Destiny 2: Weekly Reset on 8/23 – Aye, and welcome to the season of pirate raiders

For the guardians in Destiny 2, the start of the new season 18, which Bungie presented just a few minutes ago, is due today. There will be brand new story content, a legendary raid from Destiny 1 called “King’s Fall” and lots of fresh loot. As always, MeinMMO gives you an overview of the new activities so that you always know where it’s worthwhile.

This is happening this week: As of tonight, Guardians can explore the content of the new Season 18. Bungie has already revealed some details in its big showcase of what exactly players can expect.

• Wardens can finally power up with Arc 3.0 abilities and harness the power of lightning.
• There will be new weapons and activities to grind in the Season of Plunders.
• The new Artifact requires leveling and contains the new Seasonal Exotic Delicate Grave, a Fusion Rifle Exotic.
• And already on the weekend, August 26th, the free for all legacy raid from Destiny 1 “King’s Fall” starts.

The most important information about activities from 23.08 to 30.08.

Vanguard: Dawn – The Crucible

The Dawn: The Crucible is this week’s Strike:

• The Mirror Corridoron Jupiter’s moon Europa
  Elsie Bray enlists the Guardians’ help to stop the Vex advance on Europa. Go forth and defeat the Transcendent Spirit again in the twilight.

This week’s Dusk Weapon: As a reward you get a special twilight weapon. You will be able to earn this again as a master version from October 4th. Because then the level of difficulty “front runner” starts.

Playlist strikes have these modifiers:

• Void Scorch
• Stasis Burn
• Grounded
• The Singe modifier stays with you throughout the week, the others change daily.

Endgame: Raid challenges and dungeon rotation

This happens in the latest raid “The student’s oath“:

• This week in the Vow of the Apprentice raid is the “defense down”. This raid challenge requires you to kill only one Taken Knight with your relic.
• As a reward for completing the challenge in the third stage of the Grandmaster Raid this week, there is a chance for a master version of the Submachine Gun Submission or Fusion Rifle Redemption. But keep in mind that hard and normal mode share the loot.

You get additional top rewards from the endgame:

• In the Last Wish raid on the Dreaming City.
• As well as in the dungeon “The Shattered Throne” on the Dreaming City.

Weekly Activities

With Season 18, new activities have also come into play, which turn the keepers into pirates.

• Ketch Crash: Engage in ship-to-ship combat to stop Eramis and her band of pirates from wreaking havoc across the galaxy in this new 6-player activity.
• Expedition: Compile treasure maps, search for treasure and return to your ship while fending off enemy pirate crews.
• Pirate Hideouts: Fight your way through weekly missions and loot powerful relics hidden in the pirate lords’ lairs.

Savathun’s Throne World – Weekly campaign mission

• “The Communion”
  You go to the pyramid on Europa, where Caiatl’s cabal are already waiting for you. The light has made you forget and now the vanguard want to use the darkness to uncover old memories again.

Crucible – These are the PvP playlists:

• private match
• rumble
• control
• elimination
• Glory Survival
• Glory Survival: Freelance
• show down
• cauldron

Ascendant Challenge – Dreaming City

• Petra Venj can be found in the Rheasilvia area of ​​the Dreaming City. It’s the 3rd curse week throughout the zone. The 4th Ascendant Challenge is to be mastered.

Sources of pinnacle loot in Destiny 2 Season 18

This is the new max level: In the new season of raiders, the maximum power level of your gear is 1,580. This means that the power level at the start of the new Season 18 has increased by +10 compared to the previous Season 17. All players receive the base base power level of 1,350.

If you want to level up quickly, you can also play the Legendary Campaign of the Witch Queen expansion and get 1,530 on completion and get a new exotic.

This top loot (Pinnacle Gear) takes your power level above 1,580:

• Top Raid “The Apprentice’s Oath” (+2)
• Raid rotation this week: “Last Wish” (+2)
• Legacy Dungeon Rotation “The Shattered Throne” (+2)
• Accomplished in the Dawn: Trial by Fire with at least 100,000 points (+2)
• Weekly Witch Queen campaign mission with at least 100,000 points (+2)
• Complete the Conservation activity in the Pyramid of Darkness (+2)
• “Tests of Courage of Eternity”: Score at least 250,000 points or more (+2)
• Defeat Mighty Cabal in the exotic mission “Vox Obscura” (+2)
• Complete 3 Gambit matches (+1)
• Complete 3 Crucible matches (+1)
• Complete 3 Vanguard Operation strikes with appropriate focus (+1)
• Hawthorne’s Clan Task (+1)

Bright Dust Highlights in Eververse

The new Season 18 will also be interesting for ambitious cosmetic hunters, because there are many new items for Tess in her Everversum shop.

If you don’t like the ornament, you can of course spend your luster dust, the in-game currency, on it:

• Ninja Vanish Exotic Emote
• Exotic Unleashed Emote
• Exotic Spirit Shell “Torpedo Shell”
• Exotic Sparrow “Synchrotron Accelerator”
• Exotic ship “Velocimant”
• Exotic Weapon Ornament “Corporate Promotion” for the “Workhorse” Auto Rifle
• Ward of Exile Spirit Projection
• Leading Light teleport effect
• Hive Arrival teleport effect
• Bloody Tooth Shader
• Cursed Azure Shader
• Fire Barrel Bump Shader
• Trinity shaders
• Raven’s Silk Shader

Too little shine dust? If you are not one of the frugal keepers in Destiny 2 who never spend bright dust, then we have a few tips for you.

Were you at the big showcase and have you already started the new season 18? Or do you prefer to wait for the first rush and then take your time to look around? Tell us and the community in the comments here on MeinMMO.