D2: Weekly reset for July 30th, 2019

Houndish video: 11m 58s

SOLSTICE OF HEROES — The grind for the new armour begins with the Solstice of heroes event, with Eva Levante hosting. Today, bungie is rolling out update 2.5.2 through a maintenance period beginning at 9 AM PDT (12 noon EDT / 1600 UTC) until 11 AM PDT (2 PM EDT / 1800 UTC). This update will also bring a nerf to Lord of Wolves, some fixes to the Tribute Hall, some adjustments to Iron Banner to make the armour quest much easier, and for the first time, the heroic Menagerie will drop a sword for first-time completion (subsequent completions will have a moderate chance to drop a sword ... 1 in 4 chance).

Visit Eva Levante in the tower to get started with the Solstice of Heroes. Eva will give you a new Solstice helmet (drained), and also a quest to rectify / repair the helmet, which you will do in the new European Aerial Zone (EAZ). Apparently, after doing the first go-around, Eva will introduce you to additional pieces of armour, with presumably new quests attached ... or some such. Once you collect all of the legendary Solstice armour, you can obtain the slick-looking EV-37 Voidstreak Sparrow.

Access the EAZ just to the right side of the statue in the tower, or via the tower map (the symbol is situated above the courtyard spawn point). Hovering your cursor over the symbol on the map pops up a box that reads, "Solar energies blast through the EAZ, filling the air with the smell of sunbaked earth. Equip your Solar subclass and weapons to generate Solar orbs, then collect them to become Solar Empowered. While empowered, Guardians emit a burning wave of energy."

NOTE — The Solstice of Heroes introduces the Armour 2.0 armour sets ... the same armour that will be available in Shadowkeep. You should also be aware that running in the European Aerial Zone involves match-making (a la strike).

LEVIATHAN — The possessed Werner 99-40 is offering the following bounties: (1) Imperial Bestiary (defeat enemies of all species), (2) Trial by Wits (complete 8 daily Gambit bounties), (3) The Imperial Salute (defeat 100 enemies with class abilities), and (4) Spoils of War (collect lost treasures by defeating enemy combatants anywhere in the [solar] system). Werner's featured weapon this week is the Alone as a God sniper rifle.

Regular MENAGERIE (690 power) — Modifiers include Solar Singe, Grounded and Brawler.

Heroic MENAGERIE (740 power) — Modifiers include Arc Singe, Extinguish, Match Game and Attrition.

THE RECKONING (tier 1, 650 power) — Modifiers include Void Singe, Prism and Heavyweight.

FLASHPOINT is on TITAN — Today's heroic adventure is Deathless, via the beacon in Siren's Watch.

NIGHTFALL — This week's offerings include (1) The Arms Dealer (Earth), (2) A Garden World (Mercury: highest scoring), and (3) Tree of Probabilities (Mercury: fastest run).

VANGUARD STRIKES — Modifiers include Solar Singe, Grounded and Brawler (matching the regular Menagerie).

ESCALATION PROTOCOL — All three Ikelos weapons are available with a take-down of the boss ... and this week it's Bok Litur, Hunger of Xol.

THE DREAMING CITY — The curse is increasing and is at a moderate state. Petra is located in the Divalian Mists. The ascendant realm is in the Chamber of Starlight.

CRUCIBLE — Lockdown: Zone capture, featuring 4 x 4 teams.

CLAN STEWARD — Hawthorne's clan bounties this week include (1) All-Nighter (Nightfall), (2) Fight Forever Together (Crucible), (3) Raiding Party (any raid), and (4) A Callus Affair (Menagerie). Suraya's weekly raid challenges include (1) Which Witch, (2) To Each Their Own, and (3) With Both Hands.

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