Destiny 2’s festive winter event is back again for 2023, with The Dawning officially going live on Dec. 12. The familiar gameplay loop of earning materials to bake cookies using Eva Levante’s oven is back yet again, and with it comes another event pass with challenges to complete and rewards to unlock.
Players who upgrade the event card for The Dawning, for 1,000 Silver, will instantly unlock an Exotic “Angelic Wings” emote, an Exotic Frostflower Sparrow, and a Legendary Dawning Elan shader that all can be claimed right away. But to get more rewards, players will need to complete a series of event challenges.
Players can unlock all the “secret” challenges by completing the introduction quest, which starts with talking to Eva at the Tower to acquire her Holiday Oven, and ends with baking and delivering Gjallardoodles to Commander Zavala. When that’s completed, the following challenges will be revealed.
All of The Dawning event challenges and rewards in Destiny 2
There are 16 total challenges that can be completed during The Dawning.
| Challenge | Challenge Objectives | Challenge Rewards |
| Dawn of the Dawning | Complete the Dawning intro quests | A Gift In Return, Dawning Spirit, one event ticket |
| Amateur Baker | Bake six different cookies in the Dawning Oven | Dawning Spirit, one event ticket, an Enhancement Core, a Bungie Reward Code |
| Adept Baker | Bake 13 different cookies in the Dawning Oven | A Gift In Return, Dawning Spirit, an Enhancement Core, one event ticket |
| Expert Baker | Bake 20 different cookies in the Dawning Oven | Hiera Hodos (Exotic Ship), Dawning Spirit, one event ticket |
| Bake-stravaganza | Bake 50 different cookies in the Dawning Oven | Enhancement Prism, Dawning Spirit, one event ticket |
| Ice Cold Combat | Defeat 100 combatants with snowballs anywhere in the Sol system | Albedo Wing (Legendary Glaive), 5000 Glimmer, Dawning Spirit, one event ticket |
| Shopping Spree | Purchase all 12 Dawning Upgrades from Eva, using Dawning Spirit | Dawning Panache shader, Dawning Spirit, one event ticket |
| Thundersnow | Defeat opponents with Arc weapons or abilities | Albedo Wing (Legendary Glaive), Upgrade Module, 5000 Glimmer, one event ticket |
| Deep Freeze | Defeat opponents with Stasis weapons or abilities | Stay Frosty (Legendary Pulse Rifle), Zephyr (Legendary Sword), Enhancement, one event ticket |
| Snowmelt | Defeat opponents with Solar weapons or abilities | Avalanche (Legendary Machine Gun), Upgrade Module, 5000 Glimmer, one event ticket |
| Yarn Maker | Defeat opponents with Strand weapons or abilities | Cold Front (Legendary SMG), 25000 Glimmer, one event ticket |
| They Call it sNOw | Defeat opponents with Void weapons or abilities | Glacioclasm (Legendary Fusion Rifle), Upgrade Module, 5000 Glimmer, one event ticket |
| Vanguard Eternity | Complete Vanguard Ops or Dares of Eternity activities | Raid Banner, A Gift In Return, Dawning Spirit, one event ticket |
| Competitive Spirit | Complete Crucible or Gambit matches | Two Enhancement Cores, A Gift In Return, Dawning Spirit, one event ticket |
| Snowstruck | Spawn snowballs by defeating combatants with weapons or abilities in valid activities | Enhancement Prism, Dawning Spirit, one event ticket |
| Star Baker | Earn the Dawning 2023 seal by completing all previous challenges. | Ascendant Shard, Ascendant Alloy |
What are The Dawning event challenge rewards?
There are three recurring rewards for completing almost every challenge.
A Gift in Return
A Gift in Return is a gift that can be opened to receive Glimmer, XP, a Dawning exclusive weapon, and potentially Upgrade Modules, destination resources, and/or Enhancement Prisms. They can also be packed with Dawning Spirit and traded in for specific presents from Eva.
Dawning Spirit
Dawning Spirit is the essential currency earned during The Dawning event. It’s primarily used to earn upgrades from Eva but can also be packaged with A Gift in Return and traded in for specific gifts from Eva like Dawning weapons and Festive Engrams.
The Dawning 2023 event tickets
These tickets are redeemable for specific gifts from an upgraded The Dawning event card. There are four rewards to earn, needing 15 tickets in total to unlock them, which means completing all challenges:
- Ornamental Shell (Exotic Ghost Shell) for seven tickets
- Slippery Patch (Legendary Emote) for five tickets
- Festive Entrance (Legendary Transmat Effect) for two tickets
- Tundra Guide (Legendary Ghost Projection) for one ticket
Published: Dec 12, 2023 04:05 pm