Destiny 2 Weekly Reset: New Nightfall, Challenges, and Rewards

Destiny 2 Weekly Reset: December 24, 2024 - Activities, Challenges, and Rewards

Another week, another Destiny 2 reset! While the game navigates the current narrative surrounding its player base and ongoing issues, the Dawning event continues, offering players a final chance to bake cookies and earn rewards. Bungie has even added a community challenge aspect to boost rare emblem drop rates – a staggering 3 million+ cookies were baked for Commander Zavala!

This weekly reset brings fresh content, activities, and rewards. Here's a complete rundown for the week of December 23rd:

Updated December 24, 2024:

Vex enemies, cybernetic war machines from Destiny 2

Weekly Nightfall and Modifiers

Nightfall Strike: The Inverted Spire

Modifiers:

This Nightfall features a tiered modifier system (Advanced, Expert, Master, Grandmaster), each adding increasingly challenging modifiers. These include Champion types (Barrier and Overload), Hero Modifiers (Extra Shields, elemental damage), Galvanized, Overcharge, Threat, Surge, Equipment Locked, Randomized Banes, Haste, Chaff, and more. Grandmaster difficulty adds further intense modifiers like Extinguish and Limited Revives.

Nightfall Weapon: Rake Angle (Glaive)

Episode: Revenant Challenges - Week 12

This week's challenges include crafting tonics, completing Moon activities, breaking shields with matching damage, dealing final blows with Special ammo, and defeating Guardians in Momentum Control. Bonus progress is available for specific actions.

Narrowing The Odds: Craft 5 tonics boosting specific weapon drop chances.
Moon Activities: Earn progress from bounties, patrols, public events, and Lost Sectors on the Moon.
Popping Off: Shatter 150 combatant shields with matching elemental damage in Vanguard or Gambit playlists.
Instrumented Performance: Get 150 final blows with Special ammo in Gambit, Crucible, or Vanguard Ops. Bonus progress for Shotgun/Grenade Launcher kills or Guardian defeats.
Momentum Crash: Defeat 50 Guardians in Momentum Control. Bonus progress with Zone Advantage.

Exotic Mission Rotation

Bungie's rotating exotic missions offer opportunities for new rewards and craftable exotic weapons.

Featured Exotic Mission: Presage (Dead Man's Tale Exotic Scout Rifle)

Presage Mission

Raid and Dungeon Rotation

Raids and Dungeons are also on a weekly rotation, offering updated rewards.

Featured Raids: Vault of Glass and Crota's End
Featured Dungeons: Grasp of Avarice and Warlord's Ruin

Raid and Dungeon Rotation

Raid Challenges

Various Raid challenges are available, offering additional rewards for completion.

Ritual Activities: Crucible and Gambit

Earn Pathfinder rewards by playing Vanguard Strikes, Crucible, and Gambit.

Legacy Activities and Challenges

Several legacy activities across various locations (Europa, Neomuna, Throne World, Moon, Dreaming City) offer challenges and rewards. This includes Exo Challenges, Eclipsed Zones, Empire Hunts, Incursion Zones, Campaign Missions, weekly story missions, Altars of Reflection, Trove Guardians, Wandering Nightmares, and more. Nightmare rotations are also specified.

Dares of Eternity Rotation

Dares of Eternity features a rotating enemy type for each round.

Xur Details

Xur, the exotic merchant, offers a rotating selection of exotic armor, weapons, and catalysts for the weekend of December 20th. His inventory includes various options, including catalysts, exotic engrams, and more.

Xur's Inventory