Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfall guide: Tips, loadouts, mods, and more
Everything you need to know to make it through Grandmaster Nightfalls alive.
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Between its Raids, Raid challenges, and Legend and Master Nightfall strikes, there’s plenty to do if you’re an endgame PvE player in Destiny 2. However, if you’re looking for theultimatechallenge, Bungie has you covered with Grandmaster Nightfalls.
These prestigious Nightfall strikes reward players with tons of Exotics, masterworking materials, stat-rich Adept versions of Nightfall weapons, and a Conqueror title that you can display under your name in-game. However, they also require a very high Power Level to play (currently, that Power Level is 1345) and feature enemies that are over 25 Power Levels above your own, meaning that your fireteam will do less damage than usual and will also take muchmoredamage from enemy attacks. On top of this, there are tons of deadly Champion enemies you need to kill as well as active mission modifiers that limit how many revives you have, prevent revives after the 45-minute mark, and force your fireteam to return to orbit if all three players wipe.
Due to how difficult Grandmaster Nightfalls are, your fireteam is going to need top-tier loadouts, mods, builds, and strategies in order to come out alive. Don’t worry, though, because we’re here with an in-depth guide on everything you need to know about preparing for and overcoming these missions, including loadout recommendations, mod and build suggestions, general tips, and more.
Europa awaits
Beyond Light is the next big expansion for Destiny 2, introducing a new element for Guardians to wield, a new area on the Jupiter moon Europa, a new story, and plenty of loot to go around.
Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfalls: Loadout recommendations
The enemies in Grandmaster Nightfalls are much tankier than the ones found in any other activity, so having weapons with good PvE-focused perks (such as ones that improve reload speed and provide damage boosts) in your loadout is crucial. Additionally, you’re also going to want to use weapons that are effective at range since getting close to enemies in Grandmaster Nightfalls to use weapons like shotguns or SMGs is very risky. With that in mind, here are the primary, special, and heavy weapons we recommend bringing into Grandmasters:
Primary weapons
Special weapons
Heavy weapons
Related: Destiny 2: 10 weapons you need to farm in Season of the Lost
Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfalls: Best builds
While using the absolutebest Destiny 2 buildsis the best way to ensure success in Grandmasters, not every player has every specific weapon, piece of armor, and suite of mods needed to make these builds work. Because of this, we’re featuring some relatively basic, yet extremely effective builds that most players will have access to since they only require the use of a subclass and a specific Exotic armor piece. Think of these simple builds as a foundation that you can enhance with the mods in the next section of the guide (if you have them).
Best Titan Grandmaster builds
Best Hunter Grandmaster builds
Best Warlock Grandmaster builds
Related: Best Destiny 2 Exotic weapons and armor in 2021
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Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfalls: Best mods
Aside from the Seasonal Artifact mods you need to use to stun Champions, there are also a variety of other armor and weapon mods that will improve your survivability, lethality, and overall effectiveness in Grandmaster Nightfalls. Here’s an overview of every type of mod we recommend using (you can often find Banshee-44 and Ada-1 selling many of these mods on the Tower).
Armor mods
Weapon mods
Related: Best Destiny 2 builds, and how to make your own
Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfalls: Tips, tricks, and strategies
Now that you’ve got all of the best weapons, builds, and (ideally) armor and weapon mods equipped, you and your teammates are ready to conquer Grandmaster Nightfalls. Here are some general tips, tricks, and strategies that apply to every Grandmaster Nightfall in the game and will help you come out victorious.
Any questions?
Do you have any specific questions about completing Grandmaster Nightfalls? Let us know in the comments, and we’ll do our best to help you out with some advice and suggestions.
Destiny 2: Beyond Lightis available onXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, Xbox One consoles, PS4 and PS5, and Windows 10 (andWindows 11) PCs. It costs $40, but you can also play it through anXbox Game Passsubscription. If you’ve never tried out Destiny 2, you definitely should, as it’s easily one of thebest Xbox One shootersand also one of thebest looter shooters for Xbox.
If youdodecide to check the game out, make sure you review ourDestiny 2 beginner’s guide on how to get into Destiny in 2021for helpful tips, tricks, and information that will help you get acclimated with its systems. Also, if you’re interested in tackling Destiny 2’s raids, don’t miss ourDestiny 2 Vault of Glass raid guideand ourDestiny 2 Deep Stone Crypt raid guide.
Europa awaits
Beyond Light is the next big expansion for Destiny 2, introducing a new element for Guardians to wield, a new area on the Jupiter moon Europa, a new story, and plenty of loot to go around.
Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he’s been an avid fan since childhood. He’s been writing for Team WC since the summer of 2017, and you’ll find him doing news, editorials, reviews, and general coverage on everything gaming, Xbox, and Windows PC. His favorite game of all time is probably NieR: Automata, though Elden Ring, Fallout: New Vegas, and Team Fortress 2 are in the running, too. When he’s not writing or gaming, there’s a good chance he’s either watching an interesting new movie or TV show or actually going outside for once.Follow him on X(Twitter).
