A new week inDestiny 2means there are new challenges to complete. Only seven seasonal challenges have been added this week, and most of them are quite simple and will fit nicely into most players’ weekly checklists of tasks and activities for leveling up.
However, one objective challenges players to complete a Grandmaster difficulty Nightfall: The Ordeal strike, which makes theirSeason of the Chosendebut this week. These are amongst the hardest activities inDestiny 2and require players to be at a power level of at least 1325 to even have access to them.
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Here are the seven seasonal challenges for week six inDestiny 2for Guardians to complete.
Contender’s Ascent VI:
Regular players in Season of the Chosen will now be familiar with this challenge as it requires the completion of the weekly story quest, Challenger’s Proving, which follows the same format every week. For any unfamiliar players, Challenger’s Proving VI is now available so players should visit the War Table in theH.E.L.Mto get the quest started.
As with previous weeks, the quest tasks players with earning Cabal gold by playing various activities, socketing a medallion into the Hammer of Proving, smashing a Tribute Chest at the end of a Battlegrounds mission using the Hammer, and then meeting back at the War Table to learn a bit more about theongoing conflict with Empress Caiatland the Cabal forces.
Small-Caliber Contender:
For this challenge, players simply need to get kills using SMGs with Cabal kills in Battlegrounds missions awarding more progress. From testing, it seems that one Cabal kill during a Battlegrounds mission grants one percent of progress for this objective, so Guardians wanting to get through this challenge quickly should consider using the new Extraordinary Rendition kinetic SMG in Battlegrounds missions.
Nightfall Variety Attack:
Guardians need to get 80 kills with either Sniper Rifles, SMGs, Rocket Launchers, or Bows in Nightfall: The Ordeal Strikes. Season of the Chosen hasweapons of all these types, so players can very easily get a loadout together consisting of the Extraordinary Rendition SMG, either the Imperial Needle Bow or Far Future Sniper Rifle, and the Code Duello Rocket Launcher. Use this loadout while running Nightfall: The Ordeal Strikes at lower difficulties to complete this objective.
Cabal Contenders:
This challenge requires players to defeat 65 Elite or Boss level Cabal enemies in Battlegrounds missions. Elite Cabal and Cabal bosses are everywhere inBattlegrounds missions, so simply killing every Cabal enemy in sight in two or three Battlegrounds should be enough to get this challenge done.
Once Chosen, Now Fallen:
Players need to kill a lot of Fallen for this challenge with precision kills counting for extra progress. Although the objective text does specify that this is to calibrate weapons, ability kills against Fallen enemies do also contribute to this challenge. From testing, it looks like one precision kill against a Fallen enemy adds one percent of progress for this challenge. Since Fallen enemies are common in the Cosmodrome, this is also a great opportunity for players to head there and complete theChosen Cosmonaut challenge from week twoif they have not done so already.
Kill Them with Style:
For this challenge, players need to unlock the Pyretic ornament for the Season of the Chosen seasonal weapon, theSalvager’s Salvo Grenade Launcher. Players will need to first unlock Salvager’s Salvo, and then speak to Lord Shaxx in the Tower to pick up the quest which rewards players with the Pyretic ornament upon completion. This quest tasks players with getting Grenade Launcher kills in the Crucible and earning Crucible Valor ranks.
Conquest of the Mighty:
This challenge is by far the hardest one this week and will only be completed by the most hardcore and dedicatedDestiny 2players. Conquest of the Mighty requires players to complete a Nightfall: The Ordeal Strike on Grandmaster difficulty. This week’s Ordeal Strike is The Devils’ Lair, but this challenge, as with all the others, can be completed in a later week.
Grandmaster Nightfall Strikes can be accessed through the bottom-right node in the Vanguard page of the Director. This challenge also awards quadruple the normal XP so it will really help players level up their Season Pass and unlock some good rewards – although the players that have reached 1325 power will have likely completed the Season Pass long ago.
Destiny 2: Beyond Lightand the new Season of the Chosen are available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
