Destiny 2 Events Calendar: PvE, PvP, Lost Sectors, Weekly Loot, Xur (The Final Shape, Episode: Heresy)

What’s Going On Now in Destiny 2? (March 18-25, 2025)

Episode III (Heresy) – Act II

• Episode: Heresy – February 11 – July 15
• Upcoming/Current Dates:
  • Episode III – Act II Begins – March 11
  • Guardian Games Event – March 11 – April 1
  • Episode III – Act III Begins – April 1
  • Rite of the Nine Event – April 1

With Episode III well under way, there’s a ton to do. But there will be even more to do for the next few weeks thanks to the Guardian Games event. We also have the Rite of the Nine event happening at the start of Act III in April. This event will be similar to the Pantheon event last year which allowed us to play through several raid encounters in increasing difficulty, but this time it’ll be featuring dungeon encounters. Plus tons of new weapons. It feels like Destiny 2 has really picked up a lot of steam over the last month or so, which is great to see.

This Week in PVE (Mar 18-25)

• **New Act, New Content – Plus New Rushdown Game Mode for Guardian Games**
• Featured Nightfall: Lake of Shadows
  • Champions: Barrier and Unstoppable
  • Surges: Arc and Void
  • Overcharged Weapon: Machine Guns
  • Nightfall Weapon: Scintillation
• Weekly Rotator Raids: Deep Stone Crypt and Root of Nightmares
• Weekly Rotator Dungeons: Prophecy and Ghosts of the Deep
• Weekly Exotic Mission: Operation: Seraph’s Shield
• Weekly Cooperative Focus Mission: Iconoclasm

This episode is going great so far, especially compared to the last few. Act II has a lot in store for us, especially thanks to new episodic weapons and a new activity, Court of Blades. There’s also the Guardian Games event with a new boss rushdown (basically a boss gauntlet) activity which features bosses from various missions outside of raids and dungeons. It’s been fun to go back through some old bosses I haven’t seen in a while, and it’s quite a challenge as well on higher difficulties. There’s also new catalysts for the Barrow Dryad weapon, a new tier of the season pass, and some great new Artifact perks featuring Trace Rifles. It’s a pretty good time to be playing Destiny 2.

This Week in PVP (Mar 18-25)

• Trials of Osiris: Active this weekend
• Standard Modes: Supremacy (6v6 Event), Rift (3v3 Quickplay), Competitive (3v3 Ranked), Control (6v6 Unranked), Hardware Mix (3v3 Modified), Rumble (FFA)

This is one of the most exciting times for PVP in quite some time. The big update is the Trials of Osiris changes, which removes the flawless requirement to go to the Lighthouse and get adept weapons. Now you can do that just by getting 7 wins in general on a specific passage (Lighthouse passage). This is a major change and will almost certainly bring in a bunch of new players who previously avoided Trials. I’m sure there are still going to be some other rewards for the people who are able to get flawless runs, but it feels like it’ll be a much more welcoming experience now than it used to be.

Weekly Loot (Mar 18-25)

• Ada-1 Shaders: Vitrified Duality, Flowers of Io, New Monarchy Diamonds
• Bright Dust Items: Reigning Champion (Emote), Power Nap (Emote), Give Me a “G” (Emote), Disappointment (Emote), Cariole Spectacular (Emote), Pistol Pose (Sparrow), Half-Volley Shell (Ghost Shell), Triumphant (Heir Apparent Ornament)
• Shaders for Bright Dust: Up for Grabs, Rivalry Whitesand, Reefmade, Chitin Slate, Photo Finish

Lost Sector Rotation (Mar 18-25)

• Tues – Exodus Garden 2A
• Wed – Aphelion’s Rest
• Thurs – Chamber of Starlight
• Fri – Gilded Precept
• Sat – Hydroponics Delta
• Sun – Thrilladrome
• Mon – The Broken Deep

Xur Location/Inventory – Returns on Friday

• Catalysts (71 Strange Coins): Coldheart and Borealis
• Exotic Armor (41 Strange Coins):
  • Hunter: Graviton Forfeit (67 overall – mediocre roll)
  • Titan: ACD/0 Feedback Fence (65 overall – decent roll)
  • Warlock: Sanguine Alchemy (68 overall – decent roll)
• Exotic Cypher (79 Strange Coins)
• The Xurfboard (97 Strange Coins)
• Exotic Weapons (23 Strange Coins):
  • Hawkmoon (Smallbore / Alloy Mag / Quickdraw / Heavy Grip)
  • Crimson
  • Tractor Cannon
  • The Wardcliff Coil
• Legendary Weapons (17 Strange Coins):
  • Legal Action II (Moving Target / Rampage)
  • Kept Confidence (Shot Swap / Gutshot Straight)
  • Chrysura Melo (Outlaw / Demolitionist)
  • Brya’s Love (Perpetual Motion / Pugilist)
  • Temptation’s Hook (Energy Transfer / Surrounded)
  • Just In Case (Flash Counter / Thresh)
  • Class Swords
• Legendary Armor Set (17 Strange Coins Per Piece): NPA “Weir-Walker” set

What’s Coming Up in Destiny 2?

This year feels weird. As someone who’s been playing Destiny since day 1, it’s weird to not know what’s going to happen next. Now that we’re in the last Episode of The Final Shape, there’s not much certainty for the near future. All we really know is that we’re getting two expansion per year, but they won’t be as large as previous yearly ones. It seems like they’re basically going to be using “major updates” similar to seasons and/or episodes to deliver new content. There’s a lot of implications with that, but I’m at least interested to see how it turns out. I hope it all works out. For more information on everything Bungie has stated about 2025 in Destiny 2, check out their article on it here.