Destiny 2: The Witch Queen’s Legendary campaign introduces the return of a Bungie favourite – a challenging story mode for you and your friends to battle through.
Though previous Destiny expansions have offered campaign missions, this time you can expect a more traditional progression, and an optional higher difficulty level to put you and your fireteam to the test.
The Legendary campaign rewards sound well worth it from the outset – provided you can stomach the Legendary level requirements and rewards thrown your way.
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The Legendary campaign starts at a Power requirement of 1360 and increases to 1500 Power for the final mission.
That said, it only matters as a requirement. Each mission will have an effective max power cap, and if you are under that level, things will be more challenging.
Similar to Raid Contest mode, this means you cannot overlevel. In other words, if you are above that level it will make no difference – but if you are under, it certainly will.
In terms of difficulty and modifiers, the Legendary campaign is designed to be more challenging than a Legend Nightfall, though “easier than a solo dungeon or running a Grandmaster Nightfall”, according to Bungie.
Some encounters will be different – “like swapping out an Elite for a boss or having an influx of more red bar foes” – and in general, enemies will be more difficult and more aggressive, have higher damage and stagger resistance, while shields will be stronger against unmatched types.
Enhanced rewards are offered per mission completed and when you have finished the entire Legendary campaign.
For completing missions at Legendary difficulty, you will receive:
Completing the entire Destiny 2: Witch Queen Legendary campaign gives the following rewards:
In short – beyond the Triumph and emblem and Bungie Rewards (TBC), nothing exclusive you can’t get elsewhere. It is, however, a nice leg up in terms of Power – especially as everyone will start the expansion at 1350 – and it’s an effective way of getting the new Exotic armour usually only found in Lost Sectors.
The Season of Plunder is here! New additions include the Sails of the Shipstealer quest, Treasure Coordinates and Map Fragments, Cryptic Quatrains and weapons such as the Quicksilver Storm and Taipan 4FR. Meanwhile, there’s the arrival of King’s Fall and King’s Fall challenges such as Devious Theory and Gaze Amaze, plus weapons including Doom of Chelchis and Touch of Malice. Elsewhere, we’ve seen the return of Allied Demand in Iron Banner this season. Get up to speed with our levelling guide ahead of tackling the Duality dungeon, and learn how to collect Calus Bobblehead locations, Calus Automaton locations and find all Opulent Key chests. For The Witch Queen, learn how to get Exotics including Dead Messenger and Parasite.
As well as the above info on difficulty, level and rewards, here’s some other things to know about the campaign before going in:
Best of luck getting everything you need before The Witch Queen arrives!
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