Destiny 2 Trophy Guide & Roadmap

Simply beat the story. You then come to the “The Traveler” hub area with one more main mission marked on the map. It’s a very quick quest that requires you to talk to some NPCs. Upon completing it you will reach level 20 automatically! It doesn’t matter what level you are before then. Even if you’re just level 15 it will instantly put you at level 20.

Only do the story and ignore everything else. You can speedrun it in 10 hours or less. Between main missions you’ll have to level up to get access to new planets. Do the adventures marked on the map, they give decent XP. Playing in a group lets you earn XP even when allies kill the enemies. This is a lot quicker than going solo.

See Fastest Way to Reach Level 20.

• Sentinel (Void)
• Striker (Arc)
• Sunbreaker (Solar) = Solar Light Stirring Quest

The first subclass is unlocked automatically from the third story mission “Spark”. You only need to unlock two more.

In Destiny 2 subclasses are obtained from Artifacts found in RANDOM loot chests. They spawn randomly while free roaming on planets but also when completing public events. The higher your level, the better the odds of finding the required artifact from a loot chest.

The first artifact can be found after reaching Level 7, the second after Level 14.
When picking up the Artifact you unlock a new subclass quest (Milestone). To keep track of quests, press Touchpad and L2. You’ll have to kill lots of enemies to power up the Artifact. Afterwards, the actual unlock quest can be played. Complete it to learn the new subclass.

The least troublesome strategy is to wait until after the story. In all likelihood you will have gotten the subclass quests along the way without trying. If not, farm public events for their chests.

Unlocking the subclasses is enough. You don’t have to upgrade them.

• Arcstrider (Arc)
• Gunslinger (Solar)
• Nightstalker (Void)

The first subclass is unlocked automatically from the third story mission “Spark”. You only need to unlock two more.

In Destiny 2 subclasses are obtained from Artifacts found in RANDOM loot chests. They spawn randomly while free roaming on planets but also when completing public events. The higher your level, the better the odds of finding the required artifact from a loot chest.

The first artifact can be found after reaching Level 7, the second after Level 14.
When picking up the Artifact you unlock a new subclass quest (Milestone). To keep track of quests, press Touchpad and L2. You’ll have to kill lots of enemies to power up the Artifact. Afterwards, the actual unlock quest can be played. Complete it to learn the new subclass.

The least troublesome strategy is to wait until after the story. In all likelihood you will have gotten the subclass quests along the way without trying. If not, farm public events for their chests.

Unlocking the subclasses is enough. You don’t have to upgrade them.

• Dawnblade (Solar)
• Voidwalker (Void)
• Stormcaller (Arc)

The first subclass is unlocked automatically from the third story mission “Spark”. You only need to unlock two more.

In Destiny 2 subclasses are obtained from Artifacts found in RANDOM loot chests. They spawn randomly while free roaming on planets but also when completing public events. The higher your level, the better the odds of finding the required artifact from a loot chest.

The first artifact can be found after reaching Level 7, the second after Level 14.
When picking up the Artifact you unlock a new subclass quest (Milestone). To keep track of quests, press Touchpad and L2. You’ll have to kill lots of enemies to power up the Artifact. Afterwards, the actual unlock quest can be played. Complete it to learn the new subclass.

The least troublesome strategy is to wait until after the story. In all likelihood you will have gotten the subclass quests along the way without trying. If not, farm public events for their chests.

Unlocking the subclasses is enough. You don’t have to upgrade them.

You find Lord Shaxx in the hangar, on the right side of the Farm.

Quest Steps:

1. Play 2 Quickplay Crucible Matches
2. Play 2 Competitive Crucible Matches
3. Kill enemies in the Crucible (any mode).

You can keep track of the quest progress by pressing Touchpad and L2. Once everything is complete, return to Shaxx to hand in the quest. He’ll reward you with a random Exotic gear piece and the trophy.

Note: After the story, Lord Shaxx spawns in ‘The Traveler’ hub area instead of the Farm.

See How to Unlock & Complete Flashpoints

They are marked by a blue  icon on the map. To turn normal events into Heroic events you have to do specific tasks during the events.

Here’s a list of how to start every type of Heroic Event: Destiny 2 How to Unlock Heroic Events

Once the event starts it will say on the left side what type of an event it is. Quickly refer to the list linked above to look up the requirement to turn it into a Heroic one. It’s best if you play in a Team of 3 so multiple people can focus on the Heroic task. Personally, I found Glimmer Extraction & Devil Walker very easy. It’s random however which type of normal event you’ll get. The good news is you can turn any type of normal event into a Heroic one, you just gotta do the secret task linked to that type of public event.

There’s a public event every 5 minutes or so per planet. You can also switch between different planets to reduce waiting times.

You can select Strikes via Destination Select (in the top left corner where you select planets). Keep in mind you need 230 power first. Your power level is increased by equipping better gear. Get level 20 legendary (purple) and exotic (yellow) gear to gain power levels.

Because the Nightfalls are harder they also give better rewards. Some can even drop exotic gear. Being light level 260 or higher is recommended to make it a bit easier.

Here’s an overview of all exotic weapons and armor pieces: Destiny 2 Exotics

The good news is that some exotics are rewards for quests. You even get them from main missions as fixed rewards. Unlike Destiny 1, they can drop randomly from PVE (killing enemies + doing side activities) and PVP (winning Crucible Matches).

Complete the post-story quests, some of them give exotic weapons! The Nightfall Strikes can also drop them. Xur will sell you Exotics in exchange for Legendary Shards.

3 Exotics are automatic story unlocks. If you bought a new copy of the game you should also get a code for the Coldheart Exotic Weapon. A fifth can be earned quickly from doing Shaxx’s Call to Arms Quest, see trophy “Show Me What You Got”. The 3 story-related ones, as well as Shaxx’s reward, are different for every character class.

You unlock Exotics at the following story points:

• Quest Reward after Mission 6: Riptide. You can choose between 3 different exotic armor pieces.
• Quest Reward after Mission 10: Sacrilege. You can choose between 3 exotic weapons.
• Reward for beating the story (you get an exotic engram that contains a random item).

The 15 exotics are counted together from all your characters. They are account-wide! You should play through the game with all 3 characters to get the gold trophies for their subclasses. In the process you are guaranteed to earn 3 different exotics from story quests per character. You can get a very easy fourth exotic with each character via Shaxx’s Call to Arms Quest. That puts you at 12 Exotics. Getting 3 more should happen almost automatically along the way. There tend to be a few random exotic drops per playthrough. In theory, you could play up until Mission 6: Riptide, pick a different exotic each time, store it in the vault, start a new character and repeat. Each character class gets 3 different armor pieces after the Riptide mission. 3 Character Classes x 3 Exotics per Class = 9 Exotics early in the game. Simply get the subclasses with all characters and put unused items in the vault. You’ll likely get 15 exotics while working on the other trophies and preparing for the nightfall strike & raid. If not, you can buy more exotics from Xur. The MIDA Multi-Tool, Sturm and Rat King are also fixed rewards for endgame quests.

The exotic customization items (emotes, sparrows, spaceships, weapon skins) that you get from Bright Engrams also count towards this trophy!

Also see Destiny 2 – All Exotics and How to Unlock Them 

After “Main Mission 11: Fury”, you will have to talk to Ikora Rey at the Farm. This cannot be missed, the story will guide you there.

After speaking to her the challenges become available. They are relatively simple tasks, such as killing enemies with certain weapons.

To check the active challenges, press the touchpad. Wait a few seconds for the challenges to load in. Do not hold touchpad, only tap it (to the point where it shows your ghost companion).

The challenges reset daily. There are 3 different challenges per activity – strikes, crucible, and every planet has its own unique set of challenges. Make sure you go through all of these things each day. Visit every planet and do the challenges there, then do the crucible challenges and the strike challenges (note: for strikes there’s only one daily challenge for all strikes combined, not one for each invididual strike). Skip the time consuming ones and repeat the next day for new ones.

See Leviathan Raid Walkthrough

In preparation for the raid, check the in-depth Power Levels Guide on how to get to 300+ power. The raid is for power levels 260-280. It is recommended that all players have at least 280 for this. There is no matchmaking for raids, meaning you have to find a group by yourself. Destiny 2 clans are a good place to start. Also make sure that the equipment you use doesn’t just have a lot of power levels but actually deals a lot of DPS (damage per second). Assault Rifles are generally a good choice, and for some parts of the raid swords, rocket launchers and grenade launchers.

There are checkpoints within the raid (one after every big area) so you’re allowed to fly back to the tower to decrypt the engrams you’ve found.

Beating the raid on any diffculty does not unlock it.

The easier option by far is to do the Nightfall Strike. For Prestige Nightfall, Power Level 300 is recommended. It requires 3 players at 300 power. See Destiny 2 Power Level Guide: Reach 300+ Power.

The Nightfall changes weekly. If you get a very difficult mission you can just wait for another week and try a different Nightfall. They reset each week on tuesday at 2AM Pacific Time / 5AM Eastern Time / 10AM British Summer Time

This mode is ONLY AVAILABLE ON WEEKENDS and requires a 4 player fireteam. Invite 3 of your friends, then go to the Crucible (in destination select). Now select “Trials of the Nine” in the middle and win one trial match. Afterwards, you unlock a new social space which can be selected in the Crucible (above the Trials of the Nine icon). Select the new social space and the trophy will pop as soon as you enter it.