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Destiny 2: Weekly Update Unveils Nightfall, Challenges, Rewards

by George Jan 10,2025

Destiny 2 Weekly Reset: December 24, 2024 - A Look at the New Content

Another week, another Destiny 2 reset! While the game currently sits between major story acts and faces ongoing challenges regarding player count and in-game issues, The Dawning event continues, offering players a final chance to bake cookies and earn rewards. Bungie has even added a community challenge aspect, boosting the drop rate of three rare emblems.

This week's reset brings fresh activities and rewards. Here's a complete rundown of what awaits Guardians for the week of December 23rd:

Vex enemies, cybernetic war machines from Destiny 2

Weekly Nightfall and Modifiers

Nightfall Strike: The Inverted Spire

This week's Nightfall features a range of modifiers, escalating in difficulty from Advanced to Grandmaster. Expect challenges including specific Champion types, increased enemy health and resilience, and loadout restrictions. The Nightfall weapon reward is the Rake Angle Glaive. Modifiers are detailed below:

Advanced: Barrier and Overload Champions; Extra Shields (Solar, Void, Arc); Galvanized; Overcharge (Shotgun and Kinetic Weapons matching Surge element); Threat: Void; Surge: Void and Arc.

Expert: All Advanced modifiers + Equipment Locked; Randomized Banes; Expert Modifiers (Extra Shields).

Master: All Expert modifiers + Haste; Master Modifiers (Locked Loadout, Extra Champions, Extra Shields).

Grandmaster: All Master modifiers + Chaff; Grandmaster Modifiers (Extinguish, Limited Revives, Join In Progress Disabled, Contest, Locked Loadout, Extra Champions, Extra Shields).

Episode: Revenant Challenges (Week 12)

This week's Revenant challenges offer a variety of objectives, from crafting tonics to achieving specific kill types in various activities. Challenges include:

  • Narrowing The Odds: Craft 5 tonics increasing specific weapon drop rates.
  • Moon Activities: Complete bounties, patrols, public events, and Lost Sectors on the Moon.
  • Popping Off: Break 150 combatant shields with matching elemental damage.
  • Instrumented Performance: Get 150 final blows with Special ammo (bonus for Shotguns/Grenade Launchers or Guardian kills).
  • Momentum Crash: Defeat 50 Guardians in Momentum Control (bonus with Zone Advantage).

Exotic Mission Rotation

This week's featured Exotic Mission is Presage, rewarding players with the Dead Man's Tale Exotic Scout Rifle.

Presage Mission

Raid and Dungeon Rotation

Bungie's rotating Raid and Dungeon system continues. This week's featured Raids are Vault of Glass and Crota's End; the featured Dungeons are Grasp of Avarice and Warlord's Ruin.

Raid and Dungeon Rotation

Raid Challenges

Numerous Raid challenges are available across various Raids. See the original post for a complete list.

Raid Challenges

Ritual Activities: Crucible and Gambit

Continue progressing through the Pathfinder system by playing Crucible and Gambit.

Legacy Activities and Challenges

A variety of legacy activities are available across various locations, including Europa, Neomuna, the Throne World, the Moon, and the Dreaming City. Specific challenges and activities are detailed in the original post. These include Exo Challenges, Incursion Zones, Empire Hunts, and more.

Europa Activities Neomuna Activities Throne World Activities Moon Activities Dreaming City Activities

Dares of Eternity Rotation

This week's Dares of Eternity rotation features Taken, Cabal, and Zydron enemies.

Dares of Eternity

Xur Details

Xur's inventory for the weekend of December 20th is detailed in the original post. He offers a selection of exotic weapons and armor, catalysts, and other valuable items.

Xur

Trials of Osiris Map and Weekly Adept Weapon

This week's Trials of Osiris takes place on the Endless Vale map, with Yesterday's Question (Adept Arc Hand Cannon) as the featured reward.