by 10 (starting at the soft cap).

Power Level	Description	Details
Floor/Starting Level: 1350	The lowest possible Power for a piece of gear; starting point for new characters.	Any player who signs in will be at appropriate Power levels to start the Witch Queen campaign, even if they’ve taken a recent break from the game. Through general gameplay, players can reach the soft cap of 1520 by earning general gear through activity completions, chests, and more. This includes Rare and Legendary drops.
Soft Cap: 1520	The point at which general drops stop being automatic upgrades; Powerful gear drops are now the best way to gain Power.	Once reaching the soft cap, players will need to earn Powerful drops from vendor challenges and other objectives in the game.
Powerful (Hard) Cap: 1570	Power cap – The point at which Powerful drops stop being upgrades; Pinnacle gear drops are now the only way to gain Power.	Once reaching the Power cap of 1570, the only upgrades that players will find are from endgame activities that offer Pinnacle rewards.
Max Cap (Pinnacle): 1580	Max possible Power from Pinnacle drops (ignoring Artifact Power).	Once reaching the Power cap of 1570, the only upgrades that players will find are from endgame activities that offer Pinnacle rewards. Your final stretch to the hard cap of 1580 will be through raids, Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, and other endgame PvE sources.

Content Requirements

Here is a chart showing what activities currently in-game are free-to-play and what requires DLC/Expansions or Season Pass. Trials of Osiris requires whatever the most recent DLC/Expansion is (currently this is The Witch Queen). This page will be updated with more details soon to try to better explain things.

Free-to- Play	The Witch Queen	30th Anniversary	Season of the Risen	Season of the Haunted	Season of Plunder
King's Fall Raid	Vow of the Disciple	Grasp of Avarice	PsiOps Battlegrounds	Duality Dungeon	Ketchcrash
Nightfall	Witch Queen Story Campaign			Sever mission	Expedition
Strikes	The Wellspring			Nightmare Containment
Crucible	Altar of Reflection
Gambit
Iron Banner Seasonal Event
Dares of Eternity
All Destinations
In-Game Events

NOTE: The chart above is currently being updated, thank you for your patience.

Pinnacles

Once you are at the hard cap, the activities below drop gear +1 or +2 higher than your current Power.

Activity	Task	Access Requirement
King's Fall Raid	Complete raid.	The Witch Queen
Seasonal Activity: Ketchcrash	Complete Master difficulty.	S18 Season Pass
Featured Raid	Complete the weekly Raid.	Varies
Featured Dungeon	Complete the weekly Dungeon.	Varies
Trials of Osiris	Win 7 matches Win 50 matches	The Witch Queen
Nightfall	Score 100,000 points or more	Free-to-Play
Vox Obscura Exotic Quest	Tank Buster: Defeat powerful Cabal and Champions in the "Vox Obscura" Exotic quest.	The Witch Queen
The Wellspring	Master mode completion.	The Witch Queen
Grasp of Avarice	Complete "Grasp of Avarice".	30th Anniversay Pack
Dares of Eternity	Score 250,000 points or more	30th Anniversay Pack
Preservation	Complete Quest.	The Witch Queen
Vanguard Ops	Complete 3 strikes using the same subclass element as the currently active elemental burn.	Free-to-Play
Crucible	Complete 3 matches.	Free-to-Play
Gambit	Complete 3 matches.	Free-to-Play

Powerful Gear

Powerful gear sources will reward gear +3 to +5 power.

Weekly Info

View the full weekly reset post by visiting the home page and clicking on the pinned weekly reset post or by visiting the “Reset” link below. The links below are updated every week.