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- Seraph's Shield III
- Flawless Heists
- Umbral Focusing III
- Seraph's Calibration
- Gambit Ornament
- Trial By Firing Squad
While the main story hasn't evolved this week, Destiny 2's Season of the Seraph has a new set of Seasonal Challenges for Guardians to tackle. For the first few weeks of a season, Bungie releases a series of time-sensitive Triumphs that grant large bundles of XP and Bright Dust when completed. Complete enough Seasonal Challenges, and you'll get a massive bundle of Bright Dust as a bonus reward.
With Lightfall around the corner, now is the perfect time to stockpile on Bright Dust and finish the season pass. This week's challenges are thankfully quite easy and shouldn't take much time to complete. We'll be going over all of this week's challenges, all rewards, and provide tips for completing each challenge as quickly as possible.
The Destiny 2 servers are down as of publishing this. We'll update any Seasonal Challenges with retroactive notes once the servers are back online.
Seraph's Shield III
Seraph's Shield III: Complete the Exotic mission "Operation: Seraph's Shield" on Legend difficulty. Defeat combatants with precision damage anywhere in the system using Pulse Rifles.
Rewards
- Seraphic Umbral Energy
- 50,000 XP
The Legend variant of Seraph's Shield is about as difficult as a Witch Queen campaign mission on Legendary. So long as you have a good build, you can solo this mission with little issue. We have a Seraph's Shield guide if you need tips on any puzzles or boss encounters.
For the second half of this Seasonal Challenge, you'll need to land 75 precision final blows with Pulse Rifles. Any activity counts here. We recommend you focus on other Seasonal Challenges while getting this objective finished, then clear a Throne World Lost Sector to make up the remaining kills. If you want the 75 kills done immediately, boot up the opening encounter of the Grasp of Avarice dungeon.
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Flawless Heists
Flawless Heists: Complete Heist battlegrounds in the playlist or Legend Heist Battlegrounds without dying.
Rewards
- 25,000 XP
You'll need to complete three Heist Battlegrounds without dying. This shouldn't be too difficult on the normal playlist if you play cautiously. We highly recommend you spec for 100 Resilience to gain as much damage resistance as possible. As for more specific tips:
- Hunter: Assassin's Cowl is fantastic for staying alive on all specs. Nightstalkers can use Echo of Starvation to gain access to Devour.
- Warlock: Karnstein Armlets with Glaives and this season's Passive Aggressive Guard mod make you virtually unkillable.
- Titan: Sunbreaker with Loreley Splendor is absurdly tanky and easy to play.
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Umbral Focusing III
Umbral Focusing III: Focus IKELOS weapon engrams at the Exo Frame in the H.E.L.M.
Rewards
- 25,000 XP
Umbral Focusing III requires you to focus five Umbral Engrams on IKELOS options at the Exo Frame. You must focus the Umbral Engrams into specific weapons for this to count. We recommend focusing on the IKELOS SMG until you have a good roll. If you need Umbral Engrams, farm seasonal activities like Heist Battlegrounds. And if you need Seraphic Umbral Energy, open the Seraph chest at the end of each Heist Battleground activity.
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Seraph's Calibration
Seraph's Calibration: Calibrate Pulse Rifles, Fusion Rifles, and Power Grenade Launchers. Rapidly defeating combatants and defeating Guardians will award bonus progress.
Rewards
- 50,000 XP
- 150 Bright Dust
Seraph's Calibration requires 180 kills with Pulses, Fusions, and/or Heavy GLs. That sounds high on paper, but this challenge goes by rather quickly since multikills grant additional progress. Your best bet here is to farm the opening encounter in Grasp of Avarice or the Shuro Chi encounter in Last Wish. Both encounters have dozens of mobs that spawn in tight clusters, making it quite easy to land multikills. As for weapons, we recommend using Graviton Lance or Vex Mythoclast since they are both excellent for killing adds.
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Gambit Ornament
Gambit Ornament: Acquire the Gambit ornament for Veles-X.
Rewards
- 100,000 XP
- 300 Bright Dust
The Nephthys-X ornament is obtained by resetting your Infamy and reaching rank 16 with the Drifter. You'll need to reach max rank with the Drifter, reset your Infamy, then reach max rank again to get this ornament. The good news is that Gambit saw a major reputation gain buff in a recent patch, so it's never been easier maxing your Gambit rank. If you hate Gambit with a passion, wait for a double Infamy week before giving this Seasonal Challenge a try.
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Trial By Firing Squad
Trial By Firing Squad: Win multiple rounds in the Trials of Osiris.
Rewards
- Trials of Osiris Weapon
- 100,000 XP
- 300 Bright Dust
Trial by Firing squad requires you to win 20 rounds in the Trials of Osiris. You only need to win rounds here, not games. This is still rather difficult if you're playing Trials by yourself, so here are a few tips:
- Get a Fireteam: This is easier said than done, but getting a premade squad makes Trials much easier.
- Fight Near Teammates: Splitting up isn't a good idea unless you're confident you can get a kill. Teamshots are an easy way to land a kill. Whoever lands the first kill in Trials typically wins the round.
- Play the Meta: Metas exist for a reason. Pulse Rifles are fantastic right now and are widely used by most players. Even if you hate the meta, play meta loadouts for a few games to get a feel for that playstyle's strengths and weaknesses.
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