Destiny 2‘s Ascendant Challenges are among several moving parts involving the Dreaming City’s intricate curse, which envelops the area in a three-week time loop.
The curse ranges from weak to strong to strongest, and each cycle brings a ton of treasure to hunt for—if you’re brave enough to dive into the Ascendant Plane in search of riches. Destiny 2 has six Ascendant Challenges that rotate every week. They’re a surefire source of Dreaming City gear, including reissued versions of Waking Vigil, Tigerspite, and Twilight Oath.
Finishing an Ascendant Challenge grants a piece of Legendary gear per character, but you can get your hands on an extra drop if you have Petra Venj’s weekly bounty. These weekly objectives are also a prime target for stacking bounties since you can have up to six weeklies in total—one for each Ascendant Challenge.
Here’s this week’s Ascendant Challenge and how to complete it in Destiny 2.
What is this week’s Ascendant Challenge in Destiny 2? (Oct. 7 to Oct. 14)
- Challenge: Agonarch Abyss
- Entrance: Bay of Drowned Wishes Lost Sector (Divalian Mists)
How to find and complete the Agonarch Abyss Ascendant Challenge in Destiny 2
Each Ascendant Challenge has a special entrance that you can only see using the Tincture of Queensfoil, available from Petra Venj or found in Dreaming City chests. It grants a 30-minute buff that allows you to see the secrets of the Dreaming City.
Consume Tincture of Queensfoil and head into the Bay of Drowned Wishes Lost Sector, right next to the landing zone. Do the lost sector as normal and clear the first area of enemies. Before the barrier leading to the boss room, there’s a Taken portal on the right.
In the Ascendant Plane, follow Toland all the way down to the arena. Kill two Taken Wizards while occasionally clearing blights, and you’ll complete the challenge.
How to get Dreaming City gear in Destiny 2
Dreaming City gear got another revamp with Season of the Wish, making those weapons even more relevant. While they’re not a part of the tier system introduced in The Edge of Fate, a gun like Waking Vigil with Voltshot can still perform well.
Blind Well continues to be a good source of reprised gear (though its new power delta makes it more of a slog than before). Petra offers weekly bounties for a piece of Legendary gear and an Offering to the Oracle that you can take to Mara Sov’s throne room on weeks when the curse is strongest. You can also find an Ahamkara Bone there if you’re hunting for Cursebreaker.
In addition, check out Petra’s bounties every day for a daily objective that awards gear, as seen in its tooltip. Finishing eight daily bounties and doing Petra’s weekly quest will yield Dreaming City gear if you purchase the objectives. Like Ascendant Challenges, these are on a weekly lockout per character. You can accomplish them more than once a week if you’re not on the same Guardian.
