This Week In Destiny - 04/23/2026

This Week in Destiny, we have a new Community Challenge ready for you straight from the desk of Vanguard Commander Zavala. Nothing too fancy: put on some amazing weapons, defeat enemies of humanity, get something great as reward.

Topics of the week:

• A new communal Community Challenge
• The It Binds, Compels emblem has been granted
• Bungie Foundation and Gamers Engaged
• Activities available this week

The team is heads down, working towards our June update. We're aiming for more information to be rolling out by mid-May on what to expect for our next update. As we approach that timeframe, we'll have a full calendar of sandbox tuning and quality-of-life changes to run through, among other things. Until then, let's get down to business with a fresh Community Challenge.

Our Next Community Challenge is Here

It's time for a new Destiny 2 Community Challenge! Since the launch of The Edge of Fate, Guardians have earned some potent weapons through Vanguard Orders, completing various Fireteam Operations, or directly from Zavala by completing the previous week's reward track. Now it's time to show our Commander we are putting these tools to good use in Community Challenge: Commander's Orders.

The goal of this challenge is simple: defeat enemies across the Sol system with weapons that have been or will be part of Zavala's armory. We will be keeping track of how many you have defeated with a bit of help from our friends in the Analytics team, so you only have to focus on the task!

Here's what you need to know about this challenge:

• Equip at least one of the weapons below:
  • Mint Retrograde - Micro Missile Frame Pulse Rifle
  • Unfall - Micro Missile/Together Forever Frame Sidearm
  • MIDA Macro Tool - Precision/MIDA Synergy Frame Shotgun
  • Hawthorne's Field Forged - Lightweight Shotgun
  • Psi Aeterna IV - Micro Missile Frame Pulse Rifle
  • Horror's Least - Rapid Fire Frame Pulse Rifle
  • A Good Shout - Heavy Combat Bow
• Using any of these weapons, take down enemies in PvE activities.
• Reach the communal goal of 15 million PvE enemies defeated and you will get the Commander's Salute emblem. Check it below.
• The challenge starts April 23 at 11 AM PT and you all have until May 12 at reset time to complete the goal.
• Emblems will be delivered directly to players no later than 30 days after the challenge is over.
  

Don't worry if you don't have any of the weapons listed above. Just check with Zavala: our Commander has Unfall in stock right now!

It Binds, Compels is in your Collections!

This is just a general reminder for those of you who completed one of our latest gameplay challenges, the Praxis Time Trials. The It Binds, Compels emblem is now in your inventory! So, go into Collections > Flair> General and you shall find it. If you believe you completed the challenge and the emblem is not showing up, let us know so we can investigate.

You need to log into Destiny 2 for the granting process to be completed. If you are checking your emblems through the official companion app or through a third-party site, it won't appear just yet. This is common to all emblem grants including AOTW, MOTW, Fashion, and more. It's why we always recommend logging into the game when we have granted the reward!

Bungie Foundation and Gamers Engaged

For the 11th year in a row, The Bungie Foundation is stepping into The Gauntlet, competing in a local tabletop gaming competition and supporting our partners at Gamers Engaged! Roll a nat 20 and unlock the AWESOME new emblem VICTORY CONDITION, available now for a $25 donation. This donation campaign requires a few different steps than normal, so make sure to follow this guide to get your emblem:

• To donate for the all-new emblem Victory Condition, click on the "Donate" button, and input the amount you would like to donate (you will receive one emblem for every $25 donated, with no limit to the number of emblems you can donate for).
• Confirm Bungie Foundation is the team that will be credited for donation.
• On the next page, open the "Team Bungie" drop-down and select the number of emblems that correlates to your donation amount.
• If you select the wrong donation amount from the drop-down, don't worry, we'll double check to make sure everyone receives the number of emblems that matches the amount they donated.
• If you donated more than $100, select any option and we will manually update your order to include the total number of emblems you donated for. (E.g. if you donate $500, you will receive 20 emblems).
• Complete your payment.
• Await delivery of your emblem(s)! Expect an email from charityevents@bungie.com to the email you used to complete your purchase between May 25-31.

All proceeds will support Gamers Engaged and their Play It Forward Fund, a program focused on providing grants to small organizations making real change in mental health, education, and community. Donations are open now through May 17, 2026. The Bungie Foundation community has raised more than $588,000 in our 11 years of support, let's keep it going!

What to Play in Destiny 2 this Weekend

As we approach the weekend, let's see what activities will be available in Destiny 2. We have some weekly rituals, as well as Trials of Osiris, our prestige weekend game mode for PvP. Remember you also have some weekly challenges to boost your progression if you are still looking to get to max Power Level, or to just get some nice gear! 

Ongoing to April 28

Crucible Portal Playlist

• Showdown (3v3)

Crucible Legacy Playlist

• 3v3 Quickplay: Elimination
• 6v6 Quickplay: Mayhem

Grandmaster Vanguard Alert

• Activity: Arms Dealer
• Reward: Duty Bound Auto Rifle

April 24 to April 28

Trials of Osiris

• Map: Meltdown
• Weapon: Corundum Hammer

Player Support Report

Known Issues List | Help Forums | Destiny 2 Team Bluesky

Known Issues List

• The Triple Laureate hand cannon is missing firing audio.
• Players who still have the legacy Anomalous Object quest cannot complete it.
  • This quest does not block progress through the New Light experience and does not have associated rewards, and can safely be abandoned.
• The Veiled Haunting Sleeves ornament can come into player's view when using certain weapons.
• Actively being in transcendence will prevent Spirit of Galanor from refunding Super energy.
• Tempest Strike cannot be used while a Renegade Ability Jammer is active.

Lovely Titan

This Titan is wearing Synthoceps and a shield. Not sure why he would need that shield for if he could just punch his way through a raid, but hey, looks amazing. 

By Necrolytus, via Twitter/X

Sharp Stick

Put on a Glaive. Also 200 Melee. ???. Success!

And that's this week's TWID! Prepare your weapons and get ready to make our Commander proud by using the tools he put at your disposal. We will be keeping count of the goal and have an update next Thursday. 

Knock them down.

Destiny 2 Community Team