With a little over a week to go until season 11 launches, it’s time once again for my seasonal guide to finishing up everything the season has to offer. How many times will I say season this time? Who knows?
I meant to get this out a little bit earlier, but there’s still time to finish up all the Triumphs if you’re willing to put in some effort. The format’s pretty similar since there’s not a whole lot of changes between seasons, so let’s dive in.
Now that the Guardian Games are over (congrats, fellow Titans), it’s time to get back to work. Remember that giant Cabal superweapon that’s still hurtling towards the City? Yeah, we should probably do something about that.
To go along with this, or maybe just to remind everyone what we’re supposed to be doing, Bungie has released a new quest tied to the season’s objectives. And similar to previous events like the Empyrean Foundation, this one is going to take a community effort to complete. Hope you’re not tired of Seraph Towers yet.
Updated, 5/13/20: Bungie has made tweaks to the public event to make the grind easier. Details in the section below.
There’s still about a week to go in the Guardian Games, and it looks like the punchy boys have pulled off the win. As a Titan main myself, I’m obviously thrilled about that.
But regardless of who wins or loses, there are still rewards to acquire regardless of your class, and still time to complete some Triumphs and score a new exotic. So, with two weeks of the grind under my (golden) belt, here are some tips to help you in your grind, as well as my thoughts on the event.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic might have pushed the Olympics back a year, but Destiny is safe from any disease-related delays. And thus, the Olympics-themed spring event is here, the first ever Guardian Games. Replacing the Revelry from last year, the Guardian Games pits all three classes against each other to determine which is the best, with bragging rights for the next year on the line.
Aside from that, there are new rewards and Triumphs to earn, as well as a shiny new exotic machine gun to acquire. The competition is on, so read on to find out how to help your class towards victory!
Updated 4/26/20: Clarifications on a few event mechanics and known bugs. Updated 5/2/20: Review of Heir Apparent machine gun.
We’re in the middle of our second Iron Banner of season 10, and…not much has changed. It’s still the same power-enabled Control-with-a-twist that we’ve had since its revamp in Forsaken, the rewards are pretty much the same, and being wiped out by someone thirty power levels higher than yourself is as frustrating as ever. If you’ve given up on Iron Banner at this point, I don’t blame you (there’s a reason I haven’t touched Trials yet).
However, there are a couple of new rewards, as well as our only ritual weapon of the season: Point of the Stag, a bow with perks suitable for PVP. Apparently it was supposed to come out last season, but for whatever reason it got delayed until season 10.
If you want these new goodies, or if you want to spend your Iron Banner Tokens to get some of those new enhanced armor mods, you’ll have to do a quest. And that quest is going to be very familiar.
It seems that about a week into each season, there’s a new exotic quest to do, and this season is no exception. This time around, an old favorite from Destiny 1 is making a comeback: the rapid-firing quad-barreled exotic shotgun, The Fourth Horseman. Built to hunt the biggest game in the system–the Cabal–this shotgun can obliterate just about anything you put in front of it.
In fact, Zavala wants you to use it so badly, he’s ready to give it to you for free, no questions asked. All you have to do is go get it.
The latest season has kicked off with an assortment of new activities to engage with, as well as a seasonal progression system that will provide most players with a steady array of unlocks over time (assuming they haven’t gone crazy with farming and have already unlocked them all).
It’s a pretty large amount of stuff to take in all at once, but aspects of this should be familiar if you played last season. Read on for details about Season of the Worthy’s intro questlines, new activities, and other tips for the season.
Masterwork weapons have been a part of Destiny 2 since shortly after the Curse of Osiris expansion, introduced originally to help mitigate the slow super regeneration from D2’s launch and provide a little customization for year 1’s static weapon rolls. For the cost of a few Masterwork Cores (now known as Enhancement Cores), players could upgrade their weapons to boost a stat, add a kill tracker, and generate Orbs of Light on multikills.
These were followed up by exotic weapon masterworks with the Warmind expansion, though the process for upgrading exotic weapons was a little different. Players would first need to find an exotic catalyst from various in-game sources which would give the weapon its kill tracking and orb generating abilities. They’d then have to complete another objective to upgrade the weapon fully to a masterwork, furthering its capabilities in some fashion, either through boosting stats or adding a new perk to its abilities.
This guide will go over the locations of exotic catalysts, the masterwork upgrade objectives, and the resulting upgrades when the masterwork is completed.
Updated, 3/4/20: Added an additional farming spot and further details about the Sleeper Simulant masterwork perks. Updated, 3/11/20: Added info on Lumina and Tommy’s Matchbook catalysts, updated details on MIDA Multi-Tool catalyst, added note on changes to Orpheus Rigs that can affect masterwork grinding. Updated, 5/4/20: Added info on The Fourth Horseman catalyst. Updated, 10/3/20: Added info on Trinity Ghoul, Witherhoard, and Ruinous Effigy catalysts.
Crimson Days, Destiny’s Valentine’s Day-themed holiday, is back again this year, running from February 11th through the 18th. Whether you’re a hopeless romantic with an eye for love, or a cynic who thinks Valentine’s Day is a holiday invented to sell chocolates and greeting cards, you can find the partner of your dreams or work out your frustrations in the standard Guardian way: killing each other repeatedly.
The event is pretty similar to last year’s, but there are some new rewards to unlock in addition to various returning items if you missed out on them before. Here’s a brief guide to the event, covering Crimson Doubles, loot, and Triumphs.
Now that we’re in the endgame for season 9, it’s your last chance to finish up the various activities in the season before they go away and claim your rewards. Even if you’re late to the party, you’ve got time to knock it all out before season 10 begins on March 3rd. You don’t even have to break the timeline to do it!
To that end, here’s a guide on the various Triumphs, item collections, and questlines you’ll want to get done if you want that shiny Savior title!
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