New Activities, Challenges, and Rewards

Updated August 29, 2025: Another week has come for Destiny 2, which means missions, challenges, and rewards have been reset. With Destiny 2‘s Ash & Iron update just a few weeks away, there appears to be plenty of new changes on the horizon. Bungie has already started sharing some of the major tweaks happening to Destiny 2 in September, though not everything has seemingly gone to plan.

Recently, Bungie announced major changes to Portal, though most fans seem fairly upset and frustrated over many of them. Specifically, Bungie announced a nerf to Solo Ops since it has seen more activity from players than the studio wanted, overshadowing the other available options. Much of the frustration surrounds the fact that Solo Ops rewards will be reduced by 1 power, making this quick and reliable method of farming much less appealing now. Backlash to the planned changes has already forced Bungie to make a change to how Prime Engrams are decrypted, so fans are hopeful that more adjustments are coming.

In the meantime, the Destiny 2 weekly reset has also returned, bringing with it the usual refreshed content, activities, and rewards for players to chase over the next week. For a complete look at all the new content available for the week of August 26, including Portal updates, activity rotations, and weekly challenges, here is everything players need to know.

The Portal Updates

Nightfall Strikes in The Edge of Fate are now on a daily rotation, including all strikes and Battlegrounds. Legacy rewards are on a knockout list, so players can take on Fireteam, Solo, and Pinnacle ops via the Portal to earn gear they don’t yet have on completion. Grandmaster matchmaking is available in the Portal as of August 5.

Players can also find Nightfall weapons with the weekend merchant Xur on occasion as well. Make sure to check our weekly guide to see what Xur has on Friday at reset.

Season: Reclamation Weekly Challenges (Week 7)

• Ultimate Champion – Defeat 120 Champions on Fabled difficulty or higher. Bonus progress at higher difficulty tiers.
• Calibrate Close Range – Calibrate close-range weapons: Sidearms, Submachine Guns, Shotguns, Glaives, and Swords. Bonus progress for defeating Guardians.
• Popping Off – Break 150 target shields with matching damage in Portal activities.
• Sol’s Fire – Defeat 50 Guardians with Solar damage in the Crucible.

Ritual Activities: Crucible and Gambit

Crucible Modes: Lockdown, Momentum Control, Rumble

Legacy Activities and Challenges

Europa

• Exo Challenge: Simulation: Survival
• Eclipsed Zone: Eventide Ruins
• Empire Hunt: Kridis, The Dark Priestess

Neomuna

• Incursion Zone: Zephyr Concourse
• Campaign Mission: First Contact
• Partition: Backdoor

Throne World

• Weekly Story Mission: The Cunning
• Altars of Reflection: Weekly activity that players can take on through specifically marked icons within the Throne World. These missions typically involve light puzzle solving as well as battling enemy combatants.

The Moon

• Trove Guardian Location: Archer’s Line
• Wandering Nightmare: Nightmare of Xortal, Sworn of Crota (Sorrow’s Harbor)
• Campaign: Beyond

Nightmare Rotation:

• Ghaul (Rage)
• Phogoth (Fear)
• Zydron (Servitude)
• Taniks (Isolation)

Dreaming City

• The Dreaming City Curse Level: Low – The Broken Courier
• Petra Venj Location: The Strand
• The Blind Well: Scorn enemies – Plagues: Sikariis and Varkuuriis
• Ascendant Challenge: Agonarch Abyss (Bay of Drowned Wishes)

Dares of Eternity Rotation

• Round 1: Cabal
• Round 2: Taken
• Final Round: Crota

Xur Details

Xur, the exotic merchant of Destiny 2, arrives every weekend until reset, giving players a short window to check out what he has in stock. With The Edge of Fate update, Xur has seen a rework of what is on offer. Here’s what the merchant has for the weekend of 8/29:

• Sanguine Alchemy (Warlock chest armor)
• Ballidorse Wrathweavers (Warlock gauntlets)
• Speedloader Slacks (Hunter leg armor)
• Gemini Jester (Hunter leg armor)
• Stronghold (Titan gauntlets)
• Pyrogale Gauntlets (Titan gauntlets)
• Cerberus+1 (Auto Rifle)
• Skyburner’s Oath (Scout Rifle)
• Black Talon (Heavy Sword)
• Hawkmoon (Hand Cannon)
• Sturm Catalyst
• Lord of Wolves Catalyst
• Essentialism/Stoicism/Solipsism OR Exotic Cipher
• Exotic Engram
• Ascendant Shard
• Glimmer
• Enhancement Core
• Raid Banner (7 for 11 Strange Coins)
• Favor of the Nine
• Strange Gift (Random Item for 1 Strange Coin)
• Belisarius-D (Kinetic Pulse Rifle)
• True Prophecy (Kinetic Hand Cannon)
• Silicon Neuroma (Kinetic Sniper Rifle)
• Outlast (Energy Pulse Rifle)
• Brya’s Love (Energy Scout Rifle)
• PLUG One.1 (Energy Fusion Rifle)
• Eleatic Principle (Heavy Machine Gun)
• THE SWARM (Heavy Machine Gun)
• BreyTech Osprey (Heavy Rocket Launcher)
• Crown-Splitter/Quickfang/Eternity’s Edge (Heavy Sword)
• Strange Weapon Engram (7 Strange Coins)

Make sure to check back every Friday for a comprehensive breakdown of all the new exotic gear and rolls that Xur brings to Destiny 2.

Trials of Osiris Map and Weekly Adept Weapon

Saint-14 and the Trails of Osiris offer players a high-end PvP activity in exchange for powerful rewards. Starting with Episode Heresy, Bungie made getting to the Lighthouse easier, while still offering rewards for those who can achieve a winning streak.

Trials of Osiris for August 29, 2025:

• Map: Endless Vale
• Armor Set: Twofold Crown
• Available Weapons:
  • Auric Disabler: Precision Frame Auto Rifle
  • Aureus Neutralizer: Spread Shot Hand Cannon
  • Aisha’s Embrace: Rapid-Fire Frame Scout Rifle
  • Forgiveness: Aggressive Frame Sidearm
  • Unwavering Duty: Adaptive Machine Gun