How to get Dawning Weapons plus Dawning Weapon god rolls in Destiny 2

This week in video games December 12, 2022December 13, 2022 Dawning weapon god rolls Destiny 2, How to get Dawning Weapons

The Dawning 2022 is nearly upon us and that can mean only one thing, it’s time to get Festive inside Destiny 2, and chase that holiday loot. Today I am going to check out all the god roll weapons available, and this season we have 5 weapons to chase, which is more than ever before, so without further delay, let’s dive into it.

Before we get into the guide today let me know in the comments which Dawning weapons you are looking forward to chasing, and which rolls you are looking out for.

Without further delay, let’s dive into the guide.

Cold Front (Submachine Gun)

Cold Front is a Legendary Kinetic Submachine Gun which is an Aggressive Frame meaning high damage, high recoil.

For PVP Dynamic Sway Reduction and Surrounded would be a decent roll

Dynamic Sway Reduction – Improves accuracy and stability while continuously holding down the trigger.
Surrounded – This weapon gains bonus damage when three or more enemies are in close proximity.

For PVE Subsistence and Rampage would be good.

Subsistence – Defeating targets partially reloads the magazine from reserves.
Rampage – Kills with this weapon temporarily grant increased damage. Stacks 3x.

Glacioclasm (Fusion Rifle)

Glacioclasm is a Legendary Energy Fusion Rifle that delivers void damage. It’s a High-Impact Frame meaning it’s Slow-firing and has high-damage. This weapon is more accurate when stationary and aiming down sights.

For PVP Killing Wind and Backup Plan would be good

Killing Wind – Final blows grant increased mobility, weapon range, and handling for a short duration.
Backup Plan – Grants reduced charge time and increased handling speed for a short time immediately after swapping to this weapon.

For PVE Subsistence and Reservoir Burst would be great.

Subsistence – Defeating targets partially reloads the magazine from reserves.
Reservoir Burst – When the battery is full, your next burst deals additional damage and causes enemies to explode on death.

Avalanche (Machine Gun)

Avalanche is a Legendary Power Machine Gun which is an Adaptive Frame meaning it has a well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy and it deals Solar damage.

For PVP Killing Wind and Tap the Trigger would be good.

Killing Wind – Final blows grant increased mobility, weapon range, and handling for a short duration.
Tap the Trigger – Grants a short period of increased stability and accuracy on initial trigger pull.

For PVE Autoloading Holster and Vorpal Weapon would be a decent roll.

Autoloading Holster – The holstered weapon is automatically reloaded after a short period of time.
Vorpal Weapon – Increased damage against bosses, vehicles, and Guardians with their Super active.

Zephyr (Sword)

This is the new weapon for the Dawning 2021. Zephyr is a Legendary Power Sword with an Adaptive Frame. Launch a heavy uppercut attack. Heavy attacks are stronger with full energy.

For PVE Relentless Strikes and Cold Steel would be good.

Relentless Strikes – Landing three light-attack hits within a short time grants Sword ammo.
Cold Steel – Powered Sword hits slow targets.

For PVP Thresh and Assassin’s Blade would be a decent roll.

Thresh – Killing combatants with this weapon generates a small amount of Super energy.
Assassin’s Blade – Sword Kills boost movement speed and damage.

Stay Frosty (Pulse Rifle)

Stay Frosty is a kinetic stasis pulse rifle with a lightweigth frame, meaning surperb handling and you move faster with the weapon equipped.

For PVE Tunnel Vision and Desperado and Headstone would be good.

Tunnel Vision – Reloading after defeating a target greatly increases target acquisition and aim down sight speed for a short duration.
Desperado – Reloading after a precision final blow increases your rate of fire.
Headstone – Precision final blows spawn a Stasis crystal at the victim’s location.

For PVP Killing Wind and Desperado

Killing Wind – Final blows grant increased mobility, weapon range, and handling for a short duration.
Desperado – Reloading after a precision final blow increases your rate of fire.

How to get Dawning Weapons

To get Dawning Weapons you want to get gifts and then trade them with Eva for Dawning weapons. There are a couple of ways to get gifts; as random rewards from activities, by using the Boon of Friendship, but also with the new method of the Origin Trait on Dawning Weapons, and that’s called Dawning Surprise.

Dawning Surprise

Dawning Surprise says ‘rapidly defeating targets will award a Dawning Gift. Defeating powerful targets count as more than one’. Therefore you can farm for Dawning Gifts, just by using the Dawning Weapons themselves. Use the weapons in an activity with lower level enemies, build up a good stash of gifts and then trade them with Eva Levante for Dawning loot.

Gifts from other sources

First of all you want to complete the introduction quest from Eva Levante in the Tower and get a decent stash of Dawning Spirit. You can get Dawning Spirit by completing Dawning bounties and by delivering cookies to vendors in the tower and around the solar system.

What we are looking for are Gifts in Return. We then take these gifts and trade them with Eva for Dawning loot. You can get these as random drops from vendors when you give them baked Dawning treats, however, this is a rare drop. You might get one out of five vendors to give you a gift in return. Therefore we’re going to want a faster way to get these. This comes in the form of Boon of Friendship.

Eva hands out ‘Boons of Friendship’ every day during the Dawning, and this is like a log-in bonus. Hopefully, you’ve been picking these up as much as possible, as ideally, you want to have a stack of about 5-10 of these in your inventory. This is going to help the farm speed up. If you don’t have any boon of friendships, don’t worry… The Dawning is still on for 7 more days, so you have 7 more opportunities to pick these up.

If you pop a boon of friendship in a playlist activity, then you have a chance for a gift in return to drop for you at the end of that activity. If more than one member of a team pops a boon of friendship, then the more gifts you are going to get.

You can jump into Strikes, Crucible, or Gambit to pop the boons of friendship. What I’ve been doing at this point is giving people a heads up, and checking to see if people have boons and want to use them. If you have a team you run with on the regular then this is going to be much easier, as you can communicate, however, I’ve been playing solo. Sometimes people oblige, sometimes they don’t.

In strikes you have a fireteam of 3, Gambit you have 4 and Crucible you have 6. I’ve been playing Gambit as the matches are quicker, but crucible matches are going to be the most efficient way of getting loot. I was looking for the fastest, so Gambit was working for me as a solo player.

What you want to do is play a few matches and build up a good stash of Gifts in Return, before you head back to Eva Levante in the Tower. Now you have a good stash of Gifts, head back to Eva and pick the weapons you want.

Let me know in the comments what you think of The Dawning 2022 god rolls.

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