Destiny 2 The Dawning 2024: Start date, returning weapons, Bake-Off & more
Destiny 2’s festive-themed, end-of-year event, The Dawning, returns in 2024 to cap off another year in Bungie’s long-running shooter, with plenty of new and returning rewards to hunt during the Festive period.
Following its reveal of initial details for The Dawning during its Revenant Act 2 livestream on November 12, Bungie pulled back the curtain completely in its December 5 TWID blog post, giving Guardians a complete rundown of all the goings-on throughout the final month of 2024.
Here’s everything we know about The Dawning 2024, including what weapons and armor will be available this time around as well as the activities that award them.
Start date and end date
The Dawning 2024 will go live at weekly reset on December 10, 5 pm UTC. Bungie didn’t stipulate when the event would end, although if we use Halloween tie-in Festival of the Lost as a reference, Guardians can likely expect the event to run for three weeks, concluding on December 31.
New and Reprised weapons
Mistral Lift is the new weapon being introduced in The Dawning 2024. The Void-element Linear Fusion Rifle is an Adaptive Burst frame, firing a three-round burst with each trigger pull.
While the archetype has historically been neglected in favor of Precision or Aggressive frames, Mistral Lift will have access to some potent perk combos. One such pairing shown off during the livestream was Withering Gaze with Bait and Switch.
With the former inflicting weaken and the latter currently one of Destiny 2’s best DPS perks, Mistal Lift could singlehandedly usher in a meta comeback for Linear Fusions in PvE.
As usual, weapons from previous years will be returning, boasting refreshed perk pools. See the table below for all the possible perks for every returning weapon from previous years, as well as for Mistral Lift.
| Weapon | Archetype | Perk 1 | Perk 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Albedo Wing | Arc Glaive (Aggressive) | Grave Robber Beacon Rounds Replenishing Aegies Eddy Current Strategist Closing Time Air Trigger | Golden Tricorn Desperate Measures Demolitionist Lead from Gold Close to Melee Voltshot Collective Action |
 Avalanche | Solar Machine Gun (Adaptive) | Auto-Loading Holster Susbistence Dynamic Sway Reduction Rewind Rounds Closing Time Dragonfly Heal Clip | Incandescent Vorpal Weapon Cascade Point Target Lock Firing Line Golden Tricorn Collective Action |
 Glacioclasm | Void Fusion Rifle (High-Impact) | Air Trigger Envious Assassin Lone Wolf Overflow Slideshot Subsistence Under Pressure | Vorpal Weapon Closing Time Desperate Measures Withering Gaze Controlled Burst High-Impact Reserves Reservoir Burst |
 Zephyr | Stasis Sword (Adaptive) | Duelist’s Trance Relentless Strikes Tireless Blade Rimestealer Valiant Charge Strategist Attrition Orbs | Cold Steel Whirlwind Blade Collective Action Vorpal Weapon One for All Chain Reaction Surrounded |
 Mistral Lift | Void Linear Fusion Rifle (Adaptive) | Withering Gaze Closing Time Clown Cartridge Envious Assassin Keep Away Moving Target Reconstruction | Bait and Switch High Ground Firing Line Precision Instrument Frenzy High-Impact Reserves Vorpal Weapon |
New armor
Described by Bungie as sporting a “celestial space dragon” theme, The Dawning 2024’s armor and associated Ornaments will be purchasable for Silver or Bright Dust, as is standard. So far, only the Warlock set has been revealed, which you can see below.
The Dawning 2024 activities
Cookie baking returns as the core seasonal activity for The Dawning 2024, though with some key changes that should streamline the process.
Chiefly, certain ingredients will have their sourcing methods tweaked to be less restrictive. For example, Dark Frosting, previously only obtainable from Stasis final blows, will be expanded to include Strand.
Likewise, drop rates for all ingredients will be increased across the board. Rewards for handing out gifts to NPCs will include Dawning Engrams, which can be focused on specific weapon drops and will also have a chance of rolling double perks.
The Dawning Bake-Off
In a first for The Dawning, Bungie’s introducing a new component to the event in the form of a so-called Bake-Off intended to spawn the entirety of the event.
How it works is relatively straightforward. Bake a specific selection of Dawning treats each week and deliver them to their respective NPCs to progress a community-wide goal.
Rewards include “rare” emblems themed after Vanguard leaders Zavala, Ikora, and Crow. Drop rates for each increase as more treats are delivered. See below for the list of cookies you’ll want to be baking each week for the best chance of obtaining all three.
First week of Dawning (Starts December 10)
- Gjallardoodles for Zavala
- Bright-Dusted Snowballs for Tess Everis
- Starwort Thins for Elsie Bray
- Neomun-Cake for Nimbus – oh, hey, new cookie!
Second week of Dawning (Starts December 17)
- Traveler Donut Holes for Ikora
- Classic Butter Cookie for Eva Levante
- Dark Chocolate Motes for The Drifter
Third week of Dawning (Starts December 24)
- Vanilla Blades for Shaxx
- Lavender Ribbon Cookies for Saint-14
- Etheric Coldsnaps for Variks
That’s everything you need to know about The Dawning 2024, but we’ll update this article with any new information as Bungie provides it. In the meantime, see our hub to discover what else is coming during Revenant Act 2.