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

By PenelopeJan 23,2025

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

Another week, another Destiny 2 reset! While the game currently sits between major story acts, and faces ongoing challenges regarding player count, the Dawning event continues, offering a final chance to bake cookies and earn rewards. Bungie has even added a community challenge element, boosting the drop rate of three rare emblems. Let's dive into the updated weekly content.

Vex enemies, cybernetic war machines from Destiny 2

Nightfall: The Inverted Spire

This week's Nightfall features The Inverted Spire strike, with the following modifiers:

Advanced: Barrier and Overload Champions; Extra Shields (Solar, Void, Arc); Galvanized; Overcharge (Shotgun and Kinetic weapons when subclass matches 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).

Nightfall Weapon: Rake Angle (Glaive)

Episode: Revenant Challenges (Week 12)

  • Narrowing The Odds: Craft 5 tonics boosting specific weapon drop rates.
  • Moon Activities: Complete bounties, patrols, public events, and Lost Sectors on the Moon.
  • Popping Off: Shatter 150 combatant shields with matching elemental damage in Vanguard or Gambit.
  • Instrumented Performance: Get 150 final blows with Special ammo in Gambit, Crucible, or Vanguard Ops (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 (Dead Man's Tale Exotic Scout Rifle).

Presage mission image

Raid and Dungeon Rotation

The weekly rotation includes:

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

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Raid Challenges

Challenges are available for various raids, including Salvation's Edge, Deep Stone Crypt, Vow of the Disciple, Vault of Glass, King's Fall, Root of Nightmares, Garden of Salvation, and Last Wish. Specific challenge details are listed in the original post.

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Ritual Activities: Crucible and Gambit

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

Legacy Activities and Challenges

Challenges and activities are available across various locations, including Europa, Neomuna, the Throne World, the Moon, and the Dreaming City. Details for each location are included in the original post. Nightmare rotation includes Phogoth (Fear), Taniks (Isolation), and Ghaul (Rage).

Legacy Activities image Neomuna image Throne World image The Moon image Dreaming City image

Dares of Eternity Rotation

This week's Dares of Eternity rotation features Taken, Cabal, and Zydron in successive rounds.

Dares of Eternity image

Xur Details (12/20)

Xur's inventory for the weekend of December 20th includes various exotic weapons and armor. (Full list in original post)

Xur image

Trials of Osiris (12/20)

  • Map: Endless Vale
  • Weapon: Yesterday's Question (Adept Arc Hand Cannon)
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