Destiny 2’s annualDawning holiday eventis in full swing and this year things are a little different. While past Dawning events have been heavily microtransaction-influenced – built around Eververse – this year players have a few extra tasks to complete.
FormerEververse vendorEva Levante will ask players to “bake” some holiday treats for members of the Tower, but first players must find the ingredients for each recipe. Some are a little obvious based on their name, while others are not.
In most of the bounties, there are three ingredients necessary for completing a Dawning recipe. The first ingredient is tied to kills of a specific enemy race inDestiny 2.
The second Dawning recipe ingredient is a little more obtuse, as these ingredients require specific types of kills to acquire.
And the final piece of the puzzle is Essence of Dawning, which can drop from almost any activity inDestiny 2. The harder or more involved the activity, the more Essence of Dawning drops.
Once players have completed a Dawning bounty they can turn it in to earn progress towards the unique exotic sparrow that is tied to the event.
Thus far the Dawning seems to be a vast improvement over what wasoffered in Year 1 ofDestiny 2. Bungie was hit with tons of complaints that the Dawning was fueled by cosmetics and Eververse purchases and players were limited to two free engrams before character. Without any other way to acquire the Dawning engrams, players either spent money to get everything they wanted, or they gave up on the event.
Thankfully, Bungie has refined its approach to events since then and now players canearn event engrams, as well as bright engrams, simply by playingDestiny 2. On top of that, the developer has added more for players to do and earn during the event, like these recipes.
Destiny 2is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
