Here’s how challenges work and what’s asked of you during Destiny 2’s Season of the Risen.

After you wrap that business up, it’s off to the Moon for some sightseeing.

That in turn helps you fill up your season pass sooner, grabbing even more loot in the process.

It’s a win-win situation.

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PsiOps Speed-Ups

Complete all PsiOps Battlegrounds in under 11 minutes each.

Collect Risen Umbral Energy by decoding Runic Chests in PsiOps Battlegrounds.

The Informant’s Informant

Reach Rank 15 with Fynch in Savathun’s Throne World.

String Theory

Complete 3 Evidence Board investigations in the Mars Enclave.

Taking All Challenges

Complete weekly playlist challenges.

Bonus progress for rapidly defeating combatants.

Dredgin' Up Victory

Complete Gambit matches.

Earn bonus progress for wins.

Momentum Crash

Defeat Guardians in Momentum Control.

Earn bonus progress with Zone Advantage.

Hive Slayer

Defeat Hive combatants in Vanguard playlists or strikes.

Earn bonus progress for defeating tougher combatants.

Defeated Champions grant bonus progress.

Tug of War

Defeat a Hive Warden of the Spring and a Scorn Lightflayer in the Wellspring.

Weapon Shape 1

Craft a weapon using the weapon crafting system.

initiate the Worms

Complete the Exotic quest “Of Queens and Worms” to obtain a new Exotic weapon.

Lost In The Legend

Complete a Lost Sector on Legend or higher.

Bonus progress for rapidly defeating targets.

Bank, Kill, Repeat

Earn points by banking Motes, defeating Blockers, and defeating Guardians in Gambit.

Flourish Of Power

Defeat Guardians in the Mayhem playlist with Super abilities.

Scorn Pest Control

Defeat Scorn combatants in Vanguard playlists or Strikes.

Earn bonus progress for defeating tougher combatants.

Challenge of the Disciple

Complete a weekly mission from The Witch Queen on Hero difficulty or higher.

Weapon Shape II

Extract a Resonant element from a Deepsight weapon.

Severed Vow

Complete each encounter in the “Vow of the Disciple” raid in Savathun’s Throne World.

Power Broker

Reach Power Level 1550 by earning powerful rewards and engrams.

Long-Range Calibration

Calibrate long-range weapons–pulse rifles, bows, and trace rifles–in the EDZ.

Bonus progress in Lost Sectors.

Primeval Entourage

Defeat Taken in Gambit.

Earn bonus progress for defeating tougher opponents.

Scorched Earth

Defeat Guardians in Team Scorched.

Charged detonations in midair or on surfaces earn bonus progress.

Ultimate Champion

Defeat Champions in any Nightfall strike on Hero difficulty or higher.

Earn bonus progress at higher tiers.

Rippling Wings

In the Throne World, collect three moths and destroy three Darkness rifts.

Weapon Shape III

Increase weapon mastery for a Shaped weapon, and reshape a weapon.

Mod Collector

Unlock artifact mods.

Bonus progress against Guardians.

High-Value Hunter

Defeat powerful foes in Gambit.

Earn bonus progress for defeating high-value targets.

Iron Sharpens Iron

Complete Iron Banner matches.

Earn bonus progress for wins.

Darkest Nightfall

Complete any Nightfall strike on Hero difficulty or higher.

Week 5

Legendary Psioperative

Complete PsiOps Battleground: EDZ on Legend difficulty.

Light Reclaimer I

Defeat Lighthoarders in PsiOps Battleground: EDZ.

Voices: Silenced

Complete the “Vox Obscura” quest.

Dangerous Conduct

Acquire the Reckless Endangerment seasonal weapon.

Into The Void

Defeat Guardians.

Bonus progress granted for defeating Guardians with Void abilities.

Light Reclaimer II

Defeat Lighthoarders in PsiOps Battleground: Cosmodrome.

Apex Armorer

Masterwork a piece of armor

Absolutely Stunning

Stun champions.

Done and Dusty

Acquire the Done and Dusty ornament for Reckless Endangerment.

Week 7

Legendary Psioperative III

Complete PsiOps Battleground: Moon on Legend difficulty.

Light Reclaimer III

Defeat Lighthoarders in PsiOps Battleground: Moon.

Bring A Glaive

Defeat targets with Glaives, Hand Cannons, and Rocket Launchers in Gambit.

Fleeting Glory

Complete Crucible matches in the Glory Rank playlist.

Earn bonus progress for wins.

Grandmaster

Complete any Nightfall strike on Grandmaster.

Week 8

Crushed Spirits

Prevent Lucent Hive from resurrecting by crushing their Ghosts.

Pinnacle

Reach Power Level 1560 by earning pinnacle rewards.

Seasonal Calibration

Calibrate glaives, hand cannons, and rocket launchers.

Serpentine Skin

Acquire the Serpentine Skin ornament for Reckless Endangerment.

Undying Legend

Complete a PsiOps Battleground on Legend difficulty without dying.

Armory-Wide Calibration

Calibrate Kinetic, Energy, and Power Weapons.

Bonus progress against champions.

Void Gambit

Defeat targets with Void abilities.

Bonus progress granted for defeating Guardians.

Trial by Firing Squad

Win multiple rounds in Trials of Osiris.

Void Vanguard

Defeat combatants with Void effects in Vanguard playlists.

How Do Seasonal Challenges Work?

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