Preview of This Week in Destiny 2 (Season 23 / Week 23)

Here’s a preview of what’s happening this week in Destiny 2. Check out our detailed weekly reset post tomorrow (every Tuesday) for more on Destiny 2 this week.

Begins: Tuesday, April 30 at 10 AM PDT

Ends: Tuesday, May 7 at 10 AM PDT


  • Pantheon event begins!
  • The final Iron Banner before The Final Shape arrives!
  • Last two BRAVE weapons unlock
    • Blast Furnace + Luna’s Howl
  • Activity Bonus: Double Gambit Rewards
  • Nightfall: The Corrupted
    • Weapon: Wild Style (Grenade Launcher)
  • Crucible Rotator: Showdown + Clash
  • Crucible Labs: Hardware Supremacy (no abilities)
  • Exotic Missions: Presage
  • Raid: Garden of Salvation
  • Dungeon: Spire of the Watcher
  • and more!

Maintenance Timeline

– Update 7.3.6.3 –

◈ When: April 23
◈ Start: 6 AM PDT (2 PM BST)
◈ Offline: 6:45AM PDT (2:45 PM BST)
◈ Online: 10 AM PDT (6 PM BST)
◈ End: 12 PM PDT (8 PM BST)


RAID

Garden of Salvation

Related Exotic Weapon: Divinity (Trace Rifle)

  • Complete the Divine Fragmentation quest.

Learn more and view loot available

DUNGEON

Spire of the Watcher

Exotic Weapon: Hierarchy of Needs (Combat Bow)

  • Rare chance to drop from final boss.

Learn more and view loot available

EXOTIC MISSION

Presage

Exotic Weapon: Dead Man’s Tale (Exotic Scout Rifle)

  • Complete the Presage Exotic mission to get Dead Man’s Tale.
  • This weapon is craftable.

Learn more and view loot available


“PvE Raid Boss Gauntlet”

Availability: April 30 – June 3

Features:

  • Free for all players
  • Each week, the Pantheon activity increases in scale and difficulty
  • Starts with 4 bosses, expands to 8 by May 21
  • Modifiers and Power cap adjust with each boss addition, ranging from 5 Power below to contest mode’s equivalent of 20 below
  • Rewards scale with difficulty: Adept raid weapons, Deepsight variants, Exotics, and weekly rewards, some performance-based
  • Void, Solar, Arc, Stasis and Strand weapon damage modifiers are increased 10% on all four modes.
  • Aim for Platinum score for top rewards
  • New “Godslayer” Title
    • 4 of the Triumphs for this Title reward 30 Spoils of Conquest each.
    • Earn Adept raid weapons from completing Triumphs with high scores and point requirements.
  • The “Shot Caller” modifier is active on all modes (Landing multiple precision hits with a Primary ammo weapon empowers Special and Heavy ammo weapons. Reduces incoming damage while active.)

Learn more on our Pantheon page (spoiler warning, this page does include information about game modes and loot).


The last two BRAVE weapons join the Onslaught loot pool Tomorrow, April 30. This also makes it possible to obtain the fan-favorite Superblack shader.

How to obtain the Superblack shader

  • Acquire both Superblack keys
  • Superblack Key Alpha from Shaxx: Reach Rank 17 with Shaxx
  • Superblack Key Omega from Arcite 99-40: Collect all 12 BRAVE weapons

Check out our BRAVE Arsenal page for a look at all weapons available.


Iron Banner returns tomorrow at reset for the last time before the arrival of The Final Shape. This will be the last chance to obtain the following weapons before they are removed from the loot pool on June 4th, Bungie will share more in the near future on what weapons taking their place.


36 days until The Final Shape arrives in Destiny 2!

Until next time.

🤍 Kyber

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