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Updated July 5, 2024: Another week has come for Destiny 2, which means missions, challenges, and rewards have been reset. After months of new content and updates, Destiny 2 has reentered a quiet period as Episode Echoes moves into a 3-week dormant period between Acts 1 and 2. For many, this will probably be a time that many use to catch up on everything that has come out since The Final Shape has launched, including the episodic content.

However, Bungie continues to attempt to keep players engaged and anticipating what's coming as game director Robbie Stevens recently teased that Act 3 of Episode Echoes will feature one of the biggest Exotic missions that Destiny 2 has ever seen. Stevens stopped short of giving any more details, though it was confirmed that this new episodic format was the big reason why creating a mission this size was even possible at all.

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In the meantime, the Destiny 2 weekly reset is back again, bringing refreshed content, activities, and rewards for players to chase over the next week. For a complete look at all the new content available for the week of July 2, including Nightfalls, Crucible modes, and challenges, here is everything players need to know.

destiny 2 warden of nothingWeekly Nightfall and Modifiers

Nightfall Strike: Warden of Nothing

Advanced Modifiers:

  • Champions: Unstoppable, Barrier, and Overload
  • Hero Modifiers: Extra Shields. Void and Solar.
  • Galvanized: Combatants have more health and are more difficult to stun.
  • Overcharge: Rocket Launcher and Kinetic Weapons when the player's subclass matches an active Surge element.
  • Empath: Enhanced radar and take increased damage from melee.
  • Threat: Solar
  • Surge: Arc and Void

Expert Modifiers:

  • All previous modifiers.
  • Equipment Locked: Unable to change equipment once the mission starts.

Master Modifiers:

  • All previous modifiers.
  • Famine: All ammo drops are significantly reduced.
  • Master Modifiers: Locked Loadout, Extra Champions, and Extra Shields.

Grandmaster Modifiers:

  • All previous modifiers.
  • Scorched Earth: Enemies throw grenades significantly more often.
  • Chaff: Radar is disabled.
  • Master Modifiers: Extinguish, Limited Revives, Contest, and Join In Progress Disabled.

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  • Nightfall Weapon: Shadow Price (Adept Auto Rifle)

Episode: Echoes Seasonal Challenges

Week 5

  1. Escalating Abilities: Defeat 150 combatants with abilities. Bonus progress in Overthrow.
  2. Golden Treasure: Find and open 3 Golden Chests in the Pale Heart.
  3. Boiling Point: Complete Overthrow in the Landing, the Blooming, and the Impasse.
  4. Iron Sharpens Iron: Complete 15 Iron Banner matches. Bonus progress for wins.
  5. Boss Battle: Defeat 20 bosses in strikes or Vanguard playlists. Bonus progress for defeating bosses on higher difficulties.
  6. Acoustic Performance: Get 400 final blows with primary ammo in Gambit or Vanguard Ops activities. Bonus progress for Auto Rifle, Hand Cannon, or Sidearm final blows or by defeating Guardians.

Exotic Mission Rotation

Bungie brought back various exotic missions for players to run through to earn new rewards, gear, as well as craftable versions of exotic weapons. Like the Raid and Dungeon rotator, this one changes on a weekly basis.

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

Space view of Destiny 2's Presage mission

Raid and Dungeon Rotation

Originally introduced during Season 17, Bungie features Raids and Dungeons in a weekly rotation to make them farmable with updated rewards.

  • Featured Raid: Vow of the Disciple
  • Featured Dungeon: The Shattered Throne
Destiny 2 Guardians posing with unique armor

Raid Challenges

  • Salvation's Edge: At Capacity
  • Deep Stone Crypt: Copies of Copies
  • Vow of the Disciple: Defenses Down, Swift Destruction, Base Information, Looping Catalyst
  • Vault of Glass: Ensemble's Refrain
  • King's Fall: Under Construction
  • Root of Nightmares: Cosmic Equilibrium
  • Garden of Salvation: Zero to One Hundred
  • Last Wish: Keep Out
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Ritual Activities: Crucible and Gambit

Players can earn additional rewards through Destiny 2's Pathfinder system simply by playing and performing certain tasks in ritual activities like Vanguard Strikes, Crucible, and Gambit.

  • Weekly Crucible Modes: Iron Banner Control, Mayhem, and Showdown - Bonus Ranks!
  • Gambit

Legacy Activities and Challenges

Europa

  • Exo Challenge: Simulation: Survival
  • Eclipsed Zone: Eventide Ruins
  • Empire Hunt: Kridis, The Dark Priestess

Destiny 2: Beyond Light Kridis Stasis Neomuna

  • Incursion Zone: Zephyr Concourse
  • Campaign Mission: First Contact
  • Partition: Backdoor

Destiny 2 Neomuna Patrol Zone Throne World

  • Weekly Story Mission: The Cunning. Fire Pit modifier as well as Overload and Unstoppable champions.
  • Altars of Reflection: Weekly activity that players can take on through specifically marked icons within the Throne World. These missions typically involve light puzzle solving as well as battling enemy combatants.

Destiny-2-Savathun-Throne-World-Screenshot The Moon

  • Trove Guardian: Archer's Line
  • Wandering Nightmare: Nightmare of Xortal, Sworn of Crota (Sorrow's Harbor)
  • Campaign: Beyond
A Destiny 2 player shares a spot on the Moon from one of the game's previous expansions where players can farm weapon levels.

Nightmare Rotation:

  • Crota (Despair)
  • Fanatic (Insanity)
  • Omnigul (Anguish)

Dreaming City

  • The Dreaming City Curse Level: Low - The Broken Courier mission
  • Petra Venj Location: The Strand
  • The Blind Well: Scorn enemies - Plagues: Sikariis and Varkuuriis
  • Ascendant Challenge: Agonarch Abyss (Bay of Drowned Wishes).
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Dares of Eternity Rotation

  • Round 1: Cabal
  • Round 2: Taken
  • Final Round: Crota
Destiny 2 Xur

Xur Details

Xur, the exotic merchant of Destiny 2, arrives every weekend until reset, giving players a short window to check out what he has in stock. With The Final Shape, Xur has seen a rework of what is on offer. Here's what the merchant has for the weekend of 7/5:

  • Stormdancer's Brace (Warlock chest armor)
  • Liar's Handshake (Hunter gauntlets)
  • Mk. 44 Stand Asides (Titan leg armor)
  • Cerberus+1 (Auto Rifle)
  • Wavesplitter (Trace Rifle)
  • The Wardcliff Coil (Rocket Launcher)
  • Hawkmoon (Hand Cannon)
  • Fighting Lion Catalyst
  • Prometheus Catalyst
  • Exotic Engram
  • Glimmer
  • Ascendant Shard
  • Enhancement Cores
  • Strange Gift (Random Item for 1 Strange Coin)
  • Escape Velocity (Kinetic Submachine Gun)
  • Main Ingredient (Energy Fusion Rifle)
  • Gnawing Hunger (Energy Auto Rifle)
  • Nature of the Beast (Energy Hand Cannon)
  • Sailspy Pitchglass (Heavy Linear Fusion Rifle)
  • Canis Major (Heavy Grenade Launcher)
  • Crown-Splitter (Heavy Sword)
  • Strange Weapon Engram
  • Kairos Function Armor Set

Make sure to check back every Friday for a comprehensive breakdown of all the new exotic gear and rolls that Xur brings to Destiny 2.

Saint 14 Lighthouse

Trials of Osiris Map and Weekly Adept Weapon

Saint-14 and the Trails of Osiris offer players a high-end PvP activity in exchange for powerful rewards, especially for players who go flawless and earn a trip to the Lighthouse. Similar to most vendors in Destiny 2, Saint-14 has a reputation system that rewards players for ranking up through playing and completing bounties.

No Trials of Osiris for 7/5. Iron Banner is active.

  • Map: N/A
  • Weapon: N/A