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  • How Does Ability Level Work?
  • Season Of The Haunted Power Level Bands
  • All Power Level Sources
  • General Leveling Tips
  • Reaching 1,560 Power Quickly
  • Reaching 1,570 Ability Rapidly

Every new season in Destiny 2 raises the Power level cap past a certain corporeality. About seasons volition raise the Power cap by 10, but seasons tied to expansions heighten this cap past much more. Flavour of the Haunted follows this tendency by increasing Destiny 2's Power level maximum up to i,570 Power.

In essence, this rather low increment in Ability maximums allows you to focus less on grinding Pinnacles and more time playing content you enjoy. With that said, players that skipped a season or two will still accept some catching up to exercise. We'll go over how Ability level works, the Power increases you can expect from each activity, and some strategies you can utilize to level your main and alternate characters apace.

Updated June 1st, 2022, past Charles Burgar: A new Pinnacle Gear farm has been uncovered with the release of the Duality dungeon. We've updated this guide to include a second method of reaching i,570 Power quickly, and we've updated our Power source tables to include the Duality activity and Iron Banner'south daily challenge arrangement.

How Does Power Level Work?

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If you're a seasoned Destiny 2 actor, you can skip this section.

Power level determines 2 key things in Destiny 2:

  • How much harm you bargain
  • How much damage you can take

The higher your level is, the greater both of these bonuses are. If your Ability level is lower than the activity'southward recommended level, you will be taking substantially more damage from enemies and deal less to combatants.

To increment your Ability level, you must obtain new weapons and armor with a higher Power level rating. All non-sunset loot you obtain volition increase your Power level until you reach the "soft cap." This cap changes each season. For Season of the Haunted, the soft cap is ane,510 Power.

Once yous accomplish the soft cap, you lot will need to obtain Powerful Gear rewards from weekly milestones and activities to obtain gear with a higher level. Your Managing director will list every activity that grants Powerful Gear. We'll list all of these activities later in the guide.

If you reach a Power level of 1,560, you accept striking the "difficult cap" for your character's level. While this sounds counterintuitive, that is not the actual cap; you can further increment your Ability by obtaining Peak Gear from Destiny 2'southward most demanding content (raids, Trials of Osiris, et cetera). This is called the "pinnacle cap" and is currently set to i,570.

The but means of increasing your Ability level past 1,570 is by leveling your Seasonal Artifact. Artifact leveling occurs passively as you earn XP in Destiny 2.

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Season Of The Haunted Power Level Bands

Destiny 2 Season of the Haunted Activity Armor

Season of the Haunted's Ability level bands are the post-obit:

  • Soft Cap: 1,510
  • Hard Cap: ane,560
  • Pinnacle Cap: 1,570

Soft Cap

The soft cap can be reached past obtaining whatsoever non-sunset gear. This includes:

  • Rares
  • Legendaries (not-sunset)
  • Exotics

Obtaining vendor packages is a reliable way to reach the soft cap in a brusque menses of time.

Hard Cap

Powerful Gear rewards from activities are the principal method of reaching the Hard Cap. Prime number Engrams can likewise assist you in achieving this cap.

Height Cap

Pinnacle Gear rewards are the only fashion of increasing your gear's Power past one,560.

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All Power Level Sources

Destiny 2 Season Of The Haunted Directory

You can find every source of Powerful and Meridian Gear below. These activities are listed past the reward blazon. Note that these activities are character-bound. If you have more than one character, you can level your 2d and 3rd characters to increase your Power level even faster.

General Power Sources

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  • Seasonal Artifact: This grants Power level based on how much XP you've earned.
    • Artifact Power is disabled in contest fashion raids, Trials of Osiris, and Fe Banner.
  • World Drops (Soft Cap Just): If you aren't at the soft cap, any items you lot observe will increase your Ability level.

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Powerful Gear Sources

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The sources listed below will grant +3 to +five Power. Most of these sources are weeklies found on your Director.

Source Requirement Ability Boost
Legendary Campaign (Witch Queen) Complete every Witch Queen entrada mission on Legendary difficulty. Gives a total fix of 1,520 Ability gear
Prime Engrams Decrypt Prime number Engrams (rarely drops from slain enemies, and certain vendors can give them as part of their respective reward tracks) +three
Vendor Weeklies Complete 8 bounties for a given vendor +three
Core Playlists Strikes, Crucible, and Gambit can drop powerful gear on completion +3
Nightfall Playlist Clear 3 Nightfalls. Higher difficulties grant more progress +3
Competitive PvP Complete 3 Survival games +3
Glory Rank Ups Increment your Celebrity partitioning or subdivision rank +3
Fynch's Challenge Gain reputation with Fynch +3
Altar of Reflection Complete 2 Altars of Reflection +three
The Wellspring Complete 3 runs of the Wellspring +iii
Dares of Eternity Complete 3 Dares of Eternity runs. Fable difficulty grants additional progress +3
Weekly Campaign Mission Complete the weekly entrada mission on any difficulty +3
PsiOps Battlegrounds Open 2 Runic Chests in the Flavor of the Risen Battlegrounds playlist +3
Nightmare Containment In Nightmare Containment aboard the Derelict Leviathan, defeat 2 Nightmare bosses and bind Vestiges of Dread with the Nightmare Harvester +3
H.E.L.M. Complete 8 bounties from the Crown of Sorrow vendor +3
Hawthorne Earn 5,000 Clan XP +4
Trials of Osiris Win three Trials matches on the aforementioned card +4
Nightmare Containment In Nightmare Containment aboard the Derelict Leviathan, defeat 4 Nightmare bosses and bind Vestiges of Dread with the Nightmare Harvester +4
Trials of Osiris Win v Trials matches on the same card +5
Vault of Glass Complete the Vault of Glass raid +v
Nightmare Containment In Nightmare Containment aboard the Derelict Leviathan, defeat 6 Nightmare bosses and demark Vestiges of Dread with the Nightmare Harvester +5

Some of these activities are tied to the Witch Queen Expansion, Flavour of the Risen, Haunted, or the 30th Anniversary Pack.

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Pinnacle Gear Sources

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These sources driblet +half-dozen levels higher than your current Power. If you striking the difficult cap of 1,320, these sources volition grant gear +1 or +2 college than your current Power, up to the pinnacle cap of 1,330.

Source Requirement Ability Boost
Strike Playlist Complete 3 strikes using the aforementioned subclass as the weekly burn +1
Crucible Playlist Complete 3 games in whatever Valor Crucible playlist +i
Gambit Playlist Complete 3 Gambit matches +1
Nightfall Playlist Articulate a Nightfall with a score of 100,000 +two
Trials of Osiris Win 7 games on the aforementioned menu +2
Trials of Osiris Win 7 games with no losses on a Trials Passage +two
Trials of Osiris Win 50 rounds +2
Iron Banner Consummate Iron Banner daily challenges +2
H.Due east.50.M. Defeat x Champions in PsiOps Battlegrounds +2
Weekly Entrada Mission Get a team score of 100,000 or better +2
Preservation Consummate the "Preservation" weekly mission +ii
Vox Obscura Defeat powerful Conduce and Champions in the "Vox Obscura" Exotic quest +2
The Wellspring Complete a run of The Wellspring on Main difficulty +ii
Dares of Eternity Complete Dares of Eternity with a score of 250,000 or higher +2
Sever Defeat a Nightmare boss in Sever and loot their chests +2
Duality Clear the Duality dungeon +2
Duality (Master) Complete encounters in the Duality dungeon on Master difficulty. +2
Vow of the Disciple Complete encounters in Vow of the Disciple +2
Weekly Raid Complete the weekly rotating raid (Final Wish, Garden, Deep Stone Crypt, or Vault of Drinking glass) +2
Weekly Dungeon Complete the weekly rotating dungeon (Shattered Throne, Pit of Heresy, Prophecy, and Grasp of Avarice) +2

Some of these activities are tied to the Witch Queen Expansion, Season of the Risen, Haunted, or the 30th Ceremony Pack.

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Activity Sources

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If you haven't played Destiny 2 in a bit or don't ain all of the game'south DLCs, y'all might be confused about where some of these activities originate from. Nosotros've listed the flavor or DLC tied to each activeness in the tables beneath.

Active DLC

Free
  • Strikes, Crucible, and Gambit
  • Nightfalls
  • Competitive PvP
  • Hawthorne Vendor
  • Dares of Eternity
Season Of The Haunted Flavour Of The Risen
  • Nightmare Containment
  • Sever
  • Duality Dungeon
  • PsiOps Battlegrounds
The Witch Queen 30th Anniversary Pack
  • Altar of Reflection
  • The Wellspring
  • Witch Queen Campaign
  • Witch Queen Raid
  • Grasp of Avarice Dungeon

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General Leveling Tips

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Complete The Witch Queen Legendary Entrada

The Witch Queen campaign has a Legendary difficulty variant you tin start up at any time from Savathun'south Throne Earth. Completing the Witch Queen entrada on Legendary grants a full set of gear at i,520 Power. This bypasses the soft cap entirely and a large chunk of the hard cap grind. If you own the Witch Queen expansion and have the skill and/or friends to clear the campaign on Legendary, nosotros highly encourage y'all to practise so.

Additional Tips

Complete Height Gear challenges whenever your items have a similar Power level. This will grant a major boost to ane slot, making Powerful Gear rewards "even out" your other slots. Be sure to complete bounties while completing weeklies, as the XP they provide tin can profoundly accelerate your Artifact's progression. The more XP yous earn, the more Power level you'll receive.

If you have more than 1 character, it is all-time to level the grapheme you play/similar the to the lowest degree. When y'all're done leveling them, transfer your guns to your 2nd grapheme. Level that character, transfer your weapons once more to your main character, then complete every weekly milestone. This will well-nigh ensure that y'all reach the hard cap in the starting time calendar week of a given season.

Finally, if you want to rush to the hard cap equally fast as possible, give the Glory Crucible playlist a shot. If you win most of your games, nigh every match will give yous a subdivision or division rank upwards, granting Powerful Gear as a reward. A few hours of Competitive Crucible is enough to gain almost a dozen Ability.

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Reaching 1,560 Power Quickly

Destiny 2 Crucible

Earlier you obtain any Powerful Gear, make certain that you hitting the soft cap first. Clearing the Witch Queen campaign on Legendary difficulty is the fastest way of doing so, as you'll receive a full fix of gear at 1,520 Ability when the campaign is finished.

For leveling speedily, you lot'll want to obtain Powerful Gear rewards that offer the largest Power level leap. If you haven't played the flavour at all, completing i or two Pinnacle Gear sources isn't a bad idea, as these volition give you a +vi item.

From there, you lot'll want to complete weeklies that grant minor Power level increases. These items will well-nigh ever drop in your other gear slots and "even out" the Power level distribution on your gear. When obtaining a +three particular becomes less impactful, consummate another challenge that grants a massive boost.

The leveling process should await something like this:

  • Claim a Pinnacle Gear reward.
  • Complete 3 or four Powerful Gear weeklies.
  • Claim a Powerful Gear (+4 or +five) reward.
  • Complete three to four Powerful Gear weeklies.
  • Merits a Powerful Gear (+4 or +v) reward.
  • Complete iii or four Powerful Gear weeklies.
  • Play Glory-enabled Crucible to even out your gear.

If y'all're really far backside on the Power level scale, consider replacing the T2 and T3 Powerful Gear rewards with Summit sources instead.

You can complete whatever content you adopt for the Pinnacle and Powerful rewards, just you should consummate them in that order. Obtain a reward that grants a massive Power jump, then level your Crucible Celebrity rank to even out your gear quickly. If yous do this correct, y'all can reach the hard cap one or two weeks into a season.

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Reaching 1,570 Ability Quickly

Destiny 2 Season of the Haunted Season Pass Armor

Reaching 1,570 Power volition eddy downward to RNG or farming the Master variant of Duality. If yous are lucky plenty to get drops in the slots you need, you can reach the Summit cap three weeks into a season.

Pinnacle Gear Method

Destiny 2 Season of the Haunted Activity Armor

For Flavor of the Haunted, there isn't any item gild yous need to complete these weeklies in. With that said, we exercise accept a few suggestions:

  • Level alts first: Alternate characters should exist your priority if y'all're rushing towards this cap. Level your 3rd, least-played grapheme before transferring your weapons to your 2nd character. Complete their Summit weeklies, transfer the guns to your main character, then run every Acme source one more time.
  • Consummate +ii rewards first: Certain Pinnacle sources drop at +ii Summit instead of +1. These are the activities you should complete first, as they'll allow you to increase your Ability level faster.
  • Complete Seasonal Challenges: Seasonal Challenges grant an absurd amount of XP. That XP directly contributes to your Artifact's Power level, assuasive you to reach the Pinnacle Cap and beyond without grinding for weeks on finish. This won't assistance with Trials or Iron Banner, but those chasing max Power to complete Master Nightfalls or Principal Lost Sectors should keep this in listen.
  • Clear Vow of the Disciple: This raid has four encounters that grant massive Power spikes for your character. If y'all're looking to level quickly, exist sure to run this mission in one case a week on your character.

Master Duality Method

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Completing an encounter in the Master variant of Duality grants one piece of Pinnacle Gear. Unlike other sources of Pinnacle Gear, this has no limit. You can hypothetically farm this dungeon dozens of times to reach the Pinnacle Cap on your character within a few days.

The subcontract for this works for any meet, although most players gravitate towards the first boss fight. Reach the kickoff encounter, crush the come across, then either continue with the raid or restart from the beginning. Rinse and repeat until y'all have the Pinnacle Gear you demand. We highly recommend doing this in a group to speed up each encounter and make them far easier.

Main itself is quite hard, featuring Champions, Match Game, and hard-hitting enemies. Nosotros recommend using the Swish Restoration modern from this flavour'due south Antiquity aslope a skilful DPS weapon—notably Lament and Stormchaser. Exist sure yous bring Champion mods.

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