Destiny 2: Challenges and Progression

CHALLENGES & PROGRESSION

The activities/challenges listed here reward Powerful and Pinnacle gear. Challenges that reward powerful and pinnacle gear are usually always weekly, meaning you can only do them once per week and per character. However, events that are only 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 DLC’s.

POWER LEVELS

The max Power level was increased by 10 points for Season of the Lost.

Level Cap	Power Level
Starting Level	1100
Soft Cap	1270
Hard Cap	1320
Pinnacle Cap	1330

POWERFUL REWARDS

Activity & Challenge	Required	Power Increase	Matchmaking	Notes
Dares of Eternity: Complete activity.	Free to Play	Tier 1	Yes, not for Legend
Legend & Master Lost Sectors Exotic Engrams	Free to Play	+3	No	Must be Solo – Check the Daily Schedule
Astral Alignment 3 troves opened	Season 15 Season Pass	+3	Yes
Wayfinder’s Compass Complete 8 bounties	Season 15 Season Pass	+1	No
Override Complete 3 Override missions.		+1	Yes
Legacy: Battlegrounds Playlist Complete 3	Beyond Light Deluxe Edition	+3	Yes	Powerful Legacy Gear
Empire Hunt Complete Empire Hunts as part of a step on an Empire Hunt quest.	Beyond Light	+3	Yes (not higher difficulties)	2 completions
Deadly Venatics – Wrathborn Hunts Use the cryptolith Lure to hunt and eliminate Wrathborn, complete 5 times.	Beyond Light Deluxe Edition	+3	No	Powerful Legacy Gear
Nightfall: The Ordeal Complete 5, higher difficulties grant the most efficient progress.	Free to Play	+3
Crucible (Glory) Get 7 Wins in either Glory-ranked playlist.	Free to Play	+3	Yes
Exo Stranger Challenge Defeat 100 combatants with Stasis on Europa.	Beyond Light	+3	No
Vanguard: Vanguard Service Complete 8 bounties	Free to Play
Gunsmith: Spare Parts Complete 8 bounties	Free to Play
Crucible: Live-Fire Exercises Complete 8 bounties	Free to Play
Gambit: Shady Schemes Complete 8 bounties
Clan/Hawthorne Earn 5000 XP for your clan.
Europa Challenge Complete Europa bounties acquired from Variks.	Beyond Light
Prophecy dungeon encounters Complete encounters 1, 2 and 3	Free to Play	+3
Exotic Engrams	Free to PLay	+3
Prime Engrams	Free to Play	+3

PINNACLE REWARDS

Activity & Challenge	Required	Power Increase	Matchmaking?	Notes
Dares of Eternity Complete the activity with a score of 250000 or higher.	Free to Play		Yes, but not for Legend
Grasp of Avarice Complete dungeon	30th Anniversary Pack	+2	No
Shattered Realm: Defeat 4 Champions.	Season 15 Season Pass	+2	No
Prophecy dungeon completion	Free to Play	+2	No
Vault of Glass Raid	Free to Play	+2	No	x4 Pinnacle Rewards are available to earn.
Nightfall: The Ordeal Complete Nightfall The Ordeal with a team score of 100k or more.	Free to Play	+2	Yes, only on Hero and Adept
Vanguard Strikes Complete 3 Strikes using the same subclass element (singe) as the currently active elemental burn.	Free to Play	+1	Yes
Crucible Complete 3 matches.	Free to Play	+1	Yes
Gambit Complete 3 matches.	Free to Play	+1	Yes
Weekly Clan XP	Free to Play	+1	–
Master Empire Hunt Complete any Empire Hunt on Master difficulty.	Beyond Light	+2	No
Exo Challenge (Simulation) Complete an Exo challenge.	Beyond Light	+2	No
Exotic Quest: Harbinger	Beyond Light Deluxe Edition	+2	No
Exotic Quests: Presage	Beyond Light Deluxe Edition	+2	No
Trials of Osiris	Current Annual Expansion Required – Beyond Light	+2	No	Pinnacle rewards are available at 5 and 7 wins as well as Flawless. *Starting on Sept 10, Trials of Osiris will require the annual expansion to play. This is Beyond Light for Season 15, and will change to The Witch Queen once it launches.
Iron Banner Bounties	Free to Play	+2	Yes	x4 Pinnacle rewards available to earn.
Reach Legend Glory rank	Free to Play	+2	Yes

RECOMMENDED POWER LEVELS

Activity	Recommended Power
All Crucible (except Iron Banner and Trials)	Power Levels disabled
Vanguard: Strikes	1100
Raid: Garden of Salvation	1100
Raid: Last Wish	1100
Dungeon: Pit of Heresy	1100
Dungeon: Shattered Throne	1100 (tbc)
Seasonal: Battlegrounds	1200
Raid: Deep Stone Crypt	1220
Exotic Quest: Presage	1240
Nightfall: The Ordeals (Adept to Master)	1240 to 1340
Exotic Quest: Harbinger	1270
Seasonal (TBC)	1300
Seasonal (TBC)	1300
Raid: Vault of Glass	1300
Legend Lost Sectors	1310
Exotic Quest: Presage Master	1320
Master Lost Sectors	1340
Raid: Vault of Glass Master Mode	1350

SOURCES/CREDIT: In-Game | bungie.net | blueberries.gg | pcinvasion.com | d2checklist.com/

SEASON 16 POWER LEVELS

Here is what each of the power bands will be in Season 16, starting on February 22, 2022:

Power Level	Description	Details
Floor (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 1500 by earning general gear through activity completions, chests, and more. This includes Rare and Legendary drops.
Soft Cap (1500)	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.
Power Cap (1550)	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 1550, the only upgrades that players will find are from endgame activities that offer Pinnacle rewards.
Hard Cap (1560)	Max possible Power from Pinnacle drops (ignoring Artifact Power).	Once reaching the Power cap of 1550, the only upgrades that players will find are from endgame activities that offer Pinnacle rewards. Your final stretch to the hard cap of 1560 will be through raids, Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, and other endgame PvE sources.

SOURCE: This Week at Bungie – Jan 20, 2022

MAX POWER LEVEL THROUGH INFUSION

Info below is from the Bungie help page https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049202791.

Starting in Season 12, Legendary gear introduced in Seasons 1-8 reached the Max Power Level at the Season 11 Power Cap of 1,060, and gear introduced in Season 9 reached the Season 12 Power Cap of 1,260.

In Season 13, it was announced that all Legendary gear starting from Season 10 and beyond won’t have a Max Power Level for Infusion.

Legendary gear that has reached Max Power Level can still be used in most activities in Destiny 2 that don’t rely on a player’s Power, such as the Crucible. Legendary gear can also be re-issued in future Seasons with a new Max Power Level, but previously acquired gear won’t be updated as a re-issued version.

What is Infusion?

Infusion is a way for players to increase their gear’s Power by consuming another piece of gear of the same type.

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Players will be able to Infuse gear within an item’s details screen. Infusing an item cannot be undone! In the image above, the Current Power of the weapon is 950, the Power Limit (Max Power Level) is 1,060, and the Seasonal Power Cap is 1,060.

Gear from Seasons 1-9

Legendary gear released in Seasons 1-8 will have a Max Power Level at the Season 11 Power Cap of 1,060. If this gear tries to Infuse gear from Season 12 and beyond the gear will still only be able to reach the Max Power Level of Season 11.

Legendary gear released in Season 9 will have a Max Power Level at the Season 12 Power Cap of 1,260 and can’t reach a higher Power Cap.

Gear from Season 10 and Beyond

Legendary gear released in Season 10 and beyond will not have a Max Power Level for Infusion.

Watermark Updates

Legendary gear watermarks connected to the Season or Expansion they were introduced in will be updated to reflect when that gear can and can’t reach a Season’s Max Power Level. Watermarks appear in the corner of a gear’s icon or details screen.

Legendary gear that previously didn’t have a watermark will be given one retroactively, notably gear from Season 1.

Weapons and armor from live events, such as The Dawning or Festival of the Lost, will no longer use event watermarks. Instead, they will use the Season or Expansion watermark they were introduced in.

Able to Reach Max Power

If Legendary gear doesn’t have a Max Power Level, the watermark will be white with a dark shade behind it.

Not Able to Reach Max Power

When Legendary gear can’t reach a Season’s Max Power Level, the watermark will be black with a light shade behind it.

Seasonal Chart

Below is a chart of information showing what seasonal gear (with appropriate watermark) will reach its Max Power Level through Infusion when it reaches that season’s Power Cap.

*Legendary armor from the Last Wish and Garden of Salvation Raids will drop to the Season 12 watermark, and select gear from the Dreaming City and the Moon will drop with the Season 13 watermark.

SOURCE: Bungie.net Help Article

WEEKLY INFO

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