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Destiny 2’sSeason of the Witch has reached its third week, unlocking a new set of quest objectives and Minor Arcana cards for players to find. This third week also brought with it nine new Seasonal Challenges, many of which provide massive bundles of XP and Bright Dust when completed.
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This week’s challenges are fairly straightforward, requiring players to defeat Champions, complete Iron Banner matches, and defeat combatants in Season of the Witch activities. This guide will showcase how to complete all nine challenges this week along with their respective rewards. Here is every week three Seasonal Challenge in Destiny 2’s Season of the Witch.
Acolyte’s Ascent III:Complete Week 3 of “The Bladed Path” quest.
Reward
Acolyte’s Ascent is a series of Seasonal Challenges that revolve around Season of the Witch’s main questline.You’ll need to complete the third set of “The Bladed Path” quest objectives to finish this challenge.Visit the H.E.L.M.,complete a run of Savathun’s Spire, and then complete the unique Altars of Summoning mission to receive credit.
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Athamethodology
Athamethodology:Complete Savathun’s Spire or Altars of Summoning encounters with Season of the Witch weapons equipped. Earn bonus progress for each seasonal weapon equipped.
This challenge requires you tocomplete 18 encounters in Savathun’s Spire or Altars of Summoning with a Season of the Witch weapon equipped.Equipping multiple weapons will grant bonus progress, so we highly recommend using a full set of weapons before attempting this challenge.
Compatible weapons for this challenge include:
We recommend usingKept Confidence, The Eremite, and Eleatic Principlein the same loadout to quickly finish this challenge. Use Eleatic Principle to clear adds and majors, then swap to Kept Confidence when you run out of ammo.
Kinesic Spellcraft
Kinesic Spellcraft:Defeat challenging combatants, and land melee or ability final blows in Savathun’s Spire.
This Seasonal Challenge requires you todefeat 50 majors and land 100 ability kills in Savathun’s Spire.Quite a few orange bars spawn within this activity, so getting this challenge done should only take a couple of runs. Bring an ability-focused build like aSunbracers WarlockorArcstrider Hunterfor the second objective.
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Doom And Bloom
Doom and Bloom:Defeat targets with Fusion Rifles or Grenade Launchers. Earn bonus progress by defeating Guardians or defeating combatants in Season of the Witch activities.
Defeat 200 enemies with Fusion Rifles or Grenade Launchersto finish this challenge. You’ll receive double progress from Season of the Witch combatants, so we recommend youfarm Altars of Summoningto get this done. Any encounter difficulty works.
As for weapons, you can’t go wrong withWave-Frame Grenade Launchers.Forbearance is arguably the strongest add-clearing Special weapon in the game, followed by Harsh Language. If you don’t have either weapon, you can pick up Salvager’s Salvo from the Exotic Kiosk in the Tower. It’s an older ritual GL with Chain Reaction in the second column, making it the perfect add clear weapon.
Commendation Appreciation
Commendation Appreciation:Earn progress for giving commendations in Vanguard, Crucible, and Gambit activities.
Rewards
Commendation Appreciation is a fairly straightforward challenge. You’ll need tocommend ten Guardians within any ritual playlist—Vanguard Ops, Gambit, or any non-Competitive Crucible playlist. We recommend commending Guardians in either Gambit or the Crucible, as there are more commendation medals you receive in these playlists.
Neptune Activities
Neptune Activities:In Neomuna, complete bounties, patrols, public events, and Lost Sectors.
As with any destination challenge, Neptune Activities requires you tocomplete activities on Neomuna.Lost Sectors, public events, and bounties sold by Nimbus all count, althoughNeomuna’s unique activities like Vex Incursions donotgive any challenge progress.
We recommend picking up some bounties from Nimbus and farming your favorite Lost Sector. The Thrilladrome is a great spot for landing rapid final blows with weapons.
Ritual Violence:Rapidly defeat targets in Season of the Witch activities.
The in-game description for this challenge is incorrect.Ritual Violence asks you toland multikills in ritual playlists, including Vanguard Ops, Crucible matches, and Gambit. You can finish this challenge with 25 double kills. We recommend farming Vanguard Ops for this challenge. Bring a decent add clear weapon, and you should finish this within a couple of minutes.
Iron Sharpens Iron
Iron Sharpens Iron:Complete Iron Banner matches. Earn bonus progress for wins.
Iron Banner appears three times each season. Try to finish this challenge whenever it’s active.
Iron Sharpens Iron requires15 Iron Banner match completions, with wins counting as two matches played. It’s best to focus on completing the matches themselves, using Iron Banner-themed weapons and armor to gain bonus reputation with Lord Saladin. For information and tips on how Iron Banner works, check out ourIron Banner guide.
Ultimate Champion
Ultimate Champion:Defeat Champions in any Nightfall strike on Hero difficulty or higher. Earn bonus progress at higher difficulty tiers.
Ultimate Champion tracks how many Champions you’ve slain in Nightfalls.Completing this challenge requires 60 Champion killson Hero difficulty or higher, with higher difficulties granting additional progress. We recommend farming onLegend or Masterdifficulty, as these difficulties feature additional Champions and better match rewards.
If you’re willing to wait until Grandmaster Nightfalls open, then we recommend farming GMs with a coordinated group instead. GM Nightfalls offer the best rewards out of any difficulty variant and spawn dozens of Champions per run. It should only take two GM runs to complete this challenge, and you’ll get a handful of Masterwork materials and Adept guns for your trouble.
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