Strikes
Strike is a 3-player activity that consists of a series of objectives culminating in a battle against a boss enemy.
Overview
Strikes can be launched directly from a destination, or from a playlist in the Vanguard Director.
Selecting the Vanguard Strike playlist from the Director will load the player into a random Strike. If there are vacant spots in the fireteam, the matchmaking system will search for additional players before launching the activity. It is possible to join a Strike that is already in progress, if there are less than 3 players in the activity. Strikes launched from this playlist are affected by certain modifiers.
Nightfall Strikes are a harder version of normal Strikes, with a score system. The Nightfall playlist consists of three random Strikes which change weekly. The players gain score mostly by defeating enemies, and the score is affected by the time spent in a Strike and the active modifiers. The fireteam leader selects which modifiers are active in the Nightfall they load in with the help of the Five of Swords Challenge Card. The players have to select their loadouts carefully, because Nightfall Strikes lock equipment, preventing it from being changed. There is no ordinary matchmaking in Nightfalls, but Clans or Seekers can queue up for a Guided Game.
Each Nightfall Strike except for Broodhold and the ones added in Shadowkeep has a unique reward which can be obtained only there.
Strikes
| Base game | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Name: | The Arms Dealer |
| Location: | EDZ | |
| Boss: | Bracus Zahn (Legionary) | |
| Enemies: | Cabal, Fallen | |
| Nightfall loot: | Tilt Fuse (Sparrow) | |
|
Name: | Lake of Shadows |
| Location: | EDZ | |
| Boss: | Grask, the Consumed (Taken Phalanx) | |
| Enemies: | Taken, Cabal, Fallen | |
| Nightfall loot: | The Militia's Birthright (Grenade Launcher) | |
|
Name: | Savathûn's Song |
| Location: | Titan | |
| Boss: | Savathûn's Song (Shrieker) | |
| Enemies: | Hive, Fallen | |
| Nightfall loot: | Duty Bound (Auto Rifle) | |
|
Name: | Exodus Crash |
| Location: | Nessus | |
| Boss: | Thaviks, the Depraved (Marauder) | |
| Enemies: | Fallen, Vex | |
| Nightfall loot: | Impact Velocity (Sparrow) | |
|
Name: | The Inverted Spire |
| Location: | Nessus | |
| Boss: | Protheon, Modular Mind (Minotaur) | |
| Enemies: | Vex, Cabal | |
| Nightfall loot: | Trichromatica (Ghost Shell) | |
|
Name: | The Pyramidion |
| Location: | Io | |
| Boss: | Brakion, Genesis Mind (Hobgoblin) | |
| Enemies: | Vex, Taken | |
| Nightfall loot: | Silicon Neuroma (Sniper Rifle) | |
| Curse of Osiris | ||
|
Name: | Tree of Probabilities |
| Location: | Mercury | |
| Boss: | Valus Thuun (Centurion) | |
| Enemies: | Cabal, Vex | |
| Nightfall loot: | D.F.A. (Hand Cannon) | |
|
Name: | A Garden World |
| Location: | Mercury | |
| Boss: | Dendron, Root Mind (Cyclops) | |
| Enemies: | Vex | |
| Nightfall loot: | Universal Wavefunction (Ship) | |
| Warmind | ||
|
Name: | Strange Terrain |
| Location: | Mars | |
| Boss: | Nokris, Herald of Xol (Wizard) | |
| Enemies: | Hive | |
| Nightfall loot: | BrayTech Osprey (Rocket Launcher) | |
|
Name: | Will of the Thousands |
| Location: | Mars | |
| Boss: | Xol, Will of the Thousands | |
| Enemies: | Hive | |
| Nightfall loot: | Worm God Incarnation (Transmat Effect) | |
|
Name: | The Insight Terminus |
| Location: | Nessus | |
| Boss: | Kargen the Technocrat (Psion) | |
| Enemies: | Cabal, Vex | |
| Nightfall loot: | The Long Goodbye (Sniper Rifle) | |
| Forsaken | ||
|
Name: | Warden of Nothing |
| Location: | Tangled Shore | |
| Boss: | The Mad Warden (Servitor) | |
| Enemies: | Vex, Cabal | |
| Nightfall loot: | Warden's Law (Hand Cannon) | |
|
Name: | Broodhold |
| Location: | Tangled Shore | |
| Boss: | In Anânh, Brood Queen (Wizard) | |
| Enemies: | Hive, Fallen | |
| Nightfall loot: | None | |
|
Name: | The Hollowed Lair |
| Location: | Tangled Shore | |
| Boss: | The Fanatic (Chieftain) | |
| Enemies: | Scorn | |
| Nightfall loot: | Mindbender's Ambition (Shotgun) | |
|
Name: | The Corrupted |
| Location: | Dreaming City | |
| Boss: | Sedia, the Corrupted | |
| Enemies: | Taken, Hive, Scorn | |
| Nightfall loot: | Horror's Least (Pulse Rifle) | |
| Shadowkeep | ||
|
Name: | The Scarlet Keep |
| Location: | Moon | |
| Boss: | Hashladûn (Wizard) | |
| Enemies: | Hive | |
| Nightfall loot: | None | |
|
Name: | The Festering Core |
| Location: | Io | |
| Boss: | Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn (Taken Incendior) | |
| Enemies: | Taken, Vex | |
| Nightfall loot: | None | |
