‘Destiny’ Weekly Reset For Jan. 3, Farewell To The Dawning

The Dawning Event has ended in Destiny with the Weekly Reset of Tuesday, January 3. Strike Scoring and Commander Zavala’s new bounties still hang around while Sparrow Racing is now a private event. Another change has arrived at the Tower as well to opened up a previously closed off area to PS4 and Xbox One players.

While the Nightfall and Heroic Strikes provide a double dose of Airborne damage this week, there is a slight change to the Tower. The doors that used to open only for Iron Banner events are now open permanently. This is a welcome change for Guardians seeking to awaken one of the Ghosts.

The selection of Tyra Karn’s Artifacts is uniquely poor this week. All three items on sale have poor stat rolls. Guardians seeking coveted T12 items should go visit the Speaker in the Tower instead. He is selling the Sunbreaker’s Mark and Bladedancer’s Cloak Class Items. Both have perfect 100 percent rolls.

Nightfall — The Shadow Thief

Ocean of Storms, Moon: The Devil Splicers made Taniks Perfected. He’s back in his old Wolfship near the Moon. Board it and eliminate the threat he poses.

Modifiers

• Epic — Heavily shielded and highly aggressive enemies appear in great numbers.
• Specialist — Special Weapon damage is favored.
• Chaff — Player radar is disabled.
• Match Game — Enemy shields are resistant to all unmatched Elemental Damage.
• Airborne — Players deal more damage while in the air.

Weekly SIVA Crisis Heroic Strikes

Modifiers

• Heroic — Enemies appear in greater numbers and are more aggressive.
• Exposure — Guardian shields are increased but do not replenish.
• Airborne — Players deal more damage while in the air.
• Catapult — Grenade recharge rate is greatly increased.

Wrath of the Machine Challenge Mode — Aksis

The second of the two Wrath of the Machine Raid challenges. For this challenge, at least one player on the Fireteam will need to supercharge and stun Aksis on each teleport. This is on every teleport, not just once per phase. Designating three players to handle this duty is the simplest solution, and they need to stand on plates located on the right, left, and back middle of the arena to do so. This leaves all three teleport locations covered when Aksis teleports to them.

Rewards include the SIVA Ornament and Exotic Engram on Hard mode difficulty. Meanwhile, 385 Light gear for Normal mode or 400 Light gear for Hard mode is also available, along with a Vosik’s Venom Emblem.

Challenge of Elders

Modifiers

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

Bounties

• Light Show — With your Fireteam, generate Orbs of Light in Level 41 Prison of Elders or Challenge of the Elders.
• Fire Fighter — Use Solar abilities to kill enemies in Level 41 Prison of Elders or Challenge of the Elders.
• Kill Them Back — Kill enemies in Level 41 Prison of Elders or Challenge of the Elders.

King’s Fall Raid Challenge Mode — Golgoroth

The challenge mode twist for Gologorth requires that all six players in the fireteam must hold his gaze at least once in the same phase. This means all six players must hold the gaze in succession without receiving the “You’ve failed to capture the gaze” message before passing it around the entire fireteam.

The rewards for Normal mode are a guaranteed 310 armor piece (excludes helmet) and a Calcified Fragment. The Hard mode loot is the same as normal, plus a 330 armor piece (excludes helmet), a 330 Artifact, and an Emblem. The regular Golgoroth loot rewards are also a possibility.

Court of Oryx (Guide) – Tier 3: Kagoor

This is one of the more challenging boss fights in Court of Oryx simply because there’s a lot going on between dealing with multiple minions, including Ogres, and attempting to gain buffs.

Kagoor is immune to damage until the Servite Ogre is defeated. This Ogre has loads of health and other Ogres to help it, along with Devoured Shadows and Maleficent Eyes. Destroying the Eyes gives a buff called Ogre’s Fury that stacks up to three times and increases the damage done to Ogres.

Players will need to use the rocks and pillars to avoid the Servite Ogre’s attacks and bring it down. Once the Servite is dead, attack Kagoor quickly with heavy weapons and super abilities to destroy the Wizard.

Weekly Crucible Playlists

• Inferno Supremacy
• Salvage

Shaxx Crucible Weekly Bounties

Commander Zavala Weekly Elite Bounties

Shiro-4 Weekly Bounties

Tyra Karn’s Artifacts

Petra Weekly Bounties

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