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  • Dominant Challenge Prerequisites
  • Ascendant Claiming Week 1: Ouroborea
  • Ascendant Claiming Calendar week 2: Forfeit Shrine
  • Ascendant Challenge Week 3: Shattered Ruins
  • Dominant Challenge Week 4: Keep Of Honed Edges
  • Ascendant Challenge Calendar week 5: Agonarch Abyss
  • Ascendant Challenge Week 6: Cimmerian Garrison

The Dreaming City is one of the most feature-rich destinations in Destiny ii. A three-week cycle controls this destination's cloak-and-dagger chests, Blind Well enemies, and current Ascendant Challenge.

Dominant Challenges are particularly unique considering there are six challenges in full. Completing these challenges can grant random Dreaming City gear and the Starlight Shell, a Ghost Beat out needed for the Cursebreaker title. Whether you're chasing boodle or titles, these challenges are worth experiencing for yourself. Allow'due south go over what you'll need to attempt these challenges, where all half-dozen are located, and how to complete every Ascendant Claiming present on the Dreaming City.

Updated Baronial 7th, 2021, past Charles Burgar: Completing Dominant Challenges has become worthwhile with the return of random-rolled Dreaming City gear. For those looking to obtain a perfect Dreaming Urban center weapon, y'all'll want to complete at least one Dominant Challenge each week. Nosotros've updated this guide with clearer data on each Dominant Challenge. Tips accept also been added to well-nigh challenges to make Ascendant Knights and challenge bosses much easier to deal with.

Ascendant Challenge Prerequisites

Destiny 2 Dreaming City Gear
via Bungie

Before yous attempt any Dominant Claiming, you'll demand:

  • A Tincture of Queensfoil
  • Know the location of the Ascendant Challenge
  • Petra'due south weekly Ascendant Challenge bounty
    • This is optional, only it gives you lot boosted loot for something you'll exist doing anyway.

A Tincture of Queensfoil is a consumable item that grants the "Ascendance" vitrify for 30 minutes, allowing you lot to enter these weekly Dominant Challenges. Yous can notice Tinctures from activities and chests scattered throughout the Dreaming City. Tinctures can as well be purchased from Huginn, an Ahamkara skull inside Harbinger'due south Seclude.

If you plan to complete the challenges each week, information technology'southward a good thought to visit Petra Venj. She sells a weekly bounty that asks you to complete an Ascendant Challenge, granting Dreaming City gear if completed.

Note: You get one life in every Ascendant Claiming. If you dice, yous'll respawn at the portal to the challenge. The portal will open up later a few seconds, assuasive y'all to try the challenge once more. Dominant Challenges are listed in order of release, not curse strength.

Ascendant Challenge Calendar week 1: Ouroborea

Destiny 2 Aphelion's Rest Boss Room
Location Aphelion's Rest Lost Sector
Challenge Destroy Taken Blights to expose crystals
Curse Strength Strongest

You can discover this challenge in the Aphelion'southward Residue Lost Sector, located in The Strand. The portal will be floating above a ramp towards the terminal boss arena.

Completing this claiming is a 2-footstep process:

  1. Destroy four Taken Blights, located in each corner of the arena.
  2. Destroy every crystal in the eye of the arena.

You'll spawn at the eye of the arena, sandwiched between multiple Ascendant Knights. These enemies are adequately tough so keep your altitude. In that location are four Taken Blights you must destroy, one for each corner of the loonshit. Rotate clockwise around the arena, destroying each Blight you come up across. Enemies volition spawn when y'all get nigh a Blight, although yous can easily avoid them. A single Anarchy commodities is enough to destroy a Blight.

When all four Blights are destroyed, a bulletin stating "An opportunity" will appear. Every crystal will now be vulnerable to damage. Destroy the crystals at the center of the loonshit to complete the claiming. Exist careful, as the Ascendant Knights volition begin to charge you during this part. Altitude yourself from the Knights as much equally possible.

Dominant Claiming Week ii: Forfeit Shrine

Destiny 2 Dreaming City Garden
Location Gardens of Esila
Claiming Deposit orbs, then kill Dominant Knights
Expletive Strength Weak

This calendar week's challenge is located at the Garden of Esila, the southern-almost department of The Strand. The portal can be found on the southeast corner of the zone, merely afterwards the first group of Hive Acolytes.

Completing this claiming will require the following:

  1. Eolith three orbs to the center of the arena.
  2. Kill the Ascendant Knights.

Each orb can be found in the outskirts of the area. They'll be a UI indicator for where the orbs are, so they should be fairly easy to detect. Grab the orb and escort information technology to the eye to douse them. Y'all can melee with these orbs to build some momentum.

After you lot deposit three orbs, a puddle of Lite will spawn beneath you. This pool volition give you lot infinite Super energy. Y'all'll exist rushed from all angles by Ascendant Knights. Utilise your newfound power to turn these enemies into dust. Kill all of the Knights to finish the claiming.

If you're struggling to kill the Knights, consider the post-obit Supers:

  • Hunter: Golden Gun and Shadowshot are not bad for this claiming. Spam Gold Gun shots, or tether all of the Knights together to clear them out quickly.
  • Warlock: Chaos Reach is fantastic for killing the Knights.
  • Titan: Thundercrash works all-time for this, even without Cuirass of the Shooting star.

Ascendant Claiming Week 3: Shattered Ruins

Destiny 2 Spine of Keres Shore
Location Spine of Keres
Claiming Climb a tower, then impale a boss.
Curse Strength Growing

One time you reach the Spine of Keres, head towards the shore. You'll see a portal floating along the path.

This challenge is quite straightforward:

  1. Ascend a tower
  2. Kill the dominate

The belfry is littered with traps and levitating platforms yous'll demand to hop between. Completing this platforming department shouldn't take more a few minutes, but feel costless to have information technology dull. At the apex of the tower is a Cabal Phalanx. Exist careful not to become hit by the Phalanx's shield, equally it can easily launch yous to the bottom of the tower. Kill the boss to finish the challenge.

Ascendant Challenge Week 4: Go on Of Honed Edges

Destiny 2 Harbinger's Seclude 1 Area
Location Straw'due south Seclude
Claiming Use a Hive Sword to kill two Dominant Knights
Expletive Force Strongest

Travel to the northern stop of Harbinger's Seclude. You'll enter a spacious room with an Awoken statue at the northern tip of the room. Apply a Tincture of Queensfoil to reveal a hidden path beside the statue. Follow the path to enter the portal.

You but take one objective here:

  1. Kill two Ascendant Knights with a Hive Sword.

Make your way to the arena by jumping across rock platforms. The centre of the arena volition have a Hive Sword protected by numerous Hive. They'll be two Knights near the Sword that are impervious to damage. Kill every other Hive in the expanse to use the Sword.

Y'all'll have x minutes to kill both Knights with the Sword. Utilise heavy attacks and the Sword'due south Super attack to output every bit much impairment equally possible. When both Knights are defeated, follow the Toland wisp outside the arena to reach the chest. You'll take multiple Taken enemies try to kill yous during this part. Feel gratuitous to drop the Sword to shoot them from a distance.

Ascendant Claiming Week 5: Agonarch Abyss

Destiny 2 Bay Of Drowned Wishes
Location Bay of Drowned Wishes Lost Sector
Challenge Impale two Taken Wizards
Expletive Calendar week Weak

From the Divalian Mists, turn around and meet the Bay of Drowned Wishes Lost Sector. The portal is just before the archway to the boss loonshit.

Calendar week 5'due south challenge is straightforward:

  1. Follow Toland's wisp through a platforming section.
  2. Defeat a pair of Taken Wizards.

Toland will guide yous through a long platforming section. Run to his orb to reveal the next platform. Follow Toland until you reach the arena at the very bottom. Alternatively, you can utilize your movement abilities and Super to make your way to the arena.

One time you reach the bottom, run to Toland'due south orb to spawn the final dominate. Y'all'll need to impale 2 Taken Wizards while avoiding Taken Blights and Thrall. These Wizards are fairly weak, so this shouldn't be a difficult run across. Bring a Sword if you want to kill the Wizards quickly. The challenge ends once both Wizards are slain.

Ascendant Challenge Week 6: Cimmerian Garrison

Destiny 2 Chamber of Starlight 2 Start
Location Chamber of Starlight Lost Sector
Claiming Impale an Ascendant Knight
Expletive Strength Growing

The Bedroom of Starlight is located at the southern finish of Rheasilvia. You'll discover the portal directly behind the Lost Sector breast.

In essence, this challenge is a gauntlet. You'll need to:

  1. Push through a myriad of enemies and traps.
  2. Defeat an Dominant Knight dominate.

Reaching the boss is a long ordeal, filled with traps that can push you off the map. Hobgoblins and Shriekers dot the path to the boss. If you desire to play it prophylactic, stay back and kill these enemies before y'all go on onward.

As for the final fight, you lot'll exist facing off against an Ascendant Knight in a cramped loonshit. A Shrieker volition spew projectiles at yous during this function, then it'southward recommended that you lot kill it first earlier facing the boss. Every fourth dimension the boss loses 25% of its total health, it'll vanish for a few seconds and spawn Taken Thrall. The Knight volition become enraged when it loses 75% of its wellness, denoted past the loss of its helmet. Burst the Knight down equally fast as you can to complete the claiming. The Complaining, Anarchy, Deathbringer, and most Rocket Launchers should take the Knight downwardly speedily.

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