This week’s Destiny 2 reset (August 5) brings the Solstice of Heroes event, new weapons, a refreshed weekly mission rotation, event-related modifiers, and additional updates impacting raid and Trials activities.

Solstice of Heroes Event Details

• Solstice event begins August 5 and lasts for two weeks.

• Introduces new weapons and a Forge armor set with set bonuses (2-piece and 4-piece effects).

• No Bonfire Bash this year; instead, new modifiers are added to portal activities (e.g., Hot Potato, Fired Up, Class Healing, Igniter).

• Solstice Scorched playlist added to Crucible, featuring heavy use of the Scorch Cannon.

• Event home offers direct weapon/engram purchases up to tier 4 for high-rank Guardians.

• Event rewards include a unique emblem, ghost shell, and holofoil weapons.

Weekly Activities and Content Refresh

• Weekly missions reset on Kepler, offering high-tier (tier 4 or 5) gear on first clear, recommended on Mythic difficulty.

• Grandmaster Fireteam matchmaking enabled for portal activities.

• Ascendant Challenge this week is the Forfeit Shrine in the Garden of Icyllus.

Weekly Challenges Overview

• Mod Collector: unlock Artifact mods.

• Fallen Destroyer: defeat Fallen in Portal activities, bonus for ability final blows.

• Stasis Armaments: defeat targets with Stasis weapon final blows, bonus for power weapons.

• In the Zone: capture Crucible zones, bonus for highest match score.

• Boss Battle: defeat bosses in Strikes/Vanguard, bonus for Advanced difficulty or higher.

• Precision Calibration: land precision final blows with markman weapons, bonus against Guardians.

Weapons and Rewards

• Featured new weapon: Festival Flight (area denial frame grenade launcher with strand damage).

• Returning and new weapons: Fortunate Star (void bow), Year Tide Apex (solar SMG).

• Direct purchases and weapon rolls available depending on Guardian rank.

Trials and Other Rotations

• Trials returns on Friday; no featured weapon for the first six weeks, all weapons obtainable through play.

• Featured weapons return September 9 after Ash and Iron drops; two additional weapons added to the loot pool.

• High-tier gear in Trials is tied to power level, not performance.

• World activities (raids, dungeons, exotic missions) can still be farmed, though not in featured rotations.

Game Updates and Patch Notes

• Bungie releasing a patch addressing raid power deltas and other items.

• Awaiting details and commentary on power climb and community feedback.

Action Items

• August 5 – All players: Participate in Solstice event for new rewards and activities.

• TBD – Houndish: Share patch notes and updates once released by Bungie.

Destiny 2 Weekly Reset and Solstice Event

What's up guys, Houndish here, and today we're jumping in with the weekly reset for Destiny 2 coming up on the 5th of August. So as we head into, what is it, the fourth week since Edge of Fate dropped, we go from the Arms Week event being active into Solstice of Heroes for the year. So Solstice is going to have some new weapons, which will be nice, as well as a Solstice Forge set that gets set bonuses.

Otherwise, there'll be a bunch of cosmetic stuff and a grind for power and higher tier loot. So we'll talk about that. As always, there'll additionally be some stuff that resets on Kepler, and we'll get new weekly challenges. Plus Bungie have another game update, this time addressing things like the power deltas in the raid. I'm not sure if we'll get any additional commentary regarding the power climb and feedback from the community on that front, but I guess we'll find out.

So Right here we'll break down everything we can about Weekly Reset. If you find the video helpful, a rating really does help me on the channel. But now, let's get into it.

And initially for Kepler content, last week we got a surprise side quest, which was disabled from the initial launch. But otherwise, in terms of what we can expect, we will get the refresh for the weekly mission content. And of course, on a first clear, these can potentially drop tier 4 or 5 gear depending on your current power level. So one of the earlier high tier drop sources, I suppose, on Kepler. Worth running those missions on Mythic difficulty.

And otherwise, we have our weekly challenges. So firstly, there is Mod Collector to unlock Artifact mods. There's also Fallen Destroyer to defeat Fallen Combatants in Portal activities. And we get bonus progress by dealing Ability Final Blows.

This week, we don't have any objectives to collect the Data Pads. I guess we've finished them all at this point. Otherwise though, there is Stasis Armaments to defeat targets in portal activities with Stasis weapon final blows. And there we get bonus progress by using Stasis Power Weapons. Otherwise, there is In the Zone to capture zones in any Crucible playlist and we get bonus progress for obtaining the highest score in a match.

Then there is Boss Battle to defeat bosses in Strikes or Vanguard playlists and we get bonus progress granted for defeating bosses on Advanced difficulty or higher. And finally, precision calibration to calibrate marksman weapons like scouts, snipers, linear fusion rifles by landing precision final blows, and again bonus progress against guardians on that one. If you plan on jumping into the desert perpetual this week, good luck on the hunt. Of course, the refresh means new chances at things like the raid exotics, so all the best if you are trying to get that one.

Otherwise, for portal activities, on top of Solstice arriving this week, there will be matchmaking for Grandmaster Fire team up, so if you're at appropriate levels to do that, you can dive into those this reset. Otherwise, this event card will be populated by... by Solstice related things. Solstice will last for two weeks starting on the 5th of August.

A few things are changing as Bungie outline. Firstly, we will be able to earn a Forge armor set like we've had in previous years. This is the grinding armor set. This time there will be a set bonus on it.

The two-piece set, Photogalvanic and receiving healing temporarily grants your solar weapons increased flinch resistance, handling and reload speed. then the 4-piece bonus allows Rapid Solar Final Blows to heal you, so potentially kind of a nice bonus there, especially the 4-piece one. Otherwise, as Bungie confirmed, we will not see the return of Bonfire Bash this year.

Instead, they're adding a plethora of modifiers to the portal, so surprise, surprise, the portal takes over once again. In terms of the modifiers though, there is Hot Potato, where carryable solar flares occasionally drop from defeated combatants, and passing it between players increases the amount of damage it will do. There's also Fired Up, where dealing damage and final blows from solar sources raises a heat meter, and once full, your weapons will cause solar explosions.

Otherwise, there is Class Healing to heal yourself when using your class ability, and Igniter, where precision hits against Scorch combatants will cause ignitions. So not necessarily a replacement for Bonfire Bash, but the modifiers do sound reasonably fun. And Bungie have said the Hot Potato modifier will be available each day for Portal match-made activities. On top of that, in the Crucible, there will be the Solstice Scorched playlist.

They say you can imagine what the main character will be. It's the Scorch Cannon, so if you want to Scorch Cannon some Guardians, that sounds like a whole bunch of fun. Otherwise, there will be an event home. Bungie have said there'll be dedicated rewards like a unique emblem to a ghost shell and some holofoil weapons.

And this version of the event home has a new and improved reward shop where you'll be able to purchase weapons directly up to tier 4 depending on your guardian rank, as well as up to tier 4 weapon and armor engrams. So I believe to get the tier 4 stuff you actually have to be guardian rank 9, This is working very much in the same way that we had with the Arms Week event in general. Regardless of the tiers though, there'll be some pretty nice weapons. Probably the most exciting one for most players will be the Festival Flight, which is a new area denial frame grenade launcher which comes with strand damage.

There are some pretty nice rolls on that. Otherwise, there'll be the Fortunate Star, which is a void bow returning from previous years, and then the Year Tide Apex, which is the new solar SMG. Like I said, a couple of the weapons have pretty nice rolls, but I think Festival Flight will be the one that most players are going after and generally will be the highlight weapon for the event.

So if you want more details about the weapon rolls and some of the loot systems for Solstice, I'll link a separate video down below. Otherwise, though, let us know if you plan to jump into Solstice this year. In the Crucible tab, Trials will once again return on Friday of this week. Bungie have said, "For the first six weeks of Trials, there won't be a featured weekly weapon, and that means you'll be earning all of them while playing your matches, and wins have the higher chance of dropping them. Otherwise, featured weapons will begin again on September 9th, shortly after Ash and Iron drops." So, alongside that, there'll be two more weapons entering the loot pool.

Otherwise, Especially if you are higher power levels, Trials seems to be pretty good for farming high tier gear. But as we've discussed, the reward tiers are tied to your power level as opposed to actually being tied to how well you perform, which is unfortunate in my opinion, but that's a conversation for a separate day. Separate to the portal, featured world rotations like raids, dungeons, and all those kinds of things, even the exotic missions, are no longer featured on a weekly basis, but they can still drop their relevant rewards where they're actually available. So if you want to jump into any of the raids to farm for the loot, while it will not be tiered or relevant in the current gear system, we can still jump into them to actually try and hunt things down. Our final mention though for the Ascendant Challenge, if you're still playing those, is that this week it's the Forfeit Shrine found via the Garden of Icyllus.

So not too difficult to get to, but I'll run a clip showing the location at the end of the video. And for the moment guys, that is everything we have to break down in this one. So I'll keep you posted with the patch that we get tomorrow.

There'll be some updates to the power deltas in the raid and I think a couple of other items as well. So we'll hang on for the full patch notes and I'll let you know when we get the info. For the moment though, if you found this video helpful, a rating really does help me on the channel, and as well, get subscribed so I can keep you up to date, around 50% of my viewers are not yet subscribers, so if you feel like doing that, it would make a massive difference, but otherwise, for today, thank you for watching, and I will catch you guys very soon.

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