Week 1: Nov 28 – Dec 5, 2023

Weekly Raid Challenges


 S23 // Week 1

Raid

Challenge

Requirement

Crota's End

Equal Vessels

(Third Encounter)

Each player must rotate the Chalice of Light buff in the same order, every round and throughout the encounter.

Root of Nightmares

All Hands

(First Encounter)

All Guardians must activate a Light node AND Dark node, every dps phase.

King's Fall 

Gaze Amaze

(Third Encounter)

The gaze holder must stand in the Pool of Unclaimed Light when swapping the gaze.

Vow of the Disciple

Swift Destruction

(First Encounter)

Kill all Champions within a few seconds of each other, on all rounds.

Vault of Glass

Strangers in Time

(Fourth Encounter)

Players must defeat the Praetorian and Wyvern at the same time.

Deep Stone Crypt

Of All Trades

(Third Encounter)

Guardians must dunk all four cores before each DPS phase.

Garden of Salvation

Leftovers

(First Encounter)

Do not kill spawning Cyclopses (the Cyclopses in the first two rooms).

Last Wish

All Challenges Active

(Featured Raid)

See challenges table below or click here.


Featured Weekly Raid

Last Wish

Access

Forsaken

Reward


Pinnacle Gear

Lockout


Removed 

Challenges


Active

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All Challenges

Exotic Weapon

Master Reward

Loot


Master Armor Focus

ℹ️ Crota’s End: The Armor Focus has not been what is stated in-game. We will make an update here if it is different than what is shown in-game.

Crota's End

Vault of Glass

Vow of the Disciple

King's Fall

Root of Nightmares

Master Armor Focus

Intellect

Master Armor Focus

Not Available

Master Armor Focus

Not Available

Master Armor Focus

Not Available

Master Armor Focus

Not Available

WEEKLY


TBC


TBC


TBC


TBC



 *Please note, the Master armor focus for Crota's End has been different than what's shown in-game. 



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Crota’s End Challenges

First Encounter

(The Abyss)

Second Encounter

(The Bridge)

Third Encounter

(Ir Yut, the Deathsinger)

Fourth Encounter

(Crota, Son of Oryx)

Conversation of
Energy

Precarious
Balance

Equal
Vessels

All for

One

Preserve the Chalice of Light before enlightening lamps.

Players may only cross the bridge when there is no one standing on the plate to form it.

Each player must rotate the Chalice of Light buff in the same order, every round and throughout the encounter.

Break Crota's shield in one attempt.


 CROTA"S END RAID IS CURRENTLY THE PINNACLE RAID (PINNACLE GEAR DROPS FROM EACH ENCOUNTER).

Root of Nightmares Challenges

First Encounter

(Cataclysm)

Second Encounter

(Scission)

Third Encounter

(Macrocosm/Zo'Aurc)

Fourth Encounter

(Nezarec)

Illuminated
Torment

Crossfire

-

Cosmic
Equilibrium

All
Hands

Tormentors can only be killed by Guardians with the Field of Light buff.

Guardians must not shoot launcher crystals on their own side.

Guardians must move all Dark planets to the left side and all the Light planets to the right side.

All fireteam members must activate a Light node AND Dark node, every dps phase.


King’s Fall Raid Challenges

First Encounter

(Totem)

Second Encounter

(Warpriest)

Third Encounter

(Golgoroth)

Fourth Encounter

(Daughters)

Final Encounter


(Oryx)

The Grass is Always Greener

Devious

Thievery

Gaze

Amaze

Under Constuction

Hands

Off

Guardians must not take the same buff type (Brand of the Unraveler or Brand of the Weaver) twice in a row.

 Guardians have five seconds to swap buffs after grabbing the Taken Knight's Buff Claimer effect.

The gaze holder must stand in the Pool of Unclaimed Light when swapping the gaze.

Guardians must not stand on the same plate twice during the entire encounter.

Players must not kill the same Ogre or Light-Eater Knight throughout the encounter.

NOTE
: Knights located on plates do not count.

Guides and Resources

BASE INFORMATION

  • Only pick up one (1) stack of Knowledge (Glyph) per run.

Caretaker CHALLENGE Base Information (Vow of the Disciple) | Destiny 2 Witch Queen by Aztecross

DEFENSES DOWN

  • Each player can’t kill more than one Taken Knight in total.

LOOPING CATALYST

  • Do not lose Leeching Force before the damage phase.

Vow of the Disciple Raid Challenges

First Encounter

(Aquisition)

Second Encounter

(The Caretaker)

Third Encounter

(The Upended)

Fourth Encounter

(Rhulk)

Swift

Destruction

Base

Information

Defenses

Down

Looping

Catalyst

Kill all Champions within a few seconds of each other, on all rounds.

Runners cannot pick up more than one (1) stack of Knowledge (Glyph) on each run.

Each player cannot kill more than one Taken Knight in total.

Do not lose Leeching Force before the damage phase.

 LEGACY RAID / COMPLETED ENCOUNTERS DROP LEGENDARY GEAR

Guides and Resources

Destiny 2: How To Complete Every Vow Of The Disciple Challenge via thegamer.com

AQUISITION – SWIFT DESTRUCTION

Swift Destruction challenge Vow of the Disciple raid – Destiny 2 via shacknews.com

“Swift Destruction” Raid Challenge Guide! (Week 1) by Ehroar on YouTube << Check them out for more Destiny 2 videos!

BASE INFORMATION

  • Only pick up one (1) stack of Knowledge (Glyph) per run.

Caretaker CHALLENGE Base Information (Vow of the Disciple) | Destiny 2 Witch Queen by Aztecross

DEFENSES DOWN

  • Each player can’t kill more than one Taken Knight in total.

LOOPING CATALYST

  • Do not lose Leeching Force before the damage phase.

Vault of Glass Raid Challenges

First Encounter

(Confluxes)

Second Encounter

(Oracles)

Third Encounter

(Templar)

Fourth Encounter

(Gatekeeper)

Final Encounter

(Atheon)

Wait for

It

The Only Oracle for You

Out of its

Way

Strangers in

Time

Ensemble's

Refrain

Every yellow-bar Wyvern must be killed as they are sacrificing themselves to the confluxes.

Players cannot destroy the same oracle more than once.

Keep the Templar from teleporting.

Players must defeat the Praetorian and Wyvern at the same time.

Each player teleported can only destroy one oracle in each spawn set.


THIS RAID ONLY DROPS PINNACLE GEAR WHEN ITS THE FEATURED WEEKLY RAID.

Guides and Resources

Schedule:

This is how the Timelost Weapons rotate each week (there is one weapon and challenge per week, you may check what the armor focus is in-game under Legend difficulty for VoG):

Master ChallengeTimelost Weapon
ConfluxesVision of Confluence
OraclesPraedyth’s Revenge
GatekeeperHezen Vengeance
AtheonCorrective Measure

Deep Stone Crypt Raid Challenges

First Encounter

(Crypt Security)

Second Encounter

(Atraks-1)

Third Encounter

(Taniks Part 1)

Final Encounter

(Taniks Part 2)

Red Rover

Copies of Copies

Of All Trades

The Core Four

All Guardians must be operator during the encounter and shoot the two panels on the lower level.

Do not send any “Atraks-1 Replication” debuffs into airlocks/space.

All Guardians members must perform each role at least once (Operator, Scanner, and Suppressor).

Guardians must dunk all four cores before each DPS phase.

 LEGACY / COMPLETED ENCOUNTERS DROP LEGENDARY GEAR


Garden of Salvation Raid Challenges

First Encounter

(Evade)

Second Encounter

(Summon)

Third Encounter

(Consecrated Mind)

Final Encounter


(Sanctified Mind)


Leftovers (Staying Alive)

A Link to the

Chain

To the

Top

Zero to One

Hundred

Do not kill spawning Cyclopses (the Cyclopses in the first two rooms).

All fireteam members must link (receive the enlightened buff) at the same time.

Always deposit 10 motes at a time.

Fill each bank (conflux) with 30 motes, within 10 seconds of initially depositing the first set of motes.


Last Wish Raid Challenges

First Encounter

(Kalli)

Second Encounter

(Shuro Chi)

Third Encounter

(Morgeth)

Fourth Encounter

(Vault)

Final Encounter

(Riven)

The Summoning Ritual

Which

Witch

Forever

Fight

Keep

Out

Strength of Memory

Activate and cleanse all nine plates, then kill all nine Knights and Ogres before damaging Kalli.

Guardians must not get hit or take damage from Shuro Chi’s Arc Blast.

Do not kill the smaller Ogres.

Ensure that no Might of Riven knights make it into the center chamber during the Vault fight.

Guardians must not shoot the same Riven eye twice.


Raid Exclusive Weapons

Exotic weapons listed below drop from the end boss or chest, or are attached to an exotic quest.

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Weapon

Source

Conditional Finality

Shotgun (Stasis)

Root of Nightmares raid final boss (rare chance)

Touch of Malice

Scout Rifle (Kinetic)

King's Fall raid final boss (rare chance)

Collective Obligation

Energy Pulse Rifle (Void)

Vow of the Disciple raid final boss (rare chance)

Vex Mythoclast

Energy Fusion Rifle (Solar)

Vault of Glass raid final boss (rare chance)

Eyes of Tomorrow

Rocket Laucher (Solar)

Deep Stone Crypt raid final boss (rare chance)

Divinity

Energy Trace Rifle (Arc)

Garden of Salvation raid final boss (rare chance)

One Thousand Voices

Heavy Fusion Rifle (Solar)

Last Wish raid final encounter chest (rare chance)

 RAID EXOTICS HAVE A CHANCE TO DROP FROM THE FINAL BOSS  |  ONE THOUSAND VOICES CAN DROP FROM OPENING A FINAL CHEST