This is Destiny 2 Weekly Reset for October 18 2022. This week we are taking a break from season 18’s story and instead spend the next three weeks trying to frantically fill out our event cards for this year’s Festival of the Lost. (Also, congratulations to Team Mech. Can’t wait to start wearing my event armor and having spooky times with it on.)
Destiny 2 Update 6.2.5
The newest Update 6.2.5 will go live shortly. The changes include balance changes to many of the game’s weapons. There are too many to list but if you’re looking for a summary, best to have a look at Bungie’s website. Just ask for Mercules.
Ok, that’s all for announcements. Let’s go through what we can expect in the ninth week of Season 18 after this week’s Destiny 2 Weekly Reset.
Sails of the Ship Stealer Story Recap
Alright, we’ve had a fairly exciting ride so far with this season’s storyline. So here are the broad strokes for everything that’s happened so far in bullet form:
- Eramis has escaped from her icy prison on Europa.
- She banded together the worst of the worst from houses associated with raiding and pillaging.
- In order to fight her in this new theater of war, Drifter, together with Mistraaks and Spider, forms a “Pirate” alliance in order to counter Eramis and her crew.
- Eido is also brought into the operation to observe and chronicle the events for House Light.
- It was then discovered that Eramis was collecting Artifacts with the assumption that she will offer them to the Witness for some kind of reward.
- We then spent a number of weeks gathering the Artifacts while dealing with personal issues stemming from family secrets.
- We discover that the artifacts we are looking for are the pieces of Nezarec, a disciple of the Witness.
- Eramis reveals the truth about Eido’s father, further distancing father and daughter.
- Time passes and family relations are at their lowest. Eido then goes to acquire the last artifact without Mithrax in an attempt to prove that she can do this without her.
- The Guardian and Mithrax arrive in the nick of time only to find that Eramis was protecting Eido while she does she retrieves the artifact.
- Both House Kell lock sabers in a duel with the future of both houses on the line.
- Mithrax wins in the end but refuses to prove Eramis right by not slaying her in front of Eido. Eramis escapes to pillage and burn another day.
- Mitrax and Eido believe they can use the Artifacts as some kind of weapon against the Witness. It’ll take time for their research to bear fruit.
And that’s it for the story recap. Check back with us again for the latest in the Destiny 2 storyline as we prepare to go toe-to-toe with the Witness. There are also rumblings of a community event involving the Eliksni quarter, so do watch out for that should it come to pass.
Destiny Weekly Reset Time
As always, the Destiny 2 weekly reset times are 10 AM PDT for the folks on the West Coast of the US. 6 AM BST for our readers in Britain. And 2 AM JST the following day for everyone in Japan.
Destiny 2 Weekly Activities October 18 – October 24 2022 Overview
We are now on the eve of this year’s Festival of the Lost. There will be lots of things to try out and achievements to earn for players both old and new to Destiny 2. We are getting a new seasonal activity to go along with our brand-new Event Card.
This week also sees a bonus added to Vanguard activities.
Where is Xur? October 21 2022
It’s that time of the week again when everyone in the Destiny 2 community asks the question – Where is Xur?
This weekend Xur can be found on the cliff overlooking the Winding Cover in the EDZ. Just head North of the fast-travel spot and look for the cave that’s directly under his airship.
And what’s our favorite agent of the Nine selling this week? Let’s see.
Exotic Gear: (23 Legendary Shards each)
- Arbalest Exotic Linear Fusion Rifle (29 Legendary Shards, Absolute Must-Have)
- FR0ST-EE5 Hunter Exotic Leg Armor (67 Overall, +21 Strength roll)
- Ursa Furiosa Titan Exotic Gauntlets (62 Overall, +21 Mobility roll)
- Karnstein Armlets Warlock Exotic Gauntlets (67 Overall, +24 Mobility, +23 Discipline roll)
Legendary Weapons: (50 Legendary Shards and 1,000 Glimmer each)
- Chroma Rush Legendary Auto Rifle
- Whispering Slab Legendary Combat Bow
- Gridskipper Legendary Pulse Rifle
- Truthteller Legendary Grenade Launcher
- Punching Out Legendary Sidearm
- Seventh Seraph Saw Legendary Machine Gun
- Frozen Orbit Legendary Sniper Rifle
Legendary Armor: (50 Legendary Shards and 1,000 Glimmer each)
- Righteous Grips Legendary Gauntlets
- Righteous Vest Legendary Chest Armor
- Righteous Cloak Legendary Hunter Cloak
- Righteous Mask Legendary Helmet
- Righteous Strides Legendary Leg Armor (60 Overall, +20 Intellect roll)
- Righteous Gloves Legendary Gauntlets
- Righteous Robes Legendary Chest Armor
- Righteous Bond Legendary Warlock Bond
- Righteous Hood Legendary Helmet
- Righteous Boots Legendary Leg Armor (60 Overall, +20 Resilience roll)
- Righteous Gauntlets Legendary Gauntlets (63 Overall, +23 Discipline roll)
- Righteous Plate Legendary Chest Armor
- Righteous Mark Legendary Titan Mark
- Righteous Helm Legendary Helmet
- Righteous Greaves Legendary Leg Armor
Destiny 2 Weekly Challenges October 18 2022
Expert Expedition III – In Expedition, gather treasure and defeat Ruffians.
Seeker’s Cache III – Summon First Mates in Expedition and Ketchcrash. Also, decipher the Large Treasure Beacon, available from the Star Chart in the H.E.L.M.
Battery – Defeat targets with Linear Fusion Rifles and defeat slowed combatants. Defeating combatants in Ketchcrash and defeating Guardians will award bonus progress.
Armory-Wide Calibration – Calibrate Kinetic, Energy, and Power weapons. Bonus progress against Champions.
Cold Lightning – In Gambit, defeat targets with Arc or Stasis effects. Bonus progress for defeating Guardians.
Trial by Firing Squad – Wind multiple rounds in the Trials of Osiris
Arc Vanguard – Defeat combatants with Arc Stasis effects in Vanguard playlists.
Destiny 2 Nightfall This Week October 18 2022 – October 24 2022
This week’s featured Nightfall will be the Fallen S.A.B.E.R. strike. Always a fun one especially when you’re spelunking through the interior of the AI Warmind, Rasputin. (Careful with the alternating electrical spikes.)
You can also take advantage of this week’s bonus to Vanguard Ranks.
Nightfall weapon this week
Additionally, this week’s Nightfall weapon is the Duty Bound Legendary Auto Rifle. A solid choice especially when you have the right Champion Mod equip for the job.
Destiny 2 Crucible Featured Game Mode October 18 2022
We are getting Clash back into the Crucible rotation this week. Death Match in its purest. Pile on the pressure for 10 straight minutes of back-and-forth PvP. Unless Lord Shaxx has seen enough and calls the match early after looking at the lopsided score. Destiny 2 is a fun game.
Update
Trials of Osiris
The no team version of Trials of Osiris is up for this weekend. Good luck, Guardians.
Destiny 2 Featured Raid and Dungeon October 18 2022 – October 24 2022
This week sees the Vault of Glass as the featured raid and the Shattered Throne as the featured Dungeon. The Vex will be your enemies within the Vault of Glass while the Fallen will make your ascent a nightmare within the Shattered Throne.
And as usual, completing these featured content will reward you with pinnacle gear.
Vault of Glass Raid Challenges
Wait for it… – Done during the Confluxes encounter, every yellow-bar Wyvern must be killed as they are sacrificing themselves to the confluxes
The Only Oracle for You – Done during the Oracles encounter, players cannot destroy the same oracle more than once.
Out of its Way – Done during the Templar encounter, players should do everything they can to prevent the Templar from teleporting.
Strangers in Time – Done during the Gatekeepers encounter, players must defeat the Praetorian and Wyvern at the same time.
Ensemble’s Refrain – Done during the Atheon encounter, each player teleported can only destroy one oracle in each spawn set.
Destiny 2 King’s Fall Challenge This Week October 18 2022
This week’s encounter is Hands Off. This challenge takes place during the Ornx encounter and it sees the raid team not being allowed to kill the same Ogre or Light Eater Knight throughout the encounter. So your team will have to rotate and coordinate kills. Good luck with that one.
Accomplish this and you and your raid team will be rewarded with an additional raid chest that contains Hallowed loot and some high-stat armor. And if you’ve been keeping track, you should have your Gilded King’s Slayer Seal.
Destiny 2 Lost Sector Today October 18 2022 – October 24 2022
- October 18 – Bunker E15 (Europa) – Exotic Chest Pieces
- Champions: Barrier, Overload
- Burn: Void
- Shields: Void
- October 19 – Perdition (Europa) – Exotic Helmets
- Champions: Barrier, Overload
- Burn: Arc
- Shields: Arc, Void
- October 20 – The Conflux (Nexus) – Exotic Leg Armor
- Champions: Barrier, Unstoppable
- Burn: Solar
- Shields: Void
- October 21 – K1 Crew Quarters (The Moon) – Exotic Gauntlets
- Champions: Barrier, Overload
- Burn: Arc
- Shields: Solar
- October 22 – K1 Logistics (The Moon) – Exotic Chest Pieces
- Champions: Barrier, Overload
- Burn: Void
- Shields: Arc, Solar
- October 23 – K1 Communion (The Moon) – Exotic Helmets
- Champions: Barrier, Overload
- Burn: Solar
- Shields: Solar, Void
- October 24 – Skydock IV (EDZ) – Exotic Leg Armor
- Champions: Barrier, Unstoppable
- Burn: Solar
- Shields: Void
Featured Potential rewards:
- Exotic Boots
- Hunter: Star-Eater Scales, Radiant Dance Machines
- Titan: The Path of Burning Steps
- Warlock: Rain of Fire, Secant Filaments, Boots of the Assembler
- Exotic Gauntlets
- Hunter: Caliban’s Hand, Renewal Grasps, Athrys’s Embrace
- Titan: Point-Contact Cannon Brace, Second Chance, Icefall Mantle, No Backup Plans
- Warlock: Necrotic Grip, Nothing Manacles
- Exotic Chest Pieces
- Hunter: Gryfalcon’s Hauberk, Omnioculus
- Titan: Hoarfrost-Z, Cuirass of the Falling Star
- Warlock: Mantle of Battle Harmony
- Exotic Helmets
- Hunter: Blight Ranger, Mask of Barkris
- Titan: Loreley Splendor, Precious Scars
- Warlock: Fall Sunstar, Dawn of Chorus
Do note that though they may be the featured Exotics, there is a chance you can still obtain other Exotics that are not in your collection. The featured set just means you have a higher chance of getting them, but it is never guaranteed.
Destiny 2 Dares of Eternity Rewards October 18 – October 24 2022
From the Destiny 2 30th Anniversary Pack activity, Dares of Eternity this week features returning weapons with updated power relevancies. This also includes the sought-after red border weapons that you can craft yourself.
The featured faction armor sets from the Destiny 2 base game:
- Anti-Extinction Suit
- Sovereign Suit
- Simulator Suit
The featured weapons from the Season of the Worthy and Arrivals:
- Enigma’s Draw Sidearm
- Dire Promise Hand Cannon
- True Prophecy Hand Cannon
- Timelines’ Vertex Fusion Rifle
- Honor’s Edge Sword
- Interference VI Grenade Launcher
- Distant Tumulus Sniper Rifle
- Arsenic Bite-4b Combat Bow
- Jian 7 Rifle Pulse Rifle
- Escape Velocity Submachine Gun
Destiny 2 Eververse Store Offers October 18 2022 – October 24 2022
Now that we’ve sorted through this week’s activities, let’s head over to Tess and see what has on offer in exchange for Bright Dust.
The Eververse Store for this week has:
- Lunar Roar Exotic Emote – 3250 Bright Dust
- Infected Seeker Exotic Ship – 2000 Bright Dust
- Strange Brew Exotic Multiplayer Emote – 4250 Bright Dust
- Brumeswept Night Exotic Vehicle – 2500 Bright Dust
- Manse Macabre Exotic Ship – 2000 Bright Dust (Brand New)
- Reanimated Entrance Legendary Transmat Effect – 450 Bright Dust
- Bat Wing Entrance Legendary Transmat Effect – 450 Bright Dust
- Basalt Toxic Legendary Shader – 300 Bright Dust
- No Escape Legendary Emote – 700 Bright Dust (Brand New)
- Shaded Titan Mask Legendary Mask Ornament – 1200 Bright Dust
- Prideglass (Fighting Lion) Exotic Weapon Ornament – 1250 Bright Dust
Destiny 2 is out now on PlayStation and Xbox consoles, as well as on PC (via Steam). Season 17, 18, and 19 season passes are available for purchase on all available platforms in exchange for 1,000 Silver or $9.99.
Check out this video from Youtuber xHOUNDISHx where he also talks about the upcoming week’s activities for the ninth week of Destiny 2 Season 18.
