Destiny 2: Grandmaster Nightfalls are Back From Next Week

ByKyle Wilson Hours
Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfalls

Last Updated on: 13th March 2021, 02:21 pm

The next update from Bungie is bringing Grandmaster Nightfalls back to Destiny 2 and we have everything you need to know about what this means for you and your squad, Guardians.

It’s been almost a year since the Grandmaster difficulty was added to Destiny 2’s Nightfall Strikes and a lot of players have been looking forward to taking on the challenge they pose again.

Thankfully, Bungie has been listening and this addition is just one of the several additions in the latest Destiny 2 update that’s going to make a lot of fans happy.

Grandmaster Nightfalls in Destiny 2

In their latest “This Week At Bungie” blog post, Destiny 2’s development team highlighted some key details about what Grandmaster Nightfalls will look like when they re-appear next week.

Below, we have their bulleted list on what Grandmaster Nightfalls are going to look like in Destiny 2 going forward.

  • Strike difficulty is set to 1350 Power. 
  • The minimum Power required is 1325. 
  • Contest Mode is enabled, so even if you go higher than 1325, you will be capped. 
  • Each strike will have a specific set of modifiers to ramp up the difficulty, so make sure to inspect each one to know which Champions you’ll face, and what other challenges await you. 

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In addition to this, we have more information about how their rotation will work in-game over the remainder of the season:

  • One Grandmaster Nightfall will be available each week until April 20 
  • Starting April 20, you’ll have the opportunity to blaze through all available Grandmaster Nightfalls through a direct launch playlist. 
  • If you miss a week, the final three weeks of the Season are your opportunity to catch up!

These Nightfall strikes will be the only place you can earn Adept Weapons in a PvE scenario too. Although, you’ll need to be doing your Nightfalls on Grandmaster difficulty while playing Destiny 2 to have a chance at these.

Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfalls Adept Weapons Shadow Price Palindrome The SWARM
Credit: Bungie

Shadow Price, Palindrome, and The SWARM will all have Adept variants available going forward.

This update, alongside everything else detailed by Bungie, will go live on March 16th, 2021.

Update Release Schedule

When can you actually play these new Grandmaster difficulty Nightfalls in Destiny 2, though?

In addition to the information above, Bungie shared their planned maintenance timeline for Update 3.1.1 and we have it below for you.

Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfalls Crucible Guardians
Credit: Bungie

Maintenance Begins at around 09:00 PT / 16:00 UTC and by 09:45 PT / 16:45 UTC all players will be removed from their activities so Destiny 2 can go offline.

Then, at 10:00 PT / 17:00 UTC the update will be available across all platforms and regions. With this, once downloaded, players will be able to log back into Destiny 2.

Bungie estimates Maintenance will conclude at around 11:00 PT / 18:00 UTC.

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Obviously, take this with a small grain of salt in case anything does go wrong. But, Bungie have a pretty good track record with these things.

Happy Hunting, Guardians!