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 features six Ascendant Challenges that rotate weekly. 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.
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What is this week’s Ascendant Challenge in Destiny 2? (Nov. 11 to 18)
- Challenge: Keep of Honed Edges
- Entrance: Harbinger’s Seclude (Rheasilvia)
How to find and complete the Keep of Honed Edges 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 reveals the secrets of the Dreaming City.
The Keep of Honed Edges Ascendant Challenge starts in the Harbinger’s Seclude. In Rheasilvia, head north across the bridge into the Awoken building. Follow the path until the very end, where there’s an Awoken statue. It’s well outside the main destination map, and that’s perfectly fine.
The Taken portal is at the top of the statue. Use the blights and rocks (you can stand on the statue’s hands) to reach it. In the Ascendant Plane, head towards the large arena. Kill all the adds, then grab the sword from the middle and kill three Knight minibosses. Knights are immune to any other damage, so you must use the relic.
After killing the Knights, Toland will lead the way towards the exit portal. You must bring the sword with you. Look out for floating and disappearing rocks as you move. Once you get to the final platform, the chest will appear, and you can safely leave.
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.
Published: Nov 12, 2025 11:48 am