Destiny 2's Season of the Deep has released its fifth set of Seasonal Challenges. Each week, a set of time-limited Triumphs are released that grant large sums of XP and Bright Dust when completed. If you're looking to complete your Season Pass quickly, you'll want to focus on completing these Seasonal Challenges.
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This week's challenges ask you to acquire this season's ritual weapon, complete Iron Banner matches, and defeat targets with certain weapon archetypes. We'll showcase all eight challenges tied to this week, their rewards, and the best strategies for completing each challenge as quickly as possible.
Into the Depths V: Complete the week 5 "Into the Depths" mission.
The fifth week of "Into the Depths" is the penultimate portion of this seasonal quest chain. Complete any listed "Into the Depths" objectives until you've finished this Seasonal Challenge. This week requires you to complete a Lost Sector and speak to a few NPCs at the H.E.L.M.
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Front Line Salvager V: Complete 8 bounties from the Sonar Station in the H.E.L.M. Additionally, defeat powerful combatants anywhere in the system.
The H.E.L.M.'s Sonar Station vendor sells a suite of bounties themed around Season of the Deep content. This challenge requires you to complete 8 bounties from this vendor and defeat 25 powerful combatants. The combatant objective can be done in any activity, but we recommend farming Salvage or Deep Dive first while working on your eight bounties.
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Heavy Salvager: Defeat combatants with Power weapons in Salvage activities.
This is arguably the easiest challenge available this week. Heavy Salvager requires you to defeat 50 enemies with Power weapons while in the Salvage activity. Machine Guns work best here. Some good options include Thunderlord, Grand Overture, and any Legendary Machine Gun you own.
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Prepared For War: Defeat targets with Hand Cannons or Pulse Rifles. Defeated Guardians or combatants defeated in Salvage or Deep Dive activities grant additional progress.
Defeat 100 enemies with Hand Cannons or Pulse Rifles to complete this challenge. Enemies found in Season of the Deep activities or PvP grant twice as much progress, so we recommend you farm Salvage to get this done quickly. As for weapons, you can't go wrong with Sunshot, Ace of Spades, Graviton Lance, or Revision Zero.
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Battle Rhythm: Defeat targets anywhere in the system while using Auto Rifles, Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles, Glaives, or Linear Fusion Rifles. Bonus progress is granted for defeating Guardians.
Battle Rhythm requires you to defeat 150 targets with Auto Rifles, Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles, Glaives, or Linear Fusion Rifles. We find Glaives and certain Auto Rifles to work the best here. Quicksilver Storm, Centrifuse, and Age-Old Bond are some great Auto Rifles you can use to get this done quickly. As for Glaives, anything will work. Use your melee attack to get some easy kills.
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Gotta Win Them All: Complete activities in Vanguard, Gambit, or Crucible playlists. Bonus progress is granted for completing Vanguard playlist activities at Hero difficulty or higher, or for winning Gambit or Crucible matches.
This challenge requires you to complete 15 ritual activities, including Vanguard playlists, Crucible, and Gambit. Nightfalls grant bonus progress and is what we recommend for most. Farm Hero-tier Nightfalls if you're attempting this solo, as Hero difficulty still has matchmaking enabled with minimal Champions. If you have a group to run Nightfalls with, consider Master or GM difficulty for greater rewards.
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Iron Sharpens Iron: Complete Iron Banner matches. Earn bonus progress for wins.
As with previous seasons, Iron Sharpens Iron requires you to complete 15 Iron Banner matches during Season of the Deep. Wins will count as two matches played. Pulse Rifles are incredibly strong in PvP currently, notably Graviton Lance. If you're looking to win, you can't go wrong with a good Exotic Pulse Rifle.
Bear in mind that Iron Banner is a time-limited event that occurs three times per season. If you've never played Iron Banner before, check out our Iron Banner guide for in-depth information on ranking up, daily challenges, and more.
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Flood Tide: Acquire Last RIte.
This challenge is retroactive.
Last Rite is this season's ritual weapon, obtained by reaching rank 16 with Commander Zavala, Lord Shaxx, or the Drifter. Once you've hit max rank in any of these activities, speak with that vendor in the Tower to claim your weapon.
The weapon itself is all you need to earn for this week's challenge, but future weeks will ask you to acquire this gun's various ornaments, obtained by resetting your rank and reaching rank 16 once again. If you're interested in completing these challenges early, check out our vendor reputation guides below:
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