Ascendant Challenge in Destiny 2 this week (Jan 21 – 28)

Each week a new Ascendant Challenge is featured in Destiny 2, bringing a new challenge for you to overcome to claim the rewards on offer.

Ascendant Challenges are weekly activities that involve platforming and provide a range of rewards specific to The Dreaming City. Completing these are required to unlock the Cursebreaker title and to finish several triumphs, making them a must for newbies and veterans alike.

However, their locations aren’t well explained in-game, so here’s this week’s Ascendant Challenge, as well as the full rotation and available rewards for Revenant Act 3.

What is the Ascendant Challenge in Destiny 2 this week?

This week’s Ascendant Challenge is Keep of Honed Edges, which will remain featured until the next weekly reset on January 28, 2025.

After arriving at the location shown in the image below, you’ll need to gain the Ascendance buff to reveal platforms that can be used to enter the Ascendant Challenge. To do so, drink a Tincture of Queensfoil and use the uncovered platforms to ascend and enter the nearby portal.

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Where is the Ascendant Challenge located?

To reach the Keep of Honed Edges challenge, enter The Dreaming City and head northeast to Rheasilvia. From here, continue northeast to reach a large monastery and follow the central path through the building.

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Eventually you will reach Harbinger’s Seclude, where you can carry on through the right path past a group of Taken combatants. Once again, continue on past the large open room and the spiraling staircase that follows.

Once you go far enough, you will reach a bridge leading to a statue with a portal above its head. This is the Ascendant Challenge, which you can enter by drinking a Tincture of Queensfoil and parkouring up to it. Alternatively, the Stasis and Strand subclasses have abilities that let you to skip the platforming entirely.

Ascendant Challenge rotation in Revenant Act 3

Here is the full Ascendant Challenge rotation for Revenant Act 3, with the activity switching between the following featured challenges and locations each week:

DATE	ASCENDANT CHALLENGE	LOCATION
January 7	Forfeit Shrine	Gardens of Esila
January 14	Shattered Ruins	Spine of Keres
January 21	Keep of Honed Edges	Harbinger’s Seclude
January 28	Agonarch Abyss	Bay of Drowned Wishes
February 4	Cimmerian Garrison	Chamber of Starlight
February 11	Ouroborea	Aphelion’s Rest
February 18	Forfeit Shrine	Gardens of Esila

All available rewards

Completing Ascendant Challenges rewards Powerful Weapons from The Dreaming City’s loot pool, which can be dismantled using Upgrade Modules to boost your power level.

To make the most of your time, be sure to grab Petra Venj’s weekly bounty before completing this week’s Ascendant Challenge, as this will reward you an additional drop from the loot pool.

Here are all of the weapons in the loot pool that you can earn by completing Ascendant Challenges:

WEAPON	ARCHETYPE	PERK 1	PERK 2
Abide the Return	Solar Sword	Duelist’s Trance Energy Transfer Relentless Strikes Thresh Tireless Blade Turnabout	Attrition Orbs En Garde Incandescent Permeability Valiant Charge Whirlwing Blade
Retold Tale	Void Shotgun	Lead From Gold Loose Change Quickdraw Repulsor Brace Slideshot Well-Rounded	Barrel Constrictor Deconstruct Destabilizing Rounds Killing Wind One-Two Punch Snapshot Sights
Sleepless	Arc Rocket Launcher	Auto-Loading Holster Ensemble Field Prep Slickdraw Tracking Module Wellspring	Attrition Orbs Bipod Chain Reaction Demolitionist High Ground Permeability
Tigerspite	Kinetic Auto Rifle	Fragile Focus Invisible Hand Moving Target Outlaw Overflow Subsistence	Attrition Orbs Demolitionist Eye of the Storm Frenzy Kill Clip Kinetic Tremors
Twilight Oath	Solar Sniper Rifle	Enlightened Action Envious Assassin Heal Clip Killing Wind Opening Shot Surplus	High Ground Incandescent Kill Clip Precision Instrument Snapshot Sights Vorpal Weapon
Vouchsafe	Void Scout Rifle	FTTC Moving Target Outlaw Rapid Hit Repulsor Brace Stats For All	Attrition Orbs Collective Action Destabilizing Rounds Dragonfly Explosive Payload Golden Tricorn
Waking Vigil	Arc Hand Cannon	Envious Assassin Outlaw Perpetual Motion Rangefinder Rapid Hit Shoot to Loot	Attrition Orbs Collective Action Dragonfly Kill Clip Opening Shot Voltshot

That’s everything you need to know about Ascendant Challenges in Destiny 2. To learn more about what activities are featured this week, check out the Dungeon and Raid rotation, as well as the Exotic Mission that you can farm right now and where you can find Xur.