Unveiling Destiny 2's Season 22 Exotic Mission Rotator: The Ultimate Guide

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Bungie reveals details on the exotic mission rotator in Season 22, which brings back lost missions and offers weekly rewards.

The diverse mission rotation features exciting missions such as Presage, Vox Obscura, and Operation: Seraph Shield. Each of these missions offers distinct craftable weapons and gear.

As part of the rotation, every mission will present a weekly challenge. Completing these challenges will reward pinnacle power levels and prioritize unlocking weapon patterns and armor pieces.

Bungie has recently shared new insights into the exotic mission rotator coming in season 22 in their latest weekly address. They have also revealed updates on changes to Destiny 2 exotic gear and weapons. In addition, game director Joe Blackburn has provided fans with a long term view of Bungie's plans and teased upcoming content, including changes to ritual activities and the Pathfinder system. The anticipated exotic mission rotator has also been highlighted in a recent blog post.

In the weekly Destiny 2 blog update, Bungie thoroughly explained how the exotic mission rotator for Season 22 functions. Due to missions being removed from the content vaulting process, the Exotic Rotator allows for their return by swapping them out on a weekly basis, similar to the current Raid and Dungeon rotator. Each mission offers a pool of legacy Seasonal rewards, with both Normal and Legendary versions available. Additionally, players can craft each exotic weapon once they have unlocked the pattern through subsequent playthroughs. At the start of Season 22, players can choose from these three missions, with Bungie promising the addition of more missions over time.

Presage

To make the Dead Man's Tale scout rifle craftable, Presage introduces a new pool of traits to choose from. Ownership of Beyond Light or Season of the Chosen is required for Destiny 2 players to access this mission. Additionally, Bungie has included armor and weapons from the Season of the Chosen, along with the following additions while playing this mission:

Nezarec's Whisper

Bump in the Night

Tears of Contrition

Hollow Denial

Firefright

Without Remorse

Austringer

Drang (Baroque)

Beloved

CALUS Mini-Tool

Eidolon Pursuant armor set

Vox Obscura

This remarkable quest is connected to the Dead Messenger grenade launcher, granting players the ability to craft it with an extra trait. To embark on this mission, players must own either The Witch Queen or Season of the Risen.

The mission offers weapons from Season of the Risen in addition to the following gear:

Explosive Personality

Recurrent Impact

Under Your Skin

Sweet Sorrow

Thoughtless

Piece of Mind

Tusked Allegiance armor set

Operation: Seraph Shield

In Operation: Seraph Shield, the ultimate exotic mission of Season 22, players will encounter the exclusive exotic pulse rifle, known as Revision Zero. This weapon is not new as it was previously available for crafting in its respective season. Similarly to the previous missions, ownership of The Witch Queen or Season of the Seraph is necessary to undertake this mission.

Furthermore, players can expect to find random rolls of the following gear in addition to the items from Season of the Seraph:

Fire and Forget

Tripwire Canary

Disparity

Path of Least Resistance

Judgment of Kelgorath

Retrofit Escapade

IKELOS_HC_v1.0.3

IKELOS_SG_v1.0.3

IKELOS_SR_v1.0.3

IKELOS_SMG_v1.0.3

Warmind's Avatar armor set

In addition, Bungie also announced that every mission will include a weekly challenge, providing players with the opportunity to earn rewards of pinnacle power levels. These rewards will follow a specific order of priority, starting with a locked Deepsight Weapon pattern, followed by an unreceived armor piece for the currently equipped Destiny 2 class. If all prior rewards have been acquired, the weekly challenge will grant a weapon or armor piece at random.

Destiny 2 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Source: Bungie