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, 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.
Ascendant Challenges yield one piece of gear each week, plus another from Petra’s bounties. Those objectives are character-based, meaning you can get six pieces of Dreaming City gear from Ascendant Challenges alone.
To find the entrance to the Ascendant Challenge, consume an item called Tincture of Queensfoil, available from Petra Venj or found in Dreaming City chests.
Each Ascendant Challenge has a special entrance, and though the challenge changes, its entrance remains the same location whenever it pops up.
What is this week’s Ascendant Challenge in Destiny 2? (Nov. 19 to 26)
- Challenge: Ouroborea
- Entrance: Aphelion’s Rest (The Strand Lost Sector)
How to find and complete the Ouroborea Ascendant Challenge in Destiny 2
The Ouroborea Ascendant Challenge kicks off in the Aphelion’s Rest Lost Sector in the Strand. Take the cavern path from the Divalian Mists, then beeline toward the gazebo almost in front of you. The Lost Sector is on the ground below it, by the shore. Head inside and pop a Tincture of Queensfoil to see the portal above the incline, near the ledge where a few Hobgoblins spawn.
Once you’re inside the Ascendant Plane in Ouroborea, make note of the crystals in the main room in front of you—and take note they’re protected by an Immune shield. There are four Taken Blights scattered around the area, and breaking all four removes the shields on the crystals. It’s hard to spot them in the distance, so we recommend turning up the brightness if necessary. Bring an Eager Edge sword for faster movement and a Special that can destroy the Blights quickly to make the most of your time.
After you’ve taken down all four Blights, head to the area in the middle and destroy all the crystals in the room. You’ll have a few Thralls and a handful of Abyssal Knights on your heels, but they despawn once the crystals are destroyed. This means you’ve completed this week’s Ascendant Challenge, so take your Dreaming City item and bounty completions as your prize.
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 still performed decently, perks like Voltshot on Waking Vigil can give them even more of a fighting chance. Blind Well continues to be a good source of the new gear (though its new power delta makes it more of a slog than before).
Petra offers a weekly bounty for completing the Ascendant Challenge if you want to earn Dreaming City gear from exploration, awarding you an extra piece of gear for your trouble. Each week, she also offers a bounty that costs Dark Fragments and yields an Offering to the Oracle. Taking the reward to the Oracle in the Spine of Keres gives you an extra drop and, on weeks where the curse is strongest, lets you visit Queen Mara Sov’s throne room. 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.
