Destiny 2 Dawning 2024 farming guide: Essence, Spirits, and Ingredients
Destiny 2 Dawning is a fan-favorite annual event, which usually sees quite a spike in player base during its active time. Players love to farm the currencies available in Dawning and celebrate winter by gifting several baked recipes to in-game NPCs, which yields a "Gift in Return" as well. However, that is just one out of many currencies in this event.
This article lists the basics of every currency from Dawning 2024, and how to earn them easily to farm the event efficiently. To start, note that a "Gift in Return" and "Dawning Spirit" are required to get a randomized exclusive weapon. More on them has been listed below.
How does the Dawning event work in Destiny 2?
The main task in Dawning is to bake cookies via the Oven granted by Eva, and then accumulate Gifts and Spirits by delivering those cookies. Note that there is also a process for making these cookies, all of which can be found in the Oven.
Baking one cookie requires a special ingredient from an enemy type, alongside another ingredient that can be obtained by killing an enemy via special action. The final touch requires the Essence of Dawning. For example, if you must bake a "Hot Crossfire Buns" for Ada-1, you require 1 Ether Cane, 1 Balanced Flavor, and 15 Dawning Essence.
To view how each of these ingredients is acquired, head to the Ingredients tab inside the Oven, just below the cookies, and hover over each item to see their source. Ether Cane drops from Fallen enemies, while Balanced Flavors can be earned by defeating enemies with Bow, Scout Rifles, Pulse Rifles, or Sniper Rifles.
More on other currencies have been listed below.
How to get Dawning Essence in Destiny 2?
Dawning Essence can be obtained by completing weekly bounties from Eva, or by completing various activities in the game. This event does not have a special activity for players, like Festival of the Lost or Solstice, hence most of the sources for currency are the already existing activities. There is an upgrade that can be purchased from Eva, called Essential Harvest, which rewards Essences by completing normal bounties as well.
For optimal strategy, we recommend the Shattered Throne boss fight as the best source of Essence. You can load checkpoints with your fireteam, and then defeat the boss several times to get 20-22 Essences per run.
How to get Dawning Spirit in Destiny 2?
Dawning Spirit is one of the primary currencies required for upgrading various aspects of the event, and for getting weapons. Dawning Spirit can be obtained by doing these tasks:
- Completing weekly and daily bounties from Eva Levante
- Delivering favored cookies to the respective NPCs
- Repeatable bounties from Eva Levante
A small tip for getting bonus Dawning Spirit is to equip the Starfarer Exotic Ship in your inventory. This will allow you to get extra Dawning Spirit every time an ingredient drops from enemies. You can find this ship via the Collection section, followed by Season 12.
If you do not own the Starfarer Ship, you can purchase it from Eva in exchange for 5000 Glimmer.
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