‘Destiny’ Weekly Reset For May 16, Nice Rolls While Waiting For ‘Destiny 2’ Reveal

Guardians excited for the Destiny 2gameplay reveal Thursday might want to take a peek at the vendors in regular old Destiny for the week starting Tuesday, May 16. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners will have the chance to pick up perfectly rolled armor pieces along with “god roll” weapons.

The Destiny 2 gameplay reveal will take place Thursday, May 18 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT. This will be a live event held at the Jet Center in Hawthorne, CA and can be watched via Bungie’s official Twitch channel.

Weekly Featured Raid — Wrath of the Machine

Modifiers

• Heroic — Enemies appear in greater numbers and are more aggressive.
• Vosik Challenge
• Aksis Challenge

Rewards

• Raid Gear
• Unknown Rewards
• Age of Triumph Ornament

Nightfall Playlist — Winter’s Run

Ishtar Sink, Venus: As the Vex march to claim the Ishtar Sink, the Fallen House of Winter is raising a powerful Archon, stolen from the Prison of Elders in the Reef. Find the Archon before they fully restore his soul.

Modifiers

• Epic — Heavily shielded and highly aggressive enemies appear in great numbers.
• Specialist — Special Weapon damage is favored.
• Chaff — Player radar is disabled.
• Ironclad — More enemies have shields.
• Exposure — Guardian shields are increased but do not replenish.

Rewards

• Unknown Rewards
• Skeleton Key

Weekly SIVA Crisis Heroic Strikes

Modifiers

• Heroic — Enemies appear in greater numbers and are more aggressive.
• Solar Burn — Solar damage from any source is greatly increased.
• Specialist — Special Weapon damage is favored.
• Fresh Troops — Some enemy squads have been fortified with additional reinforcements.

Rewards

• Treasure of Ages (1x per week)
• Legendary Marks + 10 (3x per week)

Weekly Story Playlist — Dark Champions

Modifiers

• Heroic — Enemies appear in greater numbers and are more aggressive.
• Solar Burn — Solar damage from any source is greatly increased.
• Brawler — Guardian melee damage is greatly increased.

Rewards

• Treasure of Ages (1x per week)
• Legendary Marks + 20 (5x per week)

Featured Multiplayer Playlist — Mayhem Clash (6v6)

Rewards

• Treasure of Ages (1x per week)
• Legendary Marks + 10 (1x per week)

Challenge of Elders

Modifiers

• Catapult — Grenade recharge rate is greatly increased.
• Small Arms — Primary Weapon damage is favored.
• Melee Kill Bonus — Melee kills are worth more points.

Bounties

• Impressive Performance — Earn points in Challenge of the Elders.
• Fire Fighter — Use Solar abilities to kill enemies in Level 41 Prison of Elders or Challenge of the Elders.
• Riot Guard — Kill Champions in Level 41 Prison of Elders or Challenge of the Elders.

Court of Oryx (Guide) — Tier 3: Thalnok

This mini-Crota boss plays similar to the final Dark Below Raid encounter in Destiny, with a couple of twists. It will require teamwork, as well. Like Crota, the only way to kill Thalnok is to bring his shields down to force him to kneel while a player whacks him with a sword dropped by a Knight.

Notable Vendor Armor

Tier 12 is when a Guardian’s stats can be maxed at a total of 12 bars. For example, 5 Intellect bars, 5 Discipline bars, and 2 Strength bars and similar permutations or an even 4/4/4 split across all three.

Commander Zavala (Titan Vanguard)

• Mangonel Type 2 Gauntlets — 100 percent T12 (Intellect / Strength)

Ikora Rey (Warlock Vanguard)

• Temporis Floe IV — 98 percent T12 (Intellect / Strength)

Lord Shaxx (Crucible Handler)

• Crucible Shell — 98 percent T12 (Intellect / Discipline)

Lakshmi-2 (Future War Cult)

• Eon Tracer Bond Warlock Bond — 98 percent T12 (Intellect / Discipline)
• Eon Tracer Boots Warlock Boots — 98 percent T12 (Intellect / Discipline)

Arach Jalaal (Dead Orbit)

• Endling Vest Hunter Chest Armor – 100 percent T12 (Intellect / Strength)

The Speaker

• Sunsinger’s Bond — 100 percent T12 (Intellect / Discipline)
• Defender’s Mark — 100 percent T12 (Discipline / Strength)

Variks (House of Judgement)

• Devil’s Mark Titan Mark — 100 percent T12 (Discipline / Strength)
• Kell’s Mark Titan Mark — 98 percent T12 (Discipline / Strength)

Notable Vendor Weapons

Vanguard Quartermaster

• Angel’s Advocate Scout Rifle — Outlaw/Who’s Next, Hammer Forged/Perfect Balance, Reactive Reload
• Seventh Sense Sniper Rifle — Quick Draw/Casket Mag, Grenadier/Mulligan, Hidden Hand
• Bonekruscher Machine Gun — Feeding Frenzy/Spray and Play, Crowd Control, Hand-laid Stock/Rifled Barrel

Crucible Quartermaster

• Event Horizon Sniper Rifle — Quickdraw/Snapshot, Army of One/Life Support, Hidden Hand
• 44 Curtain Call Shotgun — Full Auto, Close and/or Personal/Battle Runner, Flared Magwell/Rifled Barrel

Imperator Hideo (New Monarchy)

• Deposition VII Sniper Rifle — Triple Tap/Hammer Forged, Hidden Hand, Explosive Rounds/Snapshot
• Bad Counsel IV Shotgun — Full Auto, Close and/or Personal/Smallbore, Snapshot/Extended Mag

Lakshmi-2 (Future War Cult)

• The Wail Hand Cannon — Luck in the Chamber, Third Eye/Smallbore, Explosive Rounds/Lightweight
• The Wormwood Sidearm — Hidden Hand, Relentless Tracker/Fitted Stock, High Caliber Rounds/Lightweight

Arach Jalaal (Dead Orbit)

• Last-Ditch 001 Shotgun — Full Auto, Kneepads/Perfect Balance, Lightweight/Hand Loaded

Shaxx Crucible Weekly Bounties

Commander Zavala Weekly Elite Bounties

Shiro-4 Weekly Bounties

Tyra Karn’s Artifacts

Petra Weekly Bounties

[Featured Image by Bungie/Activision]